Excerpt & Giveaway: Put Up Your Duke by Megan Frampton
Put
up Your DukeDukes
Behaving Badly #2
By:
Megan Frampton
Releasing
June 30, 2015
Avon
Blurb
He
was once happily bedding and boxing, but in the newest DUKES BEHAVING
BADLY novel, Nicholas Smithfield has inherited a title and a bride…
To
keep his estate afloat, the new Duke of Gage must honor an agreement
to marry Lady Isabella. Stunningly beautiful, utterly tempting, she’s
also a bag of wedding night nerves, so Nicholas decides to wait to do
his duty-even if it means heading to the boxing saloon every day to
punch away his frustration.
Groomed
her whole life to become the perfect duchess Isabella longs for
independence, a dream that is gone forever. As her husband, Nicholas
can do whatever he likes-but, to Isabella’s surprise the notorious
rake instead begins a gentle seduction that is melting every inch of
her reserve, night by night…
To
his utter shock, Nicholas’s discovers that none of his previous
exploits were half as pleasurable as wooing his own wife. But has the
realm’s most disreputable Duke found the one woman who can bring
him to his knees-and leave him there?
Excerpt
And
then, then when she felt like she might be going cross-eyed from
staring so closely at his mouth, he leaned forward and pressed those
lips against hers.
His
fingers moved to behind her ear, holding her gently in place. His
mouth felt warm and delicious, and she imagined she could feel the
contact of his lips all over his body, even though they were only
touching in—one, two, three places. Their mouths, his fingers
behind her ear, his thigh pressed against hers.
How
was one supposed to breathe? She didn’t want to exhale from her
nostrils onto his face, since that seemed like it would be
unpleasant, and she couldn’t exactly breathe with her mouth, since
it was otherwise occupied.
Thankfully,
it seemed that he had to breathe as well, since he disengaged and
drew back for just a moment, giving her enough time to draw a deep
breath, before returning his mouth to hers.
Only
now—now it felt as though his lips were parting, and she could feel
his breath in her mouth, only it didn’t seem odd at all. It felt as
though they were joined together in just that one spot, breathing the
same air, almost the same person.
Except
that he was a very tall, very charming,
apparently-very-conversant-with-such-matters duke, while she was a
not as tall, very polished, but
not-very-aware-of-anything-that-might-happen-between-a-man-and-a-woman
duchess.
He
drew back again, but only just barely. She felt her insides flutter
as his eyes met hers. “You haven’t been kissed before.”
It
wasn’t a question, but instead of the sharp, irked feeling she got
when her mother said such things, she felt as though he’d spotted
something about her no one else ever had. That no one else had ever
gotten close enough to know.
That
no one had been privileged to know before.
“No,”
she said, shaking her head a tiny fraction.
An
almost arrogant smile came across that mouth, and she felt her own
mouth start to curl up in response.
“Is
that some sort of thing men like? To be the first one a lady has
kissed?” she asked, startled by her own boldness. Not to mention
her own ability to form a sentence, given how fluttery she felt.
“Not
usually.” It sounded as though he was actually pondering her
question rather than giving her the expected answer. “But with
you—you’re different. Somehow it feels different,” he said in a
wondering tone of voice.
But
before she could respond to that, he lowered his mouth to hers and
kissed her again, this time using his lips to coax her mouth open as
well.
Author
Info
Megan
Frampton writes
historical romance under her own name and romantic women’s fiction
as Megan Caldwell. She likes the color black, gin, dark-haired
British men, and huge earrings, not in that order. She lives in
Brooklyn, NY, with her husband and son.
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I think this is the very best (swoon!) kissing scene I've ever read! Wow!I Can't wait to read the entire delicious story! Thanks, Megan! jdh2690@gmail.com
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