HELLO FRIDAY FLAMERS!
I love sharing the work of others! And as you know, here on
THE FLAMES, the steamier, the better.
Be sure to share your own HOT scene and include the links to find you.
To ignite the fire, please welcome Christine Warner as she starts us off by heating things up!
Christine and I have known each other for a few years now. Her career is taking off and exciting times are rolling in -- I'm so excited for her!
Take it away, Christine!
What should a
woman do when sparks fly in the kitchen? Ignite the fire!
Especially if it's a man as sexy as businessman Chet Castle creating the
friction. :)
A bit about Bachelor's
Special:
Jill Adgate
wants three things from life: a successful catering business, a family, and the
love of an exceptional man. What she has is no job, a mounting pile of bills,
and her outspoken best friend—who sets her up on a blind date with the man who
inadvertently ruined Jill’s life.
Chet Castle is a
businessman who has everything, except the ability to trust. Burned by a
money-hungry fiancée, he refuses to get involved in any relationship that has a
shelf life longer than a head of lettuce.
Intrigued by her
ambition—and determined to get her in bed—Chet offers Jill the chance of a
lifetime: work as his live-in chef and he’ll help her get her catering business
off the ground. When sparks fly in the kitchen, Jill realizes what’s cooking is
a recipe for disaster…
The excerpt I’m sharing has a little taste from both
Jill and Chet’s perspective. ENJOY!
EXCERPT:
Her body hummed as his smile
wavered. Although he wore sunglasses, she’d bet her last dollar his gaze swept
across her chest, lingering on the betrayal of her pert nipples pushing against
the fabric of her suit.
Until this moment, shyness
had never been a trait she possessed. Air stalled in her lungs, her palms grew
sweaty, and she itched to cover herself with a towel. Even though her replica vintage
swimsuit hid more than most sets of women’s underwear, she felt too exposed.
She turned to the side slightly and folded her legs up. Not that it helped, but
it made her feel a bit less exposed.
Chet slid his feet from his
sandals, brushing a hand through his hair. The heat from the sun wasn’t the
only thing scorching her skin. She trickled several droplets of water over her
arms, but she couldn’t drag her focus from his toned flesh.
Jill soaked in his ripped abs
and the obvious package of goodies covered by his brown swimsuit—the same sexy
brown as his hair. Damn, did a man have a right to fill out a pair of swimming trunks
like that? Flecks of hair, just enough to give him a manly
appeal, covered the etched
muscles of his long, tan legs.
She licked her lips, hoping
she could still speak. “Do you want some privacy?” Yes, say yes. She
needed an excuse to make an escape without coming off like someone desperate to
be making an exit.
…
Hell no, he didn’t want
privacy. Through the shield of his sunglasses, he inspected her body from the
tips of her pink-painted toenails to the top of her brightly flowered swimming
cap. Did people still actually wear those things? “No, you look comfortable.
Stay and enjoy the day.”
“Oh…are you sure?”
“Sure.”
Amazed at his own ability to
talk without his tongue hitting the cement, Chet turned to throw his towel and
sunglasses on a nearby lounge chair. Damn.
The red and white polka-dot
halter-style suit featured a tight bodice, but her slender hips and shapely
thighs hiding beneath a matching skirt grabbed his attention until all oxygen
left his blood. Even showing less skin than the average girl on the beach, she
far xceeded sexy and alluring.
Get a grip, Castle. She’s
off limits, no matter how delectable.
He turned and stepped onto
the diving board. He bounced along the surface as he made his way over the
water. When he looked at Jill’s bathing cap covering her head, he held back his
grin. The neon rubber flowers reminded him of something his grandmother
would’ve worn, but there the similarity ended. Everything beneath that cap was
far from making him think of Grandma.
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A bit about Christine:
Christine Warner is living her dream in Michigan along with her husband, three children, one laptop and a much loved assortment of furry friends.
Besides laughing and a good round of humor, she enjoys spending time with her family, cooking, reading, writing but no arithmitic. A confessed people watcher, she finds inspiration for her stories in everyday activities. She loves to read and write about strong heroes and determined, sometimes sassy, heroines.
A girl gone wild, at least where social media is concerned, she enjoys meeting other avid readers and writers on facebook, twitter and her website.
website: http://christine-warner.com/
Amazon Author page: http://www.amazon.com/Christine-Warner/e/B007H2UWEI/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0
