Happy Tuesday, darlings! Please welcome today's guest, Athena Daniels, and her latest release, Desperate!
Title: Desperate
Author: Athena Daniels
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Cover: Jay Aheer
Category: 111K word, Contemporary Suspense
Blurb:
‘He was
everything she needs and everything she can never have.’
To
save her life, Ivy changes her identity and moves to the other side of the
world. But Blake is no ordinary ex-husband, he is a corrupt private
investigator with links to London’s underworld.
Eric
Prescott, a handsome and successful property developer knows Ivy is hiding
something, and from someone. At first Eric only wants to help, but soon
finds himself falling for this beautiful woman with the haunted eyes. In one
night of explosive passion, Ivy finally gives in. And discovers love, the way it’s meant to be.
Ivy
finally dares to believe she is free, but soon faces losing all that she has
come to love the day when her ex-husband is released from jail. She knows it is
only a matter of time before he will return to serve the full force of his
deadly vengeance.
Evernight Heat Level: 3
Warnings: Bondage
Buy Links:
Evernight
Publishing: http://www.evernightpublishing.com/desperate-by-athena-daniels
Amazon (USA): http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00S8KZ3GK
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/511796
Bookstrand: http://www.bookstrand.com/desperate-mf
Author Bio:
Athena
Daniels is the pseudonym of a wife, mother and business partner who takes any
opportunity she can get to disappear into the world of fantasy. When not reading she writes romantic
suspense. Hot, steamy romance where
complicated and damaged characters are thrown together in suspenseful drama.
One
day, she hopes to fulfil her dream to write full time. In the meantime, she hopes you enjoy her
debut novel, Desperate. If you follow the scent of coffee and
chocolate, you will find her busy working on the sequel. Desperate: The Price of Freedom.
The
first novel of a new series, Sage
will be coming in 2015. It’s a steamy romantic
suspense with a paranormal twist.
Website
– http://www.athenadaniels.com/
Facebook
– https://www.facebook.com/AthenaDaniels11
Twitter
– https://twitter.com/AthenaDaniels11
Excerpt:
At precisely seven o’clock, the intercom sounds,
and I press the button allowing access to the inner building. I cross the room
to unlock the latches on the front door, leaving it slightly ajar.
Dashing back into my bedroom, I grab my clutch,
phone and lip gloss. Quickly, I apply a light spray of my favorite perfume.
When I return to the lounge, the front door is closed but the room is empty.
The picture on the wall is now hanging straight.
My heart gallops irregularly in my chest as I
realize I didn’t check that it was Eric before I pressed the button.
Could Blake be here?
Breathe. In … out … in … out. I order myself to
calm. The horror of my marriage with Blake returns in a single, sickening rush.
What will he do when he finds me?
“Hello?” I call out, but my voice is raspy,
barely a whisper.
I desperately hope for Eric’s easygoing greeting
to ring out, but there is nothing but silence. My blood runs cold, and I can’t
breathe.
My mobile slips from my shaking fingers. The thud
as it hits the floor startles me out of shock, and I bend down to retrieve my
phone. My lifeline.
Gripping my bag tightly, I estimate there are ten
steps to the door.
