Release day: March 23
Blurb:
Aiden Montgomery’s lover died unexpectedly at work. His boss, Noah
suggests he go to the Thompson Agency to help him say goodbye. What
Aiden didn’t expect was to run into someone from his past. Someone he
never wanted to set eyes on again.
Jackson Thompson has worked hard to change his ways and attitude towards others. When his most recent client refuses to work with him he’s baffled as to why. Finding out Aiden is his mate throws Jackson for a loop, realising he’s the same person Jackson bullied in High School could mean the end to his mating before it even began.
But someone doesn’t want Aiden’s ex raised from the dead.
Excerpt:
Jackson
Thomson sat at his desk, slowly working his way through the unending pile of
e-mails currently clogging his inbox. His last appointment for the day
cancelled so he found himself with an unexpected amount of free time on his
hands. It was a welcome reprieve after all the work he had been doing recently.
Considering he was part of the family business, free time was valuable and
needed to be used wisely.
Being
a necromancer meant Jackson didn’t keep regular office hours like most people. There
was no way in hell he would be getting up to go into the office at eight in the
morning after spending god knows how many hours in a cemetery the previous
night. He could raise three or four people per night though. However, he was
limited to fifteen minutes of being able to converse with them before his power
started to give out on him, unlike his brother.
Jackson
just recently found out that he wasn’t anywhere near as powerful as his
youngest brother, Jayden. Jayden had raised his mate’s brother and allowed the
pair to talk and write a book for the entire night almost. This had also gone
on nearly every night for a month. Jackson had been both angry at his brother
for keeping his ability from his family and in awe of what his baby bro could
do.
Jackson
needed roughly an hour of time between appointments so he could recoup his powers.
So, Jackson usually got to work sometime between nine and ten then left about
four in the afternoon. This, along with spending anywhere between three and
five hours in a cemetery most nights had him feeling exhausted ninety per cent
of the time and was usually the reason behind his foul moods.
He
had tried to sleep during the day, before he went to the cemetery, but he’d
ended up with a headache every time and that left him feeling out of sorts. So
instead he slept after he was done for the night. Jackson usually managed to
crawl into bed somewhere between one and two most mornings, if he was lucky a
little earlier.
He
knew his exhaustion had been one reason behind the way he’d treated Jayden when
everything had come to light earlier in the year. That and the fact his baby
brother had found his mate when Jackson had been looking for his for the past
ten years. He hadn’t thought it fair that Jayden seemed to get everything. All
the power and a mate. Jackson knew he had been a complete and total ass to his
youngest brother. However, his mouth had just seemed to run away from him
before he could even think about what was coming out of it. His jealousy and
envy had burned hot and bright and unfortunately resulted in the vitriol that
had spewed forth from his mouth.
Jackson
knew he had hurt Jayden, hell, apparently he’d been doing it unconsciously for
years. That little fact had knocked him for six. Jackson had always been Mr
Popular in school, he was good at any sport he tried and had always found classes
and study easy. He supposed this had allowed him to get a rather large ego and
apparently, an attitude to match. The fact that his baby brother had come out
of left field and announced he was more powerful than Jackson had smarted a
little and helped fuel his emotions.
Causing
any of his family pain was unacceptable to Jackson and finding out he’d been
doing it for years hit him hard. After Jayden had been shot—when he’d accidentally
raised six murdered women, something Jackson still had trouble wrapping his mind
around—Jackson took time to talk things out with his brother afterwards. Jayden
had been hesitant at first, which made Jackson's heart ache that he’d hurt
Jayden so badly he hadn’t really wanted to talk with him.
Thankfully
Jayden’s mate, Noah, had encouraged Jayden to listen to what Jackson had to
say. They had talked for hours, along with their other brothers, and managed to
resolve a lot of their issues. Jackson couldn’t say things were perfect, as it
had only been a few months, but he now knew the way Jayden had viewed him for
years. Therefore, he could fix the problem. Things were a great deal better
than they were and, hopefully with time, they would continue to improve.
Jackson
cringed when he remembered the dressing down his mum had given him and his
brothers over their treatment of Jayden and even Noah. He knew things must have
gotten bad for her to get involved. Jessica Thompson was sorely outnumbered by
men in their family. Eight to one was not good odds anyway you looked at it. But
Jackson thought his mum and dad had done a fantastic job raising him and his
six brothers. With so many boys under one roof, there were bound to be fights.
His mum and dad had allowed them to work out their differences themselves, only
stepping in when they thought it was truly needed.
It'd been needed this time. Jackson hadn’t
even been aware of the way he and the rest of his siblings were treating
Jayden.
He
was glad Jayden had found his mate and Noah was a good match for his baby bro.
The man was protective as hell and had no trouble telling Jackson exactly what
he thought of him. Thankfully, as Jackson and Jayden had worked through their
issues, Noah thawed towards him.
Jackson
shook his head, trying to get his mind back onto the job in front of him, but
it didn’t seem to be working. His brain felt foggy from lack of sleep and
staring at the computer screen was doing nothing but straining his eyes.
He
had just come to the decision to pack up and leave a little earlier today, and
hopefully get some shut eye before his first appointment at the cemetery
tonight, when there was a knock on his door.
