Meet Persaphinia Campbell, smart, witty, and charmingly charismatic. Throw in new friends, new school, and a hot boy she can't quite figure out, you get a big pot of something else is going on.
Then there's Adam Blackwell. Athletic, funny, and secretive. His secret becomes harder and harder to hide from Nia (Persaphinia) because it involves her, but she has no clue. How much longer can Adam hide his secretive past filled with wings, second chances, and multiple mistakes?
This book is starting slow, but i hope you enjoy this snippet.
Adam: "Nia, you know me better than that. I wouldn't ask you to do anything you're unwilling."
Nia: "I want to believe you more than anything, especially now, but Adam... wings? You have wings? You're kidding right?
Adam: "Nia, you just don't get it, I don't have time for you to doubt me. You either trust and do this for me, or I have to walk away forever."
Nia: "You''re magical, Adam. How can you expect me to believe that?"
Adam: "I don't."
I stood with my back to her, shielding her, and my murderous eyes stared down at the poor excuse of a man, promising unimaginable pain if he dared to move or even flinch. The enormity of control it took me to suppress the impulse to eradicate the piece of scum, who dared to even think about laying a hand on a woman, was inconceivable. My whole body was trembling with rage.
The guy was intimidated by the fury in my eyes and stumbled back to his intoxicated friends who were too dazed to understand the situation. I was disappointed and relieved at the same time that the chaos didn't end in a fist fight.
When I turned around to console her, she was gone. And as I looked around, I saw her back just leaving the bar through the entrance. I hurried out to follow her. She walked ahead of me aimlessly and disoriented like a wounded animal that had just escaped the claws of death. My heart ached for her.
I found a kindred soul in her. She evidently had been wounded in the past. Just like me. But in an even worse way than I had been hurt, and it angered me, that someone had dared to harm her.
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Eden Marie Simmons is still recovering after escaping an abusive relationship when she meets Keane, the broody and enigmatic neighbor who is shrouded in mystery.
Both are still being haunted by their past and are not ready for a new commitment, but when fate repeatedly puts them in each other's paths, they can't deny their attraction for each other.
Life challenges them both with secrets, lies, and broken trusts, and confronts them with their pasts.
They both must learn to be brave enough to love again.
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Story is previously called "Paradise Lies"