Sunday Snog: A Kiss From "A Patient Heart" and #samplesunday

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Sunday......it's here and I'm back with another tasty little Sunday Snog.  This kiss comes from my soon to be released (February 3 from Rebel Ink Press) contemporary Valentine's romance, A Patient Heart.

Here's the cover and blurb.....then the kiss!

Blurb:

As a little girl Catherine dreamed she'd marry Connor Donavan one day and as teenagers, that dream seemed within reach until Connor ended their relationship, left town and broke her heart. Ten years later, far from the old hometown, Catherine reports for work as a nurse one snowy January evening and learns that her new patient is none other than her old love, Connor. When he recognizes her, all the old feelings stir but a few sparks fly too. As Connor recovers from an accident, Catherine realizes she loves him more than ever and he seems to love her too. But after he leaves the hospital and convalesces at her home, his real life intrudes into their idyll. Connor leaves, Catherine stays until his message sends her speeding to Kansas City, Kansas and Connor's club....on Valentine's Day.

 Connor’s fatigue was evident. His eyes drooped and he slumped in the chair but with the cath and his IV lines gone, he didn’t look as ill.

            “Tired?” she asked with a smile.

            “Oh, yeah,” Connor replied, “I’m not complaining, though.  It’s good to be up again.

            “After you eat lunch and get rested up, how about a shower?” she asked, “Or is that too much for today?”

            Connor shrugged, “I don’t know.  What is for lunch? Anything I’d want?”

            Catherine lifted the lid on the plate and studied it, “It looks like baked chicken and dressing, corn and some pudding.”

              He curled his lip but he nodded. “I’ll try to eat it, I guess.”

            Connor looked so much like a petulant little boy she laughed, then bent and kissed him full on the mouth with heat.   His arms caught her and held her as he kissed her back, his lips sweet as she recalled and yet confident with a maturity he’d lacked before.  Catherine felt the pull of his mouth on hers as he took control of the kiss, as strong and inevitable as the ocean tides.  Heat flushed her face, spread through her body like ignited wildfire.  She welcomed the raging flame, recognized it for what it was and exulted in it.  She didn’t know about the love but the passion they’d shared survived.   His mouth explored hers, commanding and yet gentle.  She caught her breath, held it until her head swam.  If she hadn’t caught sight of the monitors he remained plugged into, realized his pulse rate rocketed, his heart rate increased and his blood pressure shot up, Catherine might not have stopped when she did.   She pulled back, her lips still warm and curved in a smile.

            “Slow down, sweetheart or you’ll collapse into the floor,” she laughed.

            Connor grinned but she could see the shimmer of perspiration on his face. “It’d be worth it if I
do.  I’m dizzy as hell, though.”

         Catherine started to laugh but his expression shifted and warned she pushed his head down between his legs, “Don’t pass out, please, Connor.”

            Voice muffled, he responded, “I’m trying not to, Cat.”

      His breathing sounded too fast but she put one hand on his back, standing beside him, worried but as he calmed, he began to breathe at an easier pace and she sighed with relief.

           "Are you okay?” she asked.

            Connor sat up, face ghost white but lit with a grin. “Yeah, I’m fine, just shakier than I thought.”
            “I’m sorry,” Catherine said.
            His grin widened to the proportion of the Mississippi River, “I’m not.”
            A nursing assistant burst through the door, wide-eyed, “Mr. Donavan is everything all right? I was watching monitors at the desk and yours went wild.”
            “I got a little excited,” Connor replied smiling.


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