When London was fifteen, a fortune teller told her she would meet her soul mate on June 23rd. The only problem is, which June 23rd? The woman wasn’t specific and only called him her dreamer. Desperate to find her mystery man eleven years later, London sets out to search for him but is waylaid by a mugger instead.
Elliot has had his eye on the woman who jogs past the park where he coaches his nephew’s baseball team for the past month. When he’s the first responder for a mugging victim on June 23rd, she’s barely conscious. She’s the woman tattooed on his chest. He’s seen her in his dreams and has been drawing her for years.
They’ll both sound crazy if they reveal their secrets, but they can’t stay away from each other. Elliot has priorities, promises made to his late sister. London’s trying to live a more intentional existence instead of waiting for everything to fall in her lap.
Can they fulfill the destiny predicted by the fortune teller? Or will fate be undone?
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Excerpt from Fortune's Kiss:
He lowered his mouth to hers in a
tender touch of their lips. She could feel the warmth of his lips on hers, and
they explored in a leisurely kiss as if
they had all the time in the world. Sounds of the carnival faded away as they
rose higher into the sky.
Elliot surprised her by not
getting handsy. He only touched her neck, wrapping his hand around it while his
other hand went to her waist. He seemed content to just kiss her and not do
anything else.
She returned his kisses,
luxuriously running her tongue across his teeth, exploring the recesses of his
mouth with a whimper. The kiss was perfect; it didn’t ask for anything or make
demands. London relished the feeling of rightness in this moment with Elliot.
London suddenly understood a
fundamental truth about couples in general. She kissed Elliot because the
setting was perfect. It wasn’t a claiming thing or an interest in going
further, it was a kiss. She kissed him because the intimacy of the gesture
showed her desire to be close to him, and not in a sexual way.
She’d always thought holding hands and kissing in public were signs
of possessiveness, but they weren’t. Instead of possessiveness, she realized it
showed a desire to be close—to maintain contact in a way that was acceptable to
others.
And this kiss was perfect.
The leisurely contact, as she
wrapped her arms around Elliot’s waist to pull him closer, was amazing. There was
absolutely no other place in the world she wanted to be right now. She was in
her thirties and had never kissed a man like this.
A throat clearing had them
pulling apart reluctantly to find the Ferris wheel had stopped and the
tattooed, toothless attendant was standing there with a giant grin on his face.
“Magic in the air, tonight! Want another go?” Bushy eyebrows waggled at them.
London couldn’t have told him her
name after that kiss, much less the story behind it. She was afraid if she went
on another turn with Elliot, he’d have her kissed into brain mush.
Elliot got out, a small
smile on his face, and turned to hold out his hand to London. Shetook it and, weak-kneed, managed
to stumble out of the Ferris wheel carriage before another couple got on.
Leading Elliot down the midway,
they were silent as she digested the way she felt right now. She wanted more
with Elliot, and he was the first man to ever make her feel that way. He held
her hand as they walked, and London’s traced her swollen lips with her fingers as
she stared at the ground in front of her.
His hand was massive, wrapped
around hers, and spoke of safety, protection, and belonging. Their hands swung absently
between them as they weaved in and around people. The lights flashing, bells ringing,
and people laughing all faded into the distance as London was just present with
Elliot.
“That woman is waving you over,
London.” Elliot’s soft voice spoke the first words since they’d gotten off the
Ferris wheel.
London’s head snapped up, her
eyes focusing on the woman he pointed to. It was her.
The fortune-teller.
The dimly lit tent at the end of
the midway looked so familiar, even twenty years later. The woman looked the
same—old and wizened, with a wild array of dark curls spilling around her face.
“I know her.” Not really, but
she’d dreamed of this woman so many times, remembering her, wondering about
her. They walked over to the fortune-teller, ignoring all else. “Hi,” London
said stupidly. “How’ve you been?”
The woman’s dark eyes went from
London to Elliot before her face broke into a smile. “I see you found your
dreamer. Do you feel it?” London wasn’t sure what she felt, but she felt
something, so she nodded.
Part of London wanted to go
inside the tent and see if it had changed, but another part of her didn’t think
this was real. She looked up at Elliot, who was watching the woman with a
bemused expression on his face. Okay, so he saw her, maybe she was real.
The woman turned her attention to
Elliot, who stiffened under her scrutiny. “Destiny is difficult … Very
difficult …” Her attention back on London, she said, “You’ve found him, now
keep him.”
She went back into her tent, and
London tugged Elliot away.
“Friend of yours?” he asked,
laughing nervously.
“Not exactly. More of an
acquaintance.” London turned to look back at the tent, and as before, it was
engulfed in darkness, as if there was no one there. “Take me home.” Elliot’s
eyes darkened under the lights of the carnival, and he wrapped his hand around
her waist, his fingers lingering just above her butt.
“With pleasure,” he spoke with a
promise that took her breath away.
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