TWISTED:
Series: Eternal Guardians, Book #7
Genre: Paranormal/Fantasy Romance
Release Date: September 29, 2014
Publisher: Elisabeth Naughton Publishing, LLC
NICK – Leader of the half-breeds and the last true hero. He’s spent his life fighting a dark pull toward the gods. A pull he now knows is linked to his father Krónos and the Titan’s plan to escape from the Underworld.
But Nick’s hidden powers are coveted by more than just his father. Imprisoned by Hades, Nick battles every form of torture imaginable as the sadistic god schemes to break him. Only one thing is keeping him sane. One woman who gives him the strength to fight the relentless darkness. She has a dangerous plan of her own, though, and as Nick’s powers grow stronger, even she might not be enough to alter his destiny.
As the fate of the world hangs in the balance, Nick’s allegiances are tested. And no one knows whether he will choose to fight for good or succumb to the sinister lure of evil. Not even him.
The Excerpt:
“Nick.” Cynna’s soft,
warm fingers brushed his shoulder.
He dropped his hands
and whipped around. This deep in the tunnels, there was no light, but his
senses were so heightened right now from Krónos’s energy churning inside that
he didn’t need any illumination to see her standing a foot from him, her silky
hair falling to her shoulders, her wide chocolate eyes alight with sadness
and…pity.
The pity pushed him
right to the edge. Who was she to pity him? Who the f--- was she to care?
“Don’t let them win.” She moved closer. “Fight
it. The way you fought it these last few months.”
Those months spun in
his memory. Reverberated in his ears. Rushed through his veins. The crack of a
whip snapping in the darkness. The sting of the leather slicing into his flesh.
The cold metal of the shackles tightening against his wrists. The chains
jerking his arms high over his head. The hot, wicked sensation of those nymphs’
fingers gliding along his overheated skin. And a release he hadn’t known he’d
craved hovering out of his grasp, impossible to reach. All thanks to her.
Blood pounded in his veins. Anger and rage and
desperation coalesced. That energy snapped and sizzled in his hands until he
couldn’t hold it back anymore. “Stupid move, female.” He closed his hand around
her wrist and yanked. “I warned you.”
She gasped and fell
into him. But before she could pull away, he turned and dragged her behind him.
“Nick…”
He headed for the
tunnel on the left, wrapped his fingers around the first set of steel bars he
came to, and threw the door open.
He flung her into the
dark holding cell and stepped in after her.
She hit the stone
wall, turned quickly, and looked back, her wide eyes searching the darkness,
trying to find him. “Wh—what is this place?”
“Our version of a
drunk tank. Never used until now. F---ing poetic, if you ask me.”
She sucked in a
breath as he drew close, but didn’t struggle when he grasped her arm, yanked it
upward, and snapped a metal cuff high on the wall over her wrist. Didn’t once
turn away while he reached for her left arm, jerked that one up as well, and
snapped the second cuff over her other wrist.
That shadow energy
hummed and rolled inside as he stepped back. Thanks to his enhanced senses, he
could see her. See her well, even in utter darkness. His gaze slid over her
newly dark hair, the white, almost angelic sweater falling open at her chest,
the tips of her breasts pressing against the soft cotton, and her slim hips and
long legs encased in the formfitting jeans. Arousal stirred in his belly, mixed
with the darkness, then slinked downward until he was hard as stone.
“Nick. Listen to me.”
Her hands curled into fists. “I—”
“What did you say to
me in that cell when you brought those nymphs to me?” Power rippled in his
veins as he braced his hands on the stones beside her head and moved in so
close his body was a breath from hers.
“I—”
He brushed the tip of
his nose against her ear and lowered his voice to a menacing whisper. “I think
it was something along the lines of…this isn’t a game.”
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About Elisabeth:
Before topping multiple bestseller lists—including those of the New York Times, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal—Elisabeth Naughton taught middle school science. A rabid reader, she soon discovered she had a knack for creating stories with a chemistry of their own. The spark turned into a flame, and Naughton now writes full-time. Besides topping bestseller lists, her books have been nominated for some of the industry’s most prestigious awards, such as the RITA® and Golden Heart Awards from Romance Writers of America, the Australian Romance Reader Awards, and the Golden Leaf Award. When not dreaming up new stories, Naughton can be found spending time with her husband and three children in their western Oregon home. Visit her website atwww.ElisabethNaughton.com to learn more about her books.
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