{"id":1478,"date":"2016-10-30T01:05:41","date_gmt":"2016-10-30T05:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kate-hill.com\/compellingbeastsblog\/?p=1478"},"modified":"2016-10-24T15:06:44","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T19:06:44","slug":"story-sample-bad-to-the-bone-by-cj-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/compellingbeastsblog\/2016\/10\/30\/story-sample-bad-to-the-bone-by-cj-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Story Sample: Bad To The Bone by CJ England"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"cjebadtothebone\"Title:<\/strong>\u00a0Bad To The Bone<\/p>\n

Author:<\/strong>\u00a0CJ England<\/p>\n

Blurb:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0With a little ghostly help, two new lovers find the promise of eternal love.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u2019s overwhelmed with excitement. That is\u2026until the dreams start. Sexy, heart-pounding visions of two young lovers enjoying their wedding night.<\/p>\n

Ale\u0161 Rynt has lived his whole life in the shadow of the Sedlec Oussary. As the great-great-great-great-great grandson of Franti\u0161ek Rint, the imaginative artist who created the elaborate and macabre bone sculptures in the \u201cBone Church\u201d, he\u2019s always felt a part of the small quiet chapel. But for the last few months he can\u2019t seem to fight the compulsion to visit every day. And after a beautiful American woman faints at his feet, he\u2019s really glad he didn\u2019t try.<\/p>\n

Blindsided by inexplicable attraction, Haley and Ale\u0161 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.<\/p>\n

Excerpt:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI am glad you are here with me,\u201d he ventured, seeing the softness in her eyes. \u201cI like you very much, Haley Addams.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her smile was slow and just a little bit seductive, as if she were testing the waters. \u201cI like you too, Ale\u0161 Rynt.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Kiss her.<\/em><\/p>\n

The whisper almost made him jerk back, but he fought the instinctive urge. No, he wasn\u2019t going to back off now. He\u00a0wanted<\/em>\u00a0to kiss Haley. And whisper or not, that was exactly what he was going to do.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh yes,\u201d she murmured. \u201cKiss me again. I have been waiting for so long.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBy my lady\u2019s command,\u201d he muttered back, then wondered where the words had come from.<\/p>\n

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, Ale\u0161 picked Haley up and backed her against one of the stone walls.<\/p>\n

And that was when everything changed.<\/p>\n

One moment, Ale\u0161 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\u2019d never before felt in his life.<\/p>\n

He looked down at Haley, but it wasn\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n

Suddenly it was like watching a movie. One where he was the main character, but someone else was reading his lines. And that\u2019s when Ale\u0161 realized what he\u2019d seen hadn\u2019t been a delusion. The girl was real, and it was her lying in his arms. And he had the sneaking suspicion that he\u2019d finally met Haley\u2019s mysterious Vincenc.<\/p>\n

He was the one who\u2019d taken over Ale\u0161\u2019 body.<\/p>\n

* * * * *<\/p>\n

Vincenc blinked and shook his head, disoriented and dizzy. One moment he\u2019d been watching the man, Ale\u0161 kiss the young maiden, Haley, and then it was as if he\u2019d 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\u2019d spent his wedding night. His heart raced.\u00a0\u00a0Could it be? Would God be so kind?<\/p>\n

Was he back among the living?<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cVincenc!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

He jerked in surprise and looked down at who lay beneath him in the bed. He hadn\u2019t been aware of anyone until that instant, but astonishment rolled through him, making his head spin again. Suddenly, all was right with his world.<\/p>\n

It was she. The woman he loved beyond all measure.<\/p>\n

\u201cJani\u010dka?\u201d He shook his head again and cupped her face with an unsteady hand. \u201cIs\u2026is that you?\u201d<\/p>\n

Tears slid from her azure eyes. \u201cIt is I, my beloved.\u201d She put her arms around him and hugged him close.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIt has been so long.\u00a0\u00a0So very long.\u201d<\/p>\n

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