It was your nature calling to mine – #PNR #Elemental #FreeBook #MFRWHooks

For today’s MFRW Book Hooks blog hop, I have a snippet from my paranormal erotic romance Rough Weather. If you like my excerpt, leave me a comment (with your email!). I am giving away a copy of the book to one randomly chosen commenter.

Blurb

A fated encounter. A familiar stranger. A storm of passion. Can Ondine release her fear, surrender to Marut’s power, and claim her own?

Marine biologist Ondine Ambrose has always felt at home in the sea. Orphaned at birth and raised by her grandmother on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, she has never really questioned her extraordinary affinity for the watery world.

When she encounters an attractive but arrogant engineer on her private beach, surveying the site for a prospective off-shore wind farm, anger is her first reaction. A casual touch, however, transforms that emotion to incomprehensible, irresistible, terrifying lust.

Ebony-skinned Marut has his own talents—aside from his uncanny ability to swamp Ondine with desire. He can control the winds and summon storms. When he insists that they are both more than human, and that she is his destined mate, Ondine responds with skepticism. She tries to resist the charismatic Haitian, but ultimately she cannot deny the evidence of her senses—and her heart.

The Hook

She shrank from his hand. “Don’t touch me. Please.”

A look of raw pain crossed his face. He sank back into his chair, his fists clenched on the table as though he wanted to smash something. “Do you – do you regret this morning? Because I swear, woman, I don’t.”

“This morning was…I don’t know, an aberration of some sort. I honestly have no idea what happened between us. It was like some drug.”

“It was your nature, calling to mine.”

“What are you talking about? That’s not me. I don’t fuck strangers—men I’ve known for less than ten minutes.”

Marut released a heavy sigh. He opened his hands and stared at his pink-brown palms. “I know you, Ondine. The instant we touched, I remembered.”

“Remembered what? I’m sure we’ve never met.”

“Not in this life. But before.”

Uneasy doubt stirred in her chest. There had been something about him, in that first instant when their eyes met, something hauntingly familiar. She pushed the thought away, focusing her attention on her bandaged knuckles.

“Nonsense. You’re an engineer. I’m a scientist. How can you say such things?”

“There is much in this world that science cannot explain. You know that as well as I do. I saw you out there, diving and surfacing like some flying fish. Incredible.”

He was watching me? Did he see me masturbating, too?

She shrugged, pretending indifference she didn’t feel. “I’ve always been comfortable in the water. I was born right here on the edge of the Atlantic. I could swim before I could walk.”

“Does that explain why you can remain below the surface for ten minutes at a time? That’s not normal, Ondine. No human swimmer could hold her breath that long.”

“Human abilities cover a wide range.”

His hand covered hers. Fluid heat washed through her, rippling from the point of contact to flood her pussy and turn her nipples to stone. “You’re not human, pitit, not completely. And neither am I.”

“I told you, don’t touch me!” She sprang to her feet, wrenching herself from his grip and backing away, not only from his ever-so-tempting presence but from what he was trying to tell her.

“Okay, okay, if that’s really what you want.” His bushy brows knotted together as he shook his head. “Though I can sense your desire—even across the room. But listen to me, woman. I’m telling the truth. You’re not just some sexy girl I caught skinny dipping. You’re special. Powerful.”

She’d always taken her abilities for granted, figuring that perhaps they were some compensation from the universe for having snatched her mother at birth. Nevertheless, she didn’t flaunt her differences. When she dived with the other scientists from her team, she donned the unnecessary wetsuit, tanks and regulator. No point in encouraging idle speculation.

“So? What the devil does that have to do with you? With us?” Her harsh tone was a deliberate attempt to hide her uncertainty.

“I’m like you. Human, but with extra-human gifts. And you are my destined mate, Ondine—no matter how hard you try to deny the fact.”

Buy Links

Amazon US – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09Y2P7741

Amazon UK – https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09Y2P7741

Smashwords – https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1142402

Barnes and Noble – https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/2940165838149

Kobo – https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/rough-weather-elemental-passions-book-2

Apple Books – https://books.apple.com/us/book/x/id1619557657

Add on Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60820375-rough-weather

Be sure to visit the other authors participating in today’s Book Hooks! And don’t forget to leave a comment if you’d like to read Rough Weather for free!

---