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    Skin Magic
    Skin Magic
    Skin Magic
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    Skin Magic

    By Kim Knox

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    As a new emperor ascends the throne, the city of the Rhodoi is about to run with blood.

    Larissa has to escape. Her only way out is to accept a bargain made with Xander, a beautiful stranger who practises the mysterious spirit magic of the Sardisians.

    She knows the deal could cost her a piece of her soul, but the magician's spirits want something else.  Something she never expected.  They want her body, her untouched flesh.

    For Xander's own pleasure.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKim Knox
    Release dateJun 24, 2016
    ISBN9781533795199
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      Book preview

      Skin Magic - Kim Knox

      Skin Magic

      Kim Knox

      Skin Magic

      by

      Kim Knox

      Copyright © 2016 by Kim Knox

      All rights reserved.

      This was first published

      by Ellora’s Cave between 2009 and 2011

      No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

      Contents

      Skin Magic

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      About the Author

      Also by Kim Knox

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      Under the Lion’s Curse

      Lightning in a Bottle

      Skin Magic

      As a new emperor ascends the throne, the city of the Rhodoi is about to run with blood.

      Larissa has to escape. Her only way out is to accept a bargain made with Xander, a beautiful stranger who practises the mysterious spirit magic of the Sardisians.

      She knows the deal could cost her a piece of her soul, but the magician's spirits want something else. Something she never expected. They want her body, her untouched flesh.

      For Xander's own pleasure.

      Chapter One

      The solidus grew warm against Larissa’s damp palm. She let out a slow breath. The quick knock against the wood stung her knuckles, and in the dark corridor, faint muffled moans had her nerves tight.

      She glanced back, the golden flicker of street lamps defining the arching marble of the colonnade. The man—a faithful, family retainer—who had brought her to this place, gave her a brief, parting nod. Silently, he pulled up the hood of his heavy cloak to obscure his features and disappeared into the night.

      Larissa closed her eyes and willed her heart to slow. She’d come to one of the more reputable establishments in the Rodos area of the city, where the workers weren’t slaves to a ruthless master. The brothel was rumoured to hide a Sardisian, and his high price reflected his...specialties. Or so she’d been assured.

      With a slow creak of iron hinges, the door swung inwards. Soft lamplight splashed gold across the floor and over the man standing waiting for her. A gaze darker than shadow held her and her chest tightened.

      Faex, she hadn’t been expecting someone like him.

      Her nervous gaze flicked over his lithe torso, catching on the curls and twists of an intricate tattoo chasing down his abdomen. His breeches hung low on his hips and Larissa closed her eyes before she stared too hard. She could

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