The reviewers here at VBC are big fans of Chloe Neill’s Chicagoland Vampires series. The series continues to get better with each novel, and the latest twists have us asking all sorts of questions about what’s to come next.
Dark Debt, the 11th Chicagoland Vampires book, releases today, and we’re pretty much in love with it. We’ll have a full review later this week, but we have an exclusive taste of the book just for VBC readers to get you excited. Plus, we have a sweet giveaway compliments of Chloe!
The thrill of the fight—the flood of adrenaline—rushed through me, dampening doubt and sharpening my movements, my focus.
I knocked one man to the floor, but another followed him, as if emerging from the house’s crevices like a scuttling insect. He’d grabbed his own pool cue, and swung it at me like a hitter who’d pointed to left field.
I brought up my cue to strike, and he shattered it with enough force that it reverberated down my spine. With a thunderous crack, my cue splintered, in half, and I instinctively turned from the sound and shards of flying wood that I really, really hoped weren’t aspen—the only wood that could reduce me to ash if well aimed.
The man cursed with victory, reset for another swing, this one higher—and aimed at my head.
I didn’t wait for it to land. I dropped the broken cue, pivoted into a kick that nailed him in the side, and jerked the cue from his hands.
“Bitch,” he said, and I flipped the cue into the air, caught it backward, and nailed him between the eyes with the blunt end.
He teetered backward, fell atop a table, and both of them crashed to the floor. We hadn’t killed any that I could see, but we’d incapacitated some of them, at least for a little while. Maguire was still maniacally clawing at the disc. For all his ferocity, he didn’t handle his own injuries very well.
“Damn,” Morgan said, chest heaving beside me. “You’ve gotten better.”
“Yeah, I have.” I tossed the cue to the floor, gestured toward the stairs. “Let’s get the hell out of here.”
Ah! So good, right? You can (and should) snag a copy of Dark Debt from Amazon right now.
In the meantime we have some stellar Cadogan swag to giveaway to lucky VBC reader. The prize pack includes a Cadogan House tote, a signed book, Cadogan House keychain and more.
Wow that is such a good excerpt that males me really want to dive into the book.
Ethan and Merit <3
I love Merit and Ethan!
I’m so excited about Balthasar, and I want to see that Merit and Ethan kick his ass, and their relationship will be stronger than ever.
Love this series!
I can’t wait to read about Balthasar and how Ethan and Merit deal with him.Also seeing Morgan again.
I’m just excited to see what the note in the last book really meant and how Ethan will deal with his new position. I’m so excited for this book!
Ethan and Merit to continue to dominate Chicago
Can’t wait to read this book. Love this series
Just love this series, so any scene with Ethan and Merit is fun reading.
Haven’t read this one yet but really want too!
I love giveaways!
Love this series! Can’t wait to read this one!
Love this series! I’d like to see how Ethan and Merit deal with Balthasar.
Yay giveaway!
Thanks for the great spotlight and giveaway! Ummm… whatever the author has planned, I’m game 🙂 I’m just starting this series so I have no expectations. Thanks for sharing!
So on my wanna read list!
no idea
This should be interesting, wonder why she is with Morgan. Just can’t wait to read more about Balthasar.
cant wait to read it
Great giveaway!! Hmmm that’s a difficult one because chloe always puts a spin on things….maybe a few more scenes with merit and ethan alone, that never gets boring :p
I would love to see more of the shifters things are always fun when Adam and the pack turn up.
I want to see Ethan and Merit’s relationship become stronger, deeper, and I want to see them both become more secure in themselves — individually and as a powerful unit. And I want to see them crush B. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway!!
oh my God!!
Merit! Ethan! I love this series!I love every (almost) one in this series!!I want to see more moreeeeeeeeeeee
I want to know more about the prophesied ‘green eyes’ that are Ethan’s but not. 🙂
Love me some Ethan & Merit!
I am so far behind on this series it’s ridiculous. My library here sucks & I usually can’t afford to get new books. I’d just be happy to catch up at this point…
I was hoping for the proposal!!! 🙁 But I still loved the book!