Welcome to my stop on the Author’s Taproom Presents … DRIVEN
by Eve Silver Book Blitz. I haven’t read this seemingly amazing sci-fi romance from Eve Silver writing under her pseudonym, Eve Kenin, as yet but
it’s going on my TBR list. How about you? I've provided two excerpts to help pique
your interest. And be sure to stick around to the end - there's a Giveaway! Happy Reading Everyone!
Blurb for
DRIVEN:
In the
harsh Northern Waste where human life is worth little, ice trucker Raina Bowen
has learned to keep her eyes open and her knife close at hand. She’s spent her
life on the run, one step ahead of the megalomaniac who hunts her. All she
wants is to stay out of trouble and haul her load of grain to Gladow
Station—but trouble finds her in the form of a sexy stranger called Wizard. He
has the trucking pass she needs, and she has to drag him out of a brawl with
the very people she’s trying to hide from in order to get it. She may have
rescued him, but Raina’s not foolish enough to see Wizard as anything close to
helpless. He’s hard and honed and full of secrets—secrets that may destroy them
both. As they race across the Waste, trying to outrun rival truckers, ice
pirates, and the powerful man bent on their destruction, Raina’s forced to
admit that trouble’s found her. And this time, there’s nowhere left to run.
Excerpts
from DRIVEN:
Raina had a fleeting impression of dark hair
spilling from beneath his hood before he ducked his head and climbed up the
side of the cab. She stepped back to let him in, unfastened the catch-seam of
her own parka and hung it on the hook behind the driver’s seat.
She led
the way into the small living quarters that backed off the driver’s cabin. She
felt awkward having him here. Gesturing to the plasma screen set into one wall
of her rig, she spoke over her shoulder, babbling as she tried to cover her
discomfort. “I can track six satellites, and over four thousand channels. Used
to be seven satellites, but I think an orbit decayed.”
Her companion made no reply. It appeared that he
wasn’t interested in small talk. Fine by her. She wasn’t particularly adept at
it herself.
She snatched a pile of microdisks off the
plastitech chair, clutched them against her chest, and looked around for
somewhere to put them. The chair was the only place to sit other than the bed,
and she wasn’t about to offer him that. Hazarding a glance over her shoulder,
Raina checked just to make certain he was still there. Her breath skidded to a
stunned stop.
He was right behind her, his tall frame a hand
span away. Up close, with his hood thrown back, the catch-seam of his parka
undone, Wizard didn’t look helpless at all. A day’s growth of beard shaded the
chiseled plane of his jaw, and his full lips were drawn into a hard line. He
looked dangerous, self-assured, frightening. Not a man who’d needed saving.
Hugging the microdisks like a shield, Raina
tipped her head back and met his eyes. Slate gray. Cold. She swallowed. What
the hell had she been thinking to bring him here? He wasn’t some lost puppy who
needed a warm place to sleep.
She blew out a slow breath.
As if sensing her discomfort, Wizard took a step
back.
DRIVEN - Copyright
© 2007, 2013. Eve Silver. All Rights Reserved.
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Turning his head, he glanced over his shoulder,
his silky black hair falling forward to caress the hard line of his jaw. There
were marcasite beads woven through a long braid behind his right ear, and they
caught the light, glittering as he moved.
“I agreed to meet Bowen with the license. No one
mentioned a girl.”
A girl. She gritted her teeth. Yanking open a
cupboard door, she then shoved the microdisks inside. “I’m Bowen. Raina Bowen.”
“Yes.” He stared at her a moment too long, then
slowly paced to the opposite side of the small space.
Yes? What was that supposed to mean?
“I was supposed to meet Sam Bowen.” He tapped
the wall, opened and closed a cupboard. “A well appointed rig. Hydrogen power?
Fuel cell?”
Raina nodded, then realized he wasn’t looking at
her. “Yeah. With solar panels on the roof of the cab along with a hydroponics
grow-tube.” She paused. “Whoever you were expecting to meet, you were still
late.”
“Acknowledged.”
Well, that about summed it up. She bit her
tongue against the urge to demand an explanation, deciding that the why of it
didn’t really matter.
Pushing open the door to the miniscule bathroom,
he poked his head inside, and then turned to face her. “Efficient and well
designed. Full bathroom. Shower stall. Mind if I use it when we are done?”
“Done?” With what?
He shrugged. “I can use the shower before, if
you prefer, though I used the one in my rig just this afternoon.”
Wizard pulled off his parka, folded it with
meticulous care, and placed it neatly on the plastitech chair. He wore a black
thermal top that clung to every muscled ridge of his torso. Raina swallowed,
looking despite herself. Hell, she could appreciate art as well as the next
woman.
He was even taller, broader, more leanly muscled
than she’d thought. The realization clanged a warning bell. Slipping her knife
from the sheath hanging across the small of her back, she shifted into a
defensive stance. Wizard hooked his fingers into the hem of his shirt and began
to peel it off, baring a nice strip of golden skin and ridged abdomen.
Oh, man. Somehow this guy had leaped to a
conclusion that was just plain wrong.
“Uh, Wizard. Nice show, but I’m not looking for
a stripper.” Or a quick lay, but she couldn’t manage those words out loud.
His hands stilled midmovement, and he raised a
questioning brow. Gray eyes glittered beneath dark lashes, scanning her with
unhurried interest. She saw him take note of the knife, his gaze sliding over
it, unconcerned. “My mistake,” he conceded gracefully. “So what are we doing
here, Raina Bowen?”
DRIVEN - Copyright
© 2007, 2013. Eve Silver. All Rights Reserved.
AUTHOR
BIO:
National bestselling author Eve Silver has been
praised for her “edgy,
steamy, action-packed” books, darkly sexy heroes and
take-charge heroines. Her work has garnered starred reviews from Publishers
Weekly and Library Journal, two RT Book Reviews Reviewers’ Choice
Awards,Library Journal’s Best Genre Fiction Award, and a nomination for the
Romance Writers of America® RITA® Award. Eve also writes books for teens; RUSH
is available now from Katherine Tegen Books. Eve lives with her husband,
two sons, an energetic Airedale terrier and an exuberant border
collie/shepherd.
If you’d like to learn more about Eve and her
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Giveaway
Information
There will be a Tour-Wide Giveaway to one winner for:
- 1 eBook of Driven by Eve Silver
- 1 $10 Gift Card to Amazon or Barnes & Noble (Winner's Choice)
DRIVEN by Eve Silver writing as Eve Kenin, self-published, available now in print and ebook formats at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobobooks, iTunes, and Smashwords.
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