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  Archangels Creed Box Set 1-3

  Azure Boone & Kenra Daniels

  Twelve Archangels.

  Twelve couples.

  Twelve months.

  Can they create the Holy Warriors needed to prevent the demon-spawned abominations from destroying the world?

  Satan has found a loophole in the rules that govern his battle against Good. The Archangel Uriel sends twelve elite Warrior Archangels to Earth on a mission to even the odds against the demon-spawned abominations being produced.

  Each Archangel has one month to find two people, unite them in love, and use their union's power to create the Holy Warriors needed to defend the world against Satan's unholy creations. And they have to do it while staying out of the demons' clutches.

  But the mission isn't so simple when inheriting Humanity comes with challenges beyond the Angel's training, and every milestone in the couple's relationship affects the triumvirate's strength. Who knew headaches and PMS could be such a pain in the ass?

  Book One: Summon Kassern

  How can Archangel Kassern get the World's Most Unlikely Couple - a preacher and a stripper - to fall in love and help him form the Holy Warrior? He's too busy dealing with annoying human traits he picks up along the way. Since when do archangels get hungry?

  Desperate to save her best friend, Karly, and herself from a life of prostitution, Devyn takes a chance when the preacher, Troy, offers escape. But someone offers Karly's boyfriend big money, and he can't let them go without a fight.

  Called by God to minister to prostitutes, Troy is careful not to get too close to his flock, though some of them would like to get close to him. Sworn to celibacy, he isn't even tempted, until he saves Devyn from an attacker and becomes embroiled in her desperate life.

  Can Kassern keep them all safe from Karly's psycho ex and whichever demon horde is onto their scent at the moment? Especially with the train wreck that is Karly along for the ride? Or will his new humanity put them all in even more danger?

  Book Two: Summon Dorn

  Perfectionist Archangel Dorn confidently steps forward to form the second team in the Archangels' Holy Warrior plan. Things go wrong from the beginning, but having Kassern witness his mistakes is worse than being teased for choosing a nun as his human partner. Fortunately, Archangels can learn from their mistakes.

  Jessie has the unfortunate habit of making a fool of herself whenever a good looking man is nearby. Devastatingly handsome Lucian seems able to look beyond that and puts her at ease right away, but is he as good as he looks?

  After a lifetime of pain, Lucian's heart is a closed door and he permits no one a peek inside, but Jessie blows the locks away. Will she cause him even more pain?

  Dutifully heading to the convent, Sally falls into a vipers' pit of evil. With no hope of rescue, she sets out to destroy the horror on her own, even if it means her death.

  Can Dorn put everything right again and snatch them all from the jaws of the most devastating evil to ever stalk the earth?

  Kassern and Dorn have finished forming their triumvirates—oh wait, back up a minute—make that QUADumvirates. Kassern had some difficulty dealing with his new human appetites and ended up taking a wife. Commander Uriel has determined Kassern’s indiscretion upset the entire power balance. The only solution is for all the archangels to find wives.

  Book Three: Summon Toren

  And now it’s Toren’s turn. The formula: find his couple, unite them, then join with his own selected wife. But true to his mercurial nature, Toren does things his own way. In this instance, reverse.

  With his sights set on a lady rancher, he has his hands full studying to be a cowboy and hog-tying demons before he finds his human couple. Once he does, he’s saddled with a Rodeo Queen that thinks all men are from the devil and an arrogant foreign soldier that seems determined to prove her right. All that’s left is to get them to fall in love without killing each other before all hell breaks loose.

  He better pray for a miracle.

  *explicit sex, violence*

  Presenting!

  The Archangels Creed Box Set

  Book One: Summon Kassern

  Book Two: Summon Dorn

  Book Three: Summon Toren

  By

  Azure Boone & Kenra Daniels

  © 2013 by Azure Boone & Kenra Daniels, LLC.

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  Author's Notes:

  This series contains explicit scenes of sexual activity between different couples, all committed to exclusive, monogamous relationships.

  There are scenes of graphic violence, some directed toward women.

  Any resemblance to any person, living or dead, by any of the characters within is entirely accidental.

  We have taken extensive liberties with certain religious dogma and traditions – no offense intended – to fit the plot of our story. We've also fictionalized locations, historic events and public personas as needed to fulfil the series plot.

  Finally, we genuinely hope you enjoy reading this "Archangels Creed" book as much as we enjoyed writing it. At the end of the book, we've included information on our other books and how readers can contact us. We love hearing from readers, so drop us a line!

  Archangels Creed: The series ~

  Satan has found a loophole in the rules that govern his battle against Good. The Archangel Uriel sends twelve Warrior Archangels to Earth on a mission to even the odds.

  Each Archangel has one month to find a couple, unite them, and use their union's power to create the Holy Warriors needed to defend the world against Satan's unholy creations.

  But the mission isn't so simple when inheriting Humanity comes with challenges beyond the Angel's training, and every milestone in the couple's relationship affects the triumvirate's strength.

  "Archangels Creed" explores the story of each of the twelve Archangels as they struggle to complete their arm of the overall mission.

  Don't miss the Archangels Creed Supplemental Series:

  Archangels Creed Puzzle Pieces will give readers insight into the Enemy's overall plans and the Archangels' plans to combat them. This series of novellas will give glimpses of the hearts and minds capable of such depravities, and the impact on those who carry out the plans. You'll meet the masterminds, the go-betweens, the demon Over Lords and the human pawns, as well as some of the monsters themselves. These novellas will be filled with clues about both sides in the battle. What are their weaknesses and strengths? What vulnerabilities can be used against them? Find out where the whole thing originated, where it's going, and what will happen in between.

  Archangels Creed Close Ups give a look at what the couples involved in all the Quads do between the main segments of the mission. You
'll see more romance, more character development, more interpersonal relationships and get to know the characters as the real, multi-dimensional people they are. Best of all, there'll be more scorching intimate scenes. These novellas will greatly broaden the scope of the overall series plot and give a taste of what happens during downtime, as well as wrapping up details from the novels. Some of the characters will move forward with preliminary parts of future operations and others will handle minor missions. New characters will be introduced before they move into the novels and minor plot points will be explored and developed.

  If you love Archangels Creed, you can't miss a single Puzzle Piece or Close Up!

  And Now!

  Summon Kassern

  © 2012 by Azure Boone & Kenra Daniels.

  All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Azure Boone and Kenra Daniels or their legal representative.

  Author's Notes:

  This book contains explicit scenes of sexual activity between two different couples, both committed to exclusive, monogamous relationships.

  Dedications

  From Azure:

  Kenra is my sister in Kentucky that I’ve never actually met. And yet I know her better than my real sisters. We have gone through it all together, hardly just the writing trials. All I can say is, we’re two hard headed bitches. LOL. And it’s a darn good thing too, or we would not be where we are this day, nor where we will be tomorrow. Thank you my lovely friend for all that you do. I love sharing this amazing endeavor with you.

  I’ve been married to my husband for 22 years, and I am pregnant with my ninth child as we write this first book in an amazing series. To answer the question I’m sure you’re asking right at this point of “how in the world do you find time to write” well, thankfully, my husband insisted we train the kids to be helpful, and so, if it weren’t for all these amazing children, I would certainly never have time to write! On top of this, I have a husband who has developed the skill of dealing with his new driven writer wife. God bless him! Actually, it’s one of the reasons I set out to write, to help ease his financial burdens and give him a break, hopefully let him retire and enjoy life and his children, he deserves that after working so long for us and being dedicated.

  From Kenra:

  Azure and I are real life best friends brought together by our love of writing. Similar backgrounds, religious and political views, and other situations bound us into a relationship beyond mere friendship, and stronger than sisterhood. It's a good thing we're such hard-headed bitches, LOL. Even if it is long distance, we hold each other's hand, cry on each other's shoulder, then hug and get back to work, so we can celebrate together. Along with that amazing relationship, we have worked together so closely and for so long, coauthoring was a natural progression. Without her, none of my writing would be possible.

  Hubby and I have been married almost 27 years at this writing. We've weathered many storms in our relationship and have come out stronger than ever. Through it all, he has supported me in any professional undertaking I chose, including writing. Now that we're raising our three very young grandsons, finding time to write is a challenge, and Hubby always helps out to be sure I can. Without his patience and good nature, this book and all my others would still be just an idea on a hard drive.

  Acknowledgments

  From Azure:

  I’d like to acknowledge my husband and children for all they put up with in my efforts to become a successful writer. I’d also like to acknowledge the entire Azurite Street team for all they do and will do for the success of these books.

  From Kenra:

  I'd like to acknowledge and thank my husband for all his help, and for putting up with my preoccupation and neglect of him as I work toward my lifelong goal of becoming a successful author. Both he and our daughter are great sounding boards for ideas and they can always talk me through serious plot dilemmas. They're both also endless fonts of insane ideas.

  Before all they've done and put up with, my parents instilled a great love of reading in me from a very early age. They encouraged my interest in writing, while reminding me realistically that very few people could make a living at it.

  The Street Team Angels are an amazing bunch of ladies, and they will play a huge part in making this series successful.

  Book One: Summon Kassern

  Chapter One

  Devyn Karnes, or DeVyne, as she was known at work, scrubbed the half inch of gaudy makeup off her face. The shit looked like it had been applied with a putty knife, especially at the end of the night. It nearly took one to get it off.

  She winced when the washcloth passed over her lower right jaw. The bastard left a bruise when he tried to strong-arm her into his lap. Of course, security had wasted no time showing him to the door, but that wouldn't stop it from happening again. The only thing that could prevent the patrons from trying to manhandle the dancers would be to keep the girls off the floor, and no one wanted that. Except maybe Devyn.

  With the makeup gone, she brushed the glitter and spray out of her hair and pulled it back into its customary ponytail. One last check to ensure the lock closed securely on her locker, and she was ready to get the hell out of Lucky's Sand Castle.

  Dead tired, she shoved out through the emergency door that led from the changing room into the alley behind the Castle. The smell of piss, puke and other things best not thought about greeted her, but it was better than going out the front and fending off drunks.

  Even in her comfy sneakers, Devyn's feet hurt. The block and a half to the bus stop seemed like ten miles from just starting out. Dancing and six inch stilettos were not meant for each other. Too bad for Devyn that her floor manager didn't agree. The bitch insisted that, as the new headliner, Devyn had to set an example for the other girls. Like breaking her ankles or neck would do that.

  Occupied with her thoughts, Devyn nearly walked head-long into the small crowd gathered on the sidewalk at the end of the alley.

  What the hell? Standing on tiptoe, she managed to peer over the shoulder of a man, most likely one who'd recently tucked bills into her G-String, to see what was going on.

  In the middle of the knot of people, a clean-cut young man stood, trying to convince one of her co-workers to take his flyer. Krystal refused in her harsh, loud voice and shouldered her way back through the spectators.

  Some drunk-ass shoved past Devyn and nearly toppled her over. A strong hand caught her upper arm and steadied her.

  A quick glance up put her nearly face to face with none other than the clean cut guy, a concerned frown marring his handsome brow. Earnest, warm hazel eyes gazed at her until heat flooded her cheeks. "Thanks."

  Before she could hurry off, he grabbed her arm again. "Wait! Do you work here?" The smooth voice sounded as clean-cut as the man looked.

  "What do you care?" Did this guy think he had the right to ask where she worked just because he'd kept her from a face-plant?

  "Um… Well, I'd like you to take this." He pressed his flyer into her hand. "I'm starting a mission for exploited women-"

  "What do you mean 'exploited'?" Figures, she'd run into some goody-two-shoes who thought she needed saving. She did, but not that kind.

  "Well… See, women who are being taken advantage of." He swallowed hard, Adams apple rising and falling in his strong neck. "I mean, um… forced into a life… into doing things-"

  "Whores?" Cruel, maybe, but the guy's discomfort refused to be let alone. "You're trying to say whores?"

  "Well, that is one word some-" His high cheekbones flushed dark with shame.

  "Look, Sugar, go back to your Sunday School class. You don't belong down here, and you're not going to save anyone." She started to turn away, then looked back. "The only thing you might accomplish is getting one of the girls beat to death if a pimp thinks she's considering leaving."
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  Ignoring the guilty horror on the handsome face, Devyn turned and headed down and across the street, angling for her shortcut to the bus stop. Damn, where did that guy get off? Coming down to the bad part of town like some knight in shining armor to save damsels in distress was one of the stupidest things she'd ever heard of. What a fucktard!

  Wary of the loose bits of pavement and gravel, she almost jogged through the alley. If she didn't hurry, she'd miss the bus and have to wait two hours for the next one.

  Her forward momentum came to an abrupt halt, her left arm caught fast, leaving her in an awkward solo version of Crack-The-Whip. Her chest slammed against a solid surface, knocking the breath out of her. A rough hand sank into her hair and yanked her head back.

  ****

  Troy watched the woman hurry off down the street, his chest heavy with the need to drive sense into a perfect stranger. Lord, keep her safe. Let your angels protect her. Lead her back to me if it's Your will and time.

  She disappeared around the building. That could've been my mother right there. Maybe if somebody had made an effort to reach out to her, his own life would've turned out much different. Not that he didn't love his adopted parents, he did. They gave him the life his mother couldn't. Well…couldn't because of her dire circumstances, no doubt. Just like that woman's. The familiar litany played through his head, as it always did when he encountered a woman enslaved to the streets.

  He shoved the remaining flyers into his back pocket, eyeing the alley she'd turned down. He resisted a sudden pull to follow her, then shook his head. Time he learned how to take no for an answer.