SABBATICAL, PART ONE
by LS Delorme
GENRE: CrossGenre Short Story Collection
Blurb:
In these pages, you’ll find…
• A tender love story between a ghoul and a human
• A cosmetic possession
• An immortal teen finding a love lost for lifetimes
• The redemption of a trafficker
• The dangers of getting everything we want
• Blemishes that heal others
• An incubus and an assassin in the breach between stories
• The making of a siren
…and more.
For readers of the Limerent Series, you will learn more about some characters you already know and love. For new readers, these short stories are an entry point into the Limerent world.
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Excerpt:
From Beltane: Nocturnals
“I feel really bad having you have to meet me here,” she said quickly. “It doesn’t seem very comfortable for you, and I don’t always feel comfortable talking around strangers.”
“Your heart speaks plainly and beautifully, as always, but as much as I wish it were not the case, am I not also a stranger?”
“No,” Liz said. It was true, he didn’t feel like a stranger. Even the first time she saw him, she had been shocked and surprised, but he had felt familiar.
Abi beamed, causing his mandibles to draw frighteningly close to his eyes.
“Then would you like to accompany me somewhere else to continue our conversations, somewhere a bit more beautiful and poignant?”
“I would love to, but there isn’t much around here, I don’t think. I mean, I don’t think Canary Wharf has much that’s particularly beautiful or poignant.”
Abi laughed. It didn’t strictly sound like a human laughing. In fact, it sounded like chuffing or a muffled bark, and yet it was charming.
“I would never take a soul as important as yours into such a tawdry vessel of avarice. I have something much different in mind, if you don’t mind riding on my back. I will, of course, understand if that is too intimate for you. I am a ghoul, and I am sure my touch would be repulsive to you, and I am far too bold to suggest this, and yet …”
“That’s ridiculous. There’s nothing repulsive about you at all. But can you hold me up? I mean, I’m completely physical.”
“Your touch, physical as you are, will be all I need or will ever need to carry you anywhere you want to go, be it the Earth or the stars.”
My Review:
As someone who has read every book in the captivating Limerent series, I was thrilled to return to this universe and catch up with all of these amazing characters!
Sabbatical, Part One is a wonderful collection of short stories from L.S. Delorme. While each story can easily be read as a standalone, I still highly recommend reading the entire series to fully appreciate the depth of this world.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading The Year Alex Got Everything He Wanted For Christmas, and I absolutely loved how beautifully it ties back into the events of Caio (Book One). Getting to see these characters again and learning a bit more about their journey was an absolute treat, making this a new favorite in the series for me! Highly recommend!
About the Author:
Lexy Shaw Delorme (writing as LS Delorme) is the award-winning author of The Limerent Series, a genre-defying collection of emotionally charged novels that which includes Caio, Bright Midnights, Fanning Fireflies, Ghosting Academy and Limerence. In April, she will be releasing a complication of short stories entitled Sabbatical, Part One.
Her book Caio won a finalist spot in the International Book Awards for cross genre fiction. Bright Midnights was named a Publishers Weekly (BookLife) “Editors’ Choice Pick” and was a finalist Golden Wizard Award Competition in 2024. Fanning Fireflies won first place for paranormal fiction in the Firebird awards. With a background as a lawyer, pop musician, and science writer, Lexy brings intellectual depth and lyrical prose to every story she tells. She is a wanderer and storyteller at heart. Raised as a “military brat” by United States Navy Captain, she has lived on three continents, across four countries, nine states, and 21 cities. Now based in Paris, she lives with her charming French husband and two very cool sons. Lexy is an active member of the British Fantasy Society, the Science Fiction Writers Association, Romance Writers of America, the Horror Writers Association, IBPA, Society of Authors and ALLi.
She is currently working on the latest installment in the series.
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Giveaway:
$20 Amazon/BN GC
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