A Wish Across Time by C.R. Moss
Genre:
Erotic, Contemporary, Romance
Heat
Level: 3
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Cover
Artist: Sour Cherry Designs
Raritan Manor Ranch, 3
A woman once shunned. A
man now changed. There’s a thin line between love and hate.
When Wiccan practitioner
Cassandra VanAlder encounters a man from her past who’d broken her heart, she
casts some spells to help herself while wishing karma would deal out some
payback. The spells turn against her, and before she knows it, she finds
herself falling for him again.
Ryan Keene finds Cassandra
enchanting and feels he’s met her somewhere before. She and her best friend,
Debi, won’t give him any clues as to her identity. He loves challenges and
doesn’t plan to back off from her until he finds the answers he seeks. He's
told he has three dates to win her over.
Will she close off her
heart or will she allow herself to feel again?
Excerpt
Her gaze darted from the paper to the people at the
altar. Rings. Her heart sank in
anguish. Sorrow sat heavy on her stomach. She fingered the black cat pin she
wore on the lapel of her navy blue jacket. The handmade accessory was an
artist’s rendition of her cat, Myrddin.
That night, long ago, when Ryan had dumped her, a
kitten had wandered out of the tree line surrounding the mountain home of her
childhood and into her life. The cat seemed to have known she needed consoling.
It only took an instant for the two of them to become attached to each other.
Myrddin grew to be a great companion and familiar. Cassandra had the pin
created and cast a spell on it to always stay connected and comforted by her
feline friend. Sometimes she wondered if Myrddin would have trotted out of the
tree line had she and Ryan stayed together.
Ryan rubbed the back of his neck again and glanced
into gathered throng of guests. His haunting gaze caught hers.
“Ryan…psst…Ryan,” the groom uttered.
Ryan shook his head and looked at the man in front of
him. Subdued snickers tittered through the sanctuary.
“The rings, please?” The minister held out his hand.
“Oh, geez, sorry,” Ryan stammered, shoved his hand
into his pocket, and fumbled to remove the rings. He held the bands out in the
palm of his hand.
The minister blessed them and handed one to Lara and
the other to the groom. Jeffrey placed the band on Lara’s finger, repeating the
words per the minister’s prompts, “I give you this ring as a symbol of my love
and faithfulness. As I place it on your finger, I commit my heart and soul to
you. I ask you to wear this ring as a reminder of the vows we have spoken
today, our wedding day, and as a reminder of my undying love for you.”
Cassandra
drew in a shuddering breath. Way back when, on an autumn evening, Ryan
had almost said the same to her during a romantic moment. Remembering his
words, tears clouded her
eyes. You’re my love. My heart and soul I
promise to you with this ring. He had then slipped a silver ring with a solid, milky white opal heart
shape onto her right finger, the humps facing her nail, and placed a soft kiss
on her lips. Her heart had been captured.
What a fool I was then.
Ryan
glanced her way again.
She traced
the edge of her pin and nibbled her lip. Was he trying to place her? Figure out
who she was? A shiver ran through her body.
“Cass? Are
you all right? You’ve gone pale,” Julie murmured near her ear.
Cassandra
nodded, keeping her gaze glued to the wedding ceremony while toying with the
cat pin. Calm yourself. You’re not that
young girl anymore.
Lara took the other ring. She placed the band on
Jeffrey’s finger and repeated the vows, “I give you this ring as a symbol of my
love and faithfulness. As I place it on your finger, I commit my heart and soul
to you. I ask you to wear this ring as a reminder of the vows we have spoken
today, our wedding day, and as a reminder of my undying love for you.”
“By the power vested in me by the State of Nevada,”
the reverend stated, “I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss each
other.”
Jeffrey and Lara sealed their vows. Ryan took one
more look in her direction. One of his eyebrows rose in tandem with the corner
of his lips.
Her gaze
widened. No. He can’t remember. I can’t deal with him. I don’t want to deal
with any man, not after what he did—and after the fiasco with Charlie. She
touched her pin and chanted under her breath, begging the universe to make him
forget any memories he had of her.
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C.R.
Moss Bio
An eccentric and eclectic writer, C.R. Moss pens stories
for the mainstream and erotic romance markets, giving readers Worlds of
Possibilities.
More
about C.R. Moss:
So what does she write? She writes stories from the light
and sweet to the dark and deadly with varying degrees of sexual heat. Writing
as C.R. Moss gives her and her muses the freedom to explore worlds of
possibilities when it comes to love. And where does the tag line “Love &
Lust in the Wild West” fit in? Well, for one, she lives in NV. Two, her stories
take place, either in part or in full, in and around the Las Vegas area. In
fact, even this website sports “a look of home.” The background picture was
taken in an area just a few miles west of Las Vegas and happens to be the
inspiration for the setting of the Double D Ranch Tales saga.
She also has a passion for penning dark fiction. Writing
under the name Casey Moss allows her to slate other stories under Horror ~
Paranormal ~ Suspense ~ Thriller ~ Urban Fantasy. Visit: http://caseymossbooks.com/
C.R.
Moss Social Media Links
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