I'm very honored and excited to have been nominated for 3 CAPAs this year, one of which is for Book 1 in my fun, new Gods of Love series, about a race of Cupids who own a matchmaking service on Earth, but have a bit of trouble finding love for themselves. Nocked Over is based heavily in Greek mythology and is a fast, fun, adventure ride of a story. Here's a little taste!
by Sam Cheever
Daphne Charissa isn’t a chubby little guy with wings and a quiver of arrows. But she does belong to the Cupid race—a race of devastatingly beautiful creatures who excel at helping others find love, while remaining loveless themselves throughout their long lives.
When Daphne falls in love with Bion Chronos, she launches the two of them into a direct confrontation with the Furies as they fight to protect their own love and win release from the curse of lovelessness for the whole Cupid race. The problem is, the Furies have no intention of letting them win, and the lovers can’t seem to keep their hands off each other long enough to form a coherent plan.
It’s gonna be an interesting battle.
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"... a book that literally rocks with fun and eroticism. This is one of many of this author's tales that turn a fact of life we can relate to into a book we'll find hard to put down." Dee Dailey
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Bion walked in the front door of the firm. He was carrying a single lavender rose in one hand and wearing a smile.
He walked toward me, past the receptionist and extended the rose. “Good morning.”
Without thinking I took it. And then looked down at it in shock. A lavender rose, representing love at first sight. Damn!
I tried to hand it back to him.
He shook his head “Uh-uh. You accepted it.”
I frowned. “I can’t accept this, Mr. Chronos.”
He frowned back at me. “Bion.”
I turned away. “Mr. Chronos, can you join me in my office please?” I nodded to Becky, our receptionist, who shrugged at me as if to say, “Sorry, I couldn’t stop him.”
I didn’t turn to see if he was following me. I didn’t need to. I could feel every breath he took, every beat of his heart and every line of his hard body in my soul. I breathed deeply and his unique, knee-melting scent filled my head, making me dizzy with lust.
I really needed to get a grip.
I touched the doorframe as I entered my office to steady myself and then started moving toward my desk. I heard the door close and turned in panic.
It wasn’t safe for me to be closed into the office with him. I opened my mouth to tell him to open the door but I didn’t get the chance.
He was standing so close behind me my breasts rubbed across his chest as I turned. I gasped.
He smiled.
His lips found mine.
My eyes popped wide and, to my extreme credit, I did try to push him away. For about three seconds. And then I succumbed to the drug that was Bion.
My knees buckled and his arms snugged around my waist, holding me upright and so tight against his body that I couldn’t move. Couldn’t form a straight thought.
I stopped breathing my own air and consumed his instead. It was a heady brew filled with sexual heat and untamed musk. I drank it down like fine wine. My head spinning with the kick from it.
He pulled his lips from mine and I gave a little cry, throwing my arms around his neck to hold him close.
He chuckled softly and took my bottom lip between strong, white teeth, nibbling until I thought I’d come on the spot, just from the sheer, unfocused pleasure.
His teeth left my mouth and nibbled their way down to my jawline, where pleasure points I never knew I had exploded into life.
I lifted a leg and wrapped it shamelessly around his waist, pulsing against him like a bitch in heat.
Our kiss deepened into wildness, all thought stopped, only feeling remained. And what a feeling! I’d never experienced such unbridled pleasure from a kiss. My body was like one giant nerve ending and the sensations it was getting from the Bion stimulus were all good.
So good.
It was somewhere in the midst of this mindless enjoyment that I heard my office door open. My mind was in such a pleasure fog it didn’t register for a moment what I’d heard. But when it finally did my head jerked up.
Christian stood just inside the door, looking like a stroke victim with his mouth all slack and horrified.
All of the blood in my body that had, up to that horrifying moment, been rushing willy-nilly to my happy places switched direction in the space of one terrified heartbeat and rushed to my face.
I was so dazed that I almost forgot to stop humping Bion.
Bion finally noticed that I’d stopped responding and lifted his dark head from my cleavage. His eyes were unfocused, his smile soft, like a drunk.
He finally registered my horror and turned toward the door.
Christian looked like he’d just eaten a bug.
Bion tried to step away from me but I still had my leg wrapped around his waist. I gave a little mew of embarrassment when Bion had to forcibly remove my leg from around his waist so he could step away and present at least a modicum of dignity to my outraged partner.
I tried a weak smile. “Hey, Christian.”
Christian’s mouth opened but all that came out was a gagging sound. He closed it and shifted his weight to the other foot, looking pale.
I wondered if I could make myself small enough to fit in the bottom drawer of my desk. I thought that one had a key. I could lock myself in there for about a hundred years and then maybe someday somebody would rub the drawer and let me out.
It seemed like a really good option at the moment.
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Book 2 in my Gods of Love series is Nocked Asunder . Check it out:
by Sam Cheever
In her line of work Athena Googlios is accustomed to hot, sexy men. But Damian Leandar puts hot on a whole new level. His touch, even his gaze makes her body clench and warm with lust. Athena’s mind tells her she needs to treat him like any other client. But her body has its own agenda. And when Athena finds herself facing off with a pair of truly ugly mythical creatures, Damian may be the only one who can save her from a fate worse than death. Unfortunately, Damian has some pretty big secrets. And despite the feelings they can no longer ignore, something bigger than love may yet come between them. In the end, it might take losing everything they have, to make them realize how much they had to lose.
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He took a step closer, leaned down until his lips were a hair’s breadth from mine, and said, “I find myself somehow…drawn…to you.”
I jerked my gaze back toward the fire, fighting with everything I had not to give in to an urge to pull him into my arms and consume him with my lips and body. But I knew that wasn’t right. It couldn’t be right. I barely knew the man.
He didn’t move away. His breath against my face was a warm, sweet promise. I stopped breathing, trapped within my body’s raging need like a deer in oncoming headlights. I closed my eyes and prayed my stillness would help me resist. But it didn’t help. My body nearly vibrated with need.
He touched my cheek with his lips, “Athena.”
I whimpered slightly and turned, closing the distance between us, my lips melting hungrily over his.
As soon as our lips touched it was as if a spark had ignited and something exploded through me. The flash fire was more than heat, it was light and sound and incredible sensation.
His arms snaked around my waist, pulling me indecently tight against his body. His teeth drew my bottom lip in, nibbling softly before his tongue swept over the tingling aftermath and slid into my mouth to tangle with mine.
I slipped my hands under his t-shirt and up his smooth back. His skin warmed and tightened under my hands and the scent of him wafted over me, infusing itself into my senses like a drug.
The kiss deepened and held, pulling us both inexorably into our own place, our private niche, apart from the real world playing itself out on those streets around us.
An untouchable, incredible place.
I thought I’d stopped breathing. But discovered I was sharing his breath.
Between my thighs, a clenching wetness told me I wanted the man in my arms more than I’d wanted anyone in a long, long, very long time.
A warm, salty tear slid between our lips and Damian pulled away. “You’re crying.” He looked so alarmed I laughed.
“It’s okay. I’m okay.”
He stared at me for a beat longer and then lowered his head again.
I closed my eyes in anticipation of another kiss. Instead I felt his hot tongue, sliding across my cheek where the tears had been.
His hands fell away. The air around me grew cool again.
I gasped and opened my eyes.
He was gone. Leaving only a thought in my mind, which I was pretty sure had to be a figment of my imagination.
Take Care, Athena.
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The free read based on my Cupids, Nocked for a Loop, is a fast, fun read and it won't cost you a cent! It's a great introduction to my Gods of Love erotic fantasy series! Check them out:
Nocked for a Loop
When Cupid Christian Kairos sees the lush, beautiful goddess Arion on Olympus, he’s drawn to her like a bee to pollen. Her reaction to him suggests she feels the same. So when they find themselves alone together, it doesn’t take long for them to pollinate. Christian decides he has to have her for his own. Unfortunately she’s been promised to another.
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Sam
Magic, Adventure, Love on the Run
www.samcheever.com
"Ms. Cheever writes with class, humor and lots of fun
while weaving an excellent story." The Romance Studio
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Congrats on your nomination, Sam!
ReplyDeleteThanks Debra! I'm very excited!
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