Excerpt:
She regarded him silently for a moment, gazing into his dark brown eyes and watching a smile curve his lips. “I think that it would be. You don’t know me very well. I’ve had too many heartbreaks, and I’m in a vulnerable state right now where I may be incapable of making good choices. I don’t ever want to end up where I am right now—in this same place—again. For God’s sake, my last boyfriend was married, and I had absolutely no idea. How could I not have known? Other people were able to see the red flags, but I didn’t see a thing.”
“I hear what you’re saying, and I understand, but you can’t live the rest of your life that way. You can’t shield yourself from getting to know someone and never open yourself up to love again because of your past relationships.” He sipped water from the glass in front of him. His eyes were fixed on hers.
He stood and came around to her side of the booth, sat next to her, and reached for her hand, taking it into his and intertwining their fingers. He slowly lifted her hand to his mouth and gently pressed his lips to the back of it. Feeling his warm breath against the skin of her hand made her tremble. “I promise you that if you give me a chance, you won’t need to worry about anything. You will see no red flags when it comes to me. I have no secrets and no hidden agenda,” he said softly, lips brushing against her hand again. He lifted his eyes, looking her straight in the face.
Damn. He’s making this difficult. She couldn’t think clearly. Her senses had been heightened by his sensual touch, his silky smooth dark skin, and his masculine musk mixed with the spicy cologne he wore. She had to stop herself from being drawn in by this magnetic force that threatened to take her over mentally and physically.
He tipped her head up with his finger and lowered his mouth onto hers, brushing his lips against hers, teasing her, barely touching them at first. Then he whispered against her lips, “Please give me”— soft kiss—“a chance.”
Linda
had to admit that she wanted Sean. There was something about him that stirred
her soul. But was she willing to throw caution to the wind as she had done in
the past? When she thought about it, she had always jumped from one
relationship to another without giving herself a break in between. Maybe that
was the problem. Was she codependent? Did she need to be in a relationship in
order to feel whole? She needed some distance from Sean to find out more about
who she was and what she wanted for herself in life.
It took every bit of
her self-control and willpower to pull away from his kiss. She breathed in
deeply. She knew she needed to say what she didn’t want to say. She mentally
prepared herself to resist what she knew would be another attempt from him to
pursue the idea of them being in a relationship. She slid a few inches away
from him in an effort to prevent any further temptation, and she watched his
shoulders droop.
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Dalia grew up in
Queens, New York and now makes her home in Northern Virginia outside of
Washington, D.C. Her debut Mirrored
reached the Top 100 Bestseller’s list in Women’s Detective Fiction. She
is a voracious reader who enjoys writing fiction stories with a mixture of
mystery, suspense, and romance. When she isn’t crafting suspense romance,
she enjoys reading, attending live music concerts, and visiting wineries.
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