Double treat today. Em Petrova has a terrific blog and excerpt from her latest Loose Id release Zero To Love. If you know how edgy Loose Id Publishing is and if you know Em Petrova, then you also know this book will be very clever, well written and unabashedly HOT.
The Power of Food in Books
By Em Petrova
How many of you have read a book where the characters are
chowing down pizza and guzzling beer, and suddenly you’re starving? Or they sit
down to a nice family dinner including fried chicken, all the sides, and a juicy
apple pie for dessert, and you wander into the kitchen for a snack?
Food in books is powerful. Not only does it draw the readers in
and place us at the table next to the hunky hero or amazing heroine, it makes
the characters 3D. They eat, therefore they’re alive, right?
Plus, they have cravings! Sadie adores Kit Kats dipped in
peanut butter before a stressful presentation. Christian scarfs down a chili
dog for breakfast.
In my latest book ZERO TO LOVE, a race of supernaturals consume
human thoughts as food. Thoughts can be plucked from human minds and devoured,
providing energy and even that warm fuzzy release of endorphins.
When Monroe locks gazes with Magda, he finds she is blocked to
him. Yet her mind is like honey—he craves it more than any other food. Read on
for a powerful excerpt from my brand new release!
Description:
Star-crossed
lovers Magda and Monroe must overcome racial differences and fight off the evil
Free Wills to save the city and their romance.
Excerpt:
“Magda.”
He rolled onto one hip to stare down at her. The upper bow of her lip
distracted the hell out of him, and for a solid sixty seconds, he couldn’t
remember what he’d been about to say.
She
flattened a palm on his chest, and it all flooded back.
“Tell me
more about your parents, about Elijah and your childhood.”
“Can’t you
see everything?” Her voice was husky from her screams of bliss.
He traced
her lower lip with his thumb. Should he tell her? Or did she know? Finally he
let out the breath he was holding. They had come this far together. She was as
good as his, even if he couldn’t feed from her thoughts. While her emotions
were delicious, he wanted all of her.
Shaking his
head, he said, “Not everything. Your mind is… Magda, those Free Wills are after
you for a reason.”
Shock
flitted over her face, a dark shadow of emotion he didn’t want to consume. But
he did. He had to take it away from her. It slid into his psyche, and he felt
his mind grow more powerful. A few more gulps of her, and he’d have enough
strength for another cerebral boom. Hopefully that wouldn’t be necessary.
She fisted
a hand on his chest. “After me?”
He nodded,
wanting more than anything to look away, but she deserved better. “The reason
your memory is full of holes—spotty—is because you are their victim, baby. In
your childhood, they cleaned you out. Stole all your memories.”
“What?”
Her voice was a ragged whisper.
“No one
ever told you.” It wasn’t a question. Her family was obviously shielding her
from Mindchangers. That thought catcher hadn’t been placed in her room because
they liked what it added to the decor.
She shook
her head hard, and her red waves tumbled over the cloud-blue pillowcase. A
number five cushioning a brain holding a number one.
“But if I
was a victim of a Free Will attack, what thoughts did they place in my mind?
What doesn’t belong to me?” Panic leaked from her.
Throat
constricted, Monroe wrapped his arms around her and tucked her tightly against
his chest. Pressing his lips to her ear, he devoured her emotion, disgusted by
the black oiliness of it. When he gave her the answer, he didn’t want her to
see the fury in his eyes.
“The Free
Wills didn’t give anything back in this case, baby. It’s almost never heard of.
They just took.”
“How
much?” A violent shiver gripped her, and he held her tighter.
He probed
her mind, already knowing the answer before he spoke. “All of it. They only
left enough to keep your heart beating.”
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Em Petrova
~hardworking heroes—in bed and out~
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