Driven by Desire

By Rita Delude

Ashley Gage sells out her half of G & J’s Renovations business to her partner, Rex Johnson, and leaves town after an ugly breakup with her husband of six years, who cheated on her.

She settles in the town of Nashua, New Hampshire and purchases an old Victorian house that needs lots of elbow grease, tender loving care, and talent to bring it back to the splendor of its past. She’s driven to succeed in everything she does, and she knows what this house needs and can do it herself. Just before she signs the deed on the bottom line, the realtor says, “I am legally obligated to tell you that someone died in the house.”

Ashley laughs and signs for the dream house she’s always wanted. Will it become her nightmare or her wish come true?

Excerpt

“This is too much. Too much. I need time to think. Time alone. Just leave me alone, please.”

And as if she had turned a light switch, he was gone.

“That was beyond weird, right, Tootsie?” she said. She let the dog out for her last pee of the evening, got two Tylenol PMs from the medicine cabinet for herself, and drank them with a cup of warm milk. Minutes later, Tootsie was in her crate and Ashley was snuggled under her covers wondering what the hell to do with a freaking ghost under her roof. Should she talk to someone about him? But to whom? No one would believe her if she did. She barely believed what she had seen herself. But while she slept, he visited her and pleasured her, and she didn’t ask him to stop. She loved every minute of him touching every inch of her. He knew all of her sensitive, needy, desperate places and fed them, kneaded them, and worked them to perfection. She was writhing wildly in her bed, thrashing the sheet and blanket until they were on the floor, and she had pulled her T-shirt she’d slept in off of her, so he could get easier access to every nook and cranny of her. She needed him, she wanted him, and she knew it with all her heart. He’d found a way, a way to convince her that he should stay. And she knew she’d let him.

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Rita’s other books

The Locket—a historical romance set during WWII—

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Hoarder—a contemporary story about a hoarder with secrets to hide—

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Rhode Island Rendezvous—a contemporary romance about opposites—

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Chance Meeting—a contemporary romance with an accidental meeting—http://mybook.to/ChanceMeetingCI

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Catch. net—a contemporary romance about finding love on the internet—

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Caught in the Middle—a contemporary romance about the seven-year itch—http://mybook.to/CaughtMiddleCI

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Baby Blues—a contemporary romance about an accidental pregnancy—

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Lemon Yellow—a YA romance about love and bullying—

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Lollipop Lure—a YA romance about love and sexual abuse—

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Dracula’s Choice—a paranormal romance—

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Driven by Desire 
By Rita Delude 

Ashley Gage sells out her half of G & J’s Renovations business to her partner, Rex Johnson, and leaves town after an ugly breakup with her husband of six years, who cheated on her. 

She settles in the town of Nashua, New Hampshire and purchases an old Victorian house that needs lots of elbow grease, tender loving care, and talent to bring it back to the splendor of its past. She’s driven to succeed in everything she does, and she knows what this house needs and can do it herself. Just before she signs the deed on the bottom line, the realtor says, “I am legally obligated to tell you that someone died in the house.” 

Ashley laughs and signs for the dream house she’s always wanted. Will it become her nightmare or her wish come true? 

This tale is one of the twenty-one books in the Possessed by Passion dark romance and paranormal limited-time book collection. 

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The Locket

International Bestselling Author Rita Delude 

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     Vanessa Minkle and Simon Rosenstein meet and fall in love in the Warsaw Ghetto. Eventually, like so many others, they are shipped to Birkenau to work or die. He promises that no matter what happens he will love her forever, and they’ll be together at the moment of their deaths. 

     Will their love and the precious locket he’s given as his promise keepsake survive what’s in store for them? Only time will tell. 

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I knelt down then and reached into my pocket for the locket that I prayed she’d accept instead of a traditional ring. 

“Vanessa Rachel Minkle, will you do me the honor of being my wife. I promise to love you always.” 

I held up the locket then. With the darkness in the alleyway, I wasn’t sure if she could see what it was. 

She knelt down next to me. “Oh, Simon, I would love to be Mrs. Simon Abraham Rosenstein.” 

“I don’t have a ring for you. I only have this locket. I promise a ring as soon as the war is over, and I can get a job to buy one.” 

Bio 

It’s never too late to chase a writing dream. But in order to pen it best, an author must first live it. International Bestselling Author Rita Delude has done just that. Raised by a hardworking alcoholic in a house full of both love and chaos, Delude creates rich, deep characters, who pop from the page. Unafraid to dive into important young and new adult subjects like bullying, bigotry, homosexuality, drugs, kidnapping, and sexual abuse, she also writes adult contemporary, historical, and paranormal romance, and suspense/horror. Together, like the quilts she sews, her stories stitch together the experiences she’s had as a junior high teacher, college professor, newspaper reporter, parent, and grandparent. 

Delude has published KaleidoscopeBaby Blues, and Adam’s Anguish, a three-part contemporary romance set in Escape, CO around Alice Glover and her quilting shop and family and friends who run it. She’s also published Catch.net and Caught in the Middle, a two-part series about finding love on the internet and keeping the flame burning after almost a decade of marriage and two contemporary romance novellas Rhode Island Rendezvous and Chance MeetingSister’s Revenge is her horror/suspense read and Sweet Revenge is its sequel. Dracula’s Choice and Driven by Desire are adult paranormal romances for readers who enjoy the darker side of love. Her other works include YA romances: Bubble Gum Love, Lemon Yellow, and Lollipop Lure. She’s published short stories in numerous anthologies by multiple publishers. 

These days, when she’s not out living and learning, she can be found quilting or researching for upcoming works including For the Love of Lily another World War II historical romance and Second Ride, a contemporary romance about lovers sharing the thrills of motorcycle riding. 

Now a Crazy Ink exclusive author, she has been a magazine writer and a newspaper columnist for decades. Delude holds a MFA in Writing. She is retired from her position as a full professor at Nashua Community College, Nashua, New Hampshire. She lives in New Hampshire, USA with her husband and their rescue dog, Daisy. 

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