Blurb:
One
night changes everything . . . again.
Years
ago, when Ryan Stewart saw Shawna Ferguson, it was love at first sight.
Unfortunately, he wasn’t a free man, and his deception caused him to lose her
after a weekend that changed his life.
When
Shawna’s sister and brother-in-law set her up on a blind date, she has no idea
it’s with Ryan, with whom she’d spent a weekend she wishes she could forget.
She reluctantly agrees to finish the date with him, but doing so leaves her
vulnerable to his charms and the heat he ignited in her that very first night.
Excerpt:
When Shawna entered the
restaurant, smiling staff welcomed her with a “Bienvenue!” She told the hostess she had a reservation and gave her
the name of the person with whom she had the meeting. “Roger James.”
“Your party’s already here.” The
brunette smiled, and her gaze drifted to the interior wall, outside Shawna’s
line of vision.
Shawna pasted a smile on her
face and stepped forward to get a good look. That’s when her date stepped from
the dim interior into the better-lit entryway.
Her smile froze in place and her
body became as stiff as a corpse.
It wasn’t that her date was
unattractive. Oh no, he didn’t suffer from a deficiency in looks at all. In
fact, he was sexy. Hella sexy. Even more sexy than the last time she’d seen
him, though a bit underdressed in a pair of jeans and a button-down shirt with
the sleeves rolled up to reveal rugged arms dusted with fine hair. Wisps of
dark hair, which she knew from firsthand experience were soft, brushed the
collar of his striped shirt.
She pressed her palm to her
chest in a futile attempt to control the erratic beat of her heart.
Unfortunately, her brain had gone into overdrive, reminding her of unbridled
passion in Chicago six years ago when she’d fallen into bed with this man.
She’d never forgotten the two
torrid nights they’d spent together where the intimacies they shared had left
her breathless and exhausted in his arms. Every caress of his lips and touch of
his rough, work-worn hands was seared into her brain. And she could never, ever
forget what it felt like to have the dark stubble shadowing his jaw graze the
sensitive spot on her neck—or the skin of her inner thigh.
Her knees weakened at the
thought.
A corner of his lips did a slow
slant upward, and Shawna tore her eyes away from the invitation in them to
stare into a pair of amazing blue eyes that rooted her in place.
“Hello, Shawna.” The mellow
sound of his voice greeted her as he approached. He exuded a confidence and
casual virility not present during their first introduction. Back then, he’d
been a little less sure of himself, though very charming.
The sound of her name on his
tongue sent a tremor through every cell of her body. “Ryan.” She whispered his
name in disbelief because his name wasn’t Roger James, and he wasn’t a
stranger. She’d hoped never to set eyes on this man again.
“It’s good to see you, love.”
Shocked out of her reverie by
the affectionate word, rage erupted inside of Shawna. She hadn’t seen him since
that day in Chicago when her heart had shattered into a thousand pieces. She
did what she hadn’t been able to do back then.
She hauled back and slapped him.
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Bio:
Delaney
Diamond writes sweet and sensual romance novels and is the site manager of Romance Novels in Color, where diversity in romance in
celebrated. When she's not reading or writing she's trying out new recipes or
traveling to an interesting locale. Find free reads and the first chapter of
all her books at www.delaneydiamond.com.
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