Pale
Moon Walking
Paula
Altenburg
Release
Date: 9/28/15
Genre:
Paranormal Western
Publisher:
Entangled
Book
Description:
US
Marshall Sam Kyote has been sent to the dry old town of Coyote Bluff
to recuperate from a top-secret government experiment that's left
this law man a little...well, different. But Sam's about to find out
that the town of Coyote Bluff has a whole lot of secrets. Most of
which lead to Libby Mayden—the sexy, long-legged, and tight-lipped
sheriff who saved his ass from an alien ambush.
The
last thing Libby needs is a US Marshall poking around her town,
especially one who's hotter than the Nevada desert sun. She can't let
Sam find out most of her town are wanted outlaws. Between the aliens,
the gunfighters, and a searing sexual attraction to Sam, she's in a
whole heap of trouble. And Libby'll stride both sides of the law—and
Sam—until she's forced to choose between self-preservation...and
her heart.
Excerpt:
Libby
took off like a rabbit as soon as she heard the crack of the bat. She
approached first base at full speed, saw no one coming at her, and
didn’t slow down. She rounded the base and headed for second.
From
the corner of her left eye, she spotted a fast-moving blur. Sam had
the ball, and rather than give it up to the second baseman, he was
pursuing Libby himself, planning to cut her off before she could
reach safety.
She
judged the distance between Sam and second base, and the space she
had left to run. She never slowed, but instead, dropped onto her
right calf and thigh in a long slide, folding her left leg and
throwing her hands high as she did. She kept her attention focused on
touching the base with her foot. Nothing else mattered. Either he
caught her or he didn’t.
She
felt her foot connect with Sam’s ankle at the same time he reached
second, knocking him off balance as she finished the slide. He threw
his arms up, just as she’d hoped. He windmilled in slow motion,
unable to regain his footing, and toppled on top of Libby, knocking
the air from her lungs with his weight.
He
brought his arms down on either side of her face. His chin connected
with her forehead and she heard the faint click of his teeth striking
together.
He
grinned down at her, the gold flecks in his eyes sparkling. He
touched the ball to her collarbone, just below her jaw where he knew
it was sensitive, and Libby’s toes burst into flames. “You’re
out, Sheriff Mayden.”
“In
your dreams, Marshal Kyote,” she wheezed back. “If you check,
you’ll find my boot’s on second base.”
Sam
didn’t budge. “We’ll have to consult the umpire. Oh, wait. That
would be you.” His grin widened, and now Libby couldn’t breathe
for a whole different reason. “How are you planning to call it from
this position?”
The Demon Outlaws
Series
Book
1 The
Demon’s Daughter
Book
2 Black
Widow Demon
Book
2.5 The
Demon Lord (novella)
Book
3 Demon
Creed
About
the Author:
Paula
Altenburg lives in rural Nova Scotia, Canada, with her husband and
two sons. Once a manager in the aerospace industry, she now enjoys
working from home and writing fulltime. Paula writes fantasy and
paranormal romance, as well as short contemporary romance.
Website:
www.paulaaltenburg.com
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/paulaaltenburg
Author
Goodreads:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5809064.Paula_Altenburg
Giveaway:
3
print copies of The Demon’s Daughter
a Rafflecopter giveaway
The excerpt from the book was great! I have added it to my TBR list. Thank you for the giveaway.
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