BOOK INFORMATION
Witness to
Passion
Guarding Her Body # 1
Guarding Her Body # 1
By: Naima Simone
Releasing June 16, 2015
Entangled: Ignite
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BOOK SUMMARY
Under his protection and in his bed…
For Fallon
Wayland, birthdays are just another reminder of her looming spinsterhood. This
year is shaping up to be no different. Unfairly fired from her job, dumped by
her boyfriend, and oh yes, witnessing the murder of a high-ranking lieutenant
in the local crime family… Yeah, birthdays suck.
Ever since
a disastrous, hot-as-hell kiss years ago, soldier-turned-security specialist
Shane Roarke has avoided his baby sister’s reckless—and gorgeous—best friend.
Yet when her life is threatened after she witnesses a gang hit, he insists on
protecting her…even if she objects.
The
two are forced to hole up in a safe house. Alone. Passion long denied erupts
between them, burning away their inhibitions. But even as layers—and
clothes—are peeled away, danger closes in. Shane and Fallon might finally have
a chance at love…if they survive long enough to see it.
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EXCERPT
“Can’t sleep?” Shane asked.
“No,” Fallon murmured. “It’s too quiet.”
He nodded, rising to his feet from the couch. The dog tags
around his neck clacked against one another, drawing her attention to the wide,
naked expanse of his chest. How she managed to sound calm and unaffected by the
sight of all that taut skin should be filed under minor miracles. Especially
since inside her panties she popped, sizzled, and lit up like a damn Fourth of
July fireworks show.
“Here.” He scooped up the television remote from the fee
table and tossed it to her. “Take the couch.” He bent, picked up his pants, and
turned to step into them. “I’ll sleep on the—”
“Jesus Christ.” She caught the remote on autopilot, the
sheet dropping from her numb fingers. Horror poured through her in a thick,
choking deluge. Before her mind could catch up with her body, she was closing
the distance between them. Her hands were reaching for him, gripping his hips
above the low-hanging black band of his boxers and unbuckled, sagging pants.
Her eyes were drinking in the terrible scars marring his
back.
Shane went unnaturally still, and the tensing of his muscles
telegraphed his intention to jerk away. But she tightened her hold, ignored the
fact that she’d violated his unspoken edict regarding her touching him.
“Please,” she whispered, unable to prevent the pain and fear
from seeping through. Maybe he detected it, detected the desperate need.
Because, though he didn’t relax, instead remaining as rigid as a statue, he
didn’t move away from her.
Didn’t leave her.
Emitting a sound caught somewhere between a whimper and a
sigh, she gently—reverently—traced the gouged-out flesh just below his waist,
the hard, puckered skin surrounding the old wound. Pressing her forehead to his
shoulder blade, she smoothed fingertips over the long, ridged scar aligning the
bottom of his spine. Stroked the raised, shiny mark the size and shape of a
nickel on the back of his upper arm.
Grief for his suffering, panic at the realization of just
how close she’d come to losing him pummeled the breath from her chest, leaving
a hollow, agonizing ache behind. Of course she’d known he’d been hurt; only a
serious injury could’ve kept Shane from returning to the Army he loved.
But four years ago when she’d received that call from Addy
about Shane being shipped home, her friend had told her he’d been shot. That’s
it. She hadn’t detailed the gravity the scars covering his body conveyed.
They’d kept her in the dark. Purposefully.
“You wouldn’t let me come to the hospital,” she said.
“No,” he stated, voice flat.
“Why?” she demanded softly. He didn’t reply, only fisted his
fingers at his sides. “I would’ve come. If you’d let me, I would’ve,” she
murmured, then bent and brushed her lips over the scar on his waist.
Jolting as if struck by a bolt of lightning, he whipped
around, a fierce frown darkening his face. “What the hell are you doing?”
CAT'S REVIEW
"Witness to Passion" by Naima Simone is a romance that has suspense, action and some really, really hot and steamy scenes! Shane and Fallon are off the charts smoking hot together! Their chemistry is amazing! Yes, the sex scenes in the book that had me breaking out the fan, but when the two of them just sat and talked, I melted. Ms. Simone did a terrific job of writing those scenes so that the reader could actually feel the electricity between the two! I liked both characters - I loved Fallon's zest for life and her desire to be independent. And Shane was uber-sexy and alpha like. It was so much fun to see how Fallon exasperated his self control! Now, to the story itself, it was good and had action, but I would have liked a bit more! (Yes, I'm greedy that way!). The action scenes were written well and were suspenseful and had me tensing up, I just would have liked to have had a few more of those scenes throughout. At times, the writing threw me a bit too - I wasn't always sure who was speaking or what the character was speaking about - although it would become clear after I continued reading. However, the couple of times this happened, did not take away from the story itself and did not turn me off to reading it. I truly enjoyed this one - Shane and Fallon are amazing together and made this story one that was a sexy and thrilling read! (received copy from NetGalley for honest review)
★★★★
AUTHOR INFO
Naima's love of romance was first
stirred by Johanna Lindsey and Linda Howard many years ago. Though her first
attempt at writing a romance novel at 11 never saw the light of day, her love
of romance and writing has endured. Now, she spends her time creating stories
of unique men and women who experience the dizzying heights of passion and the
tender heat of love. She is the wife to Superman - or his non-Kryptonian, less
bullet proof equivalent - and mother to the most awesome kids ever. They all
live in perfect, domestically-challenged bliss in the southern United States.
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