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LOKI

What happens when Loki falls for the one woman immune to his charms?

Val has spent the last hundred years doing two things, protecting Princess Sutrelle of Muspelheim from her father, and hating the Norse Gods who forced her and her Valkyrie sisters to fight in Ragnarök.

When she meets the God of Mischief at a Speed Dating event, the last thing she intends to do is fall for the man-whore, woman-using, Trickster God. But getting away from Loki isn’t as easy as she had hoped because despite him being irritating, vain, and stubborn, he’s also kind, understanding, and hotter than Hell itself.

Val has a decision to make—let go of the past and embrace what could be a fantastic future with a sexy, rich playboy God, or settle for someone that the Fates didn’t have in mind for her and save her heart from the possibility of the heartbreak of a lifetime.

Loki is book seventeen in the Speed Dating with the Denizens of the Underworld shared world, filled with angst, revenge, arrogant trickster Gods, strong-willed warrior women, and more.

CHAPTER 1

“I can’t believeI let you talk me into this.”

Loki rolled his eyes. “I think it’s your mother you need to thank. I asked if you would go with me because I have a meeting, and I don’t want to get roped into conversations with other Underworlders looking for free legal advice.”

Thor threw him a daggered gaze. “You mean a meeting you happened to mention in my mother’s presence which happened to be on the same night as the speed dating event?”

Loki chuckled and straightened his shirt cuffs. “Wrong again, my boy. Your mother set up the meeting. It’s not my fault you’re so nosy you eavesdropped on the conversation and got tangled up in her little scheme to marry you off.”

He wasn’t about to tell Thor that the conversation he’d had with Frigg had been prearranged to try and lure Thor into going to the speed dating night. The morning before the conversation, Loki had been awakened by his cell phone. He hadn’t needed to look to know it was Frigg calling.

He’d had a dream involving Thor, a woman, and the speed dating event. And if he’d had a dream about Thor meeting a woman, there was no doubt Frigg had had one as well. So, he’d answered his phone and set up a time and place for the meeting where Frigg knew Thor would be. And one week later, Loki was playing babysitter and making sure Thor went to the event like he was supposed to.

Loki delved into Thor’s thoughts for a moment and then laid his hand on Thor’s shoulder. “It won’t be any different if you don’t give it a chance.”

Thor brushed Loki off. “I hate it when you do that.”

“I wouldn’t need to if you opened your mouth and spoke more. You used to be so talkative. Couldn’t stop talking as I remember. Mostly about yourself. Your conquests, victories, virtues, anything about you. But now—”

“Now I know better.” Thor snatched up his leather coat.

Loki checked his hair in the mirror. “I was going to say; now you’re boring.”

“And what about you?” Thor questioned. “I don’t see you rushing out to find someone.”

A permanent relationship was the last thing Loki was looking for. He’d been married. And he’d had kids. Now he was content to sample all the underworld had to offer.

Loki flashed him a winning smile. “I don’t need to. My bed is constantly filled with whomever I find companionable for the night. No strings. No expectations. The way I like it.”

Thor walked to the edge of his loft and took off down to his shop floor, two at a time. Bikes lined the walls of the solid brick structure.

“No time for fiddling with those,” said Loki.

Thor walked to his workbench and lifted an ancient hammer.

“My car is out front.” Loki followed down and headed for the exit.

“I can make my way there.” Thor lifted his hammer to the sky and, as always, disappeared in a flash of light.

Loki shook his head. What was the fun of being in the underworld if you were going to stick to doing things the way you always had?

Loki exited the building and smiled at his metallic lime green Lamborghini. He owned over a dozen cars, but the Lambo was his favorite. And when he took it down to the demon street races, he couldn’t help but win.

“Areyou sure this is where Lady Frigg said we were to meet Loki?” asked Sutrelle.

Val reread the paper before showing it to Sutrelle.

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