Do
you love action, romance, and fantasy all rolled into one? Love
strong heroines? Then check out Earthbound!
Earthbound
is a paranormal romance filled with angels and demons struggling to
find their way here on Earth.
Blurb
Her
healing touch could start a fire.
Ally
Reynolds is a veterinarian specializing in raptor rehabilitation in
New Hampshire. Other than one horrific incident in her childhood and
a little extra “spark” for healing in her hands, both of which
she has kept secret from even her best friend, her life has been
singularly boring. It has also been extremely lonely. Ally longs for
someone to share her life with, but how can she trust anyone with her
secret?
Matthew
Blake, an ornithologist at Cornell University, calls Ally, asking for
her help with an injured raptor. Matthew grew up in New Zealand and
has lived around the world. He has read about Ally’s high success
rates in raptor rehabilitation and suspects there is more to it than
is generally known.
Matthew
has some secrets of his own; he is a demon hunter. He suspects Ally’s
healing powers could benefit him. He wants her to join him and thinks
they’d make a great team.
Can
Ally trust him or is he just using her? Matthew definitely has more
secrets, and some of them are about Ally.
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Excerpt
“Doctor
Reynolds,” a male voice called out from across the room, pulling me
back to the present. It sounded somewhat familiar.
I
looked up, shielding my eyes from the afternoon sun shining in the
front window as a male figure strode toward me, blond hair haloed by
the light. He stopped in front of me.
Startled,
I rose to my feet and looked into a chiseled face, his eyes the
indeterminate blue green of sea glass like I’d collected along the
shoreline once as a teenager. His dark golden blond hair was short
and spiky, his lopsided grin pure perfection. He was gorgeous.
In
my experience, gorgeous men were not to be trusted. Well, no men
really were. Oh, all right, no one was, period.
“Doctor
Allyson Reynolds? I’m Doctor Matthew Scott Blake. I’m honored to
have you join us. I’ve read your articles in the Raptor Rehab
Newsletter.”
He
held out a hand, but when I put out mine to shake it, he simply
captured mine in his and placed his other hand over it. His eyes
flashed green with golden flecks in the sunlight.
“I’m
glad to be here,” I said, not at all sure I was anymore, as my
pulse sped up. “Please, call me Ally.”
“All
right, Ally it is.”
I
want to climb him like a tree. I swallowed, aghast at my own
thoughts. I’d only known him a few minutes.
His
hands were so warm. My mother’s voice played in my head, Gorgeous
men are dangerous, arrogant, and being involved with them will lead
to no good. I frowned.
“It’s
so good to see you…” he said. At my expression, he faltered and
cleared his throat. The wattage of his smile dimmed significantly. “I
mean, to meet you. I’ve been following your work since I arrived in
the States, in the newsletter.”
He
turned, drawing my hand through his arm. “Please, let me show you
around the facilities here.”
“Uh,
thank you,” I murmured, wondering how to tactfully withdraw my arm.
My attraction to him was overwhelming. At the same time, his overly
familiar attitude seemed a little odd.
A
tall woman, her long, brown hair in a ponytail, appeared at the
doorway through which Matt had arrived. She positively glowered at my
arm through Matthew’s. She wore work boots, khaki shorts, and a
sand colored polo shirt with the university logo, so I assumed she
worked there as well. She approached us and stopped several feet
away, then turned a bright smile on Matthew. “Hi, Matt. What brings
you down from the Ornithology Lab?”
“This
is Doctor Allyson Reynolds, the veterinarian and raptor
rehabilitation specialist I suggested to Rick we bring in to help
with the injured eagle from Sapsucker Woods.”
Shelly
took one more look at my arm entwined with Matthew’s then smiled
again at him. “Would you like me to show her around?”
He
paused a moment before replying. “That’s okay, Shelly. I can
handle it, I know my way. No need to take time out of your busy
schedule. I’ll just show Doctor Reynolds around, then bring her to
meet Rick. He’s the one overseeing the care of the eagle. Oh…”
He turned to me. “This is Doctor Shelly Madison, she’s a clinical
associate professor in zoo medicine.”
I saw
my chance and pulled my arm out of his, ostensibly to shake Shelly’s
hand. I murmured hello. She responded stiffly. Her behavior made more
sense to me than his. Why treat me like an honored guest? I was just
a vet who specialized in raptor rehab. I had been so anxious to get
out of town I’d jumped at the chance, but now there was one
question paramount in my mind—why had he called me? They were the
experts here.
“Now,
let’s show you around the animal hospital here.” His hands
clenched, his bicep bulging under his short sleeve as he tugged the
inner door to the offices open for me.
I
fought the urge to retreat a step. Here stood a warrior from medieval
legend. It would have been more appropriate for him to be dressed in
leather armor than a button-down, short-sleeved khaki shirt, but he
grabbed my hand and drew me around Shelly. “We’ll start in the
library.”
As
we walked, I had a stern conversation with my subconscious. Go
to Ithaca, you said. You’ll get away from anyone Jen wants to set
you up with, you said.
Matthew
squeezed my hand. I looked up to see him beaming at me. My stomach
lurched. I was out of the nest and free falling.
About
the Author
Melora
Johnson is a poet and novelist living in Upstate New York with her
husband,
daughter, a black cat, and quite a few chickens. Her most recent
published work includes A
Sanctuary Built of Words: Poems of Peace, Grief, and Passion,
and publication in The
Sexuality Poems from
Foothills Publishing. She also runs a large and thriving writer's
group for adults. Of course, into every life a little rain must fall
as well as the occasional tornado, but you'll find that amply covered
in her writing. Find out more about Melora and her writing on her
website www.melorajohnson.com
and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MeloraJohnson.Writer
or follow her on Instagram or Twitter @MeloraJohnson
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