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THE MINALDI LEGACY Synopsis:
“I’m a monster, Eva. There’s no saving a monster. But I love that you want to try.”
Luca Minaldi is rich, powerful and mesmerizing. He’s also a reclusive
enigma. He lives in Malta, a fairy-tale place filled with sunshine and
sea, beauty and secrets. And Luca’s darkest of secrets is the best-kept
of them all.
Eva
Talbot moves to Malta to finish her doctoral dissertation in
Psychiatry. When she meets Luca, there is a very real and instant
attraction that she has never felt before. But even still, she senses
the darkness that lives within him.
Eva
is hired to care for Luca’s mother, a woman who suffers from dementia.
It is Luca, however, that Eva will eventually risk everything to save…
as the legacy that plagues him continues.
As
the darkness swirls ever more tightly around her, Eva realizes that no
matter how hard she tries, she might not be able to save Luca without
losing herself.
Eva
and Luca are thrust into a world where their love is tested and
darkness reigns. Amid chaos and treachery, love and hate, Luca and Eva
learn one important thing.
Love is dangerous.
But it also might be the one thing that can save them all.
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The
Minaldi Legacy consists of two parts, part one: Of Blood and Bone and
part two: Of Darkness and Demons. It contains adult themes and
content.
EXCERPT:
“Miss,
is everything alright?”
A
deep voice is calling from outside of my house. And before I can think
about it and remember that I don’t know anyone here and that a stranger really
shouldn’t be outside of my house, particularly in the middle of the night, I
answer.
“No.
I’m not.”
In
a scant moment, a man bursts into my bedroom.
He
looks startled to see that I am alone.
And
I am startled because he’s alarmingly handsome.
So
it appears that we are both startled as we stare at each other.
He’s
dark haired, tanned, and has dark eyes. His bangs are hanging artfully in
his eyes, although the hair on the back of his head is a little shorter.
It’s a style that works for him. He’s got broad shoulders, slim hips, chiseled
yet graceful features and Sweet Merciful Mary, he’s beautiful. He’s
dressed in jogging shorts and running shoes and a bead of sweat trickles down
his temple. I don’t even have time to wonder why he’s out for a run in
the middle of the night before I notice that he’s also got that sexy, day-old
stubble that I so love on a man.
I
swallow and realize that my mouth has gone dry.
“Are
you alright?” he asks, his eyes skimming over me, assessing the
situation. It’s a valid question. I had been screaming
bloody hell, after all.
I
nod. Then shake my head.
“Spider,”
I whisper.
His
dark eyes widen and he follows my pointing finger with his gaze.
Then
he laughs, husky and rich.
“Spider,”
he confirms with a nod, his dark eyes sparkling in amusement. “It looks
like you’ve got yourself a perfect specimen of the Writing Spider.”
“Writing
Spider?” I repeat, watching it nervously, making sure it doesn’t try to run
across the bedroom floor and up my leg. “Is it poisonous?”
Handsome
Running Guy nods solemnly.
“Oh,
it’s a known killer, alright.”
I
gasp and lurch even further away from the hairy creature on my bed and Handsome
Running Guy laughs.
“I’m
sorry. I’m only joking. I couldn’t resist. It’s not poisonous. I
think its scientific name is Black and Yellow Argiope, or something like
that. They are all over here. But you wouldn’t know that because
you’re not from here, are you?”
I
shake my head again, trying not to be overly enthralled with his charming
accent.
“Is
it that obvious?”
He
smiles and suddenly it seems like all natural sources of light are pouring into
my room, originating from this man. He’s got such a strong presence that
it makes my spine tingle. And my stomach is fluttering in a way that it
hasn’t fluttered since high school. Interesting.
He
shakes his head and then holds out his hand.
“Luca
Minaldi,” he tells me and his fingers are cool as he shakes my hand.
“Evangeline
Talbot,” I answer. “But my friends call me Eva.”
“It’s
nice to meet you,” and his eyes agree with him as he stares at me. “The
question now is would you like for me to kill your uninvited guest or should I
release him into the wilds?”
“Kill
it,” I say firmly. Slight disapproval passes over Luca’s face like a
shadow.
“Are
you certain?” he asks. “It’s an amazing specimen and they do eat
bugs. Bugs can get pesky here in Malta, Evangeline.”
“You
can call me Eva,” I answer. “And if we release it into the outdoors, he
might come back in.”
I
shudder again at that thought.
“True,”
Luca agrees. “And so might anyone else. Your door wasn’t
locked. And I can’t call you Eva. We’re not yet friends.”
ABOUT COURTNEY COLE:
Courtney Cole
is a novelist who would eat mythology for breakfast if she could. She
has a degree in Business, but has since discovered that corporate
America is not nearly as fun to live in as fictional worlds. She loves
chocolate and roller coasters and hates waiting and rude people.
Courtney lives
in quiet suburbia, close to Lake Michigan, with her real-life Prince
Charming, her ornery kids (there is a small chance that they get their
orneriness from their mother) and a small domestic zoo.
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