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*2017 RONE Finalist for Best Fantasy Romance*Book 3 in USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Rivard's steamy Fada Shapeshifters series
His dark Gift threatens everything he loves...Rock Run warrior Tiago do Rio is hiding a dark Gift, one so powerful and easily misused it could make him an outcast in his own clan. Worse, he wants a woman he can never have. The temptation to use his Gift to make his darkest fantasies come true is almost irresistible. The only good thing in his life is his friendship with a local dryad.
A best friend who wants more...Wild, solitary dryad Alesia lives on an uninhabited island in Rock Run territory. She spends her days nurturing her forest home, but her nights are lonely - until she meets the sexy Latino shifter. Now she and Tiago are best friends, but she craves more.
A clan's fate at stake...Then a den of rogue shifters threatens to bring war down on the Rock Run clan - and Tiago and Alesia are caught in the middle. Can he master his terrifying Gift in time? Or will he lose his mate as well as his soul?
Tempting the Dryad is a steamy paranormal romance with an HEA. If you love dark, dominant shifters and intense emotional storylines, this book is for you.
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It had taken weeks to coax Alesia into trusting him. By then Tiago liked her - too much for the no-strings fuck he'd sought. It seemed wrong to take her as a substitute for the woman he really wanted.
But he couldn't keep away. She was unlike any female he knew. She made things grow. She made him laugh. Even the beast calmed in her presence.
Sometimes he believed she was the only thing keeping him sane. He'd cut off his own arm before he hurt her.
So he kept visiting - and somehow, they'd become friends, him and this shy, half-wild dryad who trusted almost no one.
Now she touched his arm, her fine dark brows furrowed. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"Nothing?" She tilted her head, her eyes knowing and a little sad.
His chest squeezed. He was afraid that despite his good intentions, he'd hurt her anyway. "I shouldn't have come. Not today."
"I hear Queen Cleia's going to have a baby."
"Yeah." His voice was gruff. He cleared his throat. "I mean, yes, she is."
"Tiago. This is me, Alesia. I know you're upset."
He glanced away. "She and Dion are so damn happy. The whole clan is so damn happy. And I - " He grimaced. "I want to rip someone's head off. Some brother, huh?"
She regarded him steadily.
Foolish woman. She should push him out of the tree and conceal herself so well he'd never find her. Because he was this close to shoving her up against the trunk and sinking himself into her, deep and hard, whether she wanted it or not. Anything to mute the pain, the clawing need to show Cleia and Dion what he could do... if he chose.
When Alesia spoke, her voice had a thread of steel. "You're a good man, Tiago do Rio."
That thin line tethering him to good behavior snapped. Alesia might think she knew him, but she didn't. He'd held back, careful to show her only his best self.
He came onto his knees and leaned into her, allowing his barely leashed lust to seep into his voice. "You think so, querida? Why don't I show you just how good I am?"
He brought his hand to her nape, curving his fingers around the slim column a bit too firmly. Not enough to bruise - but enough so she'd have to work to escape him. He wanted to frighten her, even as he felt a spike of shame. He shoved it aside, allowing the restless black beast to rise to the surface.
Her big golden-brown eyes grew even larger. A pulse leapt in the delicate skin beneath his fingers.
When he spoke, he let a little of the darkness into his voice. "Talk to me, Lesia." He stroked his thumb down her throat. "I know you want me. Say yes. I'll make it so good... "
Genre: Paranormal Romance
His dark Gift threatens everything he loves...Rock Run warrior Tiago do Rio is hiding a dark Gift, one so powerful and easily misused it could make him an outcast in his own clan. Worse, he wants a woman he can never have. The temptation to use his Gift to make his darkest fantasies come true is almost irresistible. The only good thing in his life is his friendship with a local dryad.
A best friend who wants more...Wild, solitary dryad Alesia lives on an uninhabited island in Rock Run territory. She spends her days nurturing her forest home, but her nights are lonely - until she meets the sexy Latino shifter. Now she and Tiago are best friends, but she craves more.
A clan's fate at stake...Then a den of rogue shifters threatens to bring war down on the Rock Run clan - and Tiago and Alesia are caught in the middle. Can he master his terrifying Gift in time? Or will he lose his mate as well as his soul?
Tempting the Dryad is a steamy paranormal romance with an HEA. If you love dark, dominant shifters and intense emotional storylines, this book is for you.
Read an excerpt-->
It had taken weeks to coax Alesia into trusting him. By then Tiago liked her - too much for the no-strings fuck he'd sought. It seemed wrong to take her as a substitute for the woman he really wanted.
But he couldn't keep away. She was unlike any female he knew. She made things grow. She made him laugh. Even the beast calmed in her presence.
Sometimes he believed she was the only thing keeping him sane. He'd cut off his own arm before he hurt her.
So he kept visiting - and somehow, they'd become friends, him and this shy, half-wild dryad who trusted almost no one.
Now she touched his arm, her fine dark brows furrowed. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"Nothing?" She tilted her head, her eyes knowing and a little sad.
His chest squeezed. He was afraid that despite his good intentions, he'd hurt her anyway. "I shouldn't have come. Not today."
"I hear Queen Cleia's going to have a baby."
"Yeah." His voice was gruff. He cleared his throat. "I mean, yes, she is."
"Tiago. This is me, Alesia. I know you're upset."
He glanced away. "She and Dion are so damn happy. The whole clan is so damn happy. And I - " He grimaced. "I want to rip someone's head off. Some brother, huh?"
She regarded him steadily.
Foolish woman. She should push him out of the tree and conceal herself so well he'd never find her. Because he was this close to shoving her up against the trunk and sinking himself into her, deep and hard, whether she wanted it or not. Anything to mute the pain, the clawing need to show Cleia and Dion what he could do... if he chose.
When Alesia spoke, her voice had a thread of steel. "You're a good man, Tiago do Rio."
That thin line tethering him to good behavior snapped. Alesia might think she knew him, but she didn't. He'd held back, careful to show her only his best self.
He came onto his knees and leaned into her, allowing his barely leashed lust to seep into his voice. "You think so, querida? Why don't I show you just how good I am?"
He brought his hand to her nape, curving his fingers around the slim column a bit too firmly. Not enough to bruise - but enough so she'd have to work to escape him. He wanted to frighten her, even as he felt a spike of shame. He shoved it aside, allowing the restless black beast to rise to the surface.
Her big golden-brown eyes grew even larger. A pulse leapt in the delicate skin beneath his fingers.
When he spoke, he let a little of the darkness into his voice. "Talk to me, Lesia." He stroked his thumb down her throat. "I know you want me. Say yes. I'll make it so good... "
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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