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 :-)
