WELCOME
TO TEMPTATION
by
Charlotte Hughes
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BLURB:
With
a hurricane closing in on Temptation, Louisiana, Michelle Thurston
fails to convince her stubborn grandmother to leave her home on the
bayou. Sheriff Gator Landry arrives by boat, hell-bent on forcing the
elderly recluse to evacuate. He is stunned to find Michelle, who was
just 16 years old when he courted her one steamy summer.
Now,
at 32, Michelle comes face-to-face with the man whose kisses tempted
her to lose control, only this time there is no place to run.
Although Gator is not about to leave the two women defenseless,
Michelle can’t help but wonder if he is more dangerous to her than
anything the storm can do.
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Excerpt:
Gator
forced his thoughts back to the present. Michelle was looking at him,
waiting for an answer. She wanted to be friends. How could a man be
friends with the girl he’d first loved? Well, he would try anything
once. “Sure, I’ll be your friend,” he said, breaking for a stop
sign. “Why not?” It was crazy to expect more from a woman who was
carrying a torch for another man.
Michelle
smiled. “Good, let’s shake on it.” She offered her hand.
Taking
her hand in his was his first mistake. Gator realized the minute his
fist closed over hers. He almost jumped, and felt as if two raw wires
had just made contact. The effect was immediate, sending powerful
currents up his arms, and he was certain the hair along his forearm
was standing on end. He released her, but he could still feel the
small imprint of her hand in his palm. He gripped the steering wheel
tightly and drove on, but he could not take his mind off how it had
felt to hold that dainty hand, or how that hand would feel on his
body in a loving caress. It was clear to him he could not touch her
without wanting her.
Michelle
would have had to be blind not to notice the change in Gator. She,
too, was shaken. How could an innocent handshake have such a powerful
effect on her? This had nothing to do with mere friendship, she
decided. Those hands could yield strength and power or stroke a woman
with a touch as light as dandelion fluff. The knowledge only
heightened her awareness of him, and she wondered if there was a
woman alive who was not susceptible to the very maleness of him.
A good story that I can personally relate to. Loved how the author has it all set up. But what a way to reconnect to the one you once loved! Without any spoilers, it's hard to say if this couple will make it through it all... leaving you, the reader, the chance to pick this book up and enjoy it just as much as I did!
(Received for an honest review*
(Received for an honest review*
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AUTHOR
Bio and Links:
Charlotte
Hughes published her first category romance in 1987, a Bantam Books’
Loveswept, titled Too Many Husbands, which immediately shot to #1 on
the Waldenbooks Bestseller list. She went on to write almost thirty
books before the line closed in 1998.
Although
Charlotte is widely known for her laugh-out-loud romantic comedies,
she went on to pen three Maggie-Award winning thrillers for Avon
Books in the late nineties, before resuming her first love, funny
stories about people falling in love. She thrilled readers with her
hilarious books, A New Attitude and Hot Shot, the latter of which won
the Waldenbooks Greatest Sales Growth Achievement in 2003.
Her
books received so many accolades that she was invited to co-author
the very popular Full House series with mega-star author Janet
Evanovich.
With
that series behind her, Charlotte began her own, starring
psychologist Kate Holly; What Looks Like Crazy, Nutcase, and High
Anxiety, creating a list of somewhat kooky but always loveable and
funny ensemble characters.
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