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Bittersweet Obsessions, June 2011
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BITTERSWEET OBSESSIONS
By: Annie Rayburn

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Red Sage
June 2011
On Sale: June 1, 2011
ISBN: 1603106499
EAN: 9781603106498
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Romance Erotica Sensual

Bittersweet Obsession is a compelling story of dual romances and centuries old traditions redefined in the quest for love. Crainesians are a telepathic, humanoid race which has co-existed with Humans on Earth for decades. In the Crainesian culture, where it’s believed each person has only one true life-mate, happiness seems elusive when that person is beyond your reach. Teriza feels the mating call to a man married to a Human. Paul’s wife has died. Unwilling to be the cause of infidelity, Teriza distances herself from her mate after an intense pheromone-charged encounter that leaves her emotionally and physically weakened. She requires treatment and is sent to a clinic in Switzerland, where sexual surrogates are employed to heal such conditions.

Teriza is assigned a surrogate and begins the healing process, then meets another surrogate, Paul. Both feel an attraction—not the unique pull of life-mates, but something neither can ignore. They experiment with the Human way of courtship and mating, but the ultimate bond that Crainesians experience eludes them. Heartglow is the glorious bonding of two hearts that occurs between those lucky enough to find a mate they love. It is achieved most often during sex, when breathtaking emotion and deep telepathic communication meets intense desire. Though they are falling in love, they’re in uncharted territory without the engulfing pheromone storm of life-mates to guide them. Teriza fears Paul cannot be content with her since he’s experienced heartglow during his previous marriage. Paul worries that the existence of Teriza’s life mate makes him the consolation prize, good enough, but not her first choice.

They return to Teriza’s home in Atlanta, Georgia where she encounters her life mate again. This time her feelings for Paul make her less susceptible to the life-mate pheromones at play. She says a final goodbye. Knowing how strong the life-mate pull can be, Paul believes Teriza still wants her intended mate and offers to leave, but she rushes to assure him her heart has chosen him above all others. With powerful emotions flowing between them, they make love and are rewarded with the incandescent light of heartglow which binds them to each other forever