What do you think?
Rate this book
The Key
Nigel has found his key. In his world, a man’s search for his perfect telepathic fit – his key – can take hundreds of years. He discovers Elizabeth, an eccentric young photographer whose ancient cameras are held together with duct tape and paper clips, only days before a portal will arrive to return him to the alternate reality he calls home.
For Nigel, a Hendrix-riffing cellist who can see exactly what Elizabeth wants him to be, seducing her is the easy part. He entices her with the promise of immortality in his utopian world. Charms her with childlike play and overwhelms her with raw sensuality. But his attempts to persuade her to join him grow increasingly desperate as the clock counts down, and Nigel realizes that Elizabeth will never agree to leave her terminally ill younger sister. She is Jessica’s only means of financial and emotional support since the death of their parents six years previously.
Heartbroken, Elizabeth follows Nigel to the portal site, where she plans to kiss her lover good-bye. But Nigel has a plan of his own.
And good-bye won’t be part of it.
For Nigel, a Hendrix-riffing cellist who can see exactly what Elizabeth wants him to be, seducing her is the easy part. He entices her with the promise of immortality in his utopian world. Charms her with childlike play and overwhelms her with raw sensuality. But his attempts to persuade her to join him grow increasingly desperate as the clock counts down, and Nigel realizes that Elizabeth will never agree to leave her terminally ill younger sister. She is Jessica’s only means of financial and emotional support since the death of their parents six years previously.
Heartbroken, Elizabeth follows Nigel to the portal site, where she plans to kiss her lover good-bye. But Nigel has a plan of his own.
And good-bye won’t be part of it.
269 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 4, 2011
About the author
Averil Dean
4 books42 followersAveril Dean was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. She left school at sixteen and went on to sell donuts, goldfish, and power tools before answering the call of the cubicle, where she spent the next twenty years building up her tolerance for burnt coffee and the dot-matrix printer. She left this dream life in 2012 when she moved with her husband and the youngest of their three kids to Lacey, Washington, and now devotes her time to writing, photography, and long walks in the forest with her little dog, Izzy.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 of 1 review
October 10, 2011
Beautiful writing, from cover to cover.
Displaying 1 of 1 review