VEGAS VACATION
by Crystal
Jordan
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BLURB:It’s spring break, and a group of teachers from Half Moon Bay Middle School are planning to cut loose. History teacher Meg Phillips hadn’t planned on being one of them—Vegas isn’t really a town for a bookworm—but somehow she let her friend Anne talk her into it.
Though honestly, she’d rather indulge in some poolside reading than co-star in an R-rated edition of Teachers Gone Wild.
It took some major arm twisting for Finn Walsh to convince his fellow gym teacher, Anne, to do whatever it took to get Meg to Vegas. For over a year he’s been looking for the chance to get to know her outside of work. He’s drawn to her quiet beauty and intelligence—and the hint of fire beneath her understated exterior.
When he finally gets the opportunity to peel away those layers, the result is far more explosive than he ever fantasized. Now to convince her that the week isn’t a wildly out-of-character mistake, but the start of something amazing...
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EXCERPT
Meg
got stuck in the middle seat on the plane.
She
should have known it was a bad sign. The seventh grade science teacher, Carla,
dumped her rum and Coke all over Meg’s white shirt and tan capris on the flight
to Vegas. No amount of dabbing in the miniscule airplane bathroom had managed
to get the sticky stain out or removed the stink of distillery that floated in
a cloud around her.
Awesome
start to the vacay.
She slumped in her seat, feeling disgusting, and cranked up the volume on her iPod to drown out the two English teachers’ giggling. How had she let Anne talk her into this? How could her three best friends have conspired against her this way? She could be home with a glass of
wine—in
her hand and not on her clothes—reading the new Cleopatra biography, sitting in
the wicker chair on her balcony with her feet propped on the railing. She
clenched her teeth as turbulence made the plane shudder and her stomach flip.
Thank
God this was a short flight.
Thirty
minutes later, she was waiting for her luggage to come around the carousel. The
flash of bright lights and jarring sounds from the slot machines made her head
ache. The cacophony seemed to permeate every inch of the airport. She really
should have stayed home and played a hermit—it had to be more fun than this.
The rum and Coke had formed a stiff crust in her shirt, bra, and capris. All
she wanted right now was a hot shower in the hotel. Her stomach rumbled
loudly—a reminder that she’d been trapped in the plane during lunchtime. Food
would be good too, but cleaning up and a new set of clothes came first.
She
refocused on the luggage carousel just in time to see her bag go trundling past
her. Leaning forward, she made a grab for it. And missed. “Crap!”
“Got
it.” Finn plucked the heavy suitcase from the conveyer belt as if it weighed
nothing.
Of
course, it had to be him who came to her rescue. The smile he gave her was
enough to melt any woman’s resistance and leave her panting after him. With his
auburn hair, laser blue eyes, and body to die for, he was too gorgeous for
words, and he clearly knew it. She stiffened her spine when he beckoned her
toward him. She knew she needed to retrieve her bag, but getting anywhere near
the man was a hazard to her mental health.
She
wanted him. It was as simple and as complicated as that. She wanted to use his
very fine body as her personal jungle gym. All night long. This kind of
visceral reaction to anyone was completely foreign territory for her, but her
hormones did a tango every time he was nearby, reminding her it had been a very
long while since she’d made time to go on a date, let alone get laid.
Crystal will be
awarding 5 digital copies of her backlist story, "All Tangled Up" to randomly
drawn commenters during the tour, and a grand prize pack of a copy of "All
Tangled Up", a $10 Amazon or BN gift card, and a Vegas-inspired playing card
necklace to one randomly drawn commenter during the tour.
Don't forget to follow the tour and comment; the more you comment, the better
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Crystal
Jordan is originally from California, but has lived all over the United States.
Currently, she serves as a librarian at a university in her home state, and she
writes contemporary, paranormal, futuristic, and erotic romance. Her publishers
have included Kensington Aphrodisia, Harlequin Spice Briefs, Ellora's Cave, and
Samhain Publishing.
Links:
Website:
http://www.crystaljordan.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/crystaljordan
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CrystalJordanFanPage
Buy links will be added to the book’s page on my website as they become available: http://www.crystaljordan.com/books/vegas-vacation
Thanks for having me on your blog today!
ReplyDeleteVegas as the setting, School teachers gone wild, sounds like my kind of book!
ReplyDeleteandralynn7 AT gmail DOT com
looking forward to reading this book :) Thanks for offering the giveaway
ReplyDeletecarrie dot rogozinski at gmail.com
Auburn hair, laser blue eyes and a PE teacher body - definitely gorgeous.
ReplyDeletestrive4bst(At) yahoo(Dot) com
He really is. I have a thing for redheaded guys, actually :D
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