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Tirgearr Publishing
Category:
Romance
Publisher: Tigrearr Publishing
ISBN-10: 9781476197791
Type: Fiction
Pages: 50
Copyright: May 2012
Ashley Quinn is fulfilling her dream of opening her own bookstore. In the heart of New Orleans, she finds the perfect location just off Bourbon Street, only to find the building is haunted by the ghost of the original owner, an 18th century notorious rake, Royce Kingston. Ashley has long-suffered haunting dreams of a young woman suffering incredible heartbreak, dreams that leave Ashley shaking and in tears on waking. When she learns she is the reincarnated woman from her dreams, it's up to her to break an ancient curse to save the man she'd loved so long ago, the same man who'd irreparably broken her heart-Royce!
Royce Kingston lived a reckless life. Women were attracted to him and he did nothing to dissuade them. He enjoyed wild nights of fun and flirtatious but momentary romance. He'd broken many hearts, but that was part and parcel of the kind of man he'd been. But he'd broken the heart of the wrong woman. She put him in the place in which he now found himself existing. Ironically, she is the only woman who can save him. He must prove he's worth giving a second chance. But unable to tell Ashley how to break the curse, he could find himself trapped between worlds. And time is running out.
Excerpt
New Orleans
Royce Kingston knew what the saying Hell on Earth meant. He'd been living this particular existence for over two hundred years. He wasn't dead but he wasn't living either.
That was actually the mother of all understatements!
Who knew the voodoo curse spat at him as he left a country party would come true? As they said nowadays, "Give me a break!"
But it had come true. One wretched decision made a lifetime…no…three lifetimes ago, and he was still paying for it in spades! He really enjoyed the clichés he managed to amass over the course of his ghostly lifetime.
He ground his teeth together as he watched the delectable Ashley sashay toward the door. Letting her leave with her friend was out of the question. She needed to pack up her belongings and then leave.
Scanning the room, he came up with the perfect way of getting her attention. He moved over to the bookcase near the door and flicked a few books from a shelf. In a blink, he returned to the back of the shop and watched the books fall onto the floor, directly in Ashley's path.
She jerked to a stop and gave a little yelp. "Did you see that?" Ashley pointed to the books on the floor. "There, do you see that?"
"Yeah, I did. Strange."
"Strange? It's more than strange. Those books didn't grow legs and hop onto the floor on their own. There's a ghost here, Sarah, I just know it. I need to get rid of it before it ruins my business."
The two women quickly scanned the room, but it was Ashley whose wide-eyed gaze halted in his direction. Her beautiful mouth dropped open.
For a moment, neither moved. Could she see him?
"Oh. My. God," she whispered as she put her hands to her lips. "It's you!"
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