It’s almost time for Animal Magnetism to come out and because we’re a bunch of teasers here at Book Binge, we thought we’d whet your appetite for this fab book! Thanks to Jill for making us readers happy before the release date of Animal Magnetism and gifting us with another excerpt!
Check it out:
Lilah took in the sight of Brady, gun in his right hand, the safety flipped off, and his hands braced in a shooter’s stance and thought, Holy shit. That was her sole thought. Holy shit. She might have even murmured it in shock, in sheer appreciation for the magnificent male form standing there so utterly completely, fantastically . . . dangerous. She couldn’t help it. In the overhead light, his nearly naked body gleamed muscular, lethal, and entirely too sexy. “You going to shoot me or help me?” she asked, as if her heart wasn’t lodged in her throat, thundering so fast there were no pauses in between the beats.
“Fuck,” he whispered under his breath, and lowered the gun, thumbing the safety back on. The sound of it clicked loudly in the very still, very tense air as he tucked the gun into the back of his jeans before stepping close to lend her a hand.
Lilah let out a breath and shook it off. He seemed impossibly large and unyielding as he reached up and adjusted the overhead light so she could better see what she was doing, which she appreciated. “Thanks.”
He nodded, looking a little worn, a little weary, and a whole lot rough around the edges.
When he was tired, as he clearly was now, his features were wary, as if he knew he was on autopilot and simply trusting his instincts. It did something to her, looking at him like this, almost . . . no. Vulnerable was not the right word.
Accessible.
“I’m sorry,” she said quietly. “I should have let you know I was here.”
He said nothing. Probably still working through his adrenaline rush.
She sure as hell was. And it was to her shame that she hadn’t thought of this. Of him. She should have thought about the fact that he’d be upstairs sleeping, but the truth was that she broke in all the time with Dell’s and Adam’s blessing, and it hadn’t occurred to her to wonder what his mental condition might be at being stirred in the middle of the night. He was ex-military but clearly not so ex. He certainly hadn’t lost any of his skills.
Startling him had been bad.
He recovered far faster than she, but then again, she had her hands full. And still, all she could think was that she surely looked like crap in her baggy sweats, and he looked . . .
Hot.
God, so very very hot.
I think fans of Jill Shalvis are going to fall in love with the characters in this book and animal lovers will love this one as well. The book comes out next week so make sure to pick up your own copy!
This book is available from Berkley on February 1, 2011. You can buy it here or here in e-format.
Can’t wait. I love Shalvis’ books. Thx for posting!