Snippet Saturday ~ Club Scene
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Welcome to another Snippet Saturday. Today's theme is 'Club Scene'. So here's an excerpt from my release Foreign Affair. Check it out, and then hop over to the other blogs participating.
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.
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
What the hell kind of game did she think she was playing? Tyler watched Lena parade some love-struck looking guy onto the dance floor, and his hand clenched around the beer bottle so tight it almost snapped.
The woman next to him droned on and on about a man she knew in the United States, and maybe if Tyler might know him. Right. Because, after all, the United States was so small.
He hadn't been able to shake her since the moment she approached. She'd been hitting on him in a not-so-subtle way, but he had done nothing to encourage her flirting. When she'd even been so bold as to reach out and stroke his shoulder, he'd shrugged off her hand and repeated that he'd come with someone else.
His gaze honed in on Lena and the other man on the dance floor. Was she jealous? Is that why she'd sought out another guy? It seemed the only plausible answer. And it didn't please him.
He had no time for women who played games. His ex -fiancée had been a master at them, and now Lena pulled the same shit.
And the longer he watched her, the more certain he became that she was setting out to make him jealous.
Unfortunately, she was doing a damn good job of it.
Why the hell had she ever thought this was a good idea?
Lena groaned as Edward dragged her body against his. She gave him a tight smile and pressed her hands against his chest, trying to put some space between them.
He laughed but gave in and let her have her way.
A little more relieved, she glanced again toward Tyler. He still watched her with that cold gaze, but now seemed to be ignoring the woman.
Why didn't he brush her off? Tell her to get lost?
Edward leaned forward and said something in her ear. Although she still couldn't hear him, she smiled, just to give Tyler the impression she was having fun.
It worked a little too well. Tyler shook his head and stood up, striding out of the room.
Her stomach took a nosedive. Shit, you went way too far, girl.
She thrust away from Edward and took off after Tyler.
What on earth had she been doing? To provoke him like that? It all seemed too petty now. Especially when she watched the woman who'd been preying on him move on to another guy.
Not seeing him in the other room, she bolted out the door of the club. The frigid night air hit her lungs like a brick, and she took shallow gasps before hurrying down the sidewalks.
"Tyler?" she called out. Where had he gone? She hadn't been that far behind him.
The only response was her echo in the dim streets. She spotted a man walking fast further on down the road, and she squinted, trying to see if it could be him.
"Lena."
She spun toward the voice.
Edward stepped out of the shadows and gave her a quizzical look. "Why did you run out so quick?"
God, he'd followed her? She gave an irritated sigh and shook her head. "I have to go."
He took another step toward her and placed a hand on her arm. "Hey, what's the rush?"
"I really have to go." She pulled her arm back, shuddering at the sleaziness of his touch. What on earth had possessed her to flirt with him? To deliberately try and make Tyler jealous? What was she, sixteen?
"Let me get you cab or something."
Lena groaned. Maybe she should just take him up on that.
"That would be great. Thank—" She gasped as he gave her a violent shove into an alley. "Hey, what—"
Edward slammed her against the side of the brick building, and his hands closed around her throat.
Fear raced through her veins, and she gasped, reaching up to try and pry his fingers away.
Oh, God, why didn't I take that self defense class with Stephanie last year?
Edward leaned close, fumes of his alcohol breath smothering her. "You Americans sure like to tease. Coming on to a bloke and then just walking away."
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