A
New Day at Midnight
The
Hearne Family Saga
Book
1
Michelle
Hiscox
Genre:
Paranormal Romance
Publisher:
Bookkus
Publishing
Date
of Publication: February 14, 2015
ISBN:
0991709497
ASIN:
B00TGOODU4
Page
Count Print – 264
Page
Count Electronic – 268
Word
Count: 92,691
Cover
Artist: Bookkus
Publishing
Book
Description:
When
Merik Hearne finally lays claim to the woman that betrayed him, she
inspires much more than his need for revenge—but is her love worth
dying for again?
Condemned
to play host to a demon, the scarred Romani leader has amassed a
fortune with only one goal in mind—to possess Hannah Worthington,
the traitorous beauty that has eluded him for over a decade. With an
exchange of coin, everything he has been striving for is within reach
but nothing is as he imagined. The tender, sharp-tongued woman he
encounters tests the bounds of his convictions and he is torn between
the promise of reckoning and longing for a love that once destroyed
him.
Exchanged
for a purse of gold and informed she is to be a slave, Hannah vows
she has not survived a lifetime of loss only to wither under the
likes of Merik Hearne. And she will do everything she can to make
sure he knows it. Despite his overbearing manner, his fierce scars,
and her own determination to escape him, she begins to see that
something beautiful might lie beneath…something that belongs only
to her. She must discover the angle from which the great lord plays
before his dark desires consume them both.
As
they struggle to find truth amid pasts marred by sorrow and secrecy,
they are unaware that a vengeful apostle orchestrates the rise of a
forgotten god—and the end of their chance at a life together.
Excerpt
As
Merik looked about the darkness of his cell with new eyes, he saw
Hannah standing in the corner. He knew she was not truly there, but
the voice of the other ensured he did not look away as it whispered
in his ear. He saw her many times, always a mirage, always torturous.
Unsure if his rage outweighed his disappointment at her absence, he
listened.
She
mocks you, young one. She told those men where to find you. She told
them lies about you. They could know nothing without her betrayal.
You will find her. Make her bleed. You will find her and make her pay
for each transgression. Sink your teeth deep within her and watch the
blood flow over the ground. Drink her dry until her offences are but
a memory. It will ease the agony, as nothing else will.
Merik
saw her a thousand times during his short stay in the cellar. The
pain sliced through him, and it would not ease no matter how much his
father fed him. Nothing helped to suffuse the suffering until he
began seeing Hannah in the confines of the cell.
He
saw her exactly as she looked that night at the clearing. In spite of
himself, he found himself reaching for her hand, and did so each time
she appeared to him. Desire bubbled to the surface and he despised
it, closing his eyes against the sight of her. The image played over
and over in his mind, running like a crooked wheel. He saw the woman
who destroyed him, the woman who destroyed his brothers, and he could
think only of making her suffer—until he thought of touching her
again.
The
bottle shattered in his hand from the force of his grasp, and he
looked down to see shards of glass embedded within the flesh of his
palm. When he looked up, Hannah was gone.
About
the Author:
Michelle
Hiscox is a Paranormal Romance fan and author who hails from
Drumheller, Alberta. The dinosaur bones buried in the hills of her
hometown inspired the first stories she ever wrote, and she feels
blessed to walk those same hills with her daughter today. Crocus
flowers and dust bowls full of cactus never fail to inspire.
While
her little girl and husband provides many welcome distractions to
writing, it's something she always finds her way back to. Michelle is
the proud, and slightly crazy, owner of two dogs and three cats, all
animals she loves more than she reasonably should. She's been reading
voraciously since she was a child and, one night, pulled her nose
from a book to start writing her own.
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