Destiny by S M Spencer
Title: Destiny
Series: Absent
Shadows Trilogy; Book
One
Author: S
M Spencer
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services
Publish Date: October 4, 2014
Synopsis:
Destiny: ‘The predetermined or
inevitable path a person must follow.’
When nineteen year-old Lili
McIntyre decides to trade her California summer for a mid-winter visit to
Australia, it’s in hope of finding inspiration and direction in the country
where her father was born.
But when she arrives in
Melbourne, the first thing she finds is the last thing she’s looking for—a
brooding man who makes her heart race every time she sees him.
Against her better judgement,
Lili finds herself drawn into a relationship that tests her very beliefs about
life, reality and fantasy. But the real test is how to follow her destiny as
she faces some of the hardest decisions of her life.
Using a modern theme, the author
tells an old fashioned love story that you won’t want to put down, even when
you’ve finished the last page.
Excerpt:
Sometimes, when
something bad happens, time seems to slow to a crawl.
Like that time I
was running to visit my friend who lived down the street. I was only about ten
at the time, but it seemed like it was yesterday. I remember exactly how it
felt as I ran down that street toward her house. And how, when I was only part
way there, I stepped on an acorn and my foot rolled out from under me. As I
fell, the pavement got closer and closer to my face—in horrible slow-motion. I
hit the ground with my hands stretched out in front of me, scraping the skin
off both palms. They barely bled but man they hurt like crazy.
Yes, I could
replay that memory like a slow-motion movie in my head even now—years later.
But this … well,
this wasn’t like that.
What happened
next was like a series of still photos. Tom flew out of the bedroom in a blur,
but stopped just long enough for the image of his face to be burnt into my
mind. His eyes were no longer soft brown, but were instead a glowing red, and
his normally tanned complexion was now pallid grey. But what really stood out
was the blood that ran down from the corner of his mouth.
Then I heard
Sam’s voice—loud and harsh. ‘Go!’
Tom was gone and
I heard the door slam.
I closed my eyes
for no more than a long blink—it couldn’t have been more than a second—but when
I opened them, Sam was in the bedroom, bending over Claire. Was he doing
something to her neck? She was so still.
I ran to the
doorway but stopped short of going in. I couldn’t draw a breath to scream or
talk. I just stood there, frozen.
0 Comments