Léopold’s Wicked Embrace
Immortals of New Orleans #5
Kym Grosso
Genre: Erotic Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Independent – MT Carvin Publishing, LLC
Date of Publication: April 5, 2014
ISBN-13: 978-1497312449
ISBN-10: 1497312442
ASIN: B00JHNAWQS
Number of pages: 412 print
Word Count: 100,045
Cover Artist: Cora Graphics
Book Description:
An erotic paranormal romance...
Seductive and lethal vampire, Léopold Devereoux, returns to the Big Easy to find a killer. His search leads him to a beautiful and mysterious woman, who awakens desires and emotions that he’s long fought to keep buried. After centuries of self-imposed solitude, the billionaire philanthropist struggles to restrain his growing thirst for the intriguing, lovely female who’s captured his attention.
Laryssa Theriot, an antiques proprietor in the Vieux Carré, agrees to help the commanding yet debonair stranger, who seeks her assistance. She withholds her secret abilities, afraid to trust the man who threatens to unleash her darkest fantasies. All the while, Léopold consumes her thoughts, testing her limits and bringing her to new levels of ecstasy. As the menacing force that has stalked Laryssa for years finally catches up to her, she submits, putting her life into the hands of the dominant vampire who offers his protection.
Deep in the heart of New Orleans, they embark on a perilous adventure, forced to search for an ancient sacrificial relic that they hope will save their lives. As they face formidable challenges, Léopold and Laryssa surrender to the passionate intimacy that possesses them. After hundreds of years of denying himself love, will Léopold bond to the woman who has begun to crack the impenetrable shell around his heart? As evil draws near, will Laryssa survive the demon that has come to take her soul?
Warning: This book contains several erotic love scenes and is intended for adult readers only.
LÉOPOLD’S WICKED EMBRACE EXCERPT
“Did you just
say it clawed at her? Is she hurt?” Dimitri approached Léopold so that they stood
shoulder to shoulder, taking in the landscape.
It was the first time he’d been to Léopold’s lake house.
“No, she’s fine,
but…” Léopold didn’t finish his sentence.
“But what? Exactly how does someone get swiped by a
demon and be fine?”
“She’s healed.”
While she was sleeping, he’d inspected the wound and not a trace of a scar was
evident.
“I take it this
has something to do with what she does?”
“Indeed, mon
ami. But I promised her that I wouldn’t
tell anyone what she is, so don’t bother asking. It’s her story to tell. You can ask her when she comes out. My guess is that after that demon showed up,
she’ll tell you. But I cannot break my
oath to her. I’ve already done enough to
hurt her on my own without digging the hole any deeper,” Léopold
confessed. Turning to Dimitri, he raked
his hand through his tousled hair.
Dimitri leaned
toward his friend and sniffed. He shook
his head, knowing the answer to the next question he was about to ask
Léopold. “You fucked her didn’t
you? I can smell it.”
“Must you be so
uncouth?” Léopold replied, blowing out a breath.
“You did,”
Dimitri exclaimed. “Jesus Christ,
Leo. Seriously, man. You can have any woman you want. Why her?
You ever hear that expression, ‘don’t dip your pen in the company ink’?”
“Yes, I’ve
fucking heard it, asshole. But she’s
just so…I don’t know, she’s just special.
Goddammit, I know, okay? I know I
fucked up.”
“I don’t see
what the issue is here. I mean have you
two idiots ever heard the term ‘consenting adults’. What’s the big deal?” Jake asked.
“The big deal is
that he just fucking met her. And we
need her to help us to keep Ava safe. If
she’s in danger, so is our Alpha.
Laryssa was just starting to trust us, trust him, and lover boy here
just can’t keep it in his pants,” Dimitri huffed, taking a seat at the table.
“He’s
right. There’s no excuse,” Léopold
agreed. “It’s not sleeping with a woman
that’s a problem, it’s the fact that I can’t…I won’t have a relationship. It’s not happening. And now that we’ve made love, well, it adds
complications to our situation. Ones we
didn’t need.”
“It would be one
thing if you actually cared about anything besides yourself, Devereoux. But you don’t. That’s the thing. If you fucking hurt her…” Dimitri began.
“Why do you care
about her anyway, wolf?” Léopold’s eyes
narrowed on Dimitri.
“Because, Leo,”
Dimitri stared at his friend. “She
seemed kind of nice. And she stood up to
that asshole, Luca. And for some reason,
unbeknownst to me, she seems like she might actually care about you. Why is beyond me. And she cares about Ava
too, and she has no reason to. We are
the ones who sought her out. Now, not
only have we upturned her life, we’ve brought a demon to her…right here to your
goddamn house.”
“I think we’ve
established that I fucked up. I just
said so. Can we just move on?”
“She’s okay with
one night? Because I know that you never
have women sleepover. You’ve told me as
much.”
“I told her that
I don’t do relationships. I can’t become
involved with her. But you’re correct in
that we do need her. We need to find
that knife.”
“This isn’t
going to go well, you know that, right?
I mean, I don’t know Laryssa, but I saw the way she looked at you
yesterday, and I have a hard time believing she’s a one night stand kinda
girl. Could be wrong? But damn, it was as if she had ‘innocence’
stamped on her forehead,” Dimitri said.
“Please stop
already. Okay?” Léopold tilted his head
backwards, closed his eyes and wiped them with both of his hands out of
frustration. “I get it. I’m a dick.
I shouldn’t have slept with her but I did. I can’t take it back. I promise you that I’ll do my best to repair
this…‘relationship’ I’ve irresponsibly put at risk.”
He choked on the
word. Relationship. No, no, no.
As if it wasn’t bad enough that he was developing feelings for Laryssa,
now Dimitri had him filled with guilt for what he’d done. Damn wolves.
Damn humans. For a moment, he
wished he could go back to not caring about his new friend. But no matter how
he tried, what was done was done.
Merde. I’m truly fucked.
About the Author:
Kym Grosso is the author of the bestselling erotic paranormal romance series, The Immortals of New Orleans. The series currently includes Kade's Dark Embrace (Immortals of New Orleans, Book 1), Luca's Magic Embrace (Immortals of New Orleans, Book 2), Tristan's Lyceum Wolves (Immortals of New Orleans, Book 3), Logan’s Acadian Wolves (Immortals of New Orleans, Book 4) and Léopold’s Wicked Embrace (Immortals of New Orleans, Book 5).
In addition to romance, Kym has written and published several articles about autism, and is passionate about autism advocacy. She also is a contributing essay author in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Raising Kids on the Spectrum.
Kym lives with her husband, two children, dog and cat. Her hobbies include autism advocacy, reading, tennis, zumba, traveling and spending time with her husband and children. New Orleans, with its rich culture, history and unique cuisine, is one of her favorite places to visit. Also, she loves traveling just about anywhere that has a beach or snow-covered mountains. On any given night, when not writing her own books, Kym can be found reading her Kindle, which is filled with hundreds of romances.
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