Reader's Edyn: Blitz: Hellion by Shannon McKenna (Hellbound Brotherhood #1)

**Hellion by Shannon McKenna**

Good Morning, Everyone! So thrilled to see you all today! We have another new-to-me author and book today! Please allow me to feature on the blog Shannon McKenna and her latest release, HELLION …

**SHANNON MCKENNA**

**BIO**

Shannon McKenna is the NYT and USA TODAY bestselling author of over twenty action packed, turbocharged romantic thrillers, among them the wildly popular McCloud Brothers & Friends Series, along with two new scorching romantic suspense series, The Hellbound Brotherhood and The Obsidian Files. She loves tough and heroic alpha males, heroines with the brains and guts to match them, terrifying villains who challenge them to their utmost, adventure, blazing sensuality, and most of all, the redemptive power of true love.

Since she was small she has loved abandoning herself to the magic of a good book, and her fond childhood fantasy was that writing would be just like that but with the added benefit of being able to take credit for the story at the end. The alchemy of writing turned out to be messier than she'd ever dreamed, but what the hell, she loves it anyway and hopes that readers enjoy the results of her experiments. She loves to hear from her readers.

To find out more about Ms. McKenna, please visit:

**HELLION**

Publication date: February 7, 2020

Series: Hellbound Brotherhood #1
Genres: Adult, Romance, Thriller

**BLURB**

He’s a ticking bomb…

Eric Trask is counting the days before he blasts out of Shaw’s Crossing forever. He and his brothers were raised at GodsAcre, a mysterious doomsday cult deep in the mountains, and are the only survivors of the deadly fire that destroyed it. The townspeople see them as time bombs just waiting to blow, but Eric’s going to prove those bastards wrong. He’s an ex-Marine, fresh off a tour in Afghanistan, working three jobs and barely sleeping. Utterly unprepared for Demi Vaughan’s dazzling green eyes, lush pink lips and sexy curves. She’s the town princess…he’s a dangerous outcast. It was a sure recipe for disaster.

But the closer he gets to Demi, the more impossible it is to resist…

Forbidden fruit is the sweetest…

Demi Vaughan has big plans for life post- college, and Eric Trask, notorious bad boy with a complicated past, is not part of them. So when he saunters into the sandwich shop where she works she tells herself he’s just tall, ripped, smoldering eye candy, nothing more. Eric was damaged. Marked by violence and tragedy. He’d be the ultimate bad boyfriend, and right now she was too busy even to shop for a good one. But his hot eyes and hard body, his sensual smile and that rough, sexy voice of his shook her resolve. After all, she was leaving this place forever. A little taste of heaven…what could it hurt?

But Shaw’s Crossing has deeper, darker secrets than Eric or Demi could guess. The evil that destroyed GodsAcre is lying in wait…and it will stop at nothing to keep Eric and Demi apart…

**TEASERS**

**EXCERPT**

“Shots?” she said. “Already? The evening is young.”

“I’m calling the vibe tonight. And it’s not going to be cookies and tea.”

Her hands shook with delicious nervousness as she set out two shot glasses and a plate and poured a little salt into saucer. He still seemed different today.

As dangerously sexy as always, but with more emphasis on the danger.

Maybe it was what had happened at work. Maybe it was just the Vaughan house, working its twisted bad magic on him. Maybe it had been a mistake to invite him here. Having him in her family’s home underscored the differences between their backgrounds. It unleashed complicated feelings that neither one of them was ready to deal with.

This dark, angry energy from him was unsettling. Still arousing, though. But everything about him aroused her. Even the way he poured the tequila into shot glasses.

“So, ah...” She tried to keep her voice steady. “Tour of the house?”

“Yeah, if it’s straight to your bedroom with no detours.” He put the pinch of salt on his hand, licked it off, tossed back his shot glass and bit the lime. Then he took her hand, kissed it and put salt on it. He held up her glass.

“Lick it off,” he said softly.

The command felt erotic, almost dirty. Cascades of images of the waterfall pool and what he’d done to her there rushed through her mind. What they’d done in the car.

She licked the salt. Drank the shot. Bit the lime. Salty, bitter, sour. Then he seized her, dragging her into a ravenous kiss. So incredibly hot and sweet. It melted her.

She lost herself in it, arching and moaning. The shot glass fell from her hand.

Eric snagged it in mid-air without even looking. “I’ll hang onto this for later,” he said. “Your room. Lead the way.”

“Okay.” Her voice was quavering.

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