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30 DAYS
Christine d'Abo
Releasing July 28th, 2015
Kensington
For years, Alyssa has been going to bed with a memory. Is she ready to wake up with a fantasy?
Some people wait their whole lives to find their soul mate, but not Alyssa Barrow. She met Rob at sixteen, and they were set to live happily ever after—until he became ill. In his final days, Rob urged his beautiful, young wife not to abandon happiness—or pleasure. He even left her a special gift, a sexy game plan to help her move on: Thirty cards with instructions for thirty days of passion. You’ll know when the time is right, he’d said. Now it’s two years later, and when Alyssa meets her hot new neighbor, Harrison Kemp, she begins to think the right time is right now…
Some people wait their whole lives to find their soul mate, but not Alyssa Barrow. She met Rob at sixteen, and they were set to live happily ever after—until he became ill. In his final days, Rob urged his beautiful, young wife not to abandon happiness—or pleasure. He even left her a special gift, a sexy game plan to help her move on: Thirty cards with instructions for thirty days of passion. You’ll know when the time is right, he’d said. Now it’s two years later, and when Alyssa meets her hot new neighbor, Harrison Kemp, she begins to think the right time is right now…
From his sculpted thighs to his devilish grin, Harrison is the kind of man women want. Before she can lose her nerve, Alyssa tells Harrison about her long-ignored cards…and asks him to help her fulfill them. It’s a favor he’s more than happy to, um, perform. With his skillful touch, and the hot press of his lips against her skin, Alyssa finds herself re-awakening to life—and a host of other sensations.
But what began as not-so-innocent fun soon grows into true intimacy, and Alyssa realizes she’s opening herself up not just to sex…but to love. When it comes to a future with Harrison, what’s really in the cards?
But what began as not-so-innocent fun soon grows into true intimacy, and Alyssa realizes she’s opening herself up not just to sex…but to love. When it comes to a future with Harrison, what’s really in the cards?
Saucy, heartwarming, and insightful, 30 Days explores the agony—and the ecstasy—of starting over, and how a little encouragement, and a little courage, can go a long way…
I
huffed, then licked my lips before I finally slipped my finger
beneath the edge and tore the paper open.
Hidden
inside was a single piece of paper wrapped around a bundle of index
cards. I ignored the cards for the time being and spread open the
paper. I took a moment before I could read the note. This was
something new from Rob and my heart broke a little bit more. Those
invisible fingers squeezed at my chest.
Alyssa.
I
love you. I know you love me. I’m glad you’re ready to move on
and start having some fun once again. I also know you well enough to
realize you’ll only go so far before you stop. Don’t do that. And
for God’s sake, don’t get into a serious relationship right away
either. I always thought you hadn’t taken enough time to figure out
who you were as a person before we hooked up. We jumped into being a
couple and lucky for us we worked and it was awesome.
You
always said you never regretted being with me so young, but you also
didn’t date anyone else. You didn’t sleep with anyone else. I
took that experience from you and I always hated that you didn’t
get to explore. I wanted to give you my permission to go out there
and experiment. Have fun. Fool around and don’t feel the least bit
guilty about it.
I
thought I might also offer you some suggestions on how to get
started.
Humor
me, okay.
I’ve
had a lot of time on my hands recently. When you weren’t here, I
started this little project. I call it Alyssa’s 30 Days of Sex.
Please don’t have sex thirty days in a row because I’ll be
jealous. Not really. If you can do that, go for it. Seriously though,
jealous.
Anyway,
even if you don’t use any of these cards, I had a lot of fun
imagining you enacting them. You’ll read them and think OMG boy
dreams! That’s cool. They are. Change them up if you want.
Even
when you weren’t with me, you made me happy. I’m going to stop
now before I get sappy. Go get laid and enjoy the kinky sex.
Love
you, baby.
Rob
I
laughed. It was such a Rob thing to have done. I had no difficulty
picturing him coming up with ideas for his cards while going through
his chemo. Come to think of it, that explained most of the Internet
pop-ups I’d been forced to clean off his laptop after he passed.
Sex
cards. He wrote me freaking sex cards. I fell in love with him all
over again. My best friend and lover was giving me advice on how to
hook up with other people from beyond the grave. The idea was a mix
of weird and sweet, the perfect descriptor for him.
Christine d’Abo is a romance novelist and short story writer, with over thirty publications to her name. She loves to exercise and stops writing just long enough to keep her body in motion too. When she’s not pretending to be a ninja in her basement, she’s most likely spending time with her husband, daughters, and her two dogs.
