My Most Romantic Scene...by Kristin Wallace

So it’s February and this month we celebrate Valentine's Day and all things romance. Our theme on Romancing the Genres is even “My most romantic…”

So I thought I’d share a romantic scene from my upcoming release, Last Stop At Paradise. It’s the third and most likely final book in my Shellwater Key Tales series. Callie Dalton is a widow trying to outrun a scandal caused by her deceased husband. Noah Johnson is the man trying to convince her that he can be trusted.

(Noah’s) gaze centered on her. “I think maybe I was supposed to wait for something else. For someone else.”

A clanging went off inside her mind and Callie renewed her efforts to get away. “Don’t say it.”

“I have to,” Noah said, securing her more firmly against him. “I know you’re scared, and you don’t trust anyone, but in my heart I know that you are what I’ve been waiting for, Callie. I knew it the moment I saw in you in the pool.”
            “That’s crazy.”

“Maybe, but it doesn’t stop me from wanting you.” He framed her face. “And I know you feel it too, no matter how frightened you are.”

She shook her head. “I don’t.”
            A smile appeared and the twinkle that always took her breath away appeared in those changeable eyes of his. “Liar.”

She narrowed her gaze at him. “Did you just—I am not lying.”

“No?” He lowered his head and the warmth of his breath touched her skin as he skimmed across her cheek to the hollow below her ear. “So you feel nothing right now?”

A shudder coursed through her. “Absolutely not.”

The ripple of his chuckle chased along her nerve endings and then his lips were hovering inches over hers. “Still nothing?”

“Not a thing.” She let out a soft moan and tilted her face, seeking his lips. “Noah please…”

Her eyes closed as she waited for him to make the last move. Then at the last possible second, he pulled back. “No.”

“What?” Her eyes flew open.

“I think you will have to kiss me. Prove that you’re not scared.”

“You’re crazy. How does that prove anything?”

He brushed the hair back behind her ear and trailing his fingers down the plane of her neck, sending another wave of chills down her spine. “I could kiss you, but then you might say I took advantage. If you kiss me, then it’s your choice to trust me.”
            “Maybe I’m just sex-starved. I could be using you to scratch an itch that hasn’t been satisfied in a long time.”

His laughter rang out in the quiet workshop. “You think I don’t have an itch?” He framed her face once more, his fingers massaging her scalp, sending ripples of sensation everywhere. “No, I want you to come to me….”

So there you go…this book should be out SOON stay tuned!

Kristin Wallace is the USA Today Best Selling Author of inspirational and contemporary romance, and women’s fiction filled with “Love, Laughter and a Leap of Faith”. She is the author of two best selling series, Shellwater Key Tales (sweet contemporary romance) and Covington Falls Chronicles (inspirational romance). Check out her latest release STRAIGHT ON TOWARD PARADISE and book one on the series, LEFT TURN AT PARADISE which is available now for only 99 cents. 

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New Year...New Book Launch by Kristin Wallace

I’m starting off 2017 with a bang. On January 16^th, the next installment in the Shellwater Key Tales will officially launch. I’m very excited to present Book 2 in the series, Straight On Toward Paradise. Unlike the Christmas novella, this story will center once more on The Paradise Dinner Theatre, with chef Emma Bertram’s tale.

Here's a little taste...

Reece stared down at her, and the heat behind those dark eyes could have powered an entire kitchen. She shivered as his gaze dipped to her lips.

“This is insane,” he muttered.

“I know, and you hate me.”

“I don’t—” His eyes closed, head shaking as if in denial. Another beat went by, and then he opened his eyes. The wry expression returned. “You’re going to drive me crazy, Miss Bertram.”

“Just returning the favor, Mr. Casings.”

“Reece…” he said, the raspy word a command.

Emma didn’t take commands well, but when he gave the orders… “Reece.”

His chest rose and fell again. They stared at each other, the heady pulse in the room vibrant and alive.

Now what, Counselor?

Chef Emma Bertram doesn’t believe in the fantasy of happily ever after. As a teenager, she witnessed the destruction of her parents’ marriage when her father left for another woman. Lingering bitterness and a demanding career have kept her apart from her father’s new family for years. Then he and stepmother are suddenly killed. Returning to her childhood home of Shellwater Key, Florida, Emma suddenly finds herself with custody of her two half-sisters. Left with no choice but to stay in Shellwater Key, Emma accepts a job offer from her best friend Layla McCarthy as Head Chef at the old Paradise Dinner Theatre.

Renovating the dilapidated kitchen just might kill her and nothing has prepared her to become an instant mother. But it’s not her new job or her sisters that threaten Emma’s peace of mind. No, that honor belongs to her father’s law partner, Reece Casings. The buttoned-up, so-wrong-for-her, but oh-so-sexy lawyer makes Emma’s blood boil. Or is it heart race? How can she be attracted to a man who is so wrong for her in every way? A man who clearly blames Emma for the fractured relationship with her father and who loves to point out everything she’s doing wrong?

Except she cannot deny that Reece touches something in her that no man has before. But when an explosive secret boils to the surface that reveals Reece’s real connection to her family, Emma is left reeling. Can she get past the truth? And can she ever learn to forgive her father – and herself – to in order to serve up a real happily ever after ending?

I loved writing this tale. Emma is a real spitfire and serious (but super sexy) Reece Casings is her perfect foil. They set off some serious SPARKS! This tale also includes a wonderful secondary plot for Emma’s mother, Mary Bertram. She takes the extraordinary step of staying in Shellwater Key to help her daughter learn how to become a mother to two girls who represent everything she lost when her ex-husband walked out. She even gets her own unexpected romance, which was a lot of fun to write. After the contentious mother/daughter relationships in Left Turn At Paradise (Book 1), it was quite refreshing to portray a healthy and strong one in this book, LOL I hope you love this new entry in the Shellwater Key Tales...and look for Book 3 coming soon. 

As a bonus, I’m offering a chance to WIN an AMAZON KINDLE if you buy the ebook by January 24th! Once the book has downloaded, just click on the link inside to enter! You can also share the giveaway for extra chances to win!

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Kristin Wallace is the USA Today Best Selling Author of inspirational and contemporary romance, and women’s fiction filled with “Love, Laughter and a Leap of Faith”. She is the author of two best selling series, Shellwater Key Tales (sweet contemporary romance) and Covington Falls Chronicles (inspirational romance). For more information on her books, visit her website: Kristin Wallace Author