This week we're featuring Lust and Other Drugs by TJ Nichols. This is the first in the Mytho Investigations series. Featuring a dragon shifter and a cop caught in a murder investigation and thrown together to catch the killer. Once you've enjoyed the excerpt, the book is available now.
From the blurb:
Police officer Jordan and dragon shifter Edra might have to work together, but they don’t trust each other—even if sparks do fly between them.
If anyone finds out Jordan’s a mytho sympathizer, it could kill his career. No one can know that he frequents the satyr dens and uses the drug Bliss. Another satyr overdose might not get much attention, but two dead humans? That shouldn’t be possible.
And it might not be an accident.
Edra, Mythological Services Liaison, has been covering up mytho crimes to protect the community’s reputation. With a mayoral election looming, the last thing his people need is a scandal.
To get a murderer off the streets, Jordan and Edra will be spending a lot of time together, and it won’t be easy to keep up with their deceptions… or to keep resisting each other.
Excerpt:
“I loved reading about mythology when I was at school. How true were the stories? What was your world like?”
Edra closed his eyes for a moment. That wasn’t one question. It was a lifetime and nothing more than mytho and memories. How could he explain that what had survived was only a fraction of the civilizations from Tariko that had overlapped and existed symbiotically or antagonistically, depending on the mythos and the leaders at the time, or that humans had come across for centuries to raid their world for treasures and magic fleeces? How could he describe the beauty and the harshness, the bite of loss that still woke him and left him aching?
He closed the remaining distance and lifted his hand, expecting Jordan to flinch away, but he didn’t. Edra ran a finger under the black satin strap and carefully tucked it beneath the T-shirt. “That falls under things we don’t talk about.”
He let his fingers linger on Jordan’s chest for a moment longer and then stepped back. He wanted to know what was under the T-shirt and beneath the jeans. He knew that the scent of jasmine would be gone tomorrow, and this Jordan was not the cop he was used to dealing with. This was the Elf from the den, wearing satin and lace beneath his clothes and dabbling in dangerous lust.
From the blurb:
Police officer Jordan and dragon shifter Edra might have to work together, but they don’t trust each other—even if sparks do fly between them.
If anyone finds out Jordan’s a mytho sympathizer, it could kill his career. No one can know that he frequents the satyr dens and uses the drug Bliss. Another satyr overdose might not get much attention, but two dead humans? That shouldn’t be possible.
And it might not be an accident.
Edra, Mythological Services Liaison, has been covering up mytho crimes to protect the community’s reputation. With a mayoral election looming, the last thing his people need is a scandal.
To get a murderer off the streets, Jordan and Edra will be spending a lot of time together, and it won’t be easy to keep up with their deceptions… or to keep resisting each other.
Excerpt:
“I loved reading about mythology when I was at school. How true were the stories? What was your world like?”
Edra closed his eyes for a moment. That wasn’t one question. It was a lifetime and nothing more than mytho and memories. How could he explain that what had survived was only a fraction of the civilizations from Tariko that had overlapped and existed symbiotically or antagonistically, depending on the mythos and the leaders at the time, or that humans had come across for centuries to raid their world for treasures and magic fleeces? How could he describe the beauty and the harshness, the bite of loss that still woke him and left him aching?
He closed the remaining distance and lifted his hand, expecting Jordan to flinch away, but he didn’t. Edra ran a finger under the black satin strap and carefully tucked it beneath the T-shirt. “That falls under things we don’t talk about.”
He let his fingers linger on Jordan’s chest for a moment longer and then stepped back. He wanted to know what was under the T-shirt and beneath the jeans. He knew that the scent of jasmine would be gone tomorrow, and this Jordan was not the cop he was used to dealing with. This was the Elf from the den, wearing satin and lace beneath his clothes and dabbling in dangerous lust.
Lust and Other Drugs is currently available as an audiobook, e-book and paperback, and can be read as part of your Kindle Unlimited Subscription
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