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Hello Big Coks and Broomsticks Hoppers!
I am very glad to be back. I have hopped with Close Encounters before and had a great time as I hope you will. Today I would like to share book I of my African Goddess series. I
call it Daughters of Mother Earth. Book I is about the goddess of
the sun, Takasa and Book II her sister Luneria, goddess of the moon.
Women who have a good man know that you have to go through a lot of bad ones and maybe even some heartache before you get what you want. I figured this was an issue even more so for the powerful
women.
Though
my goddesses aren’t looking for love when they meet the men who wll become their life mates, they know the love of their life when they meet him. The goddesses are two
totally different people wanting different things from the men that pursue
them, but they both want to be happy in the end.
I wanted each story to be
unique and still have a hint of authenticity so I looked up a lot of African
folklore to give my gods and goddesses some realism. I hope you enjoy reading
about them as much as I liked writing them.
Takasa,
goddess of the sun, left her mountain home consumed with bitterness caused by
her long endured loneliness. The elders in her tribe fed her a potion to put
her to sleep for a thousand years to wait for the one who would be able to save
them from her wrath. Will the goddess have met her match at that time, or will
the descendant of a neighboring sun god be conquered by her fury as well?
EXCERPT:
Solarion took her small hands in his strong large ones. Guided by his hands, Takasa’s rested on Solarion’s cheek. The hair there was just as supple on the ones on his chest, covering most of his face. She traced the fullness of his sensual lips. Hanging on both sides of his face were long dark braids. Without thinking, Takasa fingered the few braids that lay on his broad shoulders. Against her better judgment, she looked into his face, meeting the golden brown eyes that smiled at her. The touch of him and the sight of his beautiful eyes seemed to ease her anger.
“All that you see is for you, my goddess. I offer you all I
have and am. My mind, my body, and anything else you want or need from me
already belong to you.”
He seemed to be waiting for a reply, but Takasa could give
none. She was stunned by his words. Solarion lifted her gown over her head
without hesitation, and his eyes feasted on her nakedness and he smiled.
“The goddess of the sun is equally beautiful in face and in
body,” he stated.
In a slow motion, his hands skimmed over her heating skin.
Her shoulders, arms, waist, and belly were left tingling by his tender touch.
Takasa closed her eyes to further enjoy the sensations coursing through her
body.
“Let me worship this beautiful body of yours so that you can
take your rest in my arms. You will rule your people by day, and I will rule
you at night, worshipping your body with my own. Each night you will sleep in
my arms, exhausted from the love I will show your body.”
Takasa’s eyes popped open. Anger flowed through her like
rushing water. As Solarion brought his mouth to hers she shoved him back with
all her might.
“How dare you! What makes you think you can rule over me? I
will not allow it,” she yelled. “For such insolence you will be punished.”
Takasa called forth her power, but found she was unable to
grow to her monstrous size within the confines of the cave. Breathing hard with
her eyes darting around, she shifted her head into that of a lioness, and the
soft, dainty hands that had caressed Solarion’s face and chest were now sharp
lion’s claws.
Solarion watched her change, and when she had done so,
Takasa stood before Solarion, waiting for fear to appear on his handsome
features. He didn’t seem impressed or fearful. He turned his back to her when
the transformation was complete. Flabbergasted, she ran around him to face him
again.
“You dare turn your back to me?” she growled.
Before he could answer her angry question, she launched
herself at him. Anticipating her pounce, Solarion sidestepped out of the way.
Takasa landed on her face on the floor before him, yelping in pain. He
approached to help her, but she snatched her paw away. Scooting away from him,
Takasa crouched low on all fours, preparing another attack. She roared her fury
and initiated her strike. Once more Solarion moved out of the line of fire.
Before she could get her bearings, she leaped into another unsuccessful attack.
“Takasa, cease your attack on me. I do not wish to restrain
you,” he said in the same calming voice.
“Restrain me?” she shrieked in disbelief.
His soothing words infuriated her even more, like fire to
her temper’s short fuse. Her ebony eyes flashed and she lunged forward, only to
miss him again. Her fury was beyond compare. Landing face down on the bed,
breathing hard, Takasa banged her paws at her sides, screaming her frustration.
She jumped to her feet, readying herself for her next
attack, and then sat back down with a gasp. Solarion turned and moved toward
her. As he did so, his own change began. The braids she had fingered just
moments ago had become a full grown mane and his hands, massive lion’s paws. By
the time he stood before her, Solarion had the head of the king of beasts and
his golden eyes flashed like bright flames.
Takasa recovered from her surprise and growled again, but it
was drowned out by the roar from the jungle king. She stood, thinking to charge
him again, but Solarion caught her paws in his and pushed her backward. When
she fell onto the bed, he pounced on top of her, pinning her in place. Stunned
anew when the wind was knocked from her lungs, Takasa choked and gasped for
air. She stared into his blazing eyes for a long time. When the quick rise and
fall of her chest slowed, her beautiful goddess features returned.
“How...how is this possible?”
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Juanita Reyes was an elderly woman in her
mid 80’s. She lived a full life with a good job, many friends and close
family members, but she never married or had children of her own. She
never thought of herself as lonely--just single. One night, Eros came to
her in a dream to tell her she missed her chance at true love because
she was afraid to take a leap of faith. He wanted to give her a second
chance with her true love, Royce Cole. Will Juanita take the second
chance Eros offered her, or chalk up her lost love as one of life’s many
lessons learned?
Juanita
Reyes was an elderly woman in her mid 80’s. She lived a full life with a
good job, many friends and close family members, but she never married
or had children of her own. She never thought of herself as lonely–just
single. One night, Eros came to her in a dream to tell her she missed
her chance at true love because she was afraid to take a leap of faith.
He wanted to give her a second chance with her true love, Royce Cole.
Will Juanita take the second chance Eros offered her, or chalk up her
lost love as one of life’s many lessons learned? - See more at:
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