Nice Guys Bite, Elemental Assassin #15.5, has been released today, Dec. 12. Woot!

This is an e-novella that takes place after the events of Unraveled, book #15. It is told from the point of view of Silvio Sanchez, Gin’s personal assistant. It is about 20,000 words — around 70 pages — and is available as an e-novella. There will not be a print version at this time. The e-novella is priced at $1.99.

Nice Guys Bite is available at the following sites:

Amazon Kindle / Barnes & Noble / Books-A-Million / Google Play / iBooks / Kobo

Here is the description. As always, if you do not want to be spoiled, you might want to skip reading the description:

New York Times bestseller Jennifer Estep (Mythos Academy) continues her Elemental Assassin urban fantasy series with an e-novella starring Silvio Sanchez, the vampire assistant of Gin Blanco, as he goes on a holiday date that turns out to be more deadly than romantic.

Working for Gin Blanco (aka the Spider, the assassin who runs the Ashland underworld) doesn’t leave much time for romance, especially with Gin’s holiday party planning in full swing. But when he catches the eye of a charming gentleman, Silvio finds himself going out for coffee.

All’s fair in love and war, though. Just as Silvio is starting to enjoy himself, he realizes he’s being watched. His nice-guy date doesn’t sense the danger, and Silvio wants to keep it that way (and, well, keep the guy alive) so Silvio ends the date early—only to be abducted by some villainous giants.

Will Silvio survive the night and make it back to the Pork Pit in time for Gin’s holiday party? Only if he decks the hall with bodies …

You can read a brief excerpt of the e-novella by going to this page. Scroll down, and click on the Read Excerpt tab. I had a lot of fun writing Silvio’s e-novella, and I hope that everyone enjoys Nice Guys Bite. Happy reading! 🙂

NOTE ABOUT THE UPCOMING AUDIO VERSION

Some folks have been asking about an audio version of Nice Guys Bite. I’m happy to report that there will be an audiobook. However, it won’t be out today, Dec. 12, the same day as the e-book. So if you want to read Silvio’s story ASAP, you will have to download the e-book.

Due to Audible’s production schedule, there just wasn’t time for a same-day release. I don’t have a firm release date for the audiobook, but I’m hoping that it’s available before Christmas.

Also, Lauren Fortgang will not be the narrator for this. She is the voice of Gin, and this is from Silvio’s point of view, so Audible has decided to use David Marantz, a male narrator, for Silvio’s voice.

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