Heavenly Desire by J. L. Sheppard
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Will he sacrifice his
wings for a woman he loves but can never keep?
Clyde, an angel,
battles the one thing he believes will lead to his fall from heaven—his new
found emotions, forbidden among his kind. Nonetheless, the Angel Lords promise
to promote him to warrior when he completes his last assignment—to find Jade.
When he does, emotions he never knew possible arise. For the first time in two
thousand years, he cursed his existence. Knowing she can never be his, will he
sacrifice his wings for a woman he loves but can't keep?
Excerpt:
He bent toward her,
wrapped one arm around her waist, the other around her back, then buried his
face in the crook of her neck and inhaled. Relishing the feel of her body
melded against his, he forgot the worries consuming him. She soothed his ache
with a mere touch, with a mere embrace.
Exactly what he’d
wanted, exactly what he needed.
She then pressed her
full lips against his cheek, kissing him lightly. An innocent kiss. There was
no passion behind it, but an unconscious consuming need, one he’d never felt,
swelled inside him—desire. It was exciting, overwhelming and terrifying,
blocking logic and reason. All he wanted now was a single kiss. All he could
think about was how her soft lips would feel pressed against his.
Marvelous, he
concluded.
It was absurd to want
what he did and feel what he felt, for he was an angel. Carnal desires even as
insignificant as kisses were for others, for all others except his breed, and
yet he felt it so deeply it seared him.
The desire that
gripped him didn’t release him even after she unhooked her arms from around his
neck, and the warmth of her body melted away. There he stood, immobile,
battling the desire she’d sparked. He didn’t want to leave yet knew he had to
before he’d acted out his longing.
He willed his body to
move. Finally, he placed one foot behind the other, stepped back and strode
away praying the yearning he had no right to feel for a woman who would never
be his would soon subside.
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Author Bio:
J.L. Sheppard was born and raised in Miami, Florida where she still lives with her husband and son. As a child, her greatest aspiration was to become a writer. She read often, kept a journal and wrote countless poems. She attended Florida International University and graduated in 2008 with a Bachelors in Communications. During her senior year, she interned at NBC Miami, WTVJ. Following the internship, she was hired and worked in the News Department for three years. It wasn’t until 2011 that she set her heart and mind into writing her first completed novel, Demon King’s Desire, which was published in January of 2013. Besides reading and writing, she enjoys traveling and spending quality time with family and friends.
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