After a painful breakup, Gwynneth Reese moves in with her
best friend and takes a job at a retirement home. She grows especially close to
one resident, who dies alone the night of a terrific storm. On the way home
from paying her last respects, Gwynneth is caught in another storm and is
struck by lightning. She wakes in the hospital with a vague memory of being
rescued by a mysterious stranger. Following her release from the hospital, the
stranger visits her at will and offers Gwynneth a gift--one that will stay the
hands of death. Gwynneth is uncertain whether Julian is a savior or something
more sinister... for as he shares more and more of this gift, his price becomes
more and more deadly.
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Excerpt
A loud ‘crack’ sounded and an iridescent white light
surrounded her. Two things registered: a searing pain that ripped down her back
and the ground which seemed to be pulled away from her at an alarming speed.
* * * *
Blackness.
Pain shot through the back of Gwynneth’s head as she opened
her eyes. Somebody was standing over her. She tried to focus on the face, but
it hurt too much. A cool hand slid across her forehead. She opened her eyes
again.
Pale, almost white eyes. High cheekbones, aquiline nose, and
a well-shaped mouth. Long, white hair. Ageless. Beautiful, like a Michelangelo.
All of those details registered with clarity before agony ripped through her
body. She arched her back and cried out. The man murmured something into her
ear which she couldn’t understand. She could feel the vibration of his voice
and his breath on her neck as he gathered her in his arms. She opened her eyes
and saw lightning fork to the ground silently behind him. She blacked out
again.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Clarissa Johal has worked as a veterinary assistant,
zoo-keeper aide and vegetarian chef. Writing has always been her passion. When
she’s not listening to the ghosts in her head, she’s dancing or taking
photographs of gargoyles. She shares her life with her husband, two daughters
and every stray animal that darkens the doorstep. One day, she expects that a
wayward troll will wander into her yard, but that hasn’t happened yet.
Website: http://clarissajohal.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clarissa.johal.9
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClarissaJohal
Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4502113.Clarissa_Johal
Amazon Author page: http://www.amazon.com/Clarissa-Johal/e/B003KVTMPK/
Buy Links for STRUCK
Musa Publishing: http://musapublishing.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=11&products_id=731
Barnes and Noble:
http://www.amazon.com/Struck-Clarissa-Johal-ebook/dp/B00HWFFNL2/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1389913987&sr=8-3&keywords=clarissa+johal
Excerpt link for STRUCK: http://clarissajohal.blogspot.com/2013/10/struck-excerpt.html
