Love,
Alchemy
by
Eden Ashley
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GENRE:
New Adult Romance/Fantasy
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BLURB:
Daveigh
Little is no stranger to bad choices, but when one of them lands her
in hot water, she finds herself on the run from a ruthless criminal
who places a price on her head…and then there is Ethan.
From the moment she first laid eyes on Ethan Remington, Daveigh knew there was something very different about him…she just didn’t know how different.
With the habit of showing up exactly when she needs him the most, Ethan displays an uncanny intuition towards Daveigh’s whereabouts. But then the tables are turned and soon Daveigh realizes that it is Ethan who actually needs saving.
From the moment she first laid eyes on Ethan Remington, Daveigh knew there was something very different about him…she just didn’t know how different.
With the habit of showing up exactly when she needs him the most, Ethan displays an uncanny intuition towards Daveigh’s whereabouts. But then the tables are turned and soon Daveigh realizes that it is Ethan who actually needs saving.
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Excerpt
Remington
The
rusted chains squeaked in rhythm with the swing’s low arc.
Somewhere in the distance, a raven cawed. Leaves fluttered about in a
crisp breeze, adding soft whispers to the existing melody. Davey sat
and let momentum propel her higher, trying to quell the thunder
inside her mind as she thought of how things used to be.
Palmer
hadn’t taken her home. Davey would never allow that. Instead, he
dropped her off at the old, abandoned home of a dead woman who
everyone in town used to love. A trail in the backyard twisted
through the woods for about a mile and then ended in Resting Pines, a
trailer park containing over a dozen single-wide mobile homes all in
desperate need of repair. Every day, just as dark started to fall,
Davey abandoned her thoughts and the swing set to take the path to
trailer number six.
“Hello.”
She
hadn’t heard anyone walk up, so when the male voice called out the
low greeting, Davey was startled. She turned around, saw the navy
blue uniform, and almost bolted. Her eyes narrowed in recognition,
but she didn’t relax. “No one’s breaking the law around here,”
she said. “You can go away.”
The cop
kept walking toward her. His mirrored aviators hung from his shirt
pocket, so this time, Davey could see his eyes. They were a deep grey
and reminded her of a sky considering a heavy rain. He was fairly
tall. It was easy to see that his uniform hid a well-muscled body,
one that probably looked damn hot naked. Had Remington not
represented the type of authority Davey loathed, she might have
considered him good-looking.
Losing
interest, she turned in the swing. The cop was unwelcome, so Davey
intended to ignore him. If he didn’t take the hint and go, she
would. It was getting close to dark anyway.
Again,
his voice broke through her thoughts. “What is a creeper?”
Davey
started to spin around until she realized Remington was already in
front of her. “Dude, what’s your problem?”
“As of
right now, all systems are functioning normally.”
“You
sound like a freaking robot.”
Laughing
easily, Remington crouched down. It put him below eye-level, since
she was still sitting in the swing. “Sorry.” He ran a hand
through a high-fade of thick, dark brown hair. “I’m straight out
of officer training. Before that it was military school. I may seem a
bit stiff at times.”
Davey
nodded slowly. “You’re a rookie.”
“Yes.”
“Great.”
She pasted an unfriendly smile onto her face. “That’s exactly
what this town needs.”
“I
sense you are being sarcastic.”
“Wow.
You’re probably going to make detective soon.”
For a
moment, his brow creased in confusion. Then Remington looked away.
Davey regretted making fun of him. He really didn’t seem like a bad
guy. “Look,” she said, “it’s nothing personal. Today has just
been kind of tough. That’s all.”
“Today
has been rough for me as well. The department likes to have fun with
the new kids.”
Glancing
at the sky, Davey stood up. It was time to go. Officer Remington got
to his feet as well. His grey eyes held her in place. “I didn’t
mean to disturb you.”
She
studied him for a long time. “A creeper is someone who does weird
stuff like watch people sleep or bring up crazy stuff normal people
wouldn’t talk about.”
He
grinned. “Or stares at someone for extended periods of time?”
Maybe
Remington wasn’t so clueless. Davey resisted the smile tugging at
her mouth. “Yeah,” she replied shortly and started walking toward
the trail.
“What’s
your name?” he called.
Davey
turned but kept walking backward. “If I meet you again, I’ll tell
you.”
She had
no idea she would see Officer Remington again before the night ended.
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AUTHOR
Bio and Links:
Realist,
cynic, and hopeless romantic all rolled into one, Eden lives in a
small, sunny town in SC where thunderstorms inspire her best ideas.
When not daydreaming about her next novel, Eden can be found curled
up with a musty old paperback and a cup of coffee...or mired deeply
in her next plot to take over the world. She enjoys reading or
watching anything with supernatural elements, so writing paranormal
and fantasy romance is a natural fit.
Links:
Twitter:
@Eden_byNite
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