Everlasting
by Tmonique Stephens
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BLURB:
Kill the
beast.
Save your
brother.
Win your
freedom.
No problem.
Falling in
love with the cop trying arrest you?
Problem.
To save his
twin from death, Reign Nicolis will have to bargain with Goddess of the Dead,
and once more become what he despises, El Mortem, The Scourge, a killer trained
to show mercy to none. But he is haunted by those who have fallen beneath his
blade. Their ghostly shapes dog his footsteps, relentless in their torture to
make him suffer for what he was put on this earth to do two thousand years ago.
Saving his twin ensures Reign’s enslavement to the Goddess. She may own his
body, but never his heart.
Detective
Alexis Lever’s career is in shambles. Her only chance at redemption is to
discover what happened to the body of Daniel Nicolis. To do that she’ll have to
thwart two men: Reign Nicolis and Roman Nicolis. Both belong in jail. But one
has stolen her heart.
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Trailing behind the police car,
Alexis couldn’t keep her gaze off the back of his head and broad shoulders.
Every single thing about him embodied the fantasy lover she’d created, then
forgotten and remembered again just days ago. She had dreamed of his naked body
covering hers, wrapping her legs around him, and begging him to take her.
Somehow, he shifted his big body
around and stared at her from the caged back seat, as if he knew where her
thoughts strayed. A shiver raced down her spine. Heat pooled low in her groin
and released in a whiplash of pleasure. She clenched the wheel with suddenly
sweaty palms and tried to hold onto the tendril, all the while his gaze
remained locked on hers. “Thank God,” she sighed when they pulled into the
police station parking lot.
It seemed the entire police station
had stopped to stare at the new arrival. She couldn’t fault the women for
gawking or the men for unconsciously touching their weapons. Immense and
overwhelming, he stood at least six foot eight with shoulders as wide as a
linebacker with the pads. Black cotton stretched tight and molded to perfect
pecs and brick abs. Even stretched behind his back, his biceps bulged. When
contracted, they’d probably peak like mini Mount Everest. His eyes, electric blue,
peered through his shaggy midnight hair, watching her approach.
Palpable menace seeped from his
pores, polluted the air, and set everyone’s nerves on edge. The man was a
killer. He wouldn’t wax poetic like a comic book villain. No, he’d kill you and
move on to the next combatant before your body hit the ground.
Her heart suddenly ached. The
embodiment of the man she dreamed about most of her life now stood before her
and he was probably a criminal. And for some weird reason, she cared. Her life
had plopped into the crapper yet she cared about a criminal she had met fifteen
minutes ago.
Then he pivoted that body so she
got a full frontal and whipped his hair back with a snap of his neck. Alexis
sucked in a sharp breath. That face. There was nothing pretty about him or even
handsome. He demolished her senses like a freight train smashing into a two
seater. He was almost too much to look at, yet she couldn’t turn away. She
didn’t dare.
Exhaling slowly, Alexis didn’t back
down from his stare. His eyes seem to deepen into dark drowning pools when she
approached. His hard, lean face softened and an increment of his fury abated,
lessening the overall testosterone level in the room.
“No ID and he won’t tell us his
name,” Paul’s partner told the desk sergeant.
Her prisoner’s—that’s how she
thought of him—lips curled slightly in a mockery of a smile.
“Reign,” he said.
Oh, shit.
She had to lean against a wall. His rough voice kicked off a pulse deep in her
groin making her imagine something else rough and deep.
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I enjoyed this paranormal romance. The story was so interesting and suspenseful that I lost myself in it. Alexis is a very strong and determined detective who always felt the need to prove herself worthy of her job. Reign is the true definition of a tortured hero and I couldn't help but be attracted to this strong and resilient character. He so yearned to be loved even though he felt unworthy of that emotion. I really admired these two strong characters and felt they were made for each other.
I have to say that I have not read the first book in this series so was a little lost as this appeared to start in the middle of a storyline and believe I would have appreciated this tale more if I had read it. I was a little overwhelmed with the many secondary characters but I was soon lost in this paranormal romance. The suspenseful story and sexual chemistry of Alexis and Reign were so enthralling that I did not want to put it down until I finished it.
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BIO:
I wrote my first novel about a reporter
and a hockey player after the U.S. hockey team won gold in the 1980 Olympics. I
love writing flawed characters who reflect the emotional baggage we all carry.
I write complicated stories for complicated people. Paranormal romances and
fantasy novels are my favorite genre. I'll read anything about fairies, demons,
or angels, but I also enjoy Stephen King and Preston and Childs.
I'm hooked on 'Yes to the Dress', Game
of Thrones, The Walking Dead, and Arrow. I can't get enough of these show!
I was born in St. Thomas USVI, but grew
up in The Bronx, New York one mile from Yankee Stadium. I love SyFy, the
History channels, and Asian cuisine, but my heart and stomach longs for
anything from the Caribbean.
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