Apologies for having gone missing the last few weeks. I don't know why but November has been a crazy month for me. I've had this perpetual feeling of rushing everywhere and not really getting anywhere. Let's hope December is different.
To begin with, today I'm sharing a snippet from my just released story, The Beauty of Forever (A Christmas Realm Tale). I'm so in love with this story and their characters.
Enjoy!
Elyzabeth
He offered her
his arm, but she refused. Christopher clenched his jaw. Her rejection hurt more
than he anticipated, but he strode forward, leading the way into Main Street.
“It’s just,
well, it’s unseemingly, Christopher.”
He chuckled. “It’d
been a while since I’d heard anyone use that word.” He pointed to the diner
further down the street. A big wooden sign shaped and painted like snowcapped
mountains read Ginger Pyrenees.
“We’re going
there. They make delicious food and cater to vampires.”
“You’ll have to
agree with me,” Samantha continued as if he hadn’t spoken. “I’m sure if Andy
had overslept you’d be screaming at him, not taking him out to breakfast.”
Christopher stopped
and faced Samantha.
“You’re right,”
he snapped.
She glared at
him, hands on her hips. “You don’t deny it.”
“Why would I? I
thought I’d expressed my feelings for you quite plainly.”
Samantha
scowled. “Christopher, I thought I’d made myself clear when I told you—”
“Samantha,” he
said, inching closer. The reaction was immediate. She dropped her arms to her
side and tilted her head to look at him. Her skin flushed and her eyes glossed
over. “It’s one thing what you tell me and another very different what your
body is telling me.”
“And what might
that be?”
Was she even
aware of the seductive tone of her voice?
Christopher ran
his fingertip across her jaw. The pulse on her neck quickened. He licked his
lips. It’d be so easy to dip his head and kiss her again. He leaned in closer.
Her eyes drifted shut. She could fight him all she wanted, but her actions
spoke louder than her words. She wouldn’t turn him down.
“Do you really
want me to demonstrate here, doll?” he whispered against her mouth.
Her eyes opened
and she sucked in a lungful of air with a loud hiss. Christopher grinned and
pulled back. Her dazed expression lasted another thirty seconds before she
replaced it by a mask of fury.
“You’re an
idiot.”
Christopher
laughed.
“Your body
speaks loud and clear, Samantha, even if you deny it.” He tapped her nose. “Come
on, doll. Let’s get something to eat.”
Once dead, always dead.
Christopher Beaufort works in
what could easily be the most cheerful place on earth, Santa’s Christmas Realm,
but as a vampire, he is nothing more than a shadow among the living.
Worn out by the demands of his
job as Chief Toy Officer, Santa assigns a human woman to help him, Samantha
Kraus. Tantalized by the fiery red-head, Christopher makes it his business to
seduce her, but as he does, something within him begins to stir.
Life is a gift in which every moment counts.
When Samantha Kraus accepted the
job of assistant manager at Santa’s, she expected elves, fairies and maybe some
shifters, but definitely not vampires, and least of all did she imagine her
boss would be one of them or that she’d be attracted to him.
Though she tries to remain
professional, Samantha finds herself falling for Christopher. But, can a
vampire’s heart ever beat again?
Like the teaser. He's a tease :-)
ReplyDeleteNice snippet, and that's a beautiful cover!
ReplyDeleteHOT!
ReplyDeleteGreat tease and I love the cover!
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