"I promised myself I wouldn't fall in love with you," I said, sucking in a shaky breath, "But it was 04:00, and we were laughing way too hard, and I felt happy for the first time in a long time, and I knew I was screwed."
I felt his hand brush my fingertips, then softly hold them. I could feel his heart beating as I sat against his chest, my head next to his heart. He gave my hand a squeeze and I could feel him smiling as he kissed the top of my head, "Well, Meeki," he said, his voice raspy, "If you're only screwed because you fell in love with me, I've dug a hole and buried myself in it."
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Touch of Ice is the exciting romantic adventure that begins with two tributes who have been shipped off to Drelm's dragon training academy. For a decade, they will raise and train their own dragons, but a decade is a long time, and when you have time, things can happen. The humerus romantic action novel that is Touch of Ice will leave you on the edge of your seat waiting for more.
Geoff and Naomi are dead, and they're depressed, but when Geoff's cat Bernie dies as well, they embark on a wild journey to find it in the underworld.
*****
When Geoff dies, alongside his girlfriend Naomi, they end up sharing an apartment in the Underworld as skeletons. But after a few years, Geoff starts suffering a mid-death crisis. What's the purpose of going through the motions as a skeleton if you can't really live? Then he gets word that his cat, Bernie, just died and he can collect him and bring him home! Geoff and Naomi hurry to get Bernie only to discover that, due to a clerical error, their cat has been lost. With the hunt for Bernie giving new purpose to Geoff's un-life, he and Naomi begin a quest to get back their cat. Battling skeleton pirates, climbing the sky ladder and facing off against the villain who took Bernie, Geoff is determined to find his purpose - or die a second time trying!
[[2018 Wattys Winner - The Originals]]
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