Bitter
Fruits
Eden’s
Fall
Book
1
Sarah
Daltry
Genre:
New Adult Urban Fantasy Romance (18+)
Publisher:
Escape Publishing
Date
of Publication: December 1, 2013
ASIN:
B00G2UXCNO
Word
Count: 67K approximately
Book
Description:
For
fans of dark urban fantasy comes a novel that questions why forbidden
fruit is always the most tempting…
A
vampire-themed masquerade party isn’t really her scene, but Nora is
sick of frat parties and bars. When she meets Alec, the appeal
suddenly becomes clear. It’s obvious that they’ve been struck by
the same intense mutual attraction, but Alec keeps his distance.
Intrigued despite herself, Nora pushes a little deeper — and
discovers Alec’s unimaginable secret…
Nora
is not afraid of following Alec into the darkness, but the choice is
soon taken from her. Someone is hunting her — someone tied to the
secret and desperate to see it play out. But when Nora finally meets
her aggressor, she finds herself hopelessly drawn to him. She needs
to make a choice between the two men, but can she save them both,
knowing one is destined to die?
“This
book is one of the best paranormals I’ve read, and I’ve read a
lot. Five stars hands down! I am proud to pass it on to all of you.
Buy this book, devour it and enjoy.”
Excerpt:
He
sits in front of me and brings me to his chest. Our flesh is hot and
sticky where it touches.
His breathing is ragged and he tightens his grip on the back of my
head as he tries to slow it. I am hurt or angry or frustrated, but I
don’t know which. He runs his hands along my entire body and I push
against him, needing him and not knowing how to accept his denial.
‘I
want you, Nora. I have wanted you since I saw you. You are gorgeous.
However, there are secrets that… Please understand, the steps that
you want to take will reveal things. This cannot end well for either
of us. I don’t want to make you suffer, but I am fated to suffer.
Don’t make me bring you with me into the darkness. I can’t bear
to lose you.’
I
sense the pain that grips him. The darkness that he speaks of sounds
frightening, but I don’t feel fear when I face him and meet his
eyes. ‘I will follow you anywhere. Dark or light. Stop trying to
make my choices for me.’
Our
lips meet again, but it is with doubt. Neither of us knows what will
happen if we are to move forward, but I want to have a chance to find
out.
My
body is still crying out for him but now my mind is calm. I want him,
but I want him when he knows that I’m ready for whatever that
means. His hands touch me and his caresses are soft. We both slow our
breathing and I try to let my will match his. When he pulls away, he
gathers the picnic and looks at me with longing and a hunger I do not
recognize. It’s not sexual, but desperate. Almost as a dying man
looks in the last moments of his life.
‘In
three days,’ he says, ‘I will meet you again at the church where
we first met. In the meantime, I want you to look something up —
and if you do not appear at the church, I’ll know that what you
found changed everything.’
‘Okay,’
I say warily. I’ll do anything he asks, but his fear scares me.
What kind of secrets can he possibly hold? Little right now could
stop me from going to him in three days.
‘Find
the name Charles Samuels. He was an Oxford student in the 1960s. And
then we shall see how much of the darkness you are willing to face.’
‘I’ll
look him up, but Alec, I’m going to be at the church in three
days,’ I say.
‘For
your sake, Nora, I hope that you’re not.’
About
the Author:
Sarah
Daltry writes books in a variety of genres, including the NA
contemporary series, Flowering, and YA gamer geek comedy, Backward
Compatible.
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