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  She waited as her father digested the information.

  “I’ll have your word.” He opened his mouth to argue, but she shook her head. “If you can’t give me that, then I won’t even try to find the box. You can take your request to Lola.” She knew he couldn’t, her little sister was capable of a lot. Wrecking havoc among men being chief of the list. But she wouldn’t be able to find the Protector.

  “I gave you the quest. And I guess I’ll just have to trust that you know how best to find the box.”

  It wasn’t a glowing endorsement, but considering this was the devil, she’d take it.

  Excerpt from Hell’s Fury by Dee Davis, Copyright © 2006 by Dee Davis. All rights reserved. Reprint only with permission from author. Please contact [email protected].

  Julie’s Booklist

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  As Julie Kenner:

  Kate Connor Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom Series that Charlaine Harris, New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse / True Blood series, raved “shows you what would happen if Buffy got married and kept her past a secret. It’s a hoot.”

  The Demon You Know (short story)

  Carpe Demon

  California Demon

  Demons Are Forever

  Deja Demon

  Demon Ex Machina

  PAX Demonica (coming soon!)

  Learn more at DemonHuntingSoccerMom.com

  The Protector (Superhero) Series that RT Book Review magazine raves are true originals, “filled with humor, adventure and fun!”

  The Cat’s Fancy (prequel)

  Aphrodite’s Kiss

  Aphrodite’s Passion

  Aphrodite’s Secret

  Aphrodite’s Flame

  Aphrodite’s Embrace

  Dead Friends and Other Dating Dilemmas

  Learn more at WeProtectMortals.com

  Blood Lily Chronicles

  Tainted

  Torn

  Turned

  By J. Kenner as J.K. Beck:

  Shadow Keepers Series (dark paranormal romance)

  When Blood Calls

  When Pleasure Rules

  When Wicked Craves

  When Passion Lies

  When Darkness Hungers

  When Temptation Burns

  Shadow Keepers: Midnight

  As J. Kenner:

  New York Times & International bestselling Stark Trilogy (erotic romance)

  Release Me

  Claim Me

  Complete Me

  Take Me (epilogue novella)

  Tame Me (A Stark International novella)

  New York Times bestselling Most Wanted series (erotic romance)

  Wanted

  Heated

  Ignited (coming soon!)

  Thanks again, and happy reading!

  About Julie

  Author Photo by Kathy Whittaker

  A New York Times, USA Today, International, Publishers Weekly, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Julie Kenner (aka J. Kenner) writes a range of stories including romance (erotic, sexy, funny & sweet), young adult novels, chick lit suspense and paranormal mommy lit. Her foray into the latter, Carpe Demon: Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom, was selected as a Booksense Summer Paperback Pick for 2005, was a Target Breakout Book, was a Barnes & Noble Number One SFF/Fantasy bestseller for seven weeks, and is in development as a feature film with 1492 Pictures.

  As J. Kenner, she writes erotic romance as well as dark and sexy paranormal romances, including the Shadow Keeper series previously published as J.K. Beck.

  You can connect with Julie through her website, www.juliekenner.com, Twitter (@juliekenner) and her Facebook pages at www.facebook.com/juliekennerbooks and www.facebook.com/jkennerbooks.

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  Table of Contents

  Title Page

  About Sure as Hell

  Dear Reader

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Excerpt from Hell’s Fury

  Julie’s Booklist

  About Julie