Release Date: December 4, 2012
"Making Sense" is the second book in Serenity's Sensual Healing Series
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Making Sense from Samhain Publishing is a sexy contemporary romance, and the second
in my Sensual Healing series. I chose
the ‘one-night stand turns to more’ theme because both characters have huge
issues they have to deal with in their lives before they can think of settling
down, and yet they still feel the need for sex and comfort that they believe
they can satisfy with one night’s passion. Of course one night is never enough,
and they soon find they can’t bear to be apart.
Both characters are healers—Freya is a nurse, and Nate has the psychic
ability to heal by the laying-on of hands. All the heroes in my Sensual Healing series have an unusual
talent, because although they are very much contemporary romances first and
foremost, I like a little supernatural twist to my stories. Having the
traditional nurse and the very untraditional healer was a great way to explore
the nature of healing in the modern world, and Freya is able to help Nate
understand the true nature of healing, while he teaches her that not everything
can be explained by science.
Nate’s past definitely haunts him the most. A traumatic event several
years ago forced him to leave home, and he has to make peace with his father
before he can truly move forward and find love and a future with Freya.
The book has many serious issues and a dark thread running through it,
but it’s also filled with fun and laughter, and many sizzling sexy scenes!
Here’s a little snippet to whet your appetite.
Excerpt
Freya nibbled
her bottom lip, seeing his gaze drop there again. He leaned on the worktop,
holding the edge with his hands, and he didn’t move toward her, but neither did
he move away. He glanced over to the living room, and she checked over her
shoulder, but there was no sign of Grace or Ash. She looked back, and now he
was smiling openly, the naughty twinkle back in his eyes.
She put her
hands behind her back, moved forward until her breasts just scraped his chest,
and tipped her head slightly to the right. She leaned forward and brushed her
lips against his, teasing him, pulled back and gave him a brief, suggestive
look, and tipped her head to the left.
Then she kissed
him.
Still he didn’t
move as she pressed her lips gently against his, but she didn’t let his lack of
movement put her off. She could sense his need to be comforted, his longing to
be consoled. She kissed him slowly, taking her time, enjoying the warmth of the
sun, the slight tang of brandy on his lips. Bringing up her hand, she let it
rest on his cheek. She brushed her thumb against the slight stubble, kissing
along his cheekbone, up to his eyes. She placed her lips on his closed eyelids,
then kissed down his nose and back to his mouth, listening to him sigh softly
as she did so. She scraped her teeth lightly on his bottom lip and ran her
tongue across it.
He inhaled, and
she pulled back a little, letting her lips graze his, glancing up at him. For a
moment, she waited to see what he’d do, wondering whether he’d say something or
move away.
But he didn’t.
His eyes met
hers, his pupils dilating, and then he gave a short laugh of surrender before
he wrapped his arms around her and lowered his lips to hers.Freya’s mouth
curved beneath his, and she slid her arms around his neck, pressing herself
fully along him. He kissed her soundly, but languidly, taking the time to taste
her, and a deep shiver ran through her at the sensual slide of his tongue on
hers. As she slipped a hand into his hair, he moved his hands down her back to
her hips, and then lowered them to cup her ass. He tightened his hands on it,
lifting her slightly, nestling his erection into her softness. As she inhaled
with pleasure, he moved his hips, pushing against her, arousing her, and a warm
ache grew between her legs. Her nipples tightened, heat pooling in her stomach,
and he obviously felt something similar, because he gave a low growl of
appreciation in his throat, deepening the kiss and making her sigh with
longing.
“Whoa!”
They broke
apart hurriedly as someone spoke behind them, and Freya turned to see
Jodi—Ash’s fourteen-year-old daughter—watching them with wide, amused eyes.
“Yowza,” said
Jodi. “I’ve never seen a guy kiss a girl like that except in the movies.”
“Hey, she kissed me,” said Nate, brushing the back of his hand across his mouth and
wiping off Freya’s lip gloss before tucking his hands in his pockets. “I’m just
an innocent bystander.”
Jodi grinned.
“Yeah. You looked like you hated it.”
Nate laughed,
glancing at Freya, whose face burned.
“I didn’t know
you two had hooked up,” Jodi said, interested.
“We haven’t,”
said Freya, worried Jodi would overreact and make Nate panic. “I was cheering
him up. We’re just good friends.”
“Oh my God, if
a friend ever cheered me up like that, I’d explode.”
I nearly did, Freya thought.
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