Feels Like the First Time
Destiny Bay, #2
Marina Adair
On Sale: April 25, 2017
Publisher: Forever
In the tradition of New
York Times bestselling authors Rachel Gibson, Kristan Higgins, and Jill
Shalvis, comes the second book in a funny and charming new small-town
contemporary romance series by Marina Adair.
What's wrong with a little
white lie?
There are a lot of things
Ali Marshal doesn't do: pink anything, a day without chocolate, and Hawk, her
sister's ex-husband. Sure, he's a sexy former NHL star who can make her pulse
pound with just a wink. But he belonged to Bridget first. And no matter how
long she's had a crush on him, how great he's always been to her dad, or that
her sister is engaged to someone else now and Ali needs a date to their
engagement party, she can't give in to temptation. Can she?
It's been years since his
disastrous marriage crashed and burned, and Bradley Hawk has finally moved on.
So when Bridget blows back into town with her new fiancé, throwing the
engagement party of the year, he could care less . . . until Ali tells one
little lie that lands him smack dab in a fake relationship. After one promise
to be Ali's date and two of the hottest kisses he's ever had, Hawk can't deny
how much he wants her. But what happens when this fauxmance starts to feel
very, very real?
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Ali
nodded because she needed him more than she needed her next breath.
The intensity of her
feelings terrified her. They always had. Even at seventeen she knew what she
felt went beyond the run-of-the-mill teenage crush. She’d been in love. Sure,
it was a young, simple love, but it was love all the same.
Only
he’d loved someone else.
So
when he married her sister, she did her best to let him go. But no matter how
painful it had been for her, and at times the ache was so acute it had been
paralyzing, she was never able to set him completely free. Choosing the pain
over the loss.
Now
he was back, looking at her how she always looked at him, as if he’d never let
go, and Ali gave in to the fantasy. Played out the what-ifs she carried with
her for over a decade. He’d been hers for so long, she let herself believe that
she was his, too.
He
was asking for right here, right now—this she knew. Tomorrow, reality would
creep in, and everything would go back to the way it was. But tonight, sitting
on this beach, overlooking a world bigger than the two of them, Ali wanted to
feel what it was like to be loved by the man who owned her heart.
“I
want,” she said.
“What
do you want, Aliana?” he whispered, the sound of her name on his lips doing
crazy things to her. Crazy girly things that made her feel delicate and
desirable.
“I
want you.” She trailed her hands down his pecs to that flat stomach and lower,
loving how his muscles rippled and curled under her touch. “I want you to
pamper me so hard I won’t remember how to walk come morning.”
Hawk’s
eyes darkened, and his mouth was on hers. Hard and demanding, and just how
she’d imagined. There was no warm-up, no testing the waters. He was kissing her
as if he knew what he wanted.
And
he wanted Aliana.
Their
mouths were fused together, her hands gripping his shoulders for purchase, but
his fingers were gentle, languidly exploring her face, her neck, the curve of
her shoulder, slowly moving down her arm and bringing the wide neckline of her
shirt with him.
He
never stopped kissing her, but she felt his lashes flutter open, realized that
she’d never closed her own. Then his deep brown eyes locked on hers, watching
her as they kissed, and it was erotic and unexpected. As she watched him back,
she felt his lips curl into a smile. Could feel the dimples on both cheeks come
alive under her touch.
“You
like to watch,” Hawk growled, and she felt her cheeks flush.
Ali
never considered herself a watcher. But Hawk was such a beautiful and
commanding man, she’d never been able to look away. Not even now, when her body
was begging for release. He was that good—a simple kiss and she was so turned
on, she could feel her body shaking.
That
smile turned cocky.
“It’s
not like I stand there peering through your bedroom window at night,” she said,
leaving out that night he was at the bar. His bedroom window during the
morning, when he was walking around after a shower. She was more than guilty.
“I’ve
peered through yours.”
And
to prove he wasn’t the least bit ashamed, he lowered his head and placed an openmouthed
kiss on her shoulder, those eyes of his never leaving hers. Not even when he
moved lower toward her collarbone, his mouth working her with a softness that
took her by surprise and a reverence that made her feel as if she was precious.
Ali
wasn’t sure what to do. Hard, challenging, complicated—that was what she was
used to. But this was light, simple—too easy to be real. It confused her as much
as it terrified her.
Sexy and fun second book in the Destiny Bay series! Hawk and Ali perfect for each other, even if Hawk was married to her older sister. My heart broke for Ali and they way she always put everyone else's needs before her own. Hawk did a perfect job of showing her she deserved her own dreams. Lots of drama from Ali's family, but a great happy ending.
I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book. I was not compensated for this review, all conclusions are my own.
I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book. I was not compensated for this review, all conclusions are my own.
Marina Adair is a #1
National bestselling author of romance novels and holds a Master of Fine arts
in creative writing. Along with the Destiny Bay series, she is also the author
of the Sugar, Georgia series, the St. Helena Vineyard series, and her new
Heroes of St. Helena series. She currently lives with her husband, daughter,
and two neurotic cats in Northern California.
As a writer, Marina is
devoted to giving her readers contemporary romance where the towns are small,
the personalities large, and the romance explosive.
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