Spellbound by Jessie Verino
Length: Novella
Price: $2.50
Genre: Romance/Highly Sensual/Fantasy
He can't leave. She can't stay.
Joshua Neville has been cursed. Spellbound as a dimensional spirit to a house he built over 100 years ago. Solange Monroe is a home security specialists staying at the house for the summer. As a descendent of the woman who cursed him, she is able to see him when others can't.
An instant attraction draws the couple together, and his unique ability to "phase" through time adds an unusual twist to their lovemaking. However, it's the unusual twisting of her heart that has her worried.
When he asks her to help him return to his own time so he can clear his name for a murder he didn't commit, will she succeed at the risk of losing her heart, or will their budding love be stronger than a century old curse?
The old mansion took on a life of its own after dark. Solange stopped in the hallway, only halfway through her first security check of the new job, and wondered why she felt reluctant to continue. She tried to shake off the feeling, but this house had a presence. It called to her, making her hot and edgy, distracted with an unexplainable need to find him.
Him?
She should be accustomed to it now, the strange energies and
imaginings she felt from a home once the owner left and she remained alone. The
feelings had never been anything more than a vague shadow on her thoughts, but
tonight they felt more intense, more alive. Her whole body hummed with an erotic
energy her cool logic couldn't explain.
Taking a deep breath, she laughed at her thoughts. She hadn't
had a relationship in so long, even imagined ghosts started to turn her on.
Feeling better, she finished the walk-through, making sure
all the doors were locked and the windows secured before she retired to the
guest bedroom her employer provided for her stay.
The unfamiliar creaks and moans unsettled her as she lay in
the antique four-poster bed. Thinking she should have brought a sound machine to
help her sleep, she wished for the soothing sounds of a rainforest, or an ocean,
or piano music?
The shock of hearing the music had her bolting out of the bed
as the final strains of something Mozarty floated through the room. The owner
had assured her she would be alone in the house for the entire summer while he
toured Europe. The baby grand in the music room wasn't playing itself.
She didn't bother to change from her boxer shorts and tank
top to something more modest, knowing if she needed to defend herself the
minimal amount of clothing wouldn't restrict her movements.
She padded barefoot downstairs and opened the French doors
leading to the music room, trying to make as little noise as possible.
It didn't matter, her uninvited guest played with such an
intensity the mere squeak of a door hinge couldn't have been heard.
The scene before her caught her off guard and held her
immobile. Moonlight filtered into the room through the windows and bathed the
man in soft light. His long, tanned fingers stroked shimmering emotion from the
keys. He sat casually on the piano bench, his eyes almost closed, lost in the
music. A strong jaw accentuated his profile, and silky black hair curled at the
top of his collar.
Her pulse raced and her body heated at the sight of
him-something primal in her recognizing him as the presence she had felt
earlier. She absorbed the feeling, letting it move through her like the music he
played. His presence touched her so intimately she swayed slightly from the
sheer desire sweeping over her.
The haunting melody pulled her into the room. Each perfect
note played over her skin, and she imagined his fingers skillfully stroking her
fevered body to climax.
Disoriented, she steeled herself and fought her way through
the sensual, hypnotic web of the music before she made a fool of herself and
approached the intruder. She took a few steps back, switched on the lights, and
slammed the door shut behind her.
The man didn't flinch or miss a note.
Romance Reviews Today - Erotic
Cute, quick, and entertaining...
Sensual Reads & Reviews:
...I recommend this book to the lover of any erotic romance, and I will be adding it to my top recommended reads. Awesome read, Ms. Verino...
Spellbound
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