Intuition
Psychic
Crossroads
Book
Two
Anna
Durand
Genre:
paranormal romance
Publisher:
Jacobsville Books
Date
of Publication: 6/15/2015
ISBN:
978-1-934631-71-3
ISBN:
978-1-934631-74-4
ASIN:
B00XK88MB8
Number
of pages: 270
Word
Count: 106,000
Cover
Artist: Lisa A. Shiel,
Five
Rainbows Services
Book
Description:
Book
2 in the multi-award-winning Psychic Crossroads series
Ultimate
power comes at the ultimate price.
Torn
apart by their haunted pasts, Grace Powell and her fiancé David
Ransom are struggling to reclaim their passionate bond. She yearns
for a normal life — one without danger and paranormal powers —
but David can't renounce his obsession with hunting down rogue
scientist Karl Tesler, who abducts and tortures psychics. David
endured Tesler's tactics himself, but despite what Grace believes,
he's not out for revenge.
Tesler
covets her unprecedented abilities and her connection to a vast and
mysterious source of psychic energy known as the Golden Power. He
will stop at nothing to possess her, and David will do anything —
even abandon and lie to her — to protect Grace from the mad
scientist.
With
a psychic stalker on her trail, Grace charges into a desperate
mission to uncover the truth about David's obsession and his secret
past. But Tesler's agents are closing in on her, and a terrifying new
enemy is rising…
As
events drive Grace and David toward a battle of epic proportions,
they must risk everything — their relationship, their lives, and
even their souls — to defeat an enemy who wields unspeakable
psychic power. Can a bond borne of true love save them, and the
world?
Excerpt:
Grace
Powell slammed the front door. The cool air inside the house flushed
away the sultry October heat pasted to her skin. She stalked across
the living room, down the hall, and into the bedroom. She fumbled for
the light switch, her fingers slipping off the plastic. Dammit. No
one but David Ransom detonated her temper like this. She flicked the
switch, and light flooded the room. The bed stood empty, the sheets
crumpled at the foot.
They'd
fled the house in a near-panic, racing from their home to the
Cincinnati airport with tires screeching, all because of a
thirty-second phone call David received at one a.m. Another tip from
a questionable source. Another threadbare clue in his quest for
vengeance. Another search that yanked him away from Grace. Away from
their home, their life.
The
emptiness of the bed tore at her heart like tiny claws. Sharp. Hot.
Fresh tears pricked her eyes, and she gnawed her lip to stave off the
downpour. No crying.
She
fingered her engagement ring. A tear sneaked out of her eye to roll
down her cheek, painting a hot trail on her skin. No crying, dammit.
She
resisted the impulse to tap into their telepathic bond and check on
her fiancé. It was an invasion, one she understood all too well, but
how else could she know David was all right? She had to trust their
latent connection, however faint, to warn her. If he stumbled into
trouble, though, what could she do from here, over a thousand miles
away?
Her
heart clenched. Losing her parents ripped her world asunder. She
could not lose David too. Her head told her she wouldn't, yet the
fear chilled her down to the essence of her being.
She
trudged into the bedroom, kicking off her shoes. The lonely tear
crept into her mouth, infecting her tongue with a salty tang. She
tugged the cell phone out of her jeans pocket and tossed it onto the
bedside table. Her muscles, stiff and sore, begged for a rest. She
collapsed onto the mattress on her back. Her gaze hit the ceiling,
where little acoustic balls clung to the paint, stuck there against
their will. I know the feeling.
When
they'd reached the security checkpoint at the airport, she'd longed
to plead with David to stay. Instead, she cranked her lips into a
smile, pecked a kiss on his cheek, and all but shoved him through the
gate. Her stomach wrenched into knots recalling that moment, as he
strolled into the main terminal. When he paused to glance back, she
prayed he would change his mind. But he simply waved, then strode out
of sight.
Grace
rolled onto her side. Her nose bumped into David's pillow. She drew
in a long breath. The spiciness of his aftershave flooded her senses,
along with another scent—a subtle, masculine smell unique to David.
Indescribable. Delicious. Warmth suffused her, seeping into her heart
and mind, smoldering in parts of her that ached for him. She inhaled
another draft of his scent, her body responding as if he were there,
caressing her. He may drive her nuts at times, but…
Oh,
the way he kissed. Her lips tingled from the memory of it.
A
chill whispered over her skin. Every hair on her body stiffened. Her
sixth sense burst out of its slumber, clanging alarm bells in her
psyche. Someone is here.
She
bolted upright and whipped her head left and right. Nobody there. She
swung her legs off the bed and pushed up onto her feet, nabbing her
.357 Magnum revolver from the bedside table. A chill trickled down
her spine. Eyes watched. Invisible, ethereal, but real. She turned
toward the doorway. Nothing lurked there.
Why
couldn't she pin down the source of the sensation? Her paranormal
radar was blanked out, as if overwhelmed by input.
Psychic
energy crackled through her. Behind you. She whirled around,
thrusting the gun up, clamped in both hands, and confronted—
The
lamp.
Hell.
She'd let her unease blossom into paranoia. Nobody hunted her
anymore. Probably. Tesler wouldn't find her here.
Her
cell phone buzzed. A text message had arrived.
David.
She snatched up the phone, tapping the screen until the message
popped up. As she scanned the words, a shiver rattled through her.
"Come
to me," it said, "I can help you. 1325 Meroz Road."
She
didn't recognize the phone number the message came from, and no name
was given. Oh sure, she'd rush right out to the address texted to her
by an anonymous whackjob.
The
phone buzzed again. Another text message: "Your lip is
bleeding."
Her
lip? She dabbed a finger on her mouth. It came away wet. Blood
stained her skin. How did the texter know she bit her lip? Her heart
pounded. Without moving, she searched the shadows for a figure, a
camera, something to explain this, though she knew she'd find
nothing. A thick curtain shielded the window. The person sending the
messages could either see through solid objects or had another means
of viewing her. Extrasensory means.
The
phone tumbled from her hand, clattering on the floor.
No,
she was jumping to conclusions. An intruder must've stolen into the
house. With the revolver in hand, she sprinted out of the bedroom,
down the hallway, through the kitchen, and into the living room.
Vacant. All vacant. She rushed back to the bedroom and dug through
the closet, scoured the dresser, even dropped onto her belly to
investigate the space under the bed. No cameras. No stealthy
intruders. Not a damn thing. Which left her with one unthinkable
possibility.
Maybe
she should call the police.
What
for? They couldn't help her with this kind of problem.
"You
belong with me."
She
jumped. Her head smacked into the bed frame. She clutched the gun
tighter. Where had the voice come from?
No,
no, no, not again. Nausea swelled in her stomach, bile rising high in
her throat. The voice did not originate in this room, or from
outside. The source was much, much closer. Someone rammed the words
into her mind.
A
psychic intruder just hacked her brain.
About
the Author:
Anna
Durand is a multi-award-winning writer, a freelance librarian, and an
audiobook addict. She specializes in sexy romances, both paranormal
and contemporary, featuring spunky heroines and hunky heroes. In her
previous life as a librarian, she haunted the stacks of public
libraries but never met any hot vampires hunting for magical books.
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