Deeper (Elemental Series) (5 page)

Authors: Christine DePetrillo

Gathering her long
blond hair into a high ponytail, Rionne grabbed her sunglasses, a cheesy
romance novel Janice had passed to her, and a resort towel. She gave two cute
waiters at the hotel’s bistro a little wave as she sashayed out the door toward
the beach. With any luck, their shifts ended soon and they’d be out to find
her.

So much for cutting
back on the man buffet.

She couldn’t help it.
She liked men. Craved them. All different kinds. In all different positions. At
all different places. Besides, she wasn’t desperate for dates like Crystal had
probably been. She wouldn’t saddle up with a lunatic just to get some
attention. Rionne always had choices. Always. And if hanging out with a
different guy every night sometimes got old, she could overlook it. Now was the
time to have fun. Most nights it even seemed like fun.

Some nights she could
almost forget how she’d trusted certain men and they’d let her down.
Monumentally.

Finding her favorite
spot right in the epicenter of the resort’s private beach, she was pleased to
see a chair free. She took a moment to peruse the crowd, and not sniffing out
any particular hotties, she sunk into the chair to seriously update her tan.
The sun was all toasty warm, and Rionne felt positively feline as she soaked in
the rays.

Until a shadow fell
across her.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Christine
DePetrillo
tried not being a writer. She attempted to ignore
the voices in her head, but they would not stop. The only way she could achieve
peace and quiet was to write the stories the voices demanded. Today, she writes
tales meant to make you laugh, maybe make you sweat, and definitely make you
believe in the power of love.

She
lives in Rhode Island and occasionally Vermont with her husband, two cats, a
big, black German Shepherd, and a lizard.

Find
Christine’s other titles on
Amazon.com
and at
christinedepetrillo.weebly.com
.
Connect on Facebook, on Twitter at @cdepetrillo, at
nighteternal.weebly.com
(where she writes
poems as Drake, the vampire), and at
rosesofprose.blogspot.com
on the 4
^thand 14
^thof every month.