For Seven Nights
Only by Sarah Ballance
Release Date:
January 18, 2016
Kelsie Reed is over bad luck and bad men. Newly dumped,
she’s
now the pathetically single maid of honor in her sister's wedding—and her ex is
the best man. But then a plumbing meltdown
in her apartment sends her sexy neighbor running to her rescue. He’s got "serial dater" written
all over him, which is unfortunate because the man is hot.
Sawyer Chase loves women, but settling down? He’ll leave that to his
brothers, thank you very much. But when Kelsie confesses she’s a dating disaster
and is about to become the laughing stock of her family wedding, Sawyer takes
control. He's got one week to teach her how to land the man of her dreams, and
he’ll
do it on her terms: no touching, no kissing, and definitely
nothing more.
But some rules need to be broken, especially when, for
once, there’s
something on the line worth fighting for…
Kelsie
crossed her arms. Raindrops fell and staggered lazily to the valley that formed
between her breasts. “So in other words, you’re worried someone will treat me,
I don’t know, the way you would?
Given half the chance, I mean.”
“Believe
me,” Sawyer said darkly, “I got the message about that yesterday.”
The
tinge of hurt in his voice caught her off guard. “I should thank you—”
“You’re
so goddamned beautiful,” he said. He stood there in the spitting mist, like he
didn’t notice the rain, staring at her like she represented some mystery he
didn’t understand. “I’ve never seen anything like it.”
And
then she realized something. “That’s not one of your lines, is it? You really
believe I’m beautiful?”
She
waited for a smile. A laugh. Anything to break the moment into manageable
pieces, but instead it loomed, scary big. And she wasn’t sure why. Not until
she realized he was going to kiss her.
And
that she wanted him to.
The
light staccato of rain hitting the pavement didn’t come close to drowning the
beat of her heart. She watched him close the distance and convinced herself the
tremble that overtook her was the cold. Definitely not him. Not with the warmth
of the fingers that threaded through her wet hair, capturing her breath. He
paused there, his head slanted inches from hers, giving her every chance in the
world to stop him. But she didn’t. She couldn’t. Instead, her brown eyes
fluttered closed under the heat of his green ones, and it was all the
invitation he needed. His lips touched hers, a soft brush that left her shaky
and needy. Wanting more. And he gave it. He slanted his head, and on the heels
of her gasp he deepened the kiss. Slowly, passionately, he tasted her. No
games. No teasing. Just an all-consuming desire that had her melting into him,
electricity coursing through her like lightning while she stood, drenched, in a
damned puddle.
Dangerous
was an understatement.
The
last shred of restraint she harbored thinned and snapped, and she gave in. Gave
fully. Couldn’t breathe from her want of him.
Knew.
Better.
When
the kiss broke, she was left breathless. Bewildered. And it wasn’t just her.
The look on his face suggested he’d been hit by the same truck.
“This
isn’t a good idea,” she managed. “We were drinking.” Rain fogged her glasses, but
something else fogged her head. Something that had absolutely nothing to do
with the alcohol she no longer felt and everything to do with the kiss she
still did. Touching her fingertips to her lips didn’t erase the mark he’d left
on her, and she had a feeling that no amount of standing in the rain would
remedy that. She swallowed hard under his silent, lingering scrutiny and fought
an ache that shouldn’t be anywhere near their corner of the rain-soaked world.
“We just shouldn’t.”
“Yeah,”
he said, his voice impassive.
Clearly
they were on the same page.
So why
did she suddenly feel so alone?
A light, fun and sexy read! Sawyer and Kelsie are entertaining as they try to fight their attraction while he is supposed to be helping her get a date to her sister's wedding. Sawyer has never one to go out with a woman more than once or twice, but he immediately feels possessive towards Kelsie and can't help but get jealous when a guy gets close to her. Pretty soon Kelsie becomes more than a project and the lines begin to blur. Kelsie is aware of Sawyer's reputation and has a hard time believing that Sawyer isn't just feeding her lines. The ending is great as Sawyer proves to Kelsie justt how much she means to him.
I received an ARC via NetGalley for the purpose of an honest review. I was not compensated for this review, all conclusions are my own.
Sarah and her husband of what he calls “many long, long
years” live on the mid-Atlantic coast with their six young children, all of
whom are perfectly adorable when they’re asleep. She never dreamed of becoming an author, but
as a homeschooling mom, she often jokes she writes fiction because if she wants
anyone to listen to her, she has to make them up. As it turns out, her
characters aren’t
much better than the kids, but nevertheless,
you’ll
find her writing sexy contemporary romance for Entangled Publishing until they
throw her out. To learn more, visit http://sarahballance.com.
Thank you for informing me aboutt this book.
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