Book
Info:
Title:
Bitter
Fruits (Eden’s Fall, #1)
Author:
Sarah Daltry
Publisher:
Escape Publishing
Blurb:
Attending a vampire-themed
masquerade party seems like a strange way to spend a night, but Nora
is sick of frat parties and bars. Meeting Alec was just a bonus.
Despite their immediate attraction, however, Alec is wary of
involving himself with Nora, and when she pushes it, she discovers
that Alec has secrets that could destroy them both. Is she willing to
risk everything for a man she hardly knows? How far into darkness
will he take her?
When Nora attempts to follow,
however, things grow more complicated. Someone is hunting her -
someone tied to a secret that goes back to the beginning of man.
Soon, Nora finds herself drawn to two men, each with his own agenda.
Can she save them both when one is destined to die?
About
The Author:
Sarah
Daltry writes erotica and romance that ranges from sweet to steamy.
She moves around a lot and has trouble committing to things. Bitter
Fruits is
her first full length novel. Her other two novels have already been
released. Forget
Me Not
and Lily
of the Valley are
simultaneous perspectives in the New Adult contemporary romance
series, Flowering.
Sarah also has three novellas (including Star
of Bethlehem,
part of the Flowering
series)
and several short stories available. She is currently working on
Immortal
Star and
Daughter
of Heaven in
this series, and Orange
Blossom,
another novel in Flowering
. When
Sarah isn’t writing, she tends to waste a lot of time checking
Facebook for pictures of cats, shooting virtual zombies, and simply
staring out the window.
Author
Social Media Links:
Website: http://sarahdaltry.com
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/SarahDaltry
Pinterest:
http://pinterest.com/sarahdaltry/boards/
Excerpt:
He sits in front of me and brings me to his chest. Our
flesh is hot and sticky where it touches and I can’t stop the ache
between my legs. His breathing is ragged and he tightens his grip on
the back of my head as he tries to slow it. I am hurt or angry or
frustrated, but I don’t know which. He runs his hands along my
entire body and I push against him, needing him and not knowing how
to accept his denial.
‘I want you, Nora. I have wanted you since I saw you.
You are gorgeous. However, there are secrets that... Please
understand, the steps that you want to take will reveal things. This
cannot end well for either of us. I don’t want to make you suffer,
but I am fated to suffer. Don’t make me bring you with me into the
darkness. I can’t bear to lose you.’
I sense the pain that grips him. The darkness that he
speaks of sounds frightening, but I don’t feel fear when I face him
and meet his eyes. ‘I will follow you anywhere. Dark or light. Stop
trying to make my choices for me.’
Our lips meet again, but it is with doubt. Neither of us
knows what will happen if we are to move forward, but I want to have
a chance to find out.
My body is still crying out for him but now my mind is
calm. I want him, but I want him when he knows that I’m ready for
whatever that means. His hands touch me and his caresses are soft. We
both slow our breathing and I try to let my will match his. When he
pulls away, he gathers the picnic and looks at me with longing and a
hunger I do not recognize. It’s not sexual, but desperate. Almost
as a dying man looks in the last moments of his life.
‘In three days,’ he says, ‘I will meet you again
at the church where we first met. In the meantime, I want you to look
something up — and if you
do not appear at the church, I’ll know that what you found changed
everything.’
‘Okay,’ I say warily. I’ll do anything he asks,
but his fear scares me. What kind of secrets can he possibly hold?
Little right now could stop me from going to him in three days.
‘Find the name Charles Samuels. He was an Oxford
student in the 1960s. And then we shall see how much of the darkness
you are willing to face.’
‘I’ll look him up, but Alec, I’m going to be at
the church in three days,’ I say.
‘For your sake, Nora, I hope that you’re not.’
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