BOOK INFORMATION
Title –
Naturally Yours
Author – Adele Downs
Genre – Contemporary Romance
Publication Date – October 7th, 2014
Length (Pages/# Words) – 26,000 Words
Publisher – Boroughs Publishing Group
BOOK BLURB
Who will save the man that saves the
world?
Paramedic
Mickey Kendall hasn’t slept a full night since his return from Iraq. He rescues
victims by day and protects the innocent after dark. Mickey doesn’t do it for
glory; he wants absolution, not admiration. He lives by the rule: No personal
contact after a rescue. That code meets the ultimate test when Mickey saves a
child’s life on a roadside and declines the parents’ invitation to dinner at
their upscale restaurant.
Master chef
Amanda Greer lives by the principle that delicious food and good company build
bridges. When she learns Mickey has refused her partners’ hospitality, she
persuades him to change his mind. On the night the handsome paramedic visits
her restaurant, Amanda joins him at his table, and their unexpected chemistry
leads to a passionate kiss.
In Amanda’s
arms, Mickey finds relief from the stressors that haunt him, but resists
falling in love. When Amanda challenges him to confront his demons and accept
the love she offers, Mickey arrives at a crossroad. The war-weary paramedic
must face a different kind of battle to claim the woman who reignites his
passion for living and revives his wounded heart.
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EXCERPT
(Book is rated PG-13. Sensual, but not
explicit.)
“They called you a hero in the press.” Her dark lashes
lowered and lifted and she smiled at him with admiration shining in her eyes.
“They were right, of course. What you did for Jack can never be repaid.”
Mickey winced at the hero reference. “I hate to disappoint
you, but I only did what I’m trained to do.”
Amanda made sounds of disagreement low in her throat. “Elena
told me at least a hundred and fifty cars passed her on the highway. Every one
of them ignored her cries for help. Of all those people, don’t you think one
might have been medically trained? Or at least cared enough to respond? No. You
stopped. Only you.”
Oh. He hadn’t thought of that.
She pointed a finger at his chest. “There’s a difference
between you and other people. There’s no other way to explain what happened on
that roadway. Elena is convinced you’re special, and I never doubt her
perceptions. That’s another reason why I wanted to meet you.”
Mickey stared into Amanda’s eyes and her pupils dilated. Her
lips parted, ever so slightly, as if to welcome a kiss. Her tongue touched the
inside of her bottom lip and disappeared. Mickey knew then, she felt it too.
Synergy. Chemistry. An attraction so powerful it turned kinetic on contact.
Some called it love at first sight.
Amanda. Even her name was beautiful.
She took a sip of her drink and he watched her mouth and
throat work the liquid. When she set down the tumbler, she wiped a droplet from
the corner of her mouth with a trimmed, unpolished fingertip. Mickey wished he
could have swiped the bead away with his tongue.
Amanda leaned closer and pressed a hand to his wrist.
“Trained or not, you were the only stranger on that highway who had a heart.”
Mickey laid his hand over hers and she let him keep it
there. Until now, he wasn’t sure he still had a heart. His had been chipped
away, piece by piece, like a block of ice since the war. He’d considered it
long gone, with his soul. In mere minutes, what was left had thawed in the
center, leaving him raw and exposed.
Amanda continued to speak; clearly unaware she’d stripped
away another layer. “I love Jack like he’s my own son. He’s a terrific kid.
I’ve helped take care of him since the day the Martins and I started this
restaurant. When you saved him, you saved us all.” Amanda leaned in and pressed
a quick, sweet kiss against Mickey’s jaw.
Their gazes locked when she sat back in her chair. The
gravity of her words and her straightforward kiss humbled him into
speechlessness. He’d been thanked many times before, but this woman had gotten
to him like no one else. He squeezed her hand and then downed the rest of his
drink. Amanda took another sip of hers and set the glass on the table before
retreating into silence. She turned the tumbler slowly in her hands.
Mickey looked back at her and tapped two fingers against the
menu’s leather cover. “Nothing here is what I expected.”
Amanda returned a quiet smile, either assuming he meant food
choices, or pretending he had. She tucked her arms beneath her breasts and
leaned forward against the edge of the table, lifting perfect white swells
above the neckline of her red blouse. “Organic means untouched by
artificiality. Grown and consumed in its natural state. We eat only healthy
foods unspoiled by chemicals, preservatives, hormones, steroids, antibiotics,
and genetically modified seeds or cells. Pure.”
Pure. Mickey gazed at the stunning woman by his side and
sensed that was true for her, too. The texture of her skin looked smooth as
cream and welcoming to the touch. He longed to run his hands along her thighs,
imagining sleek roads leading to heaven at their apex. “I like the sound of
that.” The way she looked back at him while he studied her face made him wonder
if she’d read his mind.
The one that had gone dirty.
AUTHOR BIO
Adele Downs
writes contemporary romance inside the office of her rural Pennsylvania home.
She is a former journalist, published in newspapers and magazines inside the
USA, UK, and Caribbean.
Adele is an
active member of Romance Writers of America and her local RWA chapter where she
serves as a past-president. She has written several articles for RWR magazine
(Romance Writers Report), the trade journal of Romance Writers of America, and
has presented workshops for writers.
When Adele
isn’t working on her current project, she can be found riding in her
convertible or reading a book on the nearest beach.
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