Excerpt:
“Let go of me! Let me have him!” She screeched.
“Stop it! The hunger’s strong, but you can control it. You’ve already fed;
you don’t need any more.”
Solid arms unwrapped from her waist and turned her, grabbing her by the
shoulders. Luca was in her head again. No longer commanding, his voice soothed
her, soft as a lover. “Look at me.” He called to her, over and over,
until she met his gaze. His eyes blazed, but no longer bright orange. They were
blue ice, with sparks of fiery orange flecks in them. She concentrated on his
soft, gentle voice. Her head began to clear, and she felt the tingle of his
hands through her shirt. Sparks of energy flowed through her body.
“I know you want the high from feeding again. But believe me, you don’t
want to start out your new life by killing people—it will haunt you forever.
You have to learn to control your hunger. Control the rage.”
His words sunk in and like cool water flowing over a fevered brow. She
focused on the vibrations of the sound. His tight black T-shirt was stained
with blood and torn in several places. Her gaze roamed over his face and his
chest, seeing every hole, every mark, every smudge. Luca was a good head taller
than her and broad as two men at the shoulders. An unmistakable musky odor
rolled off of him and sent fire into her belly. She traced light patterns over
the surface of his T-shirt with her fingers absently. He watched her fingertips
as they touched him. Fire bloomed inside her in sudden waves of need. She
wanted nothing more than to feel his lips on her skin. The weight of his hip
bones on hers as they made love. Embarrassed at her shockingly sexual thoughts
of a man she didn’t know, she glanced away.
He released her and took a step away, still watching her with a rapt
interest. The moments passed and she finally relaxed. Luca stepped forward,
grabbing her once more, and ushered her toward the front of the house. Behind
her she could hear Aron quietly apologizing to the workers for her behavior.
What happened? Her body ached as though she had run
a marathon. She didn’t want to move; she didn’t want to think. One minute she’d
been completely fine getting out of the car. The next, out of control, taken
over by a rage and her need to feed. And have sex. She sagged, exhausted, sad,
and embarrassed. Allowing herself to be drug along, she was so weary all she
could think about was her feet. Right over left, right over left. Lift, drop,
lift, drop.
The warm air from the inside of the
house whooshed out to greet her as she stepped up the front steps. Luca walked
her down an entrance hall over to the side of a staircase. He pressed on one of
the wainscoting panels, and it slid inward, exposing a dark hidden passage.
AUTHOR BIO AND LINKS:
Rebekah
grew up on both the east and west coasts and currently lives in the Los Angeles
area. From the Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein to The Stand by Stephen King,
Rebekah immersed herself in other people's made up worlds. She began writing in
junior high and then found she liked pretending to be other people's characters
in high school. Lettering in drama she went on to study theater in college as
well. After college she continued acting till becoming a mom. Ultimately, she ended
up going back to writing her characters down instead of acting them out, so she
could stay at home with her kids.
Rebekah
is a member of Romance Writers of America and is a board member of both the Fantasy,
Futuristic, & Paranormal and her local Los Angeles chapters. When she isn't spending time telling the lives
of the characters constantly chattering inside her head, you can find her with
her husband and four children; reading comic books, gaming, at the movies or
taking care of the menagerie of pets. A dog, a rabbit, two bearded dragons, and
three tortoises. Wonder woman, the escaped snake, has yet to be located.
Rebekah R. Ganiere
"Books with a Bite"
Website: www.RebekahGaniere.com
Twitter: @VampWereZombie
Good Reads: https://www.goodreads.com/VampWereZombie
Youtube: http://youtu.be/YiCqYd9UBMk
BLURB:
Evaine, a struggling New York
theater student, enters an unsanctioned drug trial in an effort to pay bills.
She awakens in a derelict hospital,
chained to a bed with no memory of who she is, or how she got there. A band of pale skinned men, led by the
gorgeous Luca, burst in, whisking her away to safety.
Once at Haven House, Evaine is
introduced to The Family. Like them, she has become A Deader, a reanimated
Undead.
Luca is hell-bent on stopping the
experimentations, and killing those responsible. He has no time for a Newborn
who is struggling to control her rages, hunger, and powers. Nor does he have the
desire to deal with the feelings she's awakening within him.
Despite their best efforts, Evaine
and Luca find their connection intensifying when suddenly, she remembers not
only who she is, but also her fiancé, Tristan; who is still looking for
her.
Torn between her first love and
her new heart’s desire, Evaine runs back to Tristan putting everyone in danger.
When a rogue faction of Deaders, called Feeders, attempts to kidnap her, Luca
suspects Evaine is the key to the experiments.
Can everyone band together to
keep Evaine off the cutting table of those she escaped from? Or will second
death tear her away from everyone, for good?
Thanx for having me Louisa! I knew you were going to say mu shoes!! Haha.
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