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One of the things I really like about a series is the
revisiting of familiar characters. In Lure Of Forever you will find a lot of
characters from Lure Of The Blood. It was fun seeing how Ion and Marnie related
to each other a couple of years on.
You don't have to read Lure Of The Blood to understand Lure
Of Forever. Each story stands on its own, but if you have read Ion's and
Marnie's story, then I think you too will have a little chuckle at this scene.
Well, hopefully you'll chuckle even if you haven't read it.
"Here, sit down,
before you fall down, and I’ll make you some breakfast. Knowing Lucas you'll
need the sustenance this morning."
Heat rose in Coralie's
cheeks at the implied suggestion and Ion laughed.
"Do as you're told.
When she gets like that it's not worth arguing. She barged in here about an
hour ago, insisting on cooking breakfast to keep your strength up." He
leaned forward and flicked Coralie's hair off her neck with a low whistle. "And
looking at those, she was right, as usual."
Coralie pulled her hair
back over the tiny wounds and then thought better of it. She wasn't ashamed of
Lucas's marks on her body and she twisted her hair up with the hair band on her
wrist. Ion's smile deepened at her actions,
his eyes once again resting on her neck and she stared him down. What was his
problem?
She jumped when a huge
plate, filled to the brim with eggs, bacon, sausages and toast appeared in
front of her. Marnie's warm hand caressed her shoulder as she urged Coralie to
eat.
"Go on. I want to see
all of that gone and I'm not leaving until you've eaten it all. You may want to
stock up on iron, too. It'll take you less time to recover that way."
"What?" Coralie
squeaked her response and her hand went to her neck involuntarily. "I'm
fine, really. He didn't do anything I didn't want him to."
Ion's smirk in response to
her protests earned him a slap upside the head from Marnie. His wolf growled in
response, but he smiled at his wife and envy poked Coralie with a red-hot stab
out of nowhere. The look of love the couple exchanged—she wanted that so badly
her insides twisted in on themselves. She raised her coffee cup to her lips
with unsteady hands and glanced towards the door leading to the cellar. The
sunlight streaming into her kitchen just confirmed the futility of her
thoughts. He was a vampire, an ancient one at that. He would soon grow bored
and move on, and even if he didn't—he didn't age—she would. Every day she grew
older and one day he would wake up to an old woman and then…
She screwed her eyes shut,
disgusted with herself and her rambling thoughts. It wasn't as though he'd
declared his everlasting love to her. Circumstances had thrown them together
and he felt honor-bound to protect her. And he was a man— of course he'd take
the sex on offer. It was her own stupid mistake that she'd fallen in love with
him. He'd never made any false promises to her. She swiped away the tear
running down her cheek with an impatient wave of her hand and opened her eyes
to find Marnie and Ion both watching her.
"Really, I'm okay. He
didn't hurt me."
Ion simply raised an
eyebrow at her. Marnie's eyes darted to Coralie's neck and she smiled, before
she looked away, seemingly lost in thought. Ion took her hand and murmured something
that Coralie couldn't quite catch and Marnie cupped Ion's cheek tenderly,
before addressing Coralie with a smile.
"Of course he didn't.
Lucas is in love with you, any fool can see that."
Ion choked on the swig of
coffee he'd just taken and Coralie wasn't at all sure she wasn't staring
openmouthed at Marnie. She couldn't be serious.
"Forgive Marnie. She
sees romance in the air everywhere." Ion's amused tones filled the
kitchen, but his wife simply pulled a face at him.
"Don't listen to him.
He's a typical male—can't see anything unless you hit him over the head with
it." She dismissed Ion's warning growl with a wave of her hand and leaned
forward to emphasize her point. "Is the great Lucas not slumming it right
now in your basement?" She clapped her hand at Coralie's reluctant nod.
"Well, then. Don't you think he could have stayed in any number of places,
should he have wished it? Why do you think he's so insistent to stay close to
you? The pack could handle your protection detail just fine." Marnie flicked
a strand of her hair off her face with an impatient shake of her head and fixed
her chocolate eyes firmly on Coralie. "No, this is personal and I couldn't
be more delighted. It's about time he settled down."
"Settled down?"
Coralie didn't seem able to project her voice with any conviction over the
blood rushing in her ears. Marnie had to be imagining things. "He doesn't
seem the settling down type."
"Of course he is.
Just takes the right woman to make these stubborn males see sense."
"Watch who you're calling
stubborn, little one," Ion interrupted his wife and Coralie mumbled her
excuses, whilst Ion kissed his wife senseless. She couldn't stay and witness
this anymore. It was too painful.
Okay maybe chuckle and feel for Coralie. Things are about to
go from bad to worse for my poor heroine…
Book Blurb:
You'd think a three thousand year old vampire would
believe in forever. Not Lucas. He has an escaped demon to hunt and no time for
the follies of humankind. When strip-o-gram Coralie arrives on his boat, she
awakens human instincts long buried, and protecting her becomes of paramount
importance.
Coralie, standing in for a friend, is mortally
embarrassed at having stumbled onto the wrong boat. The vampire wannabe she
encounters makes her body sing in ways she never thought possible. Finding out
that he is indeed the real thing throws everything she ever believed in into
doubt.
With the demon closing in and the future of humanity
in peril will they manage to find their forever?
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Author bio
Glutton for punishment would
be a good description for Doris... at least that's what she hears on an almost daily basis
when people find out that she has a brood of nine children, ranging from adult
to baby and lives happily in a far too small house, cluttered with children,
pets, dust bunnies and one very understanding and supportive husband.
Domestic goddess she is not.
There is always something better to do after all, like working on the latest manuscript and trying not to scare the locals even more than usual by talking out loud to the voices in her head. Her sexy Alpha heroes and sassy heroines tend to be pretty insistent to get their stories told, and you will find Doris burning the midnight oil on a regular basis. Only time to get any peace and quiet and besides, sleep is for wimps. She writes contemporary, erotic and paranormal romance.
German born, Doris now resides in the middle of a busy town in Bedfordshire/England and dreams of a nice big house by the sea, with plenty of space to run kids and dogs and let her imagination soar.
There is always something better to do after all, like working on the latest manuscript and trying not to scare the locals even more than usual by talking out loud to the voices in her head. Her sexy Alpha heroes and sassy heroines tend to be pretty insistent to get their stories told, and you will find Doris burning the midnight oil on a regular basis. Only time to get any peace and quiet and besides, sleep is for wimps. She writes contemporary, erotic and paranormal romance.
German born, Doris now resides in the middle of a busy town in Bedfordshire/England and dreams of a nice big house by the sea, with plenty of space to run kids and dogs and let her imagination soar.
Find Doris on the web here:
Website: http://www.dorisoconnor.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/mamaD8
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5 comments:
This book is beautiful. And from someone who is not into vampires, blood or anything remotely out of the box... well I read it in one sitting, and read it again.
Loving that book but you know me do love a wolf....ahhhh Ion how I miss the!
It's good to read about Ion and Marnie again. She is still the mother hen (or whatever the name of a female alpha wolf) isn't she? :)
Poor Coralie. I feel for her. But as they say, no pain no gain. lol
Thanks for hosting me :-)
*waves to Cherie and Raven and blows them a kiss*
Thank you everyone who commented. I will be announcing winners on my blog on Saturday :-)
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