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Forever and Ever, Amen
Liv Rancourt
Liv Rancourt
Genre: paranormal romance
Publisher: Crimson Romance
ISBN: 1-4405-6413-2
ASIN: B00AWWONGS
Number of pages: 210
Word Count: 65,000
Book Description:
Molly, a forty-something single mom,
tangles with the wrong guy and gets a hell of a hickey. That blotch is really a
demon’s mark, and she’ll have to face the three things that scare her most to
get rid of it.
First, Molly loses her job and then she
has a near-sex experience with her philandering, not-quite-ex-husband. Worst of
all, she has to sit by a hospital bed, wondering if her son is ever going to
wake up.
The Powers That Be assign Cass to help
her. He’s an angel who’s trying to earn a seat in the celestial choir by
helping out a human in need. Vanquishing the demon would be his ticket up, but
only if he plays by the rules. He’ll never earn his wings if he loses his heart
to the lovely Molly. But she has even bigger things to worry about. She stands
to lose her soul.
Excerpts
#1
As an angel, Cass has to answer to a higher power. Here he connects with
his best friend Aodhan, who has a definite opinion about the wisdom of Cass’s
assignment.
Cass jogged along the beach, the early
morning sun striking the curls of foam that cruised closer and closer to his
bare feet. He’d been dodging Aodhan Macauley since hearing his voice the day
before, and deliberately created this reality for his old friend to find him.
Aodhan was way too cerebral to enjoy a good run along the beach.
“Come
talk to me, my friend,” Cass called, barely sounding out of breath. Physical
fitness didn’t come automatically, even for an angel. He worked hard for his
muscle tone and stamina, same as everybody else.
Up
ahead, one of the huge redwoods that grew down to the dunes had been pulled
over by a storm, its smaller branches long ago worn away by wind and waves,
leaving only the trunk lying across the sand. Cass glanced out towards the
water for a second and when he turned back, Aodhan sat on the old tree, his
elbow resting on a bent knee.
Cass
slowed to a walk, breathing deep and wiping the sweat from his forehead with
the back of his hand. “Come run with me.”
Aodhan
huffed a laugh, his uneven smile splitting across his face. “Not today.”
“How’s
your new assignment?” Cass asked, resting one foot on the trunk and stretching
out his calf. He wore only a pair of baggy shorts, and it wouldn’t take long
for the salty breeze to chill his damp skin.
“More
curious about yours.”
Cass
changed feet, delaying his response ’til he’d given the other calf a good
stretch. “Not as much fun as playing guardian angel.”
“That’s
not an answer.”
“What
do you want?” Cass planted both feet in the sand, fists held lightly on his
hips.
Aodhan leaned back, shaking his
caramel-colored hair out of his face. As usual, he needed a shave, and since
the earth was new Cass had wondered why his hair was so much lighter than his
beard. “Word gets around.”
“And…”
“You’re
so close, my friend. Turn this one down.”
Cass’s
initial response would do nothing to help him earn his wings, so he swallowed
it down, instead stretching his hands to the sun and leaning right, then left, before answering. “I
can’t.”
Standing
slowly, Aodhan seemed to take the same amount of care with his response. “You
could. The world is full of five-year-olds who need a little angelic help to
stay alive.”
Cass
met his friend’s gaze, wordlessly defending his decision. “She’s seen me
already.”
Aodhan
bent and picked up a scallop shell, one of its fluted wings perfect and whole,
the other broken in half. He studied it for a moment, then flung it into the
waves. “I’ll be watching.”
“Of
course.” Cass put a hand on Aodhan’s shoulder. “It’ll be okay.”
“Have
a care,” Aodhon said, covering Cass’s hand with his own.
Cass
chuckled and stepped away. “I’ve got another mile in me. You sure you don’t
want to come?”
Aodhan
just laughed. Cass took off, and when he glanced back, his friend was gone.
About the Author:
Liv Rancourt writes paranormal and
romance, often at the same time. She lives with her husband, two teenagers, two
cats and one wayward puppy. She likes to create stories that have happy
endings, and finds it is a good way to balance her other job in the neonatal
intensive care unit.
Liv can be found on-line at her website
& blog www.livrancourt.com,
on Facebook www.facebook.com/liv.rancourt,
or on Twitter www.twitter.com/LivRancourt
2 comments:
Thanks for having me, Mila!
Thank you for dropping by Liv.
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