The Five Deaths of Roxanne Love by Erin Quinn

Author:Erin Quinn [Quinn, Erin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, General, Paranormal, Fiction
ISBN: 9781476727479
Google: rzvHNAEACAAJ
Amazon: 1476727473
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: 2013-08-26T14:00:00+00:00

Roxanne could feel herself blushing as she followed Santo into the kitchen. She still couldn’t catch her breath, thinking about the feel of him. How hot his body was as it entered hers. How desperately she wished she could stop time and stay there for just a little while longer. She couldn’t help it.

Making love with Santo had rocked her whole world. She couldn’t believe that Louisa wouldn’t see how profoundly it had changed her and know exactly who and what was the cause.

For his part, Santo appeared as cool as could be. Until he looked her way. Then it was all heat.

Louisa had prepared a veritable feast for dinner. Tender spiced pork and hot salsa with the tang of cilantro and the bite of jalapeño. Beans so creamy they melted in her mouth and fat slices of Mexican queso as white and smooth as milk. Louisa warmed fresh tortillas and delivered them hot to the table, refusing to allow either Roxanne or Santo to do more than fill their plates and eat. Roxanne found herself shoveling it in like she’d never been fed before and only stopped when she realized that Santo was watching her. His grin made her heart do funny things.

“So,” Louisa said once they’d both pushed back from the table. “What will you do now?”

“Roxanne’s brother is missing,” Santo said. “We think that whoever is after Roxanne has her brother, too. If we can find him, maybe we’ll find everyone else who was taken as well.”

And then what? They didn’t know how to fight these demons. They didn’t even know what the demons wanted.

“You think they are alive?” Louisa asked, surprised. “On the news they say everyone’s dead.”

“We won’t know until we find them,” Santo said, giving Roxanne’s hand a reassuring squeeze under the table.

“You are lucky to have Santo helping you, mija,” Louisa told her. “He has a good heart. He’s a strong man.” She gripped his bulging bicep, as if to prove it.

“Yes, I know,” Roxanne murmured, looking everywhere but at Santo and his manliness.

“When Marisella died,” Louisa said, “I thought I lose him, too. He don’t come here. He just . . . go.”

Santo shifted uncomfortably, and a dull flush stained his face.

“He feels it’s his fault, sí? He thinks we blame him.” She looked at Santo and shook her head. “Death comes when it chooses. It took my Jorge last year. It doesn’t care that he wasn’t ready.”

“I’m sorry,” Roxanne said.

“Jorge, he worry about Santo. He say to me, ‘Santo will take this hard.’ ”

“He should’ve worried more about himself,” Santo said gruffly. “Or about you.”

“He knew I’d be fine. I understand how God works. When my time comes, I will go happily to meet my maker. I hope so anyway,” she qualified with a laugh. “Although I have sinned.”

Santo gave her an indulgent look. “No, you haven’t, Louisa.”

“We all sin. You sin, Santo, by blaming yourself for everything. It is not up to you who lives and dies. That is His job.”

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