After
centuries of pining away for a love never realized, Therin's last
assignment as a Cupid depends on helping the lonely, shy Lucy
Carlton. The mission's success or failure will determine where he is
transferred. He can study the heavens or be condemned to hell.
Lucy
Carlton spent her life searching the stars for answers, but finds
them in the form of a gorgeous man who comes in her dreams. Therin
shows her the joys of physical pleasure and encourages her to try to
find love. She wakes with a new found confidence, but soon her timid
nature takes over and she retreats back to the comfort of her
home…alone.
With
only a week to decide his fate, Therin breaks every rule. What
starts as a job to save himself, becomes a love that can never
be…except maybe in eternity.
Excerpt:
"Why
stars?" He retrieved the bottle and poured her some more,
staying quiet hoping she would continue to reveal bits of herself.
"Stars
are endless, they are sort of like looking at hope."
He
stared at her profile.
She let
out another laugh, this one heartier than the first. "Right
there." She motioned up at the night sky.
"Where?"
He leaned over.
"Right
there." She put out her finger and leaned toward him as if to
show him her perspective.
He moved
the basket to the side and slid over, sighing when he finally focused
on what she pointed out. "Pisces." The two fish represented
Aphrodite and Eros. A few wisps of her hair tickled his face but he
didn't move them away.
"Is
she your mother? Are the stories true?"
"Nothing
is ever exactly as it seems." He repeated his words from
earlier, but appreciated the way she was fluent not only in the stars
but the mythology. "Just like Pegasus, there is more than one
Cupid. He was the just the most famous."
"Are
you a God?" She kept her eyes on the night sky.
"I
am what they call an immortal. I work for the Gods." He lowered
his voice as to not scare her.
She
finished off her wine. "Why is this your last assignment? Did I
break you or something?"
He put
his hand over hers. "I was broken way before you were even
born."
"
What
broke you?"
"Every
being has wants and needs." He paused. "Sometimes when they
go unfulfilled it's hard to keep going."
She
looked at her lap. "What happens after you deal with me?"
"It
depends on how successful I am." He balled his other hand in a
fist. This was not something to put on a human.
"Do
you mean how successful I am?"
From one
day in her apartment he knew she was not only intelligent, but also
insightful. "Something like that."
"What
happens if I don't end up with him?" She stared into the empty
glass.
"There
are things only Gods know. I need to guide you."
She
shook her head. "I don't want to think of you down in Hades."
He
almost smiled. "Something like that."
"Must
be frightening for you," she whispered.
"What
do you mean?"
"If
you are immortal then you are never really know how or when it will
end." She turned her hand over. "Infinite can be as
terrifying as finite."
About The Author
Kim
Carmichael began writing eight years ago when her need for graphic
sex scenes and love of happy endings inspired her to create her own.
She has a weakness for bad boys and techno geeks, and married her own
computer whiz after he proved he could keep her all her gadgets
running. When not writing, she can usually be found slathered in
sunscreen trolling Los Angeles and helping top doctors build their
practices.
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