Title: Bitter Fruits (Eden’s Fall,
#1)
Author: Sarah Daltry
Publisher: Escape Publishing
Synopsis:
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?
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.’
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.
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