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FIRST DATE
First short story in the TOUR DIRECTOR EXTRAORDINAIRE series Contemporary romance with a twist of fantasy BLURB Stripping off your clothes in a restaurant: NOT a good idea on your first date. Tired of celestial politics and wanting some fun, Fate brings together two young people who would never have met. A tour director, Harriet Ruby, whose biggest problem is that she has no real problems, and Will Talbot, Europol spy with a dark and troubled past. Wham! Bam! Sparks fly! Fate smiles. "They'll never know what hit them." After teaming up in Morocco for outstanding sex and hilarious adventure, Will and Harriet agree to see if their relationship can develop beyond mutual lust. Now, they're having their first real date. Things are heating up nicely when they learn the "getting to know you" process, while on-the-job, is fraught with interruptions, frustrations...and the promise of an unforgettable adventure |
EXCERPT
“That was absolutely the most embarrassing moment of my entire life.” I stomped into my hotel room and threw my backpack on the bed. My face burned, hands shaking as I tried to fasten the only button remaining on my blouse.
Will Talbot closed the door, slipped on the night chain, and watched my fumbling fingers with his arms crossed over his broad chest. “You’ve never been thrown out of a French restaurant before?”
Oo-kay, Harriet, you can forget about making a good first impression.
Don’t get me wrong. It’s not like Will and I haven’t been together before―you know, that way, too―but this was different.
It was our first real date.
I spun around with my fists planted on my hips in attack mode and got in his face. Well, his chest, anyway. I may be short, but I make up for it in determination. Maybe it’s more like lunacy.
“No! I’ve never been thrown out of any restaurant―in France or anywhere else.” I hesitated, fluttering a hand. “We-ll, I was asked to keep down the noise a few times―when I attended MIT―but that’s not the same as being told to leave.”
Chewing at my lower lip, I pressed closer to him and sheepishly sifted my fingers through his spiky, longer-than-military dark hair. I couldn’t sustain a state of high indignation when his nearness set me alight. Not when I wanted to kiss along his jaw line and nibble on his ear, sure that he would taste as good as he smelled. Yum.
His gaze dipped to my exposed cleavage and turned molten. His hands grasped my waist, pulling me into him, molding my soft curves against the hard muscled planes of his to-die-for body.
“Mmm. But you’ve never been asked to leave because you started undressing in public?” His husky voice made me shiver. “I didn’t see that one coming.” He shook his head as though still reeling with amazement.
“I’m sorry, Will. I don’t know what came over me at the restaurant.” My arms snaked around him, my hard tight nipples pushing through layers of fabric into his chest. “Hmm, actually…when you kissed me…you know I can’t keep my hands off you. Everything got kind of misty, and I forgot where we were.” I stopped to see if I was drooling on his shirt. “I never behaved like this before I met you…”
REVIEWS
Review by THE PEN AND MUSE
May 17, 2010 – Review by Nancy
Rating: Don’t post ratings
The prologue for this incredibly funny story is a hoot! A nice set-up, my Gods (read the excerpt, below, and you will understand.) The story is filled with humor and some healthy, hot sex between two people intent on finding out more about each other. Told in the first person (not my favorite) it worked well, here. The author skillfully melds sex and humor as in this line...
“He pulled me into his arms and gave me a long, deep kiss that peeled the polish off my toenails.” □
http://www.thepenmuse.com/2010/05/pen-muse-review-first-date.html
Review by GOT EROTIC ROMANCE
Saturday, May 29, 2010 – by S.K.Fero
Rating 3.5 Diamonds
I loved the beginning with “Fate” and her irritation with the interns in the Earth Division of the Celestial Department of Predetermined Destiny. She decided to interfere in two lives on Earth: Harriet Ruby and Will Talbot, opposites who needed help in the romance department.
Harriet Ruby is a tour director and has led a fairly unchallenged life until something seemed to upset her life, and someone. She met Will Talbot, a Europol spy, with a mysterious and dangerous life. Nothing alike, yet something pulls them together and passion explodes. After meeting in adventure and having sudden hot sex in a previous story, the pair is now hoping to actually get to know one another. Can they finally have a real start at a relationship?
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“That was absolutely the most embarrassing moment of my entire life.” I stomped into my hotel room and threw my backpack on the bed. My face burned, hands shaking as I tried to fasten the only button remaining on my blouse.
Will Talbot closed the door, slipped on the night chain, and watched my fumbling fingers with his arms crossed over his broad chest. “You’ve never been thrown out of a French restaurant before?”
Oo-kay, Harriet, you can forget about making a good first impression.
Don’t get me wrong. It’s not like Will and I haven’t been together before―you know, that way, too―but this was different.
It was our first real date.
I spun around with my fists planted on my hips in attack mode and got in his face. Well, his chest, anyway. I may be short, but I make up for it in determination. Maybe it’s more like lunacy.
“No! I’ve never been thrown out of any restaurant―in France or anywhere else.” I hesitated, fluttering a hand. “We-ll, I was asked to keep down the noise a few times―when I attended MIT―but that’s not the same as being told to leave.”
Chewing at my lower lip, I pressed closer to him and sheepishly sifted my fingers through his spiky, longer-than-military dark hair. I couldn’t sustain a state of high indignation when his nearness set me alight. Not when I wanted to kiss along his jaw line and nibble on his ear, sure that he would taste as good as he smelled. Yum.
His gaze dipped to my exposed cleavage and turned molten. His hands grasped my waist, pulling me into him, molding my soft curves against the hard muscled planes of his to-die-for body.
“Mmm. But you’ve never been asked to leave because you started undressing in public?” His husky voice made me shiver. “I didn’t see that one coming.” He shook his head as though still reeling with amazement.
“I’m sorry, Will. I don’t know what came over me at the restaurant.” My arms snaked around him, my hard tight nipples pushing through layers of fabric into his chest. “Hmm, actually…when you kissed me…you know I can’t keep my hands off you. Everything got kind of misty, and I forgot where we were.” I stopped to see if I was drooling on his shirt. “I never behaved like this before I met you…”
REVIEWS
Review by THE PEN AND MUSE
May 17, 2010 – Review by Nancy
Rating: Don’t post ratings
The prologue for this incredibly funny story is a hoot! A nice set-up, my Gods (read the excerpt, below, and you will understand.) The story is filled with humor and some healthy, hot sex between two people intent on finding out more about each other. Told in the first person (not my favorite) it worked well, here. The author skillfully melds sex and humor as in this line...
“He pulled me into his arms and gave me a long, deep kiss that peeled the polish off my toenails.” □
http://www.thepenmuse.com/2010/05/pen-muse-review-first-date.html
Review by GOT EROTIC ROMANCE
Saturday, May 29, 2010 – by S.K.Fero
Rating 3.5 Diamonds
I loved the beginning with “Fate” and her irritation with the interns in the Earth Division of the Celestial Department of Predetermined Destiny. She decided to interfere in two lives on Earth: Harriet Ruby and Will Talbot, opposites who needed help in the romance department.
Harriet Ruby is a tour director and has led a fairly unchallenged life until something seemed to upset her life, and someone. She met Will Talbot, a Europol spy, with a mysterious and dangerous life. Nothing alike, yet something pulls them together and passion explodes. After meeting in adventure and having sudden hot sex in a previous story, the pair is now hoping to actually get to know one another. Can they finally have a real start at a relationship?
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