Please welcome Gina Danna
and
Her Eternal Rogue
to The Mystique.
Genre:
Regency with paranormal twist
ISBN: 978-0615836348
Book
Length: 284 pages
Publisher:
To The Bitter End Publishing
DESCRIPTION
Alexander
Barrington flees his tyrannical uncle for the open seas where he becomes a
ruthless pirate who turns vampire.
Captured
and sentence to hang, a fate he must avoid to keep his vampire self hidden, a reprieve
comes if he rescues Lady Lavinia Sinclair from the French pirates and returns
her to her fiancé in England.
Alexander
falls for the woman who makes him feel human and alive, but can he really have
her without exposing what he is – a thief, the undead? The damned?
Refusing to taint her innocence any further, he erases her memory of him
and vanishes into the night but can he really exist without her?
Excerpt
Alexander pulled her into his embrace, keeping the
respectable distance though his eyes caressed her intimately. She flushed with
excitement. He seemed to know the dance and picked up the beat, swirling her
about the room. Handsome, with a cocky smile on his face and merriment in his
eyes, he whirled her through the steps with expertise. She fought enjoying
herself but the whiff of his scent, the aroma of spice and the ocean, enticed
her to remember the summer not long ago and being—
She opened her eyes and glared at him. “That was
inconceivably rude.”
“No,” he countered. “I broke in, he released you to me. All
perfect English manners.”
“You shouldn’t be dancing with me,” she said harshly.
“Especially a waltz.”
“This dance is perfect for lovers,” he replied with a
seductive tone. “Or have you taken Monroe as your lover? Frankly, if so, the
way he relinquished you to another does not prove any quality. You could do
better.” He swung her around the next turn, closer to the edge of the floor.
“How dare you! I have done no such thing and for you to
accuse me of—”
They were at the edge of the dance floor, near the opened
windows that led to the terrace. Alexander stopped and pulled her closer,
behind a statue near the doors.
“Darlin',” he said, his voice holding more of
the West Indies sway. “Surely ye know the laws concerning matrimony.” He looked
her straight in the eye, a half grin on his lips that didn’t reach his eyes.
“Knowin’ it’s illegal to marry yer deceased husband’s brother, my dear.”
She furrowed her brows. “What are you referring to, sir?”
She turned, trying to find Nicholas, and opened her mouth to call for him,
ignoring the commotion that would create.
He stopped them on the dance floor and took her out of the
ballroom with lightning vampiric speed. “I am the deceased husband, Lavinia,
and you married my brother.”
She shook her head vehemently. “I did not marry you—”
“Darlin', but I’m afraid we were married on board The Lily,”
he told her quietly, his voice factual. “As captain of a ship, I am the law—”
“I don’t remember any marriage ceremony, no vows exchanged.”
She searched her memory frantically, looking for some truth in his declaration.
The scene came crashing into her mind: standing on deck with those three vile
pirates, and him protecting her, claiming her…
“No!”
He said nothing.
“You’re lying.” A chill raced down her spine. “How can that
be marriage? A vampire? A pirate? A dead man?”
“Sweetheart, keep your voice down,” he said, his voice calm
as he encircled her waist. “Tell me how we are not.” He bent, sealing his lips
over hers.
About the Author
Born in
St. Louis, Missouri, Gina has spent the better part of her life reading.
History has been her love and she spent numerous hours devouring historical
romance stories, dreaming of writing one of her own. Years later, after
receiving undergraduate and graduate degrees in History, writing academic
research papers and writing for museum programs and events, she finally found
the time to write her own stories of historical romantic fiction.
Now, under the supervision of her three dogs and three cats, she writes amid a library of research books, with her only true break away is to spend time with her other life long dream - her Arabian horse - with him, her muse can play.
Now, under the supervision of her three dogs and three cats, she writes amid a library of research books, with her only true break away is to spend time with her other life long dream - her Arabian horse - with him, her muse can play.
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ginadanna.com
Facebook:
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Twitter:
@GinaDanna1
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Goodreads:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7141882.Gina_Danna
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