Ritual Sins (32 page)
Authors: Anne Stuart
Tags: #cults, #Murder, #charismatic bad boy, #Body; Mind & Spirit, #American Southwest, #Romantic Suspense / romance, #Revenge, #General, #Romance, #New Mexico, #Swindlers and Swindling, #Fiction
“We need a good place to grow fat and raise a family. You need a daughter, Rachel. A daughter to love. I want you pregnant.”
“Barefoot and pregnant,” she murmured.
“Again and again. Will you come with me? Will you give up everything?”
She looked up at him. “I know a little town on the coast of Spain,” she said.
He closed his eyes for a moment, and then smiled brilliantly, the haunted look beginning to fade. “I’ve always wanted to live in Spain,” he said.
And by the time the nine police cars arrived at the Foundation of Being at Santa Dolores, they were long gone.
I’ve been writing since the dawn of time. A child prodigy, I made my first professional sale to Jack and Jill Magazine at the age of 7, for which I received $25 (admittedly my father worked for the publisher). Since then I’ve written gothics, regencies, romantic suspense, historical romance, series romance—anything with sex and violence, love and redemption. I misbehave frequently, but somehow have managed to amass lots of glittering prizes, like NYT, PW and USA Today bestseller status, Lifetime Achievement Award from the Romance Writers of America, and a decent smattering of Romantic times and RITA awards.
I live on a lake in Northern Vermont with my incredibly fabulous husband. My two children have flown the coop, but the three cats do their best to keep us from being lonely.
In my spare time I quilt and play around with wearable art, and the rest of the time I write write write. Apparently women of a certain age get a rush of creativity, and I’m currently enjoying it. Too many stories to write, not enough hours in the day.
