Release Day Launch: ENSNARED by Elisabeth Naughton
From New York Times Bestselling
author Elisabeth Naughton, comes ENSNARED, a
new novella in her Eternal Guardians Series, brought to you
by 1,001
Dark Nights! Be sure to grab your copy today!
About ENSNARED:
From New
York Times and USA Today bestselling author Elisabeth
Naughton comes a new story in her Eternal Guardians series…
EXCERPT:
She’d never been to this beach. She didn’t know
if it was somewhere in Argolea—the blessed realm created by Zeus for the
ancient heroes’ ancestors—or if she was somewhere in the human realm. All she knew
was that she liked it. She liked how peaceful it was. Liked how breathtaking
the scenery was. Liked that here—wherever she’d taken herself this time—no one
was telling her what to do or pressuring her to be something she wasn’t.
“I’d say you look lost, but something tells me
you are exactly where you want to be,” a deep male voice said at her back. Kara
whipped around, her long blonde hair blocking her vision before she brushed it
aside, and stared at the man reclined on a padded chaise lounge on the beach. A
man and chaise that hadn’t been there only moments before. A man who was
vaguely familiar though she couldn’t figure out why.
“I...who are you?” she asked.
“Who do you want me to be?” His question made
her blink. Who did she want him to be? She had no idea. All she knew was that
an odd heat was building inside her. One she’d never experienced before. When
he only continued to stare at her, she narrowed her eyes, running her gaze from
his thick dark hair down his very muscular body. With his hands clasped behind
his neck, his expression expectant, he looked relaxed and just the slightest
bit amused. But there was a mysterious glint to his blue-green eyes that belied
his stress-free exterior. And though he was gorgeous—tall, dark, and handsome
in every way with that chiseled jaw, lush lips, and mesmerizing eyes—something
in the back of her mind warned her to be careful.
“Where did you come from?” she asked hesitantly.
“We both know you weren’t here two seconds ago.”
One side of those perfect lips curled. “I’m sure if you concentrate, you’ll
know exactly where I came from, Zakara.” She didn’t like his riddles. And she
didn’t like that he knew her name when she was still struggling to figure out
who he was and why he was so familiar. But the longer he stared at her, the
warmer she grew. And as his words circled in her head, it suddenly hit her like
a baseball bat right to the forehead.
“You’re that guy...” Her eyes grew wide with
disbelief.
“From my dreams.”
He chuckled—a low, deep, captivating sound that
was too perfect to be real. “That I am.”
ABOUT ELISABETH NAUGHTON:
Elisabeth Naughton is a New York
Times and USA Today bestselling author. From
Elisabeth: “I was never one of those people who knew they wanted to be an
author at the age of six. I didn’t have imaginary friends. I didn’t write
stories in my journal or entertain my relatives by firelight after Thanksgiving
dinner. For the most part, I was just a normal, everyday kid. I liked to read,
but I wasn’t exceptional at it. And when my teachers complimented me on my
writing abilities, I brushed them off. I did, however, always have a penchant
for the unique and absurd. And as my mother told me all throughout my
childhood, I should have been an actress—I was a drama queen before my time.
“Years ago, my husband bought me Scarlett: The
Sequel to Gone With The Wind. If you ever saw the book, you know it’s a long
one. I sat and read that thing from cover to cover, and dreamed of one day
being a writer. But I didn’t actually try my hand at writing until years later
when I quit my teaching job to stay home with my kids. And my husband? After
that week of reading where I neglected him and everything else until I finished
Scarlett, he vowed never to buy me another book again. Little did he know I’d
one day end up sitting at a keyboard all day drafting my own stories.
“My writing journey has not been easy. I didn’t
just sit down one day, decide I was going to write a book and voila! sell my
very first attempt. As most authors will probably agree, the path to
publication is filled with hours of work, pulling all-nighters I thought I’d
given up in college, sacrifices, rejections, but a love I discovered along the
way I just can’t live without. Instead of a big, thick book to read by
lamplight (I do read much smaller ones when I get the chance), I’ve traded in
my reading obsession for a laptop. And I’ve never been happier.
“I’m one of the lucky ones. I have a wonderful
family and fabulous husband who put up with my writing—and obsessive
personality—even when life is chaotic. More than once my kids have been late to
swimming or baseball because I needed just five more minutes to finish a scene.
Their support and encouragement mean the world to me. I also have amazing
friends and a support network I couldn’t survive without. So to all of you out
there who have encouraged me along the way, sent me emails and fan letters,
phone calls and congratulations, I just want to say, thank you. You make this
whole writing gig that much more enjoyable. I truly wouldn’t be here without
you.”
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