Sunday Share: The Knight and Maggie's Baby, by Lisa Mondello
Today Lisa Mondello is sharing an excerpt of
The Knight and Maggie's Baby
plus she's giving away a copy to one commenter. Read the excerpt and you'lldefinitely want to get in on a chance for a copy of this book! (Or better yet,buy a copy right away and start reading.)
The Knight and Maggie's Baby, by Lisa Mondello
Genre: Contemporary Romance Heat level: sensual
Amazon , BN , KOBO
Sometimes fateneeds a little help…
Jonah Wallace knows what it's like to grow up without love. Despite having moremoney than the Queen of England, his childhood was cold and stale as he grew upin boarding schools. He's dedicated his life to helping homeless and displacedchildren find the love and support they need by creating the Haven HouseFoundation, work that resulted in him being Knighted by the Queen.
Now that he's living in America, his work is going along just fine…until hisgrandfather gives fate a little nudge by insisting he take a wife before he caninherit.
Coffee shop owner, Maggie Bonelli, is pregnant and the baby's dad has goneAWOL. She knows too well the pain of growing up without a daddy. So when JonahWallace comes into her shop proposing marriage for a year, she takes him up onhis offer, even if it's only for a year. Live in a mansion and give her baby aname and a daddy to call his/her own. But can they keep their perfectarraignment strictly business…or will fate's helping hand bring them love atlast?
EXCERPT:
"Jonah?" Maggie'svoice was just a breath above a whisper, sheer music to his ears.
"Yes, Maggie, it's me."
Her hands flew to her eyes and she rubbed them with theheels of her palms before looking up at him again. "For a minute I thought I was dreaming."
Jonah couldn't help but smile, and wondered what kind ofdreams she was having to make her look so peaceful and angelic when he'd firstcome into the room. Was she dreaming ofhim? Of the baby? Of the life she'd have once she and the babyhad left him?
A fire began to brew deep in his gut. He wanted to think she'd been dreaming abouthim. Just as he'd spent all his timedoing lately.
"I'm sorry I woke you," he said, absorbing the spacebetween the closet and the bed.
He was by her side in an instant, sitting beside her on thebed. He wasn't quite sure how he'dgotten from point A to B, but there he was, reaching out to her because hecouldn't help himself. He needed totouch her. Now that she was awake, itwas like an invitation. One he couldn'trefuse.
"No, don't apologize. I..." She buried her face in herhands.
On impulse, he saddled up beside her in the middle of thebig bed, gently pulling her hands away from her face.
"Maggie? What isit?"
She shook her head. "I shouldn't be here."
She was trembling. When Jonah tilted her chin up to look at her, tears streamed down hercheeks, and his heart nearly shattered. Oh, God, he never should have gone to England and left her alone.
Frantically brushing her hair away from her face, he said,"What's happened? Why are you crying?"
She sniffed, taking in big gulps of air in an effort tocontrol herself, but she lost the battle and wailed, "I'm fa-a-a-a-ttt!"
"Wha, what are you talking about?"
"I came...in...to...your room tonight." Maggie sniffed a few more times and hiccuppedsome sobs back before going on. "Ididn't have anything...comfortable to wear...anymore and I thought..."
Jonah glanced down at her clothes and for the first timerealized that Maggie was wearing one of his white dress shirts. She was naked beneath his shirt! Even as pregnant as she was the shirt leftroom to spare and hung dangerously low off her bare shoulders. The sleeves were cuffed a few times andbagged on her arms.
Jonah's insides jumped into overdrive, making his groingrow hard. He couldn't believe just howimpossibly sexy Maggie could be eight months pregnant wearing a plain whitecotton shirt. He longed to run his handover her thighs like he'd dreamed of doing so many times when he'd lain awakeat night in this very room without her. And now she was here, in his bed and naked beneath his shirt. Oh, Lord, have mercy!
Trying to ignore his aching arousal, he stated theobvious. "Of course you're going to getbigger. You're pregnant."
She threw him a cynical look and sniffed, wiping her nosewith the back of her hand. "Nokidding. It's kind of hard for me toforget."
He couldn't help but laugh, but stopped the instant hersobs erupted again. He scooped her intohis arms.
She wailed against his bare shoulder. "I came in here tonight because I...nothingfit me and I thought...I'd be able to fit into one of your shirts."
"That's okay. Youlook..." Oh, Lord, he was introuble. What could he possibly tell herthat would help? Hey, Maggie, you're thesexiest creature I've ever seen and you're driving me insane right now? My whole body is tight and aching because Iwant to make love to you? Rightnow. I want to be inside you right thisdamned minute!
Somehow he didn't think telling her the truth was going tohelp.
"Huge! That's what Ilook like," she finally said. "I'm bigand fat and-"
"What on earth are you talking about?"
"Look at me. I'm asbig as a house!" she sobbed, throwing her hands down the front of her to revealher ample belly.
Jonah pulled her back into a tight embrace, reveling in thefeeling of her body so close to his, feeling the swells of her full breastspress against his bare chest, knowing that nothing lay between them now but thethin cotton of his dress shirt. It wasdriving him insane. And right now, hedecided sanity was way over rated.
With her head tucked under his chin, he chuckled at thelunacy of it. She didn't have a cluewhat she did to him.
"Maggie, I wish you could see yourself through my eyes."
"Believe me, I do. I'm getting so wide I'm filling up the mirror."
"Don't be like that."
"How can I not? Howcan you possibly look at me and not be completely turned off?"
A wry grin tugged at his mouth. "Were you hoping I would be turned on?"
Pulling away, she averted her gaze. Even in the darkness, he could tell she wasblushing. And he wondered just how muchof her body was blushing. Oh, how he wantedto know.
She sniffed back another sob and flipped a lock of hairbehind her ear. But it was no use, withher head bent down it fell back into her face.
Jonah tipped her chin up, then brushed his fingers alongher jaw. "Because if that's the case,then you got your wish."
~*~Dear Readers:
Most of the time we read romances where the love scenes arebetween a man and a woman and the woman is NOT pregnant. I don't knowmany woman who feel their sexy best when they're 8 months pregnant, and theheroine in The Knight and Maggie's Baby is no different. I recall beingpregnant and not being able to see my feet. This is where Maggie's at inthis scene. And the way Sir Jonah Wallace handles it is...oh, sosweet. Makes me fall in love with him all over again! Here is avery touching and loving scene from The Knight and Maggie's Baby.
The Knight and Maggie's Baby is Book 3 in my Fate with a HelpingHands series, also available as a BOX SET.
The Knight and Maggie's Baby Book 3 (Fate with a Helping Hand)
The Marriage Contract Book 2 (Fate with a Helping Hand)
All I Want for Christmas is You Book 1 (Fate with a Helping Hand) .99cent
Where to find Lisa: http://www.lisamondello.blogspot.com
Leave a comment or question (and contact email, please) for Lisaand you could win a copy of THE KNIGHT AND MAGGIE'S BABY! She will pick awinner on Wednesday.
Thank you so much for sharing with us today, Lisa. Have a great week!
StaceyJoy Netzel
The Knight and Maggie's Baby, by Lisa MondelloGenre: Contemporary Romance Heat level: sensual
Amazon , BN , KOBO
Sometimes fateneeds a little help…
Jonah Wallace knows what it's like to grow up without love. Despite having moremoney than the Queen of England, his childhood was cold and stale as he grew upin boarding schools. He's dedicated his life to helping homeless and displacedchildren find the love and support they need by creating the Haven HouseFoundation, work that resulted in him being Knighted by the Queen.
Now that he's living in America, his work is going along just fine…until hisgrandfather gives fate a little nudge by insisting he take a wife before he caninherit.
Coffee shop owner, Maggie Bonelli, is pregnant and the baby's dad has goneAWOL. She knows too well the pain of growing up without a daddy. So when JonahWallace comes into her shop proposing marriage for a year, she takes him up onhis offer, even if it's only for a year. Live in a mansion and give her baby aname and a daddy to call his/her own. But can they keep their perfectarraignment strictly business…or will fate's helping hand bring them love atlast?
EXCERPT:
"Jonah?" Maggie'svoice was just a breath above a whisper, sheer music to his ears.
"Yes, Maggie, it's me."
Her hands flew to her eyes and she rubbed them with theheels of her palms before looking up at him again. "For a minute I thought I was dreaming."
Jonah couldn't help but smile, and wondered what kind ofdreams she was having to make her look so peaceful and angelic when he'd firstcome into the room. Was she dreaming ofhim? Of the baby? Of the life she'd have once she and the babyhad left him?
A fire began to brew deep in his gut. He wanted to think she'd been dreaming abouthim. Just as he'd spent all his timedoing lately.
"I'm sorry I woke you," he said, absorbing the spacebetween the closet and the bed.
He was by her side in an instant, sitting beside her on thebed. He wasn't quite sure how he'dgotten from point A to B, but there he was, reaching out to her because hecouldn't help himself. He needed totouch her. Now that she was awake, itwas like an invitation. One he couldn'trefuse.
"No, don't apologize. I..." She buried her face in herhands.
On impulse, he saddled up beside her in the middle of thebig bed, gently pulling her hands away from her face.
"Maggie? What isit?"
She shook her head. "I shouldn't be here."
She was trembling. When Jonah tilted her chin up to look at her, tears streamed down hercheeks, and his heart nearly shattered. Oh, God, he never should have gone to England and left her alone.
Frantically brushing her hair away from her face, he said,"What's happened? Why are you crying?"
She sniffed, taking in big gulps of air in an effort tocontrol herself, but she lost the battle and wailed, "I'm fa-a-a-a-ttt!"
"Wha, what are you talking about?"
"I came...in...to...your room tonight." Maggie sniffed a few more times and hiccuppedsome sobs back before going on. "Ididn't have anything...comfortable to wear...anymore and I thought..."
Jonah glanced down at her clothes and for the first timerealized that Maggie was wearing one of his white dress shirts. She was naked beneath his shirt! Even as pregnant as she was the shirt leftroom to spare and hung dangerously low off her bare shoulders. The sleeves were cuffed a few times andbagged on her arms.
Jonah's insides jumped into overdrive, making his groingrow hard. He couldn't believe just howimpossibly sexy Maggie could be eight months pregnant wearing a plain whitecotton shirt. He longed to run his handover her thighs like he'd dreamed of doing so many times when he'd lain awakeat night in this very room without her. And now she was here, in his bed and naked beneath his shirt. Oh, Lord, have mercy!
Trying to ignore his aching arousal, he stated theobvious. "Of course you're going to getbigger. You're pregnant."
She threw him a cynical look and sniffed, wiping her nosewith the back of her hand. "Nokidding. It's kind of hard for me toforget."
He couldn't help but laugh, but stopped the instant hersobs erupted again. He scooped her intohis arms.
She wailed against his bare shoulder. "I came in here tonight because I...nothingfit me and I thought...I'd be able to fit into one of your shirts."
"That's okay. Youlook..." Oh, Lord, he was introuble. What could he possibly tell herthat would help? Hey, Maggie, you're thesexiest creature I've ever seen and you're driving me insane right now? My whole body is tight and aching because Iwant to make love to you? Rightnow. I want to be inside you right thisdamned minute!
Somehow he didn't think telling her the truth was going tohelp.
"Huge! That's what Ilook like," she finally said. "I'm bigand fat and-"
"What on earth are you talking about?"
"Look at me. I'm asbig as a house!" she sobbed, throwing her hands down the front of her to revealher ample belly.
Jonah pulled her back into a tight embrace, reveling in thefeeling of her body so close to his, feeling the swells of her full breastspress against his bare chest, knowing that nothing lay between them now but thethin cotton of his dress shirt. It wasdriving him insane. And right now, hedecided sanity was way over rated.
With her head tucked under his chin, he chuckled at thelunacy of it. She didn't have a cluewhat she did to him.
"Maggie, I wish you could see yourself through my eyes."
"Believe me, I do. I'm getting so wide I'm filling up the mirror."
"Don't be like that."
"How can I not? Howcan you possibly look at me and not be completely turned off?"
A wry grin tugged at his mouth. "Were you hoping I would be turned on?"
Pulling away, she averted her gaze. Even in the darkness, he could tell she wasblushing. And he wondered just how muchof her body was blushing. Oh, how he wantedto know.
She sniffed back another sob and flipped a lock of hairbehind her ear. But it was no use, withher head bent down it fell back into her face.
Jonah tipped her chin up, then brushed his fingers alongher jaw. "Because if that's the case,then you got your wish."
~*~Dear Readers:
Most of the time we read romances where the love scenes arebetween a man and a woman and the woman is NOT pregnant. I don't knowmany woman who feel their sexy best when they're 8 months pregnant, and theheroine in The Knight and Maggie's Baby is no different. I recall beingpregnant and not being able to see my feet. This is where Maggie's at inthis scene. And the way Sir Jonah Wallace handles it is...oh, sosweet. Makes me fall in love with him all over again! Here is avery touching and loving scene from The Knight and Maggie's Baby.
The Knight and Maggie's Baby is Book 3 in my Fate with a HelpingHands series, also available as a BOX SET.
The Knight and Maggie's Baby Book 3 (Fate with a Helping Hand)
The Marriage Contract Book 2 (Fate with a Helping Hand)
All I Want for Christmas is You Book 1 (Fate with a Helping Hand) .99cent
Where to find Lisa: http://www.lisamondello.blogspot.com
Leave a comment or question (and contact email, please) for Lisaand you could win a copy of THE KNIGHT AND MAGGIE'S BABY! She will pick awinner on Wednesday.
Thank you so much for sharing with us today, Lisa. Have a great week!
StaceyJoy Netzel
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