I’m so glad to be here today sharing an excerpt from On the Surface. The book comes out on
April 14 and I swear the anticipation has been killing me. It’s been fun to see
early reviews, like Danielle’s, come out. People have been overwhelmingly
complimentary so far, which only adds to my excitement.
In order to set the scene for the excerpt I need to ask you
a question. How would you feel if you woke up to find you’d cuddled up to a man
you barely knew? Weird? Uncomfortable?
What if he was a sexy, professional hockey player who had,
only the day before, leapt to your defense when a bully pushed you to the
ground? You might feel a little different, right?
Well, this is what happens to Erin Collier, the heroine in On the Surface. Earlier in the day,
she’s in line to get Tim’s autograph and a man assaults her. Tim, not being the
type of guy who sits on the sidelines, takes the guy down. What with everyone
being so ready to snap pictures and shoot video, Tim quickly gets into some hot
water, PR-wise, and Erin participates in a joint press conference to explain
what really happened.
Unfortunately, right after the press conference, Tim gets a
horrible case of food poisoning and Erin helps him through a rough night. We
find the two of them in Tim’s hotel room, where he’s been living until he can
find a more permanent place to live in San Diego. The worst of the food
poisoning is over…
When
Erin woke for the second time, the sun hadn’t been up for long. No one had
pulled the blackout curtains. Her back was cold. She normally found hotel rooms
to be nippy, but bad enough she was sharing Tim’s bed—she wasn’t about to get
under the covers. So, she’d resigned herself to being cold.
Oddly,
her front was warm.
Mainly
because she’d spooned up against Tim Hollander’s back.
Oh my God.
She
froze, mortified. Luckily, her sleep self hadn’t gone so far as to wrap an arm
around him, but that was definitely his mighty fine ass against her groin area.
Thank
God.
She let
out a careful sigh of relief. Now all she had to do was extricate herself from
her predicament. If Lady Luck smiled on her, she’d get free and he’d never know
she’d stealth cuddled him.
She
didn’t get far. He reached back and clapped a hand on her behind.
Poor Tim. Kind of awkward for him. Erin too, actually.
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You had me at "You're spoiling my dream." lol Great excerpt.
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