Swoon Thursday [2]

From the book you’re currently reading, or one you just finished, tell us what made you SWOON. What got your heart pounding, your skin tingling, and your stomach fluttering.
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 Denied (One Night #2)

by: Jodi Ellen Malpas

He's amazingly wealthy, sinfully gorgeous, and can bring her to heights of pleasure she's never before known. For Livy, there's no turning back. She's determined to be the light in Miller Hart's dark world. Yet this new life comes with a steep price... 

Miller knows that the power he possesses hasn't come without sacrifices-but he won't let Livy be one of them. Though he wants nothing more than to have her in every way, his first duty is to protect her at all costs...from his sins, his enemies, and especially himself.

But as their insatiable affair intensifies, the two attract the attention of an obsessive-and dangerous-third party. Discovering new revelations about Miller that rock her to the core, Livy will have to decide whether he's ruined beyond repair. And he must face his fear that in order to save her, he may have to lose her after all...

I'm currently reading this book. and actually almost finishing. I'm liking it so far, but not loving it. There's too much pushing back and forth for my like and I'm having a hard time trying to keep up with their secrets (of all characters). But something I can ASSURE is that the romance scenes are to swoon on. Read it:

His palm lifts slowly and cups my cheek, stroking slow circles. "The second I looked at you, I saw light through my constant darkness." He moves in, his mouth getting closer, my eyes focused only there. "I saw bright, hopeful light reflecting back at me through those beautiful sapphire eyes." He doesn't kiss me; he just keeps our mouths close, his breath spreading across my face, enhancing the sense of warmth coursing through me. My eyes close. "I'll respect your request for this evening. But remember, you are my possession, Olivia. You're my habit, and I'm not going down without a fight." He releases me, leaving me breathless, dizzy and feeling abandoned. I open my lids to face torturous beauty. "And I won't lose no matter who takes me on. Even you."

Isn't he a dear?