I am excited to be participating in Goddess fish's Party Pavilion! I will be sharing short excerpts from the book throughout the day.
For Emily Waters, a nature-loving, small-town girl with an overprotective father, heading off to Boston University to study conservation biology is a dream come true—until a chance encounter catapults her into a mythical world she’d do anything to escape.
The latest victim in a rash of abductions near campus, Emily is brutally attacked before being rescued by a powerful new friend. She survives the ordeal, only to find herself held captive and presented with an impossible choice.
While preparing for the unimaginable life she must now embrace clues soon emerge that Emily may not be entirely human, and her physical transformation awakens goddess-like powers that her new family cannot begin to explain.
Emily meets Daniel teaser:
I quit watching him and let
myself enjoy the feeling that dancing always gave me. A couple of songs had
passed before we were close together again. I couldn’t believe he was the same
guy. Daniel blended in perfectly with everyone else on the floor and looked
like he’d been club dancing for years. When the song ended we made our way over
to an empty table.
“I can’t believe how much fun
that was!” he shouted.
“I’ve never seen someone pick it
up so fast. You’re a natural!”
“Yeah, right—more like you’re a
hell of a teacher.”
“Thanks, Daniel.” The
affectionate, almost star struck look in his eyes reminded me of what Ruby had
said. If I didn’t want to hurt him, I couldn’t afford to wait any longer. But
like the true blue coward I was, rather than taking the plunge, I chose to
study a particularly interesting piece of lint on the floor.
“What’s wrong?”
“I need to ask you something that
is going to sound really bizarre.”
“Okay…” Fear of where this might
be headed had him gathering his legs underneath him like a coiled up house cat
preparing to leap out of danger.
After a long pause I met his
gaze. “You can sleep with me tonight if you want to.”
“Jesus, Brooke, we—”
“Please let me finish,” I
interrupted. “I’m a virgin, which I
can’t exactly fake, so I’ve obviously never done anything like this before. If
you say yes, I’ll expect you to make love to me, and all I can offer you is
tonight—it’s your choice.”
“Why only tonight?” The
disappointment and sadness in his words was palpable.
“I wish I could explain, but I’m
afraid it’s extremely complicated. Part of saying yes is agreeing not to ask
questions I can’t answer.”
We sat in silence for a few
uncomfortable seconds before he reached out and took my hand, gripping it like
he could make my question disappear if he only squeezed hard enough. “I’m a
virgin too. I get my ass ridden constantly for it but I’m not ashamed—I sure as
hell didn’t come here expecting to go home with someone tonight. I get the
feeling that you did, and I just happened to be the guy you picked."
Daniel pressed his forehead
against the palm of his free hand and closed his eyes. "Damn it! I really
like you, Brooke, but I gotta know why you’re so desperate to lose your
virginity tonight, and why you can’t have a relationship with the person you
give it to. If you can’t or won’t answer those questions, then I’ll have to say
no.”
The stinging pain of rejection
filled my chest as I pulled my hand away. How could it hurt this bad to be
turned down by someone I just met? Did I really like him that much already?
Trying to salvage what little pride I had left, I stood up and turned to leave,
tears streaming down my cheeks.
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