Touch of Desire (Ashwood Falls, #4.5)
By Lia Davis
Releases November 18th
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Blurb:
As the wolf senior enforcer, Torin Fisher’s job is to protect the
pack and each of its members. That includes the beautiful submissive wolf, Cora
Rivers. He’s known for a while she belongs to him, but he decided to wait for
her to come to him willingly. Since her brother’s death, he’s watched her
withdraw from the Pack little by little. Tired of sitting by watching her
suffocate her wolf, he decides the time has come to claim her.
Cora Rivers is no stranger to pain. Just as she comes out of her mourning
over her parents’ brutal murder, her brother—and best friend—suffers the same
horrifying death. Grief cripples her and in attempt to learn to be independent,
she inadvertently stifles her wolf by not letting her out to play on a regular
basis. When Torin Fisher, begins the mating dance, her only choice is to run.
Together they have a chance to not only release her wolf, but
find the connection and future they both deserve.
Ashwood Falls reading order:
Excerpt 1:
The familiar scent of spring lilies invaded Torin’s senses,
enticing and alluring. His wolf began to pace and whimper when the man made no
move toward the door their female stood behind. Why would she seek him out here
of all places?
The door to the new temporary computer central opened, and the
scent intensified. Turning toward the entrance, he met the stare of his mate
and instantly grew hard. Whether Cora knew she belonged to him or not, he
remained uncertain. He’d known since she’d come of age at eighteen. Though he
had every intension of claiming her, he and his wolf had to wait until she came
out of her grieving period over the loss of her family.
He ground his molars together and inhaled deeply through his
nose. Felix and his band of fucked up minions were going to pay. Someday,
somehow. Torin was going to be there to witness the fall.
Straightening fully, he studied her. Strawberry blonde curls fell
in unruly waves around her shoulders as if she rolled out of bed. Maybe she
had. He roamed his gaze over the rest of her. She wore a faded pair of gray sweatpants
and a pink tee with a coffee stain above the hem. His cock hardened even more,
pressing painfully into the zipper of his jeans.
She held onto their eye contact for only a brief moment, but long
enough for him to see the distress and sadness she fought to hide from the
world.
He stalked toward her, and, when he got within a foot from her,
she retreated a step. Then Keegan flattened a hand on his chest. Torin glanced
down at the leopard’s hand, then met his stare. “What’s up?”
Keegan chose to answer him telepathically—a skill the former
Alpha shared with all the enforcers and sentries. I know she’s your mate, but
she needs time.
I’ll give it to her, but she needs….
She needs to heal and become independent. If you push her, she’ll
run.
Torin let out a low growl, then focused on Cora. She watched them
as if expecting an attack. Sighing, he dropped his shoulders and held out his
hand. “Good morning. What has you so upset?”
“Just a dream. What are you doing?” She indicated Alec and the
five-screen computer system.
After a quick glance over his shoulder, he studied her closer.
Her attention focused on Alec and the monitors. “He’s trying to figure out the
new security layout, but he’s not having much luck.”
“Fuck you, Tor. If it was easy, they wouldn’t need me and Dane to
work on it,” Alec growled.
Torin laughed. “He’s having so much fun. You should stay and join
us.”
“I think I will.” Cora pushed past him to stand next to Alec at
the computer.
Torin stared, shocked her sudden change in mood and interest in
what Alec was doing. A low growl rumbled from his chest. He meant it as a joke,
not expecting her to give her attention to another male. His wolf paced and
snarled, demanding Torin grab her and leave the building.
Excerpt 2:
Heart pounding in rhythm with the slap of her feet against the
leaf-covered forest ground, Cora Rivers couldn’t run fast enough. The scent of
spoiled meat overwhelmed the earthy aromas of the forest and soured her
stomach. They chased her, coming for her as they had her family, whenever she
entered the woods. Fear burned her insides, fueling her muscles to move faster
through the trees and underbrush.
Mutants were the vilest of creatures. Half-human, half-shifter,
they were nasty, emotionless, cold-hearted killers created to by the rogue Pack
Onyx’s Alpha to serve as his team of assassins so he could take down the
shifter Packs hoping to control them all.
Those monsters had chased down and killed her family and ripped
their throats out. First her parents when she was eighteen years old, then her
brother while he stood guard at his sentry post only a few short months ago.
Fear of being alone and grief over her loss crippled her, forcing
her wolf to retreat so much Cora couldn’t find the connection with her animal
half. Not anymore.
The trees flew by as she raced through the thick forest. Twisting
to glance behind her, she stumbled and fell. No. No! Cold dread and fear sliced
her. Too late. They were too fast.
The bushes next to her split in two and a large creature—
half-man, half-wolf—stepped out. His fangs jutted out from his upper and lower
jaws. His chest rose and fell with each heavy, deep breath. A fierce growl
erupted, and the ground beneath her shook.
She screamed.
Sitting straight up in bed, Cora’s whole body trembled even as
the nightmare faded. Always the same. No matter how fast she ran, the mutants
caught her. Her weakness shamed her.
And where was her wolf? Cowering in a ball, paws over her face in
the deepest, darkest part of Cora’s soul, the beast retreated after her parents
died.
Lia Davis Bio
Lia Davis is a mother to two young adults and three equally
special kitties, a wife to her soul mate, and a lover of romance. She and her
family live in Northeast Florida battling hurricanes and very humid summers.
But it's her home and she loves it!
An accounting major, Lia has always been a dreamer with a very
active imagination. The wheels in her head never stop. She ventured into the
world of writing and publishing in 2008 and loves it more than she imagined.
Writing is stress reliever that allows her to go off in her corner of the house
and enter into another world that she created, leaving real life where it
belongs.
Her favorite things are spending time with family, traveling,
reading, writing, chocolate, coffee, nature and hanging out with her kitties.
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