

“This feels right, doesn’t it?” I ask, trying to calm her as I run the back of my fingers up her bare stomach. Her troubled eyes hold mine, and her hands grasp my waist. “Shhh.” I lift my head up and support myself on one arm. I touch my forehead to hers and hold her face, running my thumb over her lip ring. Our fucking parents’ bedroom isn’t six doors down, and we’re just getting to know each other for the first time. So that’s when I pulled the sheet over us. She kept glancing around, her worried eyes and shallow breaths probably filled with a thousand different voices telling her that what we were doing was wrong, but it wasn’t. Fallon’s looking at me differently, and I like it. It’s crazy, and I can’t believe this is happening, but what’s more? I can’t believe it feels this good. Even if this is as far as it goes tonight. We’re still in our jeans, but I don’t care how far this goes as long as she doesn’t pull the plug on what’s happening right now. She groans and tightens her thighs around my waist, and I breathe her in, taking in her scent and taste. “What are you doing?” she asks, worry thick in her shaky voice.īefore she has a chance to talk, I melt my body into hers and cover her lips with mine. Grabbing the sheet at the back of my waist, I pull it over our heads, seeing the soft light of the moon slowing fade from her face as I look down at her. Readers will feel her tension and her growing fear as she meets various people in a town full of secrets and lies that dog Daphne’s path.Bonus Madoc and Fallon Scene-the morning after Her true spirit shines through as her search becomes more desperate each day. When her friend goes missing, readers will embrace her cause as Hiercely as Daphne does. She’s out to prove she can have a selfsustaining life and help people in rural areas learn about nutrition and natural resources for healing.

Daphne is a trust-fund baby who’s tired of the wealth and abundance that has surrounded her, her whole life. The suspense is slow in building and will keep one hooked until the end. This story is crafted like a beautifully woven tapestry. While Daphne searches without success, there’s the growing danger of a nearby wildHire. The more questions she asks, the more walls she hits. When she begins to ask questions around town, she Hinds no one else is concerned about his absence. He’s not there, but his wallet and other personal items are. When her calls go unanswered, Daphne goes to his cabin.

He’s always on time and ready… until the day he doesn’t show up. One of her established patients is a Vietnam veteran who has become her friend. She’s pleased to have established a holistic healing practice and being able to help the people of Lost Sierra. Daphne Marlow has moved to the Sierra Nevada Mountains to escape her well-planned life.
