Gelsey is a savannah sprite—a fairy in
Africa who works to preserve the earth. She’s a pro at eco-balance, but when
the fairy queen gives her a commission to become a human to learn the meaning
of love, she’s miserable. She has to give it her best as it’s the only way to
get her dream job—to save the African Wild Cat.
After a short time
in her new life, Gelsey is swept into the world of Evan’s love. Now, she must
make an impossible choice—give up her life with the man who owns her heart or
lose her fairyhood forever.
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About Vicki:
Vicki writes erotic and fantasy romance. She loves taking her characters
into an alternate world where strange and sexy things happen. She lives with
her patient husband and three noisy kids in South Africa. In between being a
busy stay-at-home Mom who hates housework and spends half her life cooking
everything from scratch, she runs several blogs, writes under another name, and
buries herself in the delightful world of her characters.
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Excerpt:
Gelsey
thought her head would spin out of control. The strange warm sensations in her
tummy made her loathe to eat despite the hunger pangs. Is this what the human
love emotion felt like? Something about this man—the way he spoke to her, the
way he looked at her, as if she was so important, as if he cared how she felt,
stirred the strange feelings. Even her fairy friends hadn’t connected with a
spot deep inside of her. She wished she could tell him of the turmoil in her
soul, of the world she had left behind, and of how she missed her home and her
friends. Maybe he would care. Maybe he would help her and let her leave early.
He would tell her all about human love, so she didn’t have to be trapped a
whole year.
“Um,
tell me about love,” she said once they were seated opposite each other at the
fish restaurant. She could somehow stomach eating seafood but, being an earth
fairy, couldn’t bear to eat the animals she’d spent so many years helping out.
According to Ziana, she would be human and forget most of her life as a fairy.
The thought of losing all touch with her past had prompted a deep fear in her,
and she’d determined never to forget. Thankfully, somehow, she could remember
almost everything.
She’d
skipped lunch, and the smell of seafood cramped her already empty stomach. Evan
had sent her whole day in a crazy direction. She’d been quite happy to spend
the rest of her year working in the florist, making pretty arrangements,
meeting people, and asking them questions. She wasn’t ready for this marriage
thing and had no idea what it entailed.
Evan
stared at her. “Love?”
“Yes,
tell me how it felt when you fell in love. It seems it happens more than once
in a man’s life.”
His
eyes twinkled. “This is my first time.”
He
looked right into her, his gaze giving off some magic as though he’d been the
one to sprinkle fairy dust. He’d almost bewitched her. If she hadn’t been a
fairy, she would be falling into this love thing right this second.
“Why
do you ask?”
She
shrugged. “I didn’t expect you to answer in such a way.”
“You
cut to the chase, don’t you?”
“I
beg your pardon?”
“You’re
a very innocent person. It’s as if you’ve been sheltered from so much.”
“I’ve
lived for the earth and the environment. Love hasn’t featured in my life.”
He
took hold of her hand and squeezed it. “I’d like to show you what it’s like.”
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