Turning Paige Now ON Sale
June 19, 2009 by Melissa
This is a book from my Sweet Shoppe Series. There is also a free story,
Tempting Prudence, on my site for download. It was the first Sweet Shoppe book and it truly is one of my favorite stories.
Librarian Paige Turner isn’t having the best of weeks. Work has been hell, her sometimes fiancé seems only to pay attention to her when he needs research help, and on top of that, she has been losing sleep thanks to some pretty erotic dreams. So, at the end of the day, one week before St. Patrick’s Day, she stops by The Sweet Shoppe for some Irish Truffles. Before falling asleep, she wishes her dream lover were real. When she wakes up in the morning, she finds out he is.
Seamus can’t remember exactly how he ended up in Paige’s bed. One minute he is in a battle, the next he’s in bed with the woman who has been stealing into his dreams. Instinct has him seducing her before he even knows her name, but soon he is confronted with a strange new world, and the possibility that Paige just doesn’t understand he is her soulmate.
Paige decides to keep her warrior, but soon everything goes awry. Thanks to Seamus, her life is disrupted, her career almost ruined, her wedding cancelled, and she finds herself falling in love with Seamus. But will Paige be able to accept the changes he has wrought, or will her fear of change bring disaster for both of them?
EXCERPT
Paige came awake slowly. Her muscles were sore, but a good kind of sore, she thought. She didn’t know why, but there was a particularly sated feeling to her body. As if she’d reached some kind of goal. As she shifted her weight, she came against something very hard…very hot. She frowned and opened her eyes.
An expanse of golden skin was the first thing she saw. Convinced she was still dreaming, Paige rubbed her eyes and blinked. Her vision cleared. No, that was certainly skin. Drawing in a deep breath, she raised her head.
Holy Mother of God! There was a man in her bed. A man she definitely didn’t know. That was not a common occurrence for Paige, to say the least. Especially one so huge.
Slowly, she eased away and sat up. She swallowed the urge to scream. It clogged her throat as fear wound through her system. Her heart beat against her chest. The only thing keeping her from screaming was the fact that he was so huge. Lord knew what he would do if she woke him up that way.
What the hell had she done last night? Closing her eyes, she tried to remember but failed. She opened her eyes and studied her guest.
His hair entranced her. Darker than a moonless night, it reached halfway down his back and spilled across her pink sheets. Several small braids were entwined within the silken strands. His back was to her so she leaned over just a bit to see what his face looked like. She released a breath she didn’t know she’d been holding.
His face was a study in strength and angles. High cheekbones, a strong jaw and a nose that looked as if it had been broken once or twice. His eyes were still closed but she assumed they were darker in color, gray or possibly brown. Impossibly long lashes matched the color of his hair.
He was, in a word, beautiful. And alarming. Just how the hell did he end up in her bed? Paige was positive she’d remember bringing a man to bed, especially one who looked like him. Considering she was lying here naked as the day she was born, it was a fair assumption that she had at least talked to him. She had to know him. He was in her bed and…she lifted the sheet and saw one firm butt cheek…as naked as she was.
She dropped the sheet and closed her eyes. A tingle ran down her spine and she opened her eyes and lifted the sheet again. Lordy, she’d never seen a man with such an exquisite ass. Full, rounded… She curled her fingers into her hand to keep from reaching down to touch it.
“I promise you the front view is a nice as the back,” he said.
Comments
My oh my! Great cover, Mel! I loved the excerpt you shared yesterday! And happy release day!
Thanks, Fedora.