Romance/Fantasy/Sci-fi
Date Published: July 1, 2016
Daveigh Little is preparing for college, planning to leave behind the tiny hick town she’s spent her entire life in once and for all. But plagued by troubles at home and school, Daveigh makes a series of bad choices that land her in hot water with a local kingpin. Suddenly, people around her are dying and Daveigh finds herself on the run.
And then there’s Ethan. Fresh out of the academy, Ethan Remington represents the authority Daveigh has come to despise, but she is inexplicably drawn to the handsome rookie of few words. From the first moment she laid eyes on him, Daveigh knew Ethan was different. She just didn’t realize how different. Reasons of his own have led Ethan into the tangled strands of danger within the town of Harpey…but those reasons aren’t nearly as mysterious as Ethan’s origins or the irresistible passion between them.
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.
About the Author
Born and raised in a small sunny town in South Carolina, Eden finds thunderstorms to be inspiring. There are few things she loves more (except maybe cake) than curling up with a good book on a rainy day, often reading into the wee hours of morning when something really grabs her. Rather than being backed into a genre corner, Eden loves to blend elements of romance, fantasy, sci-fi, comedy, action, mystery and adventure into her novels.
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