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AN ENCHANTED SPRING
Mists of Fate #2
Nancy Scanlon
Releasing May 24th, 2016
Diversion
Nancy Scanlon continues the
timebending saga she began with The Winter Laird, pulling heroes and villains
alike through the portals of time to help save their futures and find their
truest loves.
A time travel accident has left
Aidan MacWilliam, younger brother of a medieval Irish laird, trapped in the
future. Though he’s become a successful entrepreneur in the twenty-first
century, Aidan still can’t banish thoughts of the world he left behind. In
search of distraction, he heads to New York to scout a PR person for his
cousin’s matchmaking firm, Celtic Connections.
Emmaline Perkins might be the
perfect candidate. A PR expert and closet medievalist, Emma has always put work
before her social life. When a breathtakingly handsome man who looks like he
stepped straight out of the Middle Ages proposes business, she struggles to
keep her professional and personal lives separate.
Then Emma's ex-fiancé resurfaces,
threatening Emma’s livelihood, her home, and ultimately her safety. Aidan jumps
to protect her and not just because she’s good for business. He feels a primal
need to defend the alluring young woman. But the question is not where she'll
be safe, but when.
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Excerpt
He
stopped directly in front of her, his body inches from hers, and
slowly leaned in. Emma’s breath hitched, and her body went on full
alert, her senses hyperaware of him. His clean scent filled her nose,
and his nearness made her knees turn to jelly. When her eyes locked
on his clean-shaven face, it took every fiber of her being not to
rise up on her toes and run her tongue along his jawline.
His
eyes met hers, and she saw it—raw hunger. As he raised his hand
slowly, she parted her lips, hoping for a second taste of Aidan
MacWilliam.
The
sound of something rustling above her head forced her to look up.
Aidan
brought a bag of coffee down to the counter and trapped her between
his arms.
She
couldn’t move. She didn’t want to move.
They
stood like that for a long moment before he shook his head a little,
as if questioning his sanity, before he placed his hand on her jaw,
tugged it open, and melded his firm lips to hers. Her eyes fluttered
closed of their own accord, and she was suddenly enveloped in his
arms, his hand stroking her neck. He cradled her head and flicked his
tongue to hers. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders and brought
them up to his neck, as he kissed her gently, carefully, as though
she would break.
She
sighed softly and leaned into him, and he growled into her mouth.
Aidan kept one hand in her hair, his fingers gentle, and pressed his
other hand into the small of her back, bringing her body flush with
his. He deepened the kiss, devouring her in the best of ways. Emma
felt cherished, branded, and hot all over.
She
pressed into him harder, and he slid his hand up her spine, sending
chills throughout her overheated body. She ran her fingers through
his hair, surprised at its softness. He drew her attention away from
wandering thoughts, though, when, without breaking the kiss, he
grasped her waist and lifted her onto the counter. He angled her head
and kissed her as though his life depended on it.
She
lost all coherent thought.
His
hands were on her back, her shoulders, her hair, her legs. She
dragged her hands up his abs, feeling the ridges of muscles and
flesh; she wanted to tear his shirt off and kiss him everywhere, all
at once.
“Ahem.”
Dimly,
she registered that someone was standing on the other side of the
island, and she tried to disengage from Aidan.
“Kitchen’s
closed,” Aidan said, his voice rough. He rested his forehead
against Emma’s.
“Let
me know when it’s open, all right? I need some coffee before I
start working,” Colin replied, the grin in his voice unmistakable.
A few seconds later, a door opened and closed.
They
looked at each other for a moment, breathing hard, and didn’t say
anything. Aidan flicked his gaze to her lips, and kissed her hard and
deep before pulling away. “I won’t apologize for that.”
More
confused than ever, she glared at him. “I don’t know whether to
slap you or…or…”
His
green gaze locked on her for another moment, and he let out a sudden
chuckle. “Christ, Emma, what you reduce me to. Kissing you in my
cousin’s kitchen.”
“That
felt more like ravishing,” she snapped before she could stop
herself. She slid off the counter.
He
brought his body against hers once more, and she cursed herself for
freezing in place. He leaned down, his mouth on her ear, and ran his
tongue along it. “Then you’ve never been properly ravished,” he
whispered.
Born and raised near Boston, Massachusetts, Nancy Scanlon wrote
her first romance novel at age 16, when she realized that fictional boyfriends
were much easier to figure out than real ones. In the time since, she managed
to earn a degree in English, obtain a graduate certificate in creative writing
from the University of Cambridge, and marry the man of her dreams (but she
still holds tight to her fictional boyfriends).
Currently,
she resides in Puerto Rico with her husband, two children, and two dogs. When
not writing, Nancy spends her time reading, reviewing and blogging about
romance novels, watching too much HGTV, and taking care of her family.
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