#MFRWhooks Blog Hop - An Excerpt from RESCUE ME

Happy Blog Hop Wednesday! For today's hop I'm featuring an excerpt from RESCUE ME, my sweet romantic comedy. In this scene, Chelsea is helping actor Matt practice his lines for an upcoming play, a sci-fi Star Wars wannabe. Matt's character is Darius and Chelsea is Calinda, as well as all the secondary characters:

Excerpt:

Matt took hold of her arms and pulled her toward him. He was still in character, still Darius, the dashing bad-boy of the galaxy. As he pulled her hard against him and her eyes fluttered closed, Chelsea wondered vaguely if Darius kissed any differently than Matt.

Her answer came swiftly. All the skill of Matt’s first kiss was packed into this second kiss. He played her lips as a musician would play a fine instrument, eliciting responses from her she didn’t know she possessed. But this kiss carried with it a sense of urgency and danger, as if he knew his time with her was limited and he wanted to wring every ounce of passion from her. As if he wanted her to understand the passion that burned inside him.

And then suddenly, he flung her away from him. Chelsea fell backwards onto the sofa, feeling totally rejected and confused. And then she was angry.

This had better be in the script.

She flipped a couple of pages and discovered to her relief that it was. Matt stood a few paces away from her, his back turned, his shoulders slumped. His voice, when he finally spoke, quavered with unfulfilled longing.

“I may still want you, but you belong to Egon now. I’ll not have another man’s leavings.”

The Calinda in her wanted to jump up, throw herself at Darius’ feet and beg him to kiss her like that again. However, good ol’ sensible Chelsea held Calinda back. She’d never beg a man for anything, no matter how incredibly arousing his kisses were, no matter how taut and hard his body was against hers, no matter—

Oh, shut up Calinda.

“You’re supposed to read Darius’ lieutenant’s lines now.”

Chelsea blinked. It took her a moment to find her place as she fumbled with the script.

“Okay, sorry, here goes.” She cleared her throat and adopted a lower speaking voice. “Captain, we’ve lost contact with our scouts on the west perimeter.”

Matt glared at her with such hatred that it took her aback until she realized he was Darius again.

“You came alone, did you? Swore that you brought no troops and came only in peace?”

Suddenly he was in her face, pinning her shoulders against the cushions of the sofa with hands that pressed into her flesh, hands that only moments ago touched her in passion. She didn’t know how Calinda felt, but he certainly made Chelsea nervous.

Universal Buy Link: https://books2read.com/Rescue-Me-by-Jana-Richards

Blurb:

Chelsea Andrews can’t decide who’s more dangerous—the creep on the Toronto city bus, or the handsome stranger who rescues her. Was he acting as he claimed, or is he that weird in real life? She doesn’t stick around to find out. Fate intervenes when her rescuer, out of work actor Matt Malone, sublets the apartment across the hall. Chelsea soon discovers the most dangerous thing about her charming new neighbor is the damage he’s inflicting on her heart.

Matt is at a crossroads. He’s given up a lot for his acting career and it’s given him little in return. Should he continue? When he moves in across the hall from Chelsea, he begins to believe he could have it all, love and career. But she’s keeping secrets that could end their relationship.

Chelsea must decide if Matt is worthy of her trust. And Matt has to decide what, and who, is truly important to him.

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