The
Wedding Gift
Save The Date #3.5
Save The Date #3.5
By:
Cara Connelly
Releasing
May 5, 2015
Avon
Blurb
What's
the New-Jan-Plan? Discover the answer in Cara Connelly's newest Save
The Date Novella, and see how mousey Jan Marone gives herself the
gift of living, laughing, and finally loving … all under the hot
Key West sun.
She'd
come to Key West for a wedding, only to discover the hotel had messed
up her reservation. So although Jan Marone has to share a tiny room
with sexy Mick McKenna, it shouldn't really be a problem. Mick's her
best friend, and he doesn't think of her "that way" … or
does he?
Mick
McKenna loves hard and plays hard. His thick black hair, chiseled
jaw, and hard, muscled body make him irresistible. But when
once-innocent Jan walks into his hotel room, Mick can't believe his
eyes. Now she's wearing a sexy bikini and telling him it's time for
her to "get lucky," making him protective and tantalized at
the same time.
Worried
she might be in over her head, he decides never to leave her side …
and suddenly their hotel room seems smaller—and hotter—than ever.
Mick's always been hands-off with Jan—but has the right woman been
under his nose the whole time?
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Goodreads
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22439569-the-wedding-gift?from_search=true&search_exp_group=group_b&search_version=service
Goodreads Series Link: https://www.goodreads.com/series/119195-save-the-date
Goodreads Series Link: https://www.goodreads.com/series/119195-save-the-date
Author
Info
CARA
CONNELLY is
an award-winning author of contemporary romances. Her smart and sexy
stories have won high praise, earning Cara several awards including
the Romance Writers of America’s Golden Heart, the Valley Forge
Romance Writers’ Sheila, and the Music City Romance Writers’
Melody of Love. Cara, who lives in rural upstate New York, works as
appellate court attorney when she’s not crafting steamy novels of
love and romance.
Excerpt
#4
Jan
made a move to duck out from under his arm, but he tipped his head
toward the eye in the sky. “We want her to think we’re a couple,
right?”
She
let out a hiss. “I can’t take you anywhere.”
“I’m
a certified pain in the ass.” He wheeled her suitcase along as they
walked lockstep to their room.
When
the door closed behind them, he questioned his sanity again. The room
was claustrophobically tiny. And her light scent—the same
strawberry shampoo she’d used since tenth grade—permeated the
air, unsettling him to his marrow.
While
Jan took it all in stride.
“We
should hang our wedding clothes on the bathroom hook,” she said,
all business. “That’ll cut down on wrinkles.”
She
patted the bed, and he hefted her suitcase onto it, standing numbly
by as she opened it. Then she took a flowered dress off the top, and
he got a glimpse of what was under it.
Black
lace panties.
Black
satin bra.
His
eyes fell out of his head and rolled onto the bed.
NO!
Jan
was supposed to wear granny panties and old-maid bras. White cotton;
no lace. He was absolutely, unequivocally certain of that.
She
glanced around. “Where’s your suit?”
He
opened his mouth but no words came out.
“Mick?
Hey, are you having an attack? Can you breath?” She dropped the
dress and pressed her ear to his chest, listening to his lungs.
Her
cheek seared the skin over his heart.
Curling
his hands into fists, he turned his eyes up to the ceiling. “I’m
fine,” he got out. “I haven’t had asthma in twenty years.”
“Mmm,
well, your lungs do sound clear,” she murmured. “But your heart’s
beating like a drum.”
He
took a half step back, away from the yard of soft hair tickling his
bare chest like fingertips. His shoulders hit the wall with a thud.
She
gazed up at him like he was a doofus. He could see the flecks of
green in her root beer eyes. “Don’t knock the wall down,” she
said, “or we’ll both be out on the street.”
And
she turned away, oblivious to the emotions storming through his
system.
“Where’s
your suit?” she asked again. “Don’t tell me you haven’t
unpacked it.” She bent over his suitcase, her ass six inches from
his crotch, and he snapped back to life.
Bad
enough he’d seen her underwear; she didn’t need to see his.
Batting
her hands away, he closed the lid. “I dropped it at the cleaners.
I’ll pick it up tomorrow.” He nudged her aside with his hip. “Why
don’t you suit up? The water’s perfect.”
“Okay.
I got a new bathing suit. What do you think?”
With
that, she dug through her suitcase and pulled out a—God help
him—bikini.
A
sound erupted from his throat. Distress, but Jan took it as derision.
Her face crumpled.
“I
thought …” She plunked down on the bed. “I just wanted to try
something different. A new Jan.”
The
hurt on her face made him pull it together fast.
“First
of all,” he said, “there’s nothing wrong with the old Jan. And
there’s nothing wrong with…” He waved a hand at the
pink-polka-dotted Band Aids that passed for a swimsuit. “It just
surprised me. You always wear a one-piece.”
“I
know.” She met his gaze, her expression earnest. “Maybe I should
just—”
“You
should just put it on. It’s”—too skimpy—“cute. You’ll
look”— too sexy—“great.” He faked his best-pals smile. “See
you at the pool.”
He
did a one-eighty, and scrammed.
Review Rating: 4 LIGHTNING BOLTS
Review: The Wedding Gift is a hot and steamy friends to lovers story! Talk about sexual tension- this story oozed it! Okay, I have to admit, and I'm bad...I have NOT read one of Cara's books prior to this and I plan to rectify that now!
Jan is making a new plan for herself, and she decides a wedding in Key West is the perfect place to start. Add in a hotel mix up and her hot best friend Mick, and things go a little differently than she planned.
Mick stole my heart. He's hot, sexy, funny, and so much more. There's a side to him that really had me clutching my heart, aching for him. He doesn't want anyone to know this certain side, and when Jan was there for him in ways he couldn't even imagine, I knew these two were perfect for each other. But how do you tell your best friend you've been in lover with her for years without ruining the friendship?
This was a fun novella. I do wish we had much more of Mick and Jan, because I loved them together and would have loved longer! The characters were so real, full of emotion and their banter zinged from the pages. I'll be reading more of this author in the future!
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Review: The Wedding Gift is a hot and steamy friends to lovers story! Talk about sexual tension- this story oozed it! Okay, I have to admit, and I'm bad...I have NOT read one of Cara's books prior to this and I plan to rectify that now!
Jan is making a new plan for herself, and she decides a wedding in Key West is the perfect place to start. Add in a hotel mix up and her hot best friend Mick, and things go a little differently than she planned.
Mick stole my heart. He's hot, sexy, funny, and so much more. There's a side to him that really had me clutching my heart, aching for him. He doesn't want anyone to know this certain side, and when Jan was there for him in ways he couldn't even imagine, I knew these two were perfect for each other. But how do you tell your best friend you've been in lover with her for years without ruining the friendship?
This was a fun novella. I do wish we had much more of Mick and Jan, because I loved them together and would have loved longer! The characters were so real, full of emotion and their banter zinged from the pages. I'll be reading more of this author in the future!
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