I'm happy to say, they brought these two with them...
Blurb
Chase Williams is a gorgeous but painfully
shy web designer whose long term boyfriend dumped him for being such a “nice”
guy. Instead of meeting his buddies at the local bar for a drink he helps his
elderly neighbor with a DIY project. When a wobbly step ladder leads to a
banged up wrist and a trip to the ER Chase is convinced it’s the worst night
ever. Then he meets his handsome nurse.
Matt Owens is the boy next door who loves
working in the busy ER. He’s more than ready to clock out from his double shift
until he meets his patient in Bed 4. Matt’s bedside manner is charming enough
to make Chase consider throwing caution to the wind and going after what he
wants for a change. But will Matt’s attraction to Chase be enough to make him
to break his rule about never dating patients?
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Excerpt
Nurse Matt Owens paused and held my eyes for a minute before
leaning over to type some notes on the computer. My skin flushed when he looked
away. I liked the feeling of his eyes on me. I only wished he did it with
personal interest instead of the clinical way he evaluated my injury.
I shifted on the stretcher as he gently manipulated my wrist, his
hands steady and warm through the gloves. The pain was mostly manageable, until
he held onto my forearm with one hand, and flexed my hand backward with the
other. I jumped and yelped, unable to hide how much even that small movement
hurt.
His eyes were sympathetic, but his hands remained firmly on my
arm, steadying me. “Sorry. Bad news? There’s a lot of swelling, and the skin is
already turning a nice shade of purple.”
He looked back down at my wrist, and manipulated my fingers and
wrist again. When he held my hand still and slowly moved his thumb in circles
over the top of my wrist, my breath hitched. The pain of the injury mixed with
a deeper pleasure that shot straight to my cock. I quickly shifted my good arm
to cover my lap.
“Pain?” Matt’s concerned eyes met mine as he moved his thumb,
gently rubbing the swollen skin between my thumb and pointer finger.
“A little.”
“Pressure points can help alleviate pain sometimes, but right now
you’re too swollen to receive any real benefit. This pressure point is called
the Valley of Harmony, but I’m sensing this is less than harmonic for you.”
I thought I saw the smallest hint of a smirk on his lips, but I
couldn’t be sure since his face was still tilted down toward my arm. I cursed
at myself for getting turned on by a nurse’s clinical exam.
“I’ve just called for a tech from Radiology to escort you down for
your scans. Do you have any questions?”
I laughed under my breath. Did I have any questions? A whole
litany of questions came to my mind ranging from where the hell was the exit
so I can finally go home to what’s your phone number.
After I settled on the new stretcher, the tech wheeled me down the
hallway towards Radiology. All I thought about was whether Matt would be there
when I got back from the tests. If he was, and I hadn’t killed anyone from the
pain taking over my whole body, maybe I’d actually work up the courage to
strike up a conversation that had nothing to do with sludgy coffee, sucky
fluorescent lighting, or beautiful ER lobbies, and get to know more about Nurse
Owens. Maybe I’d embrace the new Chase Williams like Brett wanted me to and
actually go after what I wanted for the first time in my life.
Author Bios/Links
Nikka Michaels lives in the often rainy Pacific Northwest
where she spends her time cooking, laughing and crafting romantic tales to
satisfy her craving for HEAs.
Eileen Griffin loves to travel and has spent many summers
crossing Europe with nothing but a backpack. She enjoys TexMex, good wine and
losing herself in a great book.
