Moonlight in Winter Park by Samantha Chase
Publication date: November 24th 2014
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Publication date: November 24th 2014
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Synopsis
“Moonlight in Winter Park” – A modern-day Beauty and the Beast style Christmas.
All Hope Cooper needed this year was to have the kind of Christmas
her family always cherished. But with her parents gone and her only
brother having to work, it doesn’t look like it’s going to work out for
her. There’s nothing she can do about her parents, but she most
certainly can voice her annoyance at her brother’s boss for making him
work out of town all through the holidays.
Beckett James hates the holidays and everything that goes with them.
They were important at one time, but now the only thing that mattered
was his company and it’s continued growth and anyone who worked for him
better feel the same way. If not, then they could find employment
elsewhere and good riddance. With a major expansion deal on the line,
Beckett needs to focus. What he doesn’t need is Hope to come barging
into his mountain retreat demanding that her brother come home
immediately due to an emergency.
Suddenly it’s two alone in a snowstorm. Two alone for Christmas. And
two alone to fight an attraction that had been there all along. Hope
soon begins to realize she may have misjudged Beckett while he comes to
see that there really is something special and magical about Christmas.
But once they leave their private winter wonderland and return to their
normal lives, will the magic still be there?
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Excerpt
He stood there in front of her,
looking all kinds of handsome. His dark
hair slightly mussed, a gray wool scarf around his neck and a black wool jacket
covering his muscular build. It wasn’t
fair that he could look so good all the damn time – so calm and completely in
control – when her life was spinning in the complete opposite direction.
“I…I really need to go,” she said
finally and then forced herself to look up and meet his eyes. Damn.
They were so dark, so intense and it would be so easy to just look into
them forever. A sigh escaped before she
could stop it. “Merry Christmas,
Beckett,” she said with a bit of a forced smile.
“You too, Hope.”
“And I guess a Happy New Year, too,”
she added and turned to climb into her car when his hand on her arm stopped her
again. It was on the tip of her tongue
to ask what he wanted, but suddenly his lips were on hers and Hope had to
remember how to breathe.
His lips were gentle at first but
once she seemed to overcome her shock and relax, Beckett’s hands came up and
cupped her face, caressed her cheeks.
Hope sighed as her own hands crept up and clutched the front of his
coat. It was so unexpected, such a complete surprise to her that Hope needed to
keep herself anchored to something or her knees would surely give out and she’d
be in a puddle on the ground.
After Beckett seemed satisfied with
introducing himself to her through his kiss, he deepened it. His hand traveled up and into the riotous
curls on her head as he moved closer to her.
The feel of his lean body pressed up against hers sent Hope’s own body
into overdrive. Over and over he slanted
his lips over hers, his tongue teased hers, his breath mingled with hers. It was glorious and all-consuming and yet all
she could do was purr against him.
Long moments later when Beckett
finally lifted his head from hers, he stared down into her face. “Happy New Year, Hope,” he said, his voice
slightly rough and gravelly. His hand
trailed down her cheek to her chin before he let her go and stepped back.
And walked away.
About the Author
New
York Times and USA Today Bestseller/contemporary romance writer
Samantha Chase released her debut novel, Jordan's Return,
in November 2011. Although she waited until she was in her 40's to
publish for the first time, writing has been a lifelong
passion. Her motivation to take that step was her students: teaching
creative writing to elementary age students all the way up through high
school and encouraging those students to follow their writing dreams
gave Samantha the confidence to take that step as well.
When she's not working on a new story, she spends her time reading contemporary romances, playing way too many games of Scrabble or Solitaire on Facebook and spending time with her husband of 25 years and their two sons in North Carolina.
When she's not working on a new story, she spends her time reading contemporary romances, playing way too many games of Scrabble or Solitaire on Facebook and spending time with her husband of 25 years and their two sons in North Carolina.
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