I scowled and tapped my watch, and he threw up his hands. I got other business to tend to besides yours, you know.” Malloy huffed as he slid into the booth across from me. “You taste like – ” His head whipped up, and his eyes glittered like he had just been served his favorite dessert.

“What is this?” he murmured and sniffed as if he was trying a new wine.

His lips touched my skin, and his tongue lapped at the spot where my pulse beat. “But I think a taste first to whet the appetite.” His face lowered as he forced my head to one side, baring my throat. I had planned to have you now, but why rush when we can take all the time we want later.” He put his mouth to my ear, and his words sent waves of fresh terror through me. And thank you to Brian Cook for proving that characters don’t only exist in books.

Thank you to my sister Anne-Marie and my good friend Teresa for patiently reading my work and giving me honest feedback and to my family and friends for their support and encouragement. And she must learn to trust the one person capable of breaking down the walls around her. Sara has always been fiercely independent but in order to survive now she must open herself to others, to reveal her deepest secrets. Sara’s life starts to spin out of control as she is hunted by an obsessed vampire, learns that her friends have secrets of their own and reels from the truth about her own ancestry. On the same fateful night she meets Nikolas, a warrior who turns Sara’s world upside down and is determined to protect her even if it’s the last thing she wants. In her quest for answers about her father’s death, Sara takes risks that expose her and her friends to danger and puts herself into the sights of a sadistic vampire. She lives a life full of secrets and her family and friends have no idea of the supernatural world she is immersed in or of Sara’s own very powerful gift. Now at seventeen, she is still haunted by memories of that day and driven by the need to understand why it happened. Sara Grey’s world shattered ten years ago when her father was brutally murdered. I hope my story brings magic to people the way you brought magic into the lives of everyone who knew you. Any resemblance to anything or anyone living (or dead) is unintentional. Any reproduction or other unauthorized use of the material or artwork herein is prohibited.ĭisclaimer: The persons, places, things mentioned in this novel are figments of the author’s imagination. This book is protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America.

Relentless by karen lynch