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Fortune’s Island # 1
Fortune’s Island # 1
By: Shirley Jump
Releasing July 28, 2015
TKA Distribution
Welcome
to Fortune’s Island, where the only rule is to follow your heart.
Love is an extravagance Darcy
Williams can’t afford. She prefers the simple life, which includes waitressing
at The Love Shack and avoiding temptation. But when a forbidden part of her
past steps off the ferry, her safe, guarded existence is turned upside down.
Kincaid Foster has never gotten over
his first love. When he sees the wild, beautiful blonde again, dancing her way
around The Love Shack, the memories of Darcy’s soft skin, gentle touch, and
heated kisses come rushing back. As the privileged son of a wealthy family,
Kincaid was too young to stand up to his overbearing father when he and Darcy
were together. Now, he’s back on the island—free of the family shackles—and the
chiseled, big-time lawyer wants a second chance.
But, Darcy made a promise to keep a
secret from Kincaid—a secret that is now a six-year-old girl who looks just
like her daddy. If Kincaid finds out about their daughter, Darcy could lose
everything. But, she can’t resist the man who stole her heart all those years
ago. And it doesn’t take long before both of them realize that anything can
happen on a hot summer night.
EXCERPT:
His gaze roved over her. “Wow. You look…incredible.”
“Thanks.” She felt her cheeks heat again, and wondered
who this new Darcy was. Before this, she never blushed, never got embarrassed.
She had her shit together—until Kincaid came back in her life. Then she was
eighteen again, and hopelessly in love. “Want to sit on the porch? It’s a small
house and I don’t want to wake Emma.”
Truth be told, she was afraid that if she invited him
in, she’d be all too aware of how few steps it was to her bedroom. How she
could just take his hand and lead him in there, let the whole night stretch
before them. So instead she grabbed the dessert, the bottle of wine and two
glasses, and headed out to the two Adirondack chairs on her porch. She set a
small table between them, then handed Kincaid a slice of cake and a fork. “It’s
peanut butter chocolate. One of my favorites from that bakery.”
He took a bite and rolled his eyes. “Oh my God. That is
good. Have you had this before?”
She nodded. “It’s one of my favorites.”
“Here, have a bite.” He forked off a morsel, then held
it out to her.
Darcy leaned forward, her eyes on Kincaid’s, his on
hers, thinking that sharing food was one of the sexiest things a couple could
do. Her lips closed over the fork, and hunger flickered in Kincaid’s features.
She chewed, swallowed, and moaned. “I think they put pheromones in those cakes.
It’s almost…orgasmic.”
“Orgasmic, huh?” His gaze met hers, those hazel eyes
dark and mysterious in the dim light on the porch. Heat unfurled in the small
space between them. “Maybe we should compare the two. Purely for research.”
“Purely.”
“It could lead to the next scientific discovery.”
She swallowed hard, the dessert, the wine, forgotten.
“So, it would be a contribution to science?”
“Might even win us a Nobel Prize.”
“Hmmm…that would be good on my resume.” She smiled at
him, then decided there was no point in pretending she gave a damn about the
cake or the wine, and got to her feet. “Suddenly I’m in a very scientific
mood.”
“Me, too.” He took her hand, and they abandoned
everything on the porch, and headed inside, across the front room and into her
bedroom. She flicked on the bedside lamp, then stood beside her queen-sized bed
and thought it looked both way too big and way too small.
Then
Kincaid laid his hands on her waist and leaned down to kiss her, and she
stopped caring about anything other than the taste of him in her mouth, and the
way he touched her, and how very, very much she wanted him.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
New York Times and USA Today
bestselling author Shirley Jump spends her days writing
romance so she can avoid the towering stack of dirty dishes, eat copious
amounts of chocolate and reward herself with trips to the mall. Look for her
all-new novella in the anthology ASK ME WHY (with Marie Force, Virginia Kantra
and Jodi Thomas), as well as the Sweet and Savory Romance series, including the
USA Today bestselling book, THE BRIDE WORE CHOCOLATE, on Amazon, and her
Sweetheart Sisters series, starting with THE SWEETHEART BARGAIN.
Visit her website at www.ShirleyJump.com for author news and a booklist, and follow her on
Facebook at www.Facebook.com/shirleyjump.author for giveaways
and deep discussions about important things like chocolate and shoes.
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