Entwined Within the Darkness Within the Darkness Trilogy Book One Charley Black
Entwined Within the DarknessWithin the Darkness TrilogyBook One Charley Black
Genre: Paranormal Romance, FantasyPublisher: Charley Black Date of Publication: September 4, 2022ISBN: 979-8986887708ASIN:B0BD577QKCNumber of pages: 310Word Count: 95, 963Cover Artist: MiblArt
Book Description:
A wild evening goes demonically wrong…
Patience craves answers. Half a century after appearing on the steps of the witch academy, she was still no closer to recovering her lost memories and identity. Tormented nightly by visions of red eyes and burdened by dreams that, although connected, remain unclear. Patience, to distract herself, decides to defy the rules and enter the vampire club, Moarte, an act strictly forbidden for witches. Never expecting her best friend, Michael, to begin his transition into a full demon, Patience, desperate to save him, binds him to his vampiric lover.
To make matters worse, Lucius, the domineering brother of the vampire, whom Michael is now bound to, harbors a deep resentment for witches and especially for Patience. Even so, they must now work together to find a soul gem that will untether the bond before her best friend completely consumes his brother’s soul. As their unlikely alliance takes form and their attraction grows, Lucius’ presence draws out long-forgotten memories deep from within Patience. He may just be the key to unlocking her past—but will she be able to convince him that he needs her far more than he needs to kill her? Rediscovering her past and how it binds her to Lucius may just prove to be far more dangerous than either of them imagined.
Entwined, the first book in the Within the Darkness Trilogy, will leave readers in suspense. This enemies-to-lovers story will be filled with plenty of action, humor, and steam. So, prepare yourself, as the end of this novel leaves us with a cliffhanger, but not for long! Intended for 18+ readers, stay tuned to find out what lies ahead in this captivating trilogy.
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Excerpt1:
A tremendousgust of wind came out of nowhere, blowing the umbrella out of her hands. Shedebated whether she should run the rest of the way home or chase after it whenthere was a sudden pull at her core in the direction her umbrella went. Thesensation was strange, but her legs strode of their own accord toward theumbrella. She would usually fight this kind of enchantment, but her curiositygot the best of her. She wanted to know where it was leading her. It had to bean Allure of Soul’s charm, similar to the one found on the website, except thisfelt different. The pull was stronger than any charm she had experienced before.
She let thecompelling force at her core lead her to the front of the double doors of anold industrial building. It looked like it was a nightclub. Picking up herumbrella, she saw a sign above the doors that read: Moarte.
Interesting. Sothis is Moarte. Club Death. Typical of vampires to name their club “Death.”
Strangecreatures.
Realizing it hadstopped raining, she folded up the umbrella. She must have become swept up inthe enchantment because of the storm. Magic had a mind of its own sometimes.The weather constantly messed with enchantments, especially with lure charms.
Turning to walkaway since the allure had done its job and got her here, she found her feetwouldn’t leave.
“What the hell?”She struggled to leave, thinking it was a fluke. She tried moving toward thedoor instead of away, and it worked. Then she tried to turn away again. Herfeet wouldn’t move forward.
Fighting theenchantment became harder the longer she stood, so she gave in. Stepping up tothe doors, she touched the handle. An image flashed through her mind.
It was too quickfor her to see. A warm, familiar sensation washed over her, pulling at hermemory. It ran through her body, brushing against her soul, then vanished asquickly as it came. She pulled on the door. It wouldn’t budge. She could unlockit, but there was a magical ward, and she didn’t want to risk drawing attentionto herself by blasting off the door to a vampire club.
Vampires andwitches were still mortal enemies. Even with the law outlawing the killing ofwitches in place, vampires were to be avoided.
This time, whenshe turned to leave, nothing stopped her. Her feet moved forward withoutincident.
Her thoughtstraveled in a million different directions.
The first being,what the hell kind of enchantment was that if it wasn’t a lure charm? Therewere other enchantments that vampires used specifically to lure their victimsinto their clubs. It shouldn’t have affected her, at least not this strongly.She could blame it on the rain. Another possibility was something else wasleading her there.
Following cluesto her past wasn’t always easy. She went into many of her leads blind andknowing she would come out with disappointment. She always told herself she hadat least had to try. Her instincts were telling her there was a clue in theclub.
Walking up thestairs to her apartment, she knew they would go to Moarte tonight.
No… I couldn’tlet that happen. She had followed too many clues already. Tonight was going tobe about fun and doing something different. Remember: new energy in the air.
Though thisdiffered from her dreams and nightmares, she had never seen a glimpse of memorybefore or that warm sensation. It never happened when she was awake before.
No, she wouldn’tthink about it. Tomorrow was another day. She would chase it tomorrow.
She did this toherself all the time. All it did was add to her stress.
She promised herself she wouldn’t go anywherenear the club tonight
About the Author:
Charley Black is an up-and-coming writer and author who has been creating stories since she was twelve years old. Her early short stories dabbled in different genres, but her passion for romance novels — paranormal romance in particular — always shone through. Charley currently resides in Rhode Island, with her family and works at a local university. Debuting in September, Entwined will be the first of three novels set in the Within the Darkness universe.
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