Dianne Duvall - Phantom Shadows

Bastien quirked an eyebrow. “So?”

“Every room, huh?”

A slow smile spread across his handsome features. “Every room.” He lifted her into his arms and started up the steps.

She wrapped her own arms around his neck. “Did you really know before the network was attacked that you wanted to spend the rest of your life with me?”

“I may have fantasized about it a time or two. Or twenty. I just couldn’t let myself believe that you would want to spend the rest of yours with me. Especially after you were transformed. Eternity is a long time.”

She pressed her lips to his in a tender kiss. “Then I’ll have plenty of time to convince you I love you.”

He kissed her hard. “I don’t know what the hell you see in me, Melanie, but I am so glad you see it. I never thought I would be happy again.”

“Are you happy?”

“Yes. With you.”

She claimed his lips once more, stroked them with her tongue, heard his heartbeat pick up its pace.

He groaned. “I’d be happier if I could get the front door open without splintering it. Where the hell are those keys?”

Grinning, she dangled them in front of his face, then unlocked the front door. “Which room do you want to break in first?”

He opened the door and stepped inside.

Melanie flipped on the light switch just inside the door, illuminating a lovely living room.

Bastien grinned. “How about the living room?”

Melanie laughed as he kicked the door shut and headed for a nice, long, cushy sofa.

In this dazzling, sensual novel, Dianne Duvall beckons readers into a world of vampires, immortals, and humans with extraordinary gifts . . . where passion can last forever, if you’re willing to pay the price . . .

Once, Sarah Bingham’s biggest challenge was making her students pay attention in class. Now, after rescuing a wounded stranger, she’s landed in the middle of a battle between corrupt vampires and powerful immortals who also need blood to survive. Roland Warbrook is the most compelling man Sarah has ever laid hands on. But his desire for her is mingled with a hunger he can barely control . . .

In his nine centuries of immortal existence, no woman has tempted Roland as much as Sarah. But asking her to love him is impossible—when it means forfeiting the world she’s always known, and the life he would do anything to protect . . .

Dianne Duvall portrays a world of temptation, loyalty, and heartbreak . . . a world where danger and desire walk hand in hand . . .

Ami isn’t much for trusting strangers. She has a hard time trusting anyone. But she’s no coward, and she’s no pushover in the protection department either. So when she comes across a mysterious warrior taking on eight deranged vampires on his own, she doesn’t hesitate to save his bacon. Of course, that was before she realized what one little rescue would get her into . . .

Marcus Graden has been an Immortal protector of humanity for eight hundred years, and he’s not interested in backup. From the moment Ami arrives in his life, he can’t deny that she’s strong, smart, and extremely skilled at watching his back. But she’s also destroying his protective solitude and stirring desires he can’t bear to awaken. After all, whatever her secrets—how can she defeat death itself?

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Copyright © 2012 by Leslie Duvall

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