Love scares them . . .
SeeJai and Rhinegold fight for their independence.
Ever since a drunk driver killed her twin sister at age 3, SeeJai feels half a person.
Her still-grieving mother barely remembers one of her daughters survived the accident. In high school, her best friend "outed" her on Facebook as a lesbian.
Thrown out into the street right before a major ice storm, SeeJai must survive.
A "crazy" man not only befriends her, and loves her, but sees her as a magical soul.
SeeJai just wants a room of her own, a job, and a career to aim for while attending college.
Love? People you love die, ignore you, and ultimately betray you.
As the lonely son of a wealthy lawyer, Rhinegold retreated into worlds of fantasy while growing up. The last thing he wants is to live like his father.
He left home and refuses to go to college as his father wants. Instead, he uses his martial arts skill to guard people against street criminals. Greco, the city's biggest pimp, pays Rhinegold to escort women to their hotel room trysts. However, he spends more time protecting mothers and children without charge.
A knight. A samurai. A dragon slayer. Protector of the weak.
He once violated a social taboo to love a woman.
The only love he wants to feel is the chivalrous adoration of a lady fair.
Now he lives in a condemned house. At first, when he saves SeeJai from freezing to death, he does so simply as the Gold Knight, a duty.
He wants no payment in return, and her offer of her body to pay back her debt angers him.
Even when he falls in love with her, he intends for his life to remain unchanged.
He cannot handle SeeJai insisting he go to college.
So he retreats even further into fantasy.
Can SeeJai save her savior?
Can Rhinegold protect her from his own demons?
This new adult contemporary romance novel reveals the emotional turmoil of two unusual but compelling young people struggling to make their way in the world despite the burdens of their pasts.
Genre: FICTION / Romance / ContemporaryRhinegold lunged forward, then stopped himself. SeeJai lost her balance, and began falling over his head. He bent over and let her land on the bed.
Rhinegold knelt over her, cradling her in his arms. "And a million dudes go to college. How many walk the mean streets trying to protect innocent lives?"
SeeJai cupped his cheeks in her palms. She raised her head and gave him a brief but passionate tongue kiss. "My darling superdude, when are you going to learn responsibility?"
He lay beside her, wrapped an arm over her shoulders and pulled her close. "You mean, why don't I just work twenty hours a day at the office like Father does?"
"I don't believe everyone does that. I see plenty of nice people come into the restaurant. They have money to enjoy evenings out."
"To throw parties and attend ice shows at restored antique theaters."
She brushed long hair up out of his eyes. "There's nothing wrong with that, is there? I've missed so much. After JaeSea . . . died, Mom . . . just drifted loose from Planet Earth. Never took me anywhere. She drank and watched movies while I just made do as well as I could."
"Work gets in the way of the good times," Rhinegold said. "That's why I learned as a kid. My mother did take me out, before they split up. But Father? Give me a break. Always working. He's been a stranger to me for as long as I can remember."
SeeJai looked at him with soft eyes. "Can you do me a favor and go to the show with your family? If you're ashamed of me, I can -- "
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Already translated.
Translated by Alejandra Martinez
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Author review: Although my book is long, Alejandra completed it in good time. |
