Joining us today for another book spotlight in Christina Jones. She is sharing with us her newly released book Finding Forever.
I have had to the pleasure of reading this book and let me tell you, it is ah-may-zing!!! :-D I will be posting a review very soon!
Today she is sharing an awesome excerpt from the book. Let's check it out!
Excerpt:
“Hey…
you know what else your dad told me?”
I
turned to him as I fished my keys out of my purse. “What’s that?”
“He
said you were a dancer.”
“Oh,
jeez,” I said, bursting into laughter. “I did a few years of ballet when I was
a little, and to this day, he swears I could have been Misty Copeland. Avery, I
was terrible at ballet then, and I’m terrible at dancing now.”
“Terrible?”
I
nodded my head. “Yes, terrible. I
mean, I can keep the beat, but that’s about it. And I can grind with the best
of them, Des taught me when we were back in college so I wouldn’t totally
embarrass her at the club.”
“I’ll
be the judge of that. Next date, I’m taking you somewhere we can dance.”
“Ok,
but I warned you….”
“Duly
noted.” Avery placed my paper-wrapped canvas in the decorative chair beside the
door as he watched me unlock it, then turn back to him. He was leaning against
the door, giving me a smirk that was somehow sexier than his full smile.
“Why
are you looking at me like that?”
He
shrugged. “No real reason. Thinking about one
more thing your dad told me.”
“Okay…
what?” I asked, cocking my head to the side.
Avery
pushed away from the door, and stepped towards me, prompting me to take a step
back. “He said you were ticklish. Like… really, really ticklish… but only in
one very particular spot.” He gave me a wicked grin as he came forward another
step, and I lifted a finger in warning as I took one more — the last one I
could— back.
“Don’t
you dare, Avery. I hated getting
tickled, and I’ve outgrown it anyway.” I pressed my back against the door as he
closed the last distance between us. I really had outgrown it, but I didn’t
want him trying it anyway... just in case.
“Then
why,” he said, placing his hands at the exact spot on my waist, “Are you so
scared?”
“I’m
not.” It came out in an unintended whisper, because I couldn’t pull in a deep
enough breath to speak aloud. He was so
close, and it was as if my body recognized him, and was trying to tell me, this is the guy who made us feel so damned
good.
“Mmhmm.
Relax. I’m not about to tickle you after you said you hated it.” He didn’t move
his hands away from my waist, instead pulling my lower body closer to his.
“Besides,” he said, with his mouth so close to my ear I felt the brush of his
lips. “Don’t you think I’d know if you were ticklish? I’ve already touched you everywhere, Tori. Remember?”
I
was too stunned to respond, and I didn’t have a chance anyway, because the next
thing I knew, his lips were against mine, and my entire body relaxed in relief,
as if I had been waiting on him to do this all night. Had I been waiting on him to do this all night? He teased my lips
apart with his tongue, then eased it inside to thrust against mine as I dropped
my purse and lifted my hands to the back of his head. I returned his kisses
with fervent, frantic ones of my own as he lowered his hands to cup my behind
and pull me closer to the eager erection struggling behind the zipper of his
jeans. Completely defying everything I’d established about a relationship of any kind with Avery, I was ready to invite
him inside. The Maldives were three months too long ago, and his mouth was way
too skilled for a silly thing like common sense to prevail.
About the Book:
After her latest ill-fated attempt to find a
forever relationship of her own, Tori Kennedy is content with connecting the
dots for others, bringing them together in pursuit of lifetime love. Fresh off
of the demise of her marriage, she decides to take advantage of an opportunity
to do something a little — okay, a lot — crazy, and heavily fueled by an
overload of emotions.
Thinking that her impulsive decision and its
disastrous results are behind her, Tori moves forward with her pursuit of a
happily single existence, until her best friend contacts her with a request
that places a constant reminder in her life : Avery.Avery Anderson is the epitome of “the kind of
guy your momma warned you about.” Handsome, successful, charming… and not at
all interested in being roped into anything that resembles love. Tori ending up
in his bed doesn’t surprise him at all — it’s just what he does— but his
feelings afterwards? That’s another story. An ultimatum placed on him by his
little sister puts him back in arm’s reach of the pretty matchmaker that he
can’t get off of his mind, but she’s not taking the bait this time.Tori just wants to be rid of him so that she can
move on with her life, and it’s not Avery’s style to chase someone who doesn’t
want to be caught. When both parties are content to let the spark flicker out,
can love — or something like that— still lead the way to forever?
About the Author:
Christina Jones is a wife, mother, student, graphic designer, and new author who calls Arkansas home. She enjoys writing (and reading!)African American fiction and romance. She is the author of Love and Other Things, Strictly Professional, and The Trouble With Love, Unfinished Business, (the sequel to Strictly Professional) and Finding Forever.
2 Comments
I recently read Finding Forever and loved it. Christina did a great job of bringing both characters to life. I liked that both characters each had their own personal issues to overcome and readers got to see how they dealt with that. Another great read from Christina!
ReplyDeleteI completely agree! She did an amazing job! It was a wonderful book!
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