Excerpt Wednesday – Summer with a Star

It’s Excerpt Wednesday! And while I may have been slacking with my blog for many other things, I could never slack when it comes to Excerpt Wednesday. So here’s a little taste of Summer with a Star, which is coming out on Monday!

Goddammit, now he was mad at her. His frown was unrelenting and he crossed his arms over his chest. It was completely unfair that he still looked delicious while she probably looked like she was wearing a bad Halloween costume.

She flopped into one of the armchairs flanking the sofa. Well, flopped as much as she could with no flexibility in her torso at all. Mostly she just tipped back at an awkward angle.

“I give up. I’m not sexy and I know it.”

“It’s that outfit that’s not sexy,” he scolded her. He paused, his lips twitching up to a grin. “Okay, it’s a little sexy. But not like this.”

“I don’t know what Jenny was thinking,” she sighed.

“Neither do I.” He shifted his weight and looked at her from another angle. “Although, let’s try this whole thing again later.”

He was trying to be nice. She had to give him that. Jenny was trying to be nice too. It just wasn’t working out.

“I’m going to go upstairs and take a shower and change into a nice, frumpy muumuu,” she said.

“Or you could find a comfortable medium.”

She sent him a sullen glare, then rocked forward, gripping the arms of the chair. The combination of cushy chair and tight corset made her five times more clumsy than she needed to be.

“Here.” Spence scooped her around the waist and brought her to her feet. He kept his arm around her, pressing her flush to his stomach. A smile formed on his lips. “Do you know how sexy you are right now?”

“Yeah,” she answered, moping. “About as sexy as a mop.”

He chuckled. “Far more sexy than a mop.”

She arched an eyebrow.

“Hey, I like mops.”

“You like mops?” She narrowed her eyes at him.

“Yeah. They’re useful. They keep things clean.”

She shook her head. “Too much. I don’t buy it.”

He kissed her lips lightly and loosened his hold on her. “I had to try.”

“So did I,” she said, losing her smirk.

“No, you didn’t,” he said, as serious as she was. “Give me a little credit for not being an asshole.”

She glanced down, but he caught her chin with his fingers and tilted her face up to meet his eyes.

“I mean it,” he said. “Yvonne’s opinions are her own. My opinions are mine. I want to spend my summer with you, not a teased up biker chick with a sugar rush.”

His description made her smile, but just barely. “Gotcha.”

“Glad we sorted that out.”

Did we? They must have, because he let her go with a wink and started back for the kitchen.

“I’ll have fresh waffles and sausage and coffee waiting for you when you come back down,” he said.

“Thanks,” she called after him. “Just make sure you wash your hands first.”

As soon as he was gone, Tasha held out her arms and looked down. “Oh, lord!” One of her breasts had succumbed to the pressure and popped out of the top of the corset. And Spence hadn’t said a thing. She looked ridiculous. She felt ridiculous. Spence could say sweet things all he wanted, but she still had a ton of work to do before she could consider herself a movie star’s girlfriend.

If that was even what she was.

 

Summer with a Star is my first contemporary romance, and the first book in a new series, Second Chances. As you read Summer with a Star, you’ll hear the main character, Spencer Ellis, a big-time movie star, mention the script for the pilot episode of a TV show that he’s thinking of signing on to: Second Chances. All of the books in the Second Chances series will involve characters who are involved in the TV show, from its actors to directors to the catering staff (trust me, that’s going to be an excellent story!). You won’t want to miss it!

Lucky for you, you can preorder Summer with a Star now, right here on Amazon.