Embracing Temptation
by Lorie O'Clare

Nikita Povlechic has been with Centauri Agency since she left the force. Dangerous assignments have become her life. But when her boss sends her to a small Midwest town on a mission as bait for demons, she wonders if he's finally lost his mind. The comfortable urban setting with quiet neighborhoods couldn't possibly harbor evil that would merit her skills in combat. Besides, there's no way to fight something that can't be seen, that isn't real.

Ares discovers that beautiful Nikita is being sent as a gift to the new leader of the demons, Julian Artos. Her lack of belief in the very real demons will be her own suicide. Nikita needs a quick lesson in what is out there, what exists beyond what she can see. And the quickest way to convince a stubborn woman, trained to kill, how to submit and trust in a warrior god is to seduce her. Ares sets out to do just that.

His desire to protect Nikita turns from an erotic seduction into a battle of wills. For a man used to getting what he wants, his toughest battle yet may be taming his fiesty little warrior woman.

Lorie O'Clare's Bio

All my life, I've wondered at how people fall into the routines of life. The paths we travel seemed to be well-trodden by society. We go to school, fall in love, find a line of work (and hope and pray it is one we like), have children and do our best to mold them into good people who will travel the same path. This is the path so commonly referred to as the "real world". The characters in my books are destined to stray down a different path other than the one society suggests. Each story leads the reader into a world altered slightly from the one they know. For me, this is what good fiction is about, an opportunity to escape from the daily grind and wander down someone else's path. Lorie O'Clare lives in Kansas with her three sons.

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