Blurb:
Born of a Navajo healer and a high-level prince of Hell,
Fatal is forced to return to her mother’s tribe to study their healing arts,
away from demon hands. But, with her tutelage comes cruel segregation and
disrespect. When her life suddenly comes under demon attack, she’s cast away
from the only home she knows. Exiled, Fatal sets out armed with her knowledge
and fighting skills to annihilate any threat against her.
Oracle by birth, Prince Orobus rules as his Liege commands,
until intel comes his way providing him with images of his mate’s participation
at a seedy club, well known for it’s sexual domination fight pit. Incensed,
he’s thrust in the fight of his life—to claim his woman. Come Hell or high
water, he will take care of what is rightfully his, even if it means making her
face both sides of her heritage and teaching her there is no shame.
Keywords: Native American Romance/
Paranormal/Demonic/Erotic/Light Bondage/ Dark Punishment by whip/Anal
Sex/Voyeurism
Excerpt:
With a sense of ease, Fatal ambled down the darkened
streets, gaining blatant glances as well as a few admiring stares.
“Hey sexy.” An unkempt male with brown crooked teeth and
greasy hair grabbed his crotch and wiggled his tongue at her as she passed.
A shudder went through her as she steered clear of him. Once
she’d hit puberty, the males she grew up with treated her different. In
privacy, they’d single her out, pretending to want a friendship, only to say
they fucked the freak, as if she couldn’t hear their hurtful words. The females
her age acted far crueler than their counterparts. Bad omens had few friends,
no dates or boyfriends. People in her hometown hadn’t hesitated to ask her for
advice or to chant with them when it suited their needs. She lived in solitude,
with the exception of occasional visits from her grandfather, Sani, and Taima,
her mentor. Pushing her musings aside, she moved through an alleyway that broke
off to the next major street.
The darkness encroached without as much as a whisper of
sound. No telltale wind blowing discarded trash along the road, horns honking,
or the zoom of cars passing by. Silence surrounded her, unsettling in such a
night-busy town. She turned to head south when the flash of bright red color
caught her eye. Intrigued, she meandered down a side street, arriving at a
demonic-looking, gargoyle-protected granite structure. An eerie crimson-red
sign hung above thick vault doors with the words “Demonic Persuasion” in black
paint. She’d heard of the club. It catered to just about anyone’s needs.
Fatal stepped into the female line. An eon later, she
reached the entrance of the club, flashing a smile at the doorman. When he
didn’t move or speak, she shifted on her heels and pursed her lips.
“The fee’s ten bucks.”
Fatal dug in her boot, her gaze straying to the bunched
biceps peaking out of his black T-shirt then roving over his cut physique. Her
mouth watered, and her girly parts tingled. She played off his affect on her.
Slapping the cash into his hand, she smiled. “Happy now?”
“I’ll be when you check your weapons, if it's even possible
for you to have anything hidden underneath that getup.” His gaze swept over her
black corset and micro-miniskirt, lingering a little too long on where she'd
cinched up her cleavage.
“Oh, you’d be surprised what one can hide against near-naked
skin. My name’s Ackchetta, most call me Fatal.” Smirking, she hiked up her
skirt. Buried between her thighs were two small blades. Thin metal stars she'd
concealed on her hipbones slid into her palms without effort. Annoyed, she
dropped them in his outstretched hand. “There you go. I want them returned,
though.”
“The one behind your back, too, sweet stuff.”
What, did he have X-ray vision? His droll expression did
nothing to alleviate the naked discomfort without her weaponry. “Aren't you
going to be polite and tell me your name?”
“No.”
When he spun her around and tapped the slender weapon, her
hackles rose.
“No one said you could touch.” Letting out a growl, she
removed the extra-slim blade hidden under her corset top.
“My club, my rules. No fighting, no weapons, and no magic—if
you know any.”
“I think I can behave myself for a few hours.”
He sent a dazzling smile her way then turned to a young
woman. Dropping her weapons into an outstretched hand, he whispered into the
sleek brunette woman’s ear.
Fatal narrowed her eyes. “It’s rude to whisper.”
“Follow Marzena. She’ll take you to the weaponry hold and
issue you a ticket.”
“I still didn’t catch your name.”
“I know.”
Rude and hot.
About to turn away, her breath hitched when the shimmering tattoos sprang to
life on his skin. From head-to-toe, he stole her breath. Long black hair
touched his shoulders. When he smiled, his blue eyes sparkled. Thick muscles
bunched with every movement. Long legs and muscular thighs encased in black
trousers brought a silent moan of want to her lips. She’d never ached like
this. She stole a look at his goatee, wondering how it’d feel scraping across
her face, his breath on her mouth before he kissed her with the same intensity
he stared at her with. She’d sell her soul to have those lips on hers, to touch
his once-broken, too-many-times-healed, nose.
While they were walking, Fatal glanced over her shoulder to
continue drinking in the handsome man. Marzena stopped at the station for
weapons, secured them, and wrote out a ticket.
“Here.” She handed the paper to Fatal. “When you’re done
eye-fucking my boss, I’ll show you around the
club.”
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Adri's Review:
I want to thank Mahalia Levey for providing me with a copy of this so I could write this review.
Now this isn't a genre I would normally read since it's got a dark supernatural aspect to it, but I LOVED IT.
I have said this in other reviews for this story (my personal Goodreads and Amazon) but this story is HOTTER THAN HELL pun completely intended.
This story is very well written and Mahalia has done a wonderful job of building what Hell would be like and what the demons of the underworld look like (and let me tell you if she is even 1% right about it I wouldn't mind going to tell at all). She also does a fantastic job of helping us see that not everything has to be bad and that there are good things that can happen in the underworld.
I know you probably want to know more about Fatal (which for about 40% of the book I pronounced wrong in my head) as well as Orobus, but you know what Im going to be mean and not tell you... I am going to make you go out and get the book for yourself and let you learn all about them on your own. I promise you though that you will love it and enjoy getting to know each of the characters...
But as I told Mahalia I want a certain dragon to breath fire at all the time... ;)
Happy Reading... Adri
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