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His Convenient Affair now available in print!

His Convenient Affair, my first Samhain contemporary romance, releases in print on Tuesday. I really love Nathan and Chloe’s story, so it’s a great feeling to hold the actual book in my hot little hands.

Here’s a bit about the story and a short excerpt:

The only way Chloe can afford to expand her business is to sell her cherished cottage to a development company. Trouble is, the company’s CEO has an uncanny knack for getting under her skin … plus he seems to think she’s included in the deal.

Excerpt:

When the music slowed to a drugging smooch and the lights dimmed seductively, Nathan tilted her closer. He slid his cheek against hers. “You know, there’s something I’ve never quite understood.”

The words brushed her ear and she let her eyelids float down, wanting to savour this as one of those memories she could lock away inside and remember forever. “Hmm? What?”

“Chocolate.”

She eased back a little, shooting him a cautious look as his eyes glinted with amusement. “Chocolate?”

He tugged her back against him, cheek to delicious cheek. “The addiction to chocolate, to be precise. I’ve never fully understood it.”

“Right. I’m glad you’ve shared that with me.” She smiled, felt his in return, as her skin moved against the slightly abrasive brush of his jaw. “And why has chocolate, or its addiction, suddenly become so important?” At such a time, with his arms tight around her, the smell of him wafting through her…

“Because I’ve just had an epiphany.”

“Oh, well, then. I’m really happy for you.”

He laughed, a delicious slow rumble of humour that echoed in her ear. “I now understand the addiction.”

“To chocolate?”

“Indeed. Want to know why?”

“I think I’m afraid to ask. But go on then, why?”

His hand moved against her back, his fingers digging in a little, gliding against the surface of silk. “It’s what you look like in that dress.”

“Chocolate?” Heavens, couldn’t she think of anything more intelligent than repeating the word like a parrot?

“Uh huh. Rich, smooth and darkly exotic.” He nuzzled into her hair, sending tiny shivers of reaction shooting through her centre. “Makes a man want to—”

Her face burned and the shivers of reaction became a full-blown tremor. She tightened her fingers around his arm, eased back. “You said you wouldn’t push things.”

“Nor will I,” he confirmed, looking suitably offended. Then he lowered his voice. “But right now, you should know something.”

“What?”

“Before this night is out, I intend to kiss you. Very thoroughly.” His gaze trailed lazily over her face. “I’d be much obliged if you could find it in you to kiss me back.”

She was watching his mouth again, despite herself. Oh, my, she wanted that too. Wanted that killer mouth of his on hers. When she swallowed, he grinned.

“Can I take that as a yes?”

“We’ll see.” She knew Nathan Fitzgerald was, once more, about to get his own way. Not that she was entirely displeased with the idea. In fact…

“Where are we going?” With her hand caught tightly in his, he maneuvered them through the dance crowd. “Nathan?”

Instinctively, she glanced toward her table as they swept by. David and Bob were deep in conversation while Pam threw her a meaningful smile and lifted her glass in salute. That, more than Nathan’s determined grip, sent panic surging through her.

He didn’t stop until they were on the patio. Strung with fairy lights and dotted with just a few couples brave enough to endure the evening’s chill, the patio offered refuge from the noisy dance floor. Its limited space provided little in the way of privacy, but Nathan found them a corner.

Stone nudged against her back as he pressed her against the wall, the scrape of foliage from a nearby bush skimming her arm. Then she didn’t feel anything except Nathan’s mouth on hers.

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