Dark Desire by Francesca Quarto

Dark Desire

By Francesca Quarto

(Paranormal Thriller/Romance)

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The secrets of the Louisiana Bayou bubble up like swamp gas, as the Vampire’s unbridled passion for the beautiful Maggie Newsome consumes his darkened soul. The love she pledged to Collin Fitzhugh is crumbling to dust with each bite and night of lust she experiences with Grayson Gerrard. With one more bite before she becomes his forever, only her fiancé and a shriveled-up Voodoo Witch stand between Maggie and a dark eternity.

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The bayous of Louisiana have kept many secrets over the centuries, enclosed in the languid movement of its sludge-tarnished waters. But when one of these deep held mysteries rises like luminous swamp gas, all hell is unleashed upon unsuspecting and unprepared Maggie Newsome.

The beautiful and headstrong young woman, is counting the days until her marriage to Collin Fitzhugh, scion of one of Louisiana’s oldest and wealthiest families. Her life seemed laid upon her like a pattern, waiting to be cut and stitched irrevocably together.

A dinner party at her eccentric friend Isabella’s, introduces the incredibly exciting artist, Grayson Gerrard, into Maggie’s staid life. His gaze stirs feelings of wanton desire in her that begin to choke off her love for Collin. In the weeks before her wedding, Maggie is drawn deeper into a beguiling and sensual relationship with Grayson. The small punctures he leaves on her while she’s lost in his touch, mark her as his and harden her resolve to break-off her engagement.

Their friend Isabella proves to Collin his only hope of saving Maggie from Gerrard’s evil designs is to call upon the Voodoo Witch, Mari. Together they must undertake a perilous journey into the bayou where they discover death and madness within its green walls. The hours are sucking like leeches off Maggie’s life as she surrenders to the desirable Grayson, perhaps forever.

(Francesca Quarto, October 2020)