Book Title: Leap of Faith
Author: ML Rodriguez
Publication Date: May 26, 2015
Synopsis:
I met Jake when I was seventeen and at eighteen, I became
his wife. The years that followed were
enchanted, like a fairy tale romance.
Then, in the blink of an eye, my perfect world unraveled—I
lost a part of myself and my dreams shattered around me.
At twenty-five, I was left a widow, pregnant, and mother of
two.
Fast forward almost five years—I exist but I don’t
“live.” I had to learn to live without
him, with only our memories and my tears.
I raised our children, and I lived his dream, without a thought to
myself.
That is, until the day at the stoplight, when a pair of
violet eyes stared back at me. In that
moment, the numbness started to disappear, and lightning hit, changing my world
once again.
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Excerpt #1
“What the fuck?!” I yell at her. “Are you telling me I’m gonna die? That I’m gonna leave my wife and my child
alone?”
I want to choke the life out of this
fake bitch. What the fuck is she trying
to pull?
“I am telling you your fortune,” she
says with pity in her eyes. “You are a
good man and are needed for a higher power than here. You are to be a guardian, a protector of man. It is an honor that comes with much
sacrifice.”
“No!
This is fuckin’ bullshit!” I yell
at her and rise, knocking my chair over and not caring. I want to see my so-called future, so I reach
for the crystal ball.
“No!” She yells but is too slow to stop me.
As my hands touch the crystal ball,
a bright light explodes and I feel a shock go through my body. A flood of images runs through my mind,
taking my breath away, and I fall to my knees.
I’m on the ground for several
minutes before I shake my head to clear it and look up at Gitana, but I don’t
see her. She’s gone and I’m alone. I stand and scan the small tent. She’s just disappeared…into thin air. As I turn in a slow circle, I see the crystal
ball shattered, pieces scattered throughout the tent.
What the hell just happened? What were those images? Were they really my future? But, they can’t be, I tell myself as I right
my chair and sit with my head in my hands.
Those images can’t be my future—it has to be all this mystical crap
that’s fucking with my head.
After several minutes, I get to my
feet and turn to walk out, spooked out of my ever-lovin’ mind. Before leaving, I feel a gust of wind against
my face and I hear the word, “Guardian,” eerily whispered, sending chills down
my spine. I make a dash to the exit and
try to forget the creepy-as-fuck things I saw and heard in there. As I step outside I look around and find one
of my treasures.
“Hey, baby,” I hear Faith say, as
she comes and gives me a kiss.
“Everything okay, love?”
I nod. I bring her body flush with mine and I kiss
her like my life depends on it. “I love
you always and forever, mi tesoro. You and Rylee are my world,” I tell her,
looking into her eyes. “Let’s get out of
here.” I put my arm around her and take
Rylee’s hand in mine. Together we walk
away from the tent.
When Rylee asks, I tell her the
Gypsy woman said I’d live a long life filled with riches and love. I laugh and tell her I didn’t expect to hear
otherwise.
Except, that’s not what the old lady
told me.
That day, my life changed—the old
Gypsy was right. Like she predicted,
years later I met a ghost with purple eyes.
The one I was to give my world and treasures to, to watch over and love,
to be there because, like that old woman said, I would face death once and win,
but the second time…
The second time, I would face death.
I would die.
Leap of Faith ©
Copyright 2015 by ML Rodriguez
Excerpt #2
His lips are covered in my wetness
and when he moves to kiss me, I taste myself on him and I’m amazed at how much
I like it. Never before have I done
this—Jake would always wipe his mouth before kissing me—but Zane, he takes my
mouth and owns it. Our tongues are
swirling around each other and he takes my bottom lip between his teeth and
bites me before leaning back to look at me.
“You like that, baby?” He asks me.
I can’t even answer so I nod my head.
“That’s only the beginnin’, love, and we have all night.”
He discards his clothes and quickly
rolls on a condom, before pressing his body on mine. I can feel his hardness between my legs. If I move just right, his tip will be at my
opening. He takes my mouth once
more. He moves onto my shoulders and
neck and starts all over again. My hands
are in his hair, then I move them up and down his body. I use my nails on his back and when I reach
his ass, I squeeze with just enough force to get his attention.
Zane looks into my eyes. “After this, Faith, there’s no turnin’
back. You’ll be mine forever and I’ll
never let you go. You’ll belong to me,
your body will belong to me, and only I will ever touch you again.”
Leap of Faith ©
Copyright 2015 by ML Rodriguez
Author Bio:
ML is currently stationed overseas with her very
supportive and loving husband and two beautiful little monsters. When she’s not
writing down her “ideas,” she can be found trying to catch up on piles of
laundry and house work or with her Kindle in hand hiding in her bathroom. Her
obsessions are Luke Bryan, coffee, dark chocolate, the color purple, and
romance novels—the happily ever after kind, of course.
After years of comments from her husband to write and a chance meeting by the city pool that involved a “Fan Girl” moment, ML decided to take a leap of faith into the amazing and exciting world of writing.
To all the wonderful people who will read her work—hate it, like it, love it—thank you. Thank you for taking a chance on her. ♥
After years of comments from her husband to write and a chance meeting by the city pool that involved a “Fan Girl” moment, ML decided to take a leap of faith into the amazing and exciting world of writing.
To all the wonderful people who will read her work—hate it, like it, love it—thank you. Thank you for taking a chance on her. ♥
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