Adriana Kraft
Sensuality Wrapped in Mystery
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The Merry Widow
For recently widowed accountant Merry Delaney, sex didn't stop at forty - it stopped in her mid thirties, shortly after her husband was diagnosed with M.S. Now it's time for a change. A sizzling kiss from her best friend Camille St. Jermaine introduces Merry to Girls' Night Out, but she's hardly going to stop there!
Chicago Detective Jim Barnes solicits Merry's help with a mob funds-skimming case, spies on her while she entertains female and male lovers, entices her into hot phone sex, and finally takes her wildly in her foyer.
Can the scorching passion that soon smolders between Merry and Jim survive the escalating mob threats of exposure?
EXCERPT
Chapter 1
The lips pressing against hers were soft and pliant. They tasted of peaches. A tip of a tongue slipped out to trace the contour of her mouth, wetting her lips, causing Merry Delaney to fold in upon herself.
It had been far too long. With eyes shut tight, she parted her lips slightly, responding in kind. A gentle sweep of passion filled her with warmth.
The lips of peach became more eager, more insistent. A hand settled over Merry's breast, and she focused her entire awareness on the nearly forgotten tingling sensation of her pebbling nipple. Good God, she'd missed that so.
Practiced fingers wove their way underneath her blouse and inside her bra until they cupped a breast. Merry frowned. The kiss intensified and she redirected her attention to tasting those lips.
An arm gathered her close. Breasts crushed against breasts.
Merry's eyes blinked and then sprang wide. She jerked out of the embrace and moved a foot or so down the length of the couch, away from her lifelong friend, Camille St. Jermaine.
"What are you doing?" Merry felt her face flush with embarrassment.
"Come on, Merry. It wasn't just me. You were reveling in that kiss. I could feel it. So why did you stop?"
Merry shook her head. Her shoulder-length hair failed to provide an adequate screen for hiding. "You're right. I was enjoying it. But we've known each other since grade school."
"And for over thirty years I haven't hit on you. I figured it was about time." Camille blew raven bangs off her forehead. "Damn it, Merry, you can't stay wrapped up in your self-made cocoon forever. Dan died eighteen months ago. I know for a fact you didn't have sex for five years before that. M.S. killed Dan, Merry - don't let it kill you, too. You stood by your husband. You sacrificed. You put your life on hold. Now it's time to let go - try some new things. Take some risks. Live the life you've got left."
"You've said all of that to me ad nauseum since before Dan died." Merry licked her lips. "But you've never kissed me - never tried to seduce me before."
"Maybe I got tired of talking." Camille traced a pattern on the couch between her thigh and Merry's. "You've known I'm bi for years. You never seemed to have a problem with that."
"Of course not. You're my best friend." Merry's voice caught in her throat. "That'll never change. But -" Her eyes rounded.
"But you never thought of me in that way.""
Merry shook her head.
"You never thought of yourself with another woman."
"Not really." "But you're not repulsed by the thought of it." Merry shrugged. "I'm not sure." Camille chuckled and placed a hand on Merry's thigh. Merry did not move. "I know you pretty well, girl. Sometimes maybe better than you do. You need to take that pretty blond accountant head of yours and go and figure things out. That's fine with me. You know where I am." Camille rose to her feet and reached back toward Merry, who let Camille pull her up from the couch. Camille kept both of Merry's hands in hers. "You need to know I've wanted you for years. I'm not just coming after you to open you up, although I hope that happens. I'm coming after you because I love you and always will." She shook her head. "I'm not seeking a permanent relationship - we already have that. I want to taste you and let you taste me. I want to show you how a woman can love a woman - totally and completely. I even want to help you find a man." Merry scowled. "Don't look so horrified. I'm not trying to keep you for myself. I'm just trying to coax you out of that cocoon of yours, and maybe have a little fun along the way." |
