Sunday Snippet: Outcasts

Happy Father's Dayto anyone celebrating. For those not for whatever reason, I hope your day isfilled with peace and calm and you find your joy.

It's been a reallyrough week. I definitely didn't make it through the worst the week prior. I hada lot more yuck to get through. Thankfully, I'm now down to some nagging congestion,but I can breathe again and I'm not coughing every five minutes, which makes mehappy because we're due for some awful heat this week.

Managed to staymostly on top of my work projects. I'm not as far along as I'd like to be, butI'm within my window to meet my deadlines. Not being 100 percent isn't fun butat least I can work around being less than my best. If I had a job with set hours,I'd still probably be fighting through the slog of upper respiratory yuck.

Had a very slowweek of viewing. I didn't have the brain power to get involved in much ofanything but comfort shows like Perry Mason and Midsomer Murders.

I did catch anotherBest in Paradise and thoroughly enjoyed the introduction from DonWarrington. It's fun to hear him speak without the Caribbean accent.

I also watchedanother Death in Paradise and it's one I only saw bits and pieces ofwhen it first aired. Nice to see if from start to finish.

That's pretty muchit for the life update this week. Hopefully I'll be back to somewhat normal fornext week's entry.

Tonight's post isfrom Outcasts, a novella that explores how protecting the ones they lovebrings a couple together in new ways.

Here's theminiblurb:

Frannie Boyd and Thorn O'Reilly are stuck in a badsituation with no way out. But when the people they love are threatened,they'll play hardball to protect what's theirs, even if they have to go upagainst an admiral to do it.

And a sneaky peek…

Giving himself over to the moment, Thorndidn’t answer. Instead, he brought his hand up, cupping Frannie's face. Lettinghis fingers splay along the nape of her neck, he titled his head forward untilhis lips met hers. Tentative at first, they grewdemanding as Frannie responded. Hauling her against him, his hands slid downher back, grasped the edge of her doubled tank tops and pulled them up untilshe leaned away and took over. Thorn angled back, fingers going to his flywhile Frannie pulled the shirts over her head. Not taking his eyes off her, heworked the fastenings loose, shoving the pants down to his knees and sucked ina harsh breath when she reached over to pull them the rest of the way off. Timestood still as his eyes dropped to his shirt while his fingers franticallyunbuttoned the buttons. Glancing up as he shrugged out of the sleeves, hestopped breathing. Naked and beautiful, Frannie movedtoward him, getting up close and personal in the way he’d dreamed about. Hefroze and stared, holding the moment in his mind, burning it to memory. Hepaused with his shirt still dangling off one arm, mesmerized by the hungry lookin her eyes.Frannie crawled up and over Thornon her hands and knees, smiling at the stunned look on his face. Settling herass down on his thighs she grabbed his sleeve, tugged it over his hand and letit fall to the floor. Reaching up, she pulled the bunk curtain closed,effectively cutting them off from everything else but each other. When Thorn raised his head, Franniemet his lips with a hot, blazing kiss that scorched through his system. As hesettled back against the pillow, his hands cupped her face drawing her down andshe slid forward, stretching out against him. Her stomach brushed over his cock,and he moaned against her lips. Her fingers wrapped around thelength, caressing the silken skin, moving in time with the thrusts of hertongue along his. Thorn shuddered under the onslaught of her lips and hands andpulled a gasp from Frannie when his palms brushed lightly over her breastsbefore cupping and holding them in his hands. He relished their weight as hisfingers kneaded the smooth skin, enjoying the fact that his touch had Franniesqueezing his leg between her thighs.

This story iscoming together after several false starts. Thorn and Frannie aren't quite surehow they're going to function as a couple, but they don't have issues withgetting physical.

 

That's it for thisweek. Catch everyone on the flipside.

ML Skye