Lord
of the Jungle
Jungle Island Series #1
By Sheri Fredricks
Genre: Erotic Romance
Genre: Erotic Romance
A shipwrecked
woman.
The uncharted
island.
Jane Porter craves
a thrill but when marauders scuttle her ship and she washes ashore onto an
island inhabited by animals and one sexy wildman, that’s when the real adventure
begins. Dependent upon her vine-swinging rescuer who acts more ape than
musclebound man, she places her survival in his rugged hands and relinquishes
her desire to his raw sensuality.
For more seasons
than he can remember, Tarzan has lived among the tiny island’s gorilla band.
Instinct propels him to save the female he finds half-dead in the surf, but
gazing into her eyes, his mating tool dances an ancient tribal beat.
While the pirates
search for their bounty, Tarzan and Jane are in danger. To survive, they’ll
have to hang onto each other as they swing for dear life. Their adrenaline-rush
of passion among the canopy of the jungle threatens not only a dizzying fall
from a great height, but also into love.
Before the next
surge pushed forward to cover the human’s head, he made a quick decision to
help the weakling, who floundered like a newborn gorilla caught in the drag of
the sea.
Less than two leaps
away, a sharp-pointed fin broke the water’s surface. Drawn by the smell of
blood, more would appear in a matter of time.
The stranger lifted
a hand out of the water, weaker now, vainly reaching for a source to save him.
The arm bore a reddish skin cover sprinkled with tiny yellow flowers that ended
below the crook of a delicately boned arm. Colored rocks circled the wrist and
a shiny type of silver metal circled the middle finger.
The fin turned with
a splash from the meat-eater’s tail. If the human were to survive, Tarzan had
to act now.
Avoiding the
human’s injured palm, he grasped the small wrist and hoped the bones beneath
his tight grip wouldn’t break. Instead of pulling the limp body up, out of the
surf, he waited for the next wave to lift the dead weight. Carefully stepping
horizontally across the rock and sharp barnacles, he moved away from the
dangerous part of the shore. Only when the soles of his feet touched coarse
pebbles of shallow water did he move backward to where the sand lay warm and
dry.
Safe from the fish
that tore meat from the bone, he dropped the thin arm lacking necessary muscle
to survive. He stepped back a few paces and crouched on his haunches to watch.
Stomach-side down, the small human lay still for so long he feared he’d been too
late.
Two thin legs,
covered in dark blue to the knees, jerked and twitched. One cough, then
another, followed mouthfuls of regurgitated water and a long string of more
hacking coughs. The weakling’s arms moved under his chest and pushed at the
sand. Turning to flop onto his back, the person lay there taking in great gulps
of air and coughing out droplets of sea water. Sand covered a portion of a
child-like face; the rest of the features covered by wet, matted hair.
From his huddled position, Tarzan scanned the beach before crab-walking
closer to investigate. Curious, he reached his
finger forward and slid a hunk of wet hair off the small, pale face.
Always on the hunt
for the uncommon things in life, award-winning author Sheri Fredricks thrives
on creating romantic adventures.
A former
engineering secretary, she lives on California’s beautiful central coast.
"I wanted to move away from a profession of inflexible right angles and
create an unboxed world with no boundaries." A voracious reader since her
early years, Sheri found her brain crowded with stories of her own.
"Ultimately," she says, "my husband encouraged me to write them
all down."
Winner of the
Paranormal Romance Guild Reviewer’s Choice Award, and a Finalist multiple times
for InD’Tale eMagazine’s Reward Of Novel Excellence award (RONE), she has
numerous five-star reviews everywhere eBooks are sold.
Sheri loves to
spend time at home and connecting with readers. A computer hutch keeps her
focused on creating stories, but the panoramic view of life on a ranch will call
her outside to play in the sun.
Love this website!! Shocking pink is my absolute fav! Thank you for hosting Tarzan, Jane, and I. Have a fantastic weekend!
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