A Soul to Embrace: Book Eight by Opal ReyneAll Zylah wanted was to heal. Lost, alone, and nameless, she seeks out a companion. Someone to cherish amidst the chaos and the Demon attacks. When she stumbles across a broken and injured Jabez, she uses her healing hands to save him, never questioning his motives for staying. As the emotions growing between them become tangled, her infatuation turns into dangerous passion. She longs to keep her claws in this handsome and enthralling male, whose

he'd never been that attracted to anyone

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but his best friend

He deserves to win the Teacher of the Year Award­—not just for himself but for the prize money his school could desperately use

She should be presiding in her father’s council chamber and serving the people of the Darrowlands—yet time and again

He’d been my closest friend

Thea and Julian have made their choice

He tried to hide himself from me but I couldn’t stay away

They're not going to stand in the way of her dreams

The fire between them is undeniable

genetic engineering

But Priest McKenna is older