Someone
is killing lawyers, but a particular vampire lawyer won’t stay dead.
Donovan Trait is a marked man. Flamboyant, stunningly handsome, and notoriously insatiable, his attitude and style belie his skills in the courtroom. No one survives a cross-examination at Donovan’s hands. His knowledge of the law and trial practice has accumulated over the years… and years, of experience. More than three hundred years. You see, when Donovan isn’t seducing judges and juries, he’s a creature of the night. And now that someone has decided that it’s time to kill all lawyers, his lust for attention has set him in the murderer’s sights. The problem is, vampires don’t die. Not easily, anyway. That’s good news for Donovan, not so much for his very human lady love, also a target of the serial killer. Will several unsuccessful attempts on his life expose Donovan’s true nature? Will the killer learn the secret that will guarantee a permanent death? Or will Donovan finally manage to put an end to the killer’s murderous spree and live happily ever after, with his lady love?
Excerpt:
Donovan’s cell phone pinged. He pulled himself into a small alleyway, away from the stampede trudging back to their workplaces after lunch, and leaned back against a building to read a text. His face screwed up in confusion. The text read, The first thing we do, let’s kill all lawyers! Starting with you!
“What the bloody
hell?” he muttered. “Is this some kind of joke?” Donovan’s eyes surveyed his
surroundings. He gazed right, then left. It did not appear that someone had
made him the focus of their attention. Everyone was scurrying about, like mice
in pursuit of a big cheese. “Must be Finley,” he said. “Finley is always plying
me with lawyer jokes. He thinks he’s funny.”
Donovan shrugged. Not
funny at all. He left the alleyway and re-entered the mass migration on the
sidewalk. He approached the crosswalk at Michigan and Superior and emitted a
snort of frustration as the light changed and the crosswalk filled with cars.
He was bumped hard by someone behind him. Donovan was forced to step into the
street to regain his balance. A cab rushed by and narrowly missed clipping his
side. Donovan jumped back onto the sidewalk.
A woman screamed
and Donovan jerked his head around, trying to see what all the fuss was about.
The woman was pointing at him. Donovan frowned and turned away. God save me
from simpering females who saw the last issue of City Magazine. Donovan had
appeared on the cover after being named as one of Chicago’s most eligible
bachelors. Since then, he had learned that the female population was comprised
of women of questionable morals and distressing behavior. He was growing weary
of the attention. While his colleagues thought it a wise marketing strategy, it
had brought him nothing but unwanted female attention. He had become prey.
Vampires were
predators. They stalked their victims. Sometimes, they pursued them with a
vengeance. That was why he had joined the legal profession. His predilections
were well-suited to that particular world. Now, his role had apparently shifted
and he was not pleased.
Someone tapped
Donovan on the shoulder. “Sir? Are you alright? You’re bleeding. It appears
someone stuck a knife into your side.”
Donovan’s mouth
gaped and he turned toward the man who had spoken. Then he looked at where the
man pointed. There was indeed a knife sticking out of his left side and a
stream of his blood was flowing onto the sidewalk. He had a very high threshold
of pain. He hadn’t felt the knife thrust into his side. If it wasn’t so
appalling, he would be embarrassed. Donovan opened his mouth to reply. Then the
pain in his side exploded and his vision dulled. Slowly he slid onto the
sidewalk as if he planned to sit on the curb.
Then everything
went black.
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