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Welcome friends old and new. I’m glad you came. Today, I’m sharing from my debut, TAKING CHANCES. It’s available now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble!
Taking Chances is the first in a series of books I’m calling The Love Projects. Taking Chances is the story of Lydia and Jake. The blurb and cover are below. LAST WEEK: Jake tried to control is already raging urges. THIS WEEK: As promised, I’m sharing their first moments in the board room. Lydia has arrived first and she’s standing by the window looking at the ravine behind the building. Now that Jake’s entered the room, she’s trying to calm her desires.
No matter how hard she tried, her mind leapt to her fantasy. She imagined her body rocking against Jake in a steady rhythm matching the sway of the trees.
A strong wind tore through the ravine and forced the trees to move. The unavoidable movement shook her from her comfort zone. Lydia was rocked by the unexpected change the sight ignited in her fantasy. The intensity changed, and she had a hard time calming her breathing.
A warm hand pressed into her back shaking her from her heated dream.
“Lydia, are you okay?”
As much as she thinks about Jake, she wasn’t prepared for the real thing. <~ You can <tweet that> if you want.
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BLURB:
Lydia’s father walked away from her when she was eight. She’s struggled to not let him affect her, but fears she wasn’t loveable enough to make him stay. Jake wants to
love one woman, but after scaring the last woman he met outside of the club, he doubts he has the right. She protects her heart by sticking with her fantasies, and he lives by a set of rules that excludes women who choose a vanilla lifestyle.
The two will be kept in a conference room working together until their special project is complete. If Lydia and Jake hold tight to their bland lives, they’ll always yearn for love that is out of reach. But together they can find common ground, passion, and a reason to take chances. Once they discover the grand possibilities of the love they desire, they find themselves in the very place they tried never to be again, facing unguaranteed love.
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S.J. Maylee 
Beautiful imagery, there is so much going on in Lydia’s head that it’s bound to spill over into her dreams.
and spill over it does and then some. 😉 Thanks, Gemma.
So sensual. This has been on my “to buy” list. I just bought it.
Seriously! 😀 Thank you, Cara.
She really does live in her dreams, doesn’t she? I hope she’ll give the real world a chance (pretty sure she will). 🙂
Yes, she will and she’s about to get a little help. 😉
Lydia’s a vivid dreamer. Perfect for Jake
Very nicely done! Definitely one to add to my TBR file. Thanks.
I loved the imagery with the trees and how hot is that that he’s there in the room now? Excellent excerpt!
Dreamy, sensual, and breathtaking. Mm.
What an imagination! Hope all her dreams come true. 🙂
I love the interplay between the outer world that she’s seeing, and the effect it has on her/her fantasy, and then the jolt back to a reality she might not be ready to face. Well done.
Sounds like an intense dream to me. Glad Jake is there to snap her out of it. I think he needs to hold her in his arms right now. Interesting 8!
Very nice snippet 🙂
she’ll be ok, but he’ll have to do something about it I suppose, I can’t wait to see what. 🙂
great snippet- the description was awesome here- i could picture it.
Right when the trees pick up their rhythm, Jake appears. Very nice.
Hmm… who is that? Could it be the object of her dreams? I hope so. Great snippet. Very sensual.
Nice imagination, but I’m thinking it won’t be imagination for long.:)
I like how the last two sentences ground her fantasy.
Ohh, the imagery of the trees adding to a erotic daydream…very well done! Great snippet!
The imagery of the trees and her sexual fantasizing make for great visual. And right when her dream intensifies, he appears. Well done.
Oh Lydia is definitely wanting some of that…I can feel the heat between the two and adore the imagery with the trees.
I’ll never look at trees the same way again. 🙂 Very nice — I can’t wait to read the rest of this!
If they’re both fighting for self-control, they’re not going to last long. Love how she’s thinking about him, and he appears.
I’m with Donna, I’ve never thought of trees in this way…but thinking about it, I can see how it could be sensual.
Oops. Caught in the middle of a little fantasy time. 🙂 Great 8
Oh, Lydia. Don’t think she is going to hold out much longer, and when she goes… wow. Not to purposely repeat what others have said, but they are right—great imagery. A very sensual scene and nothing has even happened yet! Quite the sexy 8.
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This is beautifully written. Absolutely wonderful!
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