ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Born and raised in Michigan, Andrea has always
been a writer at heart. Over the last decade she has written, starred and
directed in many screenplays. A few years ago she decided to venture back into
writing novels. "I haven't looked back since," giving her work her
full attention. "I am very excited to share the worlds I create, with all
of you dreamers."
Book
Title – Alice’s Sacrifice
Genre –
Urban Fantasy
Formats
– Ebook and Print
Publisher
– CreateSpace
Release
Date – March 29th, 2013
After the fight of a lifetime, Alice and Cole return home to live a life
they were never meant to live. Fallen Angel fathers choose to stay, protect and
get to know their nephilim children. Now that everyone knows where to find
Alice, the real question is who is that information pertinent to? One single
traumatic event sets Alice's true destiny into motion. How each of those she
cares for reacts to this event; has enormous consequences for her.
What will Alice have to sacrifice and for whom?
Excerpts:
EXCERPT # 1 ALICE’S SACRIFICE
The breeze caressed Alice’s face
from the open window as they flew through the winding roads that led them back
to their home. She felt Cole’s hand clutch hers, loosening only to brush his
fingers gently along her arm. They had won this unfathomable fight against
God’s Angels for now, but for how long, only time would tell. She felt him lift
her hand to his mouth, giving it a tender kiss before returning it to her lap.
“How is your back?” Cole asked.
“Sore. I knew it would be
painful, but this is more than I could ever have imagined.” She flinched
slightly from the memory of her new-found wings collapsing into her back. “I’m
sure it’s worse than child birth.”
He chuckled, “Well, that is
something I will never be able to know.” His laugh faded as they made eye
contact.
Alice twisted uncomfortably,
having never really considered having children herself. She sat torturing
herself, conflicted between comparing whether she even wanted to have kids and
how much worse she’d feel if he did.
“I think that is something we
can talk about down the road. We’ve had quite a night,” he said.
He was right. The last few
months had changed her life in every way possible. She now knew what real love
was every time she looked into his beautiful amber eyes as they reached deep
into her soul. She had finally known the truth of why such bizarre things had
happened to her in her life when she met her biological Fallen Angel father,
Penemue, or Paul, as she liked to call him. It was then she was brought face to
face with her destiny. The topic of children was not something she was even
remotely up for talking about, though a part of her couldn’t help imagining
what their children would be like. She leaned over to rest her head on Cole’s
shoulder. As she did, he lifted his arm, holding her tightly to his chest. We really did make it, she thought. He
kissed the top of her head, Yes we did,
he said. She would never tire of hearing his voice in her head or knowing he
could hear her voice in his.
After arriving home she looked
back at the flood of cars that trailed behind them, letting a smile crawl up
her face. Everyone was camped outside around a victorious campfire except Cole
and Alice, who had excused themselves and ventured back to their home to shower
and relax. The overwhelming emotions that had run through her were gone and all
that was left was adrenaline and passion. Cole barely shut the door behind them
when she jumped into his arms and pressed her lips to his, slamming his back
into the door. He wrapped his arms tighter around her, returning her kiss with
the same raw passion. She needed this, and she knew he did too.
EXCERPT #2 FINDING ALICE
“This should be easier,” Alice
said glaring.
“It will be, at least between
the two of you. Try again.” Sariel directed.
Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Alice aimed her thoughts at Cole alone.
Cole, of course, laughed so loud it echoed.
“Coffee, really, Alice?” Sariel
asked. “Maybe you should try something more - intimate. It might give you the
motivation to keep it between the two of you.”
“You might regret that Sariel,”
Cole said.
I hate this. Okay, I want you to… Sariel flinched in preparation
for something he did not want to hear. She paused, took a deep breath, and the
world ceased for a moment as she focused in on Cole’s heartbeat. She exhaled
and tried again. I want you to kiss me
and carry me to our room and make love to me. She watched the look on
Cole’s face change from amusement to hunger. Sariel cringed slightly. “Damn it,
it didn’t work.” She rubbed her temples in frustration.
“Alice, it did in fact work. I
did not hear what you said, and I can assume by the lust in Cole’s eyes that
you took my advice.” He laughed at Cole’s awkwardness. “Cole, dare I test you?”
I’m going to kiss every inch of your body until you can no longer
stand. She felt her breath catch in her throat. She watched him grin
triumphantly when he saw from the corner of his eyes that Sariel had not heard
him. He stared deeply into her eyes. She almost blushed from the intensity of
the entire thing; he had never spoken to her like that.
“Alright you two, keep
practicing. I think we are done for now,” Sariel said.
Without another word, Cole
lifted her into his arms and carried her towards the house. She laughed and
fought to get down, Cole! He joined
her laughter and set her down. Arm in arm they entered the house and ran up the
stairs into their bedroom.
Barely through the door, Cole
pounced on her, and they nearly missed landing on the bed. A normal girl might
be frightened by his aggressiveness, but she was far from normal, and she was
enjoying every second of it. She wrapped her legs around his waist and rolled
them until his back hit the floor with a thud and she was straddling him. She
was enjoying her strength, and so was he. She pulled away from him to remove
her shirt. He reached up and pulled her ferociously back into him. Hunger for
him was taking over all of her senses and she let it, willingly.
