Take Me, I’m Yours by Lizzie Lamb
India
Buchanan plans to set up an English-Style bed and breakfast establishment in
her great-aunt’s home, MacFarlane’s Landing, Wisconsin. But she’s reckoned
without opposition from Logan MacFarlane whose family once owned her aunt’s house
and now want it back. MacFarlane is in no mood to be denied. His grandfather’s
living on borrowed time and Logan has vowed to ensure the old man sees out his
days in their former home. India’s great-aunt has other ideas and has
threatened to burn the house to the ground before she lets a MacFarlane set
foot in it. There’s a story here. One the family elders aren’t prepared to
share. When India finds herself in Logan’s debt, her feelings towards him
change. However, the past casts a long shadow and events conspire to deny them
the love and happiness they both deserve. Can India and Logan’s love overcome
all odds? Or is history about to repeat itself?
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Context: The antagonism between India and
MacFarlane stems from the fact that India’s aunt (and, by association, her)
won’t sell MacFarlane’s ancestral home back to him in spite of his and his
grandfather’s entreaties. What starts off as a wrangle over the house changes
into something deeper and more fundamental as unresolved sexual tension flares
between Logan and India. Although both are at great pains to deny it.
India makes plain her animosity towards him and this draws Logan in even deeper. He’s never met a woman he couldn’t have. Looks like that’s about to change . . .
India makes plain her animosity towards him and this draws Logan in even deeper. He’s never met a woman he couldn’t have. Looks like that’s about to change . . .
‘Think you’re pretty damned cute, don’t you
Mizz Buchanan. No doubt you’re used to getting your own way. I’m betting you
only date men you can wrap round your
little finger. Any man who stood up to you wouldn’t get a second glance, let
alone a second date. Correct me if I’m wrong.’
That
assessment was too close for comfort as, unbidden, Tom Harvey’s aggrieved face
swam before her. And standing right behind him, like a guard of honour were her
disappointed parents.
‘Only
a second-rate lawyer like you MacFarlane would stoop so low as to speculate on
the personal life of . . .’
MacFarlane
didn’t give her the chance to finish her sentence, he caught hold of her hand
and pulled her towards him. The movement was so unexpected that she lost her
balance and teetered on her heels.
‘There’s nothing second rate about
me, Mizz Buchanan. As a lawyer; or as a man. And I’ve never had to buy what has
always been given freely. Want me to demonstrate?’
With
deliberate calculation he slid his hands down the length of her body, caught
her by the hips and pulled her into his pelvis. The rough movement was intended
to shock and punish. In spite of her earlier resolution, India gave a
responsive shiver. MacFarlane caught the slight frisson. The angry spark in his
eyes died, replaced by something warmer, smokier. In that instant their
animosity was forgotten, supplanted by a sexual attraction so potent that it
took them both by surprise.
MacFarlane
pulled India closer into his body and she burned with a heat that owed nothing
to the fierce afternoon sun, but everything to the way his firmly muscled body
seemed to fit naturally into her softer, feminine curves. One of his hands
fanned out across the dip in her back above her buttocks; the other touched the
sensitive hollow between her shoulder blades.
The
music changed from the waltz to a smoochy ballad and they moved in time to it.
It would, India thought dazedly, have been the most natural thing in the world
for her to lay her head on his shoulder. To surrender to the feeling of
floating dreamlike in his arms. To link
her arms around his neck and curl her
fingers into his thick, dark hair. But sixth sense warned her that she couldn’t
afford to drop her guard for one second. MacFarlane was at his most dangerous
when he was being charming. She simply couldn’t afford to take the risk.
Sighing,
India glanced up at him through her lashes. What was he feeling? What was he
thinking?
Her
hands were pressed flat on his chest, as though keeping him at bay, and she
could feel the rise and fall of his rib cage. His swift, shallow breathing
showed that he, too, was sexually aroused. She looked up and caught his glance;
he gave her a look that made her mouth go dry and her heart beat faster.
For
one terrible, delicious, light headed moment India thought that he was going to
kiss her.
After
teaching her 1000th pupil and working as a deputy head teacher in a large
primary school, Lizzie decided to pursue her first love: writing. She joined
the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s New Writers’ Scheme, wrote Tall,
Dark and Kilted (2012), quickly followed by Boot
Camp Bride. She went on to publish Scotch
on the Rocks, which achieved Best Seller status
within two weeks of appearing on Amazon and her next novel, Girl
in the Castle, reached #3 in the Amazon charts.
Lizzie is a founder member of indie publishing group – New Romantics Press, and
has co-hosted author events at Aspinall, St Pancras and Waterstones,
Kensington, talking about the research which underpins her novels. Lizzie
latest romance Take Me, I’m Yours is set in Wisconsin, a part of the USA which she adores.
She has further Scottish-themed romances planned and has just returned from a
tour of the Scottish Highlands in her caravan researching men in kilts. What’s
not to like?
As for the years she spent as a teacher, they haven’t quite gone
to waste. She is building a reputation as a go-to speaker on indie publishing,
and how to plan, write, and publish a debut novel. Lizzie lives in
Leicestershire (UK) with her husband, David.
She
loves to hear from readers, so do get in touch . . .
Lizzie’s Links
website: www.lizzielamb.co.uk
Newsletter - http://tinyurl.com/ELNL-2016
Linked in: uk.linkedin.com/pub/lizzie-lamb/18/194/202/
Goodreads http://tinyurl.com/cbla48d
Thanks for featuring an extrcat of Take Me, I'm Yours on your blog Laura. Always nice to meet new bloggers and, through them, widen my chnace of reaching new readers.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with your sentiments re book piracy - it does suck. Many indie authors rely on books sales for their income and I know that thousands of mine have been put up on pirate sites. I don;t have the resources to tackle them. But a pox on them, I say.
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