Thursday, September 20, 2012

Giveaway and Tour Kickoff for Strix by Katalina Leon and Amber Skyze

 
Welcome to the tour kickoff to this amazing book!!  I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and can't wait for the second book!!  Before we dive into the tour specifics, lets look at the book details:
 


 

TITLE: The Strix (Bag of Tricks)
AUTHOR(S): Katalina Leon and Amber Skyze
PUBLISHER: Loose Id LLC
LENGTH: 234 Pages
SUBGENRES: Vampire, Shapeshifter, Fantasy
 
BLURB:
A cursed amber amulet unearthed in Pompeii flings Arcona into a past life of witchcraft, bloodshed, revenge and sexual slavery to the cruel Master of a gladiatorial school. This violent parallel world is populated with “Slayers,” blood-drinking immortals devoted to the gods of war and mayhem.
 
As a Strix, or malignant witch, Arcona once used sex and blood rituals to create a race of immortal warriors to unleash on Rome. Now it’s time to pay.
 
The gladiator Tyr was one desperately lonely lover she betrayed. Against his will, she turned him into Upir Likhyi, a foul vampire. For two millennia he’s lived a grim existence as a Slayer, in constant sexual arousal yet denied release; now, he's pissed off and wants revenge. He kidnaps Arcona planning to drink her dry and break the curse. 
 
Along the way Arcona and Tyr relive their sexual slavery at the hands of Rome and blood sport in the arena, but the real magic is they forgive and fall in love. 
 
Too bad another Slayer wants them dead.
 
EXCERPT:
This excerpt (rated R) takes place on a densely wooded sacred island on the Rhine. Arcona has just taken a vow of chastity and completed a lonely vigil and initiation to the Goddess Nerthus, when she is discovered by Roman soldiers and taken captive.
78 AD
Arcona crouched on the gravel beach. The wet river stones left her soaked and shivering. She carefully concealed her empty hands in the folds of her tunic and tried to stare the Roman soldiers down, knowing it was only a matter of moments before they realized she wasn’t armed and rushed in on her.
Why did she leave her knife by the campfire? It was foolish. At least with a weapon in her hand she could die fighting.
The soldiers stealthily fanned in a half circle around her. Their intense gazes never broke. She had the feeling she was an exotic animal trapped in a snare. The icy river and Hedron’s dead body were at her back. She refused to glance behind her and look at them. Her heart couldn’t bear it.
Several of the Romans appeared to be her age or younger. She guessed these men were scouts and not seasoned centurions. They had a light dusting of black whiskers on the sides of their jaws and muscular, compact bodies. Their breath came quickly, and despite the cold morning, perspiration glistened on their sun-browned skin. The youngest men possessed a feral, undisciplined look in their dark eyes. Those men scared her the most.
The legate wore a deep crimson cloak and an ornate sword belt and appeared to be the most mature man in the group. “Come here.” He coaxed her forward with the wave of his hand. “I want to look at you.”
“By Jupiter, their women are dirty,” one of the soldiers said in disgust. “Look at the filthy rags wrapped around her arms.”
“She’s been injured.” The legate hissed a warning at the man to be silent.
The man sheepishly shut his mouth.
Another soldier darted forward, threw his arms around Arcona, and knocked her to the ground.
Arcona hit the gravel beach with a thud. The soldier landed hard on top of her and pinned her. His weight pushed down on her until it was difficult to draw breath.
The soldier snarled in her face. “The legate wants to look at you; don’t ignore him!”
“There’s no need to shout in her face. She can’t understand you.” The legate strode toward Arcona. His cool gazed poured over her. A slight smile lit his lips. “She certainly is dirty, but a simple bath will solve that problem.” He leaned closer. “Her eyes are a stunning shade of green, very earthy. They look a bit crazed, but that’s probably because she’s scared.” He knelt and rubbed his fingers against a few strands of her hair. “I can’t tell beneath the layers of sooty ash, but I think her hair has a touch of scarlet in it. Lift her tunic,” he demanded. “Let’s see if the other thatch of hair matches.”
The soldier lying on top of her pushed her tunic higher. “I’m hard as stone,” he muttered. “Can we take turns with her?”
“No,” the legate said coldly. “We don’t know what we have yet.”
Arcona spit in the soldier’s face and wildly kicked him.
“She’s hurting me!” the soldier complained. He wrestled Arcona into submission. “Get over here and help me!” he barked to his younger companion.
A mean-looking young man approached.
“Draw your knife,” the legate ordered. “Cut these rags off so we can look at her.”
The young man drew a dagger from his hip belt, took hold of the hem of Arcona’s tunic, and sawed the blade against the cloth. The threads popped and tore as the fabric ripped higher.
The young man parted the frayed cloth and gasped. “Look at her; she’s beautiful. Wide hips, big tits, milky skin.” His gaze locked on her. “I’m certain a woman like this has had a man. What fools would let something this tempting walk around and not put their cocks in it?”
The soldier pinning her to the ground looked up at the legate with pleading eyes. “Can I just rub my cock between her thighs?”
Fear swept over her. Arcona fought like a she-bear. She remembered a horrible insult the old scout had dared to teach her. She opened her mouth and screamed, “Vestri Deus Jupiter combibo spurcus gallo of sulum pauper in vicus!”
The legate reeled in shock. “What did you say?”
“You heard me!” Arcona sneered at the Romans. “Your god Jupiter sucks the filthy cocks of every beggar on the street.” She didn’t really know what a street was, but the scout had assured her such a thing was the wrong place for sex.
“Who taught you that?” The legate looked scandalized.
 “Ego narro vestri lingua. Volo veneration.” She spoke slowly with as much authority as she could muster. “I speak your tongue. I want respect. Who is your leader?”
The legate looked flummoxed, as if a bird in the treetops had just spoken to him. “Gaius Julius Civilis is our commander.”
“I have a message for Gaius. Unless you want me to scratch your eyes out with my dirty fingernails, take me to him!”
“All right.” The legate appeared stunned. “I will.”
BUY LINKS:
 
 
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Katalina+Leon
 
You can follow the tour along here:
 
September 20…Close Encounters with the Night Kind..Tour Kickoff
September 21…. Reading on the Wild Side …premade
September 22 … House Millar….Review
September 26….Herding Cats and Burning Soup…Book Spotlight
September 30…The Examiner …Review
October 10 Read 2 Review ….SpotLight
October 12… Literal Addiction….review/excerpt
October 17… Dark Haven Book Reviews…premade post
October 19… All I Want and More…premade post
November 2…. Elizabeth-Morgan…..review
November 8… The Jeep Diva  ….Review
November 13…Danita Minnis.  Guest Post
November 15..Romance Book Junkies  Review
 
There will be a tour wide giveaway for comments!!  Two lucky commenters will win one of two $15 Amazon Cards to be given away!!  So comment, comment, comment!!!  Good Luck!!!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

This looks very intriguing!

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Katalina Leon said...

Thank you Nikki! Amber and I are looking forward to this book tour!
XXOO Kat

Unknown said...

Thanks Nikki! Hope you follow us til the end! :)

Booklover Sue said...

I love the Cover and the book looks great!!

susanmplatt AT hotmail DOT com

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