Tainted
– Part 1 (A Shift in the Universe) by Tina Fausett
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Tainted:
A jealous, malevolent wife hooked on prescription drugs, a husband caught between reality and carnal fantasies, and an angel cast from heaven, are all bound together by their hatred for one woman whose spells and manifestations catch them in a downward spiral towards hell...Gina Faulkner, thought to be a voodoo queen, owner of Swamp Witch Pickles in New Orleans, is the center of it all.
Bane Colton, dangerous and cocky, sees Gina at the French Market and the game is on. He makes up his mind he's going to break the feisty redhead with the infamous kinky reputation, body and soul. And Gina's ready to be a player, until Bane’s estranged and demented wife, Beverly, wants him back.
Enter enigmatic Darsh, known to many as the Angel of Death, who’s watched over Gina since she was fifteen and has loved her almost as much as he’s hated her. Now they would come face to face. He could save her from certain peril, but could never save her from herself. Would she destroy them all? At the very least, a shift in the universe was coming.
Excerpt:
A jealous, malevolent wife hooked on prescription drugs, a husband caught between reality and carnal fantasies, and an angel cast from heaven, are all bound together by their hatred for one woman whose spells and manifestations catch them in a downward spiral towards hell...Gina Faulkner, thought to be a voodoo queen, owner of Swamp Witch Pickles in New Orleans, is the center of it all.
Bane Colton, dangerous and cocky, sees Gina at the French Market and the game is on. He makes up his mind he's going to break the feisty redhead with the infamous kinky reputation, body and soul. And Gina's ready to be a player, until Bane’s estranged and demented wife, Beverly, wants him back.
Enter enigmatic Darsh, known to many as the Angel of Death, who’s watched over Gina since she was fifteen and has loved her almost as much as he’s hated her. Now they would come face to face. He could save her from certain peril, but could never save her from herself. Would she destroy them all? At the very least, a shift in the universe was coming.
Excerpt:
“I had a love once that
I never got over. I still dream about him, think of him, wonder if I’ll see him
in heaven. No, it wasn’t your grandfather, Ian. I did love him. But sometimes
there’s one person your soul meshes with so completely that you don’t care if
you ever have sex because it’s worth a lifetime just to see them once in a
while.” His grandmother looked off as if she were seeing someone in the
distance. “Can you understand what I’m saying?” She turned back to him, her
gaze penetrating.
“No,” he lied as tears
stung the backs of his eyes.
“Sometimes, you love
someone so much you almost hate them for it, for to hate someone you have to be
capable of loving them. Who is it that you just lied about? Who is it that you
hate?”
“No one, Grandmother…no
one.”
“I’ve always felt sad
for you, Ian, never having known what it’s like to be in love. But I see it in
your eyes. You know what it’s like to be in hate.”
Darsh stood, walked to
her, bent, and kissed her cheek. “No one is worthy of my hate,” he whispered.
“If you saw her today,
the woman unworthy of your hate, what would you feel for her?” the old woman
asked knowingly.
“Extreme dislike,” he
answered, his eyes narrowing. “Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got work to do
before dinner.”
Darsh turned down the
hallway towards the library. My world’s
crumbling…I can’t keep going like this.. He ran his hands through his hair.
It’s all finally catching up to me and
soon nothing will be the same. A shift in the universe is coming and Gina
Faulkner’s bound to be at the heart of it.
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About the
author:
Tina Fausett was born and raised in Oklahoma City and
attended both the University of Central Oklahoma and Oklahoma University,
majoring in History and English. She's a published poet and novelist, as well
as an oil painter, historic home specialist. She's owned an antique store and
art gallery and currently runs a company called Red Hot Mamma's Pickles in
Oklahoma City where she lives in an historic neighborhood. She's lived in the
Garden District in New Orleans, the city she loves, and tries to spend her time
between the two cities. Tina has a daughter, son and granddaughter that are her
main focus.
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