This week I’m featuring my very first published romance novel, Colors of the Night. You can read the story behind it HERE
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EXCERPT
Set-Up: When Jamie confesses one of her fantasies is making love on a grand piano, Aria transports her and Ryan to another dimension and sets the scene…
Swaying to the lilting score of the Abduction from the Seraglio, Jamie marveled again at how Mozart’s music filled her soul. Her fingers flew across the keyboard of the baby grand piano and the tempo increased. It was a splendid instrument, very responsive to the slightest touch.
The tempo slowed; she wiggled her bottom and resettled herself on the bench. She glanced at the door. There in the entryway stood a strange man dressed almost entirely in black.
Jamie played on, not frightened by the man, yet curious. His white ruffled shirt was open at the throat. Black pants and boots were almost obscured by a black cape with a red lining, which the man drew across his chest once he realized she’d seen him standing there. On his head sat a wide-brimmed black hat with one side turned up like a rough rider’s. Even more distinctive was the long red plume tucked into the hat band.
She continued playing while assessing the stranger. An extraordinary man, really. To top things off, he wore a small dark mask. Was he Zorro come to protect her? Was he a brigand come to plunder her? Was he the phantom drawn from the rafters, attracted by her opera music?
She played on, watching carefully as the stranger removed his hat and bowed deeply before her. He neither smiled nor frowned. He said nothing. She asked nothing.
He walked toward her, then came around the bench to stand behind her. She couldn’t see what he was doing. She didn’t turn around. She played on.
Something light and fluffy grazed her neck. Jamie smiled. She recognized the touch as coming from the stranger’s long red plume. It was soft against her skin. She lowered her chin, offering more of her neck.
The man played with the plume, guiding it the length of her neck. He eased it toward her throat, and then let the tip of the feather play across her breasts, partially clothed in a sleek yellow dress.
She played on; not ignoring the stranger, but waiting. What will you do next, my masked man? When would she stop him?
BOOK INFORMATION
Colors of the Night
Series : Colors of the Night #1
Author : Adriana Kraft
Published by: eXtasy Books
Publication Date: July, 2009
ASIN : B003XREZ1W
ISBN: 978-1-55487-319-7
Word Count: 65000; Print length: 180 pages
Heat Level : four flames (explicit sex, FM, FFM, FF; sex toys)
BLURB
The dazzling and timeless love goddess Aria pays a visit to struggling thirty-something Jamie and Ryan Hazleton, who are on the brink of divorce. When the hot sex that results from her first lesson cools to icy glares, Aria decides to move in with them and provide more experiential learning. Can Ryan overcome his jealousy of Jamie’s uninhibited response to the delectable goddess? What if he succumbs to his own desires? Only time will tell whether this love triangle with an immortal will ignite or extinguish the dying embers of Jamie and Ryan’s love.
BUY LINKS
PUBLISHER: Extasy Books
https://www.extasybooks.com/colors-of-the-night
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UNIVERSAL LINK
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This sounds like an exquisite supernatural romance. Tweeted, Tumbled, and Pinned. No guarantees with Facebook A lot of the time they remove my book links.
Thanks, Cara – we had so much fun writing this book (writing the movie we’d love to watch LOL)
Great start to what could happen next. I like her eagerness.
Thanks, Maggie – yes, she was a delightful character to write.