Swoon Friday The Secret To Letting Go

The Secret To Letting Go by Katherine Fleet

Kindle Edition 11% (This is really short sorry)

I captured the image in my head, wondering if this would be the last time I laid eyes on Clover Scott. My stomach twisted at the thought, but was it from relief or something altogether different? 

Swoon Friday The Rules of Rebellion

The Rules of Rebellion by Amity Hope

Kindle edition 33% (This is a long one)

Maybe that was okay. Because his expression gave me the answer I was searching for. He was looking at me the way Luke looked at Meg. It was the way Nate looked at Francesca, and the way Adam looked at Julia.

I had zero experience with this whatsoever, but if I had to guess, I'd say he was looking at me like he wanted to kiss me. I was a fortunate coincidence because--to my surprise--I wanted to kiss him, too.

The way the flames danced across his face, illuminating his features in their soft glow, made my insides swirl. His eyes were such a startling shade of blue, his cheekbones so perfectly sculpted. His lips looked soft, and his hair was adorably tousled. I thought I knew how the princess in my book felt when a spell had been cast, causing her to find the prince absolutely irresistible.

Without thinking more about it, I pressed up on my toes, slid my hands into his hair, and tilted his face toward mine.

The kiss started slow, tentative, but then Leo decided to take control of the situation. His hands gripped my waist, pulling me closer. The sizzle I'd felt earlier returned, sliding through my veins and burning away what might have been left of my hesitation.

When the kiss finally came to an end, I rested my forehead against his chest. An unfamiliar, deliciously sweet longing echoed through my body.

My knees were so weak, I appreciated the way his arms were around me, helping me to stay upright. I also wasn't sure if he'd kissed me back because it had been a reflex or something? What if...What if he only kissed me because he knew it was on my list? My zero experience could've caused me to read him all wrong.

He slid his fingers under my chin, forcing me to raise my eyes and look at him. What I saw was the same look I'd seen before. When e lowered his mouth to mine and kissed me again, I knew that everything was alright.

It was more than all right.

It was freaking amazing.

But what was I doing? Leo liked me, a lot, apparently. Did I like him? Or was I simply caught up in the moment? I didn't know. I could only hope my impulsiveness didn't come back to haunt me. But right now? All that mattered was that Leo continued to kiss me.

And I didn't want him to stop.

Swoon Friday Love in the Friendzone

Love in the Friendzone by Molly E. Lee

Kindle Edition 77%

I traced her bottom lip with my thumb, her quickened breaths only fueling the fire in my blood. Inching my lips down, I tentatively pressed them against hers.
My heart jolted in my chest, an unexplainable familiarity shocking my core. I froze for all of two seconds before completely ignoring anything outside of the sensation of her mouth opening willingly for me.
Slipping my tongue past her lips, I stroked her until she gasped. I gripped her hips, her jeans rough under my fingers as I brought our bodies flush.
Wasnt she wearing a skirt earlier? Did I miss her putting on jeans after the pool?
Not caring, I walked backward, tugging her along until the backs of my knees hit the bed. I sank onto it. bringing her with me without breaking our kiss. I had fantasized about this before, how she'd feel against me, how she'd taste, and if we'd be good together, but the reality was nothing compared to the fantasy. 
We were perfect together. It was like we'd been kissing for years and had mastered every single hot spot the other had. case in point, she raked her nails lightly over my scalp, fisting my hair as she nibbled on my bottom lip. A low groan rumbled from my chest in response as I ran my hands up and down her thighs, which she situated on either side of my hips.
I slipped my fingers underneath the hem of her shirt, revelling in the warmth of her skin and how the silkiness of it ignited sparks underneath my own.

Swoon Friday November Snow

Bad Bloods November Snow by Shannon A. Thompson

Kindle edition 94%

He faced me--his unnatural green eyes searching mine--but he didn't answer. Instead, he kissed me, his sweet lips soft and inviting. And everything around us disappeared as he deepened it, his fingers falling to my hair, his breath matching mine. When we parted, he stayed as close as ever, and shook his forehead against mine. "I can't," he said, making my heart leap into my throat. "You've taken away my ability to hate away from me."

When he sighed, he dropped his forehead onto my shoulder, both of his arms wrapping around me. "The world can't break us. Nothing can."

I ran my fingers through his hair before I ran my hand across his shoulders--including the scarred one-- and down his back. He held me closer, and I squeezed back, too afraid to let go again.

A boy I met on the streets, a boy that saved me a decade after I almost destroyed him, and all I wanted was freedom to live and love too, for the chance to love him in the future, for the chance for the others to find someone they cared about. For all of us. For all the bad bloods.

"Woah!" Adam's voice echoed through the small room, Daniel fell backwards, almost shoving me away, and I did the same to him. Mini Cal had already erupted into laughter, a deep laughter I never thought I'd hear again. "I didn't mean to interrupt." He even managed a wink.

Daniel's cheeks turned red beneath his tan, "Shut up," he said but his voice was light, "Shut up right now."

Adam continued to chuckle, wiggling his eyebrows in my direction. 'You two have fun," he said, slowly backing out of the room.

Swoon Friday All The Broken Pieces

All The Broken Pieces by Cindi Madsen 

Kindle edition 79%

Liv took a deep breath, trying and failing to keep her voice steady. “You think I’m cute?”

“Damn cute.” A fleeting smile crossed his lips, then his expression returned to serious. “You’re the one person whose opinion I care about. When I’m with you, the past disappears, and I’m a better person.”

She closed the gap between them and wrapped her arms around his waist.

His arms encircled her and his lips brushed her temple as he spoke. “I knew I was a gonner after we went lizard hunting.” 

She looked up at him. “Then why’d you fight it so long?”

He turned his head away. “I don’t deserve to be happy. I’ve done some awful things, Liv.”

“When I came here, I didn’t know who I was. I had a hard time just being in public.” She put her hand on the side of his face. “Meeting you is the best thing that ever happened to me. Nothing you—or anyone else for that matter—say will change what I think about you.”

He grabbed her hand and pulled her toward the exit. “I guess there’s only one way to prove you’re theory.”

Swoon Friday My Bad Boy Neighbor

My Bad Boy Neighbor by Desirae Clark

Kindle edition 83%

I playfully hit his arm, and he gave me a look that only meant trouble. Before I knew what was happening, he started to tickle me, and soon, I was begging him to stop.
"Had enough?" he asked, and I nodded. He pushed me down so he was on top and kissed my jaw. Then his lips travelled to my earlobes. I exhaled softly, and when he pulled back, he smirked.
"It's nice to know I have an effect on you." 
"You do not have an effect on me!" I denied even though it was hopeless.
"Really?" he asked, leaning down again. He kissed my lips this time--only so softly like the kiss was the brush of a feather. He teased me until I couldn't take it any longer. I was the one who pressed my lips to kiss him, and this one was definitely more firm and intense. He kissed me back, and I could feel his smile.
"Don't worry," he spoke, pulling away for a second. "You have the same effect on me."
He leaned down to plant another kiss on my lips and his hands travelled to my hair, and I felt the kiss deepen. It was the support I needed right now. I needed him to be here with me, to distract me, to make me feel safe in his arms.
And he was here. We got so lost in the kiss that when the door opened, we were startled.
"Hey, Astrid--"
At the threshold stood Matt with Connor, and they stared at us.
Uh,oh.

Swoon Friday Serenade

Serenade by Heather McKenzie

"I want to be with you-"

He lunged at me and pulled me tight to him, holding my face in his hands and shaking head-to-toe. My legs went weak and his eyes bore into mine "I was just coming to get you," he said. 

Then he kissed me, fully and completely. I wanted nothing more than to linger against him, but I had to pull away. There was something important I had to tell him--something I had waited too long to say. "Luke, wait." I said breathlessly, "there is something you need to know."

He let go, looking worried, and he let his hands drop to his sides. I hoped he would fully feel the weight of my words--words I could finally say and mean wholeheartedly-- words that I knew from now on were what I would be fighting for, "I love you," I said.

Swoon Friday Queen B* Strikes Back

The Queen B* Strikes Back by Crista McHugh

Kindle Edition 42% Chapter 7

"Lexi?" His voice was strained and raw, and I could barely hear him over the crowd, but the question came in loud and clear.

He was asking permission before he kissed me.

And I nodded 

I'd barely had a chance to close my eyes before his lips were on mine. He started out soft and tentative, as though he expected me to go premenstrual and slap him.

I pulled him closer and let him know in no uncertain term that I wanted more.

His laughter vibrated from his chest to mine, and he deepened the kiss.

Everything around us seemed to stop and fade away. I was fully encased in the world Brett created with his lips, his mouth, his arms. My heart pounded in my ears, and I was almost afraid to breathe because it might ruin the moment to gasp in life-sustaining air. I wanted to inhale him--his smell, his taste, his warmth. They all became part of the wonder and the excitement and the frustrating intoxication that was Brett, and I couldn't get enough.

I tightened my hold on him as my knees turned to Jell-O. His arms squeezed around my waist, pulling me against him until I had no idea where I ended and he began. We were locked at the lips, and our bodies merged together with such perfection that the silly romantic notion that Brett was made for me crept into my mind.