The Flower Box
Hot Ink Press
Alice longs
for love. Oliver wants to give her flowers and candy until he thinks she has another
lover. Will his jealousy drive him away from Alice or straight into her arms?
Read the tease
Alice opened her
eyes. Dawn lightened the sky and that meant it was after six. She opened the
shop on Saturday so would need to get up about seven. She felt Oliver lying
alongside her in bed. He held her hand between them. Alice closed her eyes to
drift in the memory of making love with him. They’d talked, but not for long.
The way he’d made love with her touched her heart right then. Tenderness and
hot sex mixed up half the night with Oliver finally holding her close to sleep.
The question of if she’d see him again fell painfully into her mind. She wanted
to so much it made her scrunch her eyes up tight and wish for it. Maybe she’d
scrunched his hand in hers too, because Oliver woke up.
He moved his
hand to turn onto his side and snuggle against her. He kissed her cheek and
then her ear.
His whisper gave
her goose bumps.
“I know you’re
awake. I thought you were about to break my fingers.” He laughed softly and
then bit her earlobe gently.
His kiss down
her neck sent the goose bumps wild. Alice turned to hold him.
“Sorry.” She
kissed his enticing lips.
Oliver smiled
against her mouth. “Do you have to go to work? He didn’t wait for an answer,
just took handfuls of her hair, and held her head to kiss her again.
Alice traced her
fingertips over his waist and hips. His kiss was soft and teasing. She knew if
she didn’t move away and get up she’d be late. Joyce would arrive at the shop.
It wouldn’t be fair on Saturday morning to let her deal with everything.
Copyright Elodie Parkes 2014
Look for the book February 7
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So sweet and soft, really enjoyed your tease today Elodie!
ReplyDeleteWonder if they'll have a quickie before work. ;) thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteCasey
Gotta love a Valentines story :-)
ReplyDeleteOOH that's a nice tease. Intriguing introduction. What's going to happen next?
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part in when he took the handfuls of hair. That's a very good visual and my total kind of guy ;)
ReplyDeleteLovely and sweet! :D
ReplyDeleteI just love the way you show us how the morning unfolds, they are so lovely, I need to know more
ReplyDeleteOh, that's absolutely lovely!
ReplyDeleteHappy release day, Elodie!
ReplyDeleteThanks for teasing with me!
Happy release day, Elodie!
ReplyDeleteThanks for teasing with me!
Gorgeous cover, lovely tease! Congrats Elodie!
ReplyDeleteThanks for teasing with us, Elodie. Congrats on the release. :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your new book. Is she going to stay or is she rushing off?
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