Devil
To Pay
by
Renee Bernard
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BLURB:
Workplace
comedy is always fun but when the company in question in H.E.LLc
(Hades Enterprises LLc) and your job is being Lucifer, let's just
say, there are some unique challenges beyond Casual Fridays and who
keeps taking your lunch out of the break room. Even if Hell really is
just a place where evil is tracked and analyzed in endless
cubicles-no brimstone and not a human soul in sight-there's no room
for error. This Lucifer (who is the seventh unlucky archangel to get
the position behind the black onyx desk) is about to have his entire
world rattled when a very sweet and likable mortal woman crosses his
path.
After
all, angels can't lie. And when Jayne Hamilton wants to know what he
does for a living, all bets are off. Because "dating" isn't
exactly in the cosmic scheme of the Eternity Gambit, but Love...
Well, Love is never really off the table.
Now,
if Lucifer can just figure out how to win the girl and get himself
fired, he'll be one very very happy angel.
"Filled
with sparkling wit and devilish charm, DEVIL TO PAY is a delightful
visit to the Shangri-La of Hell!" -- Erin Quinn, The Three Fates
of Ryan Love, NYT Bestselling Author
"Only
Renee Bernard could make dating Satan sexy as sin! Funny, fresh,
irreverent and utterly adorable!" - Dakota Cassidy, National
Bestselling Author
First
book in the new Eternity Gambit series from USA Today bestselling
author Renee Bernard. This is a romantic comedy series with an
original paranormal twist that defies categorization and turns every
notion of Heaven and Hell on its ear.
Excerpt;
“Jayne!”
He shook his head. “I didn’t expect to see you—ever again.”
“Didn’t
you?” She decided to jump in full steam ahead before her courage
evaporated. “You deliberately drop a bombshell of an announcement
on a woman about being some mythical ruler of Hell, play with her
sense of reality and then what? Did you expect me to just laugh it
off and go on with my life?”
Luke
froze. “I don’t think I had any expectations and I don’t think
I proclaimed to be mythical, Jayne. But perhaps we should let Malcolm
leave before we finish our conversation.”
“I
don’t mind staying!” Malcolm protested. “I can be very quiet
over here in the corner and you won’t even know I’m in the room.”
Jayne
blushed furiously. “I…I apologize. I shouldn’t have…started
in…”
“Oh,
don’t apologize.” Malcolm’s look was nothing short of
incendiary admiration. “This is priceless.”
Lucifer
came around the desk effectively rescuing her from the smoldering
look Malcolm was giving her. “Jayne, I was about to introduce you
to Malcolm, but I’m starting to think that that would be a
mistake.”
“Not
at all!” Malcolm protested. “I’m the soul of courtesy, Miss
Hamilton.”
Lucifer
began again. “Jayne, this is Malcolm. My right hand, so to
speak.”
“How
do you do?” Jayne held out her hand, determined hold her own in the
world of weird she’d just reinvaded. “Are you an angel, too?”
Malcolm’s
warm hand enveloped hers, his smile brightening at the question,
amping up his charm to an almost bone-melting level. “Oh, I’m no
angel! But I’m flattered you would think so.” He gave Lucifer a
preening look and a wink of a challenge. “I like her.”
“I
like her more. Behave, Malcolm. And let go of her hand.”
“I
apologize.” Malcolm released his grip, stepping back to defer to
his boss. “I forgot myself in the moment.”
“Okay,
that’ll be all, Malcolm.” Lucifer dismissed him more firmly, and
Malcolm bowed and obeyed, retreating to the elevator and disappearing
behind its doors. “You were saying, Miss Hamilton?”
“I…”
Jayne took a deep breath. “I believe you.”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AUTHOR
Bio and Links:
What in
the world is a retired Navy chaplain’s daughter doing writing
scorching hot historical romances and paranormal romantic comedies
and even comic books? Renee Bernard is applying a great education
from traveling all over the world to story telling and doing her best
to keep her father proud. Truthfully, her father is her number one
fan, even though he has sworn never to read a single word of her
books (a vow he has kept to this day!) Nothing stops him from telling
everyone he knows that his daughter is now a USA Today Bestselling
author or from handing out bookmarks on the golf course. Love can
make even a minister do strange things!
Renee
Bernard is a freelance writer and host of “The Romance Bookmark”
on Readers Entertainment, as well as a contributor to Romantic Times
BookReviews magazine. Renee currently lives in the foothills of the
Sierra Nevada Mountains in Northern California. (Note an interesting
proximity to great wineries!)
DEVIL TO
PAY is available now online wherever books are sold and is coming
soon to Audio! The Eternity Gambit series is a fun departure from
her well-known Victorian set historical romances and creates a new
world for readers unlike any other. DEVIL TO PAY is the first book
in this new series and is gathering up 5-Star reviews and momentum as
more readers discover that office politics can hit a whole new level
of crazy when you work at Hades Enterprises, LLc (or H.E.LLc).
For more
information, please visit her website at
http://www.reneebernardauthor.com or http://www.eternitygambit.com .
You can
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Twitter:
@ReneeBernard
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