Hi everyone! So I got a few comments about the jelly beans, and so…I thought, here ya go. A snippet with jelly beans. And it’s rather sexy, too. 🙂

I’m giving you one where Miranda is showing Daniel (the hero) a few of the amazing flavors you can make with Jelly Bellies. Daniel’s best friend Gregory has come over for a visit, and well, maybe he’s enjoying baiting Daniel. Just a little bit. I hope you enjoy!

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“Were you going to eat or just flirt with Gregory all night?”

A plate with a delicious smelling sandwich hit the counter. The surly tone drew my attention to Daniel. Gregory coughed to hide a chuckle, but I couldn’t help feeling bad. I picked up the sandwich and took a big bite. It was heavenly. A groan of pleasure left my lips.

“Oh man. Mouthgasm.” I looked up, disturbed by the sensation of eyes boring into me. Daniel held himself stiffly a few feet away. Gregory grinned and looked back and forth between us. I raised an eyebrow in Gregory’s direction, and he shrugged. Great. Loads of help there. I put the remains of my sandwich down. The pantry seemed like a good idea, so I opened it and found my bag of jelly beans. I took out a healthy handful before holding it out in offering to Gregory. He shook his head no, so I dug out Daniel’s M&M’s. He held his hand out. I tossed it to him. Daniel had wrapped a rubber band around the bag when he put it away the last time so they didn’t spill all over the floor.

I picked out the flavors for a raspberry mocha and sidled up next to Daniel. I’d have to re-christen him Mr. Cranky Pants if he didn’t lighten up. He didn’t resist when I slid the candy between his lips, just kept his arms crossed and glared at the floor.

Sexual tension poured off him in waves, but I didn’t know what to do.

“Raspberry and coffee? And chocolate?”

“Yep. Raspberry mocha. Here, try this one. You’re in luck. This was a good bag.” I popped four jelly beans in his mouth and waited for his reaction.

“Tiramisu?”

“Yep.”

“I am beginning to see the appeal.” Some of the tension left his shoulders. “Gregory, if you insist on eating all of my chocolate, you’d better be just as determined to replace it.”

“Aye, aye, Captain.”

I stood on tiptoe and gave Daniel a quick kiss on the cheek. He tensed visibly when my breasts brushed against his arm.

“How do you feel about her?” Gregory asked the question with his eyes on the bag of candy, but his attention focused entirely on Daniel.

He laughed: hollow, empty, almost despairing to my ears. “As if I could describe it so easily. This woman who makes me want to throw away the vows I have kept for the past five hundred years? To completely besmirch my honor, lose all I have been for so long? I barely know her, and yet”¦”

Gregory nodded. “The Council is not what it once was. Neither are we.”

He rattled off a couple of phrases in Italian.

“What am I to become? She calls to me, a siren’s song that will surely dash me on the rocks of desire and wash the pieces out to sea. I am left broken in her arms.”

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Anyone else going *swoon* yet? That T.T.B. has a way with words when it comes to his heroine.

Anyone else have a sugar craving all of a sudden?

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Blurb:

She’s fed up with being fed on.

All Miranda Thibodeaux really wants to do is survive corporate hell and be left alone. But as the daughter of the Incubi king, being left alone isn’t on her schedule. And as an avatar to a goddess with multiple personality issues, taking things in stride isn’t either.

Daniel looks like an ordinary surfer boy–T. T. B.–Tall, Tanned, and Blonde. Hot he may be, but ordinary he’s not. Beneath the pretty packaging lies a ruthless warrior, a servant to the Vampire Council. His mission is to find Miranda and present her to the council, then get the hell out of Dodge before he loses his focus. The last thing he needs is the distraction of the testy female.

When circumstances force Miranda to turn to T.T.B. for help, they both end up with more than they bargained for. And that normal human life she wanted? Not really doable when everyone wants a piece of her…

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