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Phantom Pleasures - Chapter Six

Sunday, March 30th, 2008
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This is it. The last day! But NOT the last excerpt. See the bottom of this post for more information.

But the burning question has to be…where do I buy this book? (I hope that’s the burning question or else my experiment in posting all these excerpts has not worked, LOL!) The book will be at Barnes & Noble and Borders for sure. In fact, I’ve gotten reports that Borders has started selling the book in earnest yesterday. As for Walmart and Target…I don’t think you’ll be able to find it there, unfortunately. If those are your go-to places for book buying, you might want to order from one of the online stores like Amazon or Barnes & Noble.

This is the last day to enter the contest for the $20 Amazon gift card. Just post a comment! The winner will be posted tomorrow with Carly’s blog.

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Alexa hardly knew what had come over her.

Okay, that was a bald-faced lie. Lust had come over her. Years and years of fantasizing about a mysterious, ghostly stranger fading into her room late at night and introducing her to decadent pleasures of the flesh. Hot dreams. Wet dreams. Dreams that had haunted her with particular vigor since her month long stay in the hospital, when she’d had little to do but sleep and surrender to the medications coursing through her body.

But now, she was healthy. She could have exactly what she wanted with a lover who wasn’t completely real–if only she took the leap.

The room darkened around her. She leaned away from Damon and watched candles and torches in iron sconces and elaborate candelabras materialize all around them. Silk draperies and tapestries unfurled from the stones on the wall. In seconds, the landing was transformed into a sensual hideaway, with the cushioned chaise as the centerpiece.

“You’re getting the hang of using the magic,” she whispered, awed by the finery glowing around her.

“Wondrous what a man can do when properly motivated,” he replied.

Before you click…please realize that the rest of this chapter is rated R. You have been warned!

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