Deep Is the Night Trilogy: Dark Fire (Book 1)

Book 1 in the Deep is the Night series Whispers, secrets and tales of ghosts abound in Pine Forest, but new librarian Erin Greenway doesn't believe in goblins. Yet the Victorian monstrosity she works in creaks and groans and speaks of horrible secrets she cannot deny. When the mysterious Scot, Lachlan Tavish, claims to be chasing a thousand-year-old vampire, his dark, dangerous looks make her wonder if he's the hunter or the hunted.

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Prologue Darkness swirled around the vampire like a great, black cloak and masked him from the dangerous eyes of those who might see him. Standing in the shadows of the pine forest edging the quiet town, he knew it wouldn t be long now. Soon Erin Greenway would arrive, and he would make an entrance. She would know he existed, and he would start her transformation from disbeliever to unable to believe anything else. Once he d primed her for sex she would be in his power, enthralled by all he could give her, and all he could take. She would recall her life a thousand years before, and that she existed now through reincarnation. He smiled at the pleasure it gave him to think his sweet Dasoria came back to him in the form of Erin. Erin might be human now, but he would assure her conversion back to vampire flesh. He hated humans and everything they stood for. They were lowly servants, these creatures. Except his sweet Erin, who drew him like a black widow to her prey. Since he first saw her a month ago, he d known she would match him fire for fire, passion for passion. He d hunted the world over for the woman with the right amount of fire and spirit to fulfill his every desire and taste for bloodlust. Beyond all that, she looked like his Dasoria with her onyx hair and sterling eyes. Dasoria who filled his dreams at night and tormented him with memories so aged they shouldn t have been fresh. But they were. Dasoria, who he watched die at the hands of humans more than a thousand years ago. He closed his eyes and breathed deeply, fighting the horror of scalding memories that burned as much now as they did eons ago. He felt the shadows flow through his cold body. Every evil thought showed him the way to bring Erin into his fold and under his sexual power. Tonight may be the night she would taste him as he tasted her in his dreams. He d waited far too long for her return to life, and he refused to lose her this time. Moments later he saw the car drive into the library parking lot and her hesitation to leave the vehicle. Erin felt him. She may not understand what he represented, nor recognize her fear as a warning. Still, he would make sure she saw the heat and desire of his unrelenting passion. Then she would know that she belonged to him and only him. He would take the young woman, dominate her, and slake his lust on her mortal soul. He would teach her to please her master and enjoy it at the same time. Few women could be trained, but he knew one way was to enslave them to sex. Pleasure upon pleasure, pain upon pain. He closed his eyes and imagined how her body would writhe against his and how his cock would slide deep inside her. Every jerk of her body, every moan from her lips would feed his fire and drive him to the ultimate goal. Her blood and eternal love. For no mere human could satisfy him forever. He d enjoyed the nubile whore that had met him at the bar last night and eyed him from afar. She d given him the eye long enough that he knew the signal. She wanted a hard, heavy fucking and he should be the one to give it to her. When he caught up with her on the street, she d seemed pleased. Even when he d made her powerless to resist him and had pulled her into the bushes to bite and ream her, she hadn t resisted. But then she hadn t responded either. Watching Erin from a distance, he anticipated the right moment to enter her life and introduce her to the dark fire. Erin Greenway would learn to love his brand of sensuality, then she would die and be reborn as his beloved, undead Dasoria.

About the Author

Suspenseful, erotic, edgy, thrilling, romantic, adventurous. All these words are used to describe award-winning, best-selling novelist Denise A. Agnew’s novels. Romantic Times Magazine called her romantic suspense novels DANGEROUS INTENTIONS and TREACHEROUS WISHES "top-notch romantic suspense." With paranormal, time travel, romantic comedy, contemporary, historical, erotica, and romantic suspense novels under her belt, she proves her gift for writing about a diverse range of subjects. (Writing tales that scare the reader is her ultimate thrill.) Denise’s inspiration for her novels comes from innumerable sources, but the fact she has lived in Colorado, Hawaii, and the United Kingdom has given her a lifetime of ideas. Her experiences with archaeology have crept into her work, as well as numerous travels throughout England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Denise currently lives in Arizona with her real life hero, her husband.

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