Bad
Blood: A VamPR Nightmare
Pisces
Paranormal PR Agency, Book 1
by
Bee Murray & Niobe Marsh
Genre:
Urban Fantasy
Vampires
are real. But whether you’re a fang-head or a groupie, there’s
trouble brewing in the streets of Seattle.
Public
meltdowns, drug overdoses, rehab missteps, mistresses coming out of
the woodwork? There’s nothing a spoiled starlet or a washed up
rocker could throw at the renowned Pisces PR Agency that can’t be
turned into promotional gold.
But
when Tuesday Matson stepped out of her SUV on that sanguine summer
evening, she didn’t expect to walk smack into the biggest PR
nightmare of her career. And to make matters worse? The high-powered
star at the center of it all is her ex… and they’ve got bad
blood.
Five
years ago, Vinnie Quake messed up. Big time. But that was nothing
compared to this. He’s desperate for help, and if that means hiring
his ex? So be it.
There
are some secrets that can be swept under the rug, but in a city
brimming with anti-vampire sentiment, how do you turn a massacre into
a coming out party? There’s more to this PR emergency than Tuesday
ever expected, and if she’s not careful she’ll be the next
headline—and for all the wrong reasons.
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Vinnie sighed heavily.
“She helped me more than I deserved. She procured blood sources for me to feed on.” His next pause was longer, and it felt heavier, too. “Everything was fine, but I experienced a severe lapse in control today and… My household staff bore the brunt of it.”
His tone was completely blank as he gestured to the people sitting around the room. No one moved, it was almost as though the act of explaining what had happened— that my ex-fiance was a vampire who had eaten his household staff as a pre-dinner snack was something as easily explained as a ‘loss of control’.
Which, as a vampire, it could very well be.
A headache burned behind my eyes as I tried to make sense of the entire situation. I pressed my palms against my face and took a few deep breaths. That was supposed to be calming, right?
1. If what they said is true, I have been contracted to spin a mass murder into something… less murdery.
2. The murderer is a vampire and living a double life as possibly the most well-known music star in the world. Whatever I spin has to stand the test of many, many press outlets.
3. The vampire in question is the ex who ruined my life four years ago and just admitted to eating his assistant and his household staff without a bit of remorse.
The tension in the room was overwhelming. I could feel the stares of every single person at the table burning into me. They were waiting for me to say something.
I could walk. Carlyn would understand.
Probably.
But if there was anything I hated more than Vinnie, it was the idea of giving up. To give up would be to let him win.
He could never, ever, win.
Decision made, I looked up and smiled as my gaze tracked over the worried faces around the table.
Without me, they were fucked. We all knew it.
I was a professional, and this was not my first uncomfortable case, it definitely wouldn’t be my last. It was more than clear that the time to turn my emotions off and focus on the issue at hand was well overdue.
“According to Pisces PR contracts, concealing felonies comes with a surcharge. Given the number of people that Mr. Quake has... eaten and killed in cold blood this evening, that surcharge will be substantial, as will the extra fees for me having to deal with his pathetic, sorry ass.”
Vinnie smirked at me and everything in me wished I had a spray bottle of Holy Water to spritz on him like a misbehaving demonic cat.
With vampiric infections on the rise, local drug stores have started selling really cute pressurized Holy Water canisters—Vampire mace—but I had never seen the need to carry one. I would be changing that as soon as humanly possible. I was pretty sure that a boutique near my apartment sold a range with Swarovski crystal embellishments...
Vinnie’s manager smiled in a way that felt far too familiar for the situation. I’d always hated him. “We both know Mr. Quake’s profile is high enough that money is no object. Thank you for agreeing to help. We anxiously await your plan”
I bristled at Baldwin’s simpering tone as he pushed a blank check across the conference table toward me. It was already made out to Pisces PR. I was nothing more than a service provider to these people—a way to solve a problem that their crazy client had created.
It’s good that they’d come to us. Pisces PR Agency is the only game in town that has the capability to deal with something like this. But that doesn’t mean they get off easy. Oh, no. They were going to pay. Bigtime. I stared at the check in front of me for a full minute before placing my fingers on it.
Against my better judgment, I pulled out my notebook and tucked the check inside.
It was time to get to work.
Bee
Murray is
the pen name chosen by a quirky writer based out of the Pacific
Northwest. An International & USA Today Bestselling Author, Bee
dreams of everything from grand adventures with complex characters to
pun-filled romantic comedy, weird paranormal situations, extra steamy
romance, and anything else her heart comes up with. Don't expect any
love triangles here, Ms. Murray is a big fan of ethical non-monogamy
and it comes out in her menage romance and reverse harem stories!
Niobe
Marsh
is a USA Today Bestselling penname of a prolific author (and
anthology addict) of many genres of romance. Here you will find
monsters, ghosts, paranormal lovers, dark heroes, and adventurous
heroines in search of their happily ever after--whatever that means.
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