so it's a bit of a different tease as you see...
Over to you Karin...
Today’s a very special day for me. The 1st June is
release day for my latest medical romance, The Doctor’s Forbidden Fling, but it
also happens to be my twentieth wedding anniversary. Life’s thrown us a few
curve balls recently but like any great romance it’s made us stronger than
ever. Just like Lady Violet Dempsey and cardiologist, Nate Taylor…
The Doctor’s Forbidden Fling
When a family illness calls Nurse Violet Dempsey back to the
aristocratic world she spurned years ago she’s finally forced to face Nate
Taylor…the boy-next-door she left behind.
Cardiologist Nate has come a
long way from life as son of the hired help. Yet Violet’s return shakes his
foundations—and his resolve to ignore his lingering feelings for her! But after
one forbidden night, everything changes. Now Violet and Nate find themselves
facing an unexpected future…as a family of three!
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‘How do you
want to proceed with this, Violet?’
She was
going to have to make decisions for herself and not get too comfortable with
him being around. Once his idea was up and running, so was he. He’d thought
he’d found his ‘Get out of Jail Free’ card by coming up with this venture in
the first place. A pair of
storm-coloured eyes had been his undoing yet again. Perhaps he could persuade
her to start wearing sunglasses and prevent any further forced promises being
made in a hypnotic trance.
Violet
inhaled a deep breath as though she was girding herself for the challenge
ahead. The first good sign she was in this with him. ‘We should sit down and go
through the paperwork together to see exactly what we’re dealing with.’
It was the
logical first step and the proactive approach he wanted to see from her.
However, it also meant spending more time together. Inevitable, he supposed,
and also the main reason he’d initially resisted volunteering for being her
second in command. He’d already proved how weak-willed he was when it came to
Violet, barely surviving the last test of his strength.
‘If you have
everything with you now we could go through it in my office. I have some time
before my cardiac clinic.’ His attempt to avoid a repeat of their previous
one-to-one at Strachmore earned him a raised eyebrow and a grin.
‘I
understand why you don’t trust me not to rip your clothes off if we’re left
alone for too long, but I’m afraid I don’t carry my father’s shame around in my
handbag. We’ll have to come up with an alternative venue. Somewhere with a
glass partition, perhaps, to protect you from unwarranted advances? Or would
you prefer I was immobilised and trussed up à la
Hannibal Lecter?’ It was his turn
to give the dirty looks. He was simply taking necessary security measures to
make sure this remained a platonic meeting.
‘Let’s not
make this weird, Nate. I’m sure even you’ve been knocked back on occasion
without being made to feel like a sex fiend by the other party.’
She was
right. By shying away from being alone with her he was turning this into a
bigger deal than it should be. There’d been instances where he’d turned down
advances from patients and colleagues alike and he’d carried on without giving
it a second thought. He shouldn’t treat this, treat Violet, any different from
anyone else. That was what had got him into trouble thus far.
‘I can’t say
I’ve ever encountered that particular problem myself…’
He hit the
jackpot with that one—a ‘tut’ and an eye-roll combo.
‘Well, Mr
Smooth, I defer to your superiority in these matters. What shall it be? My
place, yours, or somewhere neutral? Say, Belfast City Hall? It’s a bit of a
drive but there’ll be plenty of people around to keep you safe.’ This snarky
Violet put him more at ease than the meek version even if she was making him
the butt of her jokes.
If he was
honest, he’d seen enough of Strachmore this last couple of days to last him
another lifetime. The city hall was tempting but that merely compounded the
theory he didn’t trust her, or himself, not to act inappropriately. That only
left one other option.
‘My place it
is.’
Happy Anniversary, Karin. Wishing you a great day and lots of sales.
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Happy reading,
love R x
Great tease!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Release Day and Anniversary as well!!
Welcome Karin! Congrats on the release! Looks great.
ReplyDeleteGreat tease, Karin. Thanks for sharing, Raven. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing, Raven, and great tease, Karin. This is sitting on my Kindle :-)
ReplyDeleteKarin's a new-to-me author, clearly I need to check out her books! Great snippet :)
ReplyDeleteSounds awesome!! Thanks for sharing this, Raven! :)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to Karin!
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