Because Morgan was the first character to “speak” to me, this book is special. To celebrate its release, I will give one commenter a PDF of Sinners’ Opera.
Morgan D’Arcy: A Vampyre
Rhapsody
By Linda Nightingale
From The Wild Rose Press
Cover Artist: Debbie Taylor
Editor: Callie Lynn
Wolfe
A titled
lord, concert pianist, and … vampire, Morgan D’Arcy has everything he
wants…except what he most desires…the woman of his dreams—the search is on.
Rating: Spicy
Digital Price: $3.99
Print Price: $13.99
Blurb ~
“…Morgan…is a tour de force of egotism, wit, sensuality, and talent…” ~Author Toni V. Sweeney
“Morgan D’Arcy is a class act and the most arresting vampire I’ve ever encountered in literature or films.” ~ Historical and Paranormal Romance Author Beth Trissel
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Excerpt
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Never
Goodbye
Isabeau,
my Isabeau.
Isabeau with blonde-streaked brown hair
and the most beautiful purple eyes. How could she forget me so quickly and
return to that bastard? Dark-haired,
dark-eyed John Payne—my complete opposite—was my sworn enemy. One day soon,
he’d die.
The Grim Reaper—with fangs—would teach him
that Isabeau was mine.
I’d been present at her birth, had chosen
her to be my wife in that moment, and had watched over her as her guardian
angel. She’d been the most exquisite blonde child.
I’d influenced her career choice and
financed her education by grants through anonymous foundations. I’d even bought
her a white Andalusian horse. These things I’d given her. She’d given me more
than I’d ever dreamed. To this unknown bargain,
Isabeau had brought beauty, grace, and a vast intelligence. As a geneticist,
she could find a cure for the fatal gene of madness that all progeny of
vampires and mortals suffered. She had the required vampire DNA, mine in fact,
but she didn’t know about the flawed chromosome. It was tragedy that she’d
driven me away before I could confess.
Isabeau had been born in Beaufort, South
Carolina. Her parents were friends that I’d chosen carefully to breed my future
bride. She’d attended the College of Charleston, one of the finest Ivy League
universities, and returned to Charleston when LifeGen, a genetics firm, offered
her a position.
I’d given her my heart, unconditionally,
and she’d broken it. After she banished me from her life, she returned my
letters, deleted my emails, and refused my phone calls. Why? She’d discovered
how I shaped her life and accused me of manipulating her.
For the thousandth time, I lifted a phone
to my ear to make a hopeless call. This time, I was in Charleston. She wouldn’t
recognize the number as I was ringing her from my hotel room.
“Hello.” Her voice! Music to my ears.
For a moment, I couldn’t speak, then I
took a deep breath, and plunged. “Isabeau, you must talk with me.”
“Morgan, I’ve made it perfectly clear that
I never want to hear from you again.” Anger stained her voice a shade deeper.
I imagined her in her sunshine yellow
kitchen, leaning against the granite counter, coffee brewing and filling the
room with its rich scent. Isabeau was tall and beautiful with a captivating
smile. At the moment, unfortunately, she’d be frowning.
God, how I missed her! She was my light—I
her dark—two pieces of a soul.
“Please, don’t ring off.” I paced the confines
of my hotel room. “I’m in Charleston. I want to see you.”
“I have a date,” she said coolly.
A vision of Isabeau dressed for a night
out on the town blinded me. Was she wearing one of the lovely dresses I’d given
her while we lived our idyll in my house on the Battery? The Rover House
overlooked the ocean. She’d left her Orange Street home to come to me. For five
short months, we’d lived in a dreamlike state of bliss...together at last.
“A date with that bastard John Payne.” My
hand fisted at my side. I wanted to strike something or someone. Tonight, the
Royal Pain would join his ancestors.
“It’s none of your business.”
“You’re carrying my child, Isabeau. That
makes it my business.” I washed to a halt by the bed. “You love me.”
Buy Link: Morgan
D’Arcy: A Vampyre Rhapsody
Author
Bio ~
Born in South Carolina, Linda has
lived in England, Canada, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Atlanta and Houston.
She’s seen a lot of this country from the windshield of a truck pulling a horse
trailer, having bred, trained and showed Andalusian horses for many years.
Linda has won several writing
awards, including the Georgia Romance Writers Magnolia Award. She is the mother of two wonderful sons, a
retired legal assistant, member of the Houston Symphony League, and enjoys events
with her car club. Among her favorite
things are her two marvelous sons, a snazzy black convertible, and her parlor
grand piano. She loves to dress up and
host formal dinner parties.
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Book Video:
Other Reads by Linda Nightingale:
Gemini Rising – Controversial Dark Fantasy with
deep psychological undertones
