Seeing the question on another thread about vampires and hair inspired me to post this small snippet from Eternal Kiss of Darkness. No, I won't be posting regular snippets yet because it's still so far from release date, but I thought the ladies might enjoy this one. Plus, because I've
finally learned how to add images on this site, I've even included a small illustration of Mencheres swimming at the bottom *naughty chuckles*. Enjoy!

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When the vampire burst from the water to crouch over her, Kira’s first thought had been,
uh oh. She hadn’t even seen him move before he was upon her, black eyes blazing with warning, water dripping down onto her. That single finger to her lips felt like a mini hammer, and Kira reminded herself that on the food chain, he was a predator and she was prey.
He really doesn’t like this topic, so I’ll shut up now, had been her very logical decision.
Then she looked down – and forgot what she’d started to ask him about. Beads of water caressed the hardest, tightest body she’d ever seen. Mencheres’s chest, arms, and stomach were corded with an intricate pattern of muscles that seemed too flawless to be real. His lightly-tinted skin only emphasized how black his hair was, dripping in dark rivers past his shoulders. Her gaze swept lower, revealing that his legs were as deliciously sculpted as the rest of him. Nothing interrupted her view of his taut, rippled flesh, either, because Mencheres had been swimming naked. Kira was surprised to see that he was hairless everywhere, even between his thighs…
Her eyes fastened there, widening.
Oh. My. If the vampire didn’t still have a finger to her lips, she would have licked them in reflex.

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