Paradise, love, power…and a prophecy with a price.
Paradise, love, power…and a prophecy with a price.
Most people believe Eden no longer exists. Lexi Merrill’s about to learn they’re wrong. A hard-working bartender with a self-sufficient backbone and a wary nature, she knows pickup lines like a second language. So, when Eryx Shantos barges into her world with too-smooth words and a body to back it up, she locks up her libido and vows to keep her distance.
Eryx has other ideas. As king of the Myren race, Eryx is duty-bound to enforce the laws preventing exposure of their existence to humans. Yet The Fates have led him through his dreams to Lexi, a temptation he doesn’t want to resist. The question is, is she Myren, or human – which makes her forbidden fruit?
When Eryx’s nemesis tags Lexi as his next target, Eryx insists on taking her home where he can keep her safe. Lexi had no idea “home” would mean the one-and-only land of creation…or that she’d trigger a prophecy that could doom her newfound race.
Praise for UNEXPECTED EDEN:
“Hallelujah the odds are ever in my favor because new author Rhenna Morgan has released a series to take the place of one of my all time favorites series the Night Huntress Series. Unexpected Eden was a journey into a mystical world that runs parallel to Earth with alpha males that can fly, wield energy balls of fire, open doors with their minds and stroke all the right places with just a simple thought! **wink wink** Can a woman ask for more? I’m on board for future books and can’t wait to see how Morgan develops the story further. Loved the twist with Ian at the end. I’m giving Unexpected Eden 4 Sweltering Keys!” -Diaries of Two Thick Chicks
“You MAY read this book if you enjoy fantasies; you SHOULD read this book because you are looking for a great romance; but you MUST read this book if you are willing to enter a parallel world full of passion and love!” —More Books Than Livros
“This is an amazing fantasy story. It moves quick in all aspects so don’t skip ahead or blink because what you read on page thirteen is relative to what you read on page seventy-nine. It’s also a great debut for a new series. I can’t stress enough that this is a fast-paced story, but it’s balanced, thought out, well written. Fantasy isn’t for everyone–it’s not a genre I indulge in often–but this is a very nice intro to fantasy romance that isn’t overwhelming with sex or adventure or mystery or suspense. Well done, Ms. Morgan.” —Written Love
“It was so easy to fall in love with Lexi and Eryx. I was “willing” them together through every line and ended up entangled in the passion they share and the secrets they were trying to hide from each other.” —Bitten by Books
“Unexpected Eden is a well-written, fast-paced story that will keep you reading from page one till the end. I’m very hard to please when it comes to paranormal stories having read so many, and this one gives me a fresh taste of the genre again. I really can’t wait to see what she comes up with next!” —Romancing the Readers
EXCERPT:
Lexi high-stepped it down the hall to the room she shared with Eryx. Sconces blazed to life along the walls with each step, Eryx setting them alight with his mind to light her way. Providing what you need.
Ugh. Not something she could think about right now. His sure, confident strides sounded behind her. No matter how far ahead she tried to stay, his hunger burned inside her. Stupid gift. Now that she’d somehow uncorked it, she couldn’t get it turned it off—and damned if she wasn’t a raging inferno as a result.
She’d thought asking for time would calm his fears. Maybe ease his foot off the throttle a little bit. But oh, no. She’d tugged the lion’s tail, tossed out a slab of meat, and thrown the cage door open wide.
The door to their room whipped open and thudded against the wall.
She flinched, but kept going. “You don’t need to be so melodramatic.”
She’d gone for playful, but ended up sounding like Marilyn Monroe on a heaped-up dose of Spanish Fly. Moving to the dresser, she tugged off her blue leather sandals. “Maybe we can rest later and you can teach me how to move things with my mind instead.”
Eryx ripped his tank over his head and tossed it to the floor. Smooth muscles flexed under tight, tan skin.
She closed her gaping mouth. Tugged the lion’s tail indeed.
“I thought I’d give you something else.” He stalked her until her back met the wall and caged her with arms on either side of her head. “Something that will feed you instead of drain you.”
He ran his nose along the column of her neck and inhaled, slow and deep.
Goosebumps prickled along her forearms and her belly fluttered. “I thought you said I needed to rest.”
“You need energy. I’m going to give it to you.” He nipped her earlobe then sucked at the same spot. “You said you’ve never known family or love.” His hot breath brushed across her skin and his tongue traced the shell of her ear. “So I’ll give you that too.”
A blowtorch, insane, leave-me-here-to-die-in-glory fire blasted from her insides out. Where the hell was her caution? Her worry?
“I warned you.” He bit her lower lip and the sting zinged to her nipples. His hands abandoned the wall and caressed her back, her thin cotton tunic a nearly non-existent barrier. “You said you could take anything I threw at you.” He whipped the tunic over her head and the indigo fabric sailed to the floor behind him. “Then you’ll have me.” His gaze lowered to her bare breasts. “All of me.”