Stirring
Up Trouble
Pine
Mountain #3
By: Kimberly Kincaid
Releasing October 7th, 2014
Zebra / Kensington
Blurb
Sloane Russo's turned a decade of
crazy jobs and whimsical travel into a career writing steamy novels set in
exotic places. Trouble is, Sloane's flat broke now--and she can't channel
sun-drenched beaches in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The only fast cash in town
comes with some seriously distracting temptation: Gavin Carmichael, hot,
handsome and oh-so-hard-headed.
Gavin isn't the impulsive Don Juan of
Sloane's novels. He's raising his thirteen-year-old half-sister, and he's
pretty sure he's supposed to act like he's never heard of fun. Sloane is way
too sexy and irresponsible to be his idea of a good tutor for Bree, but the
unpredictable anti-nanny may be irresistible as well. . .
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Excerpt
A question
poked at Gavin's conscience, getting increasingly louder until he finally gave
it a voice. “Look…don’t take this the wrong way, but this is over three weeks’
worth of work. I’ve got to ask, how much help did you give Bree, exactly?”
Sloane made
a less-than-dainty sound and rolled her eyes. “I already passed eighth-grade
English, and I’m not exactly eager to do any of the writing on my own again.
Bree busted her butt, I assure you.” She started to wad up the discarded pages
at her feet, muttering a low oath as the ball got big enough to exceed her
hand.
Okay, so
that had come out more accusatory than he’d intended. He knelt to help her
collect the crumpled pages. “Sorry. I didn’t mean to imply that you did it for
her.”
“Sure you
did. But like I said, you don’t have to worry. I helped her, but only as much
as she’d let me. Once we got started, she really did most of it without even
talking to me.”
Now there
was something he could relate to. “Yeah, that sounds like her.” The ache in his
bones migrated to include everything beneath his sternum, and Gavin let out a
tired exhale. He reached for the last scrap of paper at the exact moment Sloane
did. Unable to change his course of movement without making contact, his
fingertips brushed against the top of her hand as she closed a fist over the
page, and the sheer heat of her skin under his hand registered in a jolt.
“Whoops,
sorry.” He withdrew his hand and looked up, only to discover his face about six
inches from a pair of heart-shaped lips, parted in a look of surprise. “I
didn’t mean to…” A quick gesture to her hand completed the sentence. Her skin
was so soft, like a stretch of perfectly golden caramel, warm and sweet and
utterly decadent.
For a hot,
impulsive moment, he wondered if she tasted the way she looked.
“No biggie,”
she murmured, not moving her eyes from his.
Up close in
the soft lamp light, they looked even prettier, kind of a cross between a
summer sky and gathering storm clouds, and the juxtaposition caught him square
in the chest. His left knee pressed against her right thigh from when they’d
both knelt down on the floorboards, and even through the wool and denim, heat
coursed from her body in waves.
He meant to
lean back, to correct the mistake of accidentally invading her space and just
let her go. Gavin commanded himself to move, to say good night, and give her
enough room to walk out the door.
But instead, he kissed her.
About the Author:
Kimberly Kincaid writes contemporary romance
that splits the difference between sexy and sweet. When she's not sitting
cross-legged in an ancient desk chair known as "The Pleather Bomber",
she can be found practicing obscene amounts of yoga, whipping up anything from
enchiladas to éclairs in her kitchen, or curled up with her nose in a book.
Kimberly is a 2011 RWA Golden Heart® finalist who lives (and writes!) by the
mantra that food is love.
Her digital Line series
is all about the hot cops and sexy chefs of Brentsville, New York. She is also
the author of the Pine Mountain series, which follows small town singles as
they find big-time love. Kimberly resides in Virginia with her wildly patient
husband and their three daughters.
Connect with the author at:
Two sets of the first two Pine Mountain books:
Turn Up The Heat and Gimme Some Sugar
(US/Canada only)