tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46725797885318915712024-02-19T10:32:21.971+03:00Unputdownable BooksNajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825584908615157130noreply@blogger.comBlogger780125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4672579788531891571.post-11751932592642302802014-06-24T08:40:00.001+03:002014-06-24T08:40:05.312+03:00Little Hiatus.Hi everyone! I'm going on a Little Hiatus from this blog for now. I've got so much life changes this year. Including, flying out to the US for the Indie Bookfest for work. (SO EXCITED) So, I don't have time to schedule posts for blog tours and such. BUT I'll be back! I don't know when but I will! You can follow me on <a href="https://twitter.com/designmeahuman">Twitter</a> or my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Najla-Qamber-Designs/152137158206447?sk=messages_inbox">Design Facebook Page</a> where I'm more active, for now. See you all when things slow down in the next few months.<br />
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<a href="http://s1310.photobucket.com/user/designmeahuman/media/Signature_zpse00db79a.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo Signature_zpse00db79a.jpg" border="0" src="http://i1310.photobucket.com/albums/s655/designmeahuman/Signature_zpse00db79a.jpg" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00962024600434225563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4672579788531891571.post-88854318218321935082014-04-30T14:00:00.000+03:002014-04-30T14:00:02.147+03:00Swoon-worthy Excerpt: Stay by Jennifer Silverwood<div style="text-align: center;">
I am thrilled to welcome a wonderful person and author and her book to my blog. She is a growing author and I cannot wait to see her name displayed in every bookstore around the world. But first, let's start with her latest release, Stay! Check out this swoon-worthy excerpt! </div>
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shoulder as he</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">leaned over and guided my hand in the proper movements. I wanted to
shout at him, “Is that necessary?” but held my tongue. I could not help being
unnerved by him. The metal lid rattled a bit because of my flustered and
unsteady grip.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">A glance over my shoulder revealed his eyes fixed not on the lid,
but my face. And most startling of all, the same draw I felt for him was
reflected in his wonderment.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">“Orona,” he whispered, swallowed and perked up as the songs switched
on the</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">stereo again. “Do you want me to show you how we dance?”</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">I fought the urge to grip that metal handle even more tightly, to
run and snatch my</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">cloak and rush to Lissa’s aid as quickly as possible. I knew this
was dangerous territory.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">But thus far I had been flying blindly and was still unconvinced
this man was not Seid in human disguise. So I grinned as he pulled me away
waiting for my reply. He knew I had already given it, just as I knew I could
never say no to him.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">We stood as we had before, with his hand on my waist and our fingers
clasped</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">together, up and away from our bodies. I clutched the square muscle
of his shoulder and followed as he stepped back, then led me side to side.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Something strange filled and broke through my defenses, unbidden. A
flurry of</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">sweet thrills laced up and down my spine as we danced. It was like
floating on water once I caught the rhythm in the steps, as I learned to follow
his silent cues. The words were out of my mouth before I could rein them in.
“How did you learn to dance like this?”</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">His coppery skin flushed that unfortunately familiar shade of rust.
I had only seen</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">it once or twice, before Seid revealed his true nature to me.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">He skipped a step and nearly stumbled as he formulated his answer.
“It’s really</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">embarrassing actually. But I had a crush on this girl back in high
school. She used to</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">come to my uncle’s club with her folks on weekends and she knew how
to dance. So…”</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">He shrugged and looked over my shoulder, anywhere he did not have to
see my reaction.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">My skin boiled at the thought of another girl in his arms. “You
learned for her?”</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Stop it! He does not belong to you!</span></i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">“My aunt taught me,” he confessed. When he smiled I saw the almost
perfect</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">rows of white teeth. “When my cousin caught me practicing with a
door and laughed, I punched him in the face. But in the end, I got the girl.”</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Through our bond I saw flashes and images of a honey-skinned,
brown-eyed girl</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">against the lights of the club, dancing in his arms. I could feel
his pride in that moment and felt inexplicably sour because of it.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">His smile died when he noticed the tension in my steps and chuckled.
“Guess you</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">had to be there to laugh. Thanks for not calling me a dork and
laughing in my face.”</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">I forced a smile but was unable to block the memory of that girl, or
of the way he</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">felt about Lissa.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">His blue eyes narrowed intently on me. He bowed his head then and
frowned at</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">our feet. I bit my lip, wondering how I was going to explain the
whole supernatural grace thing.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">“You’re freakishly good at this, babe,” he said with raised
eyebrows. “You pull</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">my leg earlier or something? Here I was thinking you only knew that
sexy ethnic dance.”</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">He winked and then it was my turn to blush.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">At the same moment, his hand shifted slightly higher against my
waist and</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">prickles of pleasure darted to my lower abdomen. Fresh air was
suddenly in short supply and I had the strangest feeling I was falling past the
point of no return and powerless to stop it. Tripping over my feet on purpose,
I feigned a fall in order to push him away.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">“Gotcha!” he gasped and then laughed as our foreheads knocked
together.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Instead of escaping the human’s grasp, I found myself in an even
more</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">compromising position, with our chests pressed together. Suddenly
everything was</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">entirely too much and too real: the way his lips parted to take in
badly needed oxygen, how perfectly our hips fit into place, despite our
different heights, and how the feel of another human’s skin made mine come
thrillingly alive.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">His pale blue eyes clouded just like Seid’s did when he was about to
kiss me. What terrified me wasn’t his resemblance to my former love, however,
but the fact I was</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">going to let him. Two thousand years spent hating the one who had
cursed me and I was about to give in, just like he had wanted all along</span></div>
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a tale for little girls. Until the immortal ruler of the seas appears from thin
air and she is swept into a dark and dangerous affair, turning myth into a
grave reality.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Rona realizes that love is just an illusion as grandiose as magic and after two
thousand years, she is ready to give up. Until the night a human, deep in the
underbelly of the city that never sleeps, sees her. She recognizes him
instantly, a lost love. Trouble is, he has no memory of her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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love she lost thousands of years ago and another woman, Rona will have to learn
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>About Jennifer Silverwood<o:p></o:p></u></b><br />
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Everyone has to begin somewhere. I began my journey to becoming an author long before I published anything. Storytelling was something I did every night before bed with my father. We would create such wonderful tales together, far better than anything in books. It sprung from our imaginations. My mother ingrained a love for the written world early on. Then my grandpa gave me his first typewriter when I was in elementary school. You can guess the rest.<br />
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But it was many years later, after dabbling in all the arts, that I realized writing was my greatest passion. I grew up on the far outskirts of the Metroplex of Texas, a busy world of cities within cities. It’s easy to get lost in a place like this. Some might argue that Dallas is the “New York” of the south and I might agree. Rather than worry about being a little fish in a big pond, however, I made up my mind long ago to follow my dreams. The funny thing about dreams is they have a tendency to come to life in unexpected ways.<br />
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My best friends were my twin next-door neighbors. (Inspiration for the three main ladies in Silver Hollow) We made up our own little book club, complete with readings and brainstorming sessions. I loved reading to them and they loved “the story,” as we dubbed whatever project we were working on. As we grew up and went on to different careers and schools, and I tried three different universities. Needless to say, college didn’t pan out well for me. So I did the next sensible thing and decided to write “for real.”<br />
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By day I am personal assistant and simple childcare worker at the local Learning Center for preschoolers. But by night, I moonlight as an independently published author of Young/New Adult and fantasy novels. My hope is that you enjoy my books and are encouraged to follow your dreams as well.<br />
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“You have four minutes, Llona,” Liam said through a microphone in my ear. His voice, like the ringing of a great bell, pounded my already aching head.<br />
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The small plane’s engine shrieked, a high-pitched sound different from the steady hum of the last twenty minutes. Everyone had boarded a while ago. It was a silent crowd, not one likely to converse with each other.<br />
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I shifted my weight in the plane’s cramped closet. I could’ve come out as I’d just turned invisible, but I wanted to wait until the speed of the plane increased, covering any sounds the closet door might make when opened.<br />
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It was shortly after Cyrus kidnapped my aunt Sophie from Lucent academy that I taught myself to turn invisible. I’d practiced every day, sometimes for hours, until I could do it without the accompanying paralyzing weakness. And although the pain hadn’t gotten any better, I was able to increase the time I could maintain invisibility to several minutes. I’d accomplished all this in just the few short months since Christian’s death.<br />
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Just then the plane lurched forward, picking up speed on the runway. I opened the door and peered into the plane’s small kitchen. Empty. Perfect. I quietly slipped out and closed the door behind me.</div>
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The front wheels of the plane bounced. The cabin, as I suspected, was full of Vykens sitting in their seats, their backs to me, as if they were regular passengers. Most of them looked like normal humans, which meant they’d fed on Auran blood recently, but a few were in their purest form— facial features deformed and gray with moldy skin peeling back from their faces.<br />
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There was only one different from the rest. Jackson. He sat three rows up to the right of the center aisle.<br />
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With the Deific’s help, Liam had finally received a tip on Jackson’s whereabouts. It was the closest we’d come to finding out where Cyrus was keeping Sophie. I glanced to my left, to the emergency exit. By the way the plane was vibrating, it was close to taking off.<br />
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A Vyken stood and slid into the aisle. I pressed myself against a seat to keep him from bumping into me. I had yet to learn how to let matter pass through me. That may be a trick only my mother knew.<br />
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After the Vyken passed by, I went to Jackson. He was looking down at his bloodied knuckles. How did that happen? Jackson used to be a guardian. He (and a bunch of others who had followed him) had joined the Vykens against the Auras months ago. I’d been training harder than ever to stop them all and restore the Auras to their former strength. The strength only a few knew about.<br />
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The plane lifted. Still plenty of time to make my move.<br />
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I reached down, careful to avoid touching Jackson, and undid his seat belt. He glanced to his lap, brow twisted together. I smacked the back of his head, hard. He turned around and stared at the Vyken behind him.<br />
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Jackson stood and confronted the Vyken again. “Hey, I’m talking to you!”<br />
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The Vyken lifted his gaze from the sports magazine in his hand. “I know Cyrus said we can’t kill you, but he didn’t say we couldn’t hurt you. Sit down, guardian.”</div>
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Liam’s voice spoke again in my ear. “Hurry up.”<br />
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Several Vykens looked around. His voice, this close to so many of them, must have drawn attention.</div>
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Time to pay for your crimes, Jackson.<br />
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I drew my fist back and punched Jackson in the face. His hand came up to his bloodied nose. “What the . . . ?”<br />
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A few Vykens stood up.<br />
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I punched him again. He stumbled back toward the exit, arms outstretched as though to steady himself. <br />
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Blood ran onto his chin.<br />
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“What’s going on?” he yelled.<br />
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I answered with a swift kick to his chest. It took just a second for him to recover before he started blindly throwing punches. “Someone help me!”</div>
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Vykens looked around as if they didn’t know what to do.<br />
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I dodged Jackson’s fist and punched him again. He was in position. I took hold of the emergency latch and pulled it as hard as I could. The door flew open, sucking air from the cabin.<br />
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Papers and all kinds of debris flew past me. Jackson scrambled backward, his eyes darting around until he was pressed against the wall separating the kitchen from the cabin.<br />
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The others stood alert, some in a fight-ready stance. But who were they going to fight? They couldn’t see me. No one could.<br />
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Grabbing Jackson, I spun him around until he was facing the open door; his clothes and hair whipped around violently. He stuttered.<br />
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His fear excited me, sending a wave of adrenaline through my blood stream.<br />
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Llona is determined to end the fight with the Vykens once and for all. All she needs is to find and destroy the Shadow–the ultimate source of dark power. But when she makes a startling discovery about someone she loves, Llona has to fight the toughest battle yet in this exciting conclusion to the Fractured Light series.</div>
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Llona Reese is used to living on the run. After the Vykens killed her parents, she knew they would eventually come for her too. She can’t take any chances. But when she starts to make friends for the first time in her life, she gets careless and lets her guard down. Big mistake.</div>
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As an Aura, Llona can manipulate light and harness its energy. But if she wants to survive, Llona will have to defy the Auran Council and learn to use her power as a weapon against the Vyken whose sole desire is to take her light. Now she’s caught in something even bigger than she can understand, with a power she can’t wield, and no one she can trust, except, just maybe, a mysterious stranger.<br />
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AVAILABLE Tuesday APRIL 29, 2014</h2>
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Rona believes love is nothing more than a myth, a tale for little girls. Until the immortal ruler of the seas appears from thin air and she is swept into a dark and dangerous affair; turning myth into a dark reality.</div>
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Ordained a savior of true love, Rona realizes that love is just an illusion as grandiose as magic and after two-thousand years she is ready to give up. <span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Until the night she is seen by a human, deep in the underbelly of the city that never sleeps. She recognizes him instantly, a lost love. Trouble is, he has no memory of her. </span></div>
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<a href="http://4wordpublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/jennifer04-Retouched-cropped.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="jennifer04 Retouched cropped" class=" wp-image-1353 alignleft" src="http://4wordpublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/jennifer04-Retouched-cropped-262x300.jpg" height="200" width="162" /></a>Everyone has to begin somewhere. I began my journey to becoming an author long before I published anything. Storytelling was something I did every night before bed with my father. We would create such wonderful tales together, far better than anything in books. It sprung from our imaginations. My mother ingrained a love for the written world early on. Then my grandpa gave me his first type writer when I was in elementary school. You can guess the rest.</div>
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But it was many years later, after dabbling in all the arts, that I realized writing was my greatest passion. I grew up on the far outskirts of the Metroplex of Texas, a busy world of cities within cities. It’s easy to get lost in a place like this. Some might argue that Dallas is the “New York” of the south and I might agree. Rather than worry about being a little fish in a big pond, however, I made up my mind long ago to follow my dreams. The funny thing about dreams is they have a tendency to come to life in unexpected ways.</div>
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My best friends were my twin next door neighbors. (Inspiration for the three main ladies in Silver Hollow) We made up our own little book club, complete with readings and brainstorming sessions. I loved reading to them and they loved “the story,” as we dubbed whatever project we were working on. As we grew up and went on to different careers and schools, and I tried three different universities. Needless to say, college didn’t pan out well for me. So I did the next sensible thing and decided to write “for real.”</div>
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By day I am personal assistant and simple childcare worker at the local Learning Center for preschoolers. But by night, I moonlight as an independently published author of Young/New Adult and fantasy novels. My hope is that you enjoy my books and are encouraged to follow your dreams as well.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Halle.” Kale sighed. “We can’t have this
conversation here. There’s too many ears around. Come with me, and I’ll explain
in private.”</span><span style="font-family: Garamond;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond;">It was all I could do to not burst out with a derisive
laugh. Seven years of living on the streets taught a girl that private
encounters with would-be kindly strangers usually left girls dead. “Do you
think I’m stupid? I’m not going anywhere with you.”</span><span style="font-family: Garamond;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond;">“I’m afraid you don’t have much choice.” He rose
to his feet, his voice strangely low and hushed.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond;">Instinct warned me to step back as he approached.
My heart kicked several beats, and I reached for the knife I usually kept in my
back pocket. My fingers fumbled with the button that held the pocket closed. Before
I could work it free, Kale had invaded my personal space. One large hand
reached for me.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond;">I whirled to run.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond;">He caught me by the wrist. I skidded to a stop
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overpower this guy, not like the skinny, crack-addicted street thugs who gave
me trouble now and then. Everything clicked into place in one, heart-stopping
burst of reality. He had been chasing me. Now he <i>had</i> me. And I couldn’t get away.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond;">I was not going to die out here in the woods, damn
it!</span><span style="font-family: Garamond;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond;">With all my strength, I kicked my leg back, hoping
to connect with some vital part of his body and he’d drop to the ground.
Instead, my heel jammed into his calf, but he’d moved so close I couldn’t have
possibly done him significant damage. He didn’t even let out a grunt.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond;">Instead, he moved into me, wound both arms around
my torso, and trapped my back against his chest. “Halle, be still,” he
whispered, “Look.” Releasing one arm, he pointed at the hilltop in front of us.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond;">I lifted my gaze and met the unblinking stare of
two, glowing red eyes. I had to be imagining things. Or the absence of light
was playing tricks on my eyes. I blinked, shook my head, and looked again.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond;">Now, two sets stared down at us.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond;">Kale’s hand fisted around mine. His hushed voice
filled my ears. “Run!”</span><span style="font-family: Garamond;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond;">I stumbled as he jerked me sideways. But two steps
later, I matched his ground-covering stride, my long legs an easy pairing with
his. Sapling branches snapped against my shoulders, whipped alongside my cheek.
I didn’t feel them.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond;">For the first time in my life, I was afraid.</span></blockquote>
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<i>She held no faith in magic. Now, fate is calling her…</i></div>
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Halle Rhoads has a terrifying gift--she can kill with the fury of the storm. </div>
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She should have known that kind of power wouldn't go unnoticed. Thrust into a world full of dark magic with a handsome stranger who claims he can teach her, she struggles to master her abilities and stumbles onto a dangerous truth. She's a windwalker, the chosen vessel of the ancient dragons who once ruled the world. Many will stop at nothing to possess the power in her blood, should they discover her secret. With necromancers hunting her and Halle's closest allies guarding secrets, mastering her magic becomes a matter of necessity. </div>
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Building on a background of fantasy game design, a fascination with history, and a lifetime love of books, award-winning author Claire Ashgrove brings to life action-filled, passionate journeys of the heart. Her paranormal series, The Curse of the Templars, marries the history of the Knights Templar with the chilling aspirations of the most unholy--a must-read for speculative fiction fans. She also writes as the National Bestselling Author Tori St. Claire and historical romance author Sophia Garrett.<br />
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In her non-writing time, she’s runs Finish The Story, a full-scale editing house co-founded with Bryan Thomas Schmidt. She lives in Missouri and enjoys cooking, studying ancient civilizations, and spending downtime with her two sons and too-many horses, cats, and dogs.<br />
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Maliciously Obedient (Obedient #1) by Julia Kent</div>
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Getting caught reading Fifty Shades of Grey in the parking lot at work wasn't the best way for 25-year-old Lydia Charles to meet her boss. A boss she didn't know she had. Matt Jones now had the job she had been waiting to apply for (and win) for the past year, and to add insult to injury, he's the kind of guy her parents would adore.<br /><br />Damn it.<br /><br />The only kid of six to choose to run off to Boston and leave behind her idyllic family in Maine, Lydia's determined to prove herself in the big city, but she has to keep Matt at arm's length. After a steamy elevator encounter that leaves her missing her panties – and most of her resolve – she decides that maybe it's time to let him get inside her. <br /><br />In more ways than one. <br /><br />But when Matt suddenly closes off she's upset and confused. When he also acts like he owns the place, she decides that malicious obedience – following his every command to the letter – will prove how much the department needs her creativity after he insists he knows best.<br /><br />What Lydia doesn't know is that “Matt” is really Michael Bournham, the CEO of the company, part of an undercover reality television stunt. Keeping his hands off Lydia's luscious curves was becoming an exercise in restraint, but what was harder? Keeping his heart from her. <br /><br />For Michael, Lydia's malicious obedience ignited a night of unbridled passion in the office that made him forget everything – including the rolling cameras – until it was too late. When unscrupulous producers make their lovemaking viral, Michael pulls out all the stops and calls in every favor as Lydia...maliciously obeys.<br />
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Maliciously Obedient started with a memorable occurrence that got me hooked. It was almost nearly impossible for me to put the book down and to even notice the chapter headings going by. The story of a soon-to-be billionaire going "undercover" as a middle manager in his own company for a reality show, just about sparked my interest even more. That show idea was brilliant! But odd enough, it was hard for me to imagine a happy ending for our protagonists.<br />
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The characters of the book were actually really well constructed. It wasn't a book that was quickly written for the sake of easy money. It was written with a lot of work and thought put in. Lydia is a hardworking admin who is trying so hard to go up the ladder but is always shut down by her egotistical, sexist boss, Dave. Mike/Matt was first an eccentric man who only thought of making money and becoming a billionaire by neglecting his employee's working environment, bonus', etc. But slowly you can actually read how he realizes the situation he put his employees in and how he forced them to hate him, the CEO. He begins to grow a conscience, thanks to Lydia.<br />
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I really liked how the romance wasn't too rushed. There were business talk and dialogue added in and that included in a lot of depth and a little bit more realism to the entire book. However, it seemed like it dragged on way too much on purpose. Like the author was just adding in fillers so she can end with the cliffhanger she already wrote ages ago. I wasn't too happy with the cliffhanger though!<br />
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Overall, I loved the plot, I adored the characters and how the romance was sprinkled about. Though I wasn't too happy with how dragged out the book was, I still really enjoyed the book and it was definitely unputdownable.<br />
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Bodie Scott knows about grief all too well. Critically injured in an alcohol related accident the year before, Bodie struggles with the fact that he’ll never play football again, and he’s so far behind in credits he can’t see straight. That is, until he meets Nev. Haunted by their bloody pasts and wary of a shared future, Nev and Bodie turn to one another for comfort and support, and realize they’re not so alone after all. And when the party scene at school threatens the life of a loved one, the two stop at nothing to keep the past from repeating itself.</div>
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Perception is everything to sixteen-year-old Olivia Brown. With her freakishly hot boyfriend, volunteer work at the local animal shelter, successful beauty channel on YouTube, and well-earned spot on X Factor Cheer's elite level five Diamond Girl team, Livvie's the girl every other girl wants to be. At least, that's the illusion she's aiming for.</div>
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I'm a lover of books (YA & Adult romance), chocolate, reality television, and am a proud mother to three All Star cheerleaders. Woot!</div>
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I write Contemporary YA romance with cheerleaders. Yep. I write what I know, and it's my hope that my stories will not only take you on a romantic journey that will warm your heart, but that you'll find a new respect and interest in the sport of Cheerleading you may not have had before.</div>
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<b>Title:</b> <i>Master of the Game (Demons of Elysium #3)</i> </div>
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<b>Author:</b> Jane Kindred </div>
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<b>Genre:</b> Paranormal m/m BDSM erotic romance 18+ </div>
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Love is the ultimate game changer…and this time it’s winner take all.
Now that his lover is back in his arms, Belphagor is taking his own sweet time to say the words Vasily longs to hear: “You’re my boy.” And savoring the sweet torture of driving the firespirit into a frenzy of unfulfilled need.
As the undisputed master of Heaven’s gaming tables, Belphagor never plays unless he’s certain of winning. But this time, political machinations send the game—and Vasily—tumbling to the brink of even his formidable control.
Vasily can’t deny enjoying their delightfully edgy play—until the airspirit auctions him off for a night to the one demon with a gift for taking things too far. Seductive Silk, tight-lipped about the end of his relationship with the sweet submissive Phaleg, may also be involved with a new faction threatening the pregnant queen of Heaven.
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Jane Kindred is the author of <i>The House of Arkhangel’sk</i> trilogy, the <i>Demons of Elysium</i> series, and <i>The Devil’s Garden</i>. Born in Billings, Montana, she spent her formative years ruining her eyes reading romance novels in the Tucson sun and watching Star Trek marathons in the dark. She now writes to the sound of San Francisco foghorns while two cats slowly but surely edge her off the side of the bed.
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Reasonable Doubt (Volume #1) by Whitney G. </div>
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My cock has an appetite. <br />
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A huge and very particular appetite: Blonde, curvy, and preferably not a fucking liar...(Although, that's a story for another day.)<br />
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As a high profile lawyer, I don't have time to waste on relationships, so I fulfill my needs by anonymously chatting and sleeping with women I meet online. <br />
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This is only casual sex. Nothing more. Nothing less. <br />
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She was supposed to be a 27 year old lawyer, a book hoarder, and completely unattractive. She was supposed to be someone I shared law advice with late at night, someone I could trust with details of my weekly escapades. <br />
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I can NOT believe I finished this novella in less than 2 hours. I can NOT believe I would love this so much after just the first episode. Whitney G. where have you been my whole reading life? And why aren't you being spammed all over the internet like you deserve to be!<br />
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Okay! Enough with my nonsense. The moment Whitney came to me with a summary of the book. I knew, I just knew, I would love every bit of the book. And Reasonable Doubt is undoubtedly my favorite read of the year! I love it so much, I hate myself for finishing it so quickly. Now, I have to wait weeks for the next episode to come out.<br />
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In short simple words, everything about the book shouted PERFECTION to female bookworm brain. The writing style is beautiful, the transitions between scenes and characters was flawless. And finally, the characters are a blend of dark and light that makes them all the more intriguing in my eyes. Yea... I'm definitely not going to be able to wait for Episode Two! Whitney what have you done to me????<br />
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<i>Axelia.</i></div>
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It was a whisper. A hiss.</div>
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<i>Ax-eee-liaaa.</i></div>
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Louder. Raspy. From the corner of the room.</div>
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I sat up and blinked but saw only black. </div>
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It called my name again, this time from the foot of my bed. <i>Oh my God.</i> I froze.</div>
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“Who’s there?”</div>
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In the darkness something reached out and grabbed my leg, nails piercing my flesh. The agony shocked me. I screamed and struggled like an animal crushed in a steel trap. </div>
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It was neither vampire nor human. It was slimy, oozing blood and some other rancid liquid. I choked on the putrid stink of rotting meat.</div>
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I shrieked and kicked it in the face. The jagged edges of its fangs sliced my heel. I rolled sideways, fell from the bed, and hit the floor. My bloody feet slipped as I tried to skid away. But the creature was on me, snarling, dragging me by my feet toward its mouth. Then I saw its eyes. Yellow. Filmy. Their black centers bleeding at the edges.</div>
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The creature snapped at my face.</div>
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I put my fingers in its mouth and it sank its teeth down to the bone. With a cry I tore its jaw off. It didn’t even scream, just reeled away. I scrambled back against a dresser, and a lamp smashed and fell to the ground. Still blind, I felt around until my hand closed around a shard of glass. I stood and the creature crashed into me, a storm of claws and teeth. As we slammed into the wall, it stabbed its talons into the back of my shoulders, the pain hot and intense. I drove the shard in between its ribs. We fell together.</div>
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Laughter. I heard a low, hoarse cackle and when I looked toward the sound, I saw eyes. Blood red. And then they were gone.</div>
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The monster was shaking me. It was talking. No. It had Lucas’s voice.</div>
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Suddenly, there was light. Lucas was crouched over me and I was twisted under him, mid-struggle.</div>
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<i>What? What’s going on?</i></div>
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“Zee! Stop!” Lucas shouted. “Stop. You’re all right.”</div>
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“Where is it?” I cried. “Where did it go?”</div>
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“Calm down. You were dreaming.”</div>
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“No, th-there was something in my room. Where is it?”</div>
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“You were having a nightmare, my lady,” Uther said. He clutched the belt of his robe, eyes wide. A row of soldiers stood beside him, their gloved hands on the handles of their swords.</div>
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“What...?” I blinked to clear the fog in my head.</div>
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Lucas rose and helped me to my feet. Then he staggered back. He had blood on his hands.</div>
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“Lucas, you’re bleeding!”</div>
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“I’m fine.”</div>
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I rubbed my eyes. “What happened?”</div>
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Wincing, Lucas lifted his shirt and seemed to yank at the skin on his abdomen; he threw a piece of glass to the ground.</div>
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<i>The shard of glass. I put that in the monster. The monster is Lucas? No, wait.</i></div>
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“Oh my God,” I whispered. “Did I do that to you?”</div>
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“Yes.”</div>
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“In my sleep?”</div>
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“Yes.”</div>
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“I’m so sorry.”</div>
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“Don’t worry about it.”</div>
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“I swear, there was something in my room and then someone else who was watching. I heard them. I felt them.”</div>
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I reached around to rub my shoulder, searching for bloody punctures. No wound. I looked down at my rumpled dress, stained with sweat. I turned my hands over and searched for scratches. “There was something here. It was so real.”</div>
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A chunk of the bed frame had splintered off. Chairs and tables were overturned. One of the doors had come off its hinges. Water from the vase, now broken, dribbled from the table to the floor.</div>
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“Did I do all this?”</div>
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“You had some help,” Lucas said.</div>
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Uther nodded. “The swordsmith and the maids tried to wake you from your nightmare.”</div>
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<i>Oh no.</i> “Did...did I hurt them?”</div>
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“They will be all right,” Uther replied.</div>
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Under the light the confusion dissipated and guilt swept in. “I’m sorry,” I said. “Lucas, are you okay?”</div>
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“I’ve healed already, so don’t give it another thought.”</div>
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I put my hands up as if I was facing a squadron of armed officers. “Sorry, everyone.”</div>
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“Please leave us,” Uther ordered. The Aramatta filed out without a second glance.</div>
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I plucked a few feathers stuck to my clothing. A cushion had been gutted and its fluffy innards were strewn all over the bed and floor. Lucas placed a hand on my still trembling shoulder. His fingers touched where the creature had pierced me with its nails.</div>
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“You were stuck in a very bad dream, my lady,” Uther said.</div>
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“I’ve never had a nightmare like that before,” I said. “Usually I dream that I’m horribly late for a final exam and I can’t find the classroom. But there were monsters. One was attacking me and biting me and I couldn’t get away. It was so real.”</div>
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The creature’s fetid blood still lingered in my nose. It made me nauseous. I sank down onto the once-beautiful bed.</div>
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“You’ve also never been through the kind of trauma that you’ve experienced,” Uther said. </div>
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“I’m not making a good case for myself, am I? Being a house guest from hell.”</div>
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“My lady, the Monarchy is only concerned with your safety and well-being.”</div>
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“Thanks, Uther.”</div>
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“Try to get some rest, my lady.”</div>
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“Yeah, I’ve given up the whole sleeping thing. It’s overrated.”</div>
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“I will return shortly. If there is anything you need, just call for one of the maids.”</div>
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“I don’t know how eager they’ll be to come in here after what’s happened.”</div>
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“We are all here to serve,” Uther said with a bow before leaving.</div>
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“I’m not,” Lucas said. He sat on the bed beside me. “But apparently I’m here to be your pin cushion.”</div>
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“I’m so sorry.”</div>
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“I’m teasing you.”</div>
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I raked my fingers through my hair. “What happened?”</div>
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“You fell asleep while the cleric was trying to convince me to give you space. I refused and ended up resting on the couch in your room. Then you started sleepwalking and screaming.”</div>
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“I was standing up?”</div>
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“Yes, you threw a maid through the door.”</div>
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“Seriously?”</div>
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“Yes. And anyone who touched you.”</div>
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“Were my eyes open?”</div>
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“Yes.”</div>
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“Then what did you do?”</div>
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“I tried to wake you.”</div>
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“Then I stabbed you?”</div>
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“Well, you did that after.”</div>
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“After what?”</div>
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“After a struggle. Let’s just say that I learned very quickly that I could never fight you.”</div>
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I slapped my hands to my face. I wanted to fold into myself and disappear. <i>I’m dangerous.</i> This is partly why the Monarchy hunted me in the first place. They feared that I would be out of control and murderous. The Empress would have something to say about this. Maybe this was enough proof that I could not be free.</div>
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“Don’t beat yourself up over this.” Lucas pulled my hands away from my face. “You’ve done enough beating up today,” he added with a wink.</div>
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“Seriously. I hit something so hard that my hand was sore.”</div>
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He slid his thumb into my palm and massaged my hand. “You’re all right?” he asked.</div>
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“Mmhmm,” I murmured.</div>
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I turned my hands to feel him trace my skin with his fingertips. He grazed the inside of my wrist and the pleasure radiated up my arm and into my core.</div>
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“Thanks for waking me up,” I said.</div>
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“Thanks for not killing me in your sleep.”</div>
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“That’s not even funny.”</div>
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“They have cameras in your room. You could probably ask to see the whole thing.”</div>
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“No, I’d rather pretend it didn’t happen. Hey...I didn’t...I didn’t pull off anyone’s lower jaw, did I?”</div>
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I was overwhelmed with the urge to show her that good guys did exist, and that I was one of them. But that’s not what she needed right now.<br />When we were done eating, I threw the pizza box in the fridge. Brooke poured another round of shots for us, and this time I did mine at the same time as her, with my eyes closed.<br />“So, you know my story. Now it’s your turn.”<br />Brooke shrugged one slender shoulder and picked at the blanket with her pale yellow fingernails. I looked to her toes and saw they were painted in a matching shade. At first glance, everything about this girl screamed high maintenance. Yet, here she sat on my bed, eating pizza out of a box, drinking tequila shots and seemed to be perfectly comfortable doing it.<br />“There’s not much to tell. I grew up here with Gram. My mom was only sixteen when I was born and was too young to handle raising a kid. She comes and goes, but mostly goes. I went to cosmetology school after high school, and I do hair at Loraine’s Luscious Locks.” She winced as she said that last part. “I hate that name. Luscious is such a weird word.”<br />I laughed. “Do you like what you do?”<br />“Yeah, I really do. I’m good at it. I like making people feel good about themselves. It’s not brain surgery, but I like it.”<br />“You don’t have to save lives to be doing something important. I’m sure a good haircut can do more for a woman’s self-esteem than twenty sessions with a psychiatrist.”<br />“That’s probably true,” Brooke said, tilting her head to the side as she studied me.<br />“What?” I asked, thinking I must have pizza sauce smeared on my face or something.<br />She narrowed her eyes. “Are you gay?”<br />“What?” I repeated. This conversation was not going where I thought it would.<br />“It’s just that you’re so…nice. And you seem to really understand women.”<br />I snorted. “I assure you, Brooke, I am not gay. And I absolutely do not understand women. Your species is a complex and unsolvable mystery to me.”<br />She giggled and reached for the tequila bottle again. When we both had our shots in hand, she held hers up. “To new friends.”<br />I clinked my glass against hers. “To new friends.”<br />That’s the last thing I have any clear memory of…</blockquote>
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<b>Title:</b> Bad Girlfriend (<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/113987-first-and-last">First and Last #4)</a> </div>
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<b>Author:</b> Kirsten DeMuzio</div>
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Brooke Mills has only ever wanted to be loved. The product of a teenage pregnancy and raised by her grandmother, Brooke went looking for love in all the wrong places. She has been the other woman or someone’s dirty little secret more times than she cares to admit. When Brooke’s questionable judgment lands her in the bed of her new neighbor, it’s the wakeup call she needs to change her ways. With the help of her friends, Brooke is determined to find a nice guy. Adam Branigan is new in town, and despite the way he and Brooke met, Adam knows there’s more to the beautiful redhead than meets the eye. He wants to be the guy to show Brooke that she deserves more than late night booty calls. But will outside pressures and past relationships conspire to keep them apart? </div>
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Flesh-eating zombies, dirty sex, and a shattered past… What’s more dangerous—the man who broke her heart or those trying to eat it?
Fighting to survive, Eve finds herself alone in the world after the Crave—the only parallel of her former life. On the hunt for her sister, she runs into Gage—the first and only boy to have her heart and break it. It’s been four years and he isn’t a boy anymore, nor is he the same person he used to be. Against her better judgment, Eve agrees to stay with him when he divulges information on a safe haven near the small town they grew up in—but that doesn’t mean she has to like it…
Returning home elicits a myriad of emotions that both Eve and Gage thought they had buried. The past and present collide and they are forced to the face bitter deceits that ruined them in the before and threaten to destroy them now…<br />
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<b>10. Any Shakespeare play. </b>The play is the thing. The emotion and the story are fantastic. My favorite of all of his plays would be either <i>MacBeth</i> for the drama or <i>Taming of the Shrew</i> for the comedy.</div>
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<b>9. Victor Hugo. </b>French period pieces around the revolution. <i>Les Miserable</i> is by far one of the best of its time.</div>
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<b>8. Alexandre Dumas.</b> <i>The Three Musketeers</i>. This is actually a three part series of the life of D’Artagnan. And another three part series focused on others in the life of D’Artagnan.</div>
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<b>7. Mark Twain. <i>Huckleberry Finn</i>, <i>Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court</i>. </b>These are books that were read and should be read by all children. Fantastic adventure, and social commentary on the times.</div>
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<b>6. Jules Verne. <i>20,000 Leagues Under the Sea</i>.</b> Fantastic adventure. Loved Nemo. The descriptions of what could be still haven’t been equaled.</div>
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<b>5. Jules Verne. <i>Around the World in 80 days</i>. </b></div>
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<b>4. Alexandre Dumas. <i>The Count of Monte Cristo</i>. </b>By far the world’s best revenge novel.</div>
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<b>3. H.G. Wells. <i>The Invisible Man</i>.</b> For imagining what we could do if we were invisible.</div>
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<b>2. Chaucer. <i>The Cantebury Tales</i>. </b>Each of these poems are about a different person and job. What makes them even more interesting is that Chaucer has written quite a bit of erotica into each description. Well done, sir.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1. Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula</i>.</b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">I, Walter is the first in a series of books in a saga which will span continents and time to arrive in present day North America. </span>Each in the series will be connected, though that connection may not be obvious for several more books.</div>
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Walter Crofter was born into Elizabethan England. In a country and a time where favor and politics were both deadly, can an honest boy stay true to himself?</div>
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<b>by Mia Hoddell</b><br />
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<b>Genre:</b> YA Romance<br />
<b>Release Date:</b> 26th February 2014<br />
<b>Length:</b> Novella<br />
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Jenna Shaw ran away to escape her past. In fact, she jumped on a plane and flew to Portugal to try and forget it. However, it turns out leaving everything behind isn’t as easy as it sounds. <br />
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She thought she could move on and break free of her fears—that if she had some space the pain would stop. But as memories resurface due to an ill-timed joke, the past crashes into her present once more and she didn’t see it coming. <br />
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Jenna’s plans for normality are derailed by the charismatic Ethan Brooks. She sees him as an annoyance; he sees her as a challenge. But as he tries every trick known to him to impress her, they only serve to push her further away. He’s never faced this problem before and Ethan has to work harder than he ever has if he wants to win over and help his mysterious girl. <br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: ""serif"","serif";">She saw
red. Seeping into the crystal clear water it spread, bleeding and merging as
the ripples around her pushed it closer towards her feet. The deep crimson only
grew darker as it surrounded her.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: ""serif"","serif";">She could
feel her breathing quicken, coming in short, sharp rasps as she started to
panic. Her chest constricted, an unbearable pressure tightening like a boa
constrictor refusing to release her from its clutches. Her throat felt dry, her
increased breathing doing nothing to help the situation as she forced herself
to swallow in the hope of dislodging the lump that had formed there.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: ""serif"","serif";">This isn’t
happening. This isn’t real. I came here to escape this,</span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: ""serif"","serif";"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: ""serif"","serif";">she told herself repeatedly
as she laid there, her turquoise bikini embellished with golden sequins shining
in the sun as her back tanned slowly. Bringing up an arm to adjust her
chestnut-brown hair that was dangling in the water, she tried to pull away
before the colour reached her and tainted the beautiful locks. The damage done
would be irreparable if it touched her.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: ""serif"","serif";">Moving it
just in time, she threw it over her shoulder so it rested between her shoulder
blades, the damp tips feeling nice as they cooled her back by trailing droplets
of water down either side. She tried not to flinch as her gaze returned to the
bloodied water that lapped at the li-lo beneath her chin. With every wave it
seemed to grow closer, making its way further up the yellow plastic to try and
touch her. The tapping that was normally so soothing tormented her now, like a
crowd clapping and cheering her sanity on as it fled for safety.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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than listen to the logical side of her brain, her body had other ideas.
Shuffling back, she put a bigger distance between her face and the abnormal
pool beneath her. As her toes dipped into the cool water behind her though, she
flinched, automatically drawing herself up so that no part of her body was near
the edge. No matter how disgusted she was, she couldn’t stop staring; her eyes
were hypnotised by the gentle movements that swirled the colour into the water
even more. The red had become so thick that not one tile beneath the surface
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she stared, the more she remembered.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: ""serif"","serif";">It might
not have been real at that moment in time, but it had been, and Jenna was once
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cats. She spends most of her time writing or reading, loves anything paranormal
and has an overactive imagination that keeps her up until the early hours of
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">With three poems published before the age of
sixteen, Mia moved on to short stories but finding she had too much to tell
with too little space, Mia progressed to novels. She started her first series (<i>The Wanderer Trilogy</i>) at the age of
fourteen and since then hasn’t stopped writing. <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mia-Hoddell/e/B0093M18QQ/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0" target="_blank">Elemental Killers</a></i> is her second series and with an ever growing
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">AJ sensed him there, standing wordlessly some feet in the distance, just like she always recognized his presence when he lingered near. She absorbed the comfort and happiness he brought her – not that she’d admit that out loud – before sighing and speaking. “It’s called making a bed, Julius. It’s pretty commonplace.”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He didn’t push away from the doorframe, instead leaning further against it while he continued to observe her. “Sweetheart, nothing’s commonplace when you do it.”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hearing the grin and affection in his voice, she smiled, peeking at him over her shoulder. “Is that a compliment or an insult?”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He gazed upward to stare at the ceiling with a thoughtful expression, then returned his attention to her, his shrug carefree. “Both.”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She smirked. “Sweet talker.”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Odd ball.” He finally moved from the threshold, unhurriedly advancing toward her. “You know, most people make their beds in the morning. Not ten o’clock at night.”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She snorted. “Yeah. I’m gonna make my bed as soon as I roll out of it at six AM. I wouldn’t be making it </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">now</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> if I didn’t have to wrestle the sheet back on four times a night.” Finally setting her pillow in its position, she turned to him with an unashamed grin.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He chuckled, his adoration plain, and brushed a lock of hair from her face. “You’re one of a kind, you know that?”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Compliment or insult?” she teased again.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Compliment.” He smiled, cupping her cheek. “Definitely a compliment.” </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Sweet talker,” she repeated, standing on her tiptoes to press a kiss to his lips. Wrapping her arms around his neck, his circling her waist, she dove into the moment, reveling in the wonderful sensations only Julius incited. Safety. Warmth. Passion. So many more she couldn’t quite put a name to, the combination too heady and consuming to adequately decipher. It was simply a Julius effect, and its wonder had no equal in her life. Gradually breaking away, she knowingly lifted an eyebrow. “You didn’t come here just to make fun of me over my bed-making habits.”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Maybe I came up here just to kiss you.”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“If that were the case, dear Julius, you wouldn’t have waited until I kissed you.”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Narrowing his eyes, he barely restrained his smirk at her forwardness and how well she’d grown to understand him in their time together. “You have a point.” He stepped back from her embrace, grasping her hand in his. “Come on. We have a mission.”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“A mission?” Her brow furrowed, though she made no move to retrieve her palm from his, following him in confusion as he neared the hallway. “At ten o’clock at night?”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I believe we already covered the time in this conversation, AJ.” He made a clucking noise with his tongue, shaking his head in mock disappointment. “You really need to keep up with matters a bit more.”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She glared at the back of his head, lips thinning despite her vexing boyfriend’s inability to see her from his location. Realizing the futility of her frustrated efforts, she clenched the fingers he clutched, smiling in accomplishment at his grunt of discomfort. “Yeah, we covered it, but in household chore way. Not in a mission way. What could we possibly have to do this late at night?”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He sent her an amused glance – one she deemed condescending, particularly after the physical hint of her annoyance – while tugging her through the doorway. “You do realize it isn’t ten o’clock everywhere, right?”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Of course I realize that! I’m not a moron!”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I never said you were…”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She growled, steeling her feet against the floor and prying her hand from his. “You didn’t have to. Your little grin said it all for you.”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">His stare revealed sincere bewilderment – maybe a speck of frustration as well – and his arm dropped to his side. “So let me get this straight. You’re angry at me… because I smiled at you?”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Her eyes widened in fury, one finger raising to point at his chest while her left fist braced against her hip. “Don’t try to turn this around like I’m crazy!”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He scrunched his forehead, gaze traveling up and down her form while he held his hands out, as if silently offering his evidence.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She groaned, unhappy, turning away from him to rein in her irritation. For several seconds, she simply scanned her room, livid exhale after livid exhale falling from her lips, but the attempts did little to calm her turmoil, Julius actually flinching when her focus again landed on him. “It’s the grin you used. It’s the same one that was on your face when you drove into New Mexico, and I was surprised the facility was stationed here. Like I’m the dumbest person in the world and your number one source of entertainment.”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Instantly, his expression softened. “You can’t possibly think that I think that way?”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She just glared at him.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Look, I’m not gonna lie.” He approached her, smiling tenderly. “You </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">do</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> amuse me, but not because I think you’re stupid. You’re… animated. And quirky. But not stupid. And I get it’s late, and no matter what time zone we’re entering, it’s ten o’clock here and we’re handing over sleeping hours, but Nicholai insists we need to go now.”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She kept pinched eyes on him, but her posture loosened a bit.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He laughed, reaching for her hand once more. “See? Animated. I can pretty much watch the wheels in your head turn.”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Does that make you my mental stalker, too?”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Processing the playful edge of her words, he kissed her knuckles and led her into the hall. “Trust me, sweetheart. I have no desire to wander through your mind. I can’t imagine all the weird things I’d encounter.”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She tilted her head to the side, smiling. “Compliment or insult?”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Smirking over his shoulder, he caught her eyes with his. “Insult.”</span></blockquote>
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Grabbe tried to speak, but the back of his throat had been, coated by some substance that seemed to hold his vocal cords in place.<br />
Jazshael reached into his coat pocket. “Well, I’m glad you’re awake. Wouldn't want you to miss all the fun.” He produced a full syringe, its needle sparkling in the low light of what he assumed to be Jazshael's new lab.<br />
Grabbe cleared his throat, cutting away some of the gunk from the back of his throat. He knew Jazshael; engagement would be the only path to keep from getting jabbed with that needle. “What…what are you doing with me?”<br />
Jazshael glanced toward something off to Grabbe’s left; no doubt some mechanical monstrosity just out of Grabbe’s line of sight. “Something glorious, my friend. You can count on that. And don’t worry that your uhm…” He twirled a finger around the circumference of his head. “…sacrifice, that it will be wasted.”<br />
<i>Sacrifice. </i>Not the kind of language you wanted to hear around Jazshael. It usually meant that he’d singled you out for some sort of experiment, some “great leap in evolution.” Grabbe’s stomach twisted and he strained against his bonds. As he did so, lances of pain shot through his body from every place where the cables pierced his flesh. He cried out, going slack almost immediately.<br />
Jazshael frowned. “Oh, come on, I expect that from creatures way less than you. Struggling, pain, it doesn’t become you, I’m afraid.”<br />
Grabbe had no reply – he found himself lost in a world of pain.<br />
Jazshael went on. “You know, I’m glad it came down to this. You of all people know what’s going on here, you, my friend…you get the calculus. You always did.”<br />
“That’s why I left,” Grabbe gasped.<br />
“Yeah, about that.” Jazshael frowned. “That kind of thinking got you into this mess in the first place. You never did have the stomach to do what it took to move things forward. Unfortunate character flaw, really.”<br />
Grabbe shook his head, wincing as another pain shot through his neck. “Samyaza has what it takes to move things forward. You think he’s the wave of the future?”<br />
Jazshael slammed his left fist against the wall and stormed toward Grabbe, jabbing his free index finger at him. “Don’t. Don’t you do that. You know how I feel about him.”<br />
Some things never changed. “So why are you here? I thought he kicked you out.”<br />
The Aetelia chuckled, the light in his eyes shining pure insanity. “Of course he did. What else was he going to do, keep around a blatant threat to his status quo? No, no. And then once he’d kicked me out, he got it into his thick skull that he could create his <i>own</i> bioweapons. Can you believe that?”<br />
It took Grabbe a moment to realize that Jazshael expected a reply, and a coherent one at that. He mustered up the best response that he could. “Why would he do that?”<br />
“Good question. You know about London, right? All the crap that went down there before all <i>this </i>began?”<br />
“I know a little bit.” Word about Samyaza’s disaster had traveled fast. The Watchers had built up a network of worldwide followers in the closing years of World War II, channeling just enough energy to slip the bonds of their Aethyric prison and aid their many worshippers. Rumor had it that a human insurgency had sprung up and battled the Watcher operation in London during the Summer of 2011. The Watchers had won at last, but Samyaza lost his eye in the process.<br />
Jazshael nodded. “I figured. Always had the pulse, you did.” He straightened up, smirking. “Here’s the funny thing. So he and his people, he and his goons, they’re looking for the perfect subject to turn into a bioweapon. They have no idea what they’re looking for, though. Maybe a tunneler, like your Chosen One? Maybe shoot people up with a virus and turn them into monsters. So inelegant,” he said, and snorted. “But get this – the dumb bastard stumbles across a Class A Folder. You know what those are, right?”<br />
Grabbe shook his head. “Should I?”<br />
Jazshael slapped the back of his head. “You never <i>did </i>pay attention to me. Naughty boy. Get up to the curve, man. Folders can – you know – fold reality. Create life. You think tunnelers are something?” He scoffed. “They’re <i>nothing </i>next to these Folders. And they’re volatile too – the Folders, I mean. There are so few and every single one of them seems to implode and end up dead before you know it. So anyway, this genius – I’m talking about Samyaza here, you know – decides he’s going to turn a Folder into a fucking bioweapon. I know, right?” he said, and laughed.<br />
Jazshael began to pace now, gesticulating with the hand that held the syringe. “I mean, it’s like…what is he thinking? He didn’t even <i>try </i>to consult me. Could I have done anything with her? I don’t know, but I’ll tell you this.” He drew close, and Grabbe could smell the rank sweetness on his breath. “Even I know not to play with that kind of fire, friend.” He scratched his head, almost jabbing himself with the needle. “You know that, right?”<br />
“I do,” Grabbe said. Jazshael had always been prone to these rants, with severe injury or worse for those who dared interrupt. Grabbe saw no need to worsen things.<br />
“So this is real funny. Wait ‘til you hear this. Eventually the Folder gets away, so they create a clone and try to turn this clone into their perfect weapon. They make all kinds of mistakes. There’s this…this…genetic waste left over. Sentient genetic waste, mind you. And get this,” he said, and grinned. “One of those mistakes? She damn near <i>killed</i> the bastard. Can you believe that shit?”<br />
Grabbe found himself genuinely astonished. Had Samyaza lost the plot? Jazshael clearly had his drawbacks – Grabbe had a sick feeling he would find out a whole lot more about that soon – but objectively, the move had made no sense for the Watcher, especially given the danger of these bioweapons. “Why would he do that?”<br />
Jazshael clapped his hands twice. “Thank you! That’s what I said. Why would you do such a thing? I mean, what are you, crazy?” He erupted into peals of manic laughter that rang off the walls. “I’m out of my damned mind, and I wouldn’t do that.” Another laugh, and he wiped his eyes. “Anywho, so everybody knows that he lost his eye during that mess in London, right?”<br />
“Sure.”<br />
“Total lie. Complete fabrication, he, uh…well, I mean, it was that piece of waste. That half-folder. Crazy shit is what I’m trying to tell you here. And Samyaza thought he could replace me. This Watcher, who thought <i>he</i> could replace <i>me</i>, did this. Can you believe that?” That’s genius at work, my friend. After that mess, Samyaza is so desperate he comes to me, tells me ‘I need you to revive the program.’ We need to go full on ahead, since the Reckoning is coming and we can take the Watchtowers, maybe run the show after all. I figure I’ll play along. I mean, why not, what loss is there for me? I can become my own free agent. And he has to <i>pay </i>me.” He laughed and then wagged his finger. “But I’m not a Watcher anymore. Oh, no. Don’t think that.”<br />
“I wouldn’t make that mistake.” What little energy Grabbe still possessed drained out of him, as if the cables sucked it from his flesh. Good. Maybe unconsciousness would simply overtake him before Jazshael did.<br />
Jazshael chuckled. “Good. Because I’m going to give this organization a kick in the ass. I am the Aetelia to do it. And you, my friend,” he said, approaching him and waving the needle, “You are the instrument of Samyaza’s destruction. I mean, how fucking beautiful is that? Don’t tell me you wouldn’t like to get him back for what he did to poor little Anushka all those years ago.”<br />
The words struck right to Grabbe’s core. “And if I don’t want to?” Grabbe would have sworn the words were barely audible. The energy drain and the pain evoked by Anushka’s name had conspired to push him further into darkness. He had to press every word out with a concentrated effort.<br />
Jazshael’s mouth hung open; in another situation, Grabbe might have laughed. “Buh…wuh…what kind of answer is that? Why wouldn’t you want to be? If Anushka doesn’t work, then look what he did to your fucking family or the Watchers. Remember what we were <i>supposed </i>to be? We were supposed to help those people. He did that. He did that to our. Fucking. People.” He punctuated each of the last three words with hard blows to his own chest. “It <i>demands </i>death. It demands a strong leader, because I tell you what, when that Reckoning comes around, if…if we’re out there with our pants down around our asses and the Lost Aetelia or whoever throws the switch on reality, all hell will break loose. I want to be on top of that pile when it’s all done, and I want you by my side. Do you get me? Do you read what I’m writing here?”<br />
Darkness closed in on the corners of Grabbe’s vision. “If the Chosen One fails, there’s not going to be anything to rule.” The words came from the end of a long, dark tunnel.<br />
Jazshael lifted Grabbe’s drooping head, looking into his eyes. “That’s the whole point of this exercise, my friend, the crux of our drive, you could say. You’re going to make sure that happens.”<br />
“How?” This word would be Grabbe’s last. He could feel it. The sensation that crept over his body felt worse than unconsciousness, worse than pain, more like death, or something even worse.<br />
“Like this,” Jazshael said.<br />
Grabbe’s eyes flew open as Jazshael jabbed the needle into the tender flesh above his ear. A moment later, quicksilver cold flowed through the hole and into his brainpan. Energy coursed through his body and the world dissolved in a blue metallic wash that faded to gray. He tried to speak, but the thickness in his throat had become far worse, an actual obstruction blocking not just words but air.<br />
It would be only moments before his consciousness disappeared down a dark hole in the center of this new, gray world.<br />
Jazshael leaned close to Grabbe’s ear, whispering the last words that Grabbe heard on this side of consciousness:<br />
“You will become a god."</blockquote>
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Matty doesn’t want to end the world. Unfortunately, she has no choice.</div>
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Through a series of harrowing events, Matty DiCamillo discovered that she is the heir to an ancient prophecy, destined to destroy her own reality to save countless others. Now she finds herself locked away and interrogated by beings known as the Aetelia, who are out to force the apocalypse to their liking. After a breathless escape and an attack by the band of rebel Aetelia known as the Watchers, Matty must not only cross worlds but time itself to elude capture and face her destiny on her own terms. Aided by her lover Kristy; Tommy, a man trapped in a boy’s body; and an ageless woman named Omarosa; she must face death itself to reach the City of the Dead.</div>
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About The Corridors of the Dead (Book #1)</div>
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Long ago, a mysterious being known as The Lost Aetelia crafted an elaborate series of Watchtowers, along with their resident guardians, the Aetelia, to watch over the Universe. In time, they sent a select group of their own to Earth, tasked with watching over the fledging human race. This group used humanity to challenge the established structure of the Universe. A bitter war ensued, and these rebels, who had come to be known as Watchers, disappeared from history.</div>
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The time of the Aetelia – now known as angels – is returning. After a fateful night of violence, Artist Matty DiCamillo finds herself drawn into this world by a mysterious savior, who becomes a driving force in Matty’s new life.</div>
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Both driven by and fighting the words of prophecy that lay out her destiny, Matty, her lover Kristy, and her best friend Daniel, follow this mysterious savior on a journey from Northern California to Las Vegas on a path that crosses through the boundaries of time and space.</div>
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As Matty struggles to understand her destiny, she discovers that her savior may not be what she seems, and that even the denizens of this twilight world have no idea what lurks behind the stage dressing of reality. Matty finds herself not only racing to rescue the woman she loves, but learning that she herself could be the cause of the Universe’s day of reckoning.</div>
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Born and raised in the rural Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Jonathan wrote his first fantasy/sci-fi novel at the age of 13. After studying writing and communication at James Madison University, Jonathan turned his passion for writing into a full-time technical writing career in the DC Metro area, working for companies like Sprint/Nextel, Time Warner Cable, and Sirius XM Radio, where he had an opportunity to combine his love of music with his love of writing. He may have drifted away from fiction at times, but it was always his first love – and he always returned to it. Now living in Bethesda with his wife, two cats, and two quirky guinea pigs for which his publishing company is named, he crafts the kinds of stories that he had always hoped to read but just couldn’t quite find.</div>
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Pathways of the Dead by Jonathan D Allen is now on tour!</div>
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Pathways of The Dead Tour schedule:</div>
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February 10th | <a href="http://lustypenguin.com/pathways-dead-among-dead-2-jonathan-d-allen-guest-post">Lusty Penguin Reviews</a> (Character Interview, Guest Post, Excerpt)</div>
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February 11th | <a href="http://www.vaempires.com/the-pathways-of-the-dead-tour-an-excerpt-and-interview-with-jonathan-d-allen">Vaempires</a> (Author Interview, Excerpt)</div>
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February 12th | <a href="http://christinajmichaels.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/blog-tour-pathways-of-dead-by-jonathan_387.html">Christina Jean Michaels | Author</a> (Guest Post)</div>
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February 13th | <a href="http://ash-krafton.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/jonathan-d-allen-looks-at-limerence-and.html">Ash Krafton’s Demimonde</a> (Guest Post)</div>
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February 14th | <a href="http://nickypeacockauthor.wordpress.com/2014/02/14/interview-with-jonathan-d-allen/">Nicky Peacock Author</a> (Author Interview)</div>
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February 17th | <a href="http://saphsbookblog.blogspot.com/">Sapphyria’s Book Reviews</a> (Guest Post, Excerpt)</div>
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February 18th | <a href="http://tana-someofmyfavoritebooks.blogspot.ca/">Tana Rae Reads</a> (Excerpt)</div>
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February 19th | <a href="http://mythicalbooks.blogspot.ro/">Mythical Books</a> (Guest Post)</div>
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February 20th | <a href="http://gracen-miller.blogspot.com/">Gracen Miller</a> (Excerpt)</div>
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February 21st | <a href="http://unputdownablebookies.blogspot.com/">Unputdownable Books</a> (Excerpt)</div>
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February 24th | <a href="http://darkestsins.blogspot.com/">Darkest Sins</a> (Guest Post)</div>
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February 25th | <a href="http://www.proserpinecravedfor.blogspot.ca/">Proserpine Craving Books</a> (Excerpt)</div>
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February 26th | <a href="http://darkfrannysthoughts.blogspot.com/">Mind Reader</a> (Character Interview)</div>
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February 27th | <a href="http://justifiedlunacy.blogspot.com/">Justified Lunacy</a> (Author Interview)</div>
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February 28th | <a href="http://magluvsya03.wordpress.com/">Happy Tails and Tales</a> (Excerpt)</div>
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Allison O’Malley’s plan is to go to grad school so she can get a good job and take care of her schizophrenic mother. She has carefully closed herself off from everything else, including a relationship with Ethan, who she’s been in love with for as long as she can remember.</div>
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What is definitely not part of the plan is the return of her long-lost father, who claims he can bring Allison’s mother back from the dark place her mind has gone. Allison doesn’t trust her father, so why would she believe his stories about a long forgotten Irish people, the Tuatha de Danaan? But truths have a way of revealing themselves. Secrets will eventually surface. And Allison must learn to set aside her plan and work with her father if there is even a small chance it could restore her mother’s sanity.</div>
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Laura Howard lives in New Hampshire with her husband and four children. Her obsession with books began at the age of 6 when she got her first library card. Nancy Drew, Sweet Valley High and other girly novels were routinely devoured in single sittings. Books took a backseat to diapers when she had her first child. It wasn’t until the release of a little novel called Twilight, 8 years later, that she rediscovered her love of fiction. Soon after, her own characters began to make themselves known. The Forgotten Ones is her first published novel.</div>
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Sixteen-year-old Rowan has spent most of his life living among the mortals—learning to control the element of fire, impatiently awaiting the day his vengeful mother, Queen Prisma, will abdicate her throne. When he finally returns to Avalon for his coronation, his mother insists he must first prove his loyalty to the court by completing a secret mission: <br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Gabby James didn’t have the idyllic childhood many in her little hometown of Renlend, Kansas had. High school was a living hell, but when she graduated she couldn’t bring herself to leave Renlend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The town was her prison, but her family’s bookstore, The Looking Glass, was her one true love. It was the place she could run to, and escape the prying eyes of the ones who taunted her. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Shane Compton was a literary agent in one of the most prestigious publishing houses in New York City. He found no greater rush than finding the next big talent, someone who could take the written word and turn it into an art form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the span of one rude phone call Shane was drawn into the mystery of just who the fiery new author from Kansas was. When everyone else in the office refused to deal with her, Shane willingly accepted the challenge. There was no logic to the madness, but every time he had contact with her, she drove him wild. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Gabby tried every trick in the book to keep Shane at arm’s length, but he had made good on his promise to come to Kansas. He wanted to pull her out of anonymity, he wanted her in the public eye. Now here he stood, on the sidewalk in front her bookstore, and one look told her he was everything she was afraid he’d be. Too bad she was anything but who he thought she was. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Gabby quickly discovers Shane has more on his mind than just books and with a little help from an ornery matchmaker, he shows her a whole new life through her looking glass.</span></div>
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When asked ‘when do you have time to write’, Amy Gregory simply laughs. The real answer is, “in bits and pieces”. She and her husband live in Kansas City with their three fantastic kids that keep them running in three very different directions. Because she sits so much, she always carries a notebook with her at all times.
She has an off the wall, snarky, off the cuff sense of humor that often shocks even those who’ve known her for years. And she loves that her children have all been blessed that ability to make others laugh as well. At least she’s grateful most of the time! Her husband often teases her about how she “makes this stuff up” when he’s reading a piece of her work. … The answer—“it just comes to me when I’m typing”. Scary thought, huh!
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Drake left Chicago with little more than the clothes on his back to be with his girlfriend Lacey. Though he has no regrets, he sometimes wonders if his time spent in Paris has put his life on hold. He’s overworked and underpaid at his dead-end job, and his employer sees him as expendable. His bright light at the end of the day is Lacey, but he finds himself slowly falling into the shadow of her newly-acquired fame. The city of love has found their new starlet in Lacey, but Drake is simply the man by her side.</div>
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Lacey has been living the dream. She arrived in Paris with nothing but heartache and loss. Now, she’s the rising star of the city’s newest opera and dating the man of her dreams. When her performance contract is extended, she must decide if her new life of glitz and glam is what’s best for a future with the man she loves—or if it’s just what’s best for her.</div>
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Paris brought Drake and Lacey together. But when their hopes for the future begin taking them in different directions, they must a find common ground or risk a line dividing them that may prove to be insurmountable.</div>
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<br />I looked up when she cleared her throat, and in that moment,
those few precious seconds of seeing her pushed all other thoughts away. She
was absolutely stunning—as she always was. She wore her hair loose tonight,
just the way I liked it, as it allowed her soft fragrance to constantly move
through the air and captivate me. A pearl white dress formed to her body,
highlighting her shapely curves. It exposed just enough of her cleavage to get
me going without having to tell her to change so as not to attract unwanted
attention. But that probably couldn’t be helped tonight due to the length of
her dress. That smooth, golden skin of hers was all I saw. Her toned thighs
practically called me to come over and wrap them around me. I had to fight the
vision of them hugging my body, the pink pumps she wore falling off as I
pressed her back up against the wall and tasted her neck.<br /><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>She
walked over to me slowly, the charm bracelet I gave her glistening in the
room’s lighting as she made her way over wearing a coy smile. When she stopped
in front of me, I placed a hand to her back, my other sneaking to her ample
bottom.<br /><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I
pressed her against me. Leaning in, I sought her lips. Her breath caught when I
teased her, passing over her mouth and settling my lips on her neck instead.<br /><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I
thought it was your birthday. Not mine,” I said, her neck so sweet against my
tongue as I gave her gentle kisses.<br /><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>She
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University of Branton, #3</div>
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<br />It’s good to be on top… Asher Knox has it all. Girls, wealth, a career most would kill for. He’s just landed the biggest job of his career. And he’s miserable.<br /><br />She’s fighting her way from the bottom… Megan Beauchamp has no illusions about why she was chosen to be Asher’s PA. She’s pretty, and down to earth, and everything the Hollywood star always falls for. Too bad Megan is just paying her dues and has no interest in anything but advancing at her PR firm.<br /><br />He’ll throw it all away…Luca James knows what he wants. And he’s waited a long time for the window to open—when it does, he’ll walk away from the career he’s built for a chance at something real.<br /><br />When Megan’s boss threatens to fire her, Luca and Asher convince her to leave town with them. Between bad hotels and pit stop confessionals, the three are drawn closer together. And the lines blur even more in Branton, where Megan is forced to look at everything she left behind. But when the boys want more, Megan will be forced to choose between the men she loves and the life she thought she wanted. And in a town like Branton, the secrets she keeps won’t be hidden for long.<br /> <br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br /><i>A charming British Playboy. A girl determined to finally live. And a secret liaison revealed in all too vivid color. Book two in the NYT Bestselling series. </i><br /><br />Escaping a cheating ex, finance whiz Sara Dillon's moved to New York City and is looking for excitement without a lot of strings attached. So meeting the irresistible, sexy Brit at a dance club should have meant nothing more than a night's fun. But the manner--and speed--with which he melts her inhibitions turns him from a one-time hookup and into her Beautiful Stranger.<br /><br />The whole city knows Max Stella loves women, not that he's ever found one he particularly wants to keep around. Despite pulling in plenty with his Wall Street bad boy charm, it's not until Sara--and the wild photos she lets him take of her--that he starts wondering if there's someone for him outside of the bedroom.<br /><br />Hooking up in places where anybody could catch them, the only thing scarier for Sara than getting caught in public is having Max get too close in private.<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b><br />
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