Title: BLOSSOMING FLOWER (Wildflowers, #1)
Author: Vivian Winslow
Genre: New-Adult Contemporary Romance
Release Date: October 19, 2015
Flor decides that none of it—the private jets, the vacation homes and the luxury cars—were real. Or at least they really didn’t matter. The only thing that’s real for Flor is her love of horses and her desire to go to veterinary school.
Heading into her final year of college, Flor seeks out the help of an unlikely benefactor to secure a summer internship working with horses. Arriving at the secluded Belo Horizonte ranch, Flor is awed not only by the majestic beauty of the place, but also by handsome cowboy and skilled horse trainer, Collin Taylor. Yet nothing is quite as it appears on the surface.
When the hidden past is revealed, will love end up blossoming for Flor?
Excerpt
Flor throws
herself into work the next week, trying her best to forget about that touch.
She does what she can to keep Paco and his inviting eyes at arms’ length as
well. What for? She chides herself.
In case Collin accepts her invitation for coffee? Even she has to laugh at
that. But what then?
It’s only ten
weeks until she leaves for Smith. Ten weeks isn’t a lot of time, but when
you’re young, it’s certainly long enough to try to get to know someone.
She closes the
door to the small fridge and smiles. “To watch a movie?”
He chuckles and
removes his gloves. Leaning toward her he says, “I was thinking along the lines
of wine and music. But if you prefer a movie . . . .”
Flor shakes her
head.
“No to the movie?”
Paco asks, running his hands through his thick hair.
Flor watches,
mesmerized by his smooth manner.
“I don’t get it,
Flor. One moment, I think you’d like to get to know me, then the next, you act
like you don’t.” He steps toward her. She remains frozen, his gaze holding her
in place, her eyes watching his gorgeous lips move.
What did he just say?
“Usually I can
tell when a woman is attracted to me, but you, I get mixed signals.” He reaches
out and runs a finger along the back of her hand.
Nope, not even a flicker of electricity.
Flor looks down and doesn’t answer. But still she’s extremely attracted to him.
Her panties are wet, and it’s a struggle to control her breathing.
The Argentinian
draws his long finger up to her chin. “You are incredibly beautiful, Flor,” he
whispers. His face inches closer to hers, his blue/gray eyes searching hers. He
wants permission and a part of her is screaming to give it as much as it’s
screaming for her to leave. She closes her eyes and parts her lips, knowing it
won’t feel right. She wants him to realize it too.
Paco’s lips are as
soft as she imagined them to be. He reaches his hand around her neck and pulls
her body to him, his tongue entering and searching for more. It feels better
than Flor even imagined when she lay awake touching herself, picturing him
covering her body with his mouth and tongue.
All of a sudden
she’s on fire. Flor reaches up, her hands on either side of his face. Their
kiss deepens as his hands begin to roam, slowly unleashing the desire she’s
felt since she first laid eyes on him.
The kiss feels
incredible. He’s truly an expert at reading a woman. His tongue traces her lips
before biting down softly on her bottom lip. The sensation travels straight
down to her sex, pulsing with need. That’s what this is now. Pure,
unadulterated need. He sparked it in her, and now he’s stoking the fire with
every touch, every kiss.
As Paco’s lips
travel down her neck, she catches their reflection in the window. The image of
them together with her in his arms, makes her stop. She wrenches herself out of
his embrace.
“I’ve got to go,”
she whispers.
Before Paco has a
chance to respond, she’s already out the door. When Flor nears the house, she
stops and leans against a large magnolia tree, slides down the trunk, and hugs
her knees to her chest. Flor tries to push the image of her and Paco out of her
head. He’s not the one she wants. It’s Collin.
Why these men and why now? She laments.
In the few short weeks she’s been here, she’s allowed herself to be consumed by
longing for one and being pursued by another. Is this karma? Flor wonders. The moment she determines she doesn’t
want to fall in love or become entangled in anything the universe puts not one,
but two desirable men in her path. Although one doesn’t seem to want her back.
Flor stands
slowly, watching bees flit from flower to flower on the low hanging branches.
No one thing or person is worth the energy at this point, she resolves. She’ll
do as she pleases and let the chips fall where they may.
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About Vivian Winslow
New York is the perfect city to indulge her love of fashion, the arts and especially food. If she’s not at home writing or running around the city with her kids, you’ll most likely find her eating at the newest restaurant in her beloved Lower East Side or having a cocktail at her favorite bar in Alphabet City. That said, she’s still a California girl at heart and would gladly trade in her heels for a pair of flip-flops to catch a sunset on the beach.
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