Cheekypee reads and reviews: His By Sunrise & Tequila Sunset

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Book #1 – His By Sunrise

Book #2 – Tequila Sunset

SERIES – Sexy Siesta

AUTHOR – Talina Perkins

GENRE – contemporary erotic romance, military

PUBLICATION DATE –

His by Sunrise, April 2nd, 2014

Tequila Sunset, June 24th, 2014

LENGTH (Pages/# Words) –

His By Sunrise – 15,000 word count

Tequila Sunset – 22,000 word count

PUBLISHER – Indie Published

COVER ARTIST – Bookin’ It Designs

BOOK SYNOPSIS –

His By Sunrise, Book #1:

Forbidden Love Has Never Been So Tempting. . .

Isabella Marie thinks putting Blake in her rearview mirror will save them both from certain heartache. But when the sudden death of Blake’s father brings the Marine home before she can make her escape, Isabella is forced to acknowledge leaving Blake isn’t something she’s ready to do.

Honor bound by a promise to keep his hands off his best friend’s sister, Captain Blake Mitchell can look but never touch the only woman that lights his world on fire. Blake’s desires burn hotter than ever, but will he be able to throw away his late best friend’s trust to capture Isabella’s heart? If this mission fails, he’ll be stripped of the only woman he can ever love.

Tequila Sunset, Book #2:

What happens in Cabos stays in Cabos…

Lieutenant Gabriel Daniels is through waiting. Celebrating the wedding of his best friend, he’s determined to win the heart of one stubborn sexy Latina. He’s ready to throw down until she sees things his way. But when danger arises and threatens to take her away from him, he’ll stop at nothing to secure her safety first. Even if it means going toe to toe with a Mexican drug lord to prove the power of his love.

No one understands heartache like Esmeralda Vega. Losing her father to war and her mother to alcoholism, Esmeralda doesn’t believe in opening her heart to love. Left alone to raise her sister and carry on the family business, Esmeralda is faced with losing everything if she doesn’t find an investor, and soon. When opportunity knocks, she answers, unwittingly opening negotiations with a wanted drug lord. A night of drinks and celebrating quickly turns deadly, forcing her to accept more than she bargained for.

Can Gabriel rescue Esmeralda from the clutches of evil and convince her a US Marine is just right for her in only one night?

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EXCERPT

HIS BY SUNRISE EXCERPT FOR ADULTS:

Strong arms slowly embraced her from behind. She tried to pull away, but if she wanted to be honest with herself—it just felt right. This moment. This man. His light aftershave enveloped her like a balm to her wounds. She leaned back and let out a sigh. Just make the ache go away.

“Do you remember what I said to you the day we first met?” His words played in the hair against her neck while he settled his hand on her stomach. Chills tickled down the length of her spine in anticipation of the pleasure his tone promised.

She nodded. “That when you close your eyes at night all you’ll see are my emerald eyes looking at you.” Her voice cracked on the last note. He ran his fingers up and down her arms while the one on her stomach pulled her snug against him.

His touch was light, but the fire from the simple contact infused her skin and set her libido ablaze. Her heart softened a fraction more for the man and the power his touch held over her.

As she spoke, he gently turned her around to face him. “And I meant it, sweetheart. Doesn’t matter if you decide to walk out that door. I’ll never forget the way you look at me. The way you have touched my soul. We might come at this from different angles, but there’s no denying what we feel for each other. Not any longer.”

“Seems love should be easier than this, don’t you think?

“Nothing is ever easy, love. I let your brother down once. Before tonight, I saw the promise I made as my penance.” He pulled her closer. “All that changed today when I thought I’d lose you forever. This,” he squeezed her just a little harder, “is all about you and me now.”

She liked that.

She turned. A wicked grin tilted his lips. She loved to see him smile. Especially this night. It had been so long since even the faintest hint of a smile had lit his eyes as it did now. Which brought everything back to center stage. What now?

Her head screamed at her to step back across the threshold and run like hell. Her heart pushed her deeper into the warmth his words and arms offered.

“Bella, look at me.” The lazy heat in his voice called to her. She licked her parched lips that burned with questions, yet she was so desperate for his lips to caress hers instead.

Their gazes connected, and she had all the answers she needed. He lowered his head slowly, but she wanted more. Faster. Harder.

Isabella threw her arms around him and leaped into his arms, wrapping her legs around his waist in one smooth motion. His hands landed firmly on her ass, pulling her closer. In a single stride he pinned her flush against the wall. Pictures clattered to the floor with only a small rug to break the fall.

She broke their kiss and received a deep growl and a nip to her lip. She slid her tongue along the tender flesh and watched in awe as his gaze followed her every move. Like he couldn’t get enough of her. Her heart beat against her ribcage, threatening to burst with the love that filled her.

“Take me, Blake. Not for just a night, but for now, and as long as you’ll love me. I’ll take it.” She felt vulnerable, unsure what to do now that she’d set it all out there. So she let her body react for her.

“Baby, this isn’t a one night kinda thing.” His hands worked around her waist as he lowered her feet to the floor. “I am still waiting on an answer.”

Solid muscle slid between her legs, opening her up to his touch. Electricity shot through her on contact. Her clit responded first with a pulse of heat that stole her breath away then gave way to delicious shocks that rocked her from head to toe.

“Do you want to come for me, Isabella?”

TEQUILA SUNSET EXCERPT FOR 18 AND UNDER:

She dug her toes deeper into the warm, wet sand. The beach aptly named playa de amor, or Love Beach, stretched as far she could see in either direction.

When her father was alive, her mother brought her here to visit family. She’d spend hours running up and down the beach with other children, finding sand dollars and baubles the water left behind during low tide. Little treasuries that meant so much to her at the time. If only she could be that little girl again, but after her father died nothing was the same. Especially her mother.

Gabriel eased up close, but she turned to face the water. She wished he didn’t see so deeply into her— he always had. Ema slipped her shades into place, pretending the sun bothered her eyes.

“I’m surprised you haven’t ripped me a new one by now. I’d stand here and take it if you’d just talk to me. Say something. Anything. Your silence is killing me.”

Chin up, no one wants to see you cry.

Her old abuela’s words echoed in her mind. She’d heard the mantra often enough. The voice grew louder the closer she came to losing everything, and the harder it was to be strong. To make matters worse, the mother she knew as a child would be so disappointed.

“You’re awful quiet, precious.” Gabriel was so close, his familiar heat brushed against her bare arms and shoulders. She bit her lip, fighting back the urge to lean into him. Letting him close when she was so vulnerable would break her. She knew better than to take their sexy siestas over the past year beyond what they’d agreed on—friends with benefits. Besides, nothing good ever came out of letting people that close to your heart. Her mother had with her father, and that turned into nothing but heartache and more pain than her mother could bear. Love obviously took a hell of a lot more strength than what ran in her family.

The powerful smell of her favorite drink danced in the wind. The memory of the last time she’d drunk with Gabriel brought a smile to her lips. They’d left her cousin’s party early for a quick rendezvous back at her hotel room that turned into a lust-filled all-nighter that left her aching in all the right places by morning.

Even now her heart pounded as his light masculine scent replaced the smell of tequila. She sighed and accepted the kind of strength that came in a glass.

“So what did you want to show me?” She turned to look over her shoulder, and a strong wind grabbed her hair before she could pull it back into a ponytail.

Gabriel’s fingers tangled in her hair. “As wild and untamed as its owner.”

What was it about him that made her question her own boundaries? With every passing second, Ema danced closer to the forbidden edge with this man. He’d barely touched her, but her imagination had him pinning her to the nearest palm tree and his hands sliding up her skirt.

Heat rushed her from head to toe. She stepped forward and out of his reach. “Look, Gabe, this was a mistake.” Her breath quickened. Dark eyes leveled with hers as if he could see her deepest thoughts and fears.

The fabric of his casual button-down shirt clung to every inch if his well-toned chest. Each ripped muscle was outlined to reveal the hardened Marine beneath. It was all she could do to not reach out and let her hands do the talking along all those delicious contours.

She’d already kissed her way down his chest more than once and knew exactly what lay at the end of that hidden treasure trail.

She loved how his tousled hair looked so boyish yet sexy at the same time. Only he could pull off that look.

There you go again, Ema. The way she felt about him would land her in his bed in short order, but she couldn’t afford the distraction. She needed to focus.

She couldn’t live the life her mother had. She’d watched her deteriorate and lose interest in raising her girls, then life, little by little. By the time Esmeralda turned seventeen, she’d held down a part-time job, went to school, and was raising her sister. Her mother no more than a shell of her former self. When her father died, it was like losing both her parents.

“I have a long drive ahead of me.” She handed over the full caballito of tequila. It hurt her to have to leave like this, but she really didn’t see any other way. Slamming the brakes on her ever-growing desire for the sinfully sexy man now was the smartest thing she could do. But the devilish grin he sported pushed all the right buttons, which meant he’d found a chink in her armor. Treading carefully just took on a whole new meaning.

Gabriel raked a hand through his hair, mussing the half-finger length locks.

“Come on, babe. If memory serves, you love it when I surprise you.” He softly touched his lips to the bare skin of her shoulder then two more up the slope of her neck. She shuddered. He knew her too well. “You’ll love what I have for you. Promise. All you have to do is follow me. You won’t be sorry.” His seductive voice strummed all the right chords within her.

Even the way he shortened her name had her heart doing a tango.

***END OF EXCERPT***

AUTHOR BIO

Talina writes across multiple genres that include erotic romance, spicy military romance, and paranormal romance. Within her worlds you'll find steamy fast paced plots with unique characters filled with passion and grit. From sheriffs to military men to shape shifters and vampires, there is no hot blooded hero she doesn't love to write-and read-about.

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