Fate that refuses to be ignored
Primal Destiny
by Dania Voss
Genre: Steamy Paranormal Romance
The secret is out.
Shifters exist and live among humans.
Humans fall into two camps: Those who consider shifters monsters but manage to
co-exist with them, and those who want to get close to them, relishing their
power.
Tessa Cooper, a single mother devoted to her three-year-old daughter, is firmly
in the first camp, doing her best to keep her biases to herself. But one look
at Dario Kingston Renzetti, a wealthy lion shifter, and she senses her life
will never be the same.
The moment Dario sees Tessa in his bar, he knows he’s found his fated mate –
age difference be damned. Learning she wants nothing to do with shifters –
especially romantically – is another matter altogether. But nobody said he
wasn't determined.
Can Dario’s persistence convince Tessa he’s not hiding dark secrets that would
reinforce her opinion of shifters, or will she deny them their primal destiny?
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Tessa was impressed by
Dario’s and Fabrizio’s generosity. She now understood why Emelia had sung
Dario’s praises since she’d started at the magazine two years ago.
Over
delicious and filling appetizers, they helped Emelia calm down and organize
what needed to be done in the next couple of hours before she and Fabrizio flew
to Boston.
“I
hate leaving you in the lurch for so many weeks though, Dario,” Emelia
lamented. Then she glanced at Tessa with excitement in her eyes. “I know! Tessa
should fill in for me while I’m gone. The idiots she worked for laid her off
two days ago. That job was beneath her anyway. It would be perfect.”
Tessa’s
head was spinning. In a matter of minutes, she had all of Emelia’s magazine
system login credentials, had hugged her goodbye, and was now alone with Dario.
Who
had removed his costume cape and was now gloriously shirtless.
She
bolted out of her chair, needing to put some distance between them, and leaned
against his desk. “Surely you can find someone else to fill in for Emelia.
Someone already at the magazine? I appreciate her confidence in me, but I can’t
work for you.”
Dario
raised a brow from his seat at the conference table. Hunger flared in his
hypnotic blue eyes. “Because of your shifter bias, as Emelia put it?”
A
flush crept across Tessa’s cheeks as he called her out on her shifter issues.
“I… I’ll admit shifters make me uncomfortable. I mean no offense to you and
yours personally.”
Dario
regarded her compassionately before he stood and walked toward her. He stopped
in front of her, leaving some much-needed space between them. Still, she felt
his body heat and her pulse ratcheted up.
“I
appreciate that. Think of the practicalities, though. You’d be helping your
friend when she needs you and finally getting work experience worthy of your
Columbia MBA.”
Dario
was right of course, but he did strange things to her emotions. Tessa felt out
of control around him and that scared the shit out of her. “I could get that
work experience anywhere. I don’t need to get it from your magazine. Why are
you so insistent?” He stealthily got closer, making her tremble against her
will, his unique scent driving her insane with desire.
He
twirled a lock of her hair around his fingers, and Tessa’s body lit up with
awareness. How did he do that?
“Because
you, per sempre mio, are my mate.”
Tessa
couldn’t bring herself to resist when Dario captured her lips in a hungry kiss.
Their tongues tangled greedily, and her head swam. Their connection was
electric. He tasted like heaven and sin, and she was hopelessly hooked.
They
were both panting when they broke apart. “No. I can’t be your mate.” She
whispered, but in her heart, she believed Dario was probably right.
“I
know it doesn’t fit with your shifter bias narrative, but I and my lion
knew the moment we saw you; the moment we smelled your delectable scent that
you were our destiny. Our primal destiny.” Dario didn’t stop her when she moved
away from him and rubbed her arms, nearly in a panic.
“You
might be mistaken.”
“I’m
absolutely certain and I think you are too. You feel the mating bond just as I
do, don’t you?
If
that’s what she felt toward him was called, she did. “No, I don’t. I’ll help
Emelia out because she needs me, but we can’t ever kiss again. I mean it.”
The
deep timbre of Dario’s laugh sent chills down Tessa’s spine.
“Oh,
my sweet mate, but we will. Many more times. Because you’ll want to. You can
count on it,” Dario declared as a wicked grin spread across his face.
Int’l bestseller and award-winning author Dania Voss writes compelling, sexy
romance with personality, heat, and heart. Born in Rome, Italy and raised in
Chicagoland, she creates stories with authentic, engaging characters. She loves
anything pink and is a huge fan of 80s hair bands.
A favorite with romance
readers, her debut novel “On the Ropes,” the first in her Windy City Nights
series, became an international bestseller. Dania’s books have won multiple
awards, and her work has been highlighted on NBC, ABC, CBS, and FOX. She has been
featured in the Chicago Tribune, Southern Writers Magazine, and Chicago
Entrepreneurs Magazine (selected as the #8 Top Chicago Author in 2021).
When she’s not writing, you
can find Dania at a sporting event, a rock concert, or the movies (preferably a
comedy).
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