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Today we have Eternal Nights by V.S Nelson
Author Bio
V.S. Nelson has
always enjoyed reading stories with strong relationships and happy endings so
it’s not surprising she found herself writing across the romance genre. Even
her commercial fiction, Sins of a Man,
the memoirs of a Mafia Hit man, is layered with romantic elements.
Landing in
Arizona, after an exciting teaching career, which took her to the Middle East
for several years, she lives in Arizona where she spend most of my time making
love to her computer while writing, editing or researching, seven to ten hours
a day. The days she’s not writing, you will find her with my critique partners
at Starbucks, attending or presenting a workshop or at a RWA meeting.
Being a Native
American woman and a Scorpio, she’s always had a fondness for history,
mythology, the occult, and the unexplained events which have occurred on this
world we call home. It was no wonder she found herself writing a paranormal
series.
She enjoys
hearing from readers, fans and people with similar interests. They are more
than welcome to contact her through her website http://www.authorvsnelson.com/
Links
Facebook author page: https://www.facebook.com/authorvsnelson
Facebook Sekhmet's guardians page: http://www.facebook.com/SekhmetsGuardians
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthorVSNelson
Website: http://www.authorvsnelson.com
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Title: Eternal Nights
Author: V.S.
Nelson
Series:
Sekhmet’s Guardians Series Book 2
Genre:
Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Self
Published
Release Date: May
2013
Formats:
Paperback/Large Print Paperback/E~Books
Synopsis:
Central Theme
To save the small infant’s life, Chenoa, her
grandmother, did the unthinkable. She merged her life force with a tiny wolf
cub then gave the cub to Jennifer, her other grand daughter to take care of.
Too bad, Chenoa died before she was able to undo the spell or tell anyone what
she had done. For twenty years Jessica watched the world pass her by through
the eyes of another creature. Most of the time, the things humans did didn’t
concern her,
unless of course
they told her to get off the couch or sleep on the floor. Thank the heavens
above for Jennifer, who still doesn’t know who she truly is, or she’d still be
eating raw meat.
Jessica was
content and happy for the most part until she laid eyes on Raphael who came to
pick her up from the wolf rescue center a few weeks ago. Since then, her
primary focus has been to stay by his side and find away to undo her
grandmother’s powerful magic.
In the meantime,
Jessica has developed her natural Selkie abilities and has started
communicating with Raphael. At night while he sleeps she enters his dreams
under the pretense of what she should be – a human woman who has two arms to
hold him and stands on two legs, not four.
Convinced he is
going mad; Raphael privately searches for the angel who haunts his dreams. With
an ivory face as soft as velvet, radiating both pure innocence and sexual
seduction at the same time, what else could she be if not an angel? His search
is interrupted when the Guardians discover the Legions latest endeavors;
they’re kidnapping unprotected women and lifemates across the world. A call
goes out and the Guardians once again implement their recruitment policy. The
war is escalating.
Raphael takes
Nowaki, Jennifer’s wolf with him to interview prospective candidates. Board
with interviews he decides to take Nowaki on a run in the forest. Taking a
break from running they stop by a near by stream. He doesn’t hear the gunshot
but feels the blast as it hits his chest and falls to his knees.
Nowaki takes off
after the assailant and gets her revenge but not until after the attacker
mortally wounds her. Jessica takes over Nowaki’s body and pulls herself back to
Raphael convinced they will die together. Lying on top of him to keep from
getting cold, she has in reality, saved his life. The blood from her wounds
drips down into his open mouth.
Jennifer along with Gabe, Thomas, Michael and
Roger arrive on the scene. Michael tells Jennifer,” he’s sorry but Nowaki won’t
make it back to the helicopter, much less the compound.” Jen, who was visited
by Chenoa the night before now knows about Jessica and Nowaki but has yet to
say anything to anyone. She shares her secret with Michael who immediately
steps in and attempts to save the wolf. They all make it back to the where
surgery is
performed on
both Raphael and Nowaki. Jennifer shares her grandmother’s secrets with Alice, her best friend,
and Gabe.
When Raphael
wakes he demands to go back to the forest. His Angel saved his life and no one
will believe him. Gabriel finally tells him the truth, Jessica, his angel, and
Nowaki are one in the same. The only problem is how to separate the two?
Chenoa shared a
bit more with Jennifer… They must return to the cabin where Jessica was born in
California
and Jennifer must complete the ritual. Only problem is, she doesn’t know how.
She waits for her grandmother to show her what to do.
(Secondary stories)
(1) While they wait for Chenoa to reappear the
Guardians rescue several women from the Legion and bring them to the estate
where Michael can care for them.
(2) Ronan, Jennifer and Jessica’s, Selkie father
has an adverse reaction to the scene and everyone witnesses Selkies are not
always the gentle creatures they appear to be.
(3) Michael believes they brought an air born
virus into the compound with the women. All of the men are ordered to take up
residency in the barracks since they are the only ones showing signs of
infection. A female physician is brought in to care for the women. She soon
discovers one of the women is not what she appears to be. Although human in
appearance, Tshering Snow’s blood is feline in nature and she is in heat.
(4) Gabriel distraught without Jennifer decides
to make something for Raphael and him to eat, only to destroy Jennifer’s new
kitchen in the process.
(5) Ronan and Jessica continue on with their
romantic relationship.
(6) Legion soldier Alan Roberts turns coat and
returns Guardian soldier Peter Armstrong and his love interest, ballet dancer,
Alison to the Guardians. He waits to hear the Guardian’s decision—will he be
put to death or not?
(7) Lance is captivated by the lovely Tshering
Snow.
A small group
consisting of Jennifer, Alice, Gabriel, Raphael, Michael and Nowaki head to the
Sierras to find the location where Jessica was born. The group sits around the
campfire drinking their morning coffee when Nowaki is attacked by a cougar.
Jennifer has no choice but to do the ritual without any preparation. She falls
to the ground and passes out once the ritual is completed. Nowaki and Jessica
are both bleeding out from wounds received by the cougar. Rather than take Jessica
back to the motor home, Raphael asks her for his forgiveness and bites into his
own wrists and forces his blood down Jessica’s throat in an attempt to save
her. He is successful but is worried about the repercussions—will it bind them
forever? The group spends an additional week in the mountains where Jessica
learns how to walk, eat and be human. It’s soon discovered that Jessica is mute
although she has no problem communicating with anyone; she merely utilizes her
natural Selkie ability.
Upon returning
to the Illinois,
Jessica and Raphael are finally lifemated but not before they must overcome
another language barrier.
Excerpt:
Chapter Nine
She also liked Michael, the Guardian’s physician a lot and if it wasn’t
for her attraction to Raphael she would consider him rather handsome--she also
liked his soft gentle hands. She respected Michael especially when he did
everything within his power to help her sister when she was so ill. Michael
tended to carry around small chocolates in his coat pocket and was never shy
about unwrapping one and sharing one or two with her--even if her sister didn’t
like it.
That was probably the only thing she hated about sharing her existence
with Nowaki--food and what she could and couldn’t have. At least Jennifer
understood she liked her meat cooked and quit serving it to her rare when
Nowaki was just a pup. But sweets especially chocolate were considered off
limits. Sadly, she and Nowaki had a
sweet tooth and had to rely on others, like Michael and the kitchen
staff, to feed her habit. Thinking about snacks she rose, walked around the
table and sniffed everyone’s pockets to see what they might be hiding in the
folds of the fabric.
“Nowaki, knock that off,” said Raphael.
He tossed a milk bone in her direction. Nowaki caught in mid air.
Dang, it would satisfy Nowaki’s hunger but not mine.
*****
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