Just My Luck - PROMO
Blitz
By Rosalind James
(Escape to New Zealand
#5)
Contemporary Romance
Date Published: 7/13/2013
A little distraction can be a wonderful
thing.
Nate Torrance has a job to do, and the biggest
rugby boots in the world to fill. He can’t afford to lose his focus, especially
not to a brown-eyed Canadian who pushes all his buttons and looks much too good
in a climbing harness.
Allison Villiers may not know what she wants to do
with her life, but she’s clear about one thing. She’s not impressed by the new
captain of the All Blacks, however big a deal he is to the rest of New Zealand.
If only her unfortunate taste for adventure didn’t keep leading her astray . .
.
EXCERPT
“How are you finding Wellington so far?” Nate asked
when they were out on the water. He’d managed to launch them from the beach
with a shove, and even climb in again behind her without any mishaps. Ally was
actually a little sorry. She’d been half-anticipating going over, and enjoying
the prospect of teasing him about it. He definitely needed
it.
“I love it,” she said, keeping up a steady stroke
and feeling the calm that always came over her when she was surrounded by sea
and sky, enjoying the effort, the rhythmic motion. She was going to be out here
with him for a while, so she might as well keep this pleasant. She didn’t even
have to look at him, after all. You couldn’t really turn around in a double
kayak without tipping the thing, which was probably for the best in this case.
“I’ve been wandering around getting happily lost, and finding my way home
again. It’s a lively place, isn’t it? Lots of outdoor stuff to do too, and as
you know, that’s my favorite thing.”
“It can get a bit wet and windy,” he
cautioned.
“I’ve heard,” she said, unable to keep the
amusement from her voice. “I’ve had a few discussions about the weather
already, you see.”
She heard him groan. “I’m rubbish at chatting girls
up,” he admitted, surprising a laugh from her. “I never know what to say.
Everything’s either dull, or it sounds like a pickup line. I generally end up
opting for dull.”
“Honesty works, though,” she told him. “That was
pretty good right there.”
“Really.” He sounded surprised. “I should throw
myself on your mercy, you think?”
“Definitely. A strong man being endearingly awkward
. . . I like it. It’s an approach, anyway.”
“Better than spilling a beer on her, I reckon,” he
said.
“Much better." She realized that she was
paddling along with a smile on her face. Why hadn’t she met this guy before?
She liked him.
“I’ll try again, then,” he said. “Did you spend
Christmas here as well, on the Coromandel?”
“No,
in Auckland. And it rained one day, but otherwise the weather was good. Just to
anticipate you.”
He laughed. “Do anything
special?”
“I did, actually. I bungy jumped off the Sky Tower.
Kristen’s Christmas present.”
“Crikey. This is me shuddering back
here."
“No, really?” she asked in surprise. “It was
amazing. You should try it.”
“I’ll take your word for it,” he
decided.
“You don’t like thrills?”
“I love thrills. Know how to get them, too. And
it’s not by jumping off buildings.”
Wow. She didn’t think she’d pursue that one. Maybe
he meant rugby. Yeah, right. He hadn’t meant rugby.
Rosalind
James
Author Bio:
Rosalind James is the author of the bestselling
“Escape to New Zealand” series, as well as "Welcome to Paradise," her
first book in the new U.S.-based "Kincaids"
series.
Rosalind divides her time between California and
New Zealand.
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