BOOK INFORMATION
TITLE – Storm Mistress
SERIES – Others of Seattle:
Book 2 (stands alone)
AUTHOR – Brandy L Rivers
GENRE – Adult Paranormal
Romance
PUBLICATION DATE – 9-15-2015
LENGTH (Pages/# Words) – 108k
PUBLISHER – Brandy L Rivers
COVER ARTIST – Brandy L
Rivers
BOOK SYNOPSIS
Nothing is as it seems…
Everything
Isadora Starling wants is right there in front of her, but Toryn is off limits.
He’s her best friend. She’s been denying her heart all these years, afraid to
lose him.
Toryn Flame
has a long past full of secrets. None of which he can share with Isadora, the
only person who truly matters to him. She’s the one woman who has never shown a
hint of lust toward him, but even if she did, pursuing her is
forbidden.
That all
changes when the family Isa doesn’t know decides it’s time to reveal who and
what she is. After Isa’s recent attack, their motives are unclear.
His only
goal is protecting Isa. Toryn will do everything in his power to keep her safe,
including going against orders from his king.
Toryn’s only
fear is losing Isa’s trust. Once the truth is revealed, can she forgive him for
years of misdirection and omissions? Can she come to terms with a world she
doesn’t want or know?
BUY & TBR LINKS
EXCERPT
Pounding
music flowed over Isadora Starling as she walked into her bar, Shenanigans.
Only one thing was on her mind, finding someone who would take her home and
rock her world. She was smoking hot and she knew it.
Taking note of every man whose head turned in her direction,
she emphasized the already-seductive sway of her hips as she sashayed to the
bar with purpose. As usual, her eyes kept drifting back to the only man in the
place who made her mouth water. Unfortunately, her best friend was not on the
menu.
She slid into a booth and turned toward her business
partner, Lana, one of the few women she truly trusted.
Lana’s molten silver eyes landed on her. A smirk twisted her
lips. “Back so soon?”
Isa lifted a shoulder in a shrug before stating, “I’m on a
mission.”
Perusing the sultry make-up and her come-ravish-me outfit,
Lana snorted. “I can see that. What are you drinking?”
“Double Grey Goose, straight up.”
“One of those nights?” There was a grimace on her face.
Isa responded with a one fingered salute before turning back
to the crowd with the intention of finding a man.
Lana cut in with, “I still think you should drag him home
and get each other out of your systems.”
By him, she meant Isa’s best friend, Toryn Flame. More than
gorgeous, he was fucking beautiful, masculine perfection. His dazzling blue
topaz eyes were lined in guyliner, not that his eyes needed any help attracting
attention with his ten-mile long lashes. Silky black hair was teased up in a
sexy tousle calling to her fingers. The man was a sex god, in snug leather
pants and half-buttoned black silk shirt open far enough to display his
sculpted chest and the beginning of washboard abs.
Forbidden, though she had a never-ending supply of fantasies
starring Toryn. The current was her craving to lick every ridge of muscle on
her way down to the golden zipper straining over an impressive bulge she wished
she could ignore.
They were firmly stuck in the friend zone. He didn’t see her
that way, and despite the fact he was sensuality walking, she wasn’t supposed
to want him.
Frustrated, she turned back to Lana with a cold stare. “Have
you forgotten he prefers men? Last time I checked,” she looked down and shook
her tits for emphasis, “I have all the wrong parts. Besides, he’s my friend, my
best friend and he,” she glanced back to watch Toryn tongue-fuck his boytoy,
“is all over his man, Leon.”
One scarlet brow rose in challenge. “Bullshit, I’ve seen him
take women home.”
“Please, when was the last time? Tiffany? And that rare
occurrence was over a year ago.”
Lana’s mouth dropped open, “Oh my god, you are fucking
blind, Isadora. He’s only with Leon to distract himself from you.” With a
glare, Lana slid the vodka to her.
Isa would give anything for that to be the truth. Forcing
the desperate sentiment from her mind, she took the shot in a single gulp,
causing Lana to grimace.
Driving her point home, Isa nodded back to the two hottest
men in the place. “Toryn is with Leon. Has been for nearly two months, which is
some kind of record for him.”
Actually, they had been dating exactly seven weeks, which
was damn near a miracle. Aside from Leon, he hadn’t been with a single person
more than twice since she’d met him nearly ten years ago. Somehow his lack of
commitment made her want him all the more. She always loved a challenge, and
secretly wished she could be the one to snare him permanently.
Of course, if she told Lana she was counting the days Toryn
stayed with Leon, it would prove her point. A point Isa was going to deny until
her desire finally died.
With a devilish smirk, Lana shrugged. “He’d dump him for you
in a heartbeat.”
A glance back at Toryn easily reminded her how wrong Lana
was. Toryn was grinding his hips into Leon who was hungrily kissing down
Toryn’s throat. They were too hot and heavy for their public display of sexual
chemistry to merely be a distraction.
“Then why is he taking Leon home tonight? And don’t tell me
he’s not. Do you see them?” Isadora pointed back at them with a wicked grin. It
was a gorgeous sight.
Licking her lips and watching like every other woman, and
most of the men, in the nearly anything goes bar, she nodded. “Oh, I do, but
you don’t see the way he looks at you. Like he’s making love to you with his
eyes. When you aren’t watching Toryn, he always stares at you.”
Lana filled the shot glass.
In all the years they’d been friends, Toryn had never made a
move, so Lana was wrong, very depressingly wrong. Isa slammed back the second
dose and glared back at Lana. “You’re full of shit. Pour me another.”
“I’m not. I still say you’re fucking blind,” Lana taunted as
she refilled the glass. “If he wasn’t so hung up on you, I would make a move on
him.”
That hurt.
Wait… what? Hung up on me? Yeah, might need to have her
committed.
Isa took another glance at Toryn and Leon, then grinned at
Lana. “If you can pry him from Leon, he’s all yours.”
Thankfully, Lana changed the subject. “Where’s Mike?”
Well-intentioned, maybe, but her new topic wasn’t much
better. Isa downed the third shot before answering, “Don’t know. Don’t care. Of
course it would be a hell of a lot easier to get laid if he were around.” He
was her favorite fallback romp in the sack.
“You torture that poor man. If you’d let him, he’d fall in
love with you.”
Which was exactly the reason she hadn’t called and was
attempting to avoid him… though in desperate times...
Mentally shaking herself, she quipped, “We don’t work as a
couple. Sure, explosive in bed, awesome on the dance floor, but that is where
our good chemistry ends. We would drive each other batshit crazy—and I’m not
talking about the scorch the sheets way—in a matter of days. Not to mention the
fact Roxy hates my fucking guts.”
“Only because you’re stringing her brother along. Plus, she
has a valid point. I’m still convinced you fell for Toryn years ago. Like two
seconds after you met him.”
She was right, but Isa wasn’t going there. “Go to hell.”
“Only when you join me.”
Isa slid the empty glass at Lana and batted her lashes.
“Anyone I should consider?”
With an accusatory glare, she answered, “Plenty of them.
Except, don’t take the hot blond home.” She glanced down at the end of the bar
for about the hundredth time since Isa sat down.
All Isa saw was the healthy fall of shiny blond hair, way
too long and perfect to be on any man’s head.
“I don’t go for blonds.” Isa smirked before turning toward
the crowd. Of its own accord, her gaze landed on Toryn, who winked at her.
Lana pulled her back to reality with bite in her tone.
“Knowing you, you’ll take him home to spite me.”
Isa spun back around, her hands landing on the counter as
her eyes narrowed. “I would not. When was the last time?”
Her eyes narrowed to slits. “Last week, when you took Reese
home.”
“Oh,” she shrugged sheepishly, “that hardly counts. You
didn’t warn me beforehand. If you had simply told me, I would have found
someone else.” It was the truth, Isa never meant to hurt anyone, and especially
not her friends. There had been plenty of other options. She honestly hadn’t
realized Lana was interested.
“Why don’t I believe you?” she muttered. The question stung.
Of course, her payback sucked. Lana turned around and hired the guy the very
next day, even after Isa begged her not to.
“I’m not selfish, Lana. I wouldn’t do that to you,” she
whined.
“Hmph,” Lana didn’t look convinced, but a smirk formed as
she looked over Isa’s shoulder.
Isa fought back a smile as she felt Toryn’s approach. He had
a presence she could feel and as much as she hated her weakness, it felt good
to have him close. Toryn leaned his long hard body against hers.
Lana grinned as if her point was made.
One corner of Isa’s mouth lifted. “I would be more worried
about Toryn taking Blondy home.”
“Bitch,” she gasped.
“Grey Goose?” Toryn licked his full lips as his brow cocked.
“One of those nights, Isa?”
Her eyes nearly rolled out of her head, “Okay, everyone
stop! I had a long day, and I’m horny as hell. It’s not like I’m driving home.
No more judging. Just let me find a man for the night.”
The guy sitting next to her turned with a smile that chilled
her blood. His deep blue eyes seemed wrong, his skin too pale, almost blue.
She’d seen him before, but couldn’t place where.
Isa glared back. “Not you.”
Amusement danced through his eyes as they dropped to his
drink with a chuckle.
Toryn grinned at Lana. “Two Loves and one is for my sweet
Isadora.” His eyes held a mischievous sparkle.
Isa snorted. “Is that so?”
“Don’t argue,” he purred in a way that made her want to
scratch her nails down his back while riding him into the night.
With a groan, she smiled back at Lana and tossed down enough
cash to cover her vodka and the Loves, plus a generous tip. “Where’s Leon?”
Avoiding answering, Toryn quickly finished the drink and
placed his empty glass with a purposeful thunk on the counter. “Let’s dance.”
She let the question slide and followed his lead after
finishing her cocktail.
Maybe she had a bit too much, too fast, because the world
tilted. Still, she managed to walk straight.
“Leon won’t be jealous?”
“Nope, he plans to join us soon.” She could feel his eyes
caress down her body and back up. “He told me to tell you that you’re on fire
tonight.”
“He always says that.”
He pulled her close and his lips grazed over her ear. “Only
because it’s true.”
The warmth of his breath and rumble of his voice only
heightened the ache between her legs. Such a damned tease. And if he didn’t do
it with everyone, she might think he really felt something for her.
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AUTHOR BIO
Brandy L
Rivers is the author of the Others of Edenton Series. There are more Others of
Edenton in the works. She is also working on the Others of Seattle
series.
As an avid
reader, Brandy has always loved writing. She became serious about it as a
stay-at-home-mother. She has a file full of manuscripts she plans to edit and
put out there eventually.
She lives in
Western Washington with her husband and three kids, where she is already
working on future stories in the series.
If you are
interested in receiving emails about future book releases, please sign up for
her email distribution list by visiting her site.
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