I am a wife, a programmer,
and now an author. I have an adorable mini Schnauzer and more books than I have
room for. I love reading romance because no matter what may be happening in my
life, I can always count on my books to end happily ever after. The day I met
my husband was the day I truly began believing in happily ever after. After
hearing me complain a few too many times that I had “nothing” to read despite
the hundreds of paperbacks scattered around the house, my husband began
suggesting I write my own stories. When I finally took his advice I discovered
that although I enjoy my day job as a software engineer, my true calling is to
be an author.
My sister drilled into me an
appreciation for fantasy and mythology, something I try to bring to my books.
My debut novel, Breaking the Nexus started as a book written for NaNoWriMo and
has grown to so much more. It was the conduit that introduced me to a fantastic
group of independent authors who have changed my life in unimaginable ways.
When I’m not writing, I’ve
found a passion for blogging and interviewing fellow authors. I also love
reading (of course!), baking, crochet, sewing sock monkeys, playing video
games, and all sorts of random crafts. I have an incurable love of rubber
duckies and stuffed animals, and I believe nobody should have to grow up if
they don’t want.
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Throughout history, myths and
legends of extraordinary creatures have been told and retold. Fantastic tales
of demons and banshees, gryphons and dragons, and of course, magic. Stories
that every child grows to learn are nothing more than fantasy…or are they?
Beyond the world you see lies
a hidden realm, the Mythrian Realm, inhabited by all of the creatures you’ve
been told are mere fiction. Only one thing lies between humans and the truth:
the Nexus. A magical barrier erected millennia ago to separate the two realms,
it has stood the test of time. Until now.
For Mythrian Sha Phoenix,
magic is nothing new. But when she stumbles upon a portal on the verge of
collapse, her fate will forever change. Pulled through the portal into the
Human Realm, she lands in the middle of Detective Connor Flynn’s brutal murder
scene. Soon it is obvious someone is using blood magic to try to bring down the
Nexus. Together, Connor and Sha must work to unravel the secrets before the
barrier falls and the realms collide.
The Nexus is breaking and all
hell is about to unleash…literally.
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Excerpt:
As he walked up a set of stairs, the movement jostled her. If her lips
just happened to brush against his neck when her head moved against the
crook of his shoulder, it wasn’t her fault. She watched his throat work as he
swallowed hard. Good, she was getting to him. Served him right when he’d gotten
under her skin.
“Stop that,” he ordered, the command holding no heat. He shifted her
weight for a moment while he unlocked the front door and pushed it open.
Unable to resist pushing him a little further, she brushed her lips
against his skin once more. “Stop what?” Sha gazed up at him, the heat of his
eyes making her melt. Those metallic eyes shifted and swirled unlike anything
she’d ever seen, even among the Metallum Sorceri she’d met over the years.
He let her body slide down his, hands settling on her hips, holding her
body close against him for a moment. “You’re playing with fire,” he warned.
“That’s alright, lucky for you, I’m an Infernum.”
“Really? And what does that mean?” Although he towered over her, his
head was bent and she thought she might be able to reach his mouth if she
stretched
“It means I happen to like playing with fire,” she whispered, standing
on her tip toes to brush her lips to his.
She’d intended it to be a brief kiss, more of a tease than anything
else. They hardly knew each other and had just escaped from a potentially deadly
situation, after all. But the moment their lips met, all rational thought
became impossible, incinerated by the flash of desire that swept through her.
One hand slid into her hair and fisted, pulling her head back to give
him better access to her mouth. His tongue swept over hers, drawing a low moan
from her. By the flame, his taste. Her hands grasped his coat as she
pressed her breasts against his chest, pressure building low in her core. He
was staking his claim on her, and she wanted more. Frantic to feel him, she
pushed her hands beneath his shirt, running her fingers along his chest through
the dusting of hair on his chest. Too soon he broke away, both of them
breathing heavily.
“That—that probably shouldn’t have happened,” he said after a moment,
stepping back to put some distance between them.
Sha touched her lips, swollen from their passion. Kissing him had
electrified her senses, energizing her more than when she tapped a node, a
direct line to power. It would be all too easy to become addicted to him.
“That’s funny, I was thinking it should happen again.”
“Sha, I’m serious. I’m supposed to protect you, not make out with you
on my porch.”
“Connor, I’m serious,” she mimicked. “I can protect myself and I don’t
know what ‘make out’ means, but if it makes you feel better, I kissed you.”
His hand smoothed over her hair, brushing it from her face. “You’re a
witch, aren’t you? Say it again.”
Confused, she cocked her head to the side. “Huh?”
“My name. I liked hearing you say it instead of ‘Detective.’”
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~Sabrina
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