Title: Primal Song
Author: Danica Avet
Series: Cajun Heat (1)
Genre: Adult Fiction/Erotica
Publisher: Ellora's Cave Publishing
Release Date: August 3, 2012
Goodreads Synopsis
Deputy Daisy Picou is not impressed when Ram Reinhardt prowls into town all rock star swagger and big cat ego. She’s been burned by a lion before and has no intention of playing the fool twice. But with one scorching glance the mating frenzy ignites and passion trumps reason. An intense first encounter levels Daisy’s reservations—and most of her living room. And she’s not so sure she minds.
Ram Reinhardt has burned through and brushed aside just about every adrenaline-inducing thrill life’s thrown at him. But Daisy sets the gold standard for a premium rush. Her combative personality should turn him off, but every time they fight they end up in bed, or on the floor, or against a wall—and the sex is always more combustible than the time before. And he’s not about to give that up. Ever.
Well, I really shouldn’t call it a dream book. Nearly every
book I’ve written, or want to write, starts off as a dream book. As an abstract
idea that solidifies into something that has
to be written. I have stories sitting in my files that began that way, but
never went anywhere. But there’s one story that I feel like I have to write.
Oh, I don’t have all the details on it yet. I don’t have a
character name, or even an idea of where it’ll take place, how the hero and
heroine will get together, but it’s there…the post-apocalyptic romance I itch
to write.
When I say itch, I mean it. I can almost feel the story at
the tips of my fingers. The idea keeps floating around my head, the opening lines
twisting in my brain. But until I know exactly how the story will impact the
heroine I don’t have yet, or her hero, until I know what caused the apocalypse,
I can’t write it.
Will this story be my white unicorn? The story I chase but
never catch? Nah. I’m a determined little Cajun. At some point, once I’ve given
my shifter characters enough attention, I’ll sit back and let my futuristic
book come to life. I’ll look at the heroine, figure out who she is, how she’s
survived when everyone else hasn’t, and then I’ll know who the hero is.
I just have to let it come to me. That’s how stories work
for me. I have to let them come to me, like a wild animal. If I go running
after it all grabby-hands, I’ll end up with a snarling, hot mess. I have to
coax it out, trick it into letting me tame it. Ah, the life of a writer trying
to break the wild story J
Something banged on the front porch of the house, rousing
her from her self-pity. It wasn’t a stealthy sound, but more like someone was
trying to figure out how to get inside and didn’t care if anyone heard them.
Daisy pulled her service pistol out of the belt she’d left
coiled on her nightstand. Some women kept lotions and sleeping masks or even
books on their nightstands. Daisy left her gun and enough ammo to start a small
war.
She climbed out of bed and toyed with the idea of getting
dressed before she went to check on the noise, but another scraping sound
prodded her into moving. She did throw a robe over her naked body and loosely
tied it, not wanting to wave her girl parts at a potential burglar. Slipping
through her house on silent feet, she wondered if one of the strangers in town
had decided to try their luck at burglarizing a few houses. It was rare, but it
did happen.
Adrenaline and a tinge of fear washed through her as she
made her way in the direction of the sound. Those were definitely scraping,
scratching sounds, as if someone was using a lock pick to open the door. Heart
pounding in her chest, she eased to the window beside the front door and peeked
out. And blinked.
There was a lion on her porch. A huge friggin’ beast with a
thick, dark mane and the kind of fangs that belonged on the Discovery Channel.
He had one paw on her front door and she watched in stunned disbelief as he
tried picking her lock with one carefully extended claw.
The only lion shifter she was aware of in the area was the
musician, but it made no sense for him to be here. What was he planning to do?
Break in her house and sing at her? She bit back a snort. She wasn’t afraid of
any big cat. Being a bear had its benefits, mainly that she outweighed most
males in her animal form, but her bear wasn’t even fazed by this unexpected
visit. In fact, it wanted to come out right now, not to attack, but to play. It
thought the idea of a lion trying to break into their territory a great way to
end the evening. Daisy sniffed deeply, drawing the scent of cat through the
door and knew it was the musician. Beneath that wild, musky cat scent was a
hint of the same male she’d been trying not to think about since she left the
fairgrounds.
Shit. What was he
doing here? She breathed deep again, trying to figure out his frame of mind.
Was he pissed that she left the performance? She almost snorted at the thought.
That would take listener satisfaction a little too far. But he smelled hot and
agitated. Her head swam as something else filtered through her senses, making
her body feel sluggish again.
Her lower body throbbed with want, her nipples tightened
into near-painful points. She was getting turned-on. Seriously turned-on
because she could feel dampness on her thighs as her moisture seeped from her
channel.
He growled. The low, deep rumble sent a bolt of excitement
straight to her clit and she gasped.
She reached for the door, not sure if she planned to tell
him to get away, or invite him in. She wanted more than she ever had before,
but he wasn’t what she needed, right? Only an idiot would open the door to a
male who would use her and leave her. Apparently her horniness dropped her IQ
by several points because she undid the lock and turned the knob.
But she’d waited too long and the lion had gotten tired of
trying to pick the lock. The instant Daisy swung open the door, two paws landed
on her chest, taking her to the floor.
The gun bounced out of her hand, sliding across the tile
where it bumped up against the leg of a table. Five hundred pounds of big cat
was a lot and it took a few minutes for Daisy to get her wind back. She wanted
to curse when she did. If he was a serial stalker or something, she’d just lost
her weapon and given him the dominant position. She was a fucking genius.
Hot, panting breath that carried the unmistakable scent of
alcohol wafted over her face. Squinting against the hurricane of air, she saw
the lion staring down at her with serious, yet slightly unfocused amber eyes.
“Get off of me,” she said calmly, even if part of her
wanted to demand he shift and fuck her. Now.
He didn’t go away. In fact, he put his big paws to either
side of her shoulders, effectively caging her in between his limbs. Her heart
thundered as he lowered his head. Just when she thought he was ready to shift
and take care of the need burning through her, he licked from her chin to her
forehead, his rough tongue abrading her skin.
“Ew! That’s disgusting!” This was not what her pussy
had hoped for when she opened the door.
She tried to roll away from him, but he caught her shoulder
with his paw and ran his velvety muzzle along her cheek. The rumbling purr that
vibrated from his chest rattled her bones. The coarse hair of his mane tickled
her face and neck as he continued rubbing against her like a giant kitten.
His tongue snuck out, lapping at the side of her neck. It
was one of her sensitive spots and she jumped with a giggle. Shit. She was
supposed to be some badass cop and she was letting some strange cat tickle her.
“Stop it,” she ordered in a quivery voice he paid no mind
to.
With his scent surrounding her, Daisy’s body heated until
it felt as if she’d burst into flames. Her heart thumped. Oh God, she’d just
spent hours talking herself out of doing something stupid like throwing herself
at him and now he was in her house licking her. She panted as he went for the
hypersensitive spot behind her ear.
Instinct demanded she participate in this madness. She
reached up to the warm body hovering over her. The instant she touched his
velvety coat, his fur faded away leaving nothing but warm, golden skin behind.
Paws became hands on either side of her and the mane disappeared, but the
slightly rough texture of his tongue remained as he came down on top of her.
“Oh God,” Daisy gasped when he tested her skin with his
teeth.
“Ram.”
She shook her head as the light coating of hair on his
chest abraded her nipples, sending electric shocks straight to her aching core.
“Huh?” she mumbled when his tongue danced over her collarbone.
“My name is Ram.”
“Uh-huh, do that again.”
His hot breath washed over her skin as he repeated the
little love bite at the base of her throat. “I’d like to know your name in
return,” he whispered against her skin.
Shivering from his erotic bite, Daisy whimpered her name.
If he didn’t get this show on the road, she’d come without him and then she’d
do as bears did and hibernate the rest of the night.
A big, hair-roughened knee slid between her thighs. Thighs
that parted without any hesitation, making Daisy’s face burn with
embarrassment. Was she so easy she’d just let some strange cat fuck her in the
entryway of her home?
Danica Avet was born and raised in the wilds of South Louisiana (that would be somewhere around Houma) where mosquitoes are big enough to carry off small children and there are only two seasons: hot and hotter. With a BA in History, she figured there were enough fry cooks in the world and decided to try her hand at writing. For eight years she played at writing, but in 2008, she decided to get serious and began down the rocky road to publication. In 2011, the first three of her books in The Veil series will be out with Siren BookStrand and the story doesn’t end there…
Unmarried with no children, Danica is the lucky pet of a compulsively needy dog and two cats. The pitter-patter of little feet has been known to make her break out into a cold sweat.
Writing is how she gives the voices in her head a way out. They speak to her constantly wanting their stories told and she does her best to accommodate them. She writes paranormal romance and may eventually branch out to contemporaries. When she isn’t writing, working, or contemplating the complexities of the universe, she spends time gathering inspiration from her insane family, reads far more than any sane person would want to, and watches hot burly men chase an oblong ball all over a field.
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