By
Angela S. Stone
It’s here! It’s
release day. I am so very, very excited to be here today talking about Duty, Honor, Love!!
I am in love with this series’ main character.
Jaden Black. She’s a sexy and mysterious telepath with a heck of a secret and
one amazing power. This book is told entirely from Cameron’s POV, but in the
original draft it was about 50/50 being told from each of their perspectives. Jaden’s mind is a bit chaotic so I abandoned
her perspective and stuck with Cam (Who doesn’t love a hunky cop anyway?). Jaden
is a dynamic, incredibly smart, often sassy detective; she worked her way up
through the ranks with determination and sheer will power! I’m excited to say
that in book 2, Duty, Honor, Sacrifice,
we actually get a small hint as to what being Jaden must be like! And yes, I am
crazy I’m already onto book 2 as book 1 is just rolling off the presses. Duty, Honor, Sacrifice, features two
characters from this book (I’ll let you guess which two!) and their story is
one you don’t want to miss!
I often have
people ask me the inspiration for this series. How does one create a slightly
alter contemporary world? I think for me it’s the fun in imaging, What if we
could read people’s minds, what if we could move a glass with our minds, answer our cellphones with-out moving a
muscle, what if we could control our dreams, or someone else’s? I love watching trashy TV it’s a bit of a
guilty pleasure of mine, (and it makes for good background writing noise). What
if someone really can talk to the dead [And as Jaden loves to point out,
Medium’s don’t exist—or do they?]. I guess you’ll have to read to find out what
awesome powers the characters in Toronto’s Elite have. In
the meantime here is a special preview of Duty,
Honor, Love!
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Blurb:
Cameron Olsen
believes in three things: the duty to his badge, the honor of being a police
officer, and the love he has for his partner.
As a member of
Toronto’s elite Special Investigations Unit, he has the privilege of working
with Jaden Black, a powerful but naive telepath. As they hunt down a child
rapist and killer, the case takes an unexpected turn, Cameron questions his
badge, his profession, and who exactly his partner is, and what she’s been
hiding from him.
Excerpt:
“You can’t eat
him, Paul.” Jaden’s panicked voice filled the cave.
The green dragon
turned to look at the black dragon hurrying toward them. She stood on her hind
legs, and Cameron could see she wasn’t all black. A green starburst the exact
color of Jaden’s eyes splashed across the dragon’s chest.
“You should be
resting,” Paul admonished.
It made perfect
sense to him the black dragon with the green star was Jaden.
“I was cold,” she
explained.
“Go lie down.
I’ll be there once I take care of our guest.” He tried to give her a small push
with his tail, and she reacted by raising her spikes.
“I told you, you
can’t eat him!” Her deadly spikes swished to and fro with menace.
The green dragon
sat on his haunches. “I wasn’t going to eat him. I was going to show him to the
door.” He gestured toward the opening to the cave with his shorter forelegs,
doing his best to appear innocent.
Cam watched in
amazement as Jaden, the dragon, grew in size until she towered over the green
one. “Do not lie to me, Paul! You were going to eat him.” Smoke curled from her
nostrils.
“Now hang on a
moment. He’s an unwanted visitor here. We cannot have people like him here,
luv. They’re dangerous.” Paul, the green dragon, stared at Jaden.
“He’s not
dangerous. I brought him here.” She shuffled closer to him, spreading out her
wings to shield him.
“How could you
bring him here?” Fire shot from the green dragon’s nostrils. He flinched and
leaned in close to Jaden, convinced they were both going to be barbequed.
She fluttered out
her wing, protecting him from the fire. “I didn’t mean to bring Cameron here,
Paul. It was an accident.”
“Cameron. He’s
Cameron?” He reached out with his broad green wing and lifted Jaden’s black
one. “So, you’re Cameron.”
“Yes.” He hid
behind the black dragon’s large hind leg, protecting himself from Paul.
The green dragon
leaned in a few inches, regarding him with large yellow eyes. “Well then, why
didn’t you say so?”
Jaden ruffled her
wings, and slowly she decreased her size to normal. She nuzzled Cam with her
snout. “I’m glad you stayed.”
“Dragons?” This
all seemed a bit much. He felt calm, but the logical part of his brain screamed
something wasn’t right, this wasn’t real.
Jaden smiled, or
at least he thought it was a smile—her teeth were large and pointy. “It’s my
natural dream guide. Come.” She folded her wing out and picked him up, tucking
him into her side. She moved to where Paul had settled, waiting for her.
Paul sniffed
Jaden. “I suppose you want him to sleep with us.”
“He’ll be cold.”
He huffed, smoke
curling out of his nostrils. “Fine, we’ll sleep in a proper bed, then.”
Author
Bio:
Angela S. Stone is a twenty-something
Registered Nurse living in Ottawa, Canada. Angela finds inspiration in real
life personal events for her books, often writing about issues she’s experience
in her life. She is a proud Canadian and an even prouder girl from back east.
She thoroughly enjoys writing novels featuring character that live in or are
from the Maritimes. She’s recently met Mr. Right and when she’s not occupied
with him she can be found hanging out at her local Bridgehead writing. She
spends her free time advocating for minorities and persons with disabilities.
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