Today, I welcome Linda Nightingale to my blog. Check out her new book and enter the giveaway at the end of the post!! There’s a $15 gift card up for grabs. 

Born in South Carolina, Linda has lived in England, Canada, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Atlanta and Houston. She’s seen a lot of this country from the windshield of a truck pulling a horse trailer, having bred, trained and showed Andalusian horses for many years. Linda won several writing awards, including the Georgia Romance Writers Magnolia Award and the SARA Merritt. She retired from a career as a legal assistant and loves events with her car club. The stars in her crown are two wonderful sons. In a former life, she must have had to walk everywhere because today she is into transportation with fine taste in expensive horses and hot cars! She likes to dress up and host formal dinner parties.

Years ago, back in the dim days of the last century, The Summoning was conceived. Desperation is the mother of invention. I needed a piece to enter in a contest for a conference in one of those beautiful small developments near Destin, FL. I lived in South Carolina at the time.
While I was writing, editing and polishing that first chapter, the idea took hold, desperation’s child Eryael began talking and the story developing. I liked the simplicity with which the hero initially spoke, growing more adult as the book progressed. I didn’t finish ‘Summons’ until much later, but along the way, it won several awards. An author friend suggested the title change to The Summoning.
The setting for the excerpt is that a couple, followers of Eyrael, have asked him for a child. Heather, the heroine, is coming to the realization that since she is so intensely jealous, that she might be falling for the spirit she summoned from goodness knows where. Heather is a witch who refuses to believe she’s a witch.

Heather Morique is a witch. The problem is she doesn’t know it. Her husband Jahill was a refugee from an obscure branch of the Arawak Indians. After his death, mysterious whispers lure Heather to his homeland of Jamaica. Soon, she finds herself in a web of secrets, lies and illusions.
Jahill’s people worship Eyrael, the God of Wind and Sea, and his brother Sofiel, the God of Fire and Earth. The new Shaman has pitted brother against brother, and these two powerful spirits from an alternate universe fight to become the tribe’s ruling deity. Will light or darkness reign?
When Heather unwittingly summons Eyrael, these two unlikely soul mates face a dangerous fate. The chemistry between them is more disturbing than the long-buried secrets.

Excerpt

“You mean it wouldn’t be only sex with us?” She recalled Eyrael dressed only in seaweed. Imagination supplied her images of him naked and erect..
“It would never be merely sex between us.” He kissed her again, the new, unholy fire scorching through her at a simple touch. “I shall go now and return if you allow me.”
She longed for him to stay, couldn’t bear for him to go to Liana. “Of course, you may come back.” Fresh from another woman’s arms? “What if Sofiel—”
“You are right.” He clasped her hand. “Then you will accompany me?”
“No.” She’d absolutely love waiting while he gave Liana a good shafting. As much as she’d enjoy having her fingernails removed one by one.
Gripping her shoulders, he demanded, “For your safety you must. Alone, you are at risk. I shall not linger.”
Which would be worse walking the floor at home or at the log cabin? Either way, the experience would be hell. The realization was slow in coming, but she was falling in love with Eyrael. Knowing he was buried to the hilt in Liana would hurt worse than losing Jahill. Yes, much worse than finding Jahill with Melinda! All afternoon, the dead hadn’t haunted her. Was she finally ready to crawl out of the bottle and live again? She’d been looking at Eyrael, but suddenly he came into sharp relief—an exquisite man who wanted her, yes, poor ignored Heather, more than the beautiful Indian woman. If she stayed with him, and it appeared she had to, she might at last escape the abyss of grief.
She delved to the heart of her characters’ emotions but avoided her own. Tonight, she was being forced to examine her feelings in depth. This incredible man—and he was all man—had changed and would continue to alter her entire existence. She could never go back, couldn’t imagine returning to her mundane life.
“Will you refuse?” He asked softly.
“I have to go, don’t I?” She blinked to hide tears.
“Yes, you must.” He kissed her cheek. “Please do not suffer, my beautiful Heather.”
She wove her fingers into his hair, forcing him to meet her gaze. “I’ll know what you’re doing. Even if we are friends bound together…”
He stiffened, his eyes hardening. “If we are only friends, you have no reason to be wounded.”
Her hands dropped to her sides. He was absolutely right. Why did she think he’d bow to her wishes? “I’m not asking you…not to do…it. I…well, I can’t…I’m trying to understand you. Please try to understand my reticence.”
Twining their fingers, he gazed deep into her eyes. “If we are friends, I cannot understand. If you are my woman, I understand and wish I could spare you this distress.”
A tear escaped her lashes. “Oh, Eyrael, I don’t know what I’m doing here, scarcely know who I am, but I do know there’s no way back home.”

Buy link: https://www.amazon.com/Summoning-Ancient-Gods-Book-ebook/dp/B075ZJWS9J/

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Other books:
Love For Sale
Gambler’s Choice
Morgan D’Arcy: A Vampyre Rhapsody
Gylded Wings
Her General in Gray
The Summoning
Sinner’s Obsession
Cardinal Desires

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