[Siren Classic: Erotic Romance, Contemporary, Small Town, Mild BDSM, MF, HEA]
Madison Malone left her small Northern Maine town years ago to fulfill her dream of becoming a successful chef in the big city. She reluctantly returns home to help her mom run the family diner while she recovers from an injury. Madison goes about her days, trying to avoid the sexy game warden who froze her heart long ago, but the moment he walks into the diner he sets her body on fire.
Johnny Layton spends his days working as a Captain with the warden service, and his nights dreaming of the one who got away. When Madison Malone rolls back into their small town, he is determined to thaw her heart. In the middle of winter in Northern Maine, the heat is turned up to a fiery blaze the moment they meet again after years apart.
Will Johnny prove to Madison they are meant to be, or will Madison leave Maine and her frosted heart behind forever?
STORY EXCERPT
Madison
“Johnny, I have my hands full here. What do you want?” I ask when we make it to the sidewalk in front of the diner.
“What do I want…hmm…what do I want? That’s a loaded question, now isn’t it, Little Bird?” Johnny taps his chin.
“Grow up, Johnny.”
“What I want is to know who the fuck you are because this is not the Madison Monroe I’ve known my entire life.” He waves his hand at me. “You go off and become this fancy chef, and now you don’t know anyone anymore. I called you over and over after you left town, ya know? I called until one day, your number was no longer in service. Surely, I thought to myself, my Little Bird will call me soon with her new ‘big city’ number. Five years later, and I’m still waiting.” Johnny leans his back against the brick storefront.
I lean against the brick beside him and sigh.
“Johnny…” I whisper into the freezing afternoon air as I wrap my arms around my chilled body.
“It’s fine, Maddy. On the rare occasions when you did come home to visit, and made no move to see me, I knew exactly where you stood about us. I just wish you would have had the balls to tell me. You fucked me up for a minute, Bird, but you know me, I always bounce back.” Johnny pushes off the brick wall.
“I fucked you up? That’s cute, Johnny.” I snort. “Listen, I’m not sure what you mean, ‘you knew where I stood’ or why you cared whether I answered your calls or came to see you, but I don’t have time for this.”
“You’re a terrible liar, Bird.” Johnny stands before me and places his hands on the brick above my head.
Johnny’s spicy scent reaches my nostrils, and I breathe him in. A large hand falls to my face as the pad of his thumb glides across my lower lip. His eyes are fixed on my mouth as my lips tingle, betraying me.
“You broke my heart, Maddy, and you know it,” Johnny leans over and whispers against my ear, sending goosebumps popping up in waves across my frozen skin.
My hands land on his chest, initially tasked with pushing him away. Instead, they too betray me and remain fixed on his sculpted muscles.
“I didn’t know you had a heart.” I smirk, and he quickly wipes it off my face as he rests his forehead against mine.
“Had is the keyword, Madison. I had a heart until you broke it and took all the shattered pieces with you when you left. Ya know what though, life is easier without that heart. Feelings just get in the way of the good stuff.” Johnny stands tall and smiles that annoyingly sexy smile of his.
“You forget I know you, Johnny Layton. You were dating five women at once when I moved away. There wasn’t any heart involved with that, was there?”
ADULT EXCERPT
Johnny
Madison lifts her head and gazes into my eyes. My hand palms her porcelain face as my thumb skims over her plump lips. Her tongue peeks out and grazes my thumb as my breath catches in my throat.
“I’m going back to the city soon,” Madison whispers between us.
“I know.” My head dips slightly as I kiss her soft cheek.
“As soon as my mom is better, I’m gone.” Her breath comes hot and fast as my lips travel from her cheek to the curve of her neck.
“I know.”
“I’m not interested in a long-distance relationship,” Madison tells me as I unbutton her top and kiss the swell of her breasts.
“Okay.”
I finish unbuttoning her shirt and lay her down on the couch. With a flick of my wrist, I undo the button on her blue jeans and slowly pull them down her thighs.
“Is this okay?” I say a prayer in my head.
“Uh-huh.”
Madison kicks them off the rest of the way and they fall in a pile on the hardwood floor. My heart pounds in my chest as she lies before me in her pink and black lace panties. Her toned stomach moves up and down with her panting breaths as I reach around her back and unhook her bra.
“This doesn’t mean anything,” Madison tells me as she lifts her hips, allowing me to remove her lace panties with my fingertips.
“Okay, if that’s what you want…” I practically growl out as her glistening pink pussy comes into full view.
Madison moans when my teeth graze her stiff nipple, before gently nipping at it.
“You like that?” I ask in a rough voice as I move to her other nipple, and she nods.
After several minutes of sucking and licking her hard peaks, Madison writhes beneath me. My tongue sets off on a journey down her rib cage and flat belly until it reaches its destination. My nostrils flare at her sweet aroma as my lips close around her swollen clit.
“Oh my God,” she cries out as her hands tangle in my hair.
I’ve imagined this very moment a few thousand times, but I never believed it would be happening. Now that it is, I plan on giving Madison the best orgasm of her life.
