Rebirth

By Rebecca Royce

Carly Penn is thrilled when her older brother, Joe, marries her dear friend, Kaylee, with the help of the 1Night Stand service. Now, looking for a final bout of passion to carry her through as terminal cancer steals her life, she’s turned to Madame Eve for herself. She doesn’t expect a happy ending, just a single night to remember as she faces the end of her days.

Vampire Agoston Barabás was forced to watch his true love, Dorika, murdered two hundred earlier, and clings to her dying promise to return to him. He takes one night at a time, never loving or becoming involved with another as he waits for his lover to find him. When he meets his date from 1Night Stand, he’s shocked to discover she carries the soul of his Dorika and the heart of a woman he could love.

As their fates collide in passionate lovemaking, Agoston offers Carly an unexpected option—live or die together. Dare she risk eternity with a vampire, even if his tender touch brings her a greater joy than she has ever known?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Decadent Publishing
• Release date: Apr 12, 2012
• ISBN: 9781613332672

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Rebirth

A 1Night Stand Story

Rebecca Royce

Smashwords Edition

Copyright © 2012 by Rebecca Royce

ISBN: 978-1-61333-267-2

Cover art by LFD Designs

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~DEDICATION~

For Valerie and Kate, for making 1Night Stand possible.

Chapter One

Agoston Barabás.

Carly Penn stared at the name on her text message. Who has a name like Agoston Barabás? She bit her lip. This whole endeavor could be a huge mistake.

The small crowd around her cheered and she raised her head, forced to pay attention to the present. Her brother had just married her best friend. The beauty of the day wouldn’t have happened without the help of the 1Night Stand dating service run by Madame Evangeline—who now wanted Carly to meet someone named Agoston Barabás.

Her brother, Joe, and his new bride, Kaylee, or mate as he liked to call her thanks to his werewolf status, walked out of their home to wave to the twenty-odd guests who had driven to Joe’s remote cabin in upstate New York for the festivities. Catching Carly’s eye, Joe walked over to embrace her. They’d been close as children, and it had always been a gift to her that they remained that way as adults, too.

He gripped her for about three seconds before a grimace crossed his face and he started to choke before backing away. I meant to ask you this earlier, Carly-girl. She couldn’t help but smile at his use of her childhood nickname. "Did a perfume factory explode around you? When did you start to drown yourself in such