still leaned over me
and reached under the pillow for the second wrapper.
My family would
just have to forgive me when I showed up late.
Acknowledgements
Aside from Mr B and
the kidlets, my biggest thanks for Enticed goes to my street team,
The Hollerers.
My writer buddy
Keri Lake strongly hinted at (more like demanded) a saucy short
story for Ethan, and as soon as it got mentioned in my street team,
and Terri Rochenski jumped on board with the demands, I'd pretty
much got a mob after me for Ethan's hot tale. And your love for
this little story is my reasoning for going ahead and publishing
it.
So, to everyone
in my street team, thank you! Not just to the ones who shouted out
for this to happen, but to all of you who constantly help to spread
the word about my books, who cheer me on in my writing, who enjoyed
my stories enough to even be a part of my team—my heart swells with
gratitude.
A personal
thank you to my beta readers for this one: Renée Vossen, Keri Lake,
Terri Rochenski, Wendy Eaves Seagondollar, Ambur Hostyn, Rachel
Bennett, Maghon Thomas, Jennifer Runkle, Sandra Richardson.
I also owe a
big thanks to Aimee Laine. I sent her Enticed to read for fun. She
sent it back edited. She's also the reason the coverart doesn't
look like a mishmash of random images with jagged lines. Thanks
heaps, Aimee, for taking the idea inside my head and bringing it to
life.
Finally to
Carla. Just because. ;)
About J.A. Belfield
J.A. Belfield lives in Solihull, England, with the
best husband in the world, aka Mr B, a couple of back-chatting but
pretty cool kids, a pooch she treats likes the baby of the house,
and a scrawny cat that drives her insane.
Although best known for
her Holloway Pack series: DARKNESS & LIGHT (July 2011, J.
Taylor Publishing), INSTINCT (February2012, J. Taylor Publishing),
ETERNAL (July 2012, J. Taylor Publishing), BLUE MOON (December
2012, J. Taylor Publishing), RESONANCE (April 2013, J. Taylor
Publishing), CAGED (August 2013, J. Taylor Publishing), and
UNNATURAL (April 2014, J. Taylor Publishing), amongst other titles,
she is currently trawling her way through a New Adult Post
Apocalyptic and would LOVE to try her hand at YA. Maybe she
will.
J.A. Belfield also
writes children’s picture books under the pen name Jenna Lyn Field .
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Coming Soon from J.A. Belfield
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Coming Winter 2015
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Chapter 1 of CAGED
1
“... from the Shropshire area.
Following Carly McDowd’s disappearance on the fourth, and Andrew
Doherty’s on the seventh, this is the third incident this month
... ”
I turned from the
square-jawed newswoman on TV to Dad, where he sat in his corner
armchair.
His attention remained
on the screen, a frown across his brow.
“... the duo of friends were first
reported missing late last night by their parents, after they
discovered neither of the teenagers ...”
The newscaster’s voice infiltrated once more.
Images of a couple of
lads flashed side by side on the screen. The one on the left had
the appearance of any late teen, with shaggy overgrown hair and the
twinkle of mischief in his expression.
From the other image,
brilliant blue eyes stared out at me from beneath a shock of pale
blond curls.
“Oh, shit!” I pushed
to my feet, took a step forward. “That’s ...”
“ Nineteen year old Gabriel Lewis was
believed by his mother to be staying at Colum Delaney’s since
Friday evening, whilst Colum’s parents ...”
Dad stood, retracting
his mobile from his jeans pocket, as I worked my own out. He
paused, nodded to me. “Go on. You make the call, Ethan.”
Shelley Lewis’s number
had been saved in my phone book since the beginning of the year,
right after we met for the first time. I hit dial and paced to the
window. September sunshine, of the early