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His immortality is a double-edged sword of ultimate pleasure and blinding regret... Because of his betrayal of Phineas, one of the island Ancients, Alonzo was exiled from Mannos and the Brotherhood of the Midnight Pearl. After a century, he has learned to survive in alienation, serving as an acquisitor to the Brotherhood. Angel-Boy, a young man Alonzo rescued from the streets five years earlier, unearths an item originally fashioned on Mannos. Although the carved figurehead ushers in painful, bittersweet memories to Alonzo, he must possess it. Yet Angel-Boy wants only one thing in exchange for the valuable item... A single night in Alonzo’s bed. It surprises and excites Alonzo that the young man’s eagerness and unlearned prowess rivals any receiver skilled in the erotic arts on Mannos. But Alonzo has sworn he will never love another man. He’s already lost his soul, and he can’t afford to wager any more of his emotion if he is to survive this purgatory, one he must endure until Phineas forgives him for his transgressions. If that ever happens...
Author
Adrianna Dane (who also writes as Tess Maynard) has been putting pen to paper since the age of ten. She currently resides in the state of Washington and is a member of Romance Writers of America, EPIC. and Broaduniverse. The first defining love story Adrianna read back in junior high school was "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte, and that set her on the road to her long standing love affair with the romance genre. Her inspiration in writing often can be found by listening to song lyrics and reading poetry by such poets as Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Edgar Allen Poe, and Ranier Maria Rilke. But finding inspiration for her stories truly has no boundaries for Adrianna. She freely admits she is a romantic by nature and adding sensual heat to romance with a dusting of suspense is her motto. "Esmerelda's Secret" released by Amber Quill Press in June of 2004 was Adrianna's first book, and with that story and her subsequent books has firmly established herself as a voice within the sensual/erotic romance genre. Adrianna always looks forward to hearing from her readers and she may be contacted at adriannadane@yahoo.com. Find out more about her current releases as well as planned future releases and book signings by checking for updates at her website periodically. Don't forget to sign up for her newsletter, Torid Tidbits, at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adriann... and be automatically entered in her free drawings.
