Waking Eden
The Eden Series,
Book Three
Rhenna
Morgan
Genre: Contemporary Fantasy Romance
* Publisher: Rhenna Morgan
Date of Publication: 7/26/2016
ISBN-10: 1-945361-01-8
* ISBN-13:
978-1-945361-01-2
ISBN-10: 1-945361-00-X
* ISBN-13:
978-1-945361-00-5 * ASIN: B01FNMEPZU
Number of pages: 272 * Word Count:
100,121 * Cover Artist: Natasha Snow
Book Description:
The only hope of saving their race
is to surrender their hearts.
With a long foretold and annoyingly
vague prophecy warning of immense change for Eden, Ramsay Shantos is forced to
hunt words and legends instead of rebels. For a man of action, it’s the worst
kind of agony. Until he encounters a sexy librarian who bears the fated
prophecy’s mark. A mark no human should possess.
Tortured by her mixed heritage,
Trinity Blair has enjoyed little human touch in her life, let alone intimacy.
Even the most innocent contact fills her mind with a person’s deepest, darkest
secrets—except for Ramsay. Her immunity to his thoughts sparks a fragile hope that
she might finally experience the passion of her Dark Spiritu brethren…unless
he’s the dangerous crossroads her father predicted.
When knowledge of Eden goes viral
in the human realm, Trinity is Ramsay’s only hope for quelling mass panic. Can
he risk revealing the secrets of his race to the guileless ray of sunshine? Or
is she the unknown source of Eden’s destruction?
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Excerpt:
Trinity dropped to her knees beside
Ramsay and checked the pulse at his neck. Smooth and strong, unlike the frantic
flutter of her own heart.
She smoothed a wayward strand of
dark hair off his handsome face. Not just any man could pull off long hair without
coming off girly, but this guy did it easily. Kind of a sexy barbarian who’d
traded his leather armor for a skin-hugging T-shirt and jeans.
Ramsay’s giant friend crouched
opposite her and gripped his shoulder. What was his name? John? No. Jagger. That
was it. Golden hair and eyes to match—heck the guy looked like he’d been
created by Midas. “What happened?”
“I don’t know.” She checked the
back of Ramsay’s head. No blood, but she’d bet he’d sport a nasty goose egg
come morning. God, his hair felt sinful. Thick and smooth. “He grabbed my hand
and pulled me up. The next thing I knew, his eyes rolled back and he fell.”
Jagger lifted Ramsay’s head,
clasped it at the back, and gripped his chin with the other. He scowled down at
his friend…or was he concentrating?
“I tried to break his fall, but
he’s, well…” She motioned toward Jagger’s torso. “Huge, like you.”
Ramsay’s eyes popped open with a
shake of his head.
Jagger eased back on his heels and
smiled. “You realize you passing out when you’re coming onto a woman is gonna
make for killer blackmail.”
Ramsay studied his friend, then
her, then her hand on his chest.
Her hand. On his chest. Not just
touching him, but stroking. Small, comforting motions against hard, hot muscle.
Holy crap. She jerked her hand away and stood
so fast, she nearly clattered onto the coffee table behind her.
Not one vision. Not before or after
his fall. That alone should be enough to crow and dance around for days, but
mixed with a good solid feel of those muscles, all she could think about was
adding both hands to the mix—minus his T-shirt.
Ramsay stood and narrowed his eyes.
Prey. Beneath his stare, she felt
like a gazelle entranced by a black panther.
Jagger stepped closer to him, as
though he meant to intercept. “You want to tell me what’s going on?”
The question snapped Ramsay’s
focus. “Must’ve been the trip here. My head went fuzzy and that’s all I
remember.”
Odd. His words made sense, but the
tone and the way he eyeballed his friend made it sound like code for something
else.
Jagger’s gaze raked her head to toe
before he nodded and ambled back to his seat.
Ramsay prowled closer, not quite as
frightening as seconds before, but still on edge. Predatory. He offered his
hand. “Let’s try that again. I’m Ramsay.”
Eye candy. The guy was pure
unadulterated, grade-A eye candy. She sucked with height estimations, but her
lips were on a direct line with the rock hard pecs she’d shamelessly fondled.
And there were scattered light streaks in his dark hair. Not much. Only enough
to imply her panther spent time lazing in the sun.
His voice rumbled, even more
tempting than the rest of him. “I can wait all night.” He held his outstretched
hand steady, tanned skin tempting her as strongly as his words. Definitely a
sun-prone panther.
She’d touched him twice already.
Surely another wouldn’t hurt. “Trinity Blair.”
Their palms met, his hand
encompassing hers in a delicious heat that radiated out in all directions and
made her want to snuggle up so tight no space was left between them. The world
stopped. The bar ceased to exist. No images. No fearsome emotions. Just
perfect, addictive touch.
Tessa’s voice cut through the
cocoon of her thoughts. “Oh, my God. Did you just touch him?”
Trinity snatched her hand away and
stepped back.
“Well, well, well,” Naomi’s sultry
voice sounded from the loveseat as she reclined back and draped one arm along
the cushions. “This is turning into an interesting night.”
Margo stood, jerked her head at
Naomi to move, and motioned at Ramsay to sit. “Why don’t you two take a load
off? Me and Naomi are headed to the bar. Anyone want refills?”
Oh, boy. She’d seen that
matchmaking gleam in Margo’s eyes before, but never aimed at her. Definitely
not good if she wanted to keep any semblance of control for the rest of the
night.
“Sit with him,” Margo whispered in
her ear before turning and tugging Naomi along with her.
Ramsay grinned, clearly hearing her
friend’s traitorous instruction. He reached for her elbow to guide her forward,
but stopped and pulled his hand away.
Trinity lurched toward the loveseat
and sat as far away from everyone as possible.
Ramsay settled close, not quite in
the middle but enough that no one else would join them. His gaze rested on her
throat before it jumped to meet her eyes. “So, no touching. Sounds like an
interesting story.”
More like the only thing
interesting about her, and yet the one thing she couldn’t talk about. Even if
she could share something about her Spiritu self, her brain seemed to have gone
on strike in favor of ogling the strapping god planted two inches away. “It
bugs me, is all. Most people make me antsy. I guess…” She rubbed her hand along
her thigh. “I guess you slipped in under the radar, and then after, I didn’t
have time to think.”
Again his gaze dropped to her neck,
and his smile faltered.
She checked her collar and made
sure the sides were pulled together, hiding the pendant her adopted father,
David, had given her before he died.
“You sure?” Ramsay tilted his head,
considering. “I think we should try again. Test the theory.”
Well, if that wasn’t a perfect
opportunity offered up on a silver platter. All her life, the only person who’d
been able to touch her without impact was Kazan. She’d give anything to try
something beyond a simple handshake.
Ramsay leaned in, his arm
stretching along the seat back. His facial structure radiated the same power as
his body—proud nose, strong jaw covered in sexy stubble, thick eyebrows, one
arched a little more than the other. His warm, earthy scent surrounded her,
clean with a hint of something exotic. Sandalwood maybe. “Touch me.”
Hard to call it a command the way
he said it. More of a dark, sensual dare. One that worked nerve endings she
didn’t even know existed. “Where?”
As soon as the question left her
mouth his expression shifted, eyelids lowering slightly over stormy silver
eyes. “Carte blanche. Lady’s choice.”
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About the Author:
Rhenna Morgan writes for the same
reason she reads—to escape reality.
A native Oklahoman with two
beautiful girls and a fantastic husband, her resume reflects her passion for
new experiences. Since graduating with a Bachelors in Radio, Television, and
Film at Oklahoma State, she’s racked up positions ranging from on-air radio
talent, skip tracer, and promotions director, to real estate agent, project
manager, and business analyst.
Like most women, she’s got
obligations stacked tight from dusk to dawn. That’s where the romance comes in.
Reading, or writing, romance has been her happy place since she cracked the
spine on her first Christine Feehan book years ago. Nothing thrills her more
than the fantasy of new, exciting worlds, and strong, intuitive men who’ll
fight to keep the women they want.
Whether it’s contemporary,
paranormal, or fantasy you’re after, Rhenna’s stories pack romantic escape for
the women who need it.
https://twitter.com/rhennamorgan (@RhennaMorgan)
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