Today’s Saturday Snippet focuses on that most important of moments in a book…the first kiss. Some first kisses can be incredibly romantic. Some can be incredibly sexy. And some can be, um, dangerous.

For my kiss excerpt, I decided to use a scene from MIDNIGHT SINS, the second book in my Midnight trilogy. A kiss should be easy for a succubus to handle, right? Well, not when the succubus finds herself falling for a human cop.

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“You feel it, don’t you?”  A whisper that seemed like a caress against her skin.

She shook her head.  “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”  She could lie, too.

His lips quirked, just a bit.  With a flick of his fingers, Todd unhooked his seat belt and leaned toward her.  “There’s something here.”

The promise of hot, wild sex.  Of power and magic rushing into her body and making her scream with pleasure. But she’d given that up because after the burn of fiery release, she hated the ashes of cold reality. The reality that a man wouldn’t love a demon, no matter how enticing her physical appearance.

His hand lifted, reached for her.

Her fingers flew out and locked around his wrist in a fierce grip.

Silence.  Then he said, “I just wanted to touch you.”

He sounded sincere, but…“I thought you just wanted to send me to jail.”

He didn’t deny her words.  Didn’t fight her hold.  Good thing, too, because the way she was feeling, Cara would have shown him just how strong a succubus could be.

Instead, his eyes dropped to her lips.  “I wonder…” he spoke with words little more than a growl.  “Do you taste as good as you smell?”

The damn pheromones.  “It’s not me that you want.” The admission was hard.

“Ah, baby, but I’m going to have to disagree.”  He was close, so close that she could feel the light brush of his breath against her face.

“You don’t understand—”

He kissed her.  A soft, fast press of his lips against hers.

Cara’s fingers tightened around him as desire began to heat her blood.

“Not enough.” His lips were just above hers.  “I need another taste…”

And she wanted more. When his lips met hers again, her mouth was open. Ready.  The kiss wasn’t as soft this time, and she was glad.  She could taste the hunger on his lips, his tongue.  A hunger that matched her own. There was no questing search as his tongue slipped past her lips.  Just need.  Demand.

A moan trembled in the back of her throat even as her mouth widened for him.  Her tongue met his, licking, stroking.  Her nipples began to ache and swell as the fire blazing inside of her grew.

She knew she shouldn’t be doing this, but Cara couldn’t stop. The cop was the wrong man for her. The situation was wrong.

But the need felt so right.

Power began to fill the air as his lust grew.  Such sweet, tempting power.  She could feel it, surrounding her. She could have that power.  All of it.

She just had to take it.

Take him.

No.  She’d sworn to fight that part of her life.  Cara pulled away from him, twisting her head to the side.  “I—we have to stop.”

His breath was ragged. So was hers.  Cara realized she still held his hand.  Instead of a punishing grip, her fingers caressed his flesh.  She snatched her hand away from him.

“Easy.”  He didn’t retreat and he kept his stare on her.  “It was just a kiss.”

That was how the sweetest temptation always started.  With a soft kiss.

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Want to read more first kiss excerpts? Then check out all of these great authors who are participating in the Saturday Snippet fun:

Lauren Dane
Cynthia Eden
Vivi Anna
Sylvia Day
Moira Rogers
Mandy Roth
Anya Bast
Viv Arend
Beth Williamson
Elisabeth Naughton
Michelle Pillow
Jaci Burton
Taige Crenshaw
McKenna Jeffries
Victoria Janssen
Shelli Stevens
Maggie Robinson
Juliana Stone
Sasha White
Maura Anderson
Shelley Munro
Jody Wallace
Eliza Gayle
Kelly Maher

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