Ever feel the need to chase a wild hare when you’re in the middle of something else?  That happened to me a couple of months ago.  I actually stopped working on what was intended to be my next project, a heartfelt erotic romance novel featuring light bdsm themes, to work on what will be a sexy, breezy summer novella.  My plan is to finish the first draft today, that way I can work on editing and revising, and then get back on track.

Here’s a NSFW excerpt from Just One Night.

     He made the purchase and hurried back to the piano bar.  There she was, still at their table, sipping her margarita.  He realized that part of him thought she might be gone when he returned.

As he approached the table he recognized the song the pianist was playing: All of Me.  Katie looked up at him and smiled knowingly, singing along with the performer.  Mac grinned and hooked a finger, beckoning her away from the table.

“All set?” she asked, taking his elbow as they left the bar.

“All set.  Did you want to go to your cabin?”

“Definitely not.  I’m sharing with Jayma.”

“Oops!  More personal information.”  Mac chuckled lightly.

“Do you have a roommate?  I didn’t even think of that,” Katie worried.

“No.  I have a nice big stateroom all to myself.”

Katie smiled contentedly.  “Perfect.”

“There’s something I want to do first,” Mac said and he led them back out onto the deck where they’d chatted earlier.

The full moon was even brighter than it had been earlier, washing the deck with silvery light.  They approached the railing and looked out over the water.  Katie turned to him expectantly.

“I wanted our first kiss to be here,” he explained.

“Oh.  I see.”

Facing her, Mac placed his hand on the small of her back, pulling her closer.  He gazed down into her eyes, lightly tracing along her jawline with his fingers.  “What color are your eyes?” he wondered.

Katie smiled sheepishly.  “They’re hazel, but they change depending on the light and my mood.”

“Right now they’re the most amazing gold,” he murmured.  “You’re so pretty.”

She frowned and shook her head.  “You don’t have to…  I mean, this is going to happen.  You don’t have to flatter me or anything.”

Not breaking his gaze, he moved an errant strand of hair, tucking it behind her ear.  “One bit of personal information you need to know about me before we move any further.  I always tell the truth.  Always.”

Mac leaned down, eyes on hers, and gently met her lips with his.  Katie responded, leaning up on her toes to meet his kiss.  The heat was instant and he pulled her closer as she opened her mouth, welcoming him in, welcoming his invading tongue, lashing it with her own.  There was a light moan and neither was sure from whom it came.

They were both breathless when they finally pulled apart.  “Wow,” Mac breathed.

“How about a picture?”  They turned to see a cruise photographer grinning at them.

“Oh, I don’t think—“ Katie began.

“Absolutely,” Mac grinned, pulling Katie to his side, his arm around her waist.

They both smiled as the man snapped their photo.  “It’ll be in the photo kiosk tomorrow.  Have a great evening!”

Mac and Katie made their way to the appropriate elevator and stepped in as the doors opened.  Finding themselves alone in the car, he pulled her to himself and kissed her again, this time with bruising intensity.  She balanced herself with her hands on his broad shoulders as he wound her hair around his hand.  The bell sounded and the car came to a stop on the floor above.  They managed to separate themselves just as the doors slid open.

A pair of elderly couples crowded in.  Mac drew Katie to stand in front of him, wrapping one arm around her middle and firmly planting the palm of his other hand on her ass.

“Are you going to the midnight buffet?” asked a kindly blue-haired lady.

“We might make it there later,” Mac replied, as Katie casually reached behind her back to stroke his erect cock through the front of his pants.

Having bid a good evening to their lift companions, they stepped out onto the Empress Deck and wordlessly made their way down the passageway, Mac gently clasping Katie’s hand.  She watched as he unlocked the door and let them into his stateroom.

Katie crossed immediately to the glass wall overlooking the veranda and glanced around the luxurious cabin.  The king-sized bed had been turned down and chocolates graced the large pillows.  The only light was from a small lamp on a bedside table.  “This is nice.  Much nicer than mine, truth be told.”

Mac shrugged.  “My brother…  I wouldn’t have booked a room this fancy.”  He crossed to her and lightly caressed her back.  “Would you like some wine or something?”

She turned to face him and leaned up on her toes, trailing tiny kisses along his square jawline.  “Wine would be great.”

He leaned down and kissed her bare shoulder, hooking a finger in the spaghetti strap of her dress and sliding it down.  Katie fixed him with a smoldering look as she shrugged her right shoulder, causing the other strap to fall.  Her dress slid down, catching briefly on her erect nipples before falling to her waist.

“Holy…”  Mac stared at her perfect round breasts, erect pink nubs just begging to be toyed with.  Unable to resist, he slid his hands up her sides to cup her mounds, hefting their weight, pausing to gently tug their sharp points.  He squeezed gently as he kissed her again.

Reluctantly, he pulled away, clearing his throat.  “I’ll just order that wine now.”

Mac sank onto the edge of the bed and picked up the phone, dialing room service.  “Yes, this is Stateroom…”

As he began speaking into the phone, Katie knelt between his feet and began to unfasten his belt.  He looked down in surprise and was met with a wicked grin.  “Uh, yes, we’d like to order a bottle of wine…”

He gasped quietly as she took him in her mouth.  It was all he could do to complete the order and hang up the phone.  When he did, she began sucking him in earnest, taking the whole of his large cock, mercilessly working him with her tongue from his balls all the way to his tip and back again.  She applied just the right amount of pressure, using her tongue to flick his most responsive spots.

Mac could feel his release building and placed a hand on her head, intending to warn her, but she looked up at him with a saucy arch of the eyebrow and continued her ministrations with renewed vigor.  “Oh, God!” he cried out, his hot cum shooting in streams down her throat.

While his climax subsided, Katie licked him clean before rising to her feet, a smug look on her face.  Mac flopped back on the bed.  “I’m a dead man.”

A knock at the door startled them.  “Room Service!”

Mac jumped up and attempted to put himself back together.  At the same time, with a little wiggle Katie freed her dress from where it was snagged around her waist and it floated down the rest of her body, pooling around her feet, leaving her standing in just a pair of black lace panties.

“Holy shit,” he murmured, moving past her to the door, which he cracked open.

“Good evening, sir,” the attendant said.  “May I set up the wine for you?”

Mac glanced back at Katie standing virtually naked in the center of the room.  His own pants were still undone.  “Um, no, thanks, I’ll take it from here.”

The attendant smiled knowingly.  “Very good, sir.”

Closing the door, Mac carried the wine in its bucket of ice and the two glasses to the desk near the bed.  He paused to kiss Katie gently, tasting himself on her lips.  “You are a naughty girl,” he chuckled.

“Is that a complaint?”

“No!  Simply an observation.”  He poured two glasses of wine and offered her one.  He touched his glass to hers.  “To being naughty.”

Katie laughed lightly as she sipped.  Mac watched her thoughtfully for a moment.  “I don’t even know what to call you.”

She smirked, amusement sparkling in her hazel eyes.  “ ‘Hey, you’ works just fine for me.”

He chuckled and nodded.  “ ‘Hey, you’ it is.”

Just One Night will be released sometime this summer.  You can still find the Rannigan’s Redemption trilogy of novels at most online booksellers.