Summer started to head back to the pavilion when she heard what sounded like someone whispering her name. She turned around until she heard it again, and then moved in that direction.
“Hello? Is someone there?”
She stepped over a fallen tree trunk and moved through a small sea of fern toward a thicket of firs, the soft-needled trees perfuming the air with the smell of Christmas.
“Hello? It’s Summer.”
A pair of hard hands seized her from behind, and hauled her up against a broad chest as a damp, smelly cloth came over her nose and mouth. She looked up to see Michael’s green eyes fill with regret.
“I am sorry, my Beauty,” he told her as her vision began to gray. “But you must come back to me now.”
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Summer’s story continues in STOLEN: Book Two of the Silver Wood Coven Series, available now.
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Book 2 Excerpt:
STOLEN
Silver Wood Coven Book Two
“That’s right, you’re a warrior-priest. You’re not allowed to have fun at all.” Suddenly furious, Summer went to him. “Or have you decided to break your vow of celibacy, Michael? Is that really why you brought me back?”
He went rigid as he looked over her head. “I can never be with you. I belong to the order.”
Summer slapped him, and as the pain of it blazed over her palm and up her arm, she watched the red mark of her hand appear and then fade almost instantly from his cheek. She couldn’t hurt him, and knew he wouldn’t strike back. But thinking straight took a back seat to her temper, which went from seething to nuclear so quickly she thought she might explode.
“I don’t care about your order, or your vows, or your prissy rules.” She shoved his chest, which was like trying to push over a brick wall. “And you’re lying. You’re not afraid of them. You’re afraid of me.”
Now his gaze dropped to her face, and his mouth tightened. “Go back to bed.”
“Sure, no problem. I like your bed. The silk sheets feel amazing.” She traced a rough heart shape over his sternum with a shaking finger. “Why don’t you join me? Isn’t that what you really want?”
“Summer.” He sounded like he was grinding his molars together now. “Enough.”
“You could have had me before you sent me away. But that’s all right. I was with your friend, Major Atwater, at Silver Wood. Several times.” Her hand flew up to his neck as she pressed closer. “Would you like to hear what Troy did to me? Maybe it will give you something new to think about the next time you take matters into your own hands.”
His big hands clamped on her shoulders as if to thrust her away, but his fingers moved against her skin with caressing gentleness. The practiced indifference faded from his features as he tugged down the straps of her bra.
His touch sent an explosion of sensations through her.
“I dreamt of you with him,” he said, his voice growing deeper and rougher. “I watched you pleasuring him with your mouth.” He cupped her chin to lift her face, and stroked his thumb across her lips, parting them to test the edge of her teeth. “I watched while I buried myself in your wet, hot softness.” He slipped his other hand between her legs, pressing his fingers against her. “Here.”
Summer felt the anger inside her shifting into a different heat, one that flooded into her breasts and burned down into her lower belly.
“Don’t fool with me, Paladin.” She used Troy’s nickname for him deliberately, to remind him of the other man in her life. “I’m not going to walk away again.”
“You asked what I wanted.” He began mapping her face with his mouth, his fingers sliding into her hair, his palm stroking over her thigh and hip to settle at her waist. “It’s you, Beauty. I want you. Only you. Always you.”
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MORE BOOKS BY HAZEL HUNTER
THE SILVER WOOD COVEN SERIES
Though she’s taken the name given her by a kind stranger, Summer can no more explain waking up homeless and covered in blood, than she can the extreme attraction drawing people to her. Amnesiac, confused, and frightened, she’s not even aware that she’s a witch. But help arrives in two very different forms: the cool and restrained Templar Michael Charbon and his centuries-long friend Wiccan Major Troy Atwater.
Rescued (Silver Wood Coven Book One)
Stolen (Silver Wood Coven Book Two)
United (Silver Wood Coven Book Three) coming soon!
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THE CASTLE COVEN SERIES
Novice witch Hailey Devereaux had resolved to live life as an outsider. Possessed of a unique Wiccan ability, her own people shun her. But that all ends when two very different men enter her life: the brooding Major Kieran McCallen and Coven Master Piers Dayton. But their training and tests are only the beginning. As she struggles to fulfill her destiny and find her place in the world, Hailey also discovers love.
Found (Castle Coven Book One)
Abandoned (Castle Coven Book Two)
Healed (Castle Coven Book Three)
Claimed (Castle Coven Book Four)
Imprisoned (Castle Coven Book Five)
Sacrificed (Castle Coven Book Six)
THE MAGUS CORPS SERIES
Meet the warlocks of the Magus Corps, sworn to protect Wiccans at all costs. As they find and track fledgling witches, it’s a race against an ancient enemy that would rather see all Wiccans dead. But where danger and intimacy come together, passion is never far behind.
Dominic (Her Warlock Protector Book 1)
Sebastian (Her Warlock Protector Book 2)
Logan (Her Warlock Protector Book 3)
Colin (Her Warlock Protector Book 4)
Vincent (Her Warlock Protector Book 5)
Jackson (Her Warlock Protector Book 6)
Trent (Her Warlock Protector Book 7)
THE SECOND SIGHT SERIES
Join psychic Isabelle de Grey and FBI profiler Mac MacMillan as they hunt a serial killer in the streets of Los Angeles. Even as their search closes in on the kidnapper, they discover not only clues, but a fiery passion that quickly consumes them.
Touched (Second Sight Book 1)
Torn (Second Sight Book 2)
Taken (Second Sight Book 3)
Chosen (Second Sight Book 4)
Charmed (Second Sight Book 5)
Changed (Second Sight Book 6)
THE EROTIC EXPEDITION SERIES
Travel the world in these breathless tales of erotic romance. Each features a different couple in fast-paced tales of fiery passion. But reader beware of cliffhangers and high-strung suspense.
Arctic Exposure Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Desert Thirst Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Jungle Fever Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Mountain Wilds Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Island Magic Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
THE ROMANCE IN THE RUINS NOVELS
Explore the ancient world and the new in these standalone novels of erotic romance. Each features a hero and heroine who come together against all odds, in exotic and remote settings where danger and love are found in equal measure.
Words of Love
Set in the heartland of the ancient Maya.
Labyrinth of Love
Set on the ancient Greek island of Crete.
Stars of Love
Set in the rugged Pueblo Southwest.
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