Love,
Alchemy
by
Eden Ashley
Genre:
Paranormal Romance, Suspense
Daveigh
Little is preparing for college, planning to leave behind the tiny
hick town she’s spent her entire life in once and for all. But
plagued by troubles at home and school, Daveigh makes a series of bad
choices that land her in hot water with a local kingpin. Suddenly,
people around her are dying and Daveigh finds herself on the
run.
And
then there’s Ethan. Fresh out of the academy, Ethan Remington
represents the authority Daveigh has come to despise, but she is
inexplicably drawn to the handsome rookie of few words. From the
first moment she laid eyes on him, Daveigh knew Ethan was different.
She just didn’t realize how different. Reasons of his own have led
Ethan into the tangled strands of danger within the town of
Harpey…but those reasons aren’t nearly as mysterious as Ethan’s
origins or the irresistible passion between them.
**Contains
Mature Content**
The rusted chains squeaked in rhythm with the
swing’s low arc. Somewhere in the distance, a raven cawed. Leaves fluttered
about in a crisp breeze, adding soft whispers to the existing melody. Davey sat
and let momentum propel her higher, trying to quell the thunder inside her mind
as she thought of how things used to be.
Palmer hadn’t taken her home. Davey would
never allow that. Instead, he dropped her off at the old, abandoned home of a
dead woman who everyone in town used to love. A trail in the backyard twisted
through the woods for about a mile and then ended in Resting Pines, a trailer
park containing over a dozen single-wide mobile homes all in desperate need of
repair. Every day, just as dark started to fall, Davey abandoned her thoughts
and the swing set to take the path to trailer number six.
“Hello.”
She hadn’t heard anyone walk up, so when the
male voice called out the low greeting, Davey was startled. She turned around,
saw the navy blue uniform, and almost bolted. Her eyes narrowed in recognition,
but she didn’t relax. “No one’s breaking the law around here,” she said. “You
can go away.”
The cop kept walking toward her. His mirrored
aviators hung from his shirt pocket, so this time, Davey could see his eyes.
They were a deep grey and reminded her of a sky considering a heavy rain. He
was fairly tall. It was easy to see that his uniform hid a well-muscled body,
one that probably looked damn hot naked. Had Remington not represented the type
of authority Davey loathed, she might have considered him good-looking.
Losing interest, she turned in the swing. The
cop was unwelcome, so Davey intended to ignore him. If he didn’t take the hint
and go, she would. It was getting close to dark anyway.
Again, his voice broke through her thoughts.
“What is a creeper?”
Davey started to spin around until she
realized Remington was already in front of her. “Dude, what’s your problem?”
“As of right now, all systems are functioning
normally.”
“You sound like a freaking robot.”
Laughing easily, Remington crouched down. It
put him below eye-level, since she was still sitting in the swing. “Sorry.” He
ran a hand through a high-fade of thick, dark brown hair. “I’m straight out of
officer training. Before that it was military school. I may seem a bit stiff at
times.”
Davey nodded slowly. “You’re a rookie.”
“Yes.”
“Great.” She pasted an unfriendly smile onto
her face. “That’s exactly what this town needs.”
“I sense you are being sarcastic.”
“Wow. You’re probably going to make detective
soon.”
For a moment, his brow creased in confusion.
Then Remington looked away.
Davey regretted making fun of him. He really didn’t
seem like a bad guy.
“Look,” she said, “it’s nothing personal. Today has just
been kind of tough.
That’s all.”
“Today has been rough for me as well. The
department likes to have fun with the new kids.”
Glancing at the sky, Davey stood up. It was
time to go. Officer Remington got to his feet as well. His grey eyes held her
in place. “I didn’t mean to disturb you.”
She studied him for a long time. “A creeper is
someone who does weird stuff like watch people sleep or bring up crazy stuff
normal people wouldn’t talk about.”
He grinned. “Or stares at someone for extended
periods of time?”
Maybe Remington wasn’t so clueless. Davey
resisted the smile tugging at her mouth. “Yeah,” she replied shortly and
started walking toward the trail.
“What’s your name?” he called.
Davey turned but kept walking backward. “If I
meet you again, I’ll tell you.”
She had no idea she would see Officer
Remington again before the night ended.
After
graduating first in her class at the University of Smartassery, Eden
moved to a small, sunny town in SC where thunderstorms have inspired
her best ideas. When not daydreaming about her next novel, Eden can
be found curled up with a musty old paperback and a cup of
coffee...or mired deeply in her next plot to take over the world. She
enjoys reading or watching anything with supernatural elements, so
writing paranormal and fantasy is a natural fit.
Her
Amazon Bestselling series begins with DARK SIREN, a suspenseful
paranormal romance that possesses a unique mythology--having gained
praise from Publisher's Weekly for it's passion and complexity.
Banewolf, Blood Chained, and Primed Son complete the saga.
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