Book Title: Crazed Reckoning, a Nick
Spinelli MysteryAuthor: Valerie J. Clarizio
Publisher: Melange Books, LLC
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Length: 120 pages
Release Date: March 5, 2015
Blurb:
After experiencing a murderous Christmas and Valentine's Day
with love interest Shannon O'Hara, Detective Nick Spinelli assumed
Saint Patrick's Day couldn't be any worse.
He
was wrong.While out on a geocaching adventure in Door County, Shannon and her friend Anna find more than a clue in the cache box. When Shannon disappears, Spinelli is sent racing to find her. Amidst the chaos of an unruly Irish celebration, and a decades-old Irish family feud, he must rescue her from the hands of a madman.
Authors Bio:
Valerie is a writer of romantic suspense, contemporary
romance, and women’s fiction novels. She lives in beautiful Door County
Wisconsin with her husband and two very spoiled cats. She loves to read,
write, and spend time at her cabin in the Upper Peninsula of
Michigan. She’s lived her life surrounded by men, three
brothers, a husband, and a male Siamese cat who required his own instruction
manual. Keeping up with all the men in her life has turned her
into a successful hunter and fisherwoman.
She is a member of Romance Writers of America and
the Wisconsin Romance Writers of America. Additionally, she was a finalist in
the 2011 Celtic Hearts Romance Writers, Novellas Need Love, Too! Contest.
Website: https://valclarizio.wordpress.com/
Excerpt :
Caving to his selfishness, Spinelli lifted his hand
and combed his fingers through Shannon’s smooth, silky strands of hair before
his hand came to rest against her warm, inviting, cheek. Her eyes fluttered
open but quickly closed again. He tilted her head slightly for better access to
her soft, irresistible lips. He touched them lightly with his before he pulled
his head back in hopes to catch a glimpse of her beautiful emerald eyes. It
took but a moment for her lids to rise, and the sea of green staring back at
him instantly swallowed him whole.
Wasting no time, he dipped his head and fully took
her mouth. The heat of her tongue nearly set him to flames. Her fingers wove
through his hair; his hand cupped a breast through her shirt. Her back still
pinned one arm between her and the chair. As if reading his mind, she shifted
her position more upright, freeing his arm and his hand for roaming. He nearly
chuckled at her mind-reading skills in the few short months they’d been
together. At this rate, he’d soon have no private thoughts left.
Her scorching tongue turned his
mind to mush. She sent every nerve ending in his body to the highest point of
arousal he’d ever experienced. He couldn’t think anymore. He could only react
and deepened his kiss.
Straddling him in the chair, she
placed her hands on his cheeks and locked her smoldering gaze onto his. He
needed a crowbar to tear his gaze from hers, as he glanced at her letter still
on the arm of the chair. Unless she saw it in the last few seconds, she would have
no way of knowing he’d seen the letter she wrote to him. Shifting his gaze back
to her, he found her looking at the paper. Her breath held for a moment.
The sheer intensity of her
concentrated gaze bored into his soul. “I meant every word of it, Nick.”
A thrill snapped through him like
a lightning bolt as if this information was new to him. Deep down he’d known it
for a while, but the letter confirmed his suspicions. Hearing her say the
words, with such sincerity and assurance, rendered him speechless. His heart
pounded in his chest.
Shannon’s green eyes darkened as
she leaned forward and pressed her fiery-hot and needy lips to his. Spinelli’s
greedy hands went to work, pulling her shirt up and over her head so quickly
their lips hardly parted to complete the task. His fingers loosened the hook on
her bra, freeing her small perky round breasts from their confinement.
Pulling his lips from hers, he
fastened his mouth around one breast as he cupped the other in the palm of his
hand. Her breath hitched and released with a soft moan. If that was the last
sound he ever heard, he’d die a happy man. She had the most beautiful breasts.
Shannon’s small hands floated down
and fluidly worked the button and zipper of his jeans. If she took any longer,
the force of his erection would take care of that task.
He somehow found enough sense to
lift himself to his feet with Shannon in his arms. Her legs wrapped around his
waist. He took the four steps needed before playfully tossing her onto the bed.
Kneeling before him, she tugged at his jeans as he pulled his shirt over his
head. She eyed his erection. He always loved how she looked at him. Only two
things were better. Yep, wrapping her mouth around him was one. Her sizzling
tongue slid around and over the tip of him before taking him in completely. The
escalating pressure was nearly more than he could bear and she’d hardly
started. His pulse pounded in his ears as his aching body begged for release.
His concentrated effort to hold out nearly failed him as she freed him from the
depths of her knowing mouth.
Shannon scooted up on the bed. Her
skin flushed at his gaze. He tugged her jeans and panties from her before he
crawled up beside her. Before he knew it, his mouth covered hers, probing,
exploring, as if it had never been there before. He was ready, so ready to dip
inside her velvet opening.
TEASER:
His smoldering gaze turned black as coal at her response. He leaned
toward her and captured her lips with his hot, hungry mouth. The immeasurable
possessiveness of his kiss overwhelmed her. Heat spiraled through her body, her
skin on the verge of melting. The sensations ripping through her could only be
described as pure pleasure, and he was just getting started.
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