On the evening of Sofia Claremont's
seventeenth birthday, she is sucked into a nightmare from which she cannot
wake.
A quiet evening walk along a beach brings her face to face with a dangerous
pale creature that craves much more than her blood.
She is kidnapped to an island where the sun is eternally forbidden to
shine.
An island uncharted by any map and ruled by the most powerful vampire coven on
the planet. She wakes here as a slave, a captive in chains.
Despite his addiction to power and obsessive thirst for her blood, Sofia
Will she succeed? ...or is she destined to the same fate that all other girls
have met at the hands of the Novaks?
Read an Excerpt:
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I’d been walking along the sea shore for about an hour
when I suddenly sensed that I wasn’t alone. Someone was approaching me from
behind. My heart leapt. I was so sure it was Ben, that when a stranger showed
up beside me, I couldn’t hide my disappointment.
He must have noticed, because a smirk formed on his
lips. “Were you expecting someone else, love?”
I eyed him suspiciously, remembering how many times my
father told me not to talk to strangers. I looked him over from head to foot,
taking in his appearance. I held my breath. I couldn’t find words to describe
how fine a man he was. He was almost beautiful. The first thing I took notice
of was how his blue eyes were about three shades brighter than any I’d ever
seen before. It was such a stark contrast to his pale – almost white – skin and
his dark hair. I next noted how he was easily more than half a foot taller than
I was. His height, broad shoulders and lean build reminded me of Ben, but he
had a presence that was far more imposing than my best friend’s.
My gaze settled on his face.
I realized that he was inspecting me just as closely
as I was him. His eyes on me suddenly made me feel uncomfortably vulnerable. I
gave my father’s advice a second thought, but quickly canceled out all notions
of heeding to his counsel when I reminded myself that he stopped caring a long
time ago. I straightened to my full height and mustered all the courage I had
to keep myself from running away from this stranger.
Big mistake.
The confident smirk didn’t leave his face
for even a moment. “Like what you see?”
I frowned, annoyed by his audacity. “A bit full of
yourself, aren’t you?”
He stepped forward, closer to me, and leaned his head
toward mine. “Don’t I have the right to be?”
He knew he looked good and wasn’t about to act like he
didn’t.
“Whatever,” was my oh-so-brilliant comeback.
My shoulders sagged with defeat as I took a step back,
overwhelmed by how close he was. I rolled my eyes and did a one-eighty, not
quite in the mood to play whatever game this stranger was proposing.
I would soon realize that I was about to play his game
whether I liked it or not. He grabbed my arm and turned my body to face him.
The motion alone made every single internal alarm I had go off in a frenzy.
This man was danger and I knew it. I tried to wriggle
away from his touch, but I was no match for his strength.
“Tell me your name,” he commanded.
I was about to refuse, but was horrified to find
myself blurting out my name in response. “Sofia Claremont.”
He traced his thumb over my jaw line. “Hello, Sofia
Claremont. You’re one stupid girl for taking a walk alone at this time of
night. You never know what kind of evil a pretty little thing like you could
happen to come by.”
I found myself wondering exactly what kind of evil he
was. But I was suddenly overcome by the sensations that were surrounding me. My
senses took everything in at once. I heard the waves, felt the sand beneath my
feet, smelled the ocean salt, tasted the flavor of cherry on my lips and saw
the stranger’s manic appearance as he stuck a needle to my neck. The effect was
instant. I was barely able to gasp, much less scream. I went from sensing everything
to sensing absolutely nothing.
My last conscious
thought was that I may never see Ben again.
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