Please help me welcome a character from a book I really enjoyed. Sunny Black,
from Alannah Lynne’s LAST CALL (Heat Wave Series #2) is visiting with us today,
and she’s brought audio copies of LAST CALL and SAVIN’ ME (Heat Wave Series #1)
to give away!
Sunny: Hi Colette!! Thanks for letting me join you today! Gavin and I
have had a wild week, traveling the virtual globe with stops on Facebook,
Twitter, Google +, Pinterest, and of course, the blogosphere. I stay so busy
with the Blackout, it’s been nice to get out and about. Thanks for letting me
wrap up my rounds with you and your friends.
Colette: Glad to have you here. Tell us a little about you and Gavin… How did
you meet?
Sunny: *laughs* He came into my bar,
the Blackout Bar and Grill, and… well, we got off to a bit of a rocky start.
Let me show you…
Bartender Sunny Black had her head down in the
beer chiller, her arm buried to the elbow in ice, when she heard, “Can I get a
blowjob, sex on the beach, and a screaming orgasm, please?”
She rolled her eyes
and continued to shift bottles in the cooler without responding. She really
needed a better system for taking inventory.
The problem?
Bent over like this,
her ass stuck straight up in the air, which seemed to be an open invitation for
assholes to hit on her by ordering the raunchiest drink names they could think
of. Hard to believe these guys thought she hadn’t heard it all before.
She’d been hoping
for a quiet night, so she could close up early. But Mr. Hardy-har-har
undoubtedly had a posse—jerks always traveled in packs—and they always stayed
until last call, using every available minute to get as drunk and obnoxious as
possible. She’d be lucky if she got out of here before midnight.
She shifted the
Budweisers to the side and resumed counting. Seven. Eight. Nine. Ten.
“Ma’am, did you hear
me?”
With her free hand,
she pulled the Dum-Dum out of her mouth and licked the sticky from her lips.
“Look, Romeo,” she said, tilting her head so her voice carried to him, rather
than echoing around the cooler, “I’ll give you five points for a nice, smooth
voice. But you lose ten for being a tad overzealous.”
She jammed the
sucker back into her mouth and resumed counting. Eleven. Twelve. Thirteen.
“What the hell are
you talking…” His voice trailed off, and then roaring laughter settled over her
like thick, heavy honey drizzled on a piping hot biscuit.
He seemed genuinely
amused, and she grew curious enough about the man behind the laugh to risk an
encouraging look. She leaned back and lifted her head so she could see over the
bar.
Holy cow. Even while
slurping on a saliva-inducing butterscotch sucker, her mouth went bone dry.
The guy’s features
were amazing. The Great Sculptor had pressed her thumbs into the flesh of his
cheeks, then pulled an upward stroke, leaving behind a slight indention, while
at the same time creating high, rugged cheekbones. His square jaw led to a
square chin that projected a strong, confident individual. His eyes were like
brilliant sapphires, topped by severe dark brows.
His features were
sharp, and if not smiling, he would appear harsh, hostile even. But softened by
that grin, she found him utterly—and literally—breathtaking.
“I think you
misunderstood my request.” His eyes twinkled with amusement.
Colette: I take it you worked through
the misunderstanding?
Sunny: Oh yeah! *grins sheepishly*
Colette: What scenes from the book seem to get the most attention or are
favorites among readers?
Sunny: The first kiss and the schnapps scenes seem to be the two that readers
comment on the most. In the first kiss scene, I’m sitting on the counter behind
the bar, and Gavin had just asked me what my favorite drink is. I gotta be
honest… with him that close, looking at me the way he was, I wasn’t thinking
about drinks!!
She swallowed hard.
“My personal favorite is a french kiss.”
His gaze dropped to
her mouth, and, fueled by the fire she saw in his eyes, she flicked her tongue
over her top lip, then drug it along her lower. Knowing her action had been
strictly for his pleasure, his lids dropped to half-mast, and he smiled
appreciatively.
With agonizingly
slow movements, he stepped between her knees, took her face in his large palms,
and dipped his head. With his mouth inches from hers, he whispered, “You don’t
mean the kind in a glass, do you?”
She shook her head,
then closed her eyes and felt. Felt his warm breath against her mouth, his
rough palms against her face, and his solid thighs against her softer ones. A
viscous wave of need washed through her, and she found it difficult to make her
voice work. “I love kisses. french and otherwise. In fact, I love kisses as
much as sex.”
He drew back, as if
horrified. “You’ve either been with some outstanding kissers, or lousy lovers.”
He leaned back in. “Which is it?”
Since she could
count her lovers on one hand, not including the thumb, she couldn’t say for
sure. But she refused to admit that. Knowing she hadn’t had sex in three years
was bad enough. If he knew the full extent of her inexperience, he might wonder
what was wrong with her.
She ignored the
question and concentrated on his mouth, which was so close she could see the
soft lines in his lower lip. Yet, he might as well have been a block away for
all the good it did. Trying to close the scant distance between them, she
gripped his forearms and tugged. He didn’t move, and her desperation twisted
into a tight coil in her gut.
“Patience, Sunny.”
His eyes were full of heat and promise, his voice a husky murmur. “We’ll never
have another first kiss. Don’t rush it.”
Unable to form an
intelligent thought, let alone speak, Sunny stared into his eyes and willed him
to move faster. She held her breath and let her eyelids drift shut as he eased
closer and kissed the corner of her eye, then her temple, then her ear.
His hand slipped to
the back of her head and held her in place as his lips made a slow excursion
along her jawline and ended at the corner of her mouth.
His tongue stroked
the crease of her lips, and she opened to him with a sigh. She could tell he
was smiling, taking pleasure in teasing her. He didn’t make her wait long,
though, before he treated her with full mouth-to-oh-what-an-amazing-mouth
contact.
Slow, rhythmic
thrusts of his tongue kicked her base instincts into gear, and she wiggled
closer to the edge of the counter, seeking a different kind of thrusting
penetration. His tongue swept across the roof of her mouth in a gentle caress,
then slid over her teeth. He nipped at her lip, then worked the sting away with
a slow, slick glide.
Good grief, Gavin
didn’t kiss. He made love with his tongue and mouth. Within seconds, she was
trembling and rubber-legged and grateful to be sitting. Otherwise, she’d be a
glob of goo, sliding onto the floor. When he broke the kiss for a breath, she
said, “If you were trying to convince me kissing isn’t as good as sex, you’re
doing a poor job.”
Sunny: This is the schnapps scene:
He picked up the
blanket from the corner he’d stashed it in earlier, then laid it on the pool
table closest to the door. “How long will it take you to wrap things up here?”
he asked, stepping behind Sunny. “I have special plans for you.”
She was facing the
mirrored wall, and he watched the dullness in her eyes turn to glittering
anticipation. “Just a few minutes.” She picked up the container of Redi Whip
then hesitated. Smiling, she set it back down and caught his gaze in the
reflection of the mirror. She popped the sucker from her mouth and said, “Robby
is staying at a friend’s tonight. We don’t have to go to the beach.”
He pressed his body
against hers and stroked his fingers down her arms. “Yeah, we do. I promised
you sex on the beach.” Holding her gaze in the mirror, he nuzzled her neck.
“You know you’re killing me with those damned suckers, right?” A smile played
at her mouth, and she shook her head. “I can’t watch you suck on one without
imagining what it would be like to be the lucky bastard.”
Her breath hitched,
and she twisted in his arms. “Oh yeah?” She trailed her fingers down his chest,
past the drawstring on his borrowed shorts, and cupped the hard proof of his
confession. “Mmmm… Do you know what my favorite flavor is?”
He gulped. “No.”
“Peppermint.” She
looked up at him with a sad, pouty expression. “But they don’t make suckers in
that flavor.” She reached behind her and grabbed a bottle of peppermint
schnapps off the shelf. “Maybe I could make my own.”
He struggled to make
his lungs work as he followed her train of thought. He’d never experienced this
personally—hey, a first for him—but he heard other guys talk. The peppermint,
combined with the cool air in the room, added to the already intense sensations
of the woman’s mouth.
But hell, he was
cranked so tight it wouldn’t take but three seconds of Sunny’s mouth on him and
he’d be a goner.
Her fingers shook as
she pulled at the drawstring of his shorts and loosened the waistband. She
flipped her gaze to his and hesitated, as if gauging his reaction to make sure
it was okay for her to continue.
Only a fool would
tell this woman no… to anything.
He took her face in
his palms and lowered his mouth to hers for a hot, searing kiss. Keeping their
mouths connected, he murmured, “I’m okay with anything
you want to do… or try.”
Colette: Wow, that sounds interesting! What
about some of the other characters we meet in LAST CALL? Will any of them have
their own stories?
Sunny: They sure will! My younger brother,
Robby, is a readers’ favorite, and he’ll eventually have his own story. He needs
to get through school and mature a little before he gets his happily ever
after. Surprisingly enough, Callie--who isn’t a friend to me in the beginning,
but changes dramatically toward the end--gets asked about a lot, too. Lucky for
her, she’s up next in the Heat Wave Series!! GOING ALL IN (Heat Wave Series
Book #4) will be out in late April or early May.
Colette: That looks great!! So how can my
friends win some of these great prizes?
Sunny: There’s a lot of ways they can win!!
The first is to go to the Rafflecopter below, where they have multiple chances
to enter. They can also hop over to Blogging by Liza, where Gavin is hanging out today with an amazing St.
Patrick’s Day feast!! And, Alannah is giving away copies on her blog, FB page, and to multiple newsletter subscribers, so they can drop by each of those places and
enter there too!
Thank you
for letting me spend the day with you and your friends!! I’ll be here
throughout the day, answering questions and responding to comments.
SAVIN' ME (Heat Wave Novel #1) is now free at all outlets! Amazon, iTunes, Barne
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