My guest today is the fabulous Elodie Parkes. I know you'll love what she has to share with us today.
Thank you for inviting me to your blog with my new Hot Ink
Press release,
Love at First Sigh
The first thing people ask me concerning this release is
about the title. They say ‘is that a typo, shouldn’t it be Love at First Sight?’
No, it’s not a typo (smiles). This book is a duo of red-hot contemporary
romance stories, Pina Colada and Handy Hubby Hire. The stories feature a love
at first sight thread, but initially it’s huge physical attraction to each other
when the couples meet. They sigh with lust and then the romance develops.
Here’s the blurb for Handy
Hubby Hire
Tired of the maintenance jobs mounting up in her house, Sara
hires a handyman. She never dreams someone like Griffen Fox will show up to fix
the faucets and back yard gate. Sparks fly, but will they lose their heart to
each other?
And for Pina Colada
When Emma takes a long weekend vacation in a warm beach
resort, she meets the very handsome Matt Tyler. They spend an idyllic few days
together. Will this only be a holiday romance?
I wanted my male characters in the two stories to be very
different personalities and yet still similarly alpha enough to go for the girl
they wanted sexually right away.
Matt Tyler in Pina Colada is fun and almost dares the
heroine, Emma, to engage in lust driven sex. He also gives her romantically
exactly what she needs on her holiday break in the sun. Picture the white sandy
beaches, the pale green almost transparent ocean, frangipani perfumed, warm
night air and a drop-dead gorgeous man, who wants you…bad.
Griffen Fox in Handy Hubby Hire is visually a bad boy,
muscled with a swirling black tattoo and an old truck. He’s capable and calm,
but underneath the professional exterior simmers…sex…lust…red-hot desire for
the heroine, Sara, as soon as he sees her.
He tells her what he’s going to do. He gives her what she’s
longing for and then…something happens to him…something unexpected.
As the writer I like Matt very much, but Griffen, well, he’s
an absolute darling.
I designed and produced the book cover using Handy Hubby Hire as the inspiration. It
took some time tracing the stock photography of the truck and had other people
in it, which I edited out and then I found my couple. I love this premise, with
the sexy guy holding his lover up against him and nuzzling her neck. I hope it
gives a feel for the originality of the stories, their heroes and heroines that
could be you and the sexually charged atmosphere of hot summer encounters.
Copyright Elodie
Parkes 2014 Hot Ink Press All rights Reserved
Pina Colada 18+
… Matt Tyler, good to meet
you. I’ll sit here beside you if you don’t mind?” He picked up the blue towel,
shook it out, and after placing it on the poolside tiles, sat down.
Emma
didn’t answer. She watched him, mesmerized by the beauty of his sculpted body.
She took a deep breath and let it out in an unconscious sigh of appreciation.
His head now in line with her face, she stared into his dark blue eyes.
He
smiled. “I’ve told you my name…so…”
He
obviously wanted to know her name. She hurriedly told him.
“Emma
Cooper, it’s nice to meet you.” As she spoke, she speculated if he could hear
her heartbeat, if he glimpsed the longing in her eyes. She dropped her gaze. As
much as she wanted a holiday romance, she had no idea how to initiate one. At twenty-five, I should be better at this.
She
looked ahead at the shimmering pool. Mosaic dolphin decorations twined around
the inner top. The water looked coolly seductive. Emma wondered if she could
pass Matt to get to the pool and slide into the blue depth. She moved her legs
to the side of the lounger and shuffled to give him the idea she needed to
stand. She held the side of the sun lounger. The heated metal stung and she let
go quickly. She fell forward a little, feeling foolish, shy, and needy.
A
shock prickled up her thigh as Matt’s strong, brown hand took hold of her calf
and he looked into her eyes. A wash of heated cream wet her pussy, as his
fingers stroked the back of her leg. Her nipples peaked in the delicate, fabric
triangles of her bikini top. The reaction her body produced to this guy
overwhelmed Emma and she sat hypnotized by his blue gaze.
“Okay?”
he asked. “Thought you were about to overbalance there.”
Emma
ran her tongue over her top lip. “I’m going for a swim. Sorry I need to pass.”
Matt
took hold of her hand.
She
observed him actually check for a ring on her wedding band finger.
“Here
you go.” He steadied her and pulled at the same time so that she could stand.
Emma
had to pass him with her ass close to his face. She couldn’t do it, and took a
step so that she passed facing him. Only when the mound of her pussy, in the
pink fabric of her bikini, hovered a whisper away from his mouth, did she
realize that wasn’t a good move. Hide my
ass, but stuff my creaming pussy in his face. She cringed inside.
Matt
let go of her hand and her calf, but with complete confidence, he slid his hand
between her legs, high on her thighs.
Emma
looked down into his mischievous smile. His fingertips sent shivers through her
clit. Her pussy throbbed and drenched her bikini panties. Involuntarily her
thighs clenched. Her face heated, a blush crept up her neck, as the only thing
she could think of was having his fingers inside her pussy, stroking her clit,
filling her, and pumping. She looked around…can
anyone see this? No one seemed particularly interested in her. A man a
couple of sun loungers away stroked his woman companion’s nipples, his fingers
inside the cups of her bra-top. Emma’s breasts grew heavy, and she knew her
nipples had to be poking out ready for a man to suck.
“I’m
okay. Thanks,” she finally answered, and tore away from his grasp. His fingers
trailed along the back of her thigh, and as she took a step toward the pool, he
stroked just the once across her ass.
Copyright Elodie
Parkes 2014 Hot Ink Press, All right Reserved
About Elodie:
Elodie Parkes is a British author writing romance, erotic,
contemporary, and often with a twist of mystery, paranormal or suspense. Her
books are always steamy — cool stories and hot love scenes.
Elodie lives in Canterbury with her two dogs. She works in an
antique emporium by day and writes at night, loving the cloak of silent
darkness that descends on the rural countryside around her home.
Elodie writes for, Hot Ink Press, Moon Rose Publishing, Eternal Press, Secret Cravings, Evernight, and Siren Publishing.
She has also released titles as an individual indie author.
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‘Love at First Sigh’
is on launch special at .99 cents and .77 GBp on Amazon initially so grab it
fast. Link to come
Or, Check for the
release on kindle, http://a-fwd.com/asin-com=B00AHBYPO4
Best wishes Elodie!
XXOO Kat
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