Please welcome Anita Philmar to the blog. She's brought exciting excerpts of her newest romance book, The Warrior in Me – Erotic Murder Mystery/
Romantic suspense
Blurb:
Special Security Agent Sebastian Berlin is
eager to track down his partner's killer. Instead, he’s assigned the job
of baby-sitting a scientist. His boss thinks she's the key to
an Ancient Warrior Prophecy. Science never interested Sebastian, but
the know-it-all female standing at the end of his Alaskan dock
could persuade him to do a little experimenting. That is, if he
can keep his Neanderthal Warrior genes from taking control.
DNA specialist Lily Sinclair is in need of
a vacation, or so her over-protective ex-husband tells her. Arriving in chilly
Alaska instead of sunny Cancun, she's tired and cranky and so not in
the mood for her bodyguard's he-man tactics. Still, there's something about the
sexy eye-candy that makes her want to lick him all over even as she's demanding
to go home.
Then Lily's ex is poisoned, and Sebastian is
certain the two murders are connected and she could be next. She knows
he's hiding something, but with the worldwide release of Neanderthal
DNA project only days away, she has no choice but to trust him to protect her.
But can she trust him with her heart?
Excerpt 1: (murder)
“I hate to tell you, but we found Cain’s body last night. He took
two slugs in the chest.”
Relief, followed quickly by shock, filled Sebastian. A numbing
sense of disbelief overwhelmed him. “What the hell? I thought he was working on
a simple security detail.”
“Did he discuss his assignment with you?”
Sebastian ran a hand through hishair
and scrambled to recall his last conversation with his best friend. Cain had
called a week ago with a request for information on the people he’d been
assigned to protect in California. His voice had reflected a bored almost
disgusted tone. At the time, Sebastian had held his tongue and didn’t comment,
but later he questioned the anomaly. His friend loved life and never became
discouraged even when the odds were against him.
Frowning, Sebastian rubbed a hand over his neck, stroking the
hairs that suddenly stood on alert. His initial disbelief faded. A gaping hole
widened before him and stretched into an endless sea of despair. What the hell
would he do without his best friend, his confidant?
Excerpt
2:
She blinked.
He had to be joking.
Lifting her hand to her chest, she sputtered, “Excuse me, what did
you say?”
“Cain was murdered outside your lab.” He rephrased the sentence,
but her brain registered only one word…—murdered.
She jumped to her feet and planted her hands on his desk. “Why
didn’t anyone tell me this before now?” She glanced around for her purse. “I
need to call Mark. We have to call the police and find out what the hell
happened. Did they break into the lab?”
Without waiting for his reply, she turned and headed back down the
hallway to where he’d left her suitcase. She didn’t see her handbag anywhere
near it. Did she leave it in the small, tin-bucket-sized plane? Or had Bruce
left it on the dock?
Desperate for answers to a whole host of questions, she rushed
outside. “Damn it, Bruce, how do you expect me to stay in touch with home if
you fly off with my purse."
Excerpt 3: First Kiss
Seconds
before his mouth covered hers, she whispered, “Sebastian, I don’t—” The rest of
the sentence died under the quick spear of his tongue, seeking entrance into
the hot moist haven of her mouth.
The fight he
expected didn’t fully materialize. She gasped in shock, and her body stiffened.
Then she lifted her hands to his shoulders, leaving the few inches between them
vacant.
Tightening
his grip, he drew the soft cushion of her breasts invitingly against his chest.
All too quickly, he moved past the point of a simple kiss and fed on her unique
flavor. He’d gone too long without the seductive touch of a woman. Today, she’d
tempted him with the fire of her anger and the gentle concern for him at the
loss of his friend. Holding himself in check, he’d resisted until she’d
revealed her passion for her research. Now, he couldn’t contain his enthusiasm
for her any longer. He ate at her lips, nipping and sucking until they opened
wider.
Lily moaned,
and he captured the sound, swallowing it as he flicked his tongue against the
roof of her mouth. She welcomed him by drawing him deeper. He thrust in and
out, over and over mimicking the ancient rhythm of sex.
Determined to
sample every inch of the hot, moist cavity, he drank in the rich, sweet nectar.
As stimulating as wine, he became drunk on her and tangled his tongue around
hers. Time lost meaning. He forgot everything except her hands in his hair, her
body plastered against his, the relentless need to consume her.
Somewhere in
his subconscious, something reminded him that women didn’t progress from
“Hello, it nice to meet you” to “Do you want to go to bed with me” this
quickly. On the other hand, maybe, the light tingling of his scalp as she
curled her fingers in his hair helped jog his memory. He had to take things a
little slower if he wanted to win the girl.
Excerpt 4: (romantic fun)
A needy groan
escaped him. “Honey, the only activity I want to do with you right now is strip
off your clothes and make love to you.”
She blinked.
“I don’t understand. You barely know me.”
“That doesn’t
mean I’m not attracted to you.” He covered her wrist, fearing her touch might
drive him to rush this moment. Slowly, he guided her away from temptation and
placed her palm on his chest. “I took one look and decided I wanted you. That’s
why I kissed you earlier, and why I’m losing the battle to keep my hands to
myself.”
A whisper of
a smile played over her lips. “Do you have protection?”
Hope sped
through every cell in his body, and a tingle of anticipation sparked in his
gut. “I have a whole box in the drawer next to my bed.”
“So you’d
like to show me your bedroom?” she teased, and he recalled their earlier
conversation.
“Say the
word, and we’ll be on our way.”
THE WARRIOR IN ME, Now available for PreOrder at
Bio: Anita
Philmar likes to create stories that push the limit. A writer by day and a
dreamer by night she wants her readers to see the world in a new way.
Influenced
by old movies, she likes to develop places where anything can happen and where
special moments come to life in a great read.
Naughty
or Nice?
Read
her books and decide.
Email:
anitaphilmar@yahoo.com
