Sunday Snippet – ICING ON THE CAKE – Take A Walk
Welcome to the Sunday Snippet, an eight-sentence excerpt brought to you as part of the Weekend Writing Warriors meme.
We’re with Curtis & Sara from ICING ON THE CAKE, Book 2 of the Close to Home series. They’re in Sara’s car, after she fled their siblings’ wedding rehearsal party. Catch up with past snippets here.
He took his eyes off the road to give her the raised-eyebrows look—apparently a Lawler-family trait. “Jealous that your sister beat you to the walk down the aisle?”
“Hell no. I’d rather do the walk of shame.”
His deep, husky laugh filled the car and he smiled. A sexy-as-fucking-sin smile that brought her nipples to a full salute. “Sounds like the better walk to me. Maybe you want to take one tomorrow?”
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Blurb
Nia and Conn’s wedding will be fairytale perfect…if their siblings can get along.
Free-spirited, anti-establishment Sara has always been on the outside of her family’s fairytale mold. Now she’s being forced smack into the middle of it at her sister Nia’s wedding. Alongside the cocky and annoyingly sexy best man—Conn’s cop brother.
Curtis doesn’t buy in to organized romance and fairytales. But for his brother, he’ll throw on a tux and fake it for a few hours. His flak vest would have been a better choice around the maid of honor. He should have brought his handcuffs too, because somebody needs to restrain the dark-haired spitfire—and he’s just the man for the job.
One night to indulge the spark between them, then goodbye—that was the agreement. Curtis isn’t looking for a relationship and he sure doesn’t want a troublemaker for a girlfriend. The last thing Sara needs in her daily life is a cop looking over her shoulder, no matter how hot he is.
But giving in to their chemistry is much more fun than giving it up…
8 Comments
Charmaine Gordon
I’m getting a kick out of your characters.What happens next has got to be shameful!
Elsa Holland
Just lovely. So real!!
Eleri Stone
Ha! Sounds like they’re on the same page. Love the way you describe his smile:)
Elyzabeth M. VaLey
ooooh, he’s tempting. Will she accept?
Gemma Parkes
I do! I’ll do that walk with him any day, sounds hot!
Siobhan Muir
Nice! I like those kinds of walks, too. Great snippet, Karla. 🙂
Veronica Scott
Well, she’s very honest and he’s certainly skilled at the comebacks. This is a terrific, hot couple all right. Smooth writing, loving the story, want more!
Caitlin
I can just picture that raised-eyebrow look, one I wish I could do myself. But I suspect they’ll be eating their words about commitment sometime soon.