Welcome to another Snippet Satuday! Today’s snippets are ‘First Kiss’ theme. My excerpt is from my upcoming Kensington Aphrodisia book Take Me! Enjoy, and then go do some blog hopping!
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She stepped back, hitting something hard. Steel like arms slipped around her waist, wringing a gasp from her and holding her immobile.
“Release me.” She struggled, attempting to twist her head to see who held her.
“Interesting. A Rosabelle who not only likes to perform, but enjoys watching as well?”
Though she had never heard him speak and could not yet see him, she knew it was he. The man she’d seen in the corridor earlier. Blood raced through her veins and heat spread throughout her body.
“Do you have a death wish, sir?” She clenched her teeth and attempted to pry his fingers away from her waist.
“No one outside the Council is allowed to touch me. To do so is grounds for immediate execution—”
He spun her around, his hands gripping just above her elbows. He backed her up against the wall in the empty corridor, his dark eyes boring into hers.
Her back slammed into the cold metal wall and her eyes widened when his head dipped just inches above hers.
“Well, if I’m going to die, princess, I think I should do so having gotten to know you a little better.”
His breath feathered over her cheek, sending shivers of awareness down her spine. So new was the sensation that all protests died on her lips. She met his gaze, her own eyes wide.
No man had touched her outside of the Governing Council. Now this man—a stranger with eyes that burned like the devil—touched her as if he had every right to.
“What is your name?” he asked, his lips nearly touching hers.
Her knees felt oddly weak and she gripped his solid forearms. “Talia.”
His mouth closed over hers confident, and demanding sending shock waves of pleasure through her body. His tongue pressed past her lips and delved into her mouth, rubbing slowly against hers. The onslaught of sensation and emotion was confusing, yet pleasing.
The Council rarely kissed her and when they did the gesture was hurried and sloppy. It was nothing like what this man was doing to her. Even knowing that if discovered he could be put to death and she would be severely punished, having this one chance at an unusual type of freedom was suddenly worth the risk.
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Blog hop to other ‘first kiss’ scenes!
Lauren Dane
Cynthia Eden
Vivi Anna
Sylvia Day
Moira Rogers
Mandy Roth
Anya Bast
Viv Arend
Beth Williamson
Elisabeth Naughton
Michelle Pillow
Jaci Burton
Taige Crenshaw
McKenna Jeffries
Victoria Janssen
Shelli Stevens
Maggie Robinson
Juliana Stone
Sasha White
Maura Anderson
Shelley Munro
Jody Wallace
Eliza Gayle
Kelly Maher
I enjoyed the excerpt, Shelli. Not long until your book is out now.
Shelli! Looking forward to your NY debut girl! Great snippet!
[...] Elisabeth Naughton Michelle Pillow Jaci Burton Taige Crenshaw McKenna Jeffries Victoria Janssen Shelli Stevens Maggie Robinson Juliana Stone Sasha White Maura Anderson Shelley Munro Jody Wallace Eliza Gayle [...]
To echo Juliana, I am also looking forward to your New York debut!
Great first kiss.
Ah, thank you everyone!!! *blush*
Oooh, I love a first kiss and this one is so naughty! Two thumbs up.