Faith's Tears
By Aliyah Burke
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Can a woman who lives her life based on logic and tangible things trust in the love and belief of a man claiming to be a magical being, a selkie?
From the moment his gaze lands on her, Rowan Kilgour knows she is his life-mate. Despite his feelings, he accepts she deserves a chance to experience life before she was tied to him forever. So he waited. Seventeen years. And now that he's found her again, he'll be damned before he lets her go.
Faith Henderson still wears the pendant given to her years ago by a high school senior when she was a sophomore. While visiting the Isle of Skye they reunite.
Can Rowan convince Faith their lives are intertwined? Will she get past her disbelief in magic to see him for what he truly is? And accept him for it? Or will a darkness from her past keep them separated for all eternity?
Sometimes all destiny needs is salt water, in Rowan's case all he needed was…
Faith's Tears
Aliyah Burke
Aliyah Burke is a USA Today Bestselling Author who’s an avid reader and never far from pen and paper (or the computer). She is happily married to a career military man. They are owned by three Borzoi. She spends her days at the day job, writing, and working with her dogs. She loves to hear from her readers and can be reached here. If you would like to be kept abreast of what's going on in the world of Aliyah, please join her newsletter: http://aliyah-burke.com/newsletter.htm and/or cozy newsletter: http://aliyah-burke.com/abnewsm.htm Other places to find her on social media are: Amazon Author Page - https://www.amazon.com/Aliyah-Burke/e/B007PQRFOQ Book Bub - https://www.bookbub.com/authors/aliyah-burke Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/263660.Aliyah_Burke Website - http://www.aliyah-burke.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/aliyah.burke.5 Facebook Author Page - https://www.facebook.com/AliyahBurkeAuthor Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/aliyahburke5 Twitter - https://twitter.com/AliyahBurke96 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/burke.aliyah
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Great story, but too short. Not enough details about selkie lore.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I love how Aliyah wove the myth of the selkie into this love story about Rowan, a Selkie and Faith a normal human who meet in high school. When his parents are transferred he leaves her but not before giving her a pendent that she always wears Rowan knows that Faith is is life mate but wants her to experience life before being bonded to him forever. He has waited 17 years for her to call him. While visiting Scotland she finds her boyfriend in bed with another woman, she flees and goes to the ocean shore where as she cries, her tears fall into the ocean. It is her tears that call to Rowan and bring him to her.
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Faith's Tears - Aliyah Burke
FAITH’S TEARS
A PARANORMAL ROMANCE
ALIYAH BURKE
Sensual Romance PublishingCONTENTS
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
About the Author
Additional Books by Aliyah Burke:
Faith’s Tears
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Can a woman who lives her life based on logic and tangible things trust in the love and belief of a man claiming to be a magical being, a selkie?
From the moment his gaze lands on her, Rowan Kilgour knows she is his life-mate. Despite his feelings, he accepts she deserves a chance to experience life before she was tied to him forever. So he waited. Seventeen years. And now that he’s found her again, he’ll be damned before he lets her go.
Faith Henderson still wears the pendant given to her years ago by a high school senior when she was a sophomore. While visiting the Isle of Skye they reunite.
Can Rowan convince Faith their lives are intertwined? Will she get past her disbelief in magic to see him for what he truly is? And accept him for it? Or will a darkness from her past keep them separated for all eternity?
Sometimes all destiny needs is salt water, in Rowan’s case all he needed was…
Faith’s Tears
Thank you to my readers, I cannot express enough how grateful I am to each and every one of you. *hugs*
Do you know a cure for me?
Why yes,
he said, I know a cure for everything. Salt water.
Salt water?
I asked him.
Yes,
he said, in one form or another, sweat, tears or the salt sea.
~Isak Dinesen
CHAPTER 1
Isle of Skye
Faith smiled as she opened the door to her hotel room. She had never imagined Scotland would be so much fun, despite the draw she’d felt to come here. She’d gotten up early and taken a lovely walk with her boyfriend, immersing herself in the sights and smells of the pre-dawn morning surrounding them. Then she’d spent a bunch of time with Sean exploring some of the local attractions, she’d fallen in love with a bunch of the Celtic jewelry they saw. He’d cried off early saying he had a headache but told her to keep exploring. And so she had. Faith had found a lovely secluded area off the beaten path, leading to a rock outcropping that overlooked the smooth dark water of The Sea of Hebrides. She had taken some time to herself.
The room remained shrouded in darkness and she kept quiet thinking that Sean must still be sleeping. Her fingers tightened around the bag holding the soup she’d brought him, even as she clicked on a lamp by the door. A low moan reached her ears and she padded quietly toward the door of the bedroom. It swung in on silent hinges and the light filtered past her to land on the bed. Her gasp of shock filled the room as the bag fell from nerveless fingers, dropping to the carpeted floor. The thick liquid seeping through the bag and into the carpet.
Sean was in bed, but he wasn’t alone. His naked butt rose and fell as he thrust between the near translucent thighs of the woman in the bed with him.
Sean?
He looked at her over his shoulder. His face was covered by a sheen of sweat and the passion in his eyes cooled to be replaced by insincere concern. Faith, baby,
he stuttered. It’s not what it looks like.
His caramel body rolled off the pale one of the woman beneath him and he grabbed a sheet to cover himself.
What exactly do you think it looks like?
she snapped. Her gaze speared the woman who tried to blend in with the crisp whiteness of the bed linens. Faith recognized her as the inn proprietor’s daughter.
Sean stood and stepped toward her, reaching out one hand. She backed away, and narrowed her eyes at him, astounded by his audacity. Like she’d want his damn hands on her. Please, I was sleeping, she just slipped in. I thought it was you,
he babbled.
Shut up, Sean. Don’t insult me.
Faith glared at the young girl. Enjoy him. I sure as hell don’t want him anymore. I’ll send for my things.
With all the dignity she could muster, Faith Henderson walked out of the room.
As she heard the finality of the door behind her closing she bit her lower lip, so hard the metallic tang of her own blood filled her mouth. Keeping the threatening tears at bay, she moved to the front desk to speak to the elderly lady, Mrs. MacLeod who stood there cleaning the counter.
Before she could say a word, the woman shook her head and clucked her tongue. You’ll be leavin’ us then dearie?
Yes ma’am. I’m sorry, I truly love it here, but…
Faith didn’t even ask how she knew what had transpired.
"I tell you what. You stay at my cottage up the road tonight, and then tomorrow