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I love autumn and the weather getting cooler. Maybe it’s because I get tired of the heat here in Phoenix. I do miss the change of colors.
But even though Autumn can cool down the days, the nights can sure heat up with the right person. My two absolute favs for Autumn evenings is roasting marshmallows by a fire wrapped up in a blanket with someone special or hot tubbing. A nice butterscotch martini in hand sure takes the edge off the day too.
Below is an excerpt from Protecting Katie. There is a moment in the evening where the hero, Morgan, and Kristen, the heroine’s relationship changes dramatically. I thought it was a sweet moment in the story. No fire roaring in the fireplace or hot tub in sight, yet….
After several minutes of playing, Katie waved the cards under her father’s nose. “I won! Hah, Dad! What do you think of that?”
“You were probably cheating,” he insisted archly as a superior look crossed his features.
“I was not!” Katie retorted.
“Yes, you were.”
“No, I wasn’t!” A frustrated look crossed Katie’s face until she must have realized what Kristen had guessed all along. Her father was teasing.
Groaning, Katie hurled the cards in his face, and laughed when one caught in his hair.
Kristen suppressed a giggle. “I think your father’s trying to cover up his own cheating.”
“You think so?” Katie sent her a conspiratorial smile.
“Oh, most definitely.” Nodding, Kristen attempted a grave expression.
“Then he gets a tickle torture!” Katie launched herself at Morgan. She showed no mercy, relentlessly wiggling her fingers into his ribs.
After some struggle, he managed to hold his daughter at arm’s length and get out, “I swear I didn’t cheat. It was Kristen all along.”
Kristen burst out laughing. “Not on your life! I don’t cheat.”
“Oh, yes. That’s right. Kristen wouldn’t think to lower herself to such behavior.”
Kristen saw the evil intent in his eyes and protested, “Oh, no you don’t.”
Pausing with her attack, Katie looked up and the same impish expression formed in her eyes. Just then, Kristen realized fondly, although they might not be related by blood, the two of them were a matched pair all the same.
“I think you should get her, Dad. She’s too big for me.”
Kristen’s eyes widened. “You wouldn’t dare—”
“I think Kristen just dared me. What do you think?” he consulted Katie.
His daughter nodded vehemently. “That was a dare.”
Before she knew it, Kristen was on her back with Morgan straddling her waist and tickling the breath from her lungs.
“Stop! Stop!” Kristen cried between peals of laughter and gasps for air.
“Then you cheated, right?” Morgan demanded, his face inches from her own. The twinkle in his eyes ruined his serious expression.
“Yes! Yes!” she cried. “Anything!”
Her last word echoed through the room. Morgan stopped the torture to her ribs and slid his hands to her waist.
“Did you say ‘anything’?”
This time, she knew the seriousness in Morgan’s expression wasn’t an act. Something far more dangerous than humor smoldered in his eyes. Desire. It darkened his eyes to deep, steamy cocoa, and did crazy things to her heart rate and breathing. And that sensuous half-smile of his did even worse things to her mind.
Kristen couldn’t stop staring even if she wanted to. She drank in the strong column of his throat, the dark slash of brows, the square jaw and platinum hair, then finally she found herself drowning beneath his gaze.
A movement in the corner of her vision reminded her of Katie, and her wayward mind came to a jarring halt.
“You better let me up,” Kristen said in a voice huskier than she liked. “Katie…”
Flushing, he rose to his feet and held out his hand. She took it, and deliberately ignored the electrical current of awareness that rushed through her. She was burning up already. And he hadn’t even done a blasted thing to her yet! She needed to get a hold of herself. My goodness. By the time he got around to kissing her, she’d be already dead from spontaneous combustion.
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That is a very sweet moment in the excerpt. First time author for me so can’t wait to read it! I’m adding it to my Christmas list now
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Protection Kate sound great! I am adding it to my TBR pile.
The book looks good I look forward to reading it.
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Or autumn is not as nice as you have, sadly , anyway, thank you for the chance to join this hop!
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Such a sweet excerpt. I am new to your books and this has got me interested in reading them. Thanks for joining the hop and offering us a wonderful prize.
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My favorite thing about Autumn/Fall is the changing color of the leaves, orange, yellow, red, even purple. They are so pretty. My least favorite thing is raking up those pretty leaves. LOL I love to curl up by the fire and read a hot romance book on a cold fall evening.
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Thanks for the giveaway. I’m already missing the heat of summer here in New England. Autumn is not my favorite season because it’s too short here. We’ve already had snow so I consider it winter. Love to curl up with a good book though and keep warm.
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Thank you for the giveaway. I would take the heat over the cold any day.
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Thanks for the giveaway! and it was an amazing excerpt (so sweet!!) thanks for sharing it with us =)
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In West Virginia we don’t get as hot as Pheonix… but Autumn is a respite from the heat where it is neither too hot nor too cold. Comfortable weather… But it also reminds me that winter is around the corner – which I hate. LOL
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I love the cool weather. It allows me to turn on the oven and keep it going non-stop. The smell of fresh baked yumminess is worth the chill in the air.
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