The cover for this dark fantasy is awesome, isn’t it? The novel is sexy but has deep psychological undertones. Alain and Alina Alastair are idential male/female twins–a biological impossibility. Their parents immediately whisk them to their secluded island castle. But the secrets at Alastair Keep threaten to undermine these miracle twins’ lives. Look for the clues!!
EXCERPT:
Alain tucked the in-flight magazine into the seat pocket and gazed out the scratched window of the 747. Distance vanished on clouds fleeing beneath the silver wings, carrying him from a dark-eyed beauty to a fair-haired princess locked in an island castle. From one life in the sun to a score of problems.
Someone was going to get hurt.
Already he hurt—a low throbbing like a toothache. If he returned to Portugal, Alina would be devastated. His father would disown him. If he picked up his discarded heritage, a part of him would die and Maritza would grieve. For a time. He wasn’t vain enough to think the black-haired beauty would die without him.
The choice lay in his hands.
Damn life got complicated when he tried to declare independence from The Keep. He shifted his long legs cramped beneath the airline seat. He preferred not to think, but fragments of memory plagued the corners of his eyes.
A vivid picture of Alina supplanted images of recent days drenched white-hot by a Portuguese sun. His twin’s presence was more corporeal than the woman sitting to his left. Welcome or not, Alina was there inside him, the mere thought of her a compulsion. He sensed her anticipation mounting as the miles melted. Excitement tingled over him. In self defense, he grasped at a memory of riding the splendid Lusitano stallions. As he pictured Maritza framed in an arbor of roses, his heart dived.
Available from Double Dragon Publishing: http://www.double-dragon-ebooks.com/single.php?ISBN=1-55404-978-4
Book video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08IGfFxPCWQ
Oh, I do really like the cover. Congrats!!!!
Very intriguing excerpt!
Thanks Julianne. I think it portrays the dark nature of the book. And is a clue in itself.