A Seal's Seduction by Tawny Weber

A SEAL’s Seduction – Tawny Weber

Available February 2013

Alexia’s heart pounded so hard against her throat, she was surprised it didn’t jump right out into Blake’s hand. 

She wanted him.  Like she’d never wanted another man in her life.  Years, she’d behaved.  She’d carefully considered her actions, making sure she didn’t hurt others.  She’d poured herself into her career, into making sure her life was one she was proud of. 

She had a man who wanted her in his life.  A nice, sweet man who she could talk through the night with and never run out of things to say.

But she wanted more. 

She wanted a man who’d keep her up all night screaming with pleasure.  Who’d drive her wild, who’d send her body to sexual places she’d never even dreamed of.  She wanted orgasms.  Lots and lots of orgasms. 

Even if it was only for one night.

And that, she realized, was the key.  One night of crazy.  One night of delicious, empowered, indulge-her-every-desire sex, with a man who made her melt.

One night would be incredible.  

One night would be enough. 

“This is crazy,” she murmured against his lips. 

“Yeah,” he agreed, his tongue sliding over her lower lip before he nipped the tender flesh.  When she gasped, he soothed it with a soft kiss.  “But crazy feels damned good.”

It did.

She wrapped her arms around his neck, leaned into the hard, solid wall of his muscled body and gave a low moan of delight.  He felt really, really good. 

Blake pulled back then, giving her an intense look.  As if he were trying to see past her heart, into her soul.  As if he knew wall her secrets, her every desire. 

Then he smiled.  A slow, wicked curve of his lips.  As if he’d just figured out how to make every one of those desires a reality. 

Now that was a scary proposition.  Scarier still, she was pretty sure he could. 

She wanted him.  Wanted nothing more than to strip him naked and run her hands over every inch of his hard body.  To touch, to taste.  To feel.  Oh, God, she wanted to feel him.  To give herself tonight to feel, to enjoy.  To live. 

“Did you ever want something you knew you shouldn’t have,” she asked, her words so soft they almost disappeared in the sound of the surf.  She traced her fingertip over his lower lip, then sighed and met his eyes.  “Something you knew you’d be better off not even considering, but were so tempted by?”

     “No.”

Figured.  Alexia laughed helplessly, dropping her forehead to his shoulder and closing her eyes. 

“But I know what it’s like to want someone that bad,” he said quietly, his voice so intense she had to raise her head to look at him. 

He shifted, sliding his hands in a whisper-soft caress up her cheeks, then tunneling his fingers into her hair.  Cupping her head just above her ears, he tilted it back just a little and stared deep into her eyes.

Alexia shivered.  Her heart skipped, then tumbled over itself trying to catch up. 

His gaze was hypnotic.  Penetrating.  The moonlight glowed, glancing off his cheekbones and giving him an otherworldly air.  Like he was straight out of one of her fantasies, sent by the universe as a reward for her being such a good girl for so long.  A chance to be bad again for just a tiny little bit of time, and then she could go back to being on her best behavior. 

She wanted Blake, and this feeling between them.  His hands skimmed through her hair, fingers tangling softly in her curls.  This delicious, overwhelmingly intense feeling of excitement.  Her body hummed, her senses went on hyper-alert.  It was as if each touch of his fingers was amplified, exciting her more than she’d ever been before.  More than she’d even imagined.    

“Shouldn’t we talk about this?” she asked, desperately trying for sane and practical.  “Make sure we know what we’re doing?”

“Babe, I promise you, I know what I’m doing.”

Tawny Weber has been writing sassy, sexy romances since her first Harlequin Blaze hit the shelves in 2007.  A fan of Johnny Depp, cupcakes and color coordination, she spends a lot of her time shopping for cute shoes, scrapbooking and hanging out on Facebook. 

Readers can check out Tawny’s books at her website or join her Red Hot Readers Club for goodies like free reads, complete first chapter excerpts, recipes, insider story info and much more.  And for a limited time, she has a few open spots on her Street Team! 

Up All Night with Kira Sinclair

I think it’s a safe statement to say that all writers are also readers.  That’s usually how we came to our love of story.  I’m sure I’m not alone when I say that over the years my reading time has dwindled – for some reason the kids demand to be fed and clothed and my editor likes to receive work from me on a regular basis. 

 

But just like before I started writing, my reading time is an escape.  It’s a chance for me to slip out of my world – both reality and the fantasies I create in my own head – and into someone else’s universe for a while.  There’s nothing better than finding a book I can’t put down and I always hope that I can give readers that same experience when they pick up my books.

 

Discovering a new author that I can fall in love with is the best part of reading.  I’m currently judging a writing contest, one of a few that I do throughout the year, and it never fails to yield a new voice that becomes and auto buy for me.  I often wonder how I could have missed finding the book in the first place.  How my friends could have missed it and/or not told me about it.

 

It’s been a long time since I’ve stayed up until dawn because I couldn’t put a book down, but I did that just the other night.  And while my eyes were gritty for the entire day, I wasn’t tired.  It was totally worth it to race to the end of the story (and then take a nap). 

 

So, my question is, have you discovered a new author recently that you just love?  Have you ever stayed up all night reading a book?  Do you remember it even now?  Share with us! 

 

Kira

 

The Risk-Taker

Subject: Totally buff ranger Gage Harper

Current Status: Walking wounded— both physically and mentally

Mission: Finally get the girl he could never have

Obstacle: She may just be the biggest risk he’s ever taken

All returned POW Gage Harper wants to do is forget, even if he has to let some gym rat beat him to a pulp to do it. He certainly doesn’t want to tell the tale of his heroism to the tabloids. Especially since he’s no hero…. But one journalist is determined to get the inside scoop–and she’s the only girl Gage has never been able to resist.

Hope Rawlings never took Gage’s romantic advances seriously growing up. After all, she was just his buddy, and a guy like Gage could have any girl he wanted. But now she needs his story to get her dream job in the city. And she’s willing to do anything to get it.

 

Holiday Stories with Tawny Weber

Holiday Stories - Tonya's 15 Days of Christmas celebration I'm a big fan of this time of year. The magic of the season, the message of caring, and the comforting traditions. And, actually, of the romance as well. Which makes it extra wonderful to add a book release to the celebration of the season. The first book in my Under Cover Operatives Series, SEX, LIES AND MISTLETOE is on shelves. The blurb goes like this: He sees her when she's sleeping... Undercover DEA agent Caleb Black is home for the holidays-possibly to bust his own father. But maybe Caleb's con-man dad isn't the one running drugs through the small town of Black Oak. Maybe it's the green-eyed goddess who runs the New Age shop and has Caleb under her sultry spell. Pandora Easton saved the family store with two words: sex sells. And her delectable aphrodisiacs really works, as she's proven with notorious bad boy Caleb again and again and again. Little does she guess that, int he end, her most potent potion will be the truth... There's something extra magical holiday romances. I love the idea of a couple finding that extra thrill and joy under their Christmas tree. In addition to enjoying romantic reads, one of the things I love to do this time of year is make a big batch of cookies, pop a bowl of popcorn and curl up in front of the fireplace to enjoy a few holiday favorites. My top ten favorites are (in no particular order): 1. Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer 2. Frosty the Snowman 3. It's a Wonderful Life 4. The Year Without a Santa Claus 5. A Christmas Carol (with Patrick Stewart) 6. The Santa Clause 7. A Christmas Story 8. Miracle on 34th Street 9. How the Grinch Stole Christmas 10. Santa Claus is Coming to Town

So how about you? Is there a movie you love to watch each year? Or a holiday book you love to read? Are you a fan of the holiday romances?

Tawny Weber has been writing sassy, sexy stories for Harlequin Blaze since her first book hit the shelves in 2007. When not obsessing over deadlines, she's shopping for cute shoes, scrapbooking or hanging out on Facebook and Twitter. Come by and visit her on the web at www.tawnyweber.com In December of 2011 Tawny launched her Undercover Ops series with SEX, LIES AND MISTLETOE. The second book in the series, SEX, LIES & MIDNIGHT is on shelves in January 2010, quickly followed in February by SEX, LIES & VALENTINES. Be sure to follow Tawny on her Holiday Survival Tour as she celebrates these three books with contests, giveaways and lots of fun. You can read the first chapter of SEX, LIES & MISTLETOE on her website, all you have to do is join the Reader LoveFest!

What's Going on in October!

Romance in the Backseat's "Paranormal Author's Fight Club" started on Thursday, October 1, 2009. All 8 writers involved received a paragraph on Thursday, now it's up to us to take that paragraph and write 1,000 words that will awe the reader. I'll post the link up here when it's voting time!! I just finished reading Zero Control by Lori Wilde. She's one of my favorite Harlequin Blaze authors. And this story is part of a three-book series. It's a great read. It's about Eros which is an adult retreat, where your every fantasy is their desire. And their is some sexy historical role-play you won't want to miss. You'll have to check out my November Tonya's Tidbits to see my exclusive interview with Lori Wilde about Zero Control and this series. She's also provided a very sexy excerpt for us. I am still in training with BellaOnline.com for becoming the new NASCAR editor. It's got a lot more work to it than I first figured, but I still have two weeks before the site launches and is officially open for business once again. I received an email yesterday from Class Act Books asking me to be a copy editor. I love editing and it's really exciting to me. What's more exciting is I was contacted by Class Act Books. My website is close to being finished. I like the layout, I'm not completely happy with it, but it's classy and professional and easy on the eyes, which is a must. It's also easy to navigate. I still can't believe it is October and 28 days away from Halloween, which is my favorite Holiday. In celebration of Halloween I am going to be sharing some myths and legends about Halloween over the next few weeks. So, check back often. Thanks for stopping by it's going to be a busy month! Tonya

Kathleen O'Reilly

Kathleen O'Reilly wrote her first romance at the age of eleven, which to her undying embarrassment was read aloud to her class. After taking over twenty years to recover from the profound distress, she is now proud to finally announce her career - a romance author. Now she is the award-winning author of nearly twenty romances published in countries all over the world. Kathleen lives in New York with her husband and their two children who outwit her daily. Kathleen shares a little with us from her latest release Hot Under Pressure.

“Hot Under Pressure is a Harlequin Blaze that answers that long-suffering question: If air travel is going to be such a huge pain to deal with these days, can a single woman please sit next to a hot, single man who’s you know, nice? Sometimes (usually only in fiction), the answer is *yes*.I got the story idea when I was doing a lot of flying in 2007 and I spent as much time on the tarmac as I did in the air. After one really awful delay, I thought to myself, “Self, you know this getting stuck would make a great book plot. Two people grounded at the airport with nothing better to do it.” And voila, the book was born.”

Click here for an exclusive Excerpt from Kathleen's website.

To contact Kathleen (kathleenoreilly@earthlink.net )

Be sure to visit her website