An Excerpt from Jenna Galicki's **Jealousy**
Jealousy
He's the shoulder she leans on.
He worships her.
She shields and protects him.
He watches over her.
They're soul mates for life.
They're not lovers; they're best friends.
Their struggle to find someone who can handle their intense bond is met with a
roller coaster of raw emotion, loyalty and heartache.
Follow their journey to find love.
When Heather Cooper married Peter, she thought that she had finally found
someone who could handle the inseparable bond she shares with her gay best
friend, Justin Perrotta. It’s only a matter of time, however, before jealousy
rears its ugly head and Peter’s true feelings emerge. He starts drinking and
his erratic behavior threatens their marriage.
Burned by an ex-boyfriend, Justin refuses to open his heart to love again. Wild
relationships and one night stands leave him lonely and unfulfilled, even
though he will not admit it. He finds love when he least expects it, but his
fear of commitment threatens to ruin the best thing that has ever happened to
him.
In this modern day ‘Will and Grace’ meets ‘Sex and the City’, two best friends,
a straight woman and a gay man, struggle to find someone to love as much as
they love each other.
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Jealousy Excerpt:
"Feel the soft petals against your skin,"
Tyler said. "Clear your head and don't think of anything except the
flower. Visualize it in your mind. See the deep blood red pigment of the rose.
See it touching your body.
It was surprisingly erotic. It made Justin yearn for
deeper physical contact. It was hard to lie still. He reached out and his hand
found Tyler’s thigh.
“Keep your hands flat on the bed.” Tyler removed
Justin’s hand from his leg. “Let me touch you.”
Tyler gently ran the flower across Justin's chest,
down his right arm, then down his left. The flower traced each finger from the
knuckle to its tip. Next, Tyler slowly glided it down the length of Justin’s
legs, one at a time.
Neither one of them spoke. The only sound in the
room was Justin's breath, deepening with each caress of the silky rose against
his bare skin. The flower found its way back to the center of his chest. It
made small circles around his nipples, first clockwise, then counter clockwise.
His nerve endings were standing on end. They were over sensitized and over
stimulated. He was tingling all over. A sweet aroma filled his nostrils. He
wrinkled his nose. It was the flower.
"That's it," Tyler whispered. "Let
your senses experience the pleasures."
The rose traveled across the nape of Justin’s neck
and traced the outline of his collarbone. It ran down his sternum and slowly
outlined each one of his ribs. Normally it would have tickled, but this flower
was magical. It was a wand filled with delight, bestowing joy and bliss
co-mingled with rapture.
All of his senses were heightened. They were alive.
It was as if he was using them for the first time. He not only felt the flower,
but he heard it, as it glided across his skin. The sweet scent of the rose got
stronger, or lighter, depending upon its proximity to his nose. The flower
jumped to his ankle, floated over his calf and lingered on his thigh. It
settled in the area where his thigh met his hip. It felt like a thousand tiny
little fingers were igniting his flesh with sensations of grandeur. Then it was
gone. It was no longer touching him. He yearned for it, and silently begged for
its return. He lusted for the touch of a flower.
Reviews for Jealousy:
★★★★★I loved loved loved this book. pulled me from the
beginning and had me enthralled till the last page. Justin and Heather have
such a beautiful friendship that started when they were babies and spanned
decades. You could just feel the love between the two of them and the fact that
they would do anything and everything for each other. Heather really touched me
when she would stand up to the bullies that bullied Justin when they were teens
all because he was gay. Sex scenes were scorching hot both between Heather and
her lovers and then when Justin was with his lovers. Secondary characters were
a nice touch except I wanted to smack the crap out of Peter. I was sooo happy
to see Heather get her HEA and Justin Get his HEA . A beautifully written story
about friendship that no matter what nothing could tear them apart. Will
defitnly be reading more of Jenna's books.
★★★★★It takes a powerful writer to capture the feelings
and emotions of a book's characters as well as Jenna Galicki does. The
descriptive love scenes were carefully thought out and drew the reader into the
bedroom. The blend of male-female and male-male romance in the same book is
brilliant and refreshing.
Emotions run rampant in Heather and Justin's turbulent lives and they were felt
first hand. Sadness, anger, frustration, jealousy, understanding, happiness,
humor and most of all love were in abundance.
The love affair that Justin and Heather share, albeit platonic, is all
consuming, sometimes dysfunctional, and always intense. It takes two
extraordinary people to come into their lives to balance out their
co-dependency.
I fell in love with all the characters in this book and enjoyed watching their
relationships and personalities evolve. A definite winner for me!
Author Bio:
Jenna Galicki is a strong advocate for LGBT rights
and marriage equality. She volunteers with God's Love We Deliver, delivering
meals to people with HIV and AIDS and other life threatening illnesses. She
actively raises money and participates in AIDS Walk New York and is a proud
sponsor of Children International.
She lives in Long Island, NY with her husband and
three dogs. She's a Rottweiler enthusiast and an avid music buff. Elaborate
stories and fictional characters are her constant companions. When she's not
hunched over a computer, you can find her front row at a rock concert.
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