The story
‘Falling Star Valentine’ was inspired by shooting stars. We all know shooting
stars are falling meteorites, but the romance remains when one streaks across
the midnight blue sky, and when two, in close succession, zoom over the night
vista as you stand on your hotel balcony, it’s a sight to behold. I travel a
little with my day job and in the autumn of 2016, I had to travel a lot more
than usual. One night when I couldn’t sleep because I was churning worries around,
I went out onto the balcony of the hotel room I was staying in and stared up at
the sky. The night sparkled cold and the sky displayed an array of stars
suddenly seeming only meters away, a shooting star flew across my line of
vision, then another as if it followed the first.
I’m a die-hard romantic and immediately my sweet but sexy character, Valentine Steel, had formed in my head. He’s Falling Star Valentine on his way to visit earth. Will he find love?
Fashion photographer
Dale Walker takes a train to his hometown, relocating there after nursing a
broken heart for six months in another city. His train makes an unscheduled
stop to take on a mysterious passenger.
For a long time, Valentine
Steel has hoped to meet a man who will love him. When he sees Dale on the
train, he’s overjoyed to find a vacant seat beside Dale.
Dale’s immediate attraction
to Valentine has him on edge. He doesn’t want another broken heart, and yet
Valentine is so magnetic Dale’s frozen heart begins to thaw.
Valentine sets out to
charm and capture Dale in his sparkling aura. He can’t let the chance to have
Dale’s love slip away.
#teaserTuesday from Falling Star Valentine
“Can I ask
you … are you the passenger the train made the unscheduled stop for?”
Slowly, a
smile spread across Valentine’s face. In an enigmatic way, he leaned forward
and whispered as if he didn’t want anyone else to hear. “I don’t make a habit
of it.”
Dale teased.
“It’s unusual. You have to be some kind of VIP. Am I talking with aristocracy
or maybe the CEO of Translines?” Dale smiled to soften the questions that
unexpectedly didn’t sound teasing to his ears once spoken.
Valentine
shrugged. “Neither. I came aboard looking for someone.”
Surprised by
this, Dale couldn’t contain his question. “Did you find them?”
Valentine
didn’t answer. He played with the handle of his coffee cup. With his gaze
downcast and his dark hair falling over his forehead, there was an air of
vulnerability about him.
The wish to
comfort Valentine, gripped him hard, surprising Dale. Instinctively, Dale
placed his hand over Valentine’s where he rested it by his still laden plate.
Concern flooded him.
Valentine took Dale’s hand in his. He lifted his gaze to
Dale’s face. “I hope so.”
A shock of
sensation made Dale tremble. Time slowed. It was clear Valentine referred to
him. Fear and desire mingled into a stomach churning mass.
Valentine
held onto Dale’s hand and Dale closed his eyes briefly, as he allowed himself
time to take stock and savor Valentine’s touch.
“You mean me
… or, or, what do you mean?” He attempted to take his hand from Valentine’s
gentle grasp.
Valentine
loosed Dale’s hand. “Oh, nothing—it doesn’t matter. Should we pay the bill?”
The strange, intense moment had passed. Dale stood unhappily. “I’ll get it.” He went to the bar counter and paid for breakfast. The normality in the action settled his nerves. He glanced over his shoulder to see Valentine gazing out of the window. The man exuded sorrow. A pang of regret that he’d not held onto Valentine, maybe flirted more … stolen a kiss … something other than what he’d done, saddened him.
Copyright E. D. Parr, Evernight Publishing
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