BREATHLESS by Beverly Jenkins
On sale: 1/31/2017 | ISBN: 9780062389022
ABOUT THE BOOK:
As manager of one of the finest hotels in Arizona Territory, Portia Carmichael has respect and stability-qualities sorely missing from her harsh childhood. She refuses to jeopardize that by hitching herself to the wrong man. Suitors are plentiful, but none of them has ever looked quite as tempting as the family friend who just rode into town…and none have looked at her with such intensity and heat.
Duchess. That’s the nickname Kent Randolph gave Portia when she was a young girl. Now she’s a stunning, intelligent woman-and Kent has learned his share of hard lessons. After drifting through the West, he’s learned the value of a place to settle down, and in Portia’s arms he’s found that and more. But convincing her to trust him with her heart, not just her passion, will be the greatest challenge he’s known-and one he intends to win…
Duchess. That’s the nickname Kent Randolph gave Portia when she was a young girl. Now she’s a stunning, intelligent woman-and Kent has learned his share of hard lessons. After drifting through the West, he’s learned the value of a place to settle down, and in Portia’s arms he’s found that and more. But convincing her to trust him with her heart, not just her passion, will be the greatest challenge he’s known-and one he intends to win…
Excerpt
Portia saw the curiosity on the faces of some of the other
people seated nearby and wondered if sitting with Kent would cause gossip, but
she went ahead and told him about Eddy and the other ladies leaving her to help
in the kitchen.
“You didn’t want to help?”
She smiled ruefully. “Let’s just say I’m better with numbers
than I am with pots.”
“Can’t cook, huh?”
“No.”
“Then you’ll need a man who can.”
“Are you volunteering?”
He shrugged. “If it’ll keep you from starving to death, I
suppose I can make myself available, if called upon.”
She wondered if he had this effect on all women.
“How’s the managing of that passion going?” he asked.
Her heart thumped. “Fine.” His eyes were so piercing, she
trembled in response.
“You’re fibbing of course, but that’s okay.”
“I am not.”
“Uh-huh.”
She leaned closer so they wouldn’t be overheard. “I am not.
One kiss was all I needed and now I’m fine, just as I said I would be.”
“Duchess, your uppity mouth’s been wanting another taste all
day.”
Heat sent her senses galloping. “It has not, and stop
calling it that.”
“Okay. Your sweet mouth has been wanting another taste all
day.”
She almost keeled over. “I do like those high-collared
blouses you wear.”
She looked down at herself.
“Makes me want to undo all the little buttons and see how
you manage with my kisses against your bare throat. Curious about what scent
you place there, too.”
Her eyes widened.
He smiled. “No?”
“No.”
“Okay. Just something for you to think about later. Do you
want the legs or the wings?”
Her mind was stuck like it had stepped in tar. How in the
world was she going to remain unmoved by his teasing ways without wanting to
box his ears or wonder how his kisses would feel against bare throat?
“I’ll take the wings.”
“We have only one set of flatware. Shall I feed you or do
you want to feed me?”
Scandalized by the suggestion, she forced herself not to
glance around to see how closely they were being observed. “Neither,” she said.
“I’ll have the wing. You can eat the rest.”
“Thought I’d ask.”
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
BEVERLY JENKINS has received numerous awards, including five Waldenbooks/Borders Group Best Sellers Awards, two Career Achievement Awards from Romantic Times Magazine, and a Golden Pen Award from the Black Writer’s Guild. Ms Jenkins was named one of the Top Fifty Favorite African-American writers of the 20th Century by AABLC, the nation’s largest on-line African-American book club. She was recently nominated for the NAACP Image Award in Literature. To read more about Beverly, please visit her website at www.beverlyjenkins.net.
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