BOOK 2 --- SEQUEL TO "Tainted" "His eyes squeezed shut; we waited and I felt myself drifting in and out of the scene. His hands caressed my face and I took another deep breath when we heard it. And in that moment, I knew that nothing would ever be certain. I didn't know what the next few hours held, what tomorrow did, or what the next years would bring. But in that small fraction of a second I saw his eyes light up, his lips finding mine, I knew enough." To be tainted means to be ruined, even poisoned somehow. That was what he always thought his life was and what she always described herself as. But how could two people capable of so much love be anything remotely tainted? *********************************************** COPYRIGHT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. This material is not permitted to be copied, reproduced or translated by any means. This is also an adult novel, meant for people 18+ as it does include mature content, themes and coarse language.

A dark, modern fairytale with a touch of burlesque, magic and mischief.

COMPLETED --- BOOK 1 "You just look at her, you hear her, you think about her and you're stuck. You're stuck because you've never known a time where you could fall in love with her all over again, every time." Tainted was all he ever considered his life to be. Tainted is how she would describe herself. But maybe there was hope, that two souls so tainted by their harsh realities could fuse. *********************************************** COPYRIGHT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO valerieashelita. This material is not permitted to be copied, reproduced or translated by any means. This is also an adult novel, meant for people 18+ as it does include mature content, themes and coarse language. SEQUEL: "Refined" is now up! Add it to your libraries! ~> http://my.w.tt/UiNb/8cBbZfdX8x

Nightingale is human - or would be, had it not been for the manner of her creation. Genetically engineered and grown to adulthood in a lab, she was created, not born. Why? For the sole purpose of the entertainment of rich men as one of the many Inamoratas in the bordello business . Beautiful, elegant, a superb dancer and an even better singer, she is the perfect lover for any man. Perfect, that is, except for her personality - the one thing you can't engineer.