Snippet Saturday ~ Friends
Welcome to another Snippet Saturday! Today's theme is Friends. My excerpt is from my upcoming book Foreign Affair (which comes out in just a couple weeks!) Check it out and then blog hop to the other peeps listed below! Have a great weekend!
Revenge can be sweet…and oh so sexy.
Lena Richards's whirlwind vacation to Europe with a friend is a welcome chance to shake her pre-wedding jitters—until she learns her high-school sweetheart is cheating on her, Hawaiian-style. Figuring all's fair, she indulges in a fling of her own with a sexy New Yorker she meets in Amsterdam whose kiss blows her mind—and the lid off her hormones.
Tyler Bentz is wary that the petite bombshell, who only a short time ago insisted their one kiss must never happen again, has done a complete 180. His questions only make it clear she's interested in probing of the sexual kind. Who is he to turn her down?
As they burn their way across Europe, something shifts, and it's not just the earth moving with their exploding passion. Lena begins to realize what it really means to fall in love. And Tyler finds himself tumbling hard and fast.
Reality catches up with them in Paris, leaving Tyler to wonder if Lena's really the one, or if he's nothing more to her than a pawn in her game of revenge.
This book has been previously released.
Product Warnings
Americans misbehaving in Europe. An attraction more potent than any drug Amsterdam has to offer. A fling that breaks all the rules. And the creative, sensual use of Chinese takeout.
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EXCERPT
When Stephanie came out of the bathroom, Lena had curled up on her side on the bed.
"Ummm, Lena? What's going on?" Stephanie sat down next to her and touched her shoulder.
Lena didn't look up, her face smashed against the pillow, eyes unblinking as she stared across the room. The anger grew thick in her throat, and she had to force the words out. "Keith is cheating on me."
Stephanie stayed silent for a second and then a short burst of laughter. "What? Of course he's not. Keith? That boy is as straight and narrow as they come."
Lena rolled onto her back. "Well, Mr. Straight-and-Narrow is in Maui right now screwing some other woman."
Stephanie shook her head. "How did you figure that out?"
"His mom told me." Lena sat up and hugged her knees, a harsh laugh escaping her. "His mom had a complete breakdown when she realized she'd unintentionally informed me that her son was cheating on me."
"I can't believe it," Stephanie repeated, her voice growing with rage. "What an ass. What a dumb-ass prick."
"I can think of better things to call him." Memories of this afternoon floated through her head. "I don't know…maybe its karma. I cheated on him too."
"Excuse me?" Stephanie's head swiveled back to her, and her eyebrows rose. "You cheated on Keith? Bullshit. When?"
"Earlier today."
"What? But you were with Tyler and me all morning." Her eyes widened. "Shut up. What happened in that hour alone together? Did you guys have sex?"
"Sex? Are you kidding me? Of course we didn't." Lena paused to bite her lip. "But we did kiss."
"You kissed." Stephanie's expression dimmed and her lips curled downward. "That's it?"
"Yeah." Lena touched her mouth, which started to tingle as she remembered the kiss. "And it was absolutely amazing. So romance novel cliché. I say no, and he still kisses me, and damned if I didn't enjoy it." She shook her head. "But it
was wrong. It shouldn't have happened."
"And you consider that cheating?"
"Well, yeah, I suppose."
"It doesn't even compare. Kissing a guy is like breaking a nail to me." Stephanie flung her hands up in the air. "It happens all the time. And for the record, you know I've always thought Keith was a complete idiot."
Lena pulled herself off the bed and walked to the mirror hanging above the dresser. She stared at her reflection—her pale appearance. What the hell was Keith thinking?
The fury that had been simmering inside her boiled over. She closed her hands around a hairbrush on the dresser and threw it across the room.
"You know what, Steph? Besides that kiss, I've never once cheated on him. And I've wanted to. I've had opportunities, but did I? No. Because we were in a committed relationship. Doesn't that mean anything to anyone anymore?"
Stephanie stood up and walked over to her. "Of course you didn't cheat on him. You're too good for him. I've been telling you this all along, but you just didn't get it."
Lena moved to the sink to splash some cold water on her face. She wanted to slam her fist through the mirror.
"Look…something's bothering me here, Lena." Stephanie began in a cautious tone. "You're very angry, and have every right to be, but you're not crying. You don't seem very…heartbroken."
Of course she was. Wasn't she? Lena braced her palms on the sink and stared down the drain. Or maybe Stephanie was onto something. Why wasn't her heart cracking into a billion little pieces? She didn't want to acknowledge the
possibility out loud.
She shook her head and averted her gaze. "The tears will come later, I'm sure." But would they?
"So what are you going to do? Do you want to go back home?"
"Not with Mr. Happy Pants away getting laid in Hawaii." Lena dragged a damp towel down her face and then met Stephanie's gaze in the mirror. "So what am I going to do? Besides get really drunk, because, hello, that's a given."
Stephanie came up behind her and placed comforting hands on her shoulders. They stared at each other in the mirror.
"You're going to go to Paris and stay at the apartment I've rented."
"I couldn't do that." Could she? The idea of retreating to Paris to lick her wounds had appeal.
"Of course you can. And you will."
"Will I now?" Though it would be good to get away and think. Or not think about a certain bastard fiancé.
"Yes, you are." Stephanie suddenly grinned. "And you're going to have Tyler take you all over Amsterdam for the next few days before you leave."
"Tyler is going to show me around? You think I should have Tyler show me around?" Lena started to laugh and then faltered. Oh. Now there was an idea… "I think I just made up my mind what I'm going to do."
Stephanie nodded. "Oh, now see, there you go. That sounds positive. What are you going to do?"
"Maybe I shouldn't say what I'm going to do, but who I'm going to do." Lena folded her arms across her chest. "Tyler."
Stephanie choked, and her eyes widened. "I don't think I heard you right. Did you just tell me you're going to do Tyler?"
Lena turned around, determination pumping through her blood. "If my fiancé thinks he's the only one who's going to have a last-minute fling before the wedding, then he's an idiot. I'm going out, and I'm getting laid."
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