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Book Title: Tempted to Touch
Book Title: Tempted to Touch
Publisher: Inheritance
Books (October 27, 2015)
ASIN: B013W6BUIY
Genre: Christian
Fiction
Author: Nigeria Lockley
Now what is "Tempted to Touch" all about?
Kira Seagram is
frustrated by her husband Mason’s zeal for the Lord, so she pours
all of her attention into her work and reserves her soprano singing
skills for the shower. Kira would rather not use them if she get
can’t the adoration and recognition she feels she deserves and
doubts she’ll find singing lead for Mason’s choir. When a routine
drop off at her son, Nate’s private school turns into a ten-year
reunion with her ex-boyfriend, Quincy McAdams, Kira isn’t
interested in Mason's half-hearted affection or willing to keep her
voice to herself. With a firm offer from Quincy to help Kira cut a
demo and possibly revive the love they let die, Kira has some choices
to make. When Kira finds herself tempted to touch will she remain
faithful to her husband or yield to the desires of her flesh?
******An Excerpt from the novel******
When I rounded the
corner Meena, my secretary, was standing in front of her desk smiling
and waving at me. Her attentiveness and bright smile cut right into
my investigation into why my marriage was beginning to fail.
“Hi, Meena. Did you
miss me?” I asked, referring to the way she was waiting to greet me
like a lap dog.
“Mrs. Seagram, you’re
so funny,” she said, swiping her wispy brunette hair out of her
eyes. “I’m so excited to see you because I can’t wait to see
the look on your face when you go into your office.”
“Ugh.” I groaned,
letting my arms droop at my sides. “You didn’t redecorate again,
did you?”
“No. While you were
at lunch you received a delivery and it’s mighty extravagant. I
hope that after I’ve been married for ten years my husband still
does things like Mr. Seagram.”
“Thank you, Meena.
I’m sure it’s nothing out of the ordinary,” I said as I walked
past her desk. I turned the knob and my stomach dropped to my heels.
On the other side of the door a tall medley of flowers and fruit
curled into a G clef awaited me. A smile spread across my face as I
approached this massive fruit salad structure. I fingered the petals
of the black orchids and inspected the assortment of fruits—pineapple
chunks, mangoes, and strawberries covered in white chocolate. All of
my favorite things were neatly assembled on my desk. Mason must have
thought there was another dog sniffing around his backyard.
“Excuse me,” I said
to Meena who was still standing in the doorway gawking at the flowers
as I picked up the phone and dialed Mason’s cell phone number.
He probably thought
this massive floral arrangement would get me to join the choir and
keep my affections at home. I would have preferred some new shoes.
Shoot, for a new pair of Fendi pumps I’d churn out “I Go to the
Rock” in a heartbeat and have them saints running up and down the
aisle of our church in a minute.
“Praise the Lord!”
Mason shouted into the phone when he answered. Why did he have to be
all holy all the time?
“Hello, Mason.”
“What’s going on,
my love? You usually don’t call me in the middle of the day.”
“You tell me what’s
going on, Mason. Do you think that a little gallant gesture and some
white chocolate will get me to work on the record with your choir?”
“What are you talking
about?”
“You know exactly
what I’m talking about. The floral arrangement—”
“Floral arrangement?”
he queried, cutting me off.
“If you thought that
an oversized wreath would get me to sing with that little gospel
choir of yours, you’re wrong.”
“Kira, I did not send
you any floral arrangement.”
Half listening to his
spiel, I dug my hand into the center of the arrangement and removed
the card. Without your voice my music is all blues and no rhythm. ~Q
I read the message
again and flashes of heat coursed through my fingers. His
vulnerability was sexy. Quincy McAdams had gone from a chemistry
major to a music mogul and his life was still
missing something. The
words on the card spoke louder to me than Mason until he shouted into
the receiver,
“Well, where did the
flowers come from? I will not ask again.”
**************************
About the Author
Nigeria Lockley possesses two
master's degrees, one in English secondary education, which she
utilizes as an educator with the New York City Department of
Education. Her second master's degree is in creative writing.
Nigeria's debut novel, Born at Dawn received the 2015 Phillis
Wheatley Award for First Fiction. Nigeria serves as the Vice
President of Bridges Family Services, a not-for-profit organization
that assists student parents interested in pursuing a degree in
higher education. She is also the deaconess and clerk for her
spiritual home, King of Kings and Lord of Lords Church of God.
Nigeria is a New York native who resides in Harlem with her husband
and two daughters.
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I will be reading this one soon!
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