Their love burned bright, white hot, and strikingly blue around the edges.
Some thought them careless.
Some thought them crazy.
No one approved.
Taylor Barrett was looking for answers in a universe that had abandoned him.
Jude Boehler flooded her dark world with charisma and mystery, drawing everyone into her hurricane.
It was a most captivating of love affairs. They were shooting stars, meteors in the sky, colliding to create a spectacularly wonderful reckless romance, leaving them breathless and tethered.
But that’s what Love does.
Their souls were exposed to the chaos, bare and vulnerable. Can these two star-crossed lovers survive the madness that is life?
EXCERPT
“Do you want ice cream?”
She hit him with one surprise after
another, and he replied, “It’s freezing out here. How about a coffee?”
“I don’t like coffee.”
“Wow, a New Yorker who doesn’t like
coffee.” Taking her by the arm, he stopped her. “Are you going to tell me
anything about yourself?”
“I just told you I don’t like coffee.
That’s something.”
He sighed. “I’m serious, Jude.”
His emotional sigh was wearing on her and
she gave him the most honest answer she could. “Not if I can get away with it.”
He looked into her blue eyes. Under a
bright fluorescent light of a convenience store, he could see they were tinged
in green with champagne centers. They were the most unique eyes he had ever
seen. She was the most unique woman he had ever met. Now he felt bad for making
her unhappy, so he broke his gaze away. “Fine. I’ll limit my questions.” And
just to see her smile again, he said, “Ice cream it is.”
She jumped for joy. “I know a great place a
few blocks from here.”
“Should we catch a cab?”
“No, I love the snow. It’s magical.”
Looking down the street and then back to
her, he started wondering when he’d stopped seeing magic in the world. He could
probably guess, but he didn’t want to think about that time.
A half hour later, his hands were frozen
but he still found himself eating pistachio ice cream with Jude for dinner. He
bought the treats and joined her at a booth where she was contentedly licking
her rocky road. As soon as he sat down, she asked, “I think you can tell
everything you need to know about a person by their favorite ice cream flavor.”
“I’m going to want all of you. I want all
your secrets and your soul.”
She squirmed beneath him, forgiving him of
his own sin of denying her his secrets, as he lowered himself. “Don’t you know,
Hazel? You’ve had all of me all along.”
He kissed her just above where she really
wanted him. Teasing her. “You’re getting demanding.” Kiss.
“I can’t help it. You created a monster.”
“You’re lucky I find you so delectable.”
She knew exactly how fortunate she was. “I
am. I’m the luckiest girl in the—” She gasped when he kissed her exactly where
she had wanted. “Oh God, Hazel. I’m so
lucky.” The tips of her fingers dragged slowly up her body as she murmured,
“Lucky. Lucky. Luck! E.”
Shortly after, the starburst whitened the
insides of her lids, and she returned the favor. He was left helplessly at her
mercy until his body was teetering on the edge of ecstasy and what felt like
death. Jude got up and kissed his chest. “I want you, babe, inside me.”
He sat up. “You want me? You get me on my
terms. On your hands and knees.”
Her body clenched in anticipation. Even
though they have had passionate sex, even some rough, play that was fun, he had
never made demands of her. But she liked it. She liked feeling wanted sexually.
Positioning herself, she felt his warm palms glide over her back and bottom
before she felt a gentle pressure. Her breath was pushed out as he pushed in,
holding her steady by the hips.
S.L. Scott is a former high-tech account manager with a journalism degree pursuing her passion for telling stories. She spends her days escaping into her characters and letting them lead her on their adventures.
Live music shows, harvesting jalapenos and eating homemade guacamole are her obsessions she calls hobbies.
Scott lives in the beautiful Texas hill country of Austin with her husband, two young sons, two Papillons and a bowl full of Sea Monkeys.
Her novels include Naturally, Charlie, Good Vibrations, and A Prior Engagement.
She welcomes your notes at sl@slscottauthor.com.
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