A Little Preview
My blogging schedule worked out so that I am blogging here and at the Brava Authors Blog today. Thought this would be a good time to put out some short (copyrighted but unedited) excerpts of my upcoming Brava release Right Here, Right Now (March ‘08). The excerpt starts at the Brava Blog and continues here.
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Right Here, Right Now (continued from Brava Blog)
Reed was a man on the run.
The big weasel.
Here Gabby thought tonight, formal date number nine, might be the date. The one to capture all the heat pulsing between them with a bedroom ending. Hell, she’d be lucky to get cab fare out of him now.
Reed took a long swallow of water.
When he didn’t choke, Gabby cursed life’s unfairness. “I’m assuming I’m the part of the relationship that’s not working.”
“Look, it’s not you. It’s-”
Oh, no, no, no. “Don’t finish that sentence.”
If he continued down that road the half of the salmon filet she did manage to swallow would make a repeat performance all over his expensive navy suit. Tempting but not going to happen.
“What’s wrong with you?” he asked as if he actually did not know.
“Just don’t.” She pointed a finger in the general direction of Reed’s heart to back up her threat.
Those ice blue eyes that were so attractive up until five minutes ago blinked several times. “Gabby, we should-”
“Stop talking before someone loses a body part.” Her gaze dropped to her fork. “Preferably you.”
The sexy sparkle behind his eyes faded as the grin on his full mouth fell flat. For the first time since they sat down to eat, Reed’s usual assurance slipped. Nice of him to show some reaction.
She learned long ago to control her emotions. To keep her reactions neutral and her anger at bay. No matter how fast that ball of anxiety started to spin around in her gut she held it all in. Forced her outside to defy her insides.
She had been through far worse than a broken relationship, weathered much and never broke. But something about the silliness of the scene, of Reed cutting her off at the same time she mentally planned his seduction, broke open the dam inside her and sent anger spewing in every direction.
Her chest clenched as her cheeks grew hot. Her jaw pulled tight enough to make her back teeth ache. Pissed. She was down-to-her-bones pissed. A new sensation and one she chalked up to a build-up of stress without any release. One that refused to go away quietly.
If Reed intended to hand her a relationship pink slip, then she planned to give him an ending to remember. “Tell me something.”
He smiled at the older couple sitting at the table next to them. “Sure.”
“Where did it go wrong for you?”
Their relationship didn’t take any wrong turns for her. They cruised along just fine with her getting more interested and attracted every single day. Then the waiter put the entrees on the table and everything went to hell.
“The ‘it’ is…?” he asked.
“For a smart guy, you seem to be experiencing some trouble with small words.”
He stopped glancing around the restaurant and focused on her instead. “Talk slow and I’ll try to keep up.”
“Fine.” Actually, the scene was anything but fine, but she clearly did not get a vote. “Us. You and me. The relationship. Since we never even had sex, I mean.”
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