Hey y’all!
I’m Julia Talbot, and I’m here to share an excerpt from my November 6 release with Dreamspinner Press, Fangs for the Memories. It’s got werewolves, amnesia, and ravens, bears, a grumpy vamp and more!
Tom blew out a breath every time he sat up, hence the name sit-ups, he guessed. They sucked, but whenever the feeling came on him that only part of him was going to shift, he did an exercise, and it helped.
Up. Down. In. Out. Oh God, he hated this.
“Stray Cat Strut” sounded on his phone, surprising the fuck out of him. Carter!
He grabbed up his phone, answering it on an upswing. “Hey, kitty!”
“Hey there, pup! How’s the city? Have you searched and rescued?” Carter’s happiness reached for him through the phone line.
“I have. There was a coyote shifter who was being hounded by animal control because he kept shifting downtown.” Tom was all about helping other shifters the way Dr. Preston and the Dead and Breakfast gang had helped him. So many people needed help as the world changed around them.
“No shit? Never met a coyote. They tend to be a little skittish.”
Yeah, and Carter was preceded by bouncing.
He grinned. “He was cool when he saw me shift. One ear never came out, but I did okay, and now he’s somewhere out between El Paso and Fort Stockton. How are you?”
“Good. Good. Well, I’m great. The D and B? Less so, huh? We have a problem, and I’m calling you for assistance.” Carter pronounced it “Ass. Ees. Tonz.”
“Speak.” He loved to taunt Carter with cat and dog jokes. Made him so damn happy. The guy was really his best friend.
“There’s a rogue wolf that’s desperate to make his territory here. It’s going to get him killed, bud. Someone’s going to fuzz out and bam. Ugly lunch.”
“Tell me you’re not bouncing.” He rolled to his feet so he could grab his towel and head for his laptop. “Is it cold up there?”
“Six inches of new powder.”
“Oh, I love you.” He did love snow. Apparently his inner wolf cared not that he was from Texas.
“I love you too. Come play. Save Mr. Fuzzy, and we’ll have hot buttered rum and grooming. There’s a new hot tub.”
“Oh! Would Tanner skin us if we jumped in actually hairy?”
“Only if he caught us. He’s hibnern-bear. Bernator? Hiberbearing?”
“Ha!” He laughed out the duck noise, which was the best kind of laugh ever. He opened his laptop. “Can I get a shuttle from the airport?”
“Oh, hon, someone can pick you up.”
“Good. I love to wallow in snow but not drive in it.”
“Texans.”
“Until I die, man.”
“Well, if you fly in late I can come. If not, we have a couple of part-time contractors now who do odd jobs. I can’t wait to see you!”
Tom called up his favorite travel site. “Ditto, buddy.”
Thanks so much for reading
XXOO
Julia Talbot
Blurb:
A Dead and Breakfast Novel
One wolf lost his memory, but they’ll both lose their hearts.
Bitten werewolf Tom owes the folks at the Dead and Breakfast big for saving his life. So when they ask for help with a rogue wolf on the premises, he’s happy to do his part….
Though he isn’t quite prepared for what he’ll find.
Werewolf Nathan lost everything to a sadistic kidnapper—his freedom, his memories, and maybe even his ability to be human. But as soon as he meets Tom, he knows he might be able to reclaim his life. And even a turned wolf like Tom feels the mating call. The trouble is, Tom isn’t the only one who wants Nathan, and they’ll need help from all their supernatural friends at the D & B to defeat a powerful enemy and keep their love—and themselves—alive.
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Julia Talbot lives in the great Southwest, where there is hot and cold running rodeo, cowboys, and everything from meat and potatoes to the best Tex-Mex. A full time author, Julia has been published by Samhain Publishing, Dreamspinner Press, and Changeling Press. She believes that everyone deserves a happy ending, so she writes about love without limits, where boys love boys, girls love girls, and boys and girls get together to get wild, especially when her crazy paranormal characters are involved.
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