Jelvia: Not Human #1
Erotic Romance
Date Published: March 2019
Holding out for a Hero #1 in the Jelvia: Not Human series (please note that this has British English spellings).
Macy Shaw is a celebrity journalist who’s bored with the shallow celebs she has to cover, then one night her best friend is attacked but saved by a Jelvia. Macy sees this as a chance for a good story and to get her off celebrity journalism once and for all.
But once meeting the gallant Jelvia called Narcifer, she realises it has its own set of difficulties: he’s as sexy as sin and she feels an incredible attraction towards them—and she’s sure it’s mutual, but it might be wistful thinking.
And then there’s the ‘Jelvias hate Humans, Humans hate Jelvias’ thing going on. That in itself is problematic especially as Narcifer is following orders from his boss while Macy is following instructions for hers—which aggravates their mistrust of the other.
It doesn’t stop Macy from asking Narcifer for an interview. And it doesn’t stop Narcifer demanding his high price: he’s kinky and he wants Macy over his knee.
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Macy
stared at the unmoving, crouching shadow on the roof, and felt it stare back at
her. The moonlight caught its reflective eyes and the gaze pierced right
through her. The Jelvia rose until he was standing. The wind tugged at his coat, making him appear even more
outlandish.
He turned, superhumanly fast, and jumped from the roof of the shop to land on the roof of
the next building. He made no sound. And then he was gone from sight. Macy was
freaked out. It was dark, her friend had been attacked, and someone had died.
She scrambled inside her car. She closed the door and dug in her pocket for the
keys, but her car shuddered, and Macy’s head snapped up in alarm. The Jelvia
was standing in front of her car, hands on the bonnet as if to prevent it from
moving. He leaned in to peer through the windscreen.
Macy
began another frantic search of her pockets for the car keys as he took one
hand off the bonnet and beckoned her out of her car.
Macy
shook her head.
The
Jelvia cocked his head at her as if regarding her. The black eyes, already
shadowed by the night, appeared to be
empty black orbs in the Jelvia’s skull.
He
dangled her car keys in front of her.
Macy
stared into eyes that were nothing but complete darkness and felt a shiver
trickle down her spine. She’d never been this close to a Jelvia before and
could finally appreciate the words of those who encountered them: It wasn’t
only their eyes that were black, their whole being was as well.
As
she looked into those eyes, it really did
feel as if his soul was enveloped in darkness. She waited for the feeling of
intense terror that people were said to feel, but none came. Logic told her his venom
could pierce through the windscreen and kill her where she sat, and she should
be scared, yet scared wasn’t an adjective she could use.
She
felt… electrified.
Maybe
it was fear playing with her senses.
The
Jelvia was big and wore the typical Jelvian dress of a knee-length,
bulletproof, black coat. Given his size, he didn’t look like he should be able
to move as quickly as he had done on the shop roof. But she knew from her
research of the Jelvian species that they were incredibly light on their feet,
had amazingly sharp reflexes and coordination. They were superhuman.
He
continued to dangle the keys from his fingers, and Macy opened the door and
exited slowly. She stood before him with her hand outstretched to receive the
car keys she must have dropped rushing after the man walking the dog.
‘Please,
can I…?’ she asked.
The
Jelvia stepped towards her. As he moved, his face came out of the shadow, and
she was able to see him clearly. She was transfixed not only by his beauty, but
because she’d seen that face so many times in the newspaper recently, due to
her own research of Mardle and Becks murders, and she was sure that this was the Jelvia who had killed
both men.
The
police van behind her started up, and the Jelvia looked over her head towards
the vehicle. Macy turned to watch as it moved off in the opposite direction.
When she looked back, his eyes were on her, and his gaze was all-consuming as if he were drinking her in.
Everything
had happened in an instant, and she still had her hand out for the keys. He
placed them in her upturned hand gently and closed her fingers around them. His
big hand lingered over hers.
The
instant he touched her, her nerves became electrified, and the way he became
still told her he’d felt the sensation as well.
Macy
wanted nothing more than to step into those big arms. Her brain was yelling
caution, but everything else was submitting to this man—this Jelvia.
She
looked down at their hands. He had begun
to trace an imaginary circle at the base of her wrist with his thumb, and the touch sent tingles through
her body.
Then
he leaned in until his breath stroked her face. Macy held her breath, certain he was about to kiss her.
And certain that she wanted him to.
A
large hand cupped her cheek, and she
opened her eyes, embarrassed that she’d had them closed. She stared up at him,
then his other hand rose until her face was held in his hands.
He
frowned, and she could see in his expression that she’d surprised him. Most
humans would have been terrified.
His
eyes dropped to her mouth. His face was so close she could see the pupils in
his all-black eyes. Then he lowered further and touched his lips against hers—and
all embarrassment vanished. The taste of his lips was more than she had
bargained for and, beyond her comprehension, her body melded to his with a
sigh.
As
if under a spell, Macy raised her hands to hold his in place around her face,
and parted her lips. She could hear the sound of her own shallow breath, could hear his as he plundered her mouth.
His
hands left her face, and one cupped the back of her head, while the other
pulled her closer still. She felt his hard body against hers, felt his arousal
and wanted to touch it. His hot mouth moved over hers; his tongue thrust inside
her mouth, and she knew, now that she’d
had a taste of him, she’d never have enough.
Macy’s
fingers twined in his hair. Desire licked through her, ripening her body.
She
felt the cold exterior of her car behind her as she was shoved up against it. A
hand pressed against her breast and her nipples hardened against his touch. She
was beginning to think that he was going to take her there and then, and was
almost certain that she wanted him to.
Her
hand moved down his body, towards the erection pressing at the fabric of his
trousers. It filled her hand.
He
stepped away from her. She was breathing rapidly, stupefied as she looked up at
him.
His
hand reached out, and his fingers trailed a hot path down her throat. The hand
splayed, the smallest finger disappearing into the neck of her tee-shirt,
touching the swell of her breast. She felt herself pressing into his hand, but
he didn’t move further, and then she realised he was feeling the vibration of
her erratic heartbeat.
Feeling
his gaze on her, she raised her eyes. He took his hand away, then he did
something she’d not expected him to do. He grinned. A cock-sure grin, complete
with dimples.
Macy
found herself grinning back.
Then
he bent and opened her car door. And reluctantly, she slipped inside, and he
closed the door on her. Only when she was safely inside did the Jelvia turn and
walk away.
About the Author
Tina Kessler writes steamy romance for the 18+ market (erotica, spanking and BDSM) and is the pen name of Louise Wise.
Louise Wise is a British author from the Midlands in England. Her debut novel is the acclaimed sci-fi romance titled EDEN, which was followed by its sequel HUNTED in 2013.
Forthcoming, JELVIA: NOT HUMAN series is themed on the above Eden and Hunted books.
HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO book 1 is Wise’s latest release from that series. SURVIVING HER DOMINATE book 2 will be ready for publication in 2019, and SPIDER book 3 will be released in 2020 and all of the series will be written under the name of T. E. KESSLER.
Wise took the decision to write under the name of T. E Kessler for her JELVIA: NOT HUMAN series to separate him from her regular novels. These include:
Eden (sci-fi romance) – slight sex references
Hunted (sci-fi romance) slight sex references
A Proper Charlie (romantic comedy)
Oh No, I’ve Fallen in Love! (dark, comedy romance)
Wide Awake Asleep (time travel, romance)
Wise enjoys writing comedy and finds a place for it in ALL her books. She has written numerous short stories for women’s magazines such as Take a Break and Woman’s Own.
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