Midsummer Night’s Fling by Beth Matthews
(Stage Kiss Series #1)
Publication date: June 2014
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
(Stage Kiss Series #1)
Publication date: June 2014
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Synopsis:
After dating her childhood sweetheart Max on and off for years, aspiring actress Nicola Charles is finally ready to move on. It’s time for her to focus on her stage career and stay away from Max–before he can break her heart again.
Max regrets hurting Nicola, but he wants another chance. So when his play loses its leading lady, giving Nicola the part seems like the perfect opportunity to win back his old flame.
But the course of true love—and a theater production—never do run smooth. As Max fights to reignite Nicola’s love, the onstage antics can’t rival the bedlam backstage: a neurotic cast, a prickly crew, and an evil diva of a director who’s got designs on Max.
As Nicola and Max battle to keep the drama onstage, Max can’t help wondering if their romance will end with the last performance. Or have the two of them finally captured what they’ve dreamed of all their lives? True Love.
A contemporary romance that should appeal to fans of the wry humor and playful sexiness in the works of Julie James and Victoria Dahl.
Max regrets hurting Nicola, but he wants another chance. So when his play loses its leading lady, giving Nicola the part seems like the perfect opportunity to win back his old flame.
But the course of true love—and a theater production—never do run smooth. As Max fights to reignite Nicola’s love, the onstage antics can’t rival the bedlam backstage: a neurotic cast, a prickly crew, and an evil diva of a director who’s got designs on Max.
As Nicola and Max battle to keep the drama onstage, Max can’t help wondering if their romance will end with the last performance. Or have the two of them finally captured what they’ve dreamed of all their lives? True Love.
A contemporary romance that should appeal to fans of the wry humor and playful sexiness in the works of Julie James and Victoria Dahl.
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Excerpt:
As soon as her lips touched his, Nicola
knew she'd made a terrible mistake.
But, wow, did she not give a shit.
This kiss was an inevitability, the
climax of the sexual tension that had been kindling inside her since they began
the scene. Since I opened the door this
afternoon and saw him. She sighed into his mouth, her eyes prickling.
Five
years. Five years and it might as well have been a second. Or a lifetime. I don't know him anymore. Didn't know
what he'd done for the last few years, didn't know how he'd changed, who he
was.
And yet.
Skin remembered skin. And her mouth
opened against his with the ease of tender familiarity. She didn't really know
him anymore, but her body remembered every inch of his, every touch, every
breath they breathed together, every feeling.
His mouth was soft and warm as his
tongue swept into her mouth. Heat pooled between her thighs, a greedy, selfish
want for all he could give her.
Don't
start this again. But she wanted to give in, to let go, to lose herself to
him. I don't care. I don't care. With
a small sigh, she deepened the kiss, her tongue clashing with his. Delicious
friction. Primal need. Yes.
Max groaned into her mouth and pushed
his body close to hers, backing her against the doorframe. Backing her up hard
enough her head knocked into the doorframe.
He broke away. "Shit. I'm
sorry."
"Ow?" Nicola rubbed her sore
spot and shot him a laughing glance. "Boy, this really is like old
times."
"Ah, intermissions." He
grinned. "The one time I could kiss you as much as I wanted."
"Until you inevitably knocked me
into a wall."
He tucked a strand of hair behind her
ear. "I never meant to bang you
into that wall backstage."
"Old habits. Ha. Is this a kiss or
a concussion?"
"Both?" He leaned toward her,
so warm, so familiar.
He'll
never be what you need him to be. The
thought seared into her mind, sucking all the sweetness out of her surrender.
She drew away, her body tingling in anticipation of the delights which would
never come now.
"Nicola?"
She ducked, dodging his hands when he
tried to stop her retreat. "I have to go."
AUTHOR BIO
Beth Matthews is a California girl, born and raised. She’s a total geek, a movie buff, and a mediocre swing dancer. She lives in sunny SoCal with her boyfriend and two of the neediest housecats on the planet.
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Author Interview:
Which three books
would you take to a desert island and why?
Curse of Chalion
by Lois McMaster Bujold because that is my very favorite book. The hero Cazaril
is so compassionate and witty. I reread that book at least once a year. Faking It by Jennifer Crusie, which is
probably my favorite romance novel of all time. I love Tilda and Davy's banter.
No one writes banter like Crusie. Lastly, I would probably take some sort of
instruction manual on how to build a raft or an island survival guide. ;P
What’s your guilty
pleasure?
Murder, She Wrote.
I am addicted to that show and have seen every episode multiple times. Jessica
Fletcher is my role model and I totally want to be her and have her
jet-setting, fabulous authorial life when I grow up. With fewer murders and
more sexytimes, of course.
What’s your greatest
extravagance?
Hell Bunny dresses on Modcloth.
I am so addicted to that website I hesitate to even link to it lest I encourage
others to follow me down the rabbit hole. Modcloth has SO much cute stuff,
though. Literally 90% of my wardrobe is from Modcloth.
What’s your most
treasured possession?
My late father was a jewelry designer and he made my mom a
wedding band to wear when she was pregnant with me because her finger was too
big for her normal ring. I just love that I have something so beautiful that he
sort of made for both of us before he passed away.
How do you celebrate
when you finish a novel?
Sleeping. Sad but true, I usually do a mad typing spree and
stay up WAY too late to finish books.
Have you ever used an
incident from real life in one of your books?
Yes, actually, in A
Midsummer Night's Fling the hero and heroine are kissing backstage and he
accidentally bangs her head against the wall. My boyfriend did this to me one
night when we were backstage together. And, yes, we were kissing. ;)
What is your next
project, and when will it be released?
Right now I'm polishing up a New Adult romance, Love's Last Call, for release later this
year. It's about a dorky bouncer and the cocktail waitress he's sure is out of
his league. If people want to learn more they can check out the book's
info-page on my
website.
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