Sunday Smooch with M.A Grant

Welcome to another LoveCats DownUnder Sunday Smooch!

Please welcome Harlequin Escape author M.A Grant 
to LoveCats Downunder today, with a smooch from her recent release Blue moon.........

Dana Patterson never regretted the simplicity of her life in Alaska until she moved in with playboy Connor Sinclair. On the surface, Connor is the darkly seductive owner of Vegas’ hottest new casino. But in private, she gets to see a vulnerable side that no one else knows about—and the combination makes him a temptation she isn’t willing to resist any longer.

After Connor openly sides with his brother Flynn in the battle against their unstable lycanthrope father, protecting family and friends becomes a necessity. Having Dana move in with him was the chivalrous decision; sharing his bed with her was not.

Dana may think Connor’s everything she’s ever wanted although his scars run deep. Unable to control his wolf after years of denial, Connor is forced to accept that he’s put both his and Dana’s lives at risk. But everything is not as it seems. As Rupert’s true plans come to light, Connor must decide whether he is truly the monster his father created, or the man Dana knows is hidden within the beast.

Scene set-up [After months of rooming together, Dana gives in to temptation and shows her true feelings for Connor with a surprise kiss. She has no way of knowing that Connor’s only kissed one other woman in his life or that any form of affection he receives sets of an internal battle to cope with years of his father’s abuse, a battle that makes his wolf rise.]

            He never let women kiss him on the lips. He couldn’t stand being that close to any of               them.

            But this is Dana.

            Her kiss had been hard and passionate and terrifying. He felt like he’d been hit with lightning, body ruined so completely it took time for the mind to catch back up. He hadn’t been kissed since Jennifer—

            Dana seemed to sense his disquiet because her lips softened and her hands on his face became light. Tender.

            She kissed away the memories and he could breathe, even if he wasn’t sure how to return the lazy brushes of her tongue against the line of his mouth.

            It’s Dana.

            The woman who’d moved in with him despite his reputation. Who’d been his friend, confidante, a person who trusted him to be better than he was. In the midst of his entire messed up life, she was the one constant.

            And he wanted her.

            The knowledge blazed through him and he was opening his mouth, tasting her for the first time, breathing in her scent, hearing the rush of blood under her skin. She made a noise against him and he lost it.

            He surged up from the couch, grabbed her, a hand behind her head, the other behind her neck, desperate to somehow get her closer, to crawl under her skin, to leave part of himself with her so she’d be marked as his and only his—

                        The wolf rumbled its agreement.

            Panic made him pull away. He took a gulp of air, counting his heartbeats in his head, praying the shift wasn’t coming.

            “Connor?”

            He ignored her, staggered from the couch, knees weak, skin shivering. “Night, Dana.”

            He closed his bedroom door behind him. His fingers were swelling, joints realigning. He continued to breathe, counting each step to the bathroom. Once inside, he closed and locked the door and started the shower.

            He steadied himself against the sink and looked up in the mirror; saw the silver warring with blue in his eyes.

            He groaned as another spasm wracked his frame. You can’t have her. 

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Dana learns the hard way that living with Connor only makes it impossible to escape the chemistry existing between them. At least his ability to cook a mean stack of pancakes makes up for some of that. What are the traits you would want most in a roommate?

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