![]() Fallen Star
Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Kobo 99¢ for a limited time only! -- EXCERPT: A fitful sleep finally came and with it a dream filled with misty tears of her own, of her mother’s, and someone else’s, too. The drapes looking over the backyard began to sway as if alive. Kate got out of bed and went to close the windows. The curtains lashed around her. Then she saw the windows were shut, yet the curtains continued to billow and sway. Her heart raced as she watched shadows flitting around the patio garden below and darting across the dark lawn down to the edge of a cliff and dropping into a black chasm. “Run.” A woman’s voice echoed up from the abyss. Kate jumped back from the windows. “Leave,” the voice said, closer this time. Moist heat like the breath of an animal swirled around her. The presence was here. She dashed back to the bed and pulled the covers tightly around her. Everything in the room shook until the window exploded, shards of glass spraying everywhere. Her skin felt on fire, it pricked and stung with searing pain. She sat up and threw off the blanket. The room spun. A metallic smell filled her nose. The heat turned sticky. She looked down and saw her body dripping with blood. She screamed. The door to her bedroom swung open. “Good God,” Jarvis said. “What’s the matter? Are you all right?” She writhed in the bed and had no ability to form words. Jarvis ran to her and held her shaking body. “Tell me what happened. What’s wrong?” Taking in a deep breath, she extracted herself from his embrace. She gazed about the room and blinked. There was no blood and the pretty room was bathed in the soft pink of dawn. The curtains hung still, and the windows were unbroken. “I’m so sorry. It must’ve been a nightmare.” Jarvis rose. “Is that all? I heard you cry out. It was…chilling. Like you were dying.” His gaze became diffused, haunted, as if he were watching something terrible that only he could see. Then he came back to himself and said, “A nightmare? Do you have those often?” “Oh, no… Yes, I do. I’m so sorry I disturbed you.” Kate jumped out of bed, forgetting she was wearing only a tee shirt and panties. Jarvis swept an admiring look over her bare legs. She jumped back into the bed and pulled the sheet up. He smiled. ![]()
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4 Comments
Lisa Brown
8/16/2017 04:45:38 am
Love the cover and it sounds like a thrilling mystery.
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Rita Wray
8/16/2017 04:32:58 pm
The story sounds very intriguing.
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Dale Wilken
8/16/2017 06:47:54 pm
I Enjoyed the excerpt very much.
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Sara Zielinski
8/16/2017 07:35:54 pm
This book sounds awesome.
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