Seduced by the Daredevil - #ThursdayTasters

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I thought I would share the start of my story, Seduced by the Daredevil, which will be available from Evernight Publishing in August.

Andrea Bolan peered over the edge of the roof of Belfast's Europa Hotel and contemplated the drop of over one hundred feet to her almost certain death. She had no one to blame but herself.

"Which one of you ladies is next to bite the bullet?" The Angel of Death approached, no doubt hoping his handsome looks were enough to persuade them to forget all reason and take the leap. "You're the last two standing. Come on, don't be shy." He beckoned to the scaffold like contraption, where their other colleagues had exited moments earlier.

Her prominent sense of self-preservation propelled her to shrink behind the other, less intimidated member of the hospital team.

"I'll go. I'm sure Miss Stuffy Knickers and her OCD here will take their sweet time getting organized. So, I am all yours, honey." Nurse Nancy, or whoever she was—Andrea still didn't know all their names—strutted toward him. Though the moniker had floated around the hospital for weeks now, the catty comment still left scratch marks. Efficient and organized she might have been, but human nonetheless. She battled the childish notion of flipping him the finger, choosing instead to hide away in the shadows.