Tuesday Teaser | Mine Until Dawn #TheFitzgeraldFamily

Title:  Mine Until Dawn

Series:  The Fitzgerald Family [Book 2]

Length:  315 Pages

Genre:  Contemporary Romance

TEASER

The haunted look was gone, but her beautiful hazel eyes were red-rimmed, and her lashes wet. She’d chewed off her lipstick, leaving her lips a natural pink. God, she was gorgeous, even after a bout of crying. He pushed a lock of hair from her face and tucked it behind her ear.

“Feeling better?”

She wiped her eyes with the heel of her hands and nodded jerkily. “Yes. Thank you.”

“Sure you want to thank me? Not deck me?”

She scrunched her face at his teasing voice. “Why would I want to do that?”

“For nearly scaring you to death. For not giving you your space when you asked for it. I deserve a mean upper cut.” He winked at her when she smiled. “Just make sure it’s on this side of my face, though.” He tapped his uninjured cheek. “The other side has received one too many lashes tonight.”

The transformation was instantaneous. Her eyes widened as she stepped back. “Your face…I completely forgot.” She reached up and cupped his unhurt cheek. “I’m sorry, I’ll be more careful,” she said when he winced, then gently turned his head for a better look at his bruise. “Oh, Vince. You need to see a doctor.”

Teaser Tuesday | Slow Burn #TheFitzgeraldFamily

Title:  Slow Burn

Series:  The Fitzgerald Family [Book1]

Length:  290 Pages

Genre:  Contemporary Romance

TEASER

“Go home, Ron. It’s been a long day and I’m exhausted. I want to go to bed.” When he opened his mouth, she added quickly, “alone.” Something flashed in his eyes. Pain? She couldn’t be sure. “I’m sorry. I just really need to be alone tonight.”

“Okay. I understand your need for privacy, so I’ll leave. But,” he paused until she was back looking at him, “I’ll be here first thing tomorrow morning.”

“Don’t. Please. I don’t need the complication of a relationship right now.”

“Too late, babe, because we’re having one.” He picked up his jacket, shrugged it on, then turned and flashed a grin at her. His hot gaze raked her body.

Ashley closed her eyes, as if that simple act could stop her body from greedily responding to the promise in his gaze. She must be jinxed or something. When she opened her eyes, Ron was staring at her with a triumphant grin on his face.

“Don’t come back, Ron. I don’t want you to.”

“You can’t get rid of me that easily, babe. I will not go away just because you order me to, so don’t.” He closed the gap between them, the grin disappearing from his face. When he stopped before her, he was so close his breath ruffled the strands of hair on her forehead. He lifted her chin until their gaze locked. A searing buzz of sexual heat flickered, then warmed the air.

“Don’t push me, Ron.” Her voice came out shaky. She hated that.

“I will until you accept the inevitable.” His voice was soft, but relentless. “You can say you don’t want me, but we both know it’s a lie. Your body knows what it wants, what it craves. Don’t fight me, Ashley, because when it comes to this,” he lowered his head and landed a possessive kiss on her lips, “I always win.”

Teaser Tuesday | Mine Until Dawn #TheFitzgeraldFamily

Title:  Mine Until Dawn

Series:  The Fitzgerald Family [Book 2]

Length:  315 Pages

Genre:  Contemporary Romance

TEASER

His broad shoulders lifted and dropped. “No problem. You’re still planning on taking off tomorrow, aren’t you?”

In other words, he wanted her out of his way. She crossed her arms and glared at him. “Dana Point is only an hour’s drive from here, not the end of the world. We can easily meet everyday—”

“I’d prefer nights,” he cut in. “Talk shop between rounds of lovemaking or wait until we’re done at dawn. I’m game either way.”

Tingling heat raced across her skin. Done at dawn, and he didn’t even crack a smile. “You have a one-track mind.”

He shrugged. “I don’t like to play games when I go after something. I want you, Jade, and I have no intention of hiding it. Unless, of course, you have a problem with my saying it.”

How could she when he made her feel so feminine and sexy. No one ever had such an effect on her. On the other hand, he made it sound so unromantic, as though their coming together was only lust-driven. She didn’t know why the thought bothered her.

Jade picked up her fork and broke the remaining frittata on her plate into pieces. She glanced at Vince from the canopy of her lashes. He raised an eyebrow, obviously waiting for an answer.

“I don’t have a problem with you saying you want me, Vince.” I just need to get used to hearing it.

Tuesday Teaser | Slow Burn #TheFitzgeraldFamily

Title:  Slow Burn

Series:  The Fitzgerald Family [Book1]

Length:  290 Pages

Genre:  Contemporary Romance

TEASER

Ashley pursed her lips at the picture of three of them together. Her mother and father were on either side of her. “Dad…my father had shown me how to set the camera on a timer. See?” She indicated the background. “It’s the same room as in the first photograph.”

Ron gave her the third photograph. She studied the glossy print. “I took this one outside Carlyle House…I mean, the Carlyle Club, as it was called then. It was the first time I saw it. It looked so grand, magnificent, like a castle straight out of a fairy tale.”

“An exclusive club for the A-list stars was more like it,” he corrected wryly. “A cousin of my mother’s ran it at the time. You were probably the only child ever to enter it at night. I’d been inside it numerous times, but always during the day, when families used the pool and the restaurant.”

If only she could remember going inside. It was frustrating, but at the same time, comforting. She knew it was cowardly of her, but the fewer the memories of that particular night the better.

There was a brief, tense silence. From Ron’s expectant expression, she knew he was waiting for her to say something. She’d never wanted to discuss what happened, but something about the man’s calming presence urged her on.

“It was my birthday,” she finally said, deciding to tiptoe rather than dive into the horror.

Ron’s eyebrows shot up. “The day of the fire?”

She gave him a weak smile and nodded. “Makes one wonder what the big guy upstairs was thinking.”

“Damn,” he said under his breath.

Damned was exactly how she felt on her birthdays. Celebrating, and at the same time mourning, was enough to throw a kink in anyone’s psyche. But to a child, it was pure torture. Without her dear, loving Aunt Estelle, she didn’t know if she could have endured it.

A frown creased her brow when she caught Ron’s expression. Was it pity or compassion? Pity was the one emotion she refused to accept from anyone. She clenched her hand.

“I’ve learned to live with it.” Her tone came out defensive. “My aunt made everything okay.”

Ron shook his head. “But you’re reminded of your loss on your birthdays. How can anyone make that okay?”