Elise Marion is a lover books and has a special place in her
heart for sweet and sensual romance. Writing about love across all walks of
life is her passion, as is reaching people through the written word. The Army
wife and stay-at-home mother of two spends most of her time taking care of her
children. Her second job includes writing stories about characters that people
can fall in love with. When the Texas native isn't caring for her family or
writing, you can usually find her with her nose in a book, singing loudly, or
cooking up something new in the kitchen.
Elise Marion
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Elise Marion
www.elisemarion.comwww.facebook.com/elisemarion86
www.goodreads.com/elise_marion
Redemption Tour Guest Post: Satin
Sheets Romance
I
don’t know about you, but I like to think of reading as my escape from reality.
I mean, in a time when our televisions are filled with news reports about
fighting politicians, kidnapped children, wars, and hunger, sometimes it’s nice
to have a reason to turn your back on all of that and lose yourself in a good
story.
Title: Redemption (Angels Among
Us Book 3)
Genre:
Paranormal/Urban Fantasy Romance
Publisher:
Self
Length:
40,000 words (Novella)
Book Release Date: November 15
Description: In a world full of the sick and dying, the
hurting and desperate, and those lost in darkness, angels dwell.
Once a Warrior Angel, Nathaniel has now become one of the
Fallen, after losing sight of his purpose. Fallen angels are cursed to wander
the depths for all of eternity, a fate that Nathan has avoided every day for
the past seven years. As the demon within him grows, he knows that it is only a
matter of time until he becomes a monster.
His love of a human woman is what caused him to lose his wings, yet
Nathan cannot bring himself to regret it, or the child that came of their love.
It is that child’s identity as a Naphil—half angel, half human—that threatens
the existence of everyone he loves and Nathan finds himself having to face his
past in order to secure his son’s future.
Carmen Rodriguez lives her life in constant fear. The power
of her son grows every day, leaving him vulnerable to the plans of the Evil
One. When a demon’s bold abduction puts Carmen in a desperate position, she
turns to the only one who can bring him back. Nathan warns her that the road to
rescuing their son will be a treacherous one … one that leads them straight
into lair of the Prince of Darkness.
The third and final installment of the Angels Among Us
series goes where it never has before.
Even in the very pits of hell, can an angel find salvation?
Will the love that Nathan has for Carmen and his son be enough, or will Nathan
finally have to face the consequences of his actions.
Is there redemption for the Fallen?
Buy Links:
Tempted/Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Tempted-Angels-Among-Book-ebook/dp/B007K7TWAA/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1353365804&sr=1-1&keywords=Tempted+Elise+marion
Redemption/Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Redemption-Angels-Among-Book-ebook/dp/B00A64EUUQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1353365873&sr=1-1&keywords=Redemption+Elise+marion
Excerpt 1:
“I can’t believe you’ve never been salsa
dancing! You’re a natural. Are you sure one of your parents isn’t Puerto
Rican?”
Nathan laughed as he looped one arm around her
waist, sending small shivers travelling up and down her spine. He pulled her
against his side as they walked, leaving La Riviera salsa club behind.
“No,” he said with a devastatingly beautiful
smile. “No Puerto Rican parents. I don’t know, it just seemed easy to fall into
the rhythm with you there.”
Carmen didn’t miss the way his eyes traveled
over her crimson halter top, flowing black skirt, and three-inch heels. The
heat that passed between them was undeniable, now and on the dance floor. What
Carmen could not understand was why Nathan had not yet kissed her. As they
walked, Carmen felt the tension thrumming through his body. She’d seen his eyes
lingering on her lips countless times; in the hospital, at the park where
they’d picnicked and even tonight at the club. Why then, after the weeks they’d
spent together, was he holding back?
“I’m glad you had a good time,” she said softly,
watching the concrete sidewalk pass under her feet as they walked. Nathan’s
hand tightened at her hip and he pulled her to a stop just a few blocks away
from her apartment building.
“What’s wrong?” he asked, bringing one hand up
to cup her face.
She sighed and leaned into his hand, moaning low
in her throat as he caressed her jaw with his thumb. Her eyes traveled over his
face; dark skin, full lips, chiseled jaw and chin, and warm whiskey brown eyes
that probed hers with raw intensity. It was as if he could see right into her
soul. No man had ever looked at her that way. Sure, they’d all admired her
body. Her blatantly sensual curves begged for attention. They noticed her
pretty face and ample hips, but not one of them looked at her. Not the way
Nathan did.
“I don’t want you to get the wrong idea,” she
said reluctantly as she brought one hand up to his chest.
He smiled and slid his hand from her face to
place it over her hand where it rested against his heart. She felt the heat of
him emanating through his shirt. “What is it, beautiful?”
Her stomach clenched and the back of her neck
tingled. How was it that this man made her so weak with just his words? She was
already melting into a puddle at his feet and he had barely even touched her.
“Why won’t you kiss me?” she blurted before she
had a chance to think about what she was saying.
Nathan frowned, his eyes lowering as he clenched
her hand against his chest.
“Carmen,” he began, his voice serious.
Her eyes grew wide as she pulled her hand away.
A step separated them and then another. Carmen’s heart stung from rejection.
“I understand,” she said. “You don’t have to say
it. I thought you were attracted to me, but if you’re not—”
He closed the distance between them in an
instant, bringing both hands up to her face this time. His body seared hers as
their hips and thighs met and his forehead rested against hers.
“Dear God, Carmen, how could you think that? I’m
so attracted to you that it hurts. It keeps me up at night. I am tortured with
thoughts of you, every day and every night. I want to touch you and hold you
and caress your skin. I want to kiss you and know what your lips feel like. I
want to taste your tongue, your skin, your…” he trailed off, dragging in a
ragged breath and releasing it with a frustrated groan.
“Can’t you feel it? I know you can.”
She nodded, their lips brushing as she did. He
gasped, his lips trembling against hers. “Yes,” she whispered. Yes, she felt
it, her skin was on fire.
“Carmen, please,” he pleaded, his hands shaking
as they lowered to her waist. “I can’t…”
Even as he said the words, his open mouth was
roaming over her face, caressing her eyelid and her temple before trailing down
to her cheek. The fire blazing through her veins was now a raging inferno as
his warm breath tickled her skin.
“I can’t,” he moaned against her lips, his
breath coming in ragged gasps. As his fingers flexed against her skin, the
small space separating their bodies closed and Carmen stifled a gasp at the
feel of her sensitized breasts coming to rest against his hard, heaving chest.
“I can’t.”
His mouth hovered over hers, achingly, a sweet
and terrible torture strong enough to reduce her to begging.
“Nathan,” she murmured. She wanted to say more.
She wanted to ask all of the questions that bounced around in her head. Why
can’t you? Why are you holding yourself back from me? Why won’t you just carry
me up to my apartment and take me like we both know you want to?
But his name lingered between them, a plea, a
prayer. Her hands clutched his lapel tightly as she closed the distance between
them, sealing their lips together with a sigh. Nathan gasped into her mouth,
his hands sweeping up from her hips to her back. His fingers dug into her skin
as he pressed her against him, as tightly as possible, mating his mouth to
hers.
They trembled, lost in their own seductive haze
as they kissed beneath the yellow light of a glowing street lamp. His lips were
unbelievably soft, pliant but moving with sureness as he drank from her lips as
if she held his last breath. The kiss became wilder, more frenzied as their
tongues touched, sparking a desire than ran deeper than ever and exploded into
possessive need.
She felt the tightness of his muscles beneath
her hands as she ran them over him; his chest, his shoulders, his back. She
shuddered against him as his hands explored as well, roaming over her breasts
and ribs before settling on her generous bottom, pressing her fully up against
the hardening ridge between his hips.
When he finally tore his mouth away from her,
they were both gasping for air. With every second that she stood in his arms,
desire grew and swelled within her until she felt as if one touch from him
would send her spiraling over the edge. He released her from his tight hold and
reached for her hand, his eyes still wide and frantic as she placed her palm in
his.
“Let’s get you home,” he said, his voice a raspy
whisper. Tension coiled between them the entire walk home.
She’d thought that a kiss would satisfy her.
She’d wanted it for weeks, wishing that he would sweep her against him and
press his mouth to hers as he just had. But it just hadn't been enough. As he
kissed her goodnight—on the cheek—and left her apartment that night, Carmen
knew that just one kiss would never be enough.
Here's a review from Tempted (Angels Among Us #2)
This is the second book of
Elise Marion’s Angels Among Us series and it was a very touching and emotional
tale of angels, demons, humans and how they all balance the world with the
Father’s guidance. Temptation is a form of evil and angels are created without
emotions to help prevent them from falling into it. You might want to have some
tissues ready because you will shed a tear or two. Any paranormal romance
reader will fall in love with Tempted.
Sarah is a messenger angel.
She is one tough cookie and is reliable, trust worthy and all that an angel
should be. When she gets an assignment that she never thought she’d get, she
jumps at the chance, anything to please Father and remain in his good grace.
Once briefed, she realizes her assignment is a sad and tortured soul that she
literally bumped into on earth on day and she knows she’s REALLY going to have
her work cut out for her. But she’s not one to give up so she sets off to
complete the task with the deepest hopes for success finding she possibly took
on more than she chew (so to speak).
Jackson is a man that has
been through a lot and carries the weight of his past on his shoulders. He’s
haunted by a past of death and destruction and now seems to be heading toward
his own path of ruin. Not only is he blaming himself for many lives lost when
he was in service, he feels he’s failed at everything he’s ever laid his hands
on, he feels tainted. His world looks a little brighter when one day he spots
something in the sky heading towards his roof and goes to investigate. Is it an
alien? All he knows is he’s never seen such beauty, ever! Jackson goes through
a ton of growth that makes this reader proud of him. The best is all finally
becomes clear for him. I really LOVED his character :)
Sarah and Jackson balance
one another out perfectly; Sarah is the Yin to Jackson’s Yang. But it’s
something that can never, ever be. Sarah must remain pure in all ways and
resist any temptations of the flesh. If she does not resist she becomes a
fallen, working for the opposite side she wants to be. So many have fallen
throughout time, can Sarah resist and still be happy?
4 Satin Pillows
Heat rating of 3 pillow mints
GIVEAWAY
Redemption Tour Prize List
1 Angels
Among Us Coffee Mug
1 Angel-wing Charm Bracelet
3 ebook copies of Fallen
10 autographed 'Angels Among Us' Bookmarks
Autographed 'Angels Among Us' Bookmarks
Both pictures of prize mug shown are to give you an idea of it whole (I'd like to drink my coffee out of it every morning!)
Angel Wing Charm Bracelet
~Good luck!~
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