I'm happy to welcome my fellow Totally Bound author,
Mia Catherine to my blog. Not only has she agreed to answer a few One Last Time questions, she's also going to share an excerpt from her latest book
Unexpected Consequences.
1. Last person I kissed... My 8 year old son
2. Last time I said "I love you"... At bedtime, to all three of my boys.
3. Last celebrity crush... Jason Momoa....mmmmmmmm. Yummy!!!
4. Last chore I did... Laundry - it's a constant.
5. Last injury I sustained... Do the aches and pains of aging count?
6. Last reality show I watched... Survivor. It's the one and only reality show I watch.
7. Last time I cursed... In written word, daily. In real life, very rarely.
Kelsey Braden has lived her life obeying
the rules, but now that she’s back in her hometown of Brookfield after having
accepted her dream job, she wants more. Stuck in her protective shell and
desperately wanting a way out, she finally decides to be spontaneous and acts
on impulse.
Nick Jensen has lived a life full of
challenges and pain. An intimidating loner, his
history of mistakes and bad choices have alienated those once close to him.
Now that he finds himself working for the wrong people, he struggles with his
current assignment – betraying his former best friend.
When Kelsey finds out the hot stranger
she's fallen for is not only working for a well-known gangster, but that his
target is her brother, she vows to cut him from her life. Unfortunately, the
powerful men Nick is involved with have discovered the connection Kelsey has
with both Nick and her brother, and decide to use her as an insurance policy.
Nick has to find a way to save his new love, protect her brother, and prevent
Kelsey from hating him, all while battling demons of his own.
Excerpt
“Baby, first
of all, you are no girl. You are a woman—a very beautiful, sexy woman. The fact
that you don’t know that only adds to your appeal. I knew early on that you
were more girl next door than you
wanted me to know.” He lifted her chin with his finger when she attempted to
look away. “But I also knew you were an adult and perfectly aware of what you
were doing.”
She sat a
little straighter and he saw her confidence return. “You wanna know what I
think, Kelsey? I don’t think you need to decide between wallflower and sex
kitten. I think the real you is somewhere in between. You just need to find
her.”
“I’ve been
thinking the same thing.”
“Okay. I’ve
got an idea. Tell me something you’ve always wanted to do, but have never
done.”
“I did it last
night.” She smiled widely before nipping her bottom lip between her teeth.
He groaned and
gave her a sneer. Damn, she’s sexy.
Control yourself, Jensen. “Come on, there must be something you’ve always
wanted to do.”
“Well, there
is one thing… Oh, but I couldn’t.”
“What? Tell
me, come on.” He was anxious to see her really cut loose. There was an
incredible freedom that came from letting yourself go, and she’d only
experienced a small part of it. He wanted to see her come to life.
“Okay, well,
when we were growing up, my brothers always loved to play cops and robbers and
use weapons—you know, typical boy stuff. But I was always terrified of guns. I
swore one of them was going to shoot themselves or each other.”
“They had real
guns?”
“No, BB guns.”
She giggled. “Now they have real guns, but are trained in how to use them.”
“So you’ve
never shot a gun?” he asked, trying to forget that she’d just told him she has
two overly protective brothers who own guns.
“No, and I’ve
always wondered what it would be like. I could never try it, though. I was
always preaching to them the dangers. If they saw me with a gun…”
Nick jumped up
off the couch and grabbed his coat from the nearby chair. “Let’s go, baby.”
“What? Where are
we going?” She stood from the couch, but made no move towards the door.
“To the gun
range. I’m gonna teach you how to shoot.”
“But, I can’t.
What if someone sees me?”
“We won’t go
to a range in Brookfield. I got a place in mind.” He stepped beside her and
pulled her body against his. “We’ll take my bike out there. Go for a ride
first. You like riding on my bike, don’t you?”
She smiled as
he felt her body relax. “You know I do.”
He leant down
and gently brushed his lips against hers. “Good. Now grab your things and let’s
go.”
“Why not?” She
grabbed a light jacket and headed for the door. “Let’s go.”
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