My Vampire Cover Model by Karyn Gerrard

Author:Karyn Gerrard
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781613333488
Publisher: Decadent Publishing Company, LLC
Published: 2012-08-06T21:00:00+00:00

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The restaurant had a quiet ambiance and the muted, retro black-and-white tones of the decor had Deanna wondering if Burn was trying to make a point, considering they were going to see an old movie.

Picking at her chicken Caesar salad, she glanced up at Burn, who watched her with a heated intensity. His long, graceful fingers absently twirled the stem of his wine glass.

His letter opened up so many questions, she didn’t know where to begin. He’d been around since before the French Revolution. How cool was that?

“Is Burney Sheridan your real name?”

“No.”

Okay. “Can you tell me what it is?”

His fingers stilled on the glass. “It has been so long since I used the name it no longer holds any meaning for me. I will tell you I have been Burney Sheridan for the past fifteen years. I usually shed occupations and identities every twenty or thirty years.”

Deanna stabbed a piece of roast chicken breast and placed it in her mouth.

“Must be hard to pull up roots like that, leave people behind.”

Burn shrugged. “I generally travel light, and there is no one for me to leave behind. I have learned over the years not to get sentimentally attached to possessions or people.”

“And now you’re being forced to because your vampire blood tells you I’m the one?”

Burn’s eyes flashed brilliant silver. “Forced? There is a pull, to be certain, but if I didn’t want to pursue you, I would not be here. The feelings are unknown to me and worth exploring.”

“And what is the end result?” she asked.

A devastatingly sexy smile curved about his full lips.

“You will be mine.”

He sounded so damned sure of himself, Deanna couldn’t help but laugh. Burney reached for the wine bottle and poured some into her near-empty glass.

“Scoff if you will, but we are fated. Since I was turned, I have merely existed and taken life one day at a time. When you live forever, what is the rush of making long-term plans?”

The words sounded uncaring and blasé, but Deanna knew loneliness resided deep within him. He’d admitted it both aloud last night and in his heartbreaking letter. Fascination did not even begin to describe what she felt toward this mysterious and sexy man. Vampire. Whatever.

Fated mates. How would that work? That was, if she decided there could be something between them. He was right about one thing: there was a pull between them. What would happen when she began to age? Deanna shoved a forkful of salad into her mouth and dismissed the thoughts from her mind.

“In all these years, you mean to say there hasn’t been a woman in your life? Have you ever been in love? Are you capable of love?”

Burn shrugged. “As I mentioned in my letter, there’ve been women. The longest affair lasted eleven years. I’ve never been in love. I cared for the women in my life, stayed faithful to them while we were together, but love? No.”

How terrible, to live for hundreds of years and not know love?

“Can you define what you feel here? Besides this pull you keep mentioning and your soul-mate stuff.

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