The Warder's Demon

By Viola Grace

Elhara Warder has spent her life surrounded by the warmth of friends and family. Meeting a demon by chance at her local bar surprises her, but when he takes her on the most romantic dates of her life she feels herself falling for his considerable charms.

Solar has lived his considerable life span waiting for a woman whose sexual fantasies would not cause his body to shift into her ideal man. When he meets Elhara Warder, his glamour is stripped and she sees him as he is. To his shock, she does not run from his demonic features but rather speaks to him as if he was one of her own kind.

He wants to get to know her better and when she agrees to start meeting him during the daylight they start a relationship that surpasses any he has ever known.

The moment that they commit, a succubus takes action to destroy their happiness, but can Solar recapture what was lost when Elhara loses all memory of him, or will starting over do the trick?

• Language: English
• Publisher: eXtasy Books Inc
• Release date: Mar 17, 2012
• ISBN: 9781771110983

Viola Grace

Viola Grace (aka Zenina Masters) is a Canadian sci-fi/paranormal romance writer with ambitions to keep writing for the rest of her life. She specializes in short stories because the thrill of discovery, of all those firsts, is what keeps her writing.An artist who enjoys a story that catches you up, whirls you around and sets you down with a smile on your face is all she endeavours to be. She prefers to leave the drama to those who are better suited to it, she always goes for the cheap laugh.

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Elhara had never imagined her life with a demon, but when an incubus starts a courtship how can she resist?

Elhara Warder has spent her life surrounded by the warmth of friends and family. Meeting a demon by chance at her local bar surprises her, but when he takes her on the most romantic dates of her life she feels herself falling for his considerable charms.

Solar has lived his considerable life span waiting for a woman whose sexual fantasies would not cause his body to shift into her ideal man. When he meets Elhara Warder, his glamour is stripped and she sees him as he is. To his shock, she does not run from his demonic features but rather speaks to him as if he was one of her own kind.

He wants to get to know her better and when she agrees to start meeting him during the daylight they start a relationship that surpasses any he has ever known.

The moment that they commit, a succubus takes action to destroy their happiness, but can Solar recapture what was lost when Elhara loses all memory of him, or will starting over do the trick?

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The Warder’s Demon

Copyright © 2012 Viola Grace

ISBN: 978-1-77111-098-3

Cover art by Martine Jardin

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The Warder’s Demon

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Viola Grace

Chapter One

The bar was packed. Women and men in flashy clothing jostled for both attention and space. Elhara Warder was with friends, enjoying the party as well as the tightly wedged dance floor.

Her friend and cousin Beatrix was nearby, smiling and enjoying the party, though her wedding ring deterred all but the most persistent and drunk suitors. Bea had no trouble fending off the attention. Like most Warders, she was at home in a crowd. Unless she willed it, no one could touch her.

Bea jerked her head and shout-whispered over the music. That guy is checking you out.

Elhara turned and assessed the man in question. He was tall, had a muscular build and deeply tanned skin that had escaped turning orange. Bea was right, he was staring right at her and as he caught her looking, he raised his glass.

A furious blush broke over her and she turned back to face her laughing cousin. Wow. That is way too much car for me.

Bea leaned close. You never know, you might have a talent for stick handling.

Elhara’s eyes widened in shock at her cousin’s words. Easy for you to say, you are already married.

Bea blushed as well. Fair enough. Well, if you won’t let him buy you a drink, I think I need a trip to the ladies’ room and then I am going to call it a night. Did you want to come along or will you call me tomorrow with tales of what happened while I was in the can?

Elhara laughed. Let’s find out. I have missed more events by looking the wrong way at the right time than I can count. You go on, have a good night. I will call you tomorrow.

Bea grabbed her purse and waved as she trotted off to the ladies’ room before leaving.

Elhara returned to their table, ordered a new soda and watched the humans around her twist and mill together.

She had lived in the human world her entire life with only short forays to Realm for family functions.

Her father and uncle worked for her grandfather designing and crafting custom jewellery. Both her father and uncle had engaged in humanizing alterations to make them look less like the goblins that they were, but her grandfather’s dwarf nature was socially acceptable in the human world. He just couldn’t run around lifting over five hundred pounds and everything was fine.

The last time she had been to Realm, her grandmother had started muttering about finding a husband for her and it had only been when her cousin, Asha, reminded their single-minded grandmother that as Warders, they had to mix with a new race every generation and she quieted.

As Elhara sipped her drink and was lost in thoughts of family, a shadow approached her from her right side.

Good evening, miss. What is a lovely and charming creature like you doing alone?

She turned to face her admirer from earlier. He was smiling, showing white, even teeth.

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