And Then Forever
Fortune’s Island # 1
By: Shirley Jump
Releasing July 28, 2015
TKA Distribution
Blurb
Welcome to Fortune’s Island, where the only rule is to follow your heart. Love is an extravagance Darcy Williams can’t afford. She prefers the simple life, which includes waitressing at The Love Shack and avoiding temptation. But when a forbidden part of her past steps off the ferry, her safe, guarded existence is turned upside down. Kincaid Foster has never gotten over his first love. When he sees the wild, beautiful blonde again, dancing her way around The Love Shack, the memories of Darcy’s soft skin, gentle touch, and heated kisses come rushing back. As the privileged son of a wealthy family, Kincaid was too young to stand up to his overbearing father when he and Darcy were together. Now, he’s back on the island—free of the family shackles—and the chiseled, big-time lawyer wants a second chance. But, Darcy made a promise to keep a secret from Kincaid—a secret that is now a six-year-old
girl who looks just like her daddy. If Kincaid finds out about their daughter, Darcy could lose everything. But, she can’t resist the man who stole her heart all those years ago. And it doesn’t take long before both of them realize that anything can happen on a hot summer night.
Excerpt:
She knew she should stay away from him. Knew she should protect her heart. Knew that
falling for him could have far-reaching consequences. But knowing all that and sticking to it
when he was touching her were two entirely different things. “Why don’t you come by after I get
home tonight?” she said, before she could think twice. “I’ll bring home some dessert, and we
can share.”
Abby arched a brow and smiled at her brother. Kincaid’s gaze stayed on Darcy’s, those
eyes a girl could lose herself in, as Darcy had, a hundred times before. “It’s a date.”
She nodded, as if this was no big deal, but as she turned away, a smile curved across her
face and her heart stuttered, and her steps became lighter. She went through the rest of her
shift with this giddy undertone to her every thought, like a song that carried on her breath.
Kincaid and Abby ate their desserts, then paid their bill and headed for the door. At the last
second, Kincaid turned back, flashed Darcy one of his amazing smiles, and then mouthed see
you soon. She blushed like a schoolgirl, and nearly dropped the drink order on her tray.
By the time the last song was sung at The Love Shack and the lights were turned off, Darcy
was moving at a record pace. It was as if she couldn’t clean the tables or set the chairs up fast
enough. Jillian and Grace just gave her a knowing smile, and shoved her out the door a little
early.
Darcy walked home in the dark, quiet night, but this time her steps were quick, and her mind
on her destination. She carried a bag with two pieces of cake, and wondered vaguely if she had
enough time to shower before Kincaid arrived.
She rounded the corner to her house, saw the waiting light and Nona sitting in a chair inside.
Darcy hurried up the stairs, rushed Nona out of there in a blip, then hopped in the shower and
scrubbed off the worst of the work day. Five minutes later, she had changed into a sundress,
brushed her stubborn curls into loose waves, and pulled a bottle of white wine out of the fridge.
There was a soft knock at her door, and her pulse skittered. Kincaid, her mind sang. Kincaid
is here.
It was how she had felt every single day that summer, as if the world had suddenly turned
right side up, just because he was near. She crossed the room, gave one last nervous pat to her
hair, then pulled open the door. “Hi.”
His gaze roved over her. “Wow. You look…incredible.”
“Thanks.” She felt her cheeks heat again, and wondered who this new Darcy was. Before
this, she never blushed, never got embarrassed. She had her shit together—until Kincaid came
back in her life. Then she was eighteen again, and hopelessly in love. “Want to sit on the porch?
It’s a small house and I don’t want to wake Emma.”
Truth be told, she was afraid that if she invited him in, she’d be all too aware of how few
steps it was to her bedroom. How she could just take his hand and lead him in there, let the
whole night stretch before them. So instead she grabbed the dessert, the bottle of wine and two
glasses, and headed out to the two Adirondack chairs on her porch. She set a small table
between them, then handed Kincaid a slice of cake and a fork. “It’s peanut butter chocolate.
One of my favorites from that bakery.”
He took a bite and rolled his eyes. “Oh my God. That is good. Have you had this before?”
She nodded. “It’s one of my favorites.”
“Here, have a bite.” He forked off a morsel, then held it out to her.
Darcy leaned forward, her eyes on Kincaid’s, his on hers, thinking that sharing food was one
of the sexiest things a couple could do. Her lips closed over the fork, and hunger flickered in
Kincaid’s features. She chewed, swallowed, and moaned. “I think they put pheromones in those
cakes. It’s almost…orgasmic.”
“Orgasmic, huh?” His gaze met hers, those hazel eyes dark and mysterious in the dim light
on the porch. Heat unfurled in the small space between them. “Maybe we should compare the
two. Purely for research.”
“Purely.”
“It could lead to the next scientific discovery.”
She swallowed hard, the dessert, the wine, forgotten. “So, it would be a contribution to
science?”
“Might even win us a Nobel Prize.”
“Hmmm…that would be good on my resume.” She smiled at him, then decided there was no
point in pretending she gave a damn about the cake or the wine, and got to her feet. “Suddenly
I’m in a very scientific mood.”
“Me, too.” He took her hand, and they abandoned everything on the porch, and headed
inside, across the front room and into her bedroom. She flicked on the bedside lamp, then stood
beside her queen-sized bed and thought it looked both way too big and way too small.
Then Kincaid laid his hands on her waist and leaned down to kiss her, and she stopped caring
about anything other than the taste of him in her mouth, and the way he touched her, and how
very, very much she wanted him.
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