About Laura Harner: Raised
in California, Laura likes it hot, which explains why she ended up in Arizona
via such diverse places as Japan, Maine, and Florida, and many more places in
between. After retiring from the US Navy, she found a niche working for land
management agencies, including the National Park Service and the Bureau of Land
Management. Though she has held many jobs around the world, her favorite was
working and living in Grand Canyon National Park. Working (and eating) in New
Orleans was a close second. You will find many of her books are set against the
rich backdrops provided by coastal Louisiana and northern Arizona.
When asked how she started writing, Laura tells
of waking on Boxing Day a few years ago, with a woman named Elena MacFarland
yammering in her dreams, demanding her story be told. Despite never attempting
to write fiction before that morning, Laura ignored all of the holiday visitors
and the Highland Destiny series was born. She doesn’t believe it was a
coincidence that the great grandmother who died when Laura was just a baby was
named Elena MacFarland. Destiny does play a hand.
Laura became a full-time writer in 2012, and now
she spends her time writing, watching her Arizona Diamondbacks, and working on
her very own version of the Willow Springs Ranch in northwestern Arizona. She
is a multi-published author of erotic romance, mystery, and urban fantasy and
her books can be found at all major online retailers.”
Where to go if you too would like to stalk
my girl crush *waggles*
Prevailing Winds
Cover Artist: Laura Harner
Publisher: Hot Corner Press
When a
blurb is more than a blurb...
Two years ago, Jamie Mainwaring and Remy
Remington had nothing in common except missing boys and a blazing hot mutual
distraction. When the case was over, so were they. Although they went their
separate ways, life—and death—keep the men connected.
After another deadly tragedy touches both their
lives, the men say what they believe must be their final goodbyes—only to have
their worlds collide once again. This time they end up in Las Vegas, one man
for work, the other to try to mend a very personal pain.
Although Jamie and Remy once excelled at mixing
business with pleasure—this time, the stakes are much higher—they’ve got
forever on the line. When they discover Jamie’s case has an unexpected
connection to Remy’s son, they must put everything aside to find Toby before
the young man makes a decision that will change all of their lives. One thing
is positive, time is running out.
And a tingly causing excerpt:
“I don’t know if I can do this, cowboy,” Jamie
whispered. Even while his heart was busy trying to put on the brakes, his
traitorous hands slid to Remy’s waist. He leaned up to steal another kiss. The
slide of slick tongue, the wet heat, familiar taste all insistently telegraphed
the same message. This is right.
Jamie arched toward Remy, tugging at his shirt,
sliding hands along the hot flesh, pulling him closer. Returning the kiss, Remy
made a noise halfway between a groan and a growl, then took a commanding
control, forcing his head back, their tongues dancing in an addicting blend of
white-hot urgency.
Just like the first time they’d kissed, the
effect of Remington’s kiss was like no other. It wasn’t just a kiss, it was an
assault on his senses that left his head spinning and his lungs desperate for
oxygen. Even his toes tingled. Intense. Passionate. Perfect. They fit together
in a way he’d never been able to duplicate with any other man. Yin and Yang.
Black and Tan. Fish and Chips. Breaking their kiss, Jamie nearly snorted with
laughter.
Immediately, Remy dropped his hands to his sides
and took a giant step backward. “I’m sorry, Jamie. I didn’t mean to—” His eyes
were heavy, the lush lips swollen from their kisses, the dress shirt untucked
and rumpled. Jamie wanted to finish undressing him, to use his mouth to ravish
that beautiful body.
Trying to focus, Jamie said, “No—it’s not that.
I was thinking—”
“Always dangerous with you,” Remy interrupted.
Jamie laughed again. “Too true. I was thinking
about how perfectly our kisses seem to fit together. The things you do to me
are like no one else…then I lost the thread.” He repeated his thoughts.
“Like fish and chips? Seriously?” Now Remy was
laughing, too. “How do I go from being your best kiss to being compared to a
piece of cod?”
Jamie shook his head. “I don’t know. Nerves,
maybe?”
Remy nodded. “I’ll go back to my room.”
“No,” Jamie practically shouted. Remy tilted his
head and blinked. The man probably thought him mad. Maybe he was.
“Jamie, help me out here. What can’t you do? How
can I help?” Remy took Jamie’s hand and started to lead him toward the couch.
Jamie tugged him to the bedroom instead.
“I don’t want you to leave, Remy. Really, I
don’t. Let’s go to bed.”
“Jamie, you don’t have to do this. In fact—shit,
I can’t believe I’m saying this—but I’d rather we not do anything if you’re not
sure.”
“That’s just the trouble, Remy. I’m sure I want
this.” He used two fingers to point back and forth between them. “What I’m
afraid of is what happens afterward. I’m not sure I can…survive watching you
walk away again. And God, I’m so sorry. I know it’s way too soon for both of
us—too soon after Miggy—too soon for this to be something you can commit to. That’s
what scares me.”
Remy pulled Jamie so they both sat on the edge
of the bed. Their hips touched, but Remy leaned forward, resting his elbows on
his knees, the position he always assumed when he needed a bit of
self-protection. “I get that. I’m scared, too, you know. It nearly killed me to
watch you walk away in Phoenix. And you’re right, it’s too early to search out
Elvis and put on wedding bands. But Jamie, I don’t think it’s too soon to say
we can try.”
Jamie’s stomach twisted, and his heart thudded
erratically. Remy turned his head, and gave him a half smile. “Miggy…his death
was ugly, beyond senseless. It was a fucking bomb, set two years ago by that
asshole Cortez. And we never knew. We all went about living our lives—never
once considering we were running out of time. All of us, Jamie—not just Migs.
But here’s the thing…I don’t regret the journey, even if I hate the ending. But
I have to wonder, what other time bombs are waiting for us? What regrets would
we have if one of us died tomorrow?”
The words released the binds around his heart.
As if someone opened the starting gate, Jamie surged forward, knocking Remy
back onto the bed with an oomph. Like the crazed man he was beginning to
suspect he was, he fumbled until he managed to get Remy’s shirt and slacks
open. He was making splendid progress until he was distracted by the warmth of
the big hands that slipped under his shirt and the roll of Remy’s hips. Even
through their remaining clothes, hard length pressed against hard length.
“Jamie,” Remy said his name like some sort of
incantation, weaving a spell with his voice. Jamie cried out when he was
flipped over, his back landing on the mattress with a thud, and he was pinned
by the weight of Remy’s body. His mouth was plundered as Remy tasted and pulled
back before tasting again. So much like their first time.
Breaking their kiss, Remy rose to his knees and
tugged his shirt over his head, then stood and gave Jamie a long look. Jamie
remembered the taste of those finely pebbled brown nubs, the scrape of the
coarse brown chest hair, the heat of the golden skin. Still Remy waited, thumbs
hooked inside his waistband, the zipper unfastened, more than a hint of cock
showing, since he’d obviously gone commando. Jamie licked his lips and glanced
up to meet Remy’s heavy look. Only then did Remy finally let his slacks drop to
the floor. Jamie unfastened his own pants, but Remy pushed his hands aside and
finished undressing him, adding his clothes to the growing pile. Then they were
pressed naked together and Remy’s mouth found his once more.
“Say my name,” he demanded.
Jamie smiled. “Remy,” he mumbled against the
warm lips that branded him as claimed. “Remy. Remy.”
“Fuck, Jamie. I love the way you say my name,”
Remy whispered.
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