Today, I have the talented Daisy Banks and she's got a fabulous book to share with us, and boy is it gorgeous. Welcome Daisy!
Daisy: A Happy New Year to you and your readers, Liza. Thank
you so much for hosting me and helping me celebrate the release of my new book
To Eternity, the second book in the Timeless series.
I hope those of you who enjoyed meeting Magnus and
Sian in Timeless will enjoy this next step in their story. I hope those of you meeting them for the
first time in To Eternity will want to find out about their past in Timeless.
I am presently in the process of writing Out of Time,
Book Three in the series and hope to have it completed this year.
I couldn’t have been more pleased when I discovered
this book released on a full moon. You can check the moon phase here. http://www.dacre.net/moon/moonphase.html
Those of you who read my blog will know I do quite a
few things by moon phase. The new moon helps with inspiration and ideas, the
waxing moon for growth and development, the full moon for extra umph with
things I’m working on, and once it changes to the waning moon, I work on
correcting things. The waning moon is a great time for editing.
Therefore, to find my story To Eternity-wild beneath
the moon-Book Two in the Timeless series, and my book Timeless are both
available in print as well as e-books for the first time during the full moon is
very exciting for me. I’m sure you can see why I thought there was a bit of
full moon magic at work.
It also seemed very pertinent to me that To Eternity,
with main characters focused on and governed by the moon, should release when
the moon is full. What better for a werewolf story filled with passion and love,
desire and danger?
I do hope you enjoy this little excerpt.
Thanks for reading.
Xx
Daisy Banks
To
Eternity-wild beneath the moon
Book Two in the Timeless Series.
For four
centuries Magnus has lived according to the dictates of the moon, his heart
isolated by the domination of his wolf nature. Now fate has brought the
beautiful, independent Sian to his house at Darnwell and their irresistible
attraction has exploded into a white-hot passion. Yet she is not wolf, and the
time has come for her to embrace the change. But once she completes the ritual
and claims her place next to Magnus, the rivals will appear on the horizon…
Heartbeat
rising with concerns for their discussion, she went through to the bedroom. She
dumped her sweater on the chair before she opened the door to the wet room. She
caught a glimpse of his slick, dark, wet hair dripping on his broad shoulders.
The water cascaded down his back to his firm-muscled ass. Still, his pain beat
at her like a night fury. Not anger, but an aching hurt she could do nothing to
relieve. She called into the shower. “Shall I pour you some coffee?”
The
full power of the spray, along with a waft of steam, drowned out his response.
She closed the door. Rather than wait, she poured two cups anyway. Curling her
hand around her cup, she settled herself in the huge, oak chair in front of the
hearth to wait for him to join her. The carving at the end of the curtained four-poster
bed, of two wolves with bodies entwined, spoke to her the same way it had the
first time Magnus brought her into this room he’d kept as a private sanctuary
for so long. This hand-chiseled image, a reference to his parents who had
commissioned the monumental bed, gave her hope. They’d loved, as humans and
wolves, their pairing bound in a permanent connection. They’d produced
offspring. A son, this magnificent, wonderful man, wolf, person. A wave of
emotion brought a lump to her throat while she weighed the possibilities
against the current reality. Blinking fast, she swiped at her eyes.
This
mood would bring her no good. Crying wouldn’t solve a thing. She’d end up with
a sore throat, red eyes, a swollen nose, and none of it would help. If Magnus found
her in tears, it would stoke his guilt further. He might even try to send her
back to her flat in London. The line she trod with him demanded the balance
skills of a gymnast on the beam. Yes, he cared about her, she was certain…up to
a point.
Maybe
he loved her enough to send her away. Fresh tears welled for she could imagine
his explanation. I can’t hurt you like this anymore. You must leave.
Heaven
help her, he’d mean every word of it. He’d send her away, then bury himself in
majestic misery here while he waited for her to age and die.
“Bugger
it all.” Her voice cracked as she set her coffee cup down on the small table
beside her chair. “I’m not going anywhere. I’ll not leave you, not unless you
take me back to London and dump me there, Magnus. I belong here.”
The
oak wolves stared back from the wood panel with a silent offer of agreement.
“Too
right,” she said forcing herself to relax. “I agreed to stay with him and I
will. He’ll just have to get accustomed to a female being around all the time.
I’m going nowhere.”
“Had
you planned on going somewhere?” he asked, toweling his dark hair as he walked
in from the wet room.
“No,
I was giving myself a bit of a pep talk.” She sucked in the sight of his broad
shoulders, the ripples of muscle on his chest. Her gaze moved down to the towel
he’d draped around his middle, clinging snug to the damp curve of his ass.
Rising from the chair, she hurried to him, wrapped her arms around his waist,
and laid her head on his smooth damp shoulder. Her previous experiences had
been nothing like this compulsive need for Magnus. When she was nineteen, she’d
had a bit of a glow about one boyfriend, but it was a timid kind of affection,
rather like standing under a warm shower. With Magnus, she swam in an ocean of
unfamiliar sensations, and though some might be scary, she didn’t want them to
stop. She wouldn’t stand by silent if Magnus tried to end their relationship
because of his guilt for who and what he was, even if he thought it would be
good for her.
You can read Chapter One of To Eternity free on my blog in
the My Books section. Take a peek.
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Thanks so much for hosting me, Liza, and for your kind words of welcome.
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome to come any time. :)
DeleteThe book sounds amazing! I love the cover. His eyes are so catching and seem to glow! I wish you all the best with the set of books!
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