Excuse
My Fairy
Kinley
Baker
Book
Description:
Her
magic breaks all the rules. He breaks all of hers.
Draybeth
is broken. Her fairy powers don’t work, her magic is completely
dysfunctional, and not even her bad attitude and soft heart can win
her back into Fairy favor. Exiled from their land, she struggles to
make a life for herself in the human world. But when her bar burns to
the ground and she meets one of the Impassables--the devastating
Lawman Barrett--things become even more of a struggle. An arrest,
murder, and abduction challenge everything she’s worked for, and
worse, the Impassable Lawman appears to be her destined mate. But
darkness stirs deep within Dray’s heart, and she’s not about to
drag the gorgeous lawman down with her.
Barrett
never expected to find himself mated to a fairy, let alone one with
such a wicked temper and a short fuse. Being an Impassable, he should
be immune to fairy magic, but Dray’s magic burns through him like
lightning, just as everything else about her ignites him, body and
soul. The fairy’s power over Impassables threatens everything this
new realm was built upon, and as a Lawman, Barrett’s job is to make
sure those threats are eliminated. But his feelings for Dray make him
question just where his duty lies.
Warning
for adults 18+ contains a high heat level of sexiness and swearing
Read an excerpt:
A
scream echoed down the hallway and reached Barrett at his desk. He
knew they didn’t have a banshee in the vicinity, which always
required extra precautions, but his eardrums had never met a sound
more sinister than the bellow ringing in his ears.
Captain
Syd stormed into the station room, his gaze locked on Barrett.
“Your
fairy is driving everyone mad.”
Yep,
Barrett had guessed right. His mate
was causing a scene. Looked like Barrett would be forced to deal with
the consequences.
The
rest of the men and women at their desks studied his confrontation
with the captain. They weren’t missing any details.
They
all knew the fairy was Barrett’s problem, which would reasonably
lead anyone to believe the two of them were involved in a
relationship. Barrett’s place in the hierarchy among the men just
dropped. He was probably going to lose his job.
Barrett
pushed back from his desk. “I’ll go talk to her.” Damage
control time. Maybe it wasn’t all over.
Captain
Syd’s hot breath smacked him in the face. “You better not just
talk to her. You better silence her!”
Barrett
rarely heard the captain yell. This situation wasn’t going to be
easy on anyone. Super.
With
a scowl, Barrett headed for Dray. The woman had a sharp hook sunk
into his chest. No matter how hard he tried to wiggle free of the
catch, the hold buried deeper. She was his problem now. The captain
had made the truth public.
Barrett
strode toward the prisoner cells. The moment he entered the room, the
fairy stopped screaming. He walked right up and glared at her. “What
the hell do you think you’re doing?”
“Thank
the heavens.” The hag two cells down stopped rubbing her temples.
Barrett
chose to ignore the older woman.
Dray
blinked at him, as wide-eyed and innocent as a doe. Barrett knew well
enough not to be fooled.
“Do
you have any idea what you’ve done?” Barrett’s own anger
mounted.
“Tell
me.” Dray threw the words out as though she didn’t have a care in
the world.
“Everyone
knows you’re my responsibility now.” His heart thudded at the
admission. The statement wouldn’t go over well with his mate.
Dray’s
eyes flared. “Embarrassed?”
That
wasn’t even close to what Barrett felt. He had no idea how to put
the chaos inside his chest into words. “You’re not making it easy
to like you.”
“Ha!
Feeling’s mutual.”
He
should have known she would throw the sentiment back in his face.
“I’m not your biggest fan, either, sugar.”
Dray
snorted. “You couldn’t possibly dislike me as much as I dislike
you.”
Now
it was personal. “Listen, Beth—”
Her
eyes bugged at the nickname. He’d seen her full name on her record.
He
smirked. “If you think you can come into my station and run that
sassy mouth like the Second Ending is coming and the world will
parish without hearing your wisdom, you’re sadly mistaken. I should
lock you up for the simple reason that someone thought it was a nice
idea to match your surly little temper with those soft and sexy
curves.”
Her
mouth dropped open.
Using
his index finger, he brushed his calloused skin against her soft chin
and pushed up so her lips pressed together again. And in that insane
moment, he wanted to kiss her.
She
smacked his hand. Pain sizzled along his nerves. “If you ever touch
me again, I’ll castrate you with my fingernails.”
He
looked down at her short, efficient nails, and then back up at her.
“You’re welcome to try.”
Her
eyes flared, her power shifting behind her gaze. It had been a long
time since he’d seen someone this riled. The little firecracker in
front of him was set to burst.
“You’re
just like every man I’ve ever met.” Dray turned her back on him.
Barrett
couldn’t stop the spike of jealousy. How many men had there been?
“You’re nothing like every woman I’ve met.” No one else drove
him to this level of ball-busted crazy.
Dray’s
shoulders hunched, and he couldn’t get a read on her. She refused
to continue their conversation, and that was fine with him. He
worried about what he might snap at her in his current mood.
His
mobile buzzed, a welcomed distraction, and he quickly read the
message.
“Jiva’s
here to bail you out.” He had no idea how Jiva had known where her
friend was. He hadn’t known how to get a hold of the succubus.
Dray
continued to stare at the back wall. Barrett couldn’t see any part
of her face. A moment of helplessness overwhelmed him. What was he
supposed to do with this fairy? He had no idea how to proceed. “Be
careful.” He couldn’t prevent himself from warning her. “Don’t
go anywhere alone. The soul-sucker is still out there.” He’d
never forgive himself if something happened to her, even if his
temper peaked at his max.
She
didn’t glance back or acknowledge him.
“Please,
be careful.” His words scratched from a dry throat.
A
long silence stretched. “I don’t need you to protect me.”
Her
words struck him in the gut. Air puffed out of him. Rejection raged
through him, uncontained. Wasn’t that the point? The little fairy
didn’t need him at all. He chose to walk away then. She’d made it
clear she wanted nothing to do with him. Maybe he would make it easy
on her and just walk away for good.
He
turned his back. No matter how much he wanted to give up on their
torrid relationship, that wouldn’t be possible. It looked like they
would both have to see this through to the end, whether that end
included happiness or death.
About
the Author:
Kinley
Baker has a terminally tender heart and an inconvenient sense of
humor. She loves puppies and cries at celebrity weddings. Kinley
believes that romance novels are the keys to world peace, because if
you're holding a book, you can't be holding a gun. Kinley supports
all supernatural lifestyles and believes "happy ever after"
isn't only for the normal. Her books Ruined, Denied and Freed are
available now from Crescent Moon Press. Excuse My Fairy is available
now from Etopia Press. Look for more in the Misbehaving Magics series
and the final book in the Shadowed Love trilogy in 2013.
