Final excerpt from He Has Charm before release
Jul 24, 2022 6:31 pm
The Last EXCLUSIVE Excerpt from He Has Charm
Hai everyone!
I'm excited that my new hockey rom-com, He Has Charm, is coming out in 3 days! It turned out to be a longer book than planned, but that's a good thing, right?
I hadn't planned it, but since the book is 6 days late, I wanted to include one last exclusive excerpt below to wet your appetite!
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2022 Goal: 410,000 words, 5 Novels, 1 Novella
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What Am I Reading? This week I'm listening to The Hustler, by Gina Azzi, a hockey romance.
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FINAL EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT!
He Has Charm
Harper
“Get dressed, Knight. We’re moving out this morning.” I put my hands on my hips. He steps through the door of his bedroom wearing gym shorts. That’s all.
“What’s wrong with my clothes?” He brushes a sexy shock of hair from his face. I gulp down my whimper and double down on my prison warden persona.
“What clothes? You’re half naked. And no gym shorts in public. Make yourself presentable. Pretend you’re going out to meet an attractive woman.”
“I think we’ve already done that part. You and me.” He moves closer. I scream at my legs to back up, but they don’t. The need is so strong to finish what we started yesterday that I can smell it, taste it, feel it in the rush of my blood. Stop it, Harper St. John. He’s a client. My meal ticket and that’s all. And even if he wasn’t, he’s so not the type of man I’d be interested in.
On the rare occasions that I allow myself to imagine a future when I might be in the market for a boyfriend, that boyfriend would be someone serious. Not a player. Probably the exact opposite of Maddox Knight. Except maybe the hunky part and those dreamy blue eyes. I could so go for that in a man. Someday.
“You have a game tonight,” I say. “Don’t waste your energy. Remember, you’re all about hockey.” He snorts.
“Way to shut a guy down. But don’t worry. I was teasing.”
“No teasing. Teasing is bad. Off the table. Forbidden.”
“Don’t you know better than to use the forbidden card with me?” He smirks. Shit. He’s right. Forbidden fruit exemplifies the mess we’re in right now and the last thing I need to do is pile on another apple. Shit. I’ll never be able to eat an apple again without feeling dirty.
He laughs. Not exactly a laugh. More like a low chuckle, the sultry kind that puts my nerves on edge, that cuts through too many barriers like my spine is made of butter and he’s wielding a machete.
“Not forbidden then. How about inappropriate? We’re inappropriate, mismatched, polar opposites, impossible, oil and water—”
“You ramble when you’re nervous,” he says like it’s news to me. Shit. I can’t admit to him that he makes me nervous, not if I’m going to have his professional respect. Although that ship may have sailed after my peeping Tom act last night or whatever you call it when a person eavesdrops inappropriately. Or is there even such a thing as appropriate eavesdropping? Never mind.
“You’re crazy. I’m not nervous,” I scoff. Nervously. “I ramble all the time. It’s the pressure of my job.”
“Handling me’s got to you?”
“No. Of course not. I can handle you just fine—or not handle you. Guard you, keep you out of trouble, make sure you stay on track, guide you toward your best behavior, help you redeem yourself with your sponsors—”
“Jesus, Harper. Do you ever stop rambling? Maybe you need a sedative.” He’s suppressing a grin.
“No. no sedatives.” I clamp my mouth shut before it runs off on another stupid ramble about the evils of sedatives and drugs. Instead I take a deep breath. It’s about time I did my job, so I call him out on staying out late.
“What time did you get home last night?” I ask. “I waited up.” ...
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The Final Playlist
To Know Him is to Love Him - Amy Winehouse
In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins
I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) - Hall & Oates
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He Has Pluck
The NEXT story Boston Brawlers hockey romance...
He Has Pluck -a hockey rom-com 💜
What does an International award-winning camera lady think about going from filming earthquakes and war-zones to shooting Boston sports?
I'm not enjoying the so-called break in the action, that's for d@mn sure.
Shooting the Brawlers hockey team--even if they are in the playoffs--is a major demotion as far as I'm concerned and I don't care how many people would trade their right arm for the assignment.
Especially when I end up shooting the behind-the-scenes series for the team where I have to interact with the players on a daily basis.
Pro athletes are over-privileged prima donnas as far as I'm concerned and I want noting to do with the kind of grown men who play games for a living.
They're spoiled, living in fantasyland and don't have any idea how tough it is out there in the real world.
Not even the larger than life team captain with the killer body, contagious laugh, and a ridiculous dimple in his strong chin--cliche much?--can convince me otherwise.
Or can he?
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