Spring had arrived in coastal Virginia and then we had some flurries earlier today! Hoping warmer weather is on the way. If you’re new to Weekend Writing Warriors #wewriwa, it’s a blog hop where authors share 8-10 sentences of their work.
I’m continuing with with my newest steamy release, Sand and Sin. Navy SEAL, Jax Taylor, takes leave after being injured on a mission and catches a military hop to Virginia Beach to see a buddy. TJ is night training and recommends a local SEAL bar called the Trident. As he chats with the lovely, green-eyed bartender Peri, she realizes he’s friends with TJ and asks why his buddy isn’t showing the hot spots.
Jax fiddled with his napkin and answered, “He’s jumping out of a C-130.”
“So, you just returned stateside today?”
He checked his expensive, matte-black, multi-function watch that would have marked him special-ops without their previous conversation. “About two hours ago.”
“Long mission?”
“Months,” he said glancing around the bar, then to her.
“It’s early, you still have time to remedy your just-back virgin status,” she replied with a smirk.
His gaze burned into her like a blue flame before asking, “Is that an offer?”
For the first time since working at the Trident, she considered breaking her rule, as she thumped her pen on her ticket pad. “Sorry, don’t mix business with pleasure.”
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Dani Jace. Romance Author 
Peri needs to be careful – that certainly sounded like a come-on line to this male. Makes me wonder if, despite herself, she rather likes the idea of a dalliance with him.
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Yeah it is, Peter, but she’s been around the type! Thanks for stopping by!
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Terrific book. A pleasure to read. Dalliance. Oh, Peter. Nice word.
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Thanks Charmaine and for pointing out Peter’s vocabulary word of the day for me. The comment window had cut off his last sentence and I didn’t see it!
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Oh, Jax, moving a little fast there, buddy! Enjoyed the excerpt, can’t wait for more!
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Thanks Veronica! He’s being a bad boy right now as he’s tired, injured and hasn’t been laid in months! LOL!
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Excellent tension built on the hint of their chemistry. Well done.
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Thanks so much Kim. I loved writing this scene with the tension and wordplay.
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I sense a rule about to be broken! Great snippet, Dani!
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You know it! Thanks Nancy!
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Oy! She didn’t break her rule, but man oh man, she was sorely tempted. 🙂
I think we’ll see that rules are made to be broken. 🙂 Good snippet, Dani!
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Yes she was and yes they are! Thanks Teresa!
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Don’t mix business with pleasure, indeed. If she wasn’t thinking of breaking out the stir stick, so to speak, she would never have uttered that line about his just-back virgin status.
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LOL! Breaking out the stir stick! Going to have to use that one, Ed. Thanks for stopping by.
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Great snippet
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Thanks Naomi!
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