First Kiss Friday with Asher and Patience!
Welcome to my First Kiss Friday blog! It’s always a great week when any author releases a new book baby into the world. Today I’d like to share the first kiss scene between Asher and Patience from Only a Lyon Will Do: Lyon’s Den Connected World. In this scene Asher sneaks into the Lyon’s Den garden where he knows Patience is waiting. At this point in the story, they don’t know each other’s names and they go by Hades and Persephone. I hope you enjoy this first kiss scene from my latest release! Enjoy.
Excerpt:
Asher shook his head as he let Pitt’s words go. Once again his eyes turned toward the garden, which Val had exited, looking no happier than when he entered. Surprisingly, there wasn’t a bouncer standing at the entrance and Asher took the opportunity to make his way across the gambling floor to slip inside. Luck was finally on his side tonight.
He slowly strode through the doorway. The garden looked almost barren, though that was inevitable, given the season. It would still be several months until this area would be back into what he would expect a garden to look like. He was, however, surprised to see a hearth set into the far wall. It was currently ablaze to provide whatever heat could be found to warm those
who might decide to brave the cooler weather.
His Persephone stood there. She was holding her hands out toward the fire but Asher still noticed her shivering from the cold. With the tinkling sounds of water flowing from the fountain, she didn’t hear his approach. He pulled his jacket from his shoulders and placed the garment around her. A gasp left her as she quickly turned to meet his gaze.
“Hades,” she exclaimed in surprise. “What are you doing here?”
“Good evening, Persephone,” he whispered. He pulled the edges of his jacket closer to provide what limited warmth it would offer. “I saw you enter a while ago and thought I might take advantage of the situation to speak with you again.” Was that disappointment that briefly flashed across her features?
“Good evening, my lord,” she answered. “I thought perhaps… never mind.”
“What did you think, my dear?” he asked in a husky whisper. He reached out with his thumb and forefinger and gently took hold of her chin, tipping her face upward so he could stare into those striking hazel eyes. The green of her eyes was only on the edges with a golden-brown center.
“It doesn’t matter,” she finally answered in a breathy tone.
“I beg to differ. Tell me,” he urged stepping closer. Her mouth was so tempting and he couldn’t resist running his thumb over her lower lip. She gave a sigh that went straight to his heart among other places.
“You’re here now. Nothing else matters,” she murmured instead of telling him her thoughts. She raised those hopeful looking eyes to him and he swore a little piece of the ice surrounding his heart cracked.
He knew he shouldn’t. She was a lady and not some woman of loose morals like those upstairs. But he couldn’t stop himself when he leaned down to brush his lips gently over hers. A startled soft gasp escaped her as their breath mingled together. His heart hammered inside his chest and he began to rethink the wisdom of tasting her lips. But then she stepped closer and wound her arms up and around his neck. He suddenly became lost in the feel of this woman’s body pressed intimately against his own.
His arms went around her as he deepened their kiss and when she opened her mouth, they were able to begin a dance with their tongues that sent sensations coursing through his body more powerfully than he’d ever felt from a mere kiss. Asher came to the harsh realization that he may just have met his match in this lady. The soft moan that came from deep within her made Asher break off their kiss as reality sunk in. Anyone could walk by and her reputation would be in ruins.
When she opened her hazel eyes, he had to blink for he swore he saw the promise of a future staring right back at him if he only allowed himself to believe in it. He shouldn’t have kissed her and the words of the prostitute who lived upstairs filled his head. Kissing was too personal, he realized too late, now that the damage was done.
“My apologies, Persephone. I shouldn’t have kissed you,” Asher said noticing the brief hint of hurt that flashed across her face.
A slight smile crept up at one corner of that luscious mouth. “No need to apologize since I was more than willing. Besides… I would expect nothing less from Hades to steal a kiss from a lady.”
A chuckle left him. “You know me too well.”
A light laugh left her. “Hardly, my lord. I think there is much to learn about you and that you are hiding behind this façade of a devil-may-care man.”
That thought was sobering, reminding him of the responsibilities that awaited him in the coming days especially with his brother.
“I don’t consider myself as a reckless person,” he said as he carefully watched her.
“And I am not usually careless with my reputation despite what just happened between us,” she replied patting her hair into place, not that she looked at all disheveled.
Can a chance encounter turn desire into love?
Asher Tyler, Earl of Rowley, has guarded his life as a carefree bachelor by avoiding romantic entanglements and the debutantes of each Season. When his world is turned upside down by a mysterious woman who saves him from a fall, Asher wishes to know her better but she refuses to reveal her identity. Asher cannot forget the woman at the Lyon’s Den and remembers every delectable detail about her.
Mrs. Patience Moore, a widow with a complicated past and ties to the Wicked Widow’s Club, was disowned by her merchant father when she married without his consent. Now a widow, she lives with her friend, Cassandra, who pays the matchmaking fees of the infamous Mrs. Dove-Lyon, the Widow of Whitehall, to find a husband for Patience.
But Patience doesn’t want an arranged marriage. She wants to fall in love but not with the man who stumbled into her one night at the Lyon’s Den who appears only interested in one thing. She knows his type. She should stay far away from him. Her heart tells her differently.
Mrs. Dove Lyon’s matchmaking brings Asher and Patience together, but the road is complicated. Asher insists he isn’t interested in marriage, his brother is vying for Patience’s affection, and an enemy from Asher’s past is seeking revenge.
Only time will tell if love will win over a woman who is afraid to trust and a man who refuses to see that the perfect woman is right before his eyes.
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