On her
own since the day she turned eighteen and left the group home where she grew
up, twenty-five year old Alexa Ryan has made a comfortable life for herself.
She has a great job, the perfect apartment, every material possession a girl
her age could desire. Unfortunately, she also has an unusual condition that has
forced her to keep everyone at a distance.
Ethan
Kellar has spent his entire life running from destiny. When he was just a boy,
a powerful seer prophesied his role in events that would determine the outcome
of the secret war his people had been fighting for centuries. A role he was
determined not to accept, leading him to avoid letting anyone get too close,
until the night Alexa fell into his arms.
Drawn to
her in a way that he has never experienced, Ethan decides to take the ultimate
risk by trusting Alexa and revealing to her all that he truly is. Thinking she
is an ordinary woman, he believes that she could be his key to preventing the
prophecy from being fulfilled and allowing him to live the life he has always
wanted, one that he chooses. Having been so consumed with the desire to
determine the course of his own life he wants no less for Alexa and knows he
must tell her everything, give her a choice. Before that happens they surrender
to the intense physical attraction between them and he realizes too late that
in trying so hard to change his fate, he may have set the events of the
prophecy in motion.
In that
moment, Ethan makes the most difficult decision of his life and does the only
thing he can to save Alexa. He walks away.
Consumed
by grief, Alexa falls into a deep depression until she learns that her brief
encounter with love resulted in a child and somehow finds the strength to put
herself back together for the sake of her baby Chloe.
Nearly
two years after Ethan walked out Chloe develops an unexplained illness that
sends Alexa in search of anything that can help. Her pursuit leads her back to
Ethan and thrusts her into his dark and mysterious world, unlocking the secrets
of her past and revealing threats to their future. Together, Alexa and Ethan
fight to protect Chloe and their love, but there is one battle Ethan fights
alone as he struggles to choose his own path and avoid the choices of fate.
EXCERPT
“I am
sorry, Alexa. Please understand this is incredibly difficult for me.” He leaned
in and placed his forehead against hers. “I want you so badly right now, in
this moment, but I want you forever more. That is why we must wait.”
Well,
shit. Hearing that just made her want him even more. Maybe it was all just a
line of bullshit, some kind of reverse psychology to get her in bed, but it was
working.
Forgetting
her embarrassment she leaned her face up and pressed her mouth against his yet
again, then pulled away and said, “Please, Ethan,” another kiss, “please, I
want to be with you tonight.”
Before
she could blink he was over the center console kissing her fervently as he
pressed his knee between her legs sending a jolt of arousal through her.
And just
like that he pulled back, hovering over her and looking into her eyes while she
panted with desire.
“Alexa,
I cannot come up with you tonight.” Her expression became one of hurt and
confusion, until he continued, “But, I am going to make you cum with my mouth,
I must taste you.”
His
words and the hunger in his eyes were almost enough to send her over the edge.
And then
he crushed his mouth against hers, sliding his tongue inside as a promise of
what was to come when he moved between her legs.
PLAYLIST
1.
Ai
Du - Ali Farka Touré & Ry Cooder (this is the song playing the first time
Alexa and Ethan danced)
2. Glory Box - Portishead
3. Magic - Cobie Caillat
4. Feelin' Love - Paula cole
5. Dream A Little Dream of Me - The
Mamas & The Papas - (song Alexa sings Chloe to sleep with)
6. I Won't Give Up - Jason Mraz
7. Over You - Miranda Lambert
8. The Only Exception - Paramore
9. What if You - Joshua Radin
10. Come Away With Me - Nora Jones
11. Canon in D Major - Pachelbel
(wedding song)
FUN FACTS
1. I have a bright blue Harley Davidson Sportster
2. I've been skydiving
3. My birth name, before I was adopted, was Rosalinda
4. I used to show dogs, ranging from Pomeranians to Great Danes and currently own a Vizsla
5. I have never broken any bones, despite being a bit of a daredevil
6. When I was in 3rd grade, some 5th grade boys dared me to throw an egg out of the school bus window on our way back from the science Olympiad, it hit a car and I got 3 days of detention
7. I have been shocked with a police taser, twice
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ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
S.
Simone Chavous spent seven years as a tax accountant before deciding to pursue
her true passion as an author.
Choices
of Fate, the first book in the Fate Trilogy, is her debut novel.
She
lives in northern Indiana with her boyfriend, two beautiful daughters and their
rambunctious vizsla, Lily.
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