Hi there,
Welcome to spring! I hope you are well and reading some wonderful books. I am definitely looking forward to the end of winter, although it has been snowing A LOT this month. That’s a good thing since we have been very dry this winter. I live next to the National Forest and any moisture is welcome to help reduce the risk of fire.
I wanted to thank everyone who celebrated the release of Tempt Me Twice!
I enjoyed running a giveaway so much that I am doing another one. It’s so fun to win a little gift (especially this year) and I hope the winners love the books I mailed out.
For this giveaway, the winner will have their choice of one autographed paperback in the new Romance with Altitude series.
In case you missed the list of winners on Facebook or the blog post, here they are:
Tempt Me Twice ~ Reader Appreciation Giveaway Winners:
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Pam W. , Jenny C. , Ellie W., and Brook L.
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Keep reading for an excerpt from Tempt Me Twice, A Three Peaks romantic comedy!
Link to the new giveaway is below… keep scrolling and reading. 🙂
READ AN EXCERPT
JEREMIAH LIMPED past Tawny, and if she were not mistaken, his gaze lingered on her chest as he entered her home.
To say she was offended was true—yes, she was—but she also secretly savored the feeling of his eyes on her. Her work shirt wasn’t what anyone would call sexy, and he’d still looked. She calmed her tits and kept the eye roll to herself. Pig. Was the insult toward herself? Him? Both. Crap. She was in so much trouble… and she’d just ordered him to remove his pants. Tawny knew her devil and angel were riding shotgun on her left and right shoulders. The decisions she made now would inevitably, for good or bad, be with her forever. Didn’t she have this self-talk earlier today? Her lunch break felt like ages ago.
Jeremiah stood at the intersection where the open concept kitchen met the living room and the hallway veered off to his right. He pivoted slightly and gave her the side eye as his hands moved to his belt. He unclasped the buckle.
Was Tawny staring? Oh, Lord, yes, she was. She blinked and looked into the kitchen, suddenly famished. The apple and cookie she’d eaten earlier hadn’t been enough to satisfy her appetite. Saliva collected in her mouth and she swallowed. Having Jeremiah inside her apartment was definitely not a good idea. Tempting much? Definitely. Hurt or not, she was certain Jeremiah wouldn’t mind obliging her randy fantasies and acting out a few of his own. Bad Tawny, bad girl. The inner struggle was real, even if Bonnie’s torture lived inside her head.
Tawny was about to tell him she’d changed her mind and to forget the examination and she would drive him anywhere he wanted, but then Jeremiah spoke.
“Is your restroom over this way?”
She stopped staring at her enthralling kitchen cabinets. His belt hung open and he hiked a thumb toward the bathroom door.
“Yep. Help yourself to whatever you need. I’m going to make some food? Do you need something to eat? I’m starving. Lordy, I could eat a whole cow.”
He gave her the customary Tawny-is-speaking-like-a-deranged-mental-patient look. Everyone she’d ever met eventually gave her the same look. She’d learned to not take it personally.
“Food? Yeah, sure. I’ll be a minute.”
“Yo, okay. Great! Take your time,” she said as she stuck her head in the refrigerator. “I’ll be ready for you when you’re done. I need to take care of my blood protein sugar calcium deficiency.” Oh my. She needed to shut up. Could this be hormone imbalance? Tawny didn’t know, but maybe she should take a class on it. One of the ways she was planning on handling her impulse control and falling in love with any cute guy who found her interesting was to distract herself by learning something new. She actually had her first class the following weekend.
Tawny wasn’t only starving for aggressive crotch cuddling with a male partner, she was actually hungry. She was also extremely low on provisions. Inside the fridge, a single container of peach yogurt stared back at her. She bent down, opened the drawer, and found a package of smoked sausage. She pulled it out and flopped it on the counter. Inside the cabinet where she kept dry goods and canned food, she discovered baked beans.
Lonely sausage and beans? It could be considered a sign, right? Beanie weenies? Pork and beans. Oh, yeah, she was about to get stuffed. Tawny mentally slapped herself. Her delusions and self-talk sounded like terrible sex jokes. She started cooking and looked for anything else that might turn the mediocre, definitely not gourmet, dinner into something slightly more appetizing. A packet of corn muffin mix jumped out of the cabinet and into her muffin tin. Perfect. Sort of. She definitely needed a trip to the store.
After putting the corn muffins in the oven and the sausage and beans in pans on the stove, Tawny hurried to her room to change out of her dirty and damp uniform. As she passed by the bathroom, the sound of the shower caught her attention. He’s taking a shower?
Tawny paused by the bathroom door and listened? It’s not eavesdropping if it’s in my own house, right? It didn’t matter because there was nothing to hear other than running water.
After putting on clean clothes, Jeremiah still had not appeared. She couldn’t wait any longer to eat and made a small plate of food. After inhaling the sausage—yes, she was aware of the bad colloquialism—she ate the baked beans and the timer for the muffins dinged. Tawny set the pan of corn muffins on a hot pad and was about to check on him, but he stepped out of the restroom.
A cloud of steam billowed around Jeremiah and the scent of her favorite raspberry coconut shampoo drifted toward her. His damp, messy hair and freshly scrubbed face were centerfold worthy. Then she did a double take. Tawny blinked, rubbed her eyes, and stared… hard.
“Are you wearing my bathrobe?”
Jeremiah’s chin dipped toward his chest as he stared at himself. “Yeah.”
Tawny stood there staring in bewilderment at Jeremiah’s legs. The man had the legs of a professional athlete. Well, hello there, envy, my old friend. It wasn’t right to be jealous of a dude’s legs, but they were shapely… and long. And hairy. Her eyes traveled upward and landed on the spa length turquoise robe with the satin belt. Jeremiah was over a foot taller than she was and the robe came to just above her knees. It was entirely too short on him. She tipped her head to the side and couldn’t help but wonder if he’d left his shorts on or if his ding-dong and cupcakes were dangling inside her bathrobe. She could use a cupcake right now. Did she have any left? She’d bought a box of them from the store a while back, but suddenly couldn’t remember if she’d eaten them all.
“My eyes are up here, sweetheart.”
— End of excerpt —
Tempt Me Twice (Romance with Altitude, #3) is Available on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited
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GIVEAWAY TIME!
One winner can choose an autographed paperback copy of Tease Me Once, So Tempting, or Tempt Me Twice.
Terms and conditions are on the Rafflecopter. TL:DR you must be eligible to win, and paperback copies will only be mailed in the USA or APO addresses. CLICK HERE TO ENTER Rafflecopter or enter below:
Giveaway ends March 31, 2021.
Thank you for being a part of the reader community and good luck!
Happy reading,
Jody A. Kessler
***Giveaway is over and the winner is Karin H.! (winner posted 3/31/21)
a Rafflecopter giveawayTempt Me Twice readers have this to say:
“The banter back and forth with Jeremiah and Tawny will have your eyes watering from laughing so hard.” 5 Stars! Jessi – Amazon Reviewer
“The storyline was great and the characters were so well developed… ” – Pat on BookBub
“I loved how this book made me laugh and lift me up…” – Becky on Goodreads
“I really enjoyed this book, Tawny and Jeremiah story was funny and endearing.” 5 Stars! – Diane from Goodreads