Runaway
Groom
Author:
Sally
Clements
Release
date: June 4, 2013
Genre:
Contemporary Romance
Age
Group: New Adult/Adult
Seven years ago, Matthew Logan ran out on his wedding to June Leigh.
Life is good for fledgling dress-designer April Leigh.
She couldn’t be happier that her sister has found a new love, and is excited
about her very first commission, June’s wedding dress.
When April discovers June has invited runaway groom Matthew Logan to the
wedding, she has to intervene. Matthew’s presence will ruin everything – her
father hates him, and just the sight of him in the church might give her mother
a heart attack.
Matthew Logan has no intention of going to June’s wedding, but when
intriguing April arrives on his doorstep, he can’t resist getting to know her
better. When a disaster forces them together neither can deny the passion that
combusts into a red-hot affair.
Discovering the truth about the past shifts April’s feelings from lust
to love, but bitter experience has taught Matthew to guard his heart.
When it looks as though Matthew will lose her forever, will he fight or
flee?
“Drink
your cocoa before it goes cold.” Matthew drank his, leaving a milky chocolate
trail across his top lip.
She
couldn’t stop staring.
Matthew’s
eyes darkened. He cupped her cheek. “What?” His deep voice was just a murmur.
Attraction
hung in the air. Reflections cast by the flickering flames in the darkened room
changed the shadows on the side of Matthew’s face.
April
held her breath. If she said nothing, if she leaned forward he would kiss her.
Part of her wanted him to more than anything.
He
leaned in.
“You
have milk on your top lip.” She pulled back.
“Ah.”
He wiped his lip. “Milk moustache, huh?”
She
breathed out. Tried for casual to lighten the moment. “It’s a good look on
you.”
He
took another deliberate drink, letting the foam cover his lip again. “Sexy?” he
murmured. His fingers smoothed over her soft skin, then slid into her hair. His
gaze held hers as he swiped the foam away with his tongue, leaving his mouth
clear.
April
swallowed. Yes, it was sexy. He was beyond sexy. Taking what she wanted, what
she needed couldn’t be bad—anyone could forgive her under the circumstances.
Her chin tilted up.
His
hand cupped the back of her head, bringing her closer. Her eyelids fluttered
closed a moment before his lips met hers.
She’d
needed comfort. The touch of his mouth against hers gave a lot more. Maybe it
was because of all the men in the world, he was the one she couldn’t have.
Maybe it was something different. As her mouth opened and their tongues
tangled, she gave up wondering and just let herself feel. She breathed him in
with every exhale, the scent of citrus, vetiver maybe, mixed with man. He held
her face so tenderly her heart melted.
Sally Clements writes fun, sexy and real
contemporary romance, partnering hot heroes with heroines who know what they
want, and go for it!
She lives in the Irish countryside, and when she
isn’t writing can usually be found in traffic, driving ‘Mum’s taxi’.
Always a voracious reader, she considers writing for
a living the perfect job—the only downside is saying goodbye to her characters
at book’s end!
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