Jenna Jaxon Romance–because passion is timeless.

Welcome back to my Sweet Saturday Sample!   Thanks for returning each week or for visiting for the first time. I appreciate everyone who stops by.  

Today’s sample  is another continuation of my erotic Contemporary Almost Perfect.  Its new release date is Friday, December 9, exactly a week away.  So this week’s sample continues with a PG-13 rating, though the book certainly is not.

“Since when did you become an optimist?”

He chuckled. “Sometime during the past two years.” His gaze flickered up and down her body. “It’s good to see you, Pam. Despite the circumstances.”

Damn. Now she had to be gracious as well. “Yeah, it’s good to see you too after all this time.” And it was good. Roger had been a part of her life for five years, and though the breakup had been nightmarish, there had been good times, too. That should count for something.

“Are you hungry?”

His question caught her off guard. Food had been the last thing on her mind ever since she’d been dumped overboard. “No, I got stranded after lunch. But if you want to eat…do you have food?” She had absolutely nothing until the Nautilus returned.

“Yeah, I’ve got the stuff for my romantic dinner, remember? The whole nine yards. But I’m okay. They fed me on the way out, too.” He peered out over the water then glanced up at the sun. “I don’t see your ship yet and it’s pretty hot. Mind if we talk up in the shade?” He nodded to the palm trees where she had spread her shirt.

“Oh, sure.” And just what the hell are they supposed to talk about? But she’d try to be nice. She led the way toward the clearing underneath the palms, already at a loss for words.

He grabbed some fallen fronds to make mats for them to sit on. Pam lowered into the lotus position; Roger stretched his long legs out in front of him and leaned back on his arms, smiling at her.

The silence grew deadly.

The silence isn’t half as deadly as some of their words!  If you come by for Six Sentence Sunday tomorrow you might get another dose of their spice–so called so we’re in keeping with the theme of my blog from yesterday.   I’m posting another six tomorrow from this section–sparks are going to fly at some point!  LOL 

You can also join in the fun with your own sample next week.  And follow this link to Sweet Saturday Sample to find more “sweet” offerings. 

 Have a great weekend!

Welcome back to my Sweet Saturday Sample!   Thanks for returning each week or for visiting for the first time. I appreciate everyone who stops by.  

Today’s sample  is again a continuation of my erotic Contemporary Almost Perfect.  Its release has been moved back to early December, but you can still sample a bit of it here until then. This week’s sample continues in the PG-13 vein.

“That’s what I ordered for my fantasy.”

 “Oh, no. Not—”

“Pirates of the Caribbean. Why the hell not?” Defensive, her voice came out sharper than she intended.

“Well, for your information, Miss Know-It-All,” his tone sharpened as well, “my fantasy was simply a deserted island, a splendid, romantic candlelight dinner, a moonlit walk, and all-night sex on the beach. No pirates whatsoever.”

Boring as usual. “Then you think this whole thing is a mistake?”

“Bad luck all around. Things were going so well I should have expected it.”

“Oh, gee, thanks.”

“Sorry.” He shifted his weight and frowned at her. “So your adventure was a pirate on a deserted island?”

“No, my fantasy was to be ravished by an Orlando Bloom look-alike pirate. Deserted island not required.” His stare made her uncomfortable. Or was it talking about another man ravishing her that felt odd?

“Then why are you here?”

“The yacht they brought me out on, the Nautilus—you should see it, Roger, straight out of Some Like It Hot—got a distress call from some other Castillo ship. Modern day pirates shot at them so they had to go to the rescue, though what a vintage 1928 wood yacht can do against an Uzi is beyond me. Company policy required me to be out of harm’s way, so they dropped me off here.”

To her consternation, his face cleared into a charming smile. “That proves it then. You’re here by accident, I’m here by design. Your ship will come back for you, my girl will be dropped off, and we’ll both have a fantastic night.”

Things are rather civil now, but as you may have seen in Six Sentence Sunday, the gloves come off quickly between these two.  I’m posting another six tomorrow from this–a less than civil part of their exchange.  LOL 

You can also join in the fun with your own sample next week.  And follow this link to Sweet Saturday Sample to find more “sweet” offerings. 

Don’t forget the In-Between Days Blog Hop continues until the end of the month. Monday’s featured author is Emily Cale so please hop over to her site for some great giveaways.  Just click the Button to take you to the ‘Tweener’s Hop.

Sure hope to see you tomorrow!

Have a great weekend!

Welcome back for another Sweet Saturday Sample!   Thank you to both first-time visitors and those who return each week.  I appreciate everyone stopping by.  

Today’s sample  is a continuation of my erotic Contemporary Almost Perfect.  It releases on November 25, just a week away!  This week’s sample continues in the PG-13 vein.

“Pamela? What are you doing here?” Roger Ware’s baritone voice, his best feature as far as his ex-wife was concerned, sounded as shocked as she felt.

“I asked you first. But there’s apparently been some horrible mistake. You’re on a one-night stand too, aren’t you?”

His pale gray eyes narrowed. “How did you know that? Nobody knows that.”

She shook her head. “Madame Eve must have seen our applications, realized we used to be married, and decided to play matchmaker. Why can’t people just mind their own damn business and do their job?”

“How did you know about the one-night stand, Pam?” His lips thinned into a straight line.

God, was he as dense as ever? “I’m here for a one-night stand. You show up on a deserted island three thousand miles from sunny California and you expect me to believe it’s just a coincidence? Coincidences only happen in the movies. Like Harrison Ford and Ann Heche in Six Days Seven Nights. He just happens to be on his way to Tahiti, there just happens to be a storm, her cell phone just happens not to work.”

“I might have known we couldn’t be together two minutes before you cited some stupid movie.”

“I’m telling you why I knew you were on a one-night stand.” She cocked her head. “Aren’t you supposed to be dressed like a pirate?”

He glanced down at his loose-fitting white v-neck shirt, sleeves rolled above his elbows, and equally loose-fitting white pants and sandals. “Am I?”

If you read  Six Sentence Sunday last week you know that Pam and Roger’s divorce was anything but amicable. 🙂  I’m posting another six tomorrow, then again next Saturday and Sunday in celebration of my release!  You can also join in the fun with your own sample next week.  And follow this link to Sweet Saturday Sample to find more “sweet” offerings. 

Don’t forget about the In-Between Days Blog Hop and the Save a Turkey: Gobble a Book Blog Hop.  Click the Button for the ‘Tweener’s Hop and this picture  for Save A Turkey.

Sure hope to see you tomorrow!

Have a great weekend!