Deadly Ever After The Black Angel Book Series – Book 2 By Hope Irving –
Synopsis
DEADLY EVER AFTER I, Virgil, know that people prefer to remember the happily ever after ending rather than the dark side in every fairytale. I know better. I learned about the dark side of those stories and the consequences. The fairytale I inherited from the Irish star-crossed lovers didn’t turn out so well the first time. I had a shot at bringing the souls of the monk and the witch back together last summer and I failed miserably. How foolish of me to believe in the awakening of the princess thanks to the handsome prince’s kiss when I am no prince! Sharing our true nature with Rose, my clueless soulmate, is a necessary evil. I am on a mission. I trust my soul and our attraction to succeed. I don’t trust Bruce, her providential knight in shining armor. He’s not who he claims to be. Rose can’t be with him. She can only fight our chemistry and her growing magical powers for so long. I need to step back into her life. Woo her, with a vengeance. I’m deadly serious.
I, Rose, used to be numb, until I discovered what it was to feel again, thanks to Virgil. He messed up my mind and overwhelmed my heart with unknown sensations. For once, I was willing to welcome some of those irrational emotions. It’s unfortunate that Virgil’s indecisions sent me to New York with my summer fling. How foolish of me to believe in the perfect fairytale Bruce offered me when I am no princess! Some say I am an Amazon. My mind is content with my life but my heart yearns for the wolf to change its course. What if I decide to be an Amazon princess? I’m deadly serious. Could we actually be soulmates brought back together by an ancient spell destined to embrace this unorthodox fairytale and a happy ending? That would be deadly wicked.
EXCERPT
The fire in his voice is palpable when he confesses in a whisper, fiddling with my shiny dark curls between two of his long gentle fingers, “I’ve been meaning to claim a birthday present only you can provide. If I don’t do it now I’ll regret it. Ever since I set foot into this party, I wanted you…so…greedily.” Saying that, his left thumb brushes my lips, softly, back and forth, my eyes flutter under his touch. “I acted like a jerk last summer, that won’t happen again. I told you last time I saw you, I do learn from my mistakes.” He moves at once, pinning me to the door with his left hip. The tip of his tongue eagerly caresses my lips before it deftly reaches my mouth for the most avid kiss I’d ever been given—even more ferocious than the one he gave me last time I saw him—and to which I respond with the same burning urge. I love how his body claims mine. That dirty kiss we’re sharing shows mutual acceptance. We finally surrender to our primal instincts and let the undeniable chemistry work its magic. This is real. No more games. No more hide and seek. The self-imposed restraint we pretended to live by, for too long, is gone. Set in motion but speechless—besides groaning and growling—we act on our desire. As usual, my heels are useless to compensate his height. Out of reflex, his shoulders curled up and I’m on tiptoes to be able to properly give and get the kisses we’re craving. My back bumps into the door, from time to time, under our feverish movements; from the way I see it those noises won’t remain unnoticed for too long. Relentlessly, voraciously, feverishly, our pace fastens. Aroused, his hands are all over my yearning body—tightly glued to his—like a lustful octopus! His mouth trails kisses all over my neck, near my earlobe now. Leaving goose bumps in their wake. Letting his caresses take over my senses as his soft hands wander expertly under my camisole—front and back—I tilt my head under his maddening touch. His jacket is pulled back halfway on his toned arms displaying an impressive tattoo. I suspect that’s what he’s been trying to hide under long sleeves, although I spotted bits and pieces of it before. I peep, happy to uncover new parts of his body that I haven’t yet been exposed to. Enthralled, I stare at his body, thinking how much it appeals to me. At once, I’m starting to sense a weird sensation, almost like the ink is whispering to me. Insane. Surreal. Impossible. My skin is covered in goose bumps, sending chills down my spine, and definitely not the sensation I’m used to when I want his body. A thrilling yet scary kind of sensation. It’s happening again, I have a vision of myself, snatched by the tattoo. A tiny version of myself, on Virgil’s bicep, swimming in a sea of black, velvety ink, swirling to form the letters. How crazy is that? I shake my head to make the disturbing vision vanish, and it does. At that particular moment, the world around us—the party, the people and time, even—ceases to exist. We’re alone. Within seconds, my surroundings turn pitch black and everything around us disappears. No sound. No furniture. No bathroom. Virgil seems unfazed by this change of scenery, thus I decide to ignore it. It’s him that I want, who cares about the rest? And then again, when I’m with Virgil, we create our own bubble in which only he and I live in. That’s what it is. A bubble. Only we are surrounded by a darkened halo, as if we aren’t part of the world anymore. A twilight zone where our need for one another surpasses everything. Together. Nowhere. Nothing else matters. ©2016 Hope Irving
About This Series:
Once upon a time, there was the wandering soul of Morgann, an 8th century Irish calligrapher-monk longing to be reunited with his soulmate and forbidden love, Deirdre, a witch. After being apart for centuries, will they finally live their deadly wicked fairytale and find their own happily ever after?
Deadly Ever After is the second book in the Black Angel Book series. The series is a continuous New Adult paranormal love story, so reading Twice Upon A Time (Book 1) is highly suggested before you start Book 2. Happy reading!
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Bio:
Hope Irving is a debut indie author who lived in Paris, France, most of her life and also in the US, where she graduated with an MBA. She currently lives in Paris with her family.
When she’s not writing, she enjoys reading, going to the movies and watching paranormal TV series.
Her influences are diverse: Choderlos de Laclos, Brett Easton Ellis, Anne Rice, Charlaine Harris or S. E. Hinton.
She can’t stand the rain but it gives her an excuse to watch the Barbie movies with her daughter, over and over again, and sometimes Edward Cullen sneak in.
Last but not least, she loves Nutella and Camembert cheese (not together), carrot cake, cinnamon Altoids and Dr. Pepper.
Connect with me:
> Facebook: https://goo.gl/qPcwkO
> Twitter: @HI_author
> Pinterest: https://goo.gl/vBCeIKEndFragment
> Goodreads – Twice Upon A Time, Books: https://goo.gl/P6aEZi; Deadly Ever After :https://goo.gl/in9JQB
> Goodreads – Author page: https://goo.gl/cqRkhW
> Blog: https://goo.gl/s53bEM
> YouTube playlists – Twice Upon A Time: https://goo.gl/18zyxJ; Deadly Ever After :
> Newsletter: http://goo.gl/zXx2ho
Random facts:
> I’m a recovering TV addict. Haven’t watched TV in about a year; I’m a happy bookworm.
> I still indulge on movies at the movie theater.
> I love red heads & tats.
> I am not into sports (at all) but I enjoy walking (a lot), especially when shopping.
> I hate karaoke but love music blind tests.
> My favorite ice-cream flavor is peanut butter cup although I don’t like peanut butter. Go figure!
> I am a French citizen who has a soft spot for country music…probably because I lived in Texas where I graduated.
> I was 16 when I first traveled to the US.
> The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton is the first book I read in English and I love Ponyboy Curtis…but my book husband is Eric Northman (the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris).
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