I know you guys already heard about The Collector, right? And I know that some of you have read it and to those who haven't read it yet (that includes me), go read it now! You guys might be familiar or heard about V Mafia. It's the street team of Victoria Scott's Dante Walker trilogy and am proud to say that I'm part of that cool family. ;) And because I love you guys so much, I have a little treat for you from Victoria herself. An excerpt from The Liberator.
Author: Victoria Scott
Series: Dante Walker #2
Release Date: August 27, 2013
Publisher: Entangled Teen
Summary:
Bad boy, meet bad girl.
Dante has a shiny new cuff wrapped around his ankle, and he doesn't like that mess one bit. His new accessory comes straight from Big Guy himself and marks the former demon as a liberator. Despite his gritty past and bad boy ways, Dante Walker has been granted a second chance.
When Dante is given his first mission as a liberator to save the soul of seventeen-year-old Aspen, he knows he’s got this. But Aspen reminds him of the rebellious life he used to live and is making it difficult to resist sinful temptations. Though Dante is committed to living clean for his girlfriend Charlie, this dude’s been a playboy for far too long…and old demons die hard.
With Charlie becoming the girl she was never able to be pre-makeover and Aspen showing him how delicious it feels to embrace his inner beast, Dante will have to go somewhere he never thought he’d return to in order to accomplish the impossible: save the girl he’s been assigned to, and keep the girl he loves.
I’m a teen fiction writer with a die-hard affection for dark and
humorous books. My work is represented by Sara Crowe of Harvey Klinger
literary agency. I have a master’s degree in marketing, and currently
live in Dallas with my husband, Ryan.
My first book series started with THE COLLECTOR, and was published by Entangled Teen in April 2013. The second book in the trilogy, THE LIBERATOR, will release August 2013. My next series kicks off with FIRE & FLOOD and is being published by Scholastic, March 2014.
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Series: Dante Walker #2
Release Date: August 27, 2013
Publisher: Entangled Teen
Summary:
Bad boy, meet bad girl.
Dante has a shiny new cuff wrapped around his ankle, and he doesn't like that mess one bit. His new accessory comes straight from Big Guy himself and marks the former demon as a liberator. Despite his gritty past and bad boy ways, Dante Walker has been granted a second chance.
When Dante is given his first mission as a liberator to save the soul of seventeen-year-old Aspen, he knows he’s got this. But Aspen reminds him of the rebellious life he used to live and is making it difficult to resist sinful temptations. Though Dante is committed to living clean for his girlfriend Charlie, this dude’s been a playboy for far too long…and old demons die hard.
With Charlie becoming the girl she was never able to be pre-makeover and Aspen showing him how delicious it feels to embrace his inner beast, Dante will have to go somewhere he never thought he’d return to in order to accomplish the impossible: save the girl he’s been assigned to, and keep the girl he loves.
Excerpt from THE LIBERATOR
By Victoria Scott
When I open my eyes, the sun is
trying to murder me. It’s shining on my face and making my head pound. Or maybe
it’s my hangover that’s giving me the headache, but nonetheless—me and the
sun?—we’re not on friendly terms.
Charlie murmurs
beside me. My arms are still wrapped around her waist, and I suddenly realize I
must have crashed out in her bed last night. If Grams wakes up and finds me
here, she’ll run me a bath…and toss in the toaster.
“Morning,
babe,” I whisper.
“Morning,
hot stuff,” a distinctly male voice responds.
I
whip around, my heart racing, and find Max sitting in a chair across the
room. “You look so hot when you first
wake up,” he says. He raises a hand to his hair. “Got that whole sexy bed head
thing going on.”
Charlie
doesn’t even move from her place, but I feel her laughing against me. “Your
friend is kind of creepy, Dante,” she manages.
“Max,
what the hell are you doing in here?” I ask, pulling the covers farther up even
though I’m (regretfully) fully-clothed.
“Real
question is, why did I wait so long to join you guys?” Max stands from his
chair and cocks his head. A mischievous smile crawls across his face.
“No,”
I say, trying to appear serious. “Don’t even think about it, dude.”
Max
starts running in place, his smile widening farther until he looks deranged.
“Ready or not!” Before I can stop him, Max races toward the bed and dives on
top of us. “Oh! Oh it feels even better than I imagined.” He rolls back and
forth across our bodies as Charlie laughs and I wonder why I’m friends with
such a raging idiot.
With
all my strength, I grab Max’s shirt and rotate him toward the edge. He falls
off the side, his arms pin-wheeling. There’s a loud thud, and then nothing.
I wait for
several seconds before leaning over to search for him. Max is lying face down
on the floor, his arms and legs curled like a dead spider. “You’re not really
hurt,” I say.
“I
think you gave me spinal bifida. You need to call someone.”
“That’s
a genetic disorder,” I respond with a sigh, collapsing back onto my pillow. A
second later, he raises his head very, very
slowly up from the side of the bed. It’s one of the more unsettling things he’s
ever done. “Max, is there a purpose to
this visit?” I ask. I want so badly to act like he’s annoying me. But he knows,
and I know, that we both love this game: the one where I pretend he’s a pain in
my ass, and he acts like a damn circus clown.
He
stands up, crosses the room, and plops back down in the chair. “Valery sent
me.”
I
throw an arm across my eyes. “Of course she did.” Beside me, Charlie moves to
get up and I immediately reach for her. She squeals and wiggles out of my
grasp.
I
watch as she walks around the bed and ruffles Max’s hair. The twenty-eight year
old pants like a dog. It’s a bit disturbing considering Charlie’s seventeen.
She eyes me with a grin. “I’ll make waffles.”
My face lights
up.
“Yes,” she
continues. “And bacon.”
I glance at Max
and nod toward Charlie. “That’s my girl.”
“Damn
straight,” he says.
“I’m still
making breakfast for your birthday,” I call after Charlie. Then, looking at
Max, I add, “My girl’s going to be legal soon.”
Max says,
“Boom.”
About the Author:
My first book series started with THE COLLECTOR, and was published by Entangled Teen in April 2013. The second book in the trilogy, THE LIBERATOR, will release August 2013. My next series kicks off with FIRE & FLOOD and is being published by Scholastic, March 2014.
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