Tears pricked the corner of her eyes, but Riona managed to confirm it.
“And then you made out with Marc? As in, used-to-be-a-Pure-Soul-and-now-is-a-demon Marc?”
Through a wallowing sob, Riona said, “I thought it was Jerry! I thought Jerry had taken off his glamour, and when my father told me that …” Every ounce of her sorrow turned to flame, alighting her anger from within. “My father … Shit, my father set me up. Like, from birth. Is everyone I’m supposed to love going to end up my enemy?”
Persephone’s eyes narrowed. “Do you love Jerry?”
Riona asked her own heart the same question. “Yes.”
“And Marc?” Persephone pushed.
Biting her lip, Riona knew she couldn’t deny it. “Does that make me evil? Was Marc right? Is it just a matter of time before I end up in Hell, too? Look at what I’ve become. In the last day, I went through with a fake wedding to deceive my biggest client, married a man who I knew I could never commit my heart to fully just because it made me happy for the moment, and nearly became an adulteress.”
“I don’t believe in destiny.” Persephone reached her hand down and wrapped it around Riona’s, pulling the witch to her feet. “But one thing’s for sure: you’re going to fit in on Olympus.”
About the Author
Killian McRae would tell you that she is a rather boring lass, an authoress whose characters’ lives are so much more exciting than her own. She would be right. Sadly, this sarcastic lexophile leads a rather mundane existence in the San Francisco Bay Area. She once dreamed of being the female Indiana Jones, and to that end she earned a degree in Middle Eastern History from the University of Michigan. However, when she learned that real archaeologist spend more time lovingly removing dust with toothbrushes from shards of pottery than outrunning intriguing villains with exotic accents, she decided to become a writer instead. She writes across many genres, including science fiction, fantasy, romance, and historical fiction.
www.killianmcrae.com
Other titles:
A Love by Any Measure
12.21.12
Pure Souls - Book One: Pure & Sinful
Acknowledgements
Always and firstly: to Mary Ellen. I would be nothing without her.
To Lisa: For being a friend, a cheerleader (it must be genetic, huh?), and a thorough and awesome critique partner.
To Melissa and the editing team at There for You Editing: for making sure I dotted my I’s, giving guidance, and forcing my dangling participles into submission.
To my kids: for their patience with me, and their ability to make the simple, simpler.
To my dear friends Denise and Robin: for never once thinking my undertakings were mockable or scandalous.
To Jamie, Tammara, Elish, and Tina: for reminding me that a woman is many things, but all of them are awesome.
And lastly: to a good number of teachers in my time who saw a little girl out of place in her environment, and held her head above water long enough for her to see the boat that would sail her away.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 26
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 26
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
About the Author
Acknowledgements
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