Blurb:
Since feeding her his blood, Lucian Roman has struggled with his obsession with Bronwyn Kettler-fighting an uncontrollable desire to kill her, if he has to, and the vampire she has sworn to wed. But when a dangerous enemy threatens Bronwyn, only Lucian can save her life. Even if it means sacrificing his own…
Exclusive excerpt: (posted with permission)
Perched on a hillside with fifty acres of beautiful grounds, olive trees, and no curious neighbors to deal with, the eighteenth-century villa that Nicholas had bought for his true mate and their nephew now catered to a group of angry, arguing male vampires and their eye-rolling true mates.
Though there were dozens of rooms to choose from, two kitchens, a cinema, and a gym, the three Roman brothers, their irritated British guest, and both Alex and Nicholas’s true mates had congregated in the massive dining room. All six coiled around the table like knights disagreeing on their plan of attack.
“Can we discuss this like civilized veanas and pavens?”
Sara Donohue Roman, the mate of Alexander, the eldest Roman brother, stood at the head of the table and called for calm among her family, and from the stranger who had blustered in, demanding information on the whereabouts of his true mate. He was displaying the expected irrationality and dominant behavior of a true mate, Sara knew. Alexander, too, had been out of his mind when her life had been threatened by one of her patients several months back, so she sympathized with Synjon. And truly, they were all worried about Bronwyn. The beautiful veana had come to the SoHo house at the same time as Sara, and had thought herself Alexander’s mate until the truth had revealed itself to them all. She was a good, intelligent female, and Sara wanted nothing to befall her.
Sara felt Nicholas’s mate, Kate, sidle up next to her as the group of pavens continued to go at one another around the table.
Synjon leaned forward in his chair and snarled, “We’re wasting time here.”
“Then, go,” Lucian said fiercely. “We don’t need your sorry Brit ass here. Or is it arse?”
“You look in the mirror and tell me,” Synjon returned, eyebrow raised.
Lucian growled at the paven, a warning, a promise.
“Easy, both of you,” Nicky began, though his eyes remained fixed on his little brother. “This back-and-forth bullshit isn’t helping.”
Synjon ground his molars. “All I want are answers; then I’ll be on my way.”
“Good!” Lucian uttered. “Can’t wait to show you the door all personal-like.”
“Hey!” Kate shouted, clapping her hands, brown eyes fierce as she addressed each one in turn. “Zip the lips, boys, or lose them.”
All four male vampires froze and turned to look at the female, eyes wide with surprise.
But Sara had eyes only for Synjon Wise. “Our family has been in France for weeks now, Mr. Wise. If the vampire you saw—the vampire who took Bron looked like Nicholas, then it had to be his twin.”
Synjon turned to glare at Nicholas. “Another sodding Roman brother. Perfect.”
“Watch yourself,” Alexander warned, running his hand over his shaved skull. “You’re in our home. Don’t make us forget you’re a guest.”
“I’ll forget,” Lucian growled. “Hell, I’d love to forget.”
“Hey,” Synjon began with irritation. “I wouldn’t be here at all if someone in your family hadn’t nicked my bride.”
“He’s not family, Brit Boy,” Lucian countered. “We barely even know the paven.”
“Well, let’s get to know him,” Syn said, his blue eyes wide with ferocity. “All of us. Let’s go have a bit of a chat with him.”
“Not that easy,” Nicholas said.
Synjon pushed back his chair and stood, frustration evident in his corded muscles. “And why the hell not? Bron is mine! She wears my mark!”
“This is going well,” Sara said, shaking her head.
Kate chuckled beside her. “I’d say so.”
“We’ve only just learned of his existence,” Nicholas said, his own frustration barely contained. “It’s why we came to France. To track him down.”
Through gritted teeth, Syn asked, “And have you?”
“Not yet.” Nicholas shook his head, his eyes dark with ire. “We’ve moved on every tip we’ve received, but the paven is . . . slippery.”
Synjon sneered. “Brilliant. And by that I mean, what a sodding cock-up.” He glanced at Lucian. “Why did we come here, then? They have nothing to offer me.”
A hiss erupted from Lucian’s throat. “No one invited you anywhere. Screw this twin bastard brother of ours. We’ll find Bronwyn ourselves!”
“What do we know about this paven?” Syn said, ignoring Lucian as though he’d said nothing at all, and eyeing Nicholas again. “Why would he want Bronwyn?”
The dark-haired brother shook his head. “I don’t know. She’s Pureblood—she’s your true mate. Perhaps you should ask yourself the same question.” He narrowed his eyes. “Perhaps this is about you, your past—your enemies.”
Syn cocked his head. “Bugger off. All right, you stupid git. Bugger the fuck off.”
“Oh crap,” Kate uttered, turning to Sara. “Here they go again.”
“Would anyone like something to eat?” Sara asked, in a tone meant to gentle the air in the room. “Blood perhaps. It may not be straight from the vein, but—”
“Blood!” Lucian said the word, rising from his seat and pointing at Synjon.
“What the hell are you doing?” Synjon asked. Shooting his gaze around the room, he demanded, “What the hell is he doing?”
Nicholas shrugged. “It’s not always clear.”
“You and Bronwyn have mated,” Lucian said, his tone threaded with disgust. “Have had your Veracou.”
“Yes. Do you have a point, or are you just reminding yourself that I am Bron’s mate?”
Lucian ignored the barb. “You should be able to find her, track her, know where her blood is. Isn’t that right, Alexander?”
Alexander nodded, his eyes suddenly graying over with thought. “It is.”
“There’s no need for any of this,” Lucian said, his voice rising, his fangs dropping. “Let’s go. Let’s go and get her.”
But Synjon didn’t move. “Stay where you are, Frosty. I haven’t taken her blood. She was nicked from me before we could have our consummation, both in blood and in body.”
Lucian growled fiercely.
“Chill out, Duro,” Alexander warned in an almost parental tone.
Sara felt for the youngest brother. Everyone knew that he was denying his feelings for Bronwyn, and she was pretty certain Synjon suspected the truth and was enjoying torturing the paven.
“The bond is unshakable,” Nicholas said quickly before another kind of blood was shed. He glanced up at Kate and gave her an easy, loving smile. “True mates should be able to find each other even if they haven’t—”
“Wait a moment,” Synjon interrupted, pointing at Lucian. “You’ve taken her blood, haven’t you?”
Everyone in the room turned to stare at Lucian.
“She drank from me,” he clarified, his chin lifting just a fraction. “Not the other way round.”
Synjon’s lip curled.
“And she drank quite a lot, as I recall,” Lucian said thoughtfully. “Nearly drained me dry.”
Synjon slammed his arm into his chair and sent it flying across the room, his growl low and feral.
“Alexander!” Sara called to her true mate with both her voice and with her gaze. This was getting out of hand. Time was clicking[CE1] by and they were nowhere nearer to finding Bronwyn than when they’d started. She knew the moment had arrived to spill the secret she and Alexander had been carrying around for far too long, it seemed. It was something her mate had never wanted to admit to his brothers, especially to Lucian, but there was nothing for it, and by the look on Alexander’s face, he was thinking the same thing. Sara pressed harder. “Please, Alex.”
His merlot eyes lifted to hers.
“Tell them,” she urged with fierce determination when he appeared to resist. “It is time.”
“Tell us what?” Lucian said, fangs low and eyes on Synjon.
Nicholas’s brows drew together. “Alex, what’s going on?”
With a sigh, Alexander turned to both Lucian and Synjon. “Will you two be cool?”
“Cool about what?” Lucian said uneasily.
“I have drunk from Bronwyn.”
The room went silent, as if breath and time ceased to exist. A servant walked in, and no doubt sensing the rabid tension around the table, walked right back out again. Suddenly there was an audible snap, and both Lucian and Syn dove across the table at the eldest Roman brother, landing on top of him with a crash of heavy bodies.
Kate sighed. “Oh, God. Are we really going to do this balas at play thing, gentlepaven?”
“Stop it!” Sara yelled at the mosh pit of fists and furious curses. “Stop it right now. Goddamn idiots! Nicholas, stop them!”
But Nicholas wasn’t aware of her plea. He sat, unmoving, his gaze pinned on the wall behind the group of fighting paven.
“The Order,” he uttered with pure hatred. “They have her . . .”
The pavens froze, bloody and bruised and fangs extended, and turned to look at the message scrawled on the plaster.
Bronwyn Kettler will be given over to the sun unless Lucian Roman comes for her by daybreak.
Eternal Captive by Laura Wright
February 7th 2012 by Signet Book
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Laura Wright would like to give away a Mark of the Vampire Swag Bag: travel mug, tote, lip balm, gum/mint holder keychain and readers choice of ETERNAL HUNGER or ETERNAL KISS (print or ebooks)
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Always love your interviews….I enter every contest to win this book! Hopefully this time will do the trick!!! Thanks for the giveaway!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for sharing the excerpt! It makes me want to read your book all the more!
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Book sounds Great. Would love to read it.
Thanks
I have been following Laura Wright through blogs and on facebook. I really want to read this series and I want to start with the first one. I would love to win Eternal Hunger as an ebook.
Read the excerpt and cant wait to read this series!!
Thank you so much for this giveaway!!!
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I’m not entering because I won this one and OH MY HEAVEN is it good. I’m 3/4 through it and am loving it! Best of luck to every one
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omg wow i love them all and no matter how many times you read some thing like that you still go wow
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Absolutely can’t wait to start reading Lucian’s book! I loved Eternal Hunger but haven’t had the money to pick up Eternal Kiss or Eternal Captive
Thanks so much for the excerpt and for the giveaway!!
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Read the excerpt and cant wait to read this series!! .I enter every contest to win this book, i hope win this one!! Thanks for the giveaways!
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I loved it! The characters all sound intriguing and the end of the excerpt had me wanting to read more!
I’m so excited to start reading your books. I’ve been following the posts and reading the excerpts. Thanks for the giveway!
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I love Laura Wrights books! Especially those Roman brothers
I read the excerpt I’ve been waiting for Lucians book ,he’s my favourite 
Great giveaway!!
I’ve been seeing this series pop up a lot on blogs I follow lately and would love a chance to start the series from the beginning. Thanks for offering the giveaway!
I have a friend who loves reading anything by this author. She has got me to the point I want to read her books, I love the way this one sounds so far. I can’t wait to read it.
I love Laura Wrights books,and look forward to reading them all! Keep up the fantastic work! <3 I really love the Roman brothers.
I love it! This sounds great! Thanks so much for sharing the excerpt and offering the giveaway!
I LOVE this series. I can not wait to read Luca!
Books sounds amazing. I will be reading it.
thanks for a great post and giveaway!!!
OMG!!!!! The excerpt was AWESOME!!!! I love it!!!
Thanks for the giveaway!!!
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loved you interview and thanks for the chance to win some awesome gear. I just love Laura’s series and cannot wait for more.
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Thank you for sharing the excerpt and the giveaway!! Hope i win!!
thanks you so much for this great , awesome and international giveaway. You are so great i can’t wait to discover your book
thanks you a lot for this wonderful opportunity
all the best
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Great excerpt!! I’m just starting this series! I’m so hooked. Thank you for making this contest open internationally! Good luck to all!
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What a great giveaway!! Thanks for the opportunity!! Hot cover too!!
Great excerpt and giveaway! I want this series!!
Thanks for the chance !
I love the Roman Brothers! I recommend these books to everyone! Share the love! X
I love your books.Thanks for doing this contest I hope I win!
Great excerpt. The book is now on my wish list.
I love your books.Thanks for doing this contest.
Great excerpt! The book sounds very good.
Great excerpt… very suspenseful ending! Thanks for the giveaway!
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Loved the excerpt! Roman brothers are pretty hawt.
Interesting excerpt, Bronwyn sure seems to have a strong effect on these guys. Makes me interested in seeing who she is and what is her allure.
What a wonderful excerpt! Don’t you just love a good argument/misunderstanding?
Thank you for giving us a first taste of the novel I haven’t heard of it before, but now I crave more
Awesome excerpt. Sounds like an amazing book. Thanks for the giveaway.
Thanks for this giveaway im so excited to read this book sounds so great!
Thanks for sharing the excerpt,I’m about halfway through the book now and loving it
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Great excerpt. Now would love to finish reading the book. This is a new series and author for me and always looking for new books to check out. Thanks for the chance to win.
Omg! Excerpts are always like teasers to me. Ugh! Now I really wanna get the book now.
Ok, if I don’t win….totally buying anyway!! Please write more
Hi Laura thank you for sharing with us today.I love the excerpt and cover and look forward to picking up Eternal Captive it sounds like an amazing read .I love paranormals especially vampires .Thank you for the chance to win an awesome prize.Have a great weekend
flanagan@mebtel.net
Can’t wait
Oh, this sounds like a keeper!! What a great excerpt! Thanks so much for the generous giveaway, Laura
My fingers and toes are crossed that I win!!
Great Excerpt!!! I love this series. Just finished the book and It was AWESOME!!!! I definitely recommend it to anyone who has not yet started the series. They really need to read this series.
I have loved every book and cannot wait until the next one in August.
No need to enter me in the contest.
I love this series. The excerpt is reat. Thanks for the chance!!!!
Looks like a good series for my 2012 goal to read more paranormals.
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Thanks for the chance in the giveaway, and the blurb was great!
This new book looks great. Thanks so much for the chance to win the gift package.
Great excerpt! I was a little lost with the terms and the as I haven’t read this series yet, but this snippet makes me want to jump on it. Vampires with British accents and a lot of snark? I’m in! Great giveaway too – swag is awesome but nothing beats a signed paperback book! Thank you for this!
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Awesome excerpt! Would love to win,t his sounds amazing!
Paperback would be fantastic ;D Swag is also amazing.
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This is one of my favorite two line:
“Then, go,” Lucian said fiercely. “We don’t need your sorry Brit ass here. Or is it arse?”
“You look in the mirror and tell me,” Synjon returned, eyebrow raised.
It’s the humor and sarcasm mixed with the undercurrents of energy that get me and have me smiling.
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Great exerpt. Sounds really good. Thanks for the giveaway.
Great exerpt. Book sounds really good. Thanks for the giveaway.
This book sounds good! Thanks for the giveaway!!!
I have not read this series, but after reading the excerpt, I will now be purchasing the first book to get started!
I am so excited! I have book 1 in Mount TBR! I would love to win book 2. I didn’t read the excerpt. Since I know I am going to read the book, I don’t want to read the excerpt and try to guess what happens next! Although, why would Bronwyn agree to marry the vamp? Why is Lucian obsessed with Bronwyn? Ugh!
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I love reading about a book with blurbs from the authors; the excerpts are always enough to tempt us into buying the book
Thanks for the excerpt. i really want to read this book. Please enter me in contest. Tore923@aol.com
love laura wright, hope can win her book
the excerpt has me itching for more…this series looks fantastic! I am hoping to win this wonderful prize package
Thank you for this wonderful opportunity. I have the series on my wish list.
Loved the excerpt!!! Haven’t read it yet but can’t wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I loved that excerpt. Sometimes, blurbs just aren’t enough to convince me, but based on that excerpt, this sounds like a series I would enjoy.
Would love to read the full book now!
Thanks for the chance at this contest. Would love to read the book. gonna get it anyways.
That was AWESOME! I love her writing style, and now I can’t wait to read it even more!!
Jess
Ooh pick me pick me!!!
I loved the excerpt and can’t wait to see what happens between Bronwynn, Syn, and Lucian.
marlenebreakfield@yahoo.com
What a lovely give away, I so love author/book swag. Thank you for making it international as well.
The book is on my wishlist
loved that excerpt and the cover is pretty yummy too!!
Sound like a good book. Love it win I find new authors.
Wow, how fantastic does this book sound?!? This is a series I DEFINITELY need to be checking out!
Hi
Very interesting excerpt. Thanks for the giveaway!
I’m always looking for new vampire stories and since Laura is a new author for me I would like to read it.
This book sounds fantastic! I will have to add it to my must read list! Thanks for the chance to win this contest.
Love this series! Great post and giveaway!
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Ι loved the excerpt and the cover is so beautiful! Thank you for the great giveaway.
Great excerpt! I will be reading this one for sure!! I am so happy I have started reading this genre. So many great books out there!
Thanks!!
Mel
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I enter all of your contests in hopes of winning won of these books! I can’t wait to read it!!
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I haven’t read this series yet but it sounds really good. It’s going on my tbr list. Thanks for the giveaway!
Love the excerpt — can’t wait to read!!!!
love the excerpt — can’t wait to read. Thanks
Wonderful excerpt it makes me want to read the book more and more.
Great series and awesome excerpt! I cant wait to read more.
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I’ve got Eternal Kiss loaded on my Kindle and ready to READ ~~ I’m having surgery tomorrow, and then I’m lazing around and reading while I recupperate and nothing else. I can’t WAIT to read EK!
Novel sounds great. Love the excerpt! Thanks for the giveway.
Great exerpt…really makes me want the book. Thanks for the giveaway.
Wow.. how did i miss this one!!