My name is Natalie-Nicole Bates. I'm thrilled to be here today and tell you about my latest release, SEE ME.
SEE ME is a paranormal romance available now from Leap of Faith Publishing.
The quintessential paranormal romance.
5 Stars~Night Owl Reviews
Blurb:
Carly Anders is hearing voices in her head. Another one of
her kind is trying to contact her. She knows of the malevolent freaks—others who are eternal like her and seek out the
weak to inflict pain upon. For years, Carly has held up huge protective walls
to keep herself and her secrets safe.
Now, physically and mentally exhausted,
Carly needs protection and rest.
She accepts the invitation to visit an internet
friend who needs help appraising a collection of antique photographs. The situation is not ideal, but Carly hopes a
male presence in her life will deter the determined suitor who haunts her
thoughts and dreams.
Daniel Tremont is not what Carly is expecting.
The former funeral director has a secret of his
own. Not only is he eternal like Carly, he is her creation from all those years
before—her abomination she thought she killed.
Daniel has been searching for Carly for years.
He knows she is the piece of his life that he has been missing for so long. Now
that he has found her, he has no intentions of letting her go.
Excerpt:
He waved a hand in front of her face, but
she didn’t blink. The lights are on, but
no one’s home.
“Carly, my angel,” he whispered and cupped
her cheek into his palm. He revealed in the silkiness and warmth of her skin.
Still, she didn’t react. She was almost…a zombie.
His own body jerked in reaction to the
fear she was emanating. She was clearly sleepwalking and in the throes of one
hell of a nightmare, yet she didn’t cry out any longer. It was all now playing
out inside her mind.
“Charlotte, see me,” he implored.
Her lips twitched at the mention of her
real name.
“See me,” he repeated.
Suddenly, her body gave way and she
collapsed. Catching her, he lifted her into his arms and carried her to the
bed. As he laid her down, her breathing became ragged. He placed a hand over
her heart as it raced, and passed healing calmness through his hand, feeling
the energy pulsate against her skin. Beneath his hand, he would feel her
heartbeat slow to a normal rhythm.
“Daniel?” Her voice was mere caress.
“I’m here, my angel. You’re having a
nightmare. You’re frightened. It’s okay now, I’m here, and I will never leave
you,” he promised.
“Everyone leaves, Daniel. You can’t
understand, you can’t…” Her body started to tremble.
He climbed onto the bed and straddled her
body. Leaning close to her face, he said, “Carly, let go of your fear. I can
take it. Let go and see me,” he commanded.
Her breath came out in a whoosh, and a
wall of fear and resistance hit him like a blow from above. It wasn’t exactly
painful, more startling than anything else.
His vision flip-flopped, and he could see
an image from inside her mind of two souls forever entwined as the result of
one act. It made perfect sense. She was reliving the day their souls became
one. The day of the fire.
He then saw black, suffocating water. She
was reliving her own death, as well.
As the visions left him, he was consumed
with the mishmash of fear, loneliness, and resistance within her.
He had to make her understand that it was
over. “I will never leave you, Carly. That is my promise to you,” he insisted.
A flicker of life ignited in her eyes. Her
hands came up to his face, and to Daniel’s surprise, tears bubbled from his own
eyes. He was releasing the pain and fear he had absorbed from his beloved.
“I’m so sorry, Daniel, so sorry,” she
murmured.
“There’s nothing to be sorry for, my love.
It’s over. It’s time to move forward now.”
“You don’t understand what I am, Daniel.”
“I do understand, Carly. I am what you
are. See me for what I am.”
In his mind, he could see the moving
clockwork gears of her thoughts once again as she tried to process what he was
telling her to be true.
“Just accept it, and let’s move forward.”
She drew his face to hers and her lips
parted beneath his. Time blurred and he drank in the essence of his Carly. Her
soft, barely covered curves molded themselves against his the hard planes of
his body. Her hands were under his t-shirt, her fingers stroking him.
If he pressed on, he knew she wouldn’t
refuse him. But in her vulnerable state, he wouldn’t let anything progress
further that night. Carly needed time to process everything that happened.
There was plenty of time to pursue a physical relationship. They weren’t going
any where…he hoped.
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5 comments:
I love roses and purple is one of my fav colours..
Good story.
Beautiful color for roses. Great excerpt and the blurb catches you right away.
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Kathleen~Thank you so much for your comment!
Debby~ Thank you so much for your comment and kind words, much appreciated!
What an eye-catching and unusual cover on your book. What does it mean? As a writer, do you get much say in your covers?
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