Isolated and alone, Sin Evernight is one of the most powerful
supernatural creatures in heaven and on earth. As an angel of vengeance, he
hunts down the darkest evil, but when his long-lost friend, Layla Starling,
needs him, he vows to become her protector. Even though she will be horrified
by the man he has become.
Now a famous singer and the toast of London, Layla believes that Sin
is only here to guard her from rabid fans and ardent suitors. However, the
truth is far more sinister. Desperate to avoid losing Layla a second time, Sin
will face a test of all his powers to defeat an unstoppable foe - and win an
eternity with the woman he loves.
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USA Today bestselling author Kristen Callihan is a writer because
there is nothing else she'd rather be. She is a three-time RITA nominee and
winner of two RT Reviewers' Choice awards. Her novels have garnered starred
reviews from Publishers Weekly and Library Journal, as well as being awarded
top picks by many reviewers. Her debut book, Firelight, received RT Book
Reviews' Seal of Excellence, was named a best book of the year by Library
Journal, best book of Spring 2012 by Publisher's Weekly, and was named the best
romance book of 2012 by ALA RUSA. When she is not writing, she is reading.
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One might think being an immortal was a blessing, never grow old, never grow sick, never die. At one time in St. John Evernight’s life, he considered it a blessing too. He would be around long after the simple humans who surrounded him were nothing but dust. They could stare all they liked at his “strange” hair and frosty green eyes. They could gossip and speculate about him until they lost their voices. It didn’t matter. He was untouchable, and they were but fragile sacks of blood and bone.
How naive he’d been. Because living
forever merely meant a lack of escape from the desolation of regret and
loneliness. He knew now that he could walk down Jermyn Street endlessly, see
the sands of time shift and rearrange before him, and never be a part of life.
“Brooding, Mr. Evernight?”
Sin almost jumped at the sudden sound
of Augustus’s voice by his side. Damn, the blasted man loved to startle him. He
gave Augustus a passing glance. Dressed in conservative brown tweed and a
bowler hat, the angel appeared every inch the English gentlemen, save for his
dark coloring that marked him to be from Southern climes.
“It’s really quite the trick, popping
up like a soap bubble whenever you choose, Augustus. You must teach me how one
day.”
The man’s mouth twitched. “With your
luck, you’d pop up in the middle of a parliamentary session.”
Yes, Sin had abominable luck. Or
perhaps it was more a matter of making abominable choices.
“You’re brooding again,” Augustus
remarked.
“I’m not brooding. This is simply my
face.”
Augustus snorted but remained silent
as they walked along, past Trafalgar Square and down Whitehall.
“Care to tell me why you called me here?”
Sin asked, when they came upon the grounds of Westminster. For the past year,
Sin had been in Rome, soaking in the warmer temperatures, drinking espresso in
cafes along the Piazza della Rotunda, under the shade of the ancient Pantheon.
He’d eaten simple but delicious food, and listened to the rapid fire of
Italian, and felt…well, not peace, but a measure of contentment.
Until Augustus had sent for him.
Returning to England sat like a stone in his gut. But he would obey. Augustus
was his mentor, and the man who’d given him salvation. The price was a lifetime
of servitude. To be fair, his role was for justice, not evil, which was a nice
change of pace.
A massive dray rattled past, kicking
up dust and sending a fug of stale manure into the air. They hurried past the
cloud and headed for Westminster Abbey. Sin hadn’t planned on visiting today,
but here they were all the same. He wondered if Augustus somehow had led him to
their usual meeting place or if Sin had merely headed that way because of the
man’s sudden arrival.
He’d like to think the latter. It did
not sit well with him having another control his actions. Not since a certain
evil fae had kept Sin as a blood slave for years. Even now, the memory made his
stomach turn.
Not a soul acknowledged them as they
walked through the abbey and into the cloisters. Here, a rare bit of sunlight
peeked through the constant cloud cover and cast lacy shadows along the
walkway. The sound of their boot heels clacked out a steady rhythm as they
strolled along.
“Layla returns to London tonight.”
At the mention of her name, Sin’s
heart stilled within his breast. He’d tried his best to ward off all finer
feelings, to remain numb, detached from life. And yet he could not, for the
life of him, remain immune to Layla Starling. His childhood friend. The one
woman who could take his breath, his reason, simply by laying eyes upon her.
Stuffing his shaking hands into his
trouser pockets, Sin forced himself to keep an even tone. “So then I am to
begin watching over her?”
God, but he did not want to. It would
be agony, staying so close to her and never being allowed to show his true
feelings. And yet a thrum of anticipation went through him at the mere prospect
of seeing Layla once more.
“Are you ready?” Augustus asked, though his
expression told Sin he fully expected an affirmative answer.
So Sin told him the only truth left
to him. “I will not fail her.”
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