{"id":3493,"date":"2016-07-28T16:31:34","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T20:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/?page_id=3493"},"modified":"2021-01-14T10:07:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T17:07:00","slug":"book-2-taking-time","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/books\/servants-of-fate\/book-2-taking-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Book #2: Taking Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/TakingTime500x750.jpg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Cover&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.23&#8243; max_width=&#8221;80%&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>\nTempus fugit. Time flies\u2026unless you\u2019re Tempus Halt, Father Time\u2019s son. Day in and day out are the same, except for New Year\u2019s Eve when he steals the life of a mortal on behalf of the Fates. This year marks his first failure to stay the monotonous course. A mortal\u2019s kiss and her insistence on taking the place of his year\u2019s sacrifice stalled out everything. Now, Tempus has to keep her alive for a year so his sacrifice isn\u2019t wasted, but that\u2019s the only reason\u2014definitely.<\/p>\n<p>One of these crazy grim reapers stole Lacey Carpenter\u2019s estranged father\u2019s life two years ago. She\u2019ll give her own life rather than letting it happen again. It backfires when Tempus doesn\u2019t actually kill her, and they have to spend the year together. She\u2019s falling for an immortal who stops time, not just to save her life, but also to ruin her dates and steal her books. 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