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He would move heaven and earth to protect
her
Was she heaven-sent…or more
heartbreak waiting to happen?
Haunted
by a military mission that ended in personal tragedy, Declan Byrne still bears
a soldier’s scars. As a park ranger on the secluded Mendocino coast, he guards
his heart while standing ready for anything. Anything except a beautiful,
ethereal woman with a mysterious past, falling from the cliffs to the rocks
below.
Angel,
as Declan decides to call her, has no memory of what happened. But as her body
heals, disturbing dreams emerge. In Declan’s protective care, Angel feels safe
to act on the undeniable passion between them, without the threats from old,
unnameable demons. And, in time, she senses Declan needs her as desperately as
she needs him. But when her past returns with a vengeance, Declan must decide
just how much he’s willing to risk in order to keep the woman he loves safe.
EXCERPT: X-Rated
He sat up. They were in his bed, the moonlight shimmering
through the curtains, striping the room in light and shadow. But he could see
her clearly, her naked body kneeling next to his, her long hair like a veil
around her shoulders, flowing over the curve of her breasts.
He was still pulsing with his orgasm, his cock thrumming,
his body hot. And she was really there. In his bed, wiping her lips with the
back of her hand.
Jesus.
He was shaking. What the hell had just happened? What had he
let happen?
“Angel. What’s going on? What are you doing here?”
“I’m here to make you happy. To show you there is no reason
to deny your desires. Or mine. Have I not made you happy? Your body is happy.
But I still need you, Declan. I need you to touch me.”
“Jesus, Angel. I can’t believe this.”
“I’m real. I’m a woman, Declan, not a child. And I want
you.”
She took his hand, and before he knew what she was going to
do, she held his palm to her breast.
Jesus. Her flesh was warm, her nipple going hard beneath his
fingers. He couldn’t force himself to pull away for a moment. When he finally
tried to, she held on tighter.
“Please, Declan. Please don’t send me away again. I need
you. And you need me. You cannot tell me you don’t.”
It was nearly impossible to think, his brain still
half-dazed from coming. But he had to say something. Had to do something.
“Angel, this is not right. I can’t do this. We can’t do this.”
“We already have, Declan. And it was beautiful, as I knew it
would be.”
He swore he could feel her pulse beating in the full flesh
of her breast as she leaned into his touch.
“I’m here for you. For you,
Declan. This is where I am supposed to be. You can’t tell me this is wrong. I
won’t believe it. I love you, Declan.”
Love.
Jesus. Why did hearing her say that to him make his heart
pound right out of his chest? His mind was going a hundred miles an hour. “You
don’t know what you’re saying, Angel.”
“You cannot deny you feel something for me.”
He couldn’t.
God damn it.
“Of course I do! But this is...I don’t know anymore.”
“Feel this, Declan.” She held his hand closer, crushing her
breast beneath their twined fingers. “Feel how my body heats for you. Feel my
desire.”
She moved his hand down, over the soft cushion of her
stomach. Lower still, in between her thighs. He was helpless to stop her. And
when she slipped his fingers into her sweet, wet cleft, he was paralyzed.
“Ah, God...”
She sighed quietly, her breath coming out in a warm puff of
air that grazed his cheek like a kiss.
“You are the first man to touch me, Declan. And it is better
than anything I could have imagined. Your hand feels so different than mine.
Larger. Stronger. And yours.”
She held him there, pressed against her mound. His heart was
beating wildly. Totally out of control. He
was out of control. Fucking helpless.
“I need you,” she said again. “I need you to touch me,
Declan. I need you to quench this thirst. I feel as if I’ll die of it.”
Holding onto his hand with both of hers now, she slid it
back and forth, over her cleft. Her flesh was soaking wet, slippery. And all he
wanted was to touch her, taste her. Have
her.
He knew in his head it was wrong. But his body felt right.
He couldn’t resist any longer. He could not do it.
“Declan, please have me. I will beg you until you do.”
Her hips were undulating against his hand, and he moved then
of his own accord, sliding his fingers into her wet heat.
“Oh...” Her voice came out on a soft, whispered sigh.
“Angel.” His voice was gruff, thick with desire in his own
ears.
“Yes...”
“I want you.”
“Yes, Declan. Now.”
EXCERPT: R-Rated-opening scene
Mist swirled around his feet, obscuring the hard-packed sand
as Declan Byrne took his morning walk down the rugged beach. The sun was just
beginning to rise, a faint amber glow casting the first golden rays of the day,
barely touching the cresting waves of the Pacific Ocean. He loved it there,
loved to come when it was still nearly dark, picking his way over the craggy
rocks, the piles of driftwood and seaweed, the empty sound of the thundering
ocean soothing him.
Liam, his enormous black mastiff, trotted beside him, his
only company. Declan preferred it that way. He reveled in the loneliness, the
isolation of this place. It was a big part of why he’d come back here six years
earlier. He’d needed the quiet. He’d needed to heal. Maybe he still did.
Abby...
No,
don’t think about her now.
Don’t
think about her, period.
He turned instead to the sea, watched as Liam chased the
edge of the incoming waves, sniffing, backing away as the water surged onto the
sand. This was their daily ritual. How Declan got his head on straight before
beginning work, before he had to interact with other people, something he’d
been lousy at the last few years. He much preferred his dog, the ocean, the
rough and lonely Mendocino coastline, to people.
His work as a forest ranger didn’t require much human
contact. This particular job included making sure trails were cleared, keeping
order in the campgrounds, the occasional lost hiker, and sometimes training new
rangers. But mostly, it was just him and the forest, the lone stretches of
beach and rugged cliffs that made up the National Park’s coastline. Probably
the biggest reason why he’d taken the job. That, and something about his father
having worked in this area as a ranger most of his life, up until he’d retired
a couple of years ago.
Following in the old man’s footsteps, no matter how he felt
about him. But this place was home to him. His gruff father was home to him,
even though they’d barely spoken since his mother died.
Don’t
think about that, either.
The sun was coming up fast, warming the damp air as he and
Liam climbed over the rocks to the next crescent of sand. Declan stopped and
looked out to sea, tracking the rising sun, the surge of the gray and green
water, and felt that brief moment of peace he sought each day. He breathed in
the sharp salt air, filling his lungs. Watched as a lone gull flew in low over
the water on silent wings, skimming the surface beyond the waves. Peace here,
yes. He didn’t want to stop to consider why he needed it so desperately.
A hard thump behind him; shocking, how loud it was,how it
made the ground shake. Declan spun around, his heart hammering while Liam went
off, barking like crazy.
A woman lying on the sand before him. He nearly tripped over
her in the half-dark, had to dig his heels into the rocky beach to steady
himself. The crashing of the cold surf faded into the background as he tried to
grasp what he was seeing. Liam had stopped barking and was sniffing her limp
body, his huge black head dwarfing her.
He grabbed for the mastiff’s collar. “Liam, off!”
What
the hell?
She was naked, bleeding, one leg caught on the rocks,
twisted at an impossible angle. His brain shifted into high gear as he bent
over her, adrenalin swamping his veins in a hot, speedy current.
Where the hell had she come from? Must have fallen from the cliffs.
He looked up, peering through the pale light, his gaze wandering up the ragged
cliff side, but he saw nothing, no one.
“Jesus,” he muttered as he pulled out his cell phone and
dialed 911.
As the phone rang his
gaze roamed her body, trying to assess the damage in the diffused light of the
rising sun. Pale, waving blonde hair down to her knees. There were strange symbols painted all over
her: her stomach, her thighs, across her bare breasts. They were lush and
round, he couldn’t help but notice, then cursed himself. The woman was half
dead, for God’s sake. He leaned in closer, trying to find out if she was
breathing. He didn’t want to touch her. No, he wanted to touch her. He didn’t dare.
What
the fuck is wrong with you?
There. A small, gasping breath rattling in her chest.
Thank God.
An operator finally answered the phone, and he quickly told
the man who he was, gave him details, his location.
He hung up to wait for the rescue team, finally dared to
reach out and lay his fingertips on her wrist to check her pulse. Bones like a
bird, isn’t that what the saying was? She was so delicate...
She was alive, her breath shallow, but she was taking one
after another. There was blood everywhere; he could smell it even over the
tangy ocean scent in the air, but beneath the mess he could see a lovely,
angelic face. Hard to tell how old she was. Late teens? Early twenties? Closer
inspection showed him bits of twigs—herbs, maybe?—and small bones woven into
her hair. On her upturned palms were pentagrams painted in red.
Who the fuck would have done something like this?
Liam was standing next to him, over the girl, peering into
her face as though he were trying to figure it out, too.
He’d never seen anything like it. He never wanted to again.
He fought back the sense of horror that made bile rise, made
his throat want to close up.
So much
blood...
BIO:
Award-winning,
best-selling author Eden Bradley aka Eve Berlin has published over 30 contemporary,
paranormal and futuristic erotic romance novels and novellas for Berkley Heat,
Harlequin Spice and HQN, Samhain Publishing and Bantam/Delta in both print and
e-books. Her specialty is writing BDSM and other kinks, as well as complicated
characters and lush romantic relationships. This year she is also venturing
into self-publishing with the re-releases of her stories SANCTUARY and BREAKING
SKYE.
GIVEAWAY: Eden would like to offer up a giveaway to one commenter on this site the choice of one of two ebooks
Tempt Me Twice http://store.samhainpublishing.com/tempt-twice-p-3318.html or
Winter Solstice (Celestial Seduction #1) http://store.samhainpublishing.com/winter-solstice-p-4736.html
*This giveaway is open to international winners.
CONTEST IS OPEN UNTIL THE 27TH OF JUNE WHEN I WILL PICK A WINNER!!!
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