“And it still can be, Matthews.” I ran my finger down his arm. “Someday, when you and Wren are back together again…”
“We broke up.” He lifted the corner of his lip. “She was a distraction; a way to take my mind off you.” His honesty hit me like a ton of bricks. He ran his hand up my arm. “Don’t get me wrong, she’s a great person, and we have a lot in common, but the only time I kiss her is when you’re around.”
Was that what Carter was to me? A distraction from my true feelings? No. I did have real feelings for my boyfriend, but now they were all muddled and twisted. Partly, from his secrets and lies, and partly from the lies I told myself about Brek.
His hand moved from my arm down to my hip. It felt right to have him massaging me as he pitched closer, drawing his face down to mine; his blue eyes barely visible in the darkness of the room. I inhaled sharply.
“Hey, guys.”
Brek backed away. My heart raced.
“I couldn’t sleep. Do you want to play some Mortal Kombat?”
Had Carter seen anything? The room was so dark.
“Yes!” I hopped off the couch and opened the cabinet below the television to remove the game system.
The distraction became a welcome relief. I fought off the feelings that raced through my heart with flying kicks and foot sweeps. The tension of Brek’s frustration taken out on Carter in the final battle that lasted well into the night.
I’d Love for You to Join My Reading Team
How?
Join my mailing list. Members of my team get a free copy of my novella, The Soldier. This book is the perfect companion to my Weaver Trilogy. You will also be the first to hear about new projects and get released chapters before anyone else.
Leave a review. Reviews are the lifeblood of an author and helps them to keep writing. If you enjoyed The Red Door please let me and other readers know.
GoodreadsAmazon
Contents
Join Me
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 28
I’d Love for You to Join My Reading Team
Acknowledgments
Also by Heather Kindt
Also by Heather Kindt
Also by Heather Kindt
About the Author
Acknowledgments
I want to thank the full team who helped in the creation of this beautiful book. I want to thank my editor, Allison Maruska for being my partner through this whole writing journey. Without the artistic eye of Kris Hack from Temys Designs, my cover wouldn’t have held the same magic as this book. To Connor Traynor, who provided me with constant feedback and insights into what the world of the Eternals could be.
Also by Heather Kindt
The Eternal Artifacts Series
The Green Door (Book 1)
There are seven colorful doors in the millionaire’s game. Seven portals to different worlds. All the players have to do is collect the object, bring it back, and earn the major prize money. When Meg and her best friend, Brek, decide to play, they have no idea what to expect. Is it really a game, or a one-way ticket to something much more dangerous?
Amazon
The White Door (Book 3)
Coming later in 2020
Something about the White Door drew Meg in from the first time she set foot the hallway beneath the Rosenbaum Mansion. Now, with the new danger she’s been suspecting becoming much more real, she must enter it to save her best friend’s life.
Also by Heather Kindt
The Weaver Trilogy
The Weaver
As a freshman in college, Laney’s life goes from normal to paranormal in a matter of seconds when the antagonist in the book she’s writing shoves her down the stairs at the subway station. She learns she is a Weaver, an author with the ability to bridge the narrow gap between fantasy and reality, bringing her words to life.
AmazonBarnes & NobleKobo
The Watcher
When Laney’s boyfriend, a soldier in the historical fiction novel she’s writing is sent back into the book, she thinks she’ll never see him again. The two are determined to be together again, but a new enemy stands in their way—The Wanderer, the woman who is intent to kill every last Weaver.
AmazonBarnes & NobleKobo
Also by Heather Kindt
The Ender
With the Wanderer’s plan to eradicate the Weavers set in motion, Laney and William must move quickly through multiple book worlds to save their friends. But is the Wanderer’s ultimate goal really to kill the Weavers with her pen, or is it something much more sinister?
Add it to your Goodreads
Ruby Slips and Poker Chips
A Modern Day Wizard of Oz Retelling
When second grade teacher, Dottie Gale, is chosen to go to Las Vegas for a work conference, she thinks her life can finally begin. With her resume packed, she drives her dinosaur of a jeep along Route 66, picking up three strangers along the way—a daredevil, a heartless hitchhiker and a germaphobe. Will she find the life she’s dreamed of or discover that there’s no place like home?
Amazon
About the Author
Heather Kindt grew up in New Hampshire where her love for the past grew by being immersed in the history of New England. She incorporated this colonial time period into her Weaver trilogy.
Today, she lives in the mountains of Colorado with her husband, two teenagers, her golden retriever, and multiple other wayward souls who pass through her home. She enjoys long hikes and beating her kids at Uno.
In 2017, Heather won first place in the Dan Alatorre Word Weaver Contest with her book Ruby Slips and Poker Chips: A Modern Day Wizard of Oz Romantic Comedy. The book later went on to win first-place runner up in Rave Reviews Book Club KCT Int’l Literary Awards contest.
Heather enjoys writing humorous fiction and young and new adult fantasy. You can check out her website at www.heatherkindt.com