Featured Fiction: 31 Days of Winter by CJ Fallowfield

31 Days of Winter

31 Days Series ~ Book One ~ Contains Adult Themes ~ Suitable for 18+ Only

Synopsis

What would you do if everything you thought you knew about your relationship turned out to be a lie? If your boss made you dread going to work each morning, despite the fact that you enjoyed what you did? If you had a dream that you'd never followed because you were scared of change?

Ellie Baxter is a 26 year old Senior Editor in a Publishing firm, whose relationship is stagnant and she feels unfulfilled and underutilised in her career. Following a shocking discovery, her best friend convinces her to take a month out, to give her time to reassess her life. So she books a twenty-eight day retreat in a cute little boathouse, situated on an island, in the middle of a loch, in a remote part of Scotland. Her intention, to be as far

away as humanly possible from any distractions.

The gorgeous caretaker of the island that she has escaped to, however, instantly challenges that plan. Sexual sparks fly from the moment he picks her up from the airport. Yet while the mutual attraction is undeniable, he insists that nothing can ever happen between them, they can only be friends. As they spend more and more time together, is it a promise that he can keep? Can a man and a woman with sizzling chemistry really just be friends?

He wants to know Ellie's life story, but refuses to give away much about himself, not least where he disappears to for four hours every day. Ellie is intrigued by him, and becomes determined to break down his emotional walls, as well as tempt him into her bed. But when she finds out his secret, will she still want him?

Excerpt

‘Ellie,’ he groaned as he closed his eyes and his lips parted.

‘Do you want me to stop?’ I asked as I slowly drew my fist down and back up again, marvelling at his size and feeling myself get wetter at the thought of trying to take this inside me. And I’d need to be wet to accommodate this comfortably.

‘Yes … no … it’s wrong, I … I can’t,’ he moaned as I felt him quiver in my hand. He didn’t make any move to stop me, so I started to slowly stroke him, feeling myself swell and flood at the thought of having this … beast inside me.

‘You can, you want to, I know you want to and I want it too,’ I advised as I kissed the corner of his mouth. He groaned again and shifted his hips, parting his legs slightly as I continued to work my hand leisurely up and down him. ‘I want you inside me, I want you to fuck me. I’ve wanted it from the moment I first saw you. Don’t tell me that you don’t want me, we both know that you do.’

‘I do, so fucking badly,’ he growled. Before I knew what was happening I was on my back, Dan’s powerful body hovering over mine as he kneed my legs apart. I looked up at him wide eyed, nodded my consent and braced myself as he plunged straight into me, forcing his way inside me with an animalistic roar as I screamed and reached up to grip his biceps.

‘Holy shit,’ I exclaimed as he thrust again, the power threatening to rupture my insides. I’d never felt so full and stretched in my life, Matt and Zac had nothing on his length and girth. The feeling was … indescribable.

‘God, I’ve wanted to do this from the moment I first saw you at the airport too, no … from the moment I spoke to you on the phone. Damn it Ellie, you feel so good, better than I’ve even imagined,’ he groaned as he powered into me again, making me take his last few inches as my muscles and I screamed in protest. ‘Ok?’

‘You’re … bloody huge,’ I uttered as I gazed up at him in bewilderment.

‘I know,’ he chuckled cockily and lowered his head and kissed me tenderly. ‘Too huge for me to move again?’

‘No, do it,’ I ordered and flung my arms around his neck, pulling him down to kiss me. He pulled out and powered into me again, making my cry out and arch my back. I wrapped my legs around his slim waist and rocked my hips to meet his thrusts as our kissing changed from gentle to rough, frantic and needy as he moved inside me. I could die right now and be happy, I thought as he swirled his hips and made me whimper into his mouth. Damn, I was in such trouble. What was I doing? This was … bliss on a scale I’d never known, but the minute it was over he was going to freak out, shut down and retreat. I was going to be feeling like crap any minute now, all because I couldn’t control my sexual cravings for the man between my legs fucking me like his world was ending. And it was. This was the best sex I’d ever had. Period. ‘Dan,’ I panted, I was so close to coming, I couldn’t hold off. I’d never come during penetrative sex, he was ruining it for any man I was going to have sex with again. Nothing would ever compare to this.

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My thoughts: 
This book took me from the first page. I could not put it down. It was very well written, very well paced and a little bit different than most of the other romances I've read recently. I really enjoyed the pace of the book as well as the character development.

Ellie is a girl who just learned that her fiancé has been cheating on her and not only cheating but was with some not so wonderful types of women. She learns that he has drained their joint bank account and six months ago lost his job as well.

Her best friend encourages her to take a month and get herself back together.
So Ellie up and quits her job and and rents a place where she plans on writing her first novel.

While there Ellie meets Dan who seems to know a lot about the caretaker of her rental. The instant attraction they feel is electric. Dan tries very hard to fight his attraction to Ellie but fails miserably. After much back-and-forth and conflicting messages Ellie and Dan finally get together.

However Dan's hot and cold treatment of Ellie has her running home from him early after she learns some of his secrets.

This book has a great balance of alpha male along with your typical sweet romance characteristics. I am looking forward to the next part in the series to see what happens to Dan and Ellie.

C.J. did a wonderful job with this book. It was hard to walk away from. Definitely having a book hangover after this one. Okay maybe a little worse then a book hangover as I can't get Ellie and Dan out of my mind :-)