Swoon Thursday (66)

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The Rules of Swoon Thursday:

"From the book you are currently reading, or one you just finished, tell us what made you SWOON.  What got your heart pounding, your skin tingling, and your stomach fluttering.  Try to make the Swoon 140 characters so you can tweet it.  Add the #YABOUND hashtag when you tweet."

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Goodreads Summary:

A brand new novel in the New York Times bestselling Hard Feelings series—where nothing’s more dangerous than a bad boy with a broken heart…

First Sergeant Rafe Murano did everything to the extreme. He trained harder, he fought harder, and, unfortunately, he loved harder. And falling for the wrong woman nearly destroyed him.

Home from a deployment, and without his missions to consume him, Murano is ravaged by memories of his heartbreak. So he drinks until he’s numb and drowns himself in meaningless one-night stands. But they only take the edge off…

Until he meets Fallon.

Haunted by her past, Fallon Kelly knows all too well about the desperate desire for an escape. So when she sees the tatted-up bad boy who’s one punch away from a ride in the back of a squad car, she offers a distraction—one that quickly becomes an addiction.

Little does she know, this bad boy can love so hard, it can break her…

My Swoon:

" 'When I taste you, I'm tasting you.  I'm not chasing some fu**ing distraction.  This"--he moved his lips to hers--"is you.  And goddammit, Fallon, I want you.' "  She wanted to weep.  She wanted to scream.  Then he kissed her.  And she crumbled.  It wasn't just a kiss.  It was hungry and powerful and consuming.  His lips crushed hers and moved strongly and quickly above them.  She couldn't get enough.  His lips matched the fervent rhythm he set as his tongue explored her, tasted her, claimed her.  Her hands lifted and her fingers coiled into his shirt, fisting the thin material in her hands as she tried to pull him even closer to her. But it wasn't close enough.  At that moment, nothing would ever be close enough."