Young love torn apart before it has a chance to blossom.
Teenagers, Amber and Caleb were about to explore their feelings for one another when tragedy strikes leaving Caleb and orphan and a resolution that makes it impossible for the young pair to continue their romantic affections.
Now years have gone by and and married Amber walks in on her low-life husband having sex with another woman. Amber has had enough and decides to end her emotionless farce then and there. Unfortunately for her, the soon-to-be ex Joel plans on making her life very difficult. Upon Amber's father's passing, he left his thriving family business, a bar, to Amber's husband. In the subsequent years, the bar's mismanagement by said husband has caused rifts of all kinds. When the employees call Amber pleading with her to help stop Joel from wreaking havoc, she heads on over to deal with Joel. She figured Joel wasn't going to be reasonable, what she didn't figure on was Caleb coming back into the picture, riding in like a cowboy knight to save the day.
No matter what has transpired in their lives apart, Caleb always loved Amber. Walking in on wannabe musician Joel trying to bully Amber just sets him off and when he discovers that Amber and Joel are done, he realizes that things could maybe, finally go his way.
Amber is relieved but shocked to see Caleb, who hasn't been around since the day Amber married Joel. Now a flicker of hopes springs, but voices from her past keep her feelings for Caleb under wraps. Amber's boss Belinda has plans a getaway for her faithful employee to visit the Desire Exchange which could be life-changing for Amber. Now that Caleb is back in town and hears about Amber's getaway, he sets out to stop Amber from this "sex club" visit and in the process the two fall harder than they could have imagined when they first began. They still must overcome that voice in the back of their brains keeping them apart if they are going to make a go of it.
DANCE OF DESIRE by Christopher Rice is just plain awesome. This story has everything I want, a hot cowboy and two people who were destined to be together but circumstances kept apart. This well-told tale which engages from beginning to end, is a great read, not to be missed.
~KIMBERLY~
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EXCERPT:
“What time was it last night when you saw the moon?”she’d asked him.
“Past midnight.”
“But you only went to bed at eleven.”
“I couldn’t sleep.”
They both knew what thoughts were keeping him awake, thoughts of his father’s drinking and of how crazy his mother was going trying to rein it all in.
“Wake me up next time,” she’d told him. “I’ll keep you company.”
Such simple words, but she’d felt like she was jumping off the edge of a cliff when she’d said them. Instead of answering, Caleb gave her a long look as he fiddled with the leg of his shorts. She’d silently cursed herself, called herself an idiot and worse.
Caleb was just a friend. Honestly, he wasn’t even that, was he? Circumstances had thrown them together, that was all. He was the son of her father’s best friend, so they were basically like distant cousins, only with no shared blood in their veins. Crazy of her to think there might be more there.
If her friends could see her now, they’d probably laugh at her; the same friends who’d swooned that day her father had picked her up from school with Caleb in the passenger seat of his truck, and Caleb, wearing a Stetson that was about a half-size too big for his head, had given them a cocky grin, looked right into her eyes and said, Afternoon, pretty lady. Not afternoon pretty ladies, even though she’d had about four other girls standing on the curb next to her when he’d said it.
Clearly she’d made way too much of that moment. Sometimes afternoon just meant, afternoonand pretty lady was what a guy called you when he was trying to look cool.
Or so she’d thought earlier that day. Before he took her up on her offer and woke her up in the middle of the night so they could look at the moon together.
Which they do.
Because it’s beautiful.
When he lowers his right hand, the same hand with which he was just pointing to the night sky, her breath catches. Every muscle in her body tenses in anticipation.
Where will it land?
About DANCE OF DESIRE:
When Amber Watson walks in on her husband in the throes of extramarital passion with one of his employees, her comfortable, passion-free life is shattered in an instant. Worse, the fate of the successful country music bar that bears her family's name suddenly hangs in the balance. Her soon to be ex-husband is one of the bar's official owners; his mistress, one of its employees. Will her divorce destroy her late father's legacy?
Not if Amber's adopted brother Caleb has anything to do with it. The wandering cowboy has picked the perfect time for a homecoming. Better yet, he's determined to use his brains and his fists to put Amber's ex in his place and keep the family business intact. But Caleb's long absence has done nothing to dim the forbidden desire between him and the woman the State of Texas considers to be his sister.
Years ago, when they were just teenagers, Caleb and Amber shared a passionate first kiss beside a moonlit lake. But that same night, tragedy claimed the life of Caleb's parents and the handsome young man went from being a family friend to Amber's adopted brother. Has enough time passed for the two of them to throw off the roles Amber's father picked for them all those years ago? Will their desire for each other save the family business or put it in greater danger?
DANCE OF DESIRE is the first contemporary romance from award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Christopher Rice, told with the author's trademark humor and heart. It also introduces readers to a quirky and beautiful town in the Texas Hill Country called Chapel Springs.
READER ADVISORY. DANCE OF DESIRE contains fantasies of dubious consent, acted on by consenting adults. Readers with sensitivities to those issues should be advised.
About Christopher Rice:
After publishing four New York Times bestselling thrillers by the age of 30 and being declared one of People Magazine’s Sexiest Men Alive, award-winning writer Christopher Rice became the first author to make his erotic romance debut part of the 1,001 DARK NIGHTS series. THE FLAME: A Desire Exchange Novella kicked off a steamy new series set in New Orleans, featuring magical candles and a sexy new breed of supernatural beings, The Radiants, who are devoted to helping heroes and heroines realize their heart’s desire. THE FLAME earned accolades from some of the biggest names in erotic romance and was quickly followed up by THE SURRENDER GATE: A Desire Exchange Novel, available from Evil Eye Concepts as a Blue Box Special. Aside from authoring eight works of dark suspense, Christopher is also the co-host and executive producer of THE DINNER PARTY SHOW WITH CHRISTOPHER RICE & ERIC SHAW QUINN, all the episodes of which can be downloaded at TheDinnerPartyShow.com and from iTunes. Make sure you’re subscribed to The Dinner Party Show’s You Tube channel to receive their newest content in 2016.
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