Hope Falls: Tender Kisses (Kindle Worlds Novella) (3:AM Kisses Book 13) by Addison Moore

Author:Addison Moore [Moore, Addison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-01-09T18:30:00+00:00

Three

Tender is the Night

Misty

Nolan holds the door open for me like the gentleman he is pretending to be, quite convincingly actually—as we make our way into Read Between the Lines, Hope Falls’ one and only secondhand bookstore. The instant that door swings open, the sweet, thick scent of precious books fills my senses, and I acquire an instant contact high. I’ve been a bookworm from the time I was old enough to hold a tangible piece of literature. There’s nothing I’d rather do on a rainy day than to snuggle up with a good paperback—and as painful as it is to admit, books have been my healing salve all these years without Nolan by my side.

A deep moan of approval hits me, and Nolan leans in close, his hot mouth close to my ear.

“Don’t get too worked up, sweetie. You haven’t hit the romance section yet.”

“Very funny.” And just as my mood hits its fuzzy warm zenith, it dips right back into iceberg territory courtesy of the dark Knight settled by my side. “Is that supposed to be some kind of a swipe at my momentary lack of a bedmate?”

“Momentary what?” He looks genuinely affronted by his own stupidity. Trust me, I want to say, I am, too. “No.” He winces as if the conversation just got out of control, and believe me, if he’s dragging my underused vagina into this, then we’ve just skidded and hit black ice. “Misty.” He steps in with a pleading tone, his eyes all but begging for forgiveness. I’ve already turned him down in that respect, but there’s been something pumping underneath the surface of my scaly heart, wondering if I should allow him the mercy. What harm could it do? So many years have washed by. Aren’t I over it? Over him? “I would never imply anything negative in that sense. I simply thought”—he frowns as he scours his own scant thoughts—“that it might be something you’d like in your life.”

“Romance?” My brows hike in amusement. “Yes, Nolan, as a matter a fact, it is. And in the event you were teasing me for my assumed taste in reading, then I laugh in your face.” I manufacture a quick haw-haw that sounds more like a defunct tractor trying to kick-start rather than anything even close to comical. “In fact, I’m going to make a beeline over to the romance section right now and see what kind of offerings they have for a desperate spinster like me.” I stalk over, and to my dismay Nolan trots along like a lost puppy. But I ignore his panting, his lusty plea for attention and peruse the selections—shirtless, hot men adorn just about every cover, and I snap them all up as if I were rescuing orphans from drowning on the literary Titanic. “Make yourself useful.” I scowl as I shove a stack into his waiting arms. I snap up book after book, not bothering to read the jacket blurb or the first and last page, as I’m prone to do.

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