Second Skin by Judith Graves Blog Tour with an exclusive scene excerpt!

Posted 28 March, 2012 by Danny in Blog, Blog Tour, Danny / 20 Comments

Please welcome today author Judith Graves at the Bookworms!

Judith Graves: website, twitter, Blog Tour Schedule

Second Skin is the second book in the Skinned series and just came out in December! Today we have a special scene on the Blog where Eryn meets Alex for the very first time… even better the scene is written and told from his POV….

Alex sees Eryn for the very first time:

Kneeling on a bed of pine needles, I examined the tracks pressed deep into the earth. Unusually large pad, claws twice the normal length.

Another werewolf.

A low growl had me snapping my head up and toward the sound. Grayson, my half-wolf, half-Shepherd companion stood a few feet down the tree-lined trail, snarling into the shaded woods where the tracks disappeared.

It was close. Too close. Hunting its prey in daylight and sticking close to the human population meant we had another rogue on our hands.

Voices, muffled, but growing louder began to echo through the trees, underscored by the steady pounding of their feet. A gym class out on a run, cheerfully jogging on the trail behind the school – straight for their deaths.

I had to keep them safe. It was my job. My duty as a hunter.

Whistling for Grayson to follow, I stood, scuffing the clearest tracks with my hiking boots. Together we slipped into the thicket after the beast. Unarmed, I could only hope to drive the rogue further into the forest and away from the school. Rogues went after easy pickings, not prey that knew how to fight back. Once I scared it into running to underground, hiding in its den, Matt and I would return to finish the job.

Our pursuit was steady, Grayson and I weaved through the woods, alternately jogging or picking up the pace when he caught a clear scent. I almost forgot we were tracking a werewolf as memories of a simpler time flashed through my mind. My father, Matt and I hiking through these woods, before things went so horribly wrong. Before I’d found my father’s body, flesh eaten, and decapitated by a windigo. Back when I thought our Hunter Council training made us invincible.

Grayson let out a high-pitched whine and veered to the right, shocking me into stumbling over a fallen log.

“What the hell, Gray, the trail leads this way,” I called out, but the wolf hybrid was lost in the scent zone. He’d been trained to chase the unique rotting flesh odor of werewolves. I bit back a curse. This meant there might be two of them.

Charging after Grayson, I gave myself the lecture I’d be giving Matt, my younger, usually the more foolish brother, if the situation were reversed. Going off alone into the woods after one werewolf was stupid – discovering there were two?

Suicide.

Concern for Grayson had me straining harder. If one of those things hurt my dog…

I caught a glimpse of Grayson’s quarry as a slim form cut through the woods a few yards ahead, bolting forward at a brutal pace. A blood red hoodie swayed on narrow shoulders.

A quick look over the shoulder.

A flash of dark, daring eyes.

I sucked in a startled breath. Those eyes.

This was no werewolf.

We’d tracked a girl.

And I meant to catch her.

 

Under My Skin

Book I in the Skinned series

All her parents wanted was for Eryn to live a normal life…

Redgrave had its share of monsters before Eryn moved to town. Mauled pets, missing children. The Delacroix family is taking the blame, but Eryn knows the truth. Something stalks the night. Wade, the police chief’s son and Redgrave High’s resident hottie, warns her the Delacroix are dangerous. But then so is Eryn–in fact, she’s lethal.

But she can’t help falling for one of the Delacroix boys, dark, brooding–human Alec. And then her world falls apart.

A normal life? Now that’s the real fairytale

Second Skin

Book II in the Skinned series
Sequel to Under My Skin.

With FIENDS like Eryn…

Monsters. Bloodsuckers. The evil. The damned. Eryn McCain knows they exist— she’s been hunting them since she was a child. At sixteen, she’s ready to take on all comers. Being a shapeshifter gives her an advantage when it comes to her unusual part-time job. The hours suck and the pay is, well, non-existent, but bonuses like inhuman strength and night vision make tracking scary beasties a dream come true. Especially in a town like Redgrave.

When an ancient demon targets Redgrave High, Eryn and her crew of hunters must face their innermost fears to prevent the Harvest Moon Dance from becoming one serious Monster Mash. Loyalties are tested and temptations abound. With questions ever brewing, can Eryn share a future with the brooding, noble, human Alec—the hunter after her heart? Or will she succumb to her enemy’s son, Wade, a seductive predator as bloodthirsty as she is?

What happens when you’re both the beauty and the beast?

Don’t the sound awesome?? Specially after reading this except I wanna meet Alex!
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20 Responses to “Second Skin by Judith Graves Blog Tour with an exclusive scene excerpt!”

  1. Giselle

    Oh this sounds really good! I’ve seen the cover Second Skin before – I think I even read a few reviews (my memory is horrible haha) but it sounds like a book series I’d really like.

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    Danny 3/28/2012

    I truly think this could be something for you Giselle!!
    And.. seriously, I also tempt to forget Review I once read, so don’t worry!
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  4. Heidi

    thanks for sharing the excerpt. This looke like a great pick. I will watch for it. I like the Cover from Under the Skin. I will add this to my shelf,
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    Danny 3/28/2012

    Yep me too!!! The covers actually give me the creeps, but I think this is totally intended!!! I really think it’s a great series just waiting to be explored:)
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  6. Judith Graves

    Thanks for having me on your blog, Danny – an impressive blog at that! Love the graphics you created…and…um….can I use the “book” illos of the covers? I always wanted to know how to create those. 😉

    Great comments – you’re all entered in the Second Skin grand prize draw – winner announced April 1st. Seriously.

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    Danny 3/29/2012

    Ohh Judith! Thank you so much!!!!! I’m glad you like the post. I enjoy putting together post and make them more appealing visually, I am a visual girl :)) Oh and I didn’t know comments would be the entry to a giveaway, I would have promoted this!! so sorry!
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  8. Laura Hill

    I love these books and the male POV excerpt was exciting to read. I just finished Second Skin and am looking forward to a third. I met Judith Graves at a Library Conference in Elk Point, Alberta. She is a very dynamic speaker, in addition to her wonderful writing.

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