Leslie Esdaile Banks

Hey, y’all… thanks so much for all the kind responses to the blog posts! I have some more good news on the horizon, especially for those who need a “fix” of paranormal between book drops While this is not the VHL, it is vampires on ebooks. Yep…

NEWS FLASH! Coming Soon (October 2008)… I’m gonna start a new mini-series with Red Rose Publishing, an ebook publisher that will bring you monthly paranormal, short story installments from my new Dark Avenger series. The first story will be entitled, Finders Keepers.

Check it out soon at Red Rose Publishing … as soon as I get cover art for the story, I’ll put it up for ya. But here are the particulars:

Finders Keeper by L.A. Banks
Mainstream
MC/IR Paranormal
Series Title: Dark Avengers
ISBN: 978-1-60435-217-7
Word Count: 10,360
Price: $1.99

STORY BLURB:

Vampires! Into the heat and into the fire with L.A. Bank’s tales of desire!

Over two hundred years ago a beautiful, innocent woman was dragged to her death by an angry mob, blamed for witchcraft. Unbeknownst to the locals, the deaths in the Haitian village were committed by the mysterious nobleman that had arrived on their shores with untold wealth and many secrets.

But as the victim of the witch hunt drew her last breath, that nobleman couldn’t allow this rare beauty to be extinguished in a burning pyre for the crimes he’d committed. Giving her everlasting life was the only solution, then. However, once he’d been betrayed by his own kind, she was set adrift in a foreign world during a contemporary time, not knowing where to turn for solace… until she saw traces of him again through another man’s eyes.

Are you ready to take a step into the world of Finders Keepers?

EXCERPT:

She’d sensed someone staring at her, but until the crowd parted a bit, she wasn’t sure of where the energy pull was coming from. She spotted the young dealer, whose entire aura radiated stress and flight or fight hormone that was palpable. Yes, he’d been the one staring at her, but there was a darker presence, a more sensual, mysterious creature behind the kid. The moment she saw the source, she froze.

His dark brown hair was pulled back in a ponytail, held by a dark leather tong. Broad shoulders filled out his black leather jacket and concealed a gun. She could taste the metallic change in the air and smell the gunpowder in the clip. He wore a black t-shirt beneath the butter soft leather, black slacks, black slip-on Cole Hans. No jewelry, just a fine gold watch made by Rolex.
A pair of intense, dark eyes pierced her, asking questions in a thunder of human thoughts. A strong jaw was set hard, but his mouth was still beautiful, not a tight line of anger. His athletic body moved through the crowd with the stealth of a cat… he was hunting her…

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Whew! That’s part of the reason I’ve been MIA and totally underground… trying to keep all these balls juggling in the air has been craaazaaay, LOL! OMG! We’ve got Manga coming, werewolves, more vamps, Young Adult on the way, plus now ebooks, and are still trying to get books on tape… sooo… I’d better get back to writing, LOL! Will touch base soon…

Hugs and Stay in the Light, Leslie!

PS: Don’t forget we have a VHL Chat tonight for a no-holds-barred discussion on The Shadows. There will be spoilers!

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