Snippet Saturday ~ Reunited
Welcome to another Snippet Saturday, where today’s theme is Reunited. Check out my excerpt and then hop on over to the other blogs listed below.
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
The crash woke her. Then came the sound of breaking glass. Lena’s eyes snapped open, and her body froze after she’d jerked the blankets up to her chin.
It all came rushing back. Tyler was in the cabin.
Daylight had not yet broken, but she could hear the twitter of birds and the faintest light that suggested dawn fast approached.
She held her breath and stared at the closed door of the bedroom. Tyler was most definitely awake. His curses and footsteps filled the cabin.
“Where the hell am I?” His yell resonated.
Lena flinched, wishing that there were a lock on the bedroom door. Why hadn’t she barricaded herself in? Or put the dresser in front of the door as a way to slow him down?
“Where are the damn lights?” He let out a yelp of pain. “Damn it.”
Great, he must have stubbed his toe or something. Oh, yes, he was awake and as ornery as a bear.
“There’s gotta be a light around here,” he muttered. “Wherever here is.”
Light appeared through the crack of the doorway, signaling he’d found the switch for the living room. His footsteps echoed in the hallway.
Lena watched the doorknob twist and gave a silent prayer, tugging the blanket all the way up to her nose. Maybe he’ll be too out of it to see me.
The door swung open, and she bit her lip to keep from groaning. Tyler poked his head in and glanced around. It was silent for a moment, and then he shut the door.
Lena blinked and lowered the blanket and then sat up. He hadn’t noticed—
The door burst back open, and she screamed, scrambling to get out off the bed.
Tyler bolted across the room and jumped on the bed, sending her bouncing across to the other side of the mattress.
He grabbed her leg before she could fall off. His hands jerked her back onto the bed as he pinned her down flat on her back, her arms held above her head.
“I’m going to kill you, Stephanie,” he growled and then went still. “Lena.”
“Umm…yeah. Surprise.” She attempted a light laugh. Oh, Lord. He was lying on top of her. She couldn’t think with him on top of her. “You’re kind of heavy. Would you mind getting off me, please?”
Tyler paused a moment before lifting his body from hers. He swung his legs off the bed and groaned.
“Tyler—”
“I don’t even want to know right now,” he mumbled. “Don’t try to explain, and don’t tell me anything. I just really need something for this headache.”
“Headache?” Maybe he had been drinking last night. “Are you hung over?”
His head turned and the look he gave her could have frozen boiling water.
Her eyes widened, and she scurried off the bed. “Right. Let me go see if I can find something for you.”
She hurried into the bathroom and came back a minute later with two aspirin and a paper cup of water. She sat down on the edge of the bed and handed them to him.
“Thanks.” He swallowed the pills and water. Pulling his legs back up on the bed, he stretched his body out and pulled a blanket over himself.
Her breath caught. No way. There was no way she would sleep in the same bed with him.
“Umm, Tyler, this is actually my bed. If you could—” He opened one eye to stare at her, and she broke off.
“Lena, I feel like I got hit by a train. This is a double bed that can fit two, so I’m not moving. If you’ve got a problem, you go sleep on the stupid couch.”
“But—”
He reached up and closed a hand over her mouth. “We will talk in the morning. Now be quiet.”
Annoyance sparked in her belly, and she thrust his hand aside. She glared at him, hoping it would inspire him to change his mind. But he’d already shut his eyes and seemed oblivious to her telepathically yelling at him to get the hell out of her bed.
Her gaze drifted toward the living room and her second option, the couch. The idea of padding across the cool floor and sleeping on the couch with just an afghan held little appeal.
She sighed and lay down next to him, scooting as close to the edge of the bed as possible so their bodies wouldn’t touch.
Squeezing her eyes shut, she focused on the image of what she’d say to Stephanie when she came back to pick them up.
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