Shameful by Amanda Young

Author:Amanda Young [Young, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Romance, Paranormal, Fiction, Erotica, Erotic, Contemporary, Fantasy, Vampires, General, Occult & Supernatural, red hot
ISBN: 9781599987637
Google: rwiVcOOCqK0C
Amazon: 1599987635
Goodreads: 2651709
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Published: 2008-04-01T07:00:00+00:00

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His tormented green eyes met hers. “I asked you if you believed in the paranormal because a vampire killed my wife and daughter, Gail.”

She felt her eyes go wide in response to what he’d said and the flat way he’d blurted it out. “I’m sorry, Shame, I’m confused. A vampire? How do you know it was a vampire?”

Equal measures of sympathy and impatience crossed over his rugged features. “I’m sorry, I’m explaining this ass-backwards. SCS, the agency I worked for, is short for Supernatural Control Squad. My job was to hunt down the bad elements—the ones that thought of humans as their own personal Happy Meal—in the supernatural culture and take them out.”

“Take them out?” she squeaked.

“You know—take them out, kill ’em. It stands to reason that I’ve made quite a few enemies over the years. What I don’t know is how they connected me with my family. I’ve never been able to figure out that part of the equation.” He sighed, the deep exhalation sounded tired and sorrowful. “I’ve spent the last six months interrogating one deviant after another, beating information out of people, so that I could hunt down the bastard responsible, and today I finally found him.”

Dread crept down Gail’s spine and insinuated itself into the pit of her stomach. The light behind Shame’s eyes had grown hard, fanatical.

“What do you mean you found him today? You mean here, in town?”

“Yeah. He owns a big-ass house on the outskirts of town.”

She sat forward, trying her hardest to project a calm, bland interest.

It was a small town. Chances were good that she knew exactly who he was talking about. If that were the case, she was in trouble. Big trouble.

“Who is he?”

Shame leaned forward and patted her hand where it laid on top of the table. She knew he meant to be comforting. There was no way he could know that he’d just managed to turn her world upside down.

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Shameful

“Lucian Tremaine. Do you know him?”

“No,” she answered, casting a glance down at his hand atop hers. It wasn’t technically a lie. She’d never met the man, though she’d heard his name more than once. It was impossible not to hear about someone as feared as Tremaine while they shared the same small town.

“Good. That’s good. I’ve placed you in enough danger as it is just by staying here. I made sure that I wasn’t being followed before I came back tonight, but I’m going to have to move on soon. The longer we’re here, the more jeopardy is being placed on you.”

She opened her mouth to tell him he didn’t have to leave, that she wanted him to stay, but he shushed her before she could get the words out.

“Don’t worry, darlin’, as soon as Ty’s able to get around on his own, we’ll get out of your hair. If you think I’m insane and want me to leave now, I will. All you have to do is say the word and I’m gone.”

She shook her head.

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