A Whisper of Love 1

By Sandra Ross

From the Publisher that brought you popular short story series Witching Call, Hostile Hearts, Earthbound Angels, The January Morrison Files Psychic Series, Ralph's Gift, Children of Time, Chains of Darkness, Song of Teeth, Tropical Storms and Friend Zone...

It is the season of sharing, easing heartaches and falling in love!
A CHRISTMAS GIFT UNWRAPPED

Christmas Eve is just a few hours away and Anna cannot pretend that she can survive it without crying buckets of tears anymore. On a Christmas just passed, her ex-fiance left her for her best friend. This ruins the season for her.

Enter the handsome, charismatic stranger on the bus. He offered the handkerchief when he saw her tears, a listening ear when she told him why, and a smile of friendship before they parted — only to see each other again in a pastry shop before the hour is up. A painter, he offered to show her his work in his studio near there. After seeing his beautiful nude paintings, Anna decided she needed the confidence boost and an adventure to offset the bad memories that make that season bitter for her. She offered to pose nude for him.

This is a love story that ventures farther than seeking happiness one Christmas Eve, and finding love in the process...

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EXCERPT
Anna's fingers toyed with the strings holding her robe closed. She was only vaguely aware of what he was saying, her brain preoccupied with her impending moment of revelation.
"... so just slip out of that robe, and we'll get you into position."
"Huh?" she snapped out of her thoughts.
"If you want to pose nude, you sort of need to be nude first."
"Oh. Yeah, of course." She laughed and tried to hide her nervousness. Finally, she tugged at one of the strings and allowed the robe to fall open. Hesitantly at first, and then with more conviction, she grabbed the edges of the fabric and pulled it away from her shoulders. The light material slipped down her arms and fell to a pile on the floor.
Ian stood staring. His eyes inched slowly over her body, and she felt herself being taken in piece by piece. This man had seen so many naked souls in this very studio, and now she felt as though she was being compared to his catalogue of flesh.
For a long while, nothing happened. He just looked at her, his eyes seeming to want to absorb every detail of her.
"Is something wrong?" she finally asked.
"What?" he shook his head slightly, as though waking from a dream. "No, nothing's wrong. Why do you ask?"
"It's just... the way you were looking at me, I thought maybe..."
"No, Anna. There's nothing wrong. You're absolutely perfect."

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Sandra Ross
• Release date: Dec 4, 2012
• ISBN: 9781301250912

Sandra Ross

The moment Sandra Ross held her first romance novel when she was ten, she knew she was going to write romance. At thirty now, a prolific reader and a freelance writer, she's since then expanded her preferences from just romance to romance with a dash of now trending sub-genres—paranormal , fantasy, sci-fi even, and erotica. She loves challenging herself and would write on a dare. On a normal day, she would be found in her herb garden collecting spices for her kitchen or ingredients for her potions; in her huge eclectic Provencal kitchen with the big modern oven cooking pots and pans of food for her family of one husband and three kids (an ardent daughter and two boisterous sons) that'll probably last for weeks; in her library with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves and an e-reader in her hands as she reads the latest erotic hit; or scribbling pages upon pages of different erotic lifestyles, searching for the one that feels like it was inspired by just the right mix of passion, story line, and sex. Aside from these activities, the rest of the time she'd be found in front of her laptop typing the latest Sandra Ross concoction for her readers.

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A Whisper of Love 1

By Sandra Ross

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Chapter One

THE APARTMENT REEKED of paint. Acrid and cloying, it was becoming a borderline health concern with the terrible headache it was causing Anna.

She'd been living in this tiny one bedroom apartment for the last year, but was only getting around to repainting it now. Most people used their holiday vacation time to relax or catch up with family, but this year all she wanted to do was forget that a thing called Christmas even existed.

Wrapping all her things in plastic and breaking out the paint and brushes was so far proving to be a good way to keep her brain occupied, but after laying down a coat of primer, she was worried the fumes might be getting to her.

Screw it, she said to no one in particular. Talking to herself had become something of a habit in this lonely apartment. Since leaving Colorado, she'd not really put much effort into going out and meeting new friends, so most of her non-working hours