Virtual Book Tour and Giveaway: Beverly Hills Torture (An Erin Kingsly Novel #2) by R.W. Buxton

Welcome to my stop on the virtual book tour for Beverly Hills Torture by R.W. Buxton. This tour was organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. On my stop, I have an excerpt as well as a highly interesting guest post from the author. There's also a tour wide giveaway for a chance to win a $10 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card. Be sure to check out the other stops on the tour for more content. Enjoy!

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Title: Beverly Hills Torture
Series: An Erin Kingsly Novel #2
Author: R.W. Buxton
Publication Date: March 18th 2020
Print Length: 210 pages
Genres: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance

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A frantic middle of the night call jolts Gerry from his quiet, but lonely life, back into a world fraught with dangerous creatures of the night. Erin's frenzied call leads Gerry across the country where he finds himself immersed in the luxuries of Beverly Hills and the seedier side of the Hollywood strip.

Sadness and longing grip him as he finds a blood-spattered room and Erin is nowhere to be found.

Alone in a strange city with nothing to go on can Gerry find and save Erin? Or is this the end of something never meant to be?

Her past has caught up with her and he's her only hope.

With a group of trusted friends Gerry takes on the impossible and gives everything to save Erin.

Beverly Hills Torture is the second novel in the Erin Kingsly series. Be sure to check out Capital Thirst.

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EXCERPT:

Darkness was everywhere. Erin wasn’t even certain if her eyes were open or closed. The blackness was complete. She blinked, but it made no difference, the blackness encompassed her. She chose to leave her eyes closed and concentrated on her other senses. The air felt cool against her skin. It smelled dank and musty. No sounds reached her ears. Total silence enveloped her.

Her arms were numb, fastened above her head with heavy clasps that scorched her wrists where they touched her skin. She could tell her arms were spread wide. Her legs were spread as well. Heavy clasps dug into the flesh of her ankles as the weight of her body pushed down against them. She formed an X pinned against something hard and unyielding. Her head was all she could move. But only side to side. Her hair hung matted across her face plastered to her skin with dried blood. Even the small effort of trying to shake her head exhausted her. There seemed to be no way to free herself.

“Where am I?” she wondered aloud. “How long have I been here?” Her voice sounded raspy and alien even to her own ears. Pain radiated down her arms and up her legs into the core of her body. The pain shattered her thoughts like splinters that flew in a million pieces. She knew the clasps that held her in place were silver. The burning and excruciating pain were enough that she knew. Why? Silver to vampires could be deadly. They only used it on the worst of her kind. When she was a newly created vampire, she heard stories of its use but knew enough to stay away from it. This was the first time she experienced its power. It wasn’t just the pain where it touched her skin. The silver felt like a poison that flowed through her body. It clouded her mind. Pain spread everywhere. Surely death would be better.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

I love a good paranormal read, something about the un-dead haunts the fringes of my mind. Mix in romance, love, loss, and you have a great story.

I voraciously read everything, fiction, and non-fiction but always find myself turning back to the darker stories. I’ve always wanted to write and the dream became a reality with Capital Thirst, and the remainder of the Erin Kingsly novels.

I spend most of my days designing and building websites, but my free time is devoted to my wife, family, and cats. Yes three grown children and three cats. Things can be hectic.

For fun you might find me driving winding roads with the top down or out photographing nature.

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GUEST POST:

- If you could be any type of paranormal creature, what would you be and why?

I will look at this upside down. What paranormal creature wouldn’t I be? Let’s eliminate those to get to the answer.

Let’s start with one of the most popular, shifters. Wolves, bears and dragons. To wield the powers of a beast, at will is amazing, but the reality is there are limitations. While there may be volumes of cryptozoology that delve into this, my feeling is in the animal form you would lose much of the to rationalize, you become out of control capable only of the base animal desire. Something angers you and suddenly you transform into a wild animal. What’s the only instinct a scared or angry animal has? To kill. Maybe in the human form they can plot or manipulate others, but anyone can do that. As the animal the only option is to kill. Besides, most don’t have opposable thumbs, and what can you really do without thumbs?

Demons are another supernatural group that I put into the same category, although higher demons are cunning and can warp others to do their bidding there are still disadvantages. If you believe in hell, being bound to it is just one limitation. Not only that, but demons are the servants of Satan. He’s the one pulling the strings. Even the most powerful that maybe have their own agenda, if they go too far still have to answer.

Demons bring me to ghosts. Although in literature they rarely appear as a protagonist although sometimes they are the antagonists I’m not sure this is where I would want to be. Sure some can assume corporeal form, but only for brief periods. A life of loneliness and separation from others seems sad.

Now that I’m out of the categories I would never consider what are some that I might? Well, the first would be the fae or fairy folk. This is a huge category with hundreds of forms and varieties. But if you are fae, living in the mortal realm, you are cut off from your family and friends. Maybe an outcast, or maybe on some dangerous mission. Torn between two worlds. Even stranger in the fae world, you’re really not supernatural anymore, instead you’re just like everyone else.

Witches and warlocks look good, I could settle here. Even simple charms are cool. The ability to start a fire with your mind, move objects at will. Maybe curse your enemies and watch them suffer. Dabble in the darker arts and achieve immortality. With the right knowledge, anything is possible. But without the right knowledge, without that right spell would you be able to delve deep enough into yourself to save what matters most to you? Or would it be lost because you didn’t have the knowledge to control your craft? Although just to change that kid in the third grade that picked on me into a toad might be worth it.

I’m sure I’ve missed many paranormal creatures in my less than exhaustive list, but this brings me to what I would be, a vampire. There’s no secret about why I chose a vampire as my protagonist in Capital Thirst or Beverly Hills Torture. You can live for thousands of years. You have opposable thumbs. You’re fast, strong, can read the minds of others and can make them do your bidding. When necessary you can blend in with the rest of the masses or wreak terror among them. There is the drawback of the human blood thing and since I pass out at the sight of blood, that might be a problem.

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GIVEAWAY:

R.W. Buxton will be awarding a $10 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter after the tour. To increase your chance of winning, leave a comment at a different stop on the tour each day. Good luck!

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