By Nicole Pouchet
I love the idea behind Decadent’s Beyond Fairytales series. This has been
the ultimate writing prompt. So much fun! But, when I signed up to write a
modest twist on the Grimm classic, Jorinda
and Jorindel, I must admit I had never heard of the tale. Luckily, after
reading the story, Jori and Del jumped out at me, their lives full and ready to
be heard.
Trapped by a Song is a paranormal romance
that happens to feature an interracial couple. It’s a magical realism piece set
in modern day Las Vegas. The twist is that a number of the population have
“para” capabilities that sometimes get them into trouble…
All about Trapped by a Song:
If
Detective Jori Anzoli has to do one more telepathic reading for the Las Vegas
Police Department, her para-capabilities may fry out. That doesn’t matter when
she’s called in to help find eight men who mysteriously went missing. The case
escalates quickly. Clairvoyants in the department are scared to touch it, her
brother becomes the ninth missing man, and the Paranormal Investigative Agency
(PIA) sends a distractingly handsome agent who hassles her every step of the
way.
Agent Del
Moore is on a mission to find the PIA’s missing biomedical weapons engineer. A
retro-cognizant, Del is used to avoiding human contact unless the job demands
it. The less intrusive knowledge he has about others, the better. But a brush
with the aloof Detective Jori may change his mind. He can’t ignore her warm
essence, especially when she impossibly summons him into her dream.
As
mounting clues lead Jori and Del to go deep undercover into a Nevada brothel,
an ancient succubus preys on every living soul within, placing Jori and Del on
separate hallucinogenic paths of destruction. Will they learn the truth behind
the brothel and their mission before succumbing to an ulterior plan neither of
them wishes to see?
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Excerpt:
She applauded her dream version of Agent
Del. If she had to have lucid dreams, this was a great one to have. She met his
gaze, and he ogled her body as openly as she did his.
“This is a welcome surprise.” His voice
sounded even sexier in the dream. “Y’know, Jori, you’d better be careful with
this dream manipulation,” he teased before stepping into her space. “People
will think you’re a lucid.”
“Who’ll tell? You’re just my fantasy.”
“And you’re my every desire come to life.
I wonder….” He leaned down and pressed his mouth against hers, pulling her
closer as they both ceased speech.
Standing on her toes, she let her hands
roam the contours of his back. He pulled her in tightly, lifting her higher
until she wrapped her legs around his waist. His hard length pressed against
her center.
He tasted her mouth, delving with the
kind of abandon only found in fantasy, and pushed them both onto a bed that
materialized as soon as she wished for it.
“Del….” she moaned when her head hit the
pillows.
He reached under her and palmed her
bottom then pulled her closer while grinding down into her. “You’re wearing too
many clothes. I want to touch all of you.” He reached up and then pulled her
T-shirt off over her head.
With a laugh, she let her head bounce
back to the pillow. His chest loomed above her, the tattoo of an eagle over his
right nipple.
The giggle died on her lips. She didn’t
know he had a tattoo and wouldn’t have placed it there in her dream. He was
real. She was about to have sex with the real Agent Del Moore. Dream or not,
that was not bright.
Her lucidity was wreaking havoc again.
This time, she’d pulled a PIA agent into her dream. Her brother and the rest of
the Para Resistance believed the PIA performed illicit experiments on paras,
especially lucids. The PIA did force paras—those not in law enforcement—to
medically suppress their special abilities. And no matter what, they distrusted
and medically suppressed lucids, who could manipulate anyone’s dreams.
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