Sizzling Summer Blog Hop!

Good morning lovely readers! I know that I have been MIA for a couple of weeks but there are good reasons for that.  I’ve been working on McKenna’s Honor and a home renovation project that mother nature seems determined to keep from happening.

Anyway…today I’m joined by some really awesome women for a sizzling summer blog hop! I love these women...they're terrific authors, but more importantly, I consider them dear friends who oftentimes keep me from losing my mind! Pop on over to the Romance Troupe site...we're giving away some cool prizes! :D One of them is an iPad mini! How awesome is that? 

 We’re all posting snippets of our books or, more specifically, a favorite kissing scene! Today, I’m posting one of my favorites. This is from Wee William’s Woman….This is one of my favorite scenes in the book. This little snippet happens after Wee William tells Nora how he feels about her and then tries to leave without kissing her. :D Enjoy!

Aishlinn was right. Men were stupid beasts. Aye, they were wonderful, kind, sweet, funny, but stupid nonetheless. They could come up with the most amazing plans for buildings, weapons, battle, and inventions. But when it came to the ways of the heart and women? They were as intelligent as a battering ram and just as graceful.

For the first time in her life, Nora growled. It started deep in her belly, bubbled up and escaped her lips and she made no attempt to stop it. She would have to take the lead at this moment, or he’d walk out that door and she’d never see him again. She took a small step away from the door, letting go of the handle. She straightened her shoulders and looked him in the eye. Of course, she had to lean her head back a ways to do so and could only hope the effect was the same.

“William, if you do not kiss me this very instant, I will go back out into that gathering room and ask Rowan Graham for his hand in marriage!” Of course she didn’t think she actually had the courage to do such a thing, but Wee William did not need to have that bit of information at the moment.

His eyes widened and he scowled down at her. “Ye would no’ dare!”

“I do not make idle threats, sir!” She made idle threats with her brother and sister all the time. Such as when she threatened to rip their legs off and beat them about the head when they misbehaved. That was another piece of information William did not need to be privy to at the moment. As angry as she was she felt she could have done that to him and would enjoy it.

They glowered and growled at one another. William’s reserve was the first to falter. She looked breathtakingly beautiful with that murderous gleam in her eye and he could no longer resist his urges.

He rushed forward, wrapped his arms around her waist, and pulled her into his chest. He claimed her mouth with his. It wasn’t the sweet and tender first kiss he had imagined giving her. Nay, he plundered her mouth, took possession of it, kissed her as if it would be his last act on God’s earth.

Nora melted. She could not breathe, could not resist, and her muscles felt as strong as bread dough. When he thrust his tongue into her mouth, she felt as though a bolt of lightning had just pierced her stomach. Her toes and fingers tingled.

And praise be to God, the roof of her mouth tickled!