Dream Angel — Jane West

Death never crossed my mind until now. Though my life was over the second he sauntered into my world. I stared without breathing, into the face of pure evil. I'd made a deadly mistake. Time to pay.Stephanie learns loss at an early age when her father is murdered by a hit-and-run driver. Left with a neglectful mother, she is forced to grow up in an unstable home, drifting from place to place, living out of a suitcase like gypsies.On the eve of her eighteenth birthday, Stephanie and her mother pick-up once again and move to a small town in the deep South of Louisiana.On the surface, the town appears to be just like any other dive town but soon Stephanie discovers just how wrong she is when she meets the alluring Aidan Bane. Strange and unexplained events seem to surround him. Dark enchantment swirls in the air.Unaware of what lurks in the shadows, Stephanie's life becomes trapped in a world she doesn't understand. Old family secrets emerge and unparalleled betrayal surfaces that threatens to shatter Stephanie's life forever.A teaser:Bane leaned forward, so close that his lips were only a fraction from mine. Sensually, his fingers gently traced the line of my chin, trailing up to my flushed cheek. His blues were so full of pain and unquenchable warmth that I closed my eyes, fighting back the tears that threatened. When he spoke, his voice was tender, almost a murmur, There are things in this world that most people never see and, he paused, They're lucky. If they only knew the darkness that lurks amidst the shadows, it would be so terrifying that most would go insane. Gently, his thumb grazed my lips. I only want to protect you. Will you at least grant me this one wish, please?