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February 3rd, 2006
04:45 pm
Spellfire Hearts is available at Midnight Showcase! It includes my story Drifting Desires.
Here's an excerpt—
The air stirred around her, and he moved in even closer. "Come with me on a night flight."
Harpy clenched her jaw and withdrew her order pad from her pocket. She swung her arm through him, dispersing him away from her. "I can't fly and you know it!"
She stalked through what was left of him, his essence permeating the skin on her arms. She stifled another shiver and stiffened her back to keep her wings from unfurling. Damn him! Why did he have to bring that up? Why couldn't he just leave her alone?
"I'm sorry, Harpy. I thought by now you would be flying."
She shook her head while gathering glasses for the invisible men. "Nope. I'm only half harpy, and you know that, too. The witchdoctor told my mother when she got pregnant by my human father that I might never be able to fly. He was right."
"Maybe I can help." Derek swirled around her again. "I'm nothing but air. Let me take you out to Spellfire Park tomorrow. I can direct my wind exactly where you need it. Maybe you can fly. Let me be the wind beneath your wings."
For a second, hope rose in Harpy. To be able to fly like all her harpy relatives had been her greatest desire her entire life...aside from her desire for Derek Spellfire. She squashed both flat. She couldn't fly and she couldn't have Derek. Not after what she had done to him. Even now, knowing she’d been dead wrong, she couldn't apologize. And she couldn't let him near enough to be the wind beneath her anything.
"No!" The word exploded from her mouth.
His air flowed around her, raising goose bumps on her arms. Derek caressed her skin and her hair, and he breezed past her ear. Her heart raced in her chest, and her breathing deepened. It was all she could do not to strip off her uniform and let him spin around her body until she—
"I'm not leaving until you agree to meet me in Spellfire Park tomorrow."
A tiny current of air tickled her ear and this time she did shiver. She would do anything to make him stop. "All right. Yes!"
"The Valentine Day Picnic is tomorrow at the park." Blaze came from behind the counter, and Harpy hadn't even noticed. "I'll see you two there."
Harpy narrowed her eyes.
Derek drifted away from her.
Harpy put her hands on her hips. "You fiend! I am not going, Derek."
"Too late, baby. You're already committed." He spun into a cyclone, but his trailing tail swept beneath her skirt as he headed around the counter. She jumped. The blasted bag of wind had goosed her!
Harpy stared at the door after he left and muttered under her breath, "Yeah, I ought to be committed."
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July 21st, 2005
12:08 am - Welcome to my blog!
I don't have a website yet. I know I should have some way to reach readers, so I decided to start a blog.
My first book will be out in October! My story "Saturdae: Shifters and Hot Fudge" will be in the anthology Sinful Sundaes published by Midnight Showcase! I'm thrilled to have my first story published and hope all who read it enjoy every word as much as I did writing it! I want to thank Mae Powers for asking me to be a part of this anthology! *smooches* to Mae!
I think you'll like Adam Spellfire and Tristine Havoc. Adam is a demvir, a shifter, and Tris is a witch. At odds for years, because of the Spellfire-Havoc feud, Adam and Tris are still attracted to each other. When Adam gets the upper hand and treats Tris to his own special hot fudge delight, Tris can't help but give in to her carnal appetite. *wink wink*
I'll post an excerpt soon!
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