For Love & Bourbon by Katie Jennings

Author:Katie Jennings [Jennings, Katie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sapphire Royale Publishing
Published: 2015-08-03T23:00:00+00:00

LATER THAT evening, she pulled into the parking lot of the Fox Hills Inn and cut the engine. Cooper shifted in the seat beside her, his hands clenched tightly over his knees. He cast a curious look in her direction, as though gauging what she wanted to do.

Funny, she thought. She’d never had a guy care so much about what she thought was best before. It was incredibly refreshing.

Her lips curved as she unbuckled her seatbelt and leaned over, pressing a smooth kiss to his cheek. She felt him slowly breathe out, then back in as he cupped her face and brought her mouth to his. Her heart raced as she swiftly climbed into his lap.

She took advantage of the moonless night and the late hour to savor the moment. Her hands drew back into his dusted gold hair as her body shivered beneath his touch. When he caressed the arch of her back, soft and slow, she deepened the kiss and gave it all she had.

Cooper held her close, vaguely concerned over who may wander by and catch them and at the same time recklessly indifferent about it. At that moment, he couldn’t have given a rat’s ass if his boss of all people stumbled upon him engaged in a heated kiss with the daughter of a suspect. All that mattered was that she was there with him, this fireball of heat and light and boundless passion.

He realized then that he had never wanted anything—or anyone—more than he wanted Ava Brannon. Even if it was a fool’s errand, destined to leave him burdened with regret and heartache, at least it was real. The most real thing he had ever experienced.

“Come up with me,” he murmured, not even realizing he was saying it. He was too caught up in the taste of bourbon on her tongue and the scent of spiced apples in her hair.

She let out a laugh, low and deep and delightfully husky, letting her head fall back so he could sample the skin along her throat. “A Southern lady doesn’t sleep with a man on the first date, Slick. We require courtship.”

“Okay, I can do that,” he panted, pulling her face back to his for another kiss. “Just don’t leave yet.”

She nodded, her body molded around his as he took what she offered without hesitation. Her breath quickened and shook as his hands tightened over her hips, fingers digging into her skin. Marveling at the display of power blended with the tender, slow-burning way he kissed had her lost and found all at the same time. He had this ability to tear down every last thought in her brain while filling her with a vibrant, impossible desire.

Overtaken by it, she nearly gave in then and there. The thought of what it would be like to slide over him, skin-to-skin and nothing but heat, stole her breath with its intensity. Propriety, and an ounce of panic over her own emotions, had her retreating from the urge.

Peeling away from him, she noticed that steam clouded the windows, encasing them in a misty cocoon.

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