Check My Heart was released earlier this year in the Hot on Ice anthology (no longer available) and is now being republished as an individual novella. Today I have a little excerpt from it!
Publisher: Christi Barth (July 17th, 2017)
Genre: Contemporary Romance
The death of his little brother turned Kurt Lundquist’s world upside down. He channeled his grief into skating his heart out--and ultimately leading his hockey team to win the championship. Now, all he wants to do is throw a party with the Cup in his brother's honor. He’s got no clue where to start...until he runs into the gorgeous hospice nurse who took such great care of Jasper. She’s waaay off limits, but he’s desperate, and hires her to help him.
Lisette Broussard’s heart broke a little more every time a patient died. Losing the brave brother of a hockey star was the last straw. Learning a new specialty was supposed to change her life for the better, but it used up her savings. Then the slam dunk job with the New Orleans championship hockey team mysteriously disappears. So she jumps at Kurt’s offer of a job, no matter how temporary. No matter how...dangerous, given how much she’s always crushed on him. No matter how risky it is to fall for Kurt, since he’ll always associate her with the grief of losing his brother.
But the more time they spend together, the deeper they both fall. Kurt’s heart begins to thaw...and then heat. Lisette can’t resist him, and throws caution to the wind. She’ll take whatever time he gives her. Can they move beyond the pain of the past and focus on a future together?
Lisette Broussard’s heart broke a little more every time a patient died. Losing the brave brother of a hockey star was the last straw. Learning a new specialty was supposed to change her life for the better, but it used up her savings. Then the slam dunk job with the New Orleans championship hockey team mysteriously disappears. So she jumps at Kurt’s offer of a job, no matter how temporary. No matter how...dangerous, given how much she’s always crushed on him. No matter how risky it is to fall for Kurt, since he’ll always associate her with the grief of losing his brother.
But the more time they spend together, the deeper they both fall. Kurt’s heart begins to thaw...and then heat. Lisette can’t resist him, and throws caution to the wind. She’ll take whatever time he gives her. Can they move beyond the pain of the past and focus on a future together?
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Check My Heart by Christi Barth
Excerpt
God. Why would Lisette want to keep touching such a
wallowing, messed-up son of a bitch? The words, the truth that kept him
immobilized on this decision ripped from his throat like gravel spraying from
his Harley tires. “Tell me how I can turn my back on my team and my friends and
still be able to look myself in the mirror.”
She pressed up against his back, arms circling his waist
like a life preserver. “How do you do it now? How do you look past your grief
to see what’s truly in your reflection?”
“I don’t.”
Her fingers curved into his stomach. “You don’t look in
mirrors?”
“Not for a while now.” Trying to make light of it, Kurt
rasped a hand across his two-day-old stubble. “I’ve got an electric razor.
Makes it so easy I can do it with my eyes shut. I was tired of seeing nothing
but a scowl.”
“Oh, I get it, believe me. But feeling good, being happy?
It takes practice every bit as much as skating.” Going up on her tiptoes,
Lisette murmured into his ear, “I declare that smile practice is now in
session.”
Then her fingers splayed, arrowing down to just below the
waist of his shorts. Just enough to make him wish they’d damn well keep going.
She scraped her teeth along the cords of his neck, then licked a path down to
where Kurt knew she could feel his pulse jackrabbiting through the skin.
Lisette sucked. Sucked and swirled her tongue. That was all it took to bring
his dick into a full-out lunge, trying to meet her fingertips.
Kurt reached back and around to pull her closer. He got two
handfuls of the sweetest ass he’d ever touched and squeezed. Kneaded. His hands
almost completely covered those taut globes. He couldn’t wait to see how they’d
look doing exactly that on her naked skin.
He didn’t care if she gave him a hickey. Didn’t care that
the guys would give him a mountain of shit if he walked into the locker room
with a love bite like a teenager. The only thing Kurt cared about was the way
her tongue lapped at him, sending shivers of sensation straight down to his
dick.
They weren’t really kissing. They were fully clothed, in a fucking
warehouse. They weren’t even face-to-face. But her assault on his neck was so
damn hot, Kurt was ready to shove up her skirt and take her on the floor, with
the goddamned goldfish watching.
Whispering, breath feathering against his ear, Lisette ordered,
“Look at your reflection in the bowl, Kurt. What do you see?”
He turned his head to catch a smug, satisfied grin curling
up the edges of his mouth. Huh. Kurt twisted to see her wet lips and flushed
cheeks. Guess she’d enjoyed giving as well as getting. Which turned him on even
more. “You think I’m good in a practice session? You should catch me in the
real deal.”
Well, I'm definitely looking forward to reading this one! How about you?
Check My Heart releases July 17th!
Enjoy!
Until Next Time,
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