Blurb:
Christmas gifts aren’t the only
surprises Ginny is going to get this year.
Moonstone Guinevere ‘Ginny’ Miles is in Silver Springs visiting her parents for the holidays. They moved to the town five years ago, and adore their new life here. Used to the hustle and bustle of London, England, Ginny isn’t convinced at first—what’s so great about a small town in Upstate New York, anyway? Despite her own opinions, it’s clear to Ginny the move has done her parents the world of good—they look years younger. There’s clearly something magical about this town.
Following some exploration of her own, Ginny discovers Silver Springs has its charms—Jewels Cafe is amazing, for starters, as is its pumpkin spice latte. Ginny’s drunk a lot of lattes in her thirty-three years, but nothing quite like this.
Her taste buds are still tingling from the tasty treat when she comes across a broken-down truck on the way back to her parents’ place. And when she spots the three gorgeous guys with the vehicle, it’s not just her taste buds that are tingling.
Is Ginny’s vacation in Silver Springs about to get a whole lot more interesting?
Moonstone is a standalone contemporary reverse harem romance. It is part of the Jewels Cafe series.
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Excerpt:
Moonstone
Guinevere Miles—known as Ginny to people who didn’t want to incur her fierce
and everlasting wrath—heaved her suitcase off the luggage reclaim belt with an
“Oof!” and placed it on the floor, a sigh of relief escaping her. At least the
thing had wheels—she didn’t really have the energy for carrying a heavy
suitcase all the way through Customs and out to Arrivals. The long, tiring
flight had seen to that.
No matter
how much she tried, no matter how exhausted she was, she simply could not fall
asleep on a plane. Ever. Eye mask, ear plugs, meditation, bloody whale
music—nothing helped. She’d long since resigned herself to staying awake while
snores from other passengers emanated around the cabin. At least it had only
been about seven and a half hours since taking off from Heathrow—she couldn’t
imagine what state she’d be in if she ever flew any longer than that—to
Australia, New Zealand or somewhere.
Doubtful
that would ever happen, though. It had taken long enough for her to get her
backside out to the east coast of America, where her parents had been running a
retreat since retiring five years ago. But then, things were different now,
weren’t they? Which was why she was even here in the first place—it wouldn’t
have been possible otherwise.
Thinking
of her parents brought an inevitable smile to her face, and inserted a little
more spring in her step. Despite the energy and mood suck that had been the
flight, she was excited to be here. She was eager to see her parents, and to
find out exactly what they’d built up over the last five years. She’d seen
photos and videos, but it wasn’t the same as actually being there.
When
they’d first announced they were using their retirement nest egg to open a
retreat in Upstate New York, she’d been floored. Who the hell retires, only to
take on a massive project like that? Surely the whole point of retiring is to
wind down, enjoy some free time, relax? But no, her mum and dad—who, to be
fair, had never been what one would call conventional—had set their hearts on
it. They’d had a huge purge of their belongings, sold their cars and house, and
jetted off across the pond, leaving Ginny shocked and not a little bereft.
She’d been used to having them close by and had quickly realized just how much
she’d taken that for granted.
At the
same time, her career as a chef had taken off and she’d become so busy that her
parents’ sudden distance hadn’t made the blindest bit of difference. She barely
saw the inside of her own flat, never mind her friends and family. This was the
first Christmas she’d had off work since then, too, and she was looking forward
to spending it with her parents more than she could put into words. They’d been
big on the festive period ever since she was a baby, and as such, Ginny’s brain
was stuffed full of warm, fuzzy memories of Christmases past. They’d been
useful to get her through the last five crappy ones, too, where a microwaved ready
meal was the best she could hope for, if she hadn’t managed to wangle a free
meal from the place she’d been working at at the time.
Her smile
widened, and she walked faster still—God, just how big is this bloody
airport?—desperate to see her mum and dad and start the Christmas holiday with
a bang. Anticipation rushed through her. They’d have turkey and roast potatoes,
pigs in blankets, mounds of vegetables, desserts laden with enough calories to
last them until Valentine’s Day, Christmas carols, amazing decorations, a
beautiful tree, fairy lights…
And Santa
Claus. Two of them, in fact, jumping up and down enthusiastically and waving
wildly at her, with not a rotund belly in sight.
Ginny was
so excited, she couldn’t even be bothered with the embarrassment she might have
felt at being greeted in a public place by her parents dressed up in Santa
outfits. Plus, nobody knew her here anyway, so who cared?
She
scurried around the barrier, almost flipping her case in her haste to turn a
corner, then covered the remaining distance between them in seconds flat and
released the handle of her suitcase. A series of squeals and exclamations went
up—from all three of them—and then everything went dark as Ginny was enveloped
in a warm, fluffy embrace, her face crushed up against what she suspected was
the white fur trim on her mother’s jacket, and kisses rained down on her. It
was all she could do to suck in oxygen as she was squeezed and squeezed them
right back. She was assailed by the scents of clean clothes, shampoo, perfume,
and cologne—all perfectly lovely smells by themselves, but somewhat
overwhelming all at once. Unintelligible murmurings reached her ears, but she
didn’t bother to reply since she had no idea what was being said. And she
didn’t need words, anyway. All she needed at that moment in time was to soak up
the enormous outpouring of love she was experiencing.
She was so bloody happy, she thought she might pop.
Author Bio:
Lucy Felthouse is the award-winning author of erotic romance novels Stately Pleasures (named in the top 5 of Cliterati.co.uk’s 100 Modern Erotic Classics That You’ve Never Heard Of), Eyes Wide Open (winner of the Love Romances Café’s Best Ménage Book 2015 award), The Persecution of the Wolves, Hiding in Plain Sight, and The Heiress’s Harem and The Dreadnoughts series. Including novels, short stories and novellas, she has over 170 publications to her name. Find out more about her writing at http://lucyfelthouse.co.uk, or on Twitter or Facebook. Join her Facebook group for exclusive cover reveals, sneak peeks and more! Sign up for automatic updates on Amazon or BookBub. Subscribe to her newsletter here: http://www.subscribepage.com/lfnewsletter
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