Today, I have Greta van der Rol and her latest book, The Demon's Edge.
The Demon's Eye
by
Greta Van der Rol
Krystina Merkos is reluctant to leave her home
planet, but agrees it’s best that her father doesn’t have to concern himself
with her safety while he fights a civil war. The journey on an Imperial warship
becomes much more palatable when she discovers that Ben Paulsen, an old flame
from her high school days, is a senior officer on the ship.
But it’s not all plain sailing. The captain
wants to seduce her, Ben’s trying to keep his distance – and pirates want to
sell her to the murderous sect waging war on her father.
When the frigate is attacked by a pirate fleet
intent on capturing Krys, she faces impossible choices. If she hands herself
over to the pirates, she will die a painful death. If she doesn’t, everyone
will die.
Unless she and Ben can contrive a way out for
them all.
Krys straightened her back, squared her
shoulders, and smiled her public, so-pleased-to-meet-you smile before she
answered the soft knock at her stateroom’s door. The young man waiting there
took a step backwards and cleared his throat, his eyelashes fluttering. Surely
she wasn’t that scary. And certainly the dress she wore wasn’t
especially revealing. A bit of cleavage, bare back that he couldn’t see,
cinched around the waist but loose to the floor. Not what she’d wear to seduce
anybody.
Stepping into the corridor she put as much charm
as she could muster into her tone. “I take it you’re my escort?” This lad was
an officer? Lordy, they seemed to be younger every year. Krys could swear he
still had pimples. But there was no avoiding the shiny bars on his shoulder
boards.
“Yes, ma’am. Lieutenant Boll, ma’am.” He ripped
off a crisp salute, no doubt taking solace in established protocol. “If you’ll
follow me.”
He marched in front of her, not too fast,
probably afraid she couldn’t keep up. Being tall enough to give most men a
crick in the neck, she’d given up wearing nose-bleed high heels long ago. And
her dress gave her plenty of room to stride in sensible, low heeled pumps if
she wanted to. Whatever. She let him set the pace and tried to get the funeral
march out of her head.
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The Demon’s Eye will be out late June/early July, only on
Amazon. Stay tuned for Dreams2Media’s REAL cover. I’m looking forward to seeing
what Rebecca produces.
She lives not far from the coast in Queensland,
Australia and enjoys photography and cooking when she isn't bent over the
computer. She has a degree in history and a background in building information
systems, both of which go a long way toward helping her in her writing
endeavours.
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