I Married a Demon

by Beverly Rae

Samhain Publishing

Paranormal Romance

October 1, 2009

ISBN-10: 1605044164

ISBN-13: 9781605044163

Available in: Trade Size

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I Married a Demon
by Beverly Rae

What's a nice girl like me doing with a demon like you?

Jennifer Randall ignored her instincts and rushed into a vacation-fueled romance and quickie marriage to devilishly handsome Blake Barrington. But as a Level 10 Protector with the super-secret Society, how's she supposed to keep the man she adores happy while hunting down gargoyles, zombies and other evildoers of the Otherworld?

As if balancing work and newlywed nookie sessions wasn't hard enough, now she's been assigned to find the Bracelet of Invincibility before a high demon lord can claim it. And Blake seems hell-bent on distracting her at every turn.

Blake Barrington will do anything to regain his mortality and live happily ever after with the woman he loves. Including delivering to his demon lord the one object that could be his salvation—the Bracelet. Too bad part of the contract includes killing his wife. Getting around this small glitch might be doable...if his ghoul-cursed brother wasn't after the prize, too.

Jenn's suspicions mount, and finally the evidence is undeniable. Her sexy spouse is a demon.

Great. Now what? Shag her husband? Or shoot him?



Beverly Rae's Bio

You know how some people are just born lucky? For instance, I have a cousin who moved, crammed all her belongings into her car and took off from Oklahoma to California with $75 in her pocket. When the paltry sum of money was gone, she went on the "Price is Right" television show and ended up winning not one, but both, showcases! Then she met the man of her dreams who - you guessed it — was a millionaire. No joke. Don't ya just hate people like that? (Not really, Cuz.)

Then there's the rest of us — and I'm definitely in this group — who go through our lives, stumbling along the way, hoping something good will happen. Oh, we get our share of the normal good things in life: a decent job, a few friends, etc., but nothing incredibly exciting ever happens to us. We accept our fate and trudge on.

I dragged through my life trying to find the perfect career. I tried a lot of them, including being a professional singer. I performed in hotel lounges (Yes, I was one of those singers.), at weddings (Ugh!), private parties (No, not that private!) and other events. And I made a really good living. But when I approached the ripe old age of thirty, which, of course, now looks pretty darn young, I decided I didn't want to sing any longer. I wanted to have a "normal" job like everyone else. So I stepped out to find my first "real" job. That's where "The Trail of Jobs" began. I've done a lot of different jobs, you see. I've been a secretary several times, a programmer's assistant, a retail computer salesperson, a teacher, a party consultant. and even owned my own singles newsletter. All these jobs were okay, but they didn't excite me. Needless to say, I wasn't hopping out of bed to get to work in the morning.

Then I found love. Talk about exciting!

Wow, there's nothing like finding that one person you want to have in your life even when they're old and don't remotely resemble what they looked like when you met them. I mean, you know it's true love when you can imagine what the person will look like at 80 and still want to grow old with them. Heck, you say. You won't even mind the lumpy, droopy body, the massive forest of nose and ear hairs, the false teeth and even the cranky disposition they're sure to develop later in life. That's how much you love your partner.

Little did I know how much the love of my life, my best friend and my husband, would change my life. Through his support, I've ended up finally doing the jobs I was born to do. First and foremost, I am mother to the sweetest, most gentle, most talented, and beautiful child of my dreams. But my husband knew I needed more in my life and kept supporting me through a series of misadventures and mishaps we laughingly call my "career search" until one day, he said, "I think you'd be a great writer. You're always writing things anyway. So why not write that book you've always talked about?" And you know what, I did.

I wrote THE GIFT in the first few months of my writing career. Following that came LOVE TIMES SEVEN, my first book to sell to a publisher. (Thank you, Triskelion!) And now the stories keep flowing out of me...

So if you're still searching for your place in life, don't give up. We're all lucky in one way or another, and you will be, too. Keep faith in yourself until you find your love who'll keep the faith along with you.