Changed (Second Sight)
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She was dimly aware of the water stopping and the shower door opening. Though they were soaking wet, Mac laid her down on the comforter. The gray haze still shrouded her vision but she felt him settle down next to her. As the mattress dipped, she slipped into her spot next to him, just as Mac’s arm encircled her and pulled her close. Though tired, Isabelle couldn’t help but smile as she lay her head on his chest. Mac’s heart beat softly in her ear and she closed her eyes to the wonderful sound.
CHAPTER NINETEEN
AFTER A FEW minutes, Isabelle’s vision slowly cleared. The last light of evening had painted the room a cool hue of purple. Mac lay still next to her though she could tell from his breathing he wasn’t asleep either.
“It’s not exactly how I thought we’d spend our Sunday,” Mac said, as Isabelle curled tighter into the crook of his arm.
“Not exactly,” she said, still smiling, as his arm held her close.
He’d said they would stay in. Was that only this morning?
“And here’s what I think about the security clearance,” he said.
Though the tone of Mac’s voice hadn’t changed, Isabelle blinked at the sudden switch in topics.
“It’s not going to matter,” he said. “Not to us.” He lifted her chin to look up at him as he looked down at her. “And not to them.”
He must have seen her puzzlement.
“They don’t ask on the polygraph whether you live with a psychic or not,” he said quietly. “And, even if they did, they don’t believe in psychics.”
“But you and I–”
“Are together,” he said, his face serious. “Really together. No going back now.” He searched her face and she knew her eyes held what he was looking for. Something had changed–in her, in them. “There’s only going forward now,” he said. “No matter what that brings. And whatever that brings, we’ll deal with it–”
“Together,” she said.
From the moment they’d met, there’d hardly been time to be a couple. It’d been his work and hers, their two worlds colliding.
Maybe that’s just how it will always be.
“We’ll never be a normal couple,” Isabelle whispered, smiling a little. “And no amount of nachos on Olvera Street or hamburgers at Tommy’s is going to change that.”
Mac grinned and hugged her tight.
“Normal,” he said, “is overrated.”
Isabelle knew she had to be grinning but, when Mac’s stomach suddenly growled, she could barely suppress a laugh.
“Did you say hamburgers?” he said.
Isabelle started to get up.
“It’ll just take me a minute to dry my hair,” she said, but Mac didn’t let her go.
“One more thing,” he said, looking at her lips, then her hair, and finally her eyes. “Because of the second sight…” Isabelle went still, her every sense on edge, as the world turned slowly around them. “I assumed you’d know what I’m thinking or how I feel.” Mac paused. “But I realize I can’t take that risk.” He smiled then. “So, in case you missed it, I love you, Isabelle, and that’s not going to change.”
Isabelle looked down at him as if she’d never seen him, really seen him, until now. Happiness glinted in his eyes and a smile that was almost shy curved his lips. He was so utterly open, she looked right into him.
“What changes is us,” she whispered, closing the distance between them. “I love you too, Mac. Because I have to, because there’s no other way for me to be. Not anymore.”
Slowly, as her mouth softly melded with his, Isabelle smoothed her fingers over Mac’s chest.
She wouldn’t miss this reading for the world.
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SECOND SIGHT: TRILOGY ONE
Books 1, 2, and 3
TOUCHED
A Second Sight Novella
Book 1
In the world of Isabelle de Grey, eyesight isn’t the only way to see. Her psychic ability gives her a second type of vision. When she touches objects and people, she looks into their past. But her gift is equal parts curse. She has yet to find the lover who can accept the brutal truth of what she sees. Isolated and rejected, she is ready to leave Los Angeles and abandon her career when she meets FBI profiler Gavin “Mac” MacMillan.
Thrown together when the daughter of a mutual friend is abducted, Isabelle discovers that Mac could be the man who won’t push her away. Despite his controlled exterior, she senses a fevered passion in him that boils just below the surface. But as she and Mac give in to their desires and race to save a young girl, Isabelle must learn yet again that every touch has its price.
TORN
A Second Sight Novella
Book 2
Psychic Isabelle de Grey and FBI Special Agent Gavin “Mac” MacMillan are an improbable couple. But when her world of seeing into the past and his world of profiling criminals overlaps, an intense, sensual relationship quickly erupts. Despite bicoastal living arrangements, red-hot desire still consumes them both. Though Isabelle is thrilled that Mac is returning to L.A., her happiness is tempered by the grim reality they must face.
The serial killer who escaped them has struck again and kidnapped another young woman. Though Isabelle and Mac work together, he keeps their relationship hidden in order to preserve his job. As the investigation falters and the strain of secrecy takes its toll, Isabelle and Mac struggle to find a way forward. Despite the heated passion that explodes between them, hard decisions lay in store for the couple as they discover that every choice has its cost.
TAKEN
A Second Sight Novella
Book 3
Although psychic Isabelle de Grey and FBI Special Agent Gavin “Mac” MacMillan are most definitely a couple, they hadn’t counted on being together 24/7. But when a serial killer known as the Chameleon takes a special interest in Isabelle, Mac refuses to leave her side.
Though deeply in love, their relationship is put to the test when the FBI, against Mac’s wishes, asks Isabelle to act as a decoy. Although Isabelle is willing, the plan unwittingly plays into Mac’s darkest and secret fear. As their relationship strains to the breaking point and Isabelle’s life hangs in the balance, Mac finally understands that every predator must have their prey.
CHOSEN
A Second Sight Novella
Book 4
The Green Earth Commune isn’t all that it seems. When psychic Isabelle de Grey arrives, only her ability to read the past reveals something is terribly amiss. Though her instincts tell her to run, Isabelle can’t say no to a former friend in desperate need of help.
But the turmoil has just begun when FBI profiler Gavin “Mac” MacMillan arrives unexpectedly in Los Angeles. As the passion that has always claimed them heats to beyond boiling, Mac and Isabelle find themselves at a crossroads. Tugged in different directions while confronting both past and future, they find that, when it comes to choice, desire is all that matters.
CHARMED
A Second Sight Novella
Book 5
When psychic Isabelle de Grey discovers her ex-boyfriend is alive, nothing can stop her from finding him. But it seems that all roads lead to the Green Earth Commune and Mac has forbidden her from going. After shots were fired at them, it doesn’t take an FBI agent to know the secluded settlement is dangerous.
But disagreeing over her plans is the least of their worries as the reality of living together hits them both full force. Not what either of them had expected
, the closeness they’d been desperate for only serves to drive them apart. As the mystery of the commune draws them deeper into its web of lies, Isabelle feels she has no choice. Against Mac’s wishes, she plays a risky game, when the seducer is seduced.
CHANGED
A Second Sight Novella
Book 6
Though Isabelle and Mac struggle to settle into a new life together, the world seems set against it. Events at the Green Earth Commune take stranger and stranger turns, until neither of them can turn away. Something dark waits in the heart of the small community, though neither of them suspects the deadly truth.
But as psychic and FBI profiler work together, their personal lives stall. The danger of reading Mac too closely looms as a new danger that neither of them had foreseen. As their relationship approaches the brink, Isabelle and Mac can no longer deny that they must come together or they will come apart because there is no going back.
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