Shades of Darkness by Wild Rose Press

Author:Wild Rose Press [Press, Wild Rose]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: sample chapters of paranormal romance
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2019-06-19T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter One

He was perfect.

Alisa looked at the man again, trying to discover some fault in him, but there was none. His hair was the deep gold of dark honey and rough stubble darkened his chin. One shining lock drooped playfully into his eyes, and he ran a hand absently across his brow to push it back. Alisa wished it were her fingers raking through his hair. Frustrated, she bit her lip and twisted a lock of her white-blonde hair around a finger.

The long-sleeved black T-shirt he wore clung to his chest and shoulders, and Alisa let her eyes slide down his perfect outline. He had the solidly sculpted look of a man who worked out to keep himself fit but wasn’t obsessed about pumping iron. Right now, she thought his nipples were the best part of him, upright and firm, pressed against the material of the shirt. She wanted to bite them.

He sat some distance away from her reading a book that absorbed him completely, giving her freedom to study him at her leisure. She’d noticed him earlier in her neighborhood bookstore and was intrigued the moment she laid eyes on him. Tall, beautiful, he smelled like a forest. She knew this, because she’d brushed against him “accidently” as she’d followed him around through the aisles.

What? No, no. It’s not stalking. Naw, I’m just browsing like you. Looking for a new book. Isn’t it funny that we both still read real books? Really, I wasn’t following you, or staring at your oh-so-tasty body. Sorry to rub up against you, but these aisles are just sooo narrow!

At least that’s what she might’ve said to him. But his gorgeous eyes had blazed when she brushed her body against his—literally glowing, their fierce amber beauty marred by the slight frown that creased his brow when their gazes locked. Little butterflies in her stomach took flight, beating soft wings frantically beneath her skin.

Sparks! Those are definitely sparks. The wash of his scrutiny was a living, palpable thing that gripped her by the throat and held her up for inspection. For a few breathless moments, she had actually felt pressure on the sides of her neck. Her heart had sped up and a frisson of fear shivered through her, urging fight or flight. Spurred to bolt rather than to hold his gaze and flirt as she’d intended, she’d dropped her eyes, murmured an apology, and hurried down the aisle.

Reaching the end of the stacks, she’d berated herself for chickening out and for her hasty retreat from Mr. Perfect, disgruntled that she’d wasted the opportunity to chat and get his digits. Alisa had a bad streak that often prompted her to do something enjoyably sinful, but it failed her utterly here. She didn’t want to look pathetic by going back into the maze of shelves and seeking him out again, so she paid for her book and wandered outside to read.

Mr. Perfect strolled out a few minutes later thumbing through his selection. Alisa hummed with pleasure when he sat down a few tables away.

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