SOLDIER IN HER LAP
By Haley Whitehall
40,000 words
Release: April 3 2014
Decedent Publishing
Erotic Romance/Historical/Action-Adventure
Blurb:
Trapped by her alcoholic, abusive father, Sophia
Carpenter longs to escape her life of drudgery on her father’s dirt farm in
Clark Springs, Georgia. Making matters worse, her father’s scared off every man
who tried to call on her. She longs for freedom, but with the Civil War raging,
even fewer men are available to fulfill her dreams—unless a soldier landed in
her lap.
Conscripted into a war he never wanted to fight, Lucas
Grady is tired of battle and refuses to lay his life down for a lost cause.
After a musket ball tears through his leg, he deserts from the ambulance wagon
rather than risk a field surgeon’s saw. He barely makes it to Sophia’s farm
before collapsing.
The wounded soldier’s arrival seems like a dream come
true, but first she must save him from his injuries—and her father. As
forbidden attraction blooms between them, they will have to struggle to
survive. Can their love overcome so many obstacles or will they become another
casualty of the War Between the States?
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Excerpt:
Stepping
closer to him, she inhaled his masculine scent of sweat and dirt and hay. It
was so refreshing to be around a man without the stink of liquor on him. She
ran her hand down his arm, feeling his lean muscle under his uniform.
“Thank
you, Lucas.”
“No
need to thank me.” He looked down at her with gentle eyes. “Any man would have
done the same.”
She
turned to completely face him. This close, his heart still pounded fast and his
breath warmed her face. She tipped her head back, and her lips rose to meet
his. Their mouths brushed in a chaste kiss. She didn’t know which one of them
was holding back. Their touch kindled a fire in her belly. Her cheeks burned,
bringing on a foolish grin. The lust in his eyes, as plain as the noonday sun,
fanned the flames of her desire. He wanted her.
“Sophia,”
Lucas said, “since your papa isn’t here, think we can eat at the table?”
The
simple question cut through the sexual tension. “Yes, I reckon we can.”
Lucas
hovered near her in the kitchen. She wasn’t used to anyone watching her cook,
or watching her that carefully at all for that matter. Her heart palpitated.
His
heat-filled gaze bored into her backside. Her thighs clenched and she struggled
to focus on stirring the stew. When you have feelings for a man, it is supposed
to feel like this. Charlotte had explained her feelings toward Thomas, and
Lucas made Sophia feel the same way.
Finally,
she couldn’t stand it any longer and turned around to face him. He leaned near
her, their lips perilously close again. He wrapped his arms around her and
pulled her to him, away from the stove. Her chest pressed against his and their
connection grew stronger. He claimed her lips, harder this time. Shutting her
eyes, she mewled. His lips roamed down her neck and then back to her mouth,
acting like he couldn’t kiss her enough. Did she taste as good as he did?
He
caressed her back. It was wrong for him to touch her like that, she should tell
him to stop, it wasn’t right, but she couldn’t. Damn propriety, she wanted him.
When he grabbed her bottom, her eyes shot open. He pressed her against him,
grinding their pelvises together.
“Do
you feel what you do to me, Sophia?” he asked in a husky voice.
His
arousal pressed hard into her skirts and her mound moistened. “Yes,” she
breathed.
How
long would they have to court before they got married?
Author
Bio:
Haley Whitehall lives in Washington State where she enjoys
all four seasons and the surrounding wildlife. She writes historical romance
set in the 19th century U.S. When she is not researching or writing, she plays
with her cats, watches the Western and History Channels, and goes antiquing.
She is hoping to build a time machine so she can go in search of her prince
charming. A good book, a cup of coffee, and a view of the mountains make her
happy.
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