Swoon Thursday: APOCALYPSE LOVERS by Serena Walken

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Apocalypse Lovers by Serena Walken

“Wait.” Mister Umbrella stopped and let go of my hand for a brief second. “I want you to see something from our new home. Even in darkness, beauty exists.” He reached down and grabbed something I had not seen before. It was a fiery rose. Its petals glittered in the darkness, almost like it had been on fire itself. “The fire rose. The red dimension has been trying to keep these out for years. They are like weeds to this place, unloved and unwanted.” He handed it to me. “If they can survive, we can.” 

I took the flower and gave it a light sniff. I expected sulfur but there was a passionate aroma, a combination of jalapeno and strawberries mixed together. Intoxicating. We held hands and crossed the beach of the lava sea. If the lava had been water, and the flower had been a real rose. . . 

We were having a romantic date in hell. I looked toward Mister Umbrella but he didn't seem to catch it or understand it. How could I fall for someone like him? He was so annoying, especially the way he talked. But, well, maybe it wasn't as annoying as I thought.

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Swoon Thursday: ADORNED by Georgeann Swiger

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Adorned by Georgeann Swiger

He throws another rock to the far side of the lake. "Did you truly believe you'd never see me again?"

"I was starting to think so."

"I thought you knew I'd never abandon you."

"I didn't know anything, Micah. How could I? You didn't tell me. You just left."

His shoulders droop. I can barely hear his voice. "Must you hear everything spoken aloud?"

Something pops and crackles. The dormant branches of forsythia tremble like a giant stomped the ground. Bits of yellow burst forth from the brown stalks. The stems move and sway as the bushes awaken with thousands of flowers.

Micah steps away from me and looks to the sky. Deep lines run across his forehead as he bows his head. A beam of sunshine breaks through the clouds. It streams down on him, bathing him in a golden light that he absorbs to his very core. His hands form tight fists. When he extends his arms and opens his hands, an unearthly light radiates out of him. His head snaps up. The angel, Micah, looks directly at me. "You are dearly loved," he says in a serious, noble voice.

The yellow flowers shimmer behind him like a golden vow of his love and devotion. As I stare at him, the world fades away. I'm swept into a place where Micah doesn't have to say a word. His eyes tell me everything I want to hear. He loves me. Even though it's forbidden, he loves me.

I feel like I'm going to explode with joy. I want to tell him I love him too. But I swallow the words. In that moment, words aren't needed.

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Swoon Thursday: ABSOLUTE ZERO by Lynn Rush

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I'm swooning over...

Absolute Zero by Lynn Rush

This week's swoon is going to be a little long,
but this is one of my favorite swoony scenes between Mandy and Nate,
and I didn't want to cut anything out of it.

I promise you won't be disappointed... ;)

His kiss intensified until he had me dizzy. Gentle hands worked my tank top up slightly, and he leaned back. "Okay?"

I raised my arms and sat up as I nodded. He guided my shirt over my head, and I rested on my back again, reaching for him. He snatched my hand and pressed it against the pillow. Slowly his gaze roamed over my body.

Heat surged through me as I lay before him in only my red bra. His fingertips grazed along my wrist, my arm and to my shoulder. "Soft," he whispered.

It was like he was absorbing everything he touched and saw. Committing it to memory. Resting back I gave him free rein, bathing in his attention. I'd never felt to treasured.

He leaned into me, dropping one of his massive thighs between my legs. A zip of energy pulsed through me, and I drew in a sharp breath at the pleasure of it.

"Feel good?" he asked, still tracing his fingers along my skin, toward my neck.

"Yes," I whispered.

He pressed his palm against my chest while his fingers caressed my throat, and he closed his eyes. "Your heart pounds. I love that feeling."

"You're getting me worked up." I couldn't help but smile.

"I am?" Wonder-filled eyes looked down at me. "I enjoy touching you."

"You've never even touched a girl?" I cupped the side of his face, and he closed his eyes briefly.

"Not like this." He leaned into me more. "Read about...it."

I traced his smooth skin over his shoulder. He'd probably not been touched either. I gripped his waist, and he let out a long sigh. I wasn't even close to experienced, but learning with Nate...that sounded like fun.

He pressed a kiss to my lips, then my cheek and neck as his hand slid further down. He'd not ever done this, but he must have read something good to be so slick, because he seemed to know what he was doing.

So gentle and tender.

His hand cupped my breast, and we both took in a sharp breath. I arched into his touch and tugged him in for a kiss. It wasn't so tender this time, but that was okay with me.

Soon he inched down and kissed my chin, then nuzzled his face to my neck. Nips and playful sucks had me squirming beneath his touch.

"Nate," I gasped.

He groaned against my skin. "You're so responsive." Hot breath danced along my neck. "Amazing. You're amazing."

His voice was filled with so much awe I couldn't help but smile. He shifted between my legs, and that had me gasping again. I only wore pajama shorts and him only pajama pants so I felt every hard plane of his body.

My abdomen tingled as heat shot straight through it.

Kissing a trail from my neck to my chest stoked the fire even hotter, and I couldn't help moving against him, needing more pressure. More of his touch.

Nate propped his elbow into the bed right beside my head, but his other hand trailed down. "Trust me?" He nipped at my bottom lip. "Mandy?"

I clung to him like the buoy he was and nodded.

His hand curved around my butt, then gripped the back of my thigh. Oh the electricity that ignited...

He pulled my leg up a little and shifted against me until I nearly leapt out of the bed. His kiss swallowed my cry as he picked up the pace. Heat and energy erupted in my chest, my abdomen...and lower.

I grabbed his shoulders as I arched into him. I closed my eyes, but bursts of white lights lined the corners of darkness. My lungs felt two sizes too small, but I just held on for dear life to the one person I trusted with my life.

And now, with my heart.

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Swoon Thursday: UNUSUAL AWAKENING by S.M. Knowles

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Unusual Awakening by S.M. Knowles

I look into Brock's eyes, which are still amber. There has to be something more to this. I look into his eyes and see a vision of us moving closer.

Like the first time, we don't physically come closer together. My mind must be playing tricks on me. He interlocks my fingers in his and pulls me just a little closer, giving me a sweet kiss on my lips.

My eyes dreamily close as he continues. He pulls away while I lick my lips, wanting and feeling the need for more. His head comes slowly to mine as he opens his mouth and stops. His sweet breath bounces off my lips, causing me to shutter as his tongue slides apart my lips and thrusts into my mouth full force. I feel the warmth from our perfect kiss immediately. I wrap my hands around his waist and dig into his back. He slowly brings his tongue up the side of my neck and kisses me lightly on my -

"Stop!"

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Swoon Thursday: BREAK FREE by Amber Garza

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Break Free by Amber Garza

He swallowed. "I need you to say it. I need to know that you mean it."

I was afraid I wouldn't be able to speak. Afraid I wouldn't be able to utter the words. "I-I-" I paused. Could I say it? When my gaze dropped to his mouth, to his full lips that I wanted to taste so badly, I knew I had to. "I want you to kiss me, Kyler."

His gaze dropped to my lips and for a moment he studied them like they were the most spectacular things in the world. He tightened his hold on my face, but not in a harsh way. Hesitantly I reached up and placed my hands on his hips. He moved closer, his heart pounding against my chest. It gave me satisfaction to know it was beating as erratically as mine was.

His top lip barely brushed mine. "Are you sure about this?"

"Yes," I whispered. My knees softened when his lips found mine once again.

"You say the word and I stop. Just one word, okay?"

"Okay." I gripped the fabric of his shirt in my fists.

His lips were moist, and his mouth tasted like mint. The kiss started out slow, timid, both of us fumbling to find the right rhythm. We were a jumble of lips and hands, of sharp breaths and beating hearts. As his fingers trailed over the skin of my face, I reached up and touched the back of his neck, my hands slipping under his hair. The kiss intensified, our tongues finding one another. It was like the soundtrack to a movie, soft at first, then manic and loud, and then soft once again.

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Swoon Thursday: FIRE OF STARS AND DRAGONS by Melissa Petreshock

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I'm swooning over...

Fire of Stars and Dragons by Melissa Petreshock

She runs her tongue along my ear, her sinful, lingering breath tingling cool on my neck. "You want me... What is it you want?" Her voice is husky. Cait is maddeningly desirable. I try to slip my hands beneath her t-shirt, but she grabs my wrists, holding me at bay. "Tell me."

I could break free of her grasp but find her play at dominance enthralling, and submitting arousing. Unhurried, I kiss along her throat, jaw, and chin as I respond. "I want your love, Cait. I want to give you mine, in every way. I want you to refuse Dante. I want you to choose me." She releases my wrists, and my fingers are in her hair, my mouth on hers tasting the Sangiovese grapes and mild oak flavors of the wine, but nothing more intoxicating than the essence of Cait. "Falling in love with you may yet drive me mad. At least ease my suffering and marry me, Miss Hayden."

Laughing, she takes my face in her hands and meets my eyes. "I doubt I'd notice a difference. You're already a crazy dragon, Theo." Her smile is wide, her eyes bright and happy, just the way I saw in her future, in her destiny....Loved, in love, and happy. "Yes."

There's no resistance when I slip my hands under her shirt this time, running them along the smooth skin of her back, holding her against me, not disappointed as she shifts closer. Fingers fisted in my hair, Cait is as fierce and passionate in her kisses as I am mine, responding in kind to my touch, meeting every excited growl of need from me with fascinatingly arousing noises so uniquely her own.

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