RELEASE DAY - PARANORMALLY YOURS
Well, it's here. Release day for Paranormally Yours, an anthology with seven authors. Today, I'm featuring my book, but over the next couple of weeks each of the authors will take their turn...
Seven of today’s hottest paranormal
authors come together to bring you a boxed set guaranteed to keep you warm on a
cold winter’s night. Do shifters make you howl? Or do you prefer the bite of a
vampire? Perhaps the controlling hand of a demi-god is more your style.
Paranormally Yours has a story—or seven—to set your pulse racing.
For Heaven’s Cakes by Diane Saxon
What he doesn’t anticipate
is meeting the local pharmacist’s daughter - in his wolf form. By day, he
renovates the pharmacy, and tries to cajole the lush assistant into having
dinner with him. By night he watches Catherine bake her fantastic creations and
blossom through her art.
Sleeping on her
bed each night in his wolf form isn’t exactly ideal, but how does he tell her
the wolf she’s come to love, is the man she lusts over?
Excerpt:
The cracked, peeling paint looked different from the way it
had twelve years earlier when Beau had been a regular visitor to the pharmacy.
His younger brother obviously still was from the way he strode inside, allowing
the door to bump against the stopper and bounce back. It creaked and groaned at
the stress, and almost hit Beau in the face. He shot his arm out to stop the
door with the heel of his hand, feeling the crackle and splinter of the paint
against his skin while he observed the quick grin on his brother’s face as Zeke
glanced over his shoulder at him. Bloody kid, never would grow up. Zeke would
have just laughed if he’d managed to break his nose for him. Always one to
challenge the supremacy of the pack, he’d probably ruled the town in the
absence of his two older brothers.
Zeke had taken pride in showing him around. A lot had changed,
fast food restaurants had sprung up – they’d filled their bellies in one,
enjoying the rich taste of the promised breakfast.
With a shake of his head, Beau wiped the shards of old paint
from his hand and stepped inside.
Doc Tyler must still own the place from the way the shelves
were stacked - exactly the same as they always had been. Beau tracked his gaze
around the pharmacy, noted the perfect placement of each item, not a speck of
dust in sight, unlike the outer shell of the building. On a closer look, the
shelves had deteriorated, some of the screws had pulled loose and not been
fixed back into the wall.
He’d bet his life the old boy still kept the condoms behind
the counter so he could monitor the teenagers and scare the shit out of them
for daring to think about having sex. Doc Tyler should have been proud of them,
at least they were the responsible ones, those who bought condoms instead of
risking unprotected sex.
He glanced at the counter, and expected to see skinny Doc
Tyler, eyebrows pulled low as he glared over the top of his half-moon glasses.
Beau had thought he was old twelve years ago, he was probably ancient now. The
guy had scared the ever-loving crap out of him when he was kid, but looking
back, there was no-one who’d shown him more charity than the Doc. A tough word
and a soft heart.
Instead of the old boy, a curvaceous brunette stared at him
with eyes the color of cinnamon. Her startled gaze caught and held his with
stunning luminosity and a hint of familiarity in them. His automatic reaction
to the sight of a beautiful woman was to smile, but she ducked her head and
applied herself to serving the middle aged lady who struggled to keep a pair of
lively young boys in hand.
Zeke made straight for the counter, leaned his elbow on it
and cupped his chin in his hand while he stared at the delicious, buxom morsel
on the opposite side. With a flick of her hair, she lifted her nose and ignored
him completely while she addressed her customer.
“Thank you Mrs. Porter, I hope it helps.”
She gave a stiff smile while she kept her attention on the
older lady who scrabbled with her package and hastened her two boys from the
shop as though she believed Zeke’s wild boy attitude was contagious. Beau
glanced at Zeke who stared with puppy dog eyes at the assistant. Perhaps it
was.
“Hey, kitty cat.”
Beau tried not to roll his eyes, but his brother was so
predictable, his deep Irish voice smoothed the way for the next woman to take
her place between his sheets.
“Zeke.” All cool business, the woman raised an eyebrow and
Beau sidled in closer, unable to resist the soft curve of her mouth, the wide
invitation of her eyes.
“What can I help you with today?” The slow roll of her husky
voice gave his breath a sharp hitch.
Beau imagined she’d practiced the line so many times in an
attempt to avoid all the connotations and interpretations his bad brother could
spin on it. Still, Zeke leaned in, gave her his undivided attention and a
wolfish grin, “I need a party pack. What would you recommend?”
She drew in a long breath through her delicate nostrils and
Beau watched with increasing interest as her ample bosom expanded. She blew out
through beautifully sculptured lips and his mouth watered.
“Zeke, I think you know we don’t carry adequate stock for
your requirements,” Beau almost spluttered out his appreciation of her cheerful
rejoinder, but she held up one long, elegant finger “…but I can offer you
these.”
As she turned to the shelf behind her and bent over to reach
the condoms, Beau stretched onto his toes to get a good look at her over the
counter. The rounded globes of her ass were nicely enhanced by the tight
stretch of her black skirt. His pulse kicked up and he gave an uneasy swallow.
He lowered himself back down as she straightened and turned. The quick flick of
her gaze caught his again before she gave her attention to his brother.
“Here you go, Zeke. I placed a special order just for you.”
A soft choking sound came from Zeke as he picked the blue
box up from the counter. Face blank, the pretty assistant stood stock still.
The only giveaway was a rapid blink of her eyes as she waited patiently.
“You are an evil
woman.” Zeke managed to splutter out as he studied the box, then waggled the
condoms at her. “I have never bought
extra small condoms in my life.”
Unmoved, the corner of her mouth kicked up in a small smile
that dimpled her soft rounded cheek. Beau crossed his arms over his chest and
leaned his shoulder against the display rack to better appreciate the show. It
had been a long time since he’d witnessed someone get the better of his younger
brother. He may have been away for a while, but he imagined from the darkened
stain on Zeke’s cheekbones it still didn’t happen often.
From their exchange, it was plain the pair knew each other
very well and took great enjoyment out of taunting each other. Her smile
widened to light up her pretty face. Beau dropped his gaze to her cleavage as
she leaned closer to his brother, to give a conspiratorial whisper, “Perhaps
you should check you’re not putting yourself and your many partners at risk by
using the wrong size.”
Zeke slapped the package down on the counter and pointed to
the shelf behind her. “Just give me the damned normal condoms.”
She opened her eyes wide, tilted her head and gave an
innocent blink sending Beau’s pulse rate into over-drive. He pushed away from
the rack and stepped in closer to get a better view, but the woman’s attention
centered on his brother as she fisted her hand and rested it on one curvy hip.
The husky gurgle of her laughter warmed his belly.
“But, Zeke, last time you came in here you demanded king
size. Now you think normal will do?” She leaned forward, sympathy oozed as she
raised her free hand to press it against her opulent breasts, and mock
whispered, “Are you okay? Do you think you need to speak to the Doc?”
Beau gave a wide grin, delighted to see his brother getting
a run for his money from the delicious babe.
“Did someone call?”
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