Story Sample: Bad To The Bone by CJ England

Title: Bad To The Bone

Author: CJ England

Blurb:

With a little ghostly help, two new lovers find the promise of eternal love.

Haley Addams has dreamed her whole life of learning the art of dance well enough to become a teacher and pass the joy of the craft on to her students. And when she is given the chance to hone her skills in the beautiful city of Prague in the Czech Republic, she’s overwhelmed with excitement. That is…until the dreams start. Sexy, heart-pounding visions of two young lovers enjoying their wedding night.

Aleš Rynt has lived his whole life in the shadow of the Sedlec Oussary. As the great-great-great-great-great grandson of František Rint, the imaginative artist who created the elaborate and macabre bone sculptures in the “Bone Church”, he’s always felt a part of the small quiet chapel. But for the last few months he can’t seem to fight the compulsion to visit every day. And after a beautiful American woman faints at his feet, he’s really glad he didn’t try.

Blindsided by inexplicable attraction, Haley and Aleš are shocked to realize her dreams and his compulsions are connected. Suddenly, a door is opened into the Ethereal world, and their lives become entangled with two spirits who desperately need their help. And as the couples work together to battle a six centuries old curse, they all discover that the promise of everlasting love is the only thing truly worth fighting for.

Excerpt:

“I am glad you are here with me,” he ventured, seeing the softness in her eyes. “I like you very much, Haley Addams.”

Her smile was slow and just a little bit seductive, as if she were testing the waters. “I like you too, Aleš Rynt.”

Kiss her.

The whisper almost made him jerk back, but he fought the instinctive urge. No, he wasn’t going to back off now. He wanted to kiss Haley. And whisper or not, that was exactly what he was going to do.

His lips brushed over hers, once, twice, and then he waited to see if she wanted him to continue. The throaty hum she made as she licked her lips as if tasting him, had his cock hardening in an instant.

“Oh yes,” she murmured. “Kiss me again. I have been waiting for so long.”

“By my lady’s command,” he muttered back, then wondered where the words had come from.

Their lips met again and the heat building between them flared out of control. Their mouths clung together as the kiss became more demanding. Tongues teased and hands explored until lost in passion, Aleš picked Haley up and backed her against one of the stone walls.

And that was when everything changed.

One moment, Aleš was holding Haley in his arms, the next they were lying in a tangled pile of bedclothes, his heart racing and his body shaking with a need he’d never before felt in his life.

He looked down at Haley, but it wasn’t Haley. Yet it was. Her face kept changing, rippling, like it was beneath the water. He opened his mouth to speak, and without warning, all control, all power was ripped away from him.

Suddenly it was like watching a movie. One where he was the main character, but someone else was reading his lines. And that’s when Aleš realized what he’d seen hadn’t been a delusion. The girl was real, and it was her lying in his arms. And he had the sneaking suspicion that he’d finally met Haley’s mysterious Vincenc.

He was the one who’d taken over Aleš’ body.

* * * * *

Vincenc blinked and shook his head, disoriented and dizzy. One moment he’d been watching the man, Aleš kiss the young maiden, Haley, and then it was as if he’d been spun through a maelstrom of shadow and light. But what had happened? Where was he? He looked around him, recognizing the inn where he’d spent his wedding night. His heart raced. Could it be? Would God be so kind?

Was he back among the living?

“Vincenc!”

He jerked in surprise and looked down at who lay beneath him in the bed. He hadn’t been aware of anyone until that instant, but astonishment rolled through him, making his head spin again. Suddenly, all was right with his world.

It was she. The woman he loved beyond all measure.

“Janička?” He shook his head again and cupped her face with an unsteady hand. “Is…is that you?”

Tears slid from her azure eyes. “It is I, my beloved.” She put her arms around him and hugged him close. “It has been so long. So very long.”

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