For twenty years, Avant plotted revenge against the dark king,
but when a mysterious woman suddenly appears, everything changes. Although his
prophetic Gift reveals she's the Seed of Light chosen to restore the Crown, his
overwhelming attraction to the women threatens his long-held plan for revenge
and two decades of fidelity.
Abby Randall is inexplicably transported from Dallas to the
medieval land of Jastain. There she meets Avant, who claims she's the foretold
champion of his people. While the hot guy has her hormones pumping, his crazy
talk of defeating an evil king leaves questions to his sanity. Through his
supernatural Gift, Avant transplants his memories into her, but neither are
prepared for how their hearts intertwine.
Together they embark on their quest, but when Abby and Avant
come face to face with destiny, will they sacrifice what matters most to
provide a happily-ever-after for the people of Jastain?
Authors Bio:
Kary
Rader is a stay-at-home mother of three, avid reader and slave to the
characters and worlds inside her head.
Always
creative, she's drawn to stories with fantastical worlds and creatures. With a
little bit of magic and divine guidance, there isn't anything that can't be
accomplished with words. It's the power of words that creates and destroys.
Vanquishing
evil and injustice while finding eternal love in the process is all in a day's
work. And with the help of her critique partners and master cartographer
imaginary places come to life.
Excerpt:
When Avant climbed back to the cave, his hair
was wet. He'd slicked it back from his face and tied it into a little ponytail
with a leather string. The sexy shadow of a light beard softened his angular
jaw, and the thick waves of his hair shined with chestnut highlights in the
morning sun. It was a good look for him, but then again, what wasn’t? Abby ran
her fingers through her own tangled tresses and pulled her hair back. What she
wouldn't give for a hairclip.
“Would
you like a thong for your hair?”
She giggled at the word thong, certain that what she pictured was not what he referenced. “Do you have an extra one? I’d like to get it
out of my face, and I don’t have anything.” Actually she had her own thong,
but she sure as hell wasn't putting it in her hair.
He immediately unlaced the tie at the neck of
his shirt and handed it to her.
She gasped and put a hand to her face to hide
the heat in her cheeks as his shirt fell open below his breast bone. “You don’t have to do that.”
Her blood coursed wildly at the sight of the
smooth muscles of his chest. A soft sprinkling of dark hair beckoned her
fingers. She swallowed hard.
“It’s all right. Please use it. It will be a
hard day’s journey with hair in your face.” His words rang in her mind so sincerely she forgot her embarrassment,
but her eyes kept flitting to his heavenly chest.
“Thank
you, Avant, and not only for the lace but for everything you're doing to help
me.”
Holding her gaze, he nodded once, and her
heart fluttered. Was it getting warm in the cave? She wiped the beads of sweat
from her forehead.
“It is time to be off if we are to make it to
the next shelter before nightfall.” He picked up his pack and walked to the mouth of the cave. She grabbed
her bag and followed.
Climbing down proved to be more difficult than
going up. The muscles required to lower herself from one level to the next
worked her thighs and butt like no gym equipment she'd ever experienced. It was
like doing hours of squats. She trudged down the mountain with the previous
day's tumult weighting her down like the “freshman ten.” Avant helped her along
on the steeper steps, but, for the most part, she made them on her own,
clippity-clopping in those damned Docinis all the way.
When he reached the bottom, he disappeared
around an outcropping. Abby took the last little step to the base and hurried
after him. As she turned the corner, Avant grabbed her arm and spun her around.
Driving her back against the rock, he pressed the length of his rigid body
against her. His face, barely three inches from hers, clenched in thin lines of
stress. Her heart raced…with fear.
She was pretty sure it was fear.
