Melting Into You Teaser Excerpt Week 2
Melting Into You (Due South Book 2)
Released June 16th, 2014.
In this excerpt, Kezia is pumped for information about ‘the kiss’ from one of her besties, Shaye, who, awk-ward, happens to be Ben’s younger sister.
Shaye’s eyes bugged open. “Holy guacamole—what kind of kiss are we talking?”
“The regular kind.” Kezia’s cheeks warmed, and she took another long swallow of wine.
“Regular, as in a quick peck on the cheek to say thanks for a nice day out?”
“Not exactly.”
“Were tongues involved?”
“Shaye!” Now her face was hot enough to sauté on.
Shaye laughed so hard she snorted tea down the front of her shirt. “Seriously, Kez? You haven’t been near a guy since you arrived in Oban—and from what you’ve told me, you haven’t been near any men since Callum died—so a kiss is a big deal. And as an almost re-virgin-ised twenty-four-year-old, let me sigh wistfully over this one regular kiss, okay?”
“Re-virgin-ised? That’s not a word.”
“Evasion, Ms. School Teacher. C’mon, tell me. Rapido, rapido!”
“It was on the lips.” Kezia’s voice sounded prim and snooty in her ears; it’d been sooo long since she’d been in the conversational hot seat involving a man. “I’m not talking about tongues or any other body parts with you. It was a nice kiss.”
“Ah-ha! That’s how the cheese sauce got burned. You guys got so into a smoking-hot kiss—”
“No, no. The sauce burned later.”
“Completely missing the point, Kez! Stop torturing me. Now”—Shaye jabbed a finger at her—“did your heart beat faster?”
“Oh, good Lord.” Kezia face-palmed, wishing for a way to escape Shaye’s merciless guerrilla warfare.
“Just answer the question, sister.”
“Yes. My heart beat faster.”
“Did your toes curl?”
“Yes. Inside my Donkey slippers, there may have been some toe curling.”
Shaye sat up straight. “A guy gives you a heart-beating, toe-curling kiss and you’re wearing your old Donkey slippers? Kez, what were you thinking?”
Kezia shrugged. She hadn’t been thinking about her choice in footwear, that was for sure.
“Anyway,” Shaye continued. “Was he a good kisser? Please tell me he wasn’t like my last date, who whipped his tongue around my mouth as if he were beating cream?”
Kezia forced her mind to remain blank. If her thoughts slid back to the kiss, she might embarrass herself more—by gushing like a teenager. “No, nothing like that. He’s a good kisser.”
“On a scale of one to ten, pick a number.”
“You’re relentless, aren’t you?”
Shaye just grinned.
“Six,” she said.
“Knowing how unforthcoming you’ve been so far, I’m calling it as an eight.”
“Seven point five, max.”
Shaye twirled her ponytail around a finger. “Not too shabby—though plenty of room for improvement next time.”
Momentarily caught up in the teasing banter, Kezia froze, her stomach plummeting. “There won’t be a next time.”
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Hope you enjoyed this week’s teaser – check back for the last one next week in the build-up to release day!
Tracey
