Jake stepped under the stinging cold shower and gasped as
the water made contact with his overheated body. Didn’t she know
what that kiss did to him? Didn’t she know he had a hard time not
kissing her back? He’d give almost anything to have held her in his
arms. Right now it was all he could do to keep from tearing up to
the third floor and showing her how much he liked that kiss.
But Patrick had seen her first. No matter how much he
wanted her to be his, it didn’t matter.
blurb:
Running away from a fiancé who betrayed her, Peyton O’Malley finds employment at a beautiful mountain inn called Rest Thy Head. She didn’t expect to live in the haunted room or to fall for the inn’s owner, a fire-scarred, war veteran who uses the inn to hide away from the world. She didn’t expect her sister to show up at Rest Thy Head either, much less her formidable mother.
Now, thanks to the aid of a friendly ghost, Peyton has a shot at true love, and so does her sister Ashley, provided the guys cooperate of course!
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hot man in shower, hmmm... of course we want him to have her now!!! ;-)
ReplyDeleteoh oh two guys involved. I think she needs to choose which one she wants and Jake shouldn't really have a say in it. Who cares who came first?
ReplyDeleteLove the wretched, almost angry tension in this! great writing!
ReplyDeleteIf he's loyal to a friend, then he'll be loyal to her if he can ever work through the situation to claim her. Nice.
ReplyDeleteIf it weren't for honorable wrong assumptions, romance novels would be a lot shorter. :D
ReplyDeleteVery nice shower scene, Elaine! :)
I love Sarah's comment, and I totally agree with Gem's. Nice piece of writing, Elaine! :-)
ReplyDeleteI liked the snippet and agree with all the previous comments.
ReplyDeleteNow,what is it with cold showers? Just finished reading an Ian Fleming novel in which James Bond took several cold showers, but he was in Jamaica.
I've had luke warm showers, but never a COLD shower. Sounds like torture! LOL
LOL, Frank, I bet it is too.
ReplyDeleteAwww, well naturally there have to be obstacles to true love, but I do feel sorry for him. Excellent excerpt!
ReplyDeleteAw, such a shame to squash that lust, but I've got to admire his loyalty!
ReplyDeleteI love this story!
ReplyDeleteThis was such a wonderful book Elaine! Loved it!
ReplyDeleteVery interesting snippet. A haunted room and a friendly ghost? I don't know if I'd stay there long enough to find out if he was friendly or not, but I love it! Great work!
ReplyDeleteI loved the book! The 2 brothers had a good brotherly relationship and so did the 2 sisters. This was a fun story to read. I loved the ghost!
ReplyDeleteloved this snippet, cant wait for next week. Things are heating up.
ReplyDeleteYou did that perfectly! Isn't that just the way we think? Our mind goes through all these things that happen and try to figure it out, and its usually wrong. Nice writing Elaine!
ReplyDeleteOh man, he has it bad! Enjoyed the snippet!
ReplyDeleteAh yes... the proverbial cold shower. You caught the emotions that inspired it very well.
ReplyDeleteSuch tension! Great 8.
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