Book : Bay Of Sighs (guardians Trilogy) - Roberts, Nora

-Titulo Original : Bay Of Sighs (guardians Trilogy)

-Fabricante :

Berkley

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As the Guardians Trilogy from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts moves to the island of Capri, a mermaid and a traveler discover the power of timeless love... To celebrate the rise of their new queen, three goddesses of the moon created three stars: one of fire, one of ice, one of water. But then the stars fell from the sky, putting the fate of all worlds in danger. And now three women and three men join forces to pick up the pieces… Mermaid Annika is from the sea, and it is there she must return to after her quest to find the stars. New to this world, her purity and beauty are nothing less than breathtaking, as is her graceful athleticism, which her five new friends discovered when they retrieved the Fire Star. Now, through space and time, traveler Sawyer King has brought the guardians to the island of Capri, where the Water Star is hidden. And as he watches Annika in her element, he finds himself drawn to her joyful spirit. But Sawyer knows that if he allows her into his heart, no compass could ever guide him back to solid ground… And in the darkness, their enemy broods. She lost one star to the guardians, but there is still time for blood to be spilled-the mermaid’s in the water and the traveler’s on the land. For she has forged a dangerous new weapon. Something deadly and unpredictable. Something human. Review Praise for Nora Roberts “America’s favorite writer.”- The New Yorker “Roberts is indeed a word artist.”- Los Angeles Daily News Praise for Bay of Sighs “Lyrical, mesmerizing, and totally enthralling, this magical story seamlessly continues the trilogy begun with Stars of Fortune.”- Library Journal “[An] inventive romance certain to please fans of the first book, as well as readers new to the series.”- Booklist “The heroine in this book is a mermaid unfamiliar with human culture, so a charming aspect of this story is her learning curve on human behavior. Great reading fun!”- RT Book Reviews About the Author Nora Roberts is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than 200 novels. She is also the author of the bestselling In Death series written under the pen name J. D. Robb. There are more than 500 million copies of her books in print. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Chapter One For an instant, like a single beat of wings, Annika scented the sea, heard the voices lifted in song. Here then gone, a blur within the blur of color and speed, but it swelled in her heart like love. Then came a sigh, and the echoes of sighs, another kind of music. Bittersweet. And this washed through her like tears. So with joy and sorrow mated in her heart, she fell. Tumbling, spiraling, spinning in a breathless rush that added a reckless thrill and a quick panic. A thousand wings beat now, a thousand and a thousand more, with whipping wind, a wall of sound. And color flicked away into the dark as she landed abruptly enough to lose her breath. For a moment she feared theyd landed in some deep, dark cave where spiders would crawl, and worse, much worse, where Nerezza waited to strike. Then her vision cleared. She made out shadows, what she knew as moonlight, and felt the firm body beneath hers, the arms wrapped tight around her. She knew that shape, that scent, wanted to snuggle right in, Nerezza or not. It was a wonder, a star-struck sea of wonder, to feel his heart beat, so fast and strong, against hers. Then he shifted a little, and one hand slid up, then down her hair. The other skimmed wonderfully over her bottom. She snuggled right in. Um. Both hands came to her shoulders now, but his voice spoke close enough to her heart that his breath tickled it. Are you okay? Are you hurt? Everybody okay? She remembered her friends-not that shed forgotten them, not ever. But shed never lain so intimately on a man before-on Sawyer-and she liked it very, very much. She hea