EARTHLY DELIGHTS
With a
messed up family background and a tendency to grow claws and fangs, Tanner
Chance isn’t exactly the boy next door. But he’s a decent cop, and he keeps
himself on the side of the good guys. Convenient, because when he rescues a
survivor of a horrific shifter attack he finds himself instantly smitten—with an
honest-to-goodness angel, as innocent as she is irresistible.
Marna may be angelic, but she’s not stupid or weak. She can take
care of herself. Tanner is more temptation than protection anyway. Or so she
thinks, until someone wearing her face starts taking out some of New Orleans’
more unsavory paranormals. With police and predators both gunning for her
blood, Marna has no choice but to trust Tanner…even though what’s
sparking between them is hotter than anything holy.
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The delicate angel had
broken.
Did she even realize
that tears slid down her cheeks? Tanner Chance kept guard by her side. His hand
was on her arm, stroking her.
He couldn’t seem to
stop touching her.
They’d found her body
in the swamp. At first, he’d thought that she was already
dead.
So much blood.
Then she’d moved, and
he’d realized just what his sick freak of a brother had done.
Sliced the wings right off an
angel.
Her lashes lifted and her eyes, the palest blue he’d ever
seen, locked right on him. No, those eyes seemed to see right through him.
Tanner cleared his throat. He was a cop. He’d spent too many years seeing blank
expressions like that on the faces of victims. “You…you’re safe now.” He’d keep
her safe. “You just need to rest.”
She didn’t speak, and
he didn’t know what else he was supposed to say to her. He never knew what to
say to the victims. He just knew how to make the bastards who hurt them
pay.
He was very good at
delivering justice. But this time…
An angel.
She had to hate him. She knew who he was. Knew that his brother was the fucked-up
asshole who’d tortured her. Tanner cleared his throat and finally managed to tell her,
“I’m not like him.”
Her eyes never left
his.
And he was still touching her. Her skin was the softest he’d
ever felt. The
smoothest. Her flesh was
golden and perfect.
Or, it had been, until
claws had ripped into her back and torn that flesh wide open.
Her breath exhaled
softly. “When I’m stronger…”
Tanner leaned closer because he could barely hear her words.
“What is it? What do you need?” Anything. He’d do—
“When I’m stronger,
you should…stay away from me.”
He glanced at her
small hands. They’d had to bind her wrists when they strapped her down. Not to
hurt her, but to keep the little blond angel from hurting
them.
The angel before him—Marna—she wasn’t some sweet and gentle guardian
angel.
She was an angel of
death. One who could, and had, killed with just a touch.
He could touch her all
that he wanted. That was the way the game worked with angels. But the instant
her hand touched him…
Dead.
If she wanted him
dead, all she had to do was touch him, and she could send him straight to
hell.
She smiled at him. The smile made her seem even lovelier and
then the angel said, “When I’m stronger, when I’m free…get as far away from me
as you can.” The faintest
of pauses then, “Because I’ll have my vengeance.”
She didn’t look so
broken anymore.
“Remember…to run,
shifter.”
He didn’t move, and he
damn well kept touching her. “I’m not the running kind.” Not anymore. The scared
kid he’d been had died long ago. Now he fought any bastard who came his way—and
he made sure to win his battles.
His angel kept her
cold smile and told him, “Wait and see…you will be…”
USA Today Best-selling author Cynthia Eden has written over
twenty-five novels and novellas. She was named as a 2013 RITA® finalist for her paranormal romance, ANGEL IN CHAINS, and,
in 2011, Cynthia Eden was a RITA finalist for her romantic suspense, DEADLY
FEAR.
Cynthia is a southern
girl who loves horror movies, chocolate, and happy endings. She has always
wanted to write (don’t most authors say that?), and particularly enjoys creating
stories about monsters–vampires, werewolves, and even the real-life monsters
that populate her romantic suspense stories.
Cynthia’s foreign sales for her books include translations to
Japan, Germany, Thailand, Greece, and Brazil.
(Back in the day…) Cynthia graduated summa cum laude from the University of
South Alabama where she studied Sociology (because people interest her) and
Communication (because she likes to write about said people). Cynthia has
worked as a college admissions counselor, a teacher, and as an editor. But now,
Cynthia is thrilled to be spending her days making up
stories.
1 comment:
I really love this series and cannot wait for this to arrive. Cynthia writes great books and these angels are so deep. Thank you.
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