Heart of a Hunter

By Tamela Miles

Life has never been kind to teen, Elle Connor. With a troubled home life, the gritty, violent streets of Los Angeles have become her home. She never questions her superhuman abilities until she encounters, in a fight or die situation, a guardian angel Tagas, who reveals her holy origins as one in a long history of demon hunters. She also has her eye on her attractive classmate, Brandon. Problems arise when Elle finally realizes that life as a hunter is fraught with tragedies and is deeply lonely. Elle is presented with a choice - follow her calling from God as a hunter or live a "normal" life with love. Can Elle tip the scales in favor of what's good or will she become just another casualty in the eternal war between good and evil?

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
• Release date: Apr 6, 2016
• ISBN: 9781509206841

Tamela Miles

Tamela Miles is a California State University San Bernardino graduate student with a Bachelor of Science degree in Child Development and a former flight attendant. She grew up in Altadena, California in that tumultuous time known as the 1980s. She now resides with her family in the Inland Empire, CA. She's a horror/paranormal romance writer mainly because it feels so good having her characters do bad things and, later, pondering what makes them so bad and why they can never seem to change their wicked ways.She enjoys emails from people who like her work. In fact, she loves emails. She can be contacted at [e-mail] or her Facebook page, Tamela Miles Books. She also welcomes reader reviews and enjoys the feedback from people who love to read as much as she does.

Book preview

Inc.

I don’t want you to leave.

Elle’s eyes teared up as she hugged Brandon to her fiercely.

They sat in the front seats of his black Charger at the park in his expensive part of the city. Christmas lights were blinking with shades of white, red, and green on almost every house that lined the block. She leaned back to look at his face and could barely read his pained expression in the almost darkness.

He stroked her cheek with his fingers. Then come back east with me. You have a good GPA and could probably get into a less expensive but still good university. We’ll get our own place together—take classes during the day and work at night. We’ll have a good life, Elle.

She shook her head sadly, brushing away tears. It was hard to tell him no, but her life as a demon hunter prevented her from leaving Tagas and her training. She knew that when that was done, she would leave her parents behind—leave everyone behind—and hit the open road to fulfill the purpose she had been called for. Just don’t forget me when you get there. Her voice was a hushed whisper in the dark.

Praise for Tamela Miles

LOVING it!! [This story] moves along at a brisk pace, engages the reader, sets the paranormal elements right away, and the heroine is someone the reader feels empathy for, young and disadvantaged in her home life.

~Lelani Black, author of All Hands Below

Heart of a Hunter

by

Tamela Miles

Hell on Heels Series

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales, is entirely coincidental.

Heart of a Hunter

COPYRIGHT © 2016 by Tamela Dawn Miles

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission of the author or The Wild Rose Press, Inc. except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.

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Cover Art by Debbie Taylor

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Publishing History

First Black Rose Edition, 2016

Digital ISBN 978-1-5092-0684-1

Hell on Heels Series

Published in the United States of America

Dedications

For Mom and Dad,

who told me that not even the sky is the limit,

if you work hard enough.

~*~

For my sisters, brothers,

and countless other family members

for paving the way to success and illuminating my path. ~*~

For my friends and mentors,

who have encouraged me

to grow in ways I never imagined

and for reading all of my 2 a.m. emails.

~*~

I love you all.

Thank you.

The bar stool went flying from Elle’s hands, and she smiled in satisfaction as it smashed against the young, hefty biker’s left shoulder and he went down, desperately clutching at the table top to break his fall. She was at his side in a quick moment, looking down at him. She