Author: Christine Young
Email: achristay@aol.com
Genre: Erotic Romance
Excerpt Heat Level: 1
Book Heat Level: 5
10% of all profits made
from the sale of this book will go to the World Wildlife Federation to help
save endangered species.
REVIEW:
Carin for My Reading
Obsession
Sweet Sexy Sadie is a
quick read with a fun plot line, Sadie is researching the migration of
butterflies for her thesis she meets Brody when her car overheats in the desert
pretty soon the car isn't the only thing overheating. Sadie also has a stalker
of a paranormal variety.
The action happens quick
and without a lot of back story to have this come out novella length. I enjoyed
the chemistry that is immediate between Brody and Sadie. I liked the paranormal
element to her stalker and the bond that Sadie and Brody share to overcome the
trials in their path to happiness.
This time of year with the
kids in school you have lots of chances to sit and wait this is the perfect
length book for those times and you can get in a fun love story while you are
at it.
BLURB:
From the first time Sadie’s eyes met those of Brody
McKenna in the hot Sierra Madre Mountains, theirs was a potent attraction—not
gentle, slow, and easy, but hot, hard, and all-consuming. The daughter of a
dysfunctional family, Sadie had dreams no man could wrench from her with hot
sex and an all-consuming passion. She’d challenge this alpha male with all the
strength she possessed. But her red hair, fiery temperament, and indomitable
spirit obsessed Brody...and he knew he had to find a way to show her he was
more than he appeared and convince her to make a life with him.
EXCERPT
Sadie didn't know what to make of Brody.
Exceptionally handsome and charismatic, he'd made her smile the first time she
saw him sauntering down the road toward her. Good lord, but he looked as if he
owned the world. Tall, tanned from the sun, amber-green eyes that sparkled as
if he saw some light humor in everything. He was wiry and sleek; a quickness
about him surprised her. His blue-black hair was tied back with a leather
thong, his chin angular.
Perhaps he did own this part of the Sierra Madres.
His family seemed to own most of this town.
Her research had brought her to this place, Cactus
Junction. Now the prospect of getting to know an interesting man would be an
added perk. In the bathroom she slipped out of her clothes and into a tepid
shower. A few minutes later she emerged squeaky clean and ready for the next
part of her adventure.
Unpacking her clothes and taking out her laptop,
she opened it. What do explosive experts
do? Hmmm....
Why, they blow up things.
What would he blow up around here?
Lord but that sounded crazy to her. Before typing
in the necessary info to pull something up on Google, she leaned back, relaxing
into her chair. The wallpaper was outdated, and the old fan complimented the
air conditioning. She realized she liked the atmosphere.
Enough musing. Mining in
the Sierra Madres. Let's see, it says here they mined silver as early as 1521.
Sadie scrolled down the paper. Ok… Montezuma, in
1492, was already drinking hot chocolate from goblets made of gold. Maybe she
should be studying this instead of her research thesis. The migration of
butterflies. Once she'd thought the topic was romantic. Chasing after
butterflies…
So what are they doing
now? Junior drilling companies… She wondered if that was what the McKenna Clan
was, a junior company. How soon was too soon to ask? Probably not on their
first dinner together. Knowledge brought power and she firmly believed
everything happened for a reason. Then her chance encounter in this place was
not a coincidence.
This says the companies are drilling to find the
ore. So… Do they still need explosives? If not, he didn't do much for his day
job. Perhaps the family had millions stashed away. At first glance this hotel
was theirs and Brody had told her the land this town sat on belonged to them.
But millions in the Caymans? Probably not.
She closed her laptop. Then leaning back, she shut
her eyes and tried to cleanse her mind of all thought. A little catnap might be
in order, but her heartbeat so fast she didn't think sleeping was a plausible
scenario. Eager to meet the McKenna Clan and begin her research, her body was
wound tight as a rubber band ready to snap.
The bag of chips in her purse seemed to call to her
just after her stomach growled its discontent. Trying to ignore the excessive
calories and her empty belly, she rose and wandered to the window. Dinner would
be that much better if she waited. Outside, the sun still beat down and one
could see heat waves decorate the street.
The air conditioner chose that moment to blow out
cold air. Sadie wrapped her arms around herself then turned the monitor down a
notch.
Back at the window she looked at the street below.
A man walked down the sidewalk, and as he grew closer, he stopped and shielded
his eyes then gazed up to her room. Sadie's breath caught in the back of her
throat and another chill swept through her. This time it wasn't caused by the
air conditioner. The sight of the man sent an eerie feeling to the pit of her
stomach. She stepped back in an attempt to remove herself from his line of
sight.
The knock startled her away from the window. She
jumped, afraid it might be the man she'd just seen but knowing it wasn't.
"Sadie? Sadie, you in there?" Brody
called from outside the door. Damn, but she'd recognize his voice anywhere. A
smile crossed her face. She meant to forget the stranger.
"Come in." Sadie looked back to the
street below. No one was there. Once again she rubbed her arms. She felt as if
a ghost had just swept through her, leaving her cold from her core outward.
"You okay?" Brody stepped inside, looking
concerned.
"No, I don't think so. I…" Pausing, she
hesitated to tell him what had just happened. What she'd felt. He'd think she
was crazy.
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