FIGHT FOR LOVE
The next release in The Calling is Reborn Vampire Novel Series
Coming Late Spring 2015
Chapter 2
Diana Reyes watched her vampire husband as he effortlessly went through the paces in the kata, his body fluid and graceful. The lean muscles of his bare chest and abdomen flexed and shifted as he went through the routine. His face, that amazingly beautiful face, was intense with concentration.
His dark midnight hair was longer, almost shoulder length, and thick. He'd tied it back with a length of leather lacing. He'd grown a beard and the deep color and thickness of it offset his pale skin, but there was no doubt there was more color there than a month before.
Human kind of color, she thought and let her gaze travel over his body again.
Desire stirred in her at the sight of him, way more powerful than he had been a month earlier, when he had still been recovering from a vicious beat down at the hands of a psycho vampire. He had been emotionally and physically battered, but he was better. On second thought, he was better physically. Emotionally, she wasn't quite so sure where his head was at, but she had no intentions of letting him fight his demons alone.
Tucking their infant daughter up against her shoulder, she approached him as he finished the kata, took a deep breath, and faced her.
“You're up early,” he said and shot a quick glance out at the windows to the inky morning sky that was just beginning to lighten with the first touches of dawn. It was early December and the longer hours of darkness were normally playtime for vampires, except that her husband was no longer like most of his undead brethren.
“Charlie was hungry,” she said and sauntered toward him until she was just an arm's length away.
Ryder finally offered up a smile at the mention of their daughter and held his hands out for her. She handed Charlie over and he snuggled her up against his broad chest and gazed down at her. “How's my little darlin'?” he crooned.
So so normal, but then not, she thought. Vampires rarely had babies, but they had been blessed with a miracle. Maybe more than one.
Thanks to their slayer friends and a gift of their blood, Charlie and she were alive and Ryder . . .
Ryder had become more human than his fellow vampires in the two months since nearly dying. Something no one had foreseen and which they had yet to explain despite weeks of poring over a slayer's ancient journal and assorted meetings with vampire elders.
“You're up early, too,” she said.
He playfully grinned at her and said, “Vampire, remember? Creatures of the night and all that.”
“Yeah, like I could forget,” she teased back, although worry lingered in her gut. As much as he tried to act as if he was okay with everything, he wasn't. She knew that from the inordinate hours he spent training and preparing himself, as if for the battle of his life. She knew it from the distance she sensed even when he was with her in the most intimate of ways. There was something there, pulling him away. Holding back what he was really thinking and feeling.
She reached up and tangled her fingers in the thick strands of his almost ebony-colored hair. Charlie's hair was starting to come in much like his, with a deep blue-black hue.
She smoothed his hair back and met his coffee-colored gaze. “It's too early to be up, Ryder. Would you come back to bed with me?”
His grin widened and was bright through the darkness of the beard he had grown. She hadn't been sure at first about all the hair, but had gotten to like the look of it. The feel of it against her skin.
I like the feel of you against my skin, he said through the blood connection they shared and she blushed hotly.
Then why are we still standing here? she shot back saucily, turned, and put a sexy little sway in her hips as she sauntered up the stairs and to the second floor of their condo where their bedroom and Charlie's nursery were located.
Copyright 2015 Caridad Pineiro Scordato - All Rights Reserved.
About the Author
NY Times and USA Today Bestseller Caridad Pineiro is a Jersey Girl who just wants to write, travel, and spend more time with family and friends. Caridad is the author of over 40 novels/novellas and loves romance novels, super heroes, TV and cooking. Caridad writes dark and sexy romantic suspense and paranormal romances for those who live to love on the edge. Her sweet, but still naughty side, Charity Pineiro, writes contemporary romances packed with emotion and humor. For more information on Caridad/Charity, please visit http://www.caridad.comor http://www.rebornvampirenovels.com. You can also find Caridad/Charity on:
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Additional Books by the Author Writing as Caridad Pineiro
Books in THE CALLING/THE REBORN Vampire Novel Series
VAMPIRE REBORN, April 2014, ASIN B00J3GHA3C
DIE FOR LOVE, December 2013, ASIN B00H6EFD5U Entangled Publishing
BORN TO LOVE, November 2013, ISBN 9781622663705 Entangled Publishing
TO LOVE OR SERVE, October 2013, ISBN 9781622663477Entangled Publishing
FOR LOVE OR VENGEANCE September 2013 ISBN 9781622662937 Entangled Publishing
KISSED BY A VAMPIRE (formerly ARDOR CALLS) October 2012 ISBN 9780373885589 Harlequin Nocturne
AWAKENING THE BEAST Collection featuring HONOR CALLS October 2009 ISBN 0373250940 Silhouette Nocturne
FURY CALLS March 2009 ISBN 0373618077 Silhouette Nocturne
HONOR CALLS February 2009 ISBN 9781426828362 Nocturne Bite
HOLIDAY WITH A VAMPIRE December 2007 ISBN 0373617763 Silhouette Nocturne
THE CALLING COMPLETE COLLECTION October 2008 ISBN 9781426807657 Silhouette Includes Darkness Calls, Danger Calls, Temptation Calls, Death Calls, Devotion Calls, and Blood Calls–as well as the online read Desire Calls.
BLOOD CALLS May 2007 ISBN 0373617631 Silhouette Nocturne
DEVOTION CALLS January 2007 ISBN 0373617550 Silhouette Nocturne
DEATH CALLS Dec 2006 ISBN 0373617534 Silhouette Nocturne
TEMPTATION CALLS Oct 2005 ISBN 0373274602 Silhouette Intimate Moments
DANGER CALLS June 2005 ISBN 0373274416 Silhouette Intimate Moments
DARKNESS CALLS Mar 2004 ISBN 0373273533 Silhouette Intimate Moments
Books in The Gambling for Love Romantic Suspense Series
THE PRINCE’S GAMBLE November 2012 ISBN 9781622668007 Entangled Publishing
TO CATCH A PRINCESS August 2013 ISBN 9781622661329 Entangled Publishing
Books in The Sin Hunter Paranormal Romance Series
THE CLAIMED May 2012 ISBN 978-0446584609 Forever Grand Central Publishing
THE LOST August 2011 ISBN 978-0446584616 Forever Grand Central Publishing
STRONGER THAN SIN November 2010 ISBN 0446543845 Forever Grand Central Publishing
SINS OF THE FLESH November 2009 ISBN 0446543837 Forever Grand Central Publishing
Other Novels by Caridad
THE FIFTH KINDOM July 2011 ISBN 9781426891885 Carina Press
SOLDIER’S SECRET CHILD Dec 2008 ISBN 0373276109 Silhouette Romantic Suspense
Novellas
ONE SPECIAL NIGHT, a New Adult Erotic Romance, August 2014 ASIN B00MI8LE16
JUST ONE NIGHT, a New Adult Erotic Romance, June 2014 ASIN B00KSNSW2C
GHOST OF A CHANCE, paranormal short story November 2012 ISBN B00AUGV89G Caridad Pineiro Publishing
HER VAMPIRE LOVER October 2012 ISBN 9781459242289 Nocturne Cravings Novella
NIGHT OF THE COUGAR June 2012 ISBN 9781459231153 Nocturne Cravings Novella
THE VAMPIRE’S CONSORT April 2012 ISBN 9781459222731 Harlequin Nocturne Cravings Novella
NOCTURNAL WHISPERS February 2012 ISBN 9781459221437 Harlequin Nocturne Cravings Novella
AMAZON AWAKENING December 2011 ISBN 9781459282766 Available Harlequin Nocturne Cravings Novella
WHEN HERALD ANGELS SING novella in A VAMPIRE FOR CHRISTMAS October 2011 ISBN 0373776446 HQN
AZTEC GOLD January 2011 ISBN 9781426891045 Carina Press Novella
Crazy for the Cat in MOON FEVER Oct 2007 ISBN 1416514902 Pocket Books
Romantic Suspense Series
SECRET AGENT REUNION Aug 2007 ISBN 0373275463 Silhouette Romantic Suspense
MORE THAN A MISSION Aug 2006 ISBN 037327498X Silhouette
Additional Books by the Author Writing as Charity Pineiro
NOW AND ALWAYS June 2013 ISBN 1490362770
FAITH IN YOU July 2013 ISBN 1490412697
TORI GOT LUCKY December 2013 ASIN B00HGYIPGY
THE PERFECT MIX March 2013 ASIN B00IGAFNO4, also available as part of the LUCKY 7 BAD BOYS CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE Boxed Set
TO CATCH HER MAN April 2014 ASIN B00JJ7RK1C