Welcome to my First Kiss Friday blog and returning author Tanya Wilde who has an excerpt from her latest release in the Lyon’s Den Connected World, Beauty and the Lyon. We hope you enjoy this first kiss scene. Happy reading, my lovelies!
Excerpt:
Blake . . .
“All the things my father did . . .”
“Yes,” she interrupted. “What he did. Not you.”
“I still carry his name. I’m still burdened with the title.”
“Then unburden yourself.”
He shot her a look that spoke volumes about what he thought about those three words. Impossible. “You make it sound so easy.”
She leaned closer, too close. “Easy or not, it’s still something within your power to do.”
His gaze dropped to that sassy mouth. Of all the things she could have said . . . Even though he couldn’t agree, she had a way of capturing him with her words. God, could he admire her more?
He wanted to kiss her.
God help her soul.
God save his.
Because he couldn’t help himself. He couldn’t capture her heart, but he could capture her lips. And he did just that.
Turned out, his will couldn’t hold out much longer at all.
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Rosilee had never been so shocked in her life. Not even upon discovering the news of her brother being tricked and gambling their estate away, or Baston offering her marriage as a way of repayment. No, this kiss, the duke’s lips on hers, was much more shocking than any of that!
He swept his tongue into her mouth, and Rosilee let him. In fact, curiosity bloomed as she hesitantly explored in return. It was unlike anything she had ever experienced, and her head spun, a dizzying coupling of warmth and coldness all the same time. She grasped his coat, pulling him closer, her fingers curling into the thick fabric.
His hands—oh, his hands—traced the line of her waist, locking her against him. In all the tales she’d read thus far, she’d only ever experienced the heroine’s adventures second-hand. Now, she was experiencing her first kiss . . . undeniably firsthand. His lips left hers, trailing kisses along her jaw, sending shivers down her spine before he slowly pulled away.
Beauty and the Lyon: Lyon’s Den Connected World
By Tanya Wilde
A heart hidden in shadows. A beauty who dares to see.
Eternal optimist Lady Rosilee Fairchild refuses to let fate—or scheming rogues—dictate her future. When her brother is tricked into gambling away their estate and held prisoner by a ruthless man determined to force her into marriage, she takes matters into her own hands. Her solution? Find a husband of her own choosing before one can be chosen for her. And there’s only one place daring enough to help her do it without question—Mrs. Dove-Lyon’s infamous matchmaking den.
Hardened recluse Blake Faiththorne, Duke of Crane, has long been withdrawn from society, content to live in the shadows of his past. But when he learns that the woman who once saved him is now in danger herself—not only menaced by the worst sort of ruffian but on her way to the Lyon’s Den, a place dripping in scandal—he cannot stand idly by.
There is only one, big problem—though Blake has vowed never to marry himself, helping Rosilee find a husband leaves a bitter taste in his mouth. She is a flame in the dark, and he, despite all reason, is doomed to seek her radiance.
Can he break free from his haunted past and claim the woman who has always been his light? Or will old wounds and new dangers keep them apart forever?
Purchase link:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Beauty-Lyon-Lyons-Connected-World-ebook/dp/B0F22G7SRH
About the Author:
Award-Winning and Bestselling author Tanya Wilde developed a passion for reading when she had nothing better to do than lurk in the library during her lunch breaks. Her love affair with pen and paper soon followed after she devoured all of their historical romance books!
When she’s not meddling in the lives of her characters or pondering names for her imaginary snowy white greyhound, she’s off on adventures with her partner in crime.
Wilde lives in a town at the foot of the Outeniqua Mountains, South Africa.
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