Beloved Monster
by Karyn Gerrard
GENRE: Historical
Romance
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What
makes a man?
The
wild and dissolute Viscount Ravenswood lives only for his own pleasure, caring
not one wit for the broken hearts left trampled in his wake. But his decadent
lifestyle finally catches up to him in a fatal carriage race. It’s an infamous
and spectacular end to a brief, immoral life—or is it?
And
who is the woman who loves him? When Glenna Parker stumbles upon her cousin
Reed Parker’s cluttered laboratory, she could never have imagined the mad
experiment he is about to embark upon—to bring a man back from the dead. Not
just any man, but Ravenswood, who once shattered her heart. With no memory of
his former life, Glenna calls him Luke, and finds herself enchanted by his
compassion—and passion. Protecting the scarred Luke has become Glenna’s sole
mission, but can she protect her heart from her beloved monster?
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EXCERPT:
Gulping
deeply, she stood next to Ravenswood. The eyes appeared to be as glassy as they did before. However,
something was different. They weren’t blue as a summer sky any longer. Instead,
they contained nearly all colors of the spectrum, as if the irises had exploded.
“Like a kaleidoscope,” she said with wonder.
Thunder
still rumbled outside, and heavy rain lashed against the house, the storm one
of the more vicious ones she’d witnessed. Without any warning, lightning struck
the rod once again, sending another wave of current through the viscount’s
lifeless body. This time, the blast nearly lifted him off the table. Reed
sprung into action, giving the generator handle another downward thrust. The
amount of power running through the corpse lay beyond her imagination. Black
burns were noticeable where the wires were attached. Again, visible energy
passed through the metal plate on Ravenswood’s head.
Reed
stepped back and waited for the body to stop twitching. Sparks caught and flame
leapt from some of the wires, spreading to the canvas covering the body. Reed
calmly snuffed out the blaze with a piece of fabric.
Glenna
felt sick. Physically and morally sick at heart. “Enough. No more. The body
will catch fire if you keep this up. It did not work….”
She glanced at Ravenswood, and he stared back
at her, his eyes firmly focused on her face. Try as she might, she could not
stop the scream from escaping her throat.
He’s
alive. Alive.
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Karyn Gerrard lives in a small town in the western corner of Ontario, Canada. She
whiles away her spare time writing and reading romance while drinking copious
amounts of Earl Grey tea. A multi-published author with a few best sellers
under her belt, Karyn loves to write historicals, particularly ones set in the
Victorian era. Tortured heroes are a must. She also writes the occasional
contemporary.
As long as she can
avoid being hit by a runaway moose in her wilderness paradise she assumes
everything is golden. Karyn’s been happily married for a long time to her own
hero. His encouragement keeps her moving forward. Visit the author at
www.karyngerrard.com, find her on Facebook, and follow her on Twitter.
Author
Links:
Website: http://www.karyngerrard.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karyn.gerrard
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarynGerrard
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