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Buried Desire
The vengeful ghost of a murdered girl stalks the innocent. A forbidden passion ignites in the dark. Secrets of the past that doom the present rise with the dead at Eden Lake.
For Nikolai and Alexei, their camp counselor jobs were supposed to be a break from real life, a last deep breath of freedom before returning the arranged marriages waiting for them at home. But the peace of the summer is shattered when the ghost of a brutally murdered girl begins to kill.
As the boys struggle to put the spirit to rest before it kills again, they find it harder and harder to deny the passion burning between them.
But Alexei, gifted with the sight, has known since childhood that something dark hunts for Nikolai. Even the ghosts are warning him. Will their love save them or damn them?
The choice may not be theirs to make.
For Nikolai and Alexei, their camp counselor jobs were supposed to be a break from real life, a last deep breath of freedom before returning the arranged marriages waiting for them at home. But the peace of the summer is shattered when the ghost of a brutally murdered girl begins to kill.
As the boys struggle to put the spirit to rest before it kills again, they find it harder and harder to deny the passion burning between them.
But Alexei, gifted with the sight, has known since childhood that something dark hunts for Nikolai. Even the ghosts are warning him. Will their love save them or damn them?
The choice may not be theirs to make.
206 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 10, 2016
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About the author
A.E. Wasp
42 books621 followersAfter time spent raising children, earning several college degrees, and traveling the world with the U.S. State Department, she is returning to her first love - writing.
A dreamer and an idealist, Amy writes about people finding connection in a world that can seem lonely and magic in a world than can seem all too mundane. She invites readers into her characters’ lives and worlds when they are their most vulnerable, their most human, living with the same hopes and fears we all have. An avid traveler who has lived in big cities and small towns in four different continents, Amy has found that time and distance are no barriers to love. She invites her readers to reach out and share how her characters have touched their lives or how the found families they have gathered around them have shaped their worlds.
Born on Long Island, NY, Amy has lived in Los Angeles, London, and Bangkok. She currently lives in Fort Collins, Colorado for who knows how long.
A dreamer and an idealist, Amy writes about people finding connection in a world that can seem lonely and magic in a world than can seem all too mundane. She invites readers into her characters’ lives and worlds when they are their most vulnerable, their most human, living with the same hopes and fears we all have. An avid traveler who has lived in big cities and small towns in four different continents, Amy has found that time and distance are no barriers to love. She invites her readers to reach out and share how her characters have touched their lives or how the found families they have gathered around them have shaped their worlds.
Born on Long Island, NY, Amy has lived in Los Angeles, London, and Bangkok. She currently lives in Fort Collins, Colorado for who knows how long.
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February 17, 2017
The book starts out as a coming of age, ghost story of two Roma brothers. Learning about the Roma culture was interesting and made the book and its characters unique. Raised together, the boys are inseparable and that love turns to more. The book centers around freeing the ghost of a girl who was murdered who's anger drives her to kill children swimming in the lake. The boys release her so she can finally find peace with her sister who walks the Earth trying to find her. Though the boys were raised together and they are not related their culture will shun them for being together so this summer is their only chance of being together before going home. Both of them must go back home and take part in pre-arranged marriages. When they finally admit their feelings for each other it's smoking hot but it literally opens up a can of worms neither is prepared for.
Voliv tut ages (I love you today)
Voliv tut tehara (I'll love you tomorrow)
Voliv tut naibut (I'll love you much more)
Desar mai anglal (Than ever before)
I will be back. Wait for me.
The book ends on a cliffhanger and you're left with the feeling that there's so much more to the book than meets the eye.
Voliv tut ages (I love you today)
Voliv tut tehara (I'll love you tomorrow)
Voliv tut naibut (I'll love you much more)
Desar mai anglal (Than ever before)
I will be back. Wait for me.
The book ends on a cliffhanger and you're left with the feeling that there's so much more to the book than meets the eye.
October 31, 2018
Oooo.... this is an intriguing story! I feel like I have no idea which way is up! This was a really good foundation for a series without giving too much of it away. The story is so good that I don’t even mind that we’re pretty much left in the dark and the mystery starts unravelling right AT. THE. END. OF. THE. BOOK!
Now I can’t wait for the next book to be out because the excerpt was brilliant!!
Now I can’t wait for the next book to be out because the excerpt was brilliant!!
July 9, 2021
I'm... confused, mostly. Part of the book focuses on the taboo aspect of Nikolai and Alexei having a thing for each other and how everything will be over if it comes out. Then the ghost plot that almost feels like it was over too soon. And the camp shenanigans with the other councelors. And then the other legend plot of where they come from that isn't really touched much but is apparently important.
It feels like too much for one story, so it comes out disjointed and half baked. I have no idea what is going on, after having finished the book. I'm also not sure I like it enough to chase for book 2.
It feels like too much for one story, so it comes out disjointed and half baked. I have no idea what is going on, after having finished the book. I'm also not sure I like it enough to chase for book 2.
November 1, 2016
Review written for Love Bytes Reviews.
I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t really know much about the Romany culture and what knowledge I do possess came directly from My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding on TLC and even then its been a few years. Reading the blurb and finding out that the main characters were both from that culture was one of the main reasons I decided to give this book a try and while there weren’t a ton of details about their heritage or way of life, I really enjoyed the uniqueness it gave to the story. Put that alongside the ghost of a dead girl who’s killing people at a summer camp and you have an interesting blend of religious and supernatural elements that came together to make an entertaining read that captured my attention more than I expected it to.
While the ghost in the lake does feature prominently in the story, as she’s what the plot revolves around, I found Alexei and Nicolai, and their unique type of ‘coming of age’ storyline to be more of the focus and that’s what I was really interested in reading about; the paranormal elements were just kind of a bonus for me in this case. The ghost part of the story was a nice accompaniment to the changing relationship between the main characters but I was captivated by the deepening connection between Alexei and Nicolai. The air of mystique they have surrounding how they came to be found and raised as Romanies added to that and just made them more interesting to me.
Now, let me drop a bit of a warning/explanation about one of my tags here. I did label the story with an incest tag but that was more out of caution than anything else as there is no actual evidence to prove Alexei and Nicolai are related. They were raised together but no one knows if they are actually related in any way. To me, it didn’t feel as though they were but I figured I would drop the tag just in case as there was some confusion on this issue. The story itself flowed well and without a great deal of drama and I found it entertaining from start to finish. The ending, however, has raised quite a few questions and has only whetted my appetite for more. (I’m happy to say the sequel has already been released so I won’t have to wait for answers!) If you enjoy paranormal stories and are looking for characters with a unique cultural background I’d give this one a look; I’m really glad I did because I thoroughly enjoyed it!
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I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t really know much about the Romany culture and what knowledge I do possess came directly from My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding on TLC and even then its been a few years. Reading the blurb and finding out that the main characters were both from that culture was one of the main reasons I decided to give this book a try and while there weren’t a ton of details about their heritage or way of life, I really enjoyed the uniqueness it gave to the story. Put that alongside the ghost of a dead girl who’s killing people at a summer camp and you have an interesting blend of religious and supernatural elements that came together to make an entertaining read that captured my attention more than I expected it to.
While the ghost in the lake does feature prominently in the story, as she’s what the plot revolves around, I found Alexei and Nicolai, and their unique type of ‘coming of age’ storyline to be more of the focus and that’s what I was really interested in reading about; the paranormal elements were just kind of a bonus for me in this case. The ghost part of the story was a nice accompaniment to the changing relationship between the main characters but I was captivated by the deepening connection between Alexei and Nicolai. The air of mystique they have surrounding how they came to be found and raised as Romanies added to that and just made them more interesting to me.
Now, let me drop a bit of a warning/explanation about one of my tags here. I did label the story with an incest tag but that was more out of caution than anything else as there is no actual evidence to prove Alexei and Nicolai are related. They were raised together but no one knows if they are actually related in any way. To me, it didn’t feel as though they were but I figured I would drop the tag just in case as there was some confusion on this issue. The story itself flowed well and without a great deal of drama and I found it entertaining from start to finish. The ending, however, has raised quite a few questions and has only whetted my appetite for more. (I’m happy to say the sequel has already been released so I won’t have to wait for answers!) If you enjoy paranormal stories and are looking for characters with a unique cultural background I’d give this one a look; I’m really glad I did because I thoroughly enjoyed it!
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June 16, 2016
3.5 stars
All Nikolai and Alexei Sirota were looking for was a final summer of freedom working at Nevele Camp, before moving into the adult world and fulfilling the traditions in their Romany family. But the mysterious ghosts threatening the kids in the camp, together with their growing attraction, may change their lives forever….
Oookay… I have such mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, the plot is interesting enough. The characters are likeable, and there is a mixture of folklore, supernatural element and the taboo attraction which makes it very appealing. I really loved the first paragraph, which tells us how the brothers were found. The boys relationship and the mystery about their origins are intriguing as well. So the book is really promising...But the downside is the editing. It is full of misplaced words, grammatical incoherences and the verbal tense usage did not make any sense at all, mixing past and present in the same sentences without any logic. Maybe it is done with a purpose, but if so I missed the goal completely...
Anyway, I must recognise I was so engrossed in the plot that I continued reading despite the grammar wrecking edition, and I ignored even the most blatant typos. And I'm actually looking forward to the second book to find out more about the mystery surrounding the brothers. I only hope for a better editing this time!!!
All Nikolai and Alexei Sirota were looking for was a final summer of freedom working at Nevele Camp, before moving into the adult world and fulfilling the traditions in their Romany family. But the mysterious ghosts threatening the kids in the camp, together with their growing attraction, may change their lives forever….
Oookay… I have such mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, the plot is interesting enough. The characters are likeable, and there is a mixture of folklore, supernatural element and the taboo attraction which makes it very appealing. I really loved the first paragraph, which tells us how the brothers were found. The boys relationship and the mystery about their origins are intriguing as well. So the book is really promising...But the downside is the editing. It is full of misplaced words, grammatical incoherences and the verbal tense usage did not make any sense at all, mixing past and present in the same sentences without any logic. Maybe it is done with a purpose, but if so I missed the goal completely...
Anyway, I must recognise I was so engrossed in the plot that I continued reading despite the grammar wrecking edition, and I ignored even the most blatant typos. And I'm actually looking forward to the second book to find out more about the mystery surrounding the brothers. I only hope for a better editing this time!!!
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January 7, 2018
I give this book 5 hearts
Okay so going into this I had absolutely no idea what kind of book this would be, I get sent books constantly and the genre’s range greatly. I’ve begun just giving every book a fair chance by not looking into what they are about.
That said I absolutely loved this one! So good and different and sexy as sin, you have a paranormal, you have legends, witches, ghosts, sexy men yeah need I go on.
Alexei and Nikolai are Romani with an interesting tale of how they came to be with their adoptive father, but for the these two are spending a summer of freedom working at a summer resort. The boys are far from the watchful eye of their family in a place where no one knows who they are. Rules are meant to be broken, self discovery, Love, hot steamy sex.
Seriously this book pulled me in and I couldn’t put it down until I finished.
I cannot wait to read the next one
This is a male male romance but it’s so much more than just that, give it a try, I think you’ll love it.
** reviewer for romance authors that rock
Okay so going into this I had absolutely no idea what kind of book this would be, I get sent books constantly and the genre’s range greatly. I’ve begun just giving every book a fair chance by not looking into what they are about.
That said I absolutely loved this one! So good and different and sexy as sin, you have a paranormal, you have legends, witches, ghosts, sexy men yeah need I go on.
Alexei and Nikolai are Romani with an interesting tale of how they came to be with their adoptive father, but for the these two are spending a summer of freedom working at a summer resort. The boys are far from the watchful eye of their family in a place where no one knows who they are. Rules are meant to be broken, self discovery, Love, hot steamy sex.
Seriously this book pulled me in and I couldn’t put it down until I finished.
I cannot wait to read the next one
This is a male male romance but it’s so much more than just that, give it a try, I think you’ll love it.
** reviewer for romance authors that rock
March 8, 2019
Okay, wow! This wasn't what I was expecting, but it was something that I really liked.
This is a coming of age story, and a ghost story, and a love story, all wrapped in a mystery that won't be solved in this book.
I enjoyed the bits of Romani culture and I liked the characters. I like the fairy-tale kind of origin story of Alexei and Nikolai, the mystery that surrounds them, and the almost prophecy about Alexei and his role on Nikolai's life.
The shadow of incest was a bit disturbing, and yes, I know there is no real proof that they are brothers, but the thing is, they are. They were raised like brothers, they grew up as brothers and they see each other as brothers. But it's not disturbing enough as to keep me from reading the next book, so, that's what I'm going to do :P
This is a coming of age story, and a ghost story, and a love story, all wrapped in a mystery that won't be solved in this book.
I enjoyed the bits of Romani culture and I liked the characters. I like the fairy-tale kind of origin story of Alexei and Nikolai, the mystery that surrounds them, and the almost prophecy about Alexei and his role on Nikolai's life.
The shadow of incest was a bit disturbing, and yes, I know there is no real proof that they are brothers, but the thing is, they are. They were raised like brothers, they grew up as brothers and they see each other as brothers. But it's not disturbing enough as to keep me from reading the next book, so, that's what I'm going to do :P
February 15, 2018
Buried Desire, Soulbonded book one by A. E. Wasp. This author has become one of my favorites! This book has been on my TBR list quite for some time. I don’t know why it took me so long to read. But this type of story was exactly what I needed to read right now. I was looking forward to reading a paranormal fantasy or fairy tale. That is exactly what this book is and it is fantastic. Mysterious! I can’t wait to read the next book! To read more about the tale of Alexie and Nikolai. Can’t wait!
May 12, 2018
What an amazing book the story. This story is about two brothers??? that are Romi and have a back tale to the start of their story. In this book held me captive from start to finish and I was devastated when the book ended I just wanted more. More comes in the form of book 2 which I will be hunting down in the next week.
October 2, 2018
Torn
I really enjoyed this book. The premise is tasty and the plot was just heavy enough. But I do hate a cliff hanger.
I really enjoyed this book. The premise is tasty and the plot was just heavy enough. But I do hate a cliff hanger.
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