"One Night On A Balcony manages to combine humor, some mild angst, melodramatic emo love, and hot steamy love scenes very nicely indeed. Who knows that balcony porn can be so good?"

"One Night on a Balcony is smoldering hot from the very first page. Samantha Lucas infuses emotional turmoil, tingle your toes sex, and genuinely likeable characters so that readers are quickly sucked into this storyline and sweat their way through every lust riddled page."

"One Night on a Balcony is the passionate, moving story of a woman afraid of love and a man burned by it. While the sex between them sizzles, there is also genuine emotion behind it, making a long-lasting relationship more believable."

"This short romance has a fairly simple plot and nice pair of main characters, with enough of a background given to make them three dimensional. The secondary characters are agreeably sparse and add nicely to the story."

"One Night on a Balcony captured my attention from the first word. ... Thumbs up on this one!"

"One Night on a Balcony is an intensely hot, sexy read you will enjoy from beginning to end. ... Bravo Ms. Lucas for providing readers a very entertaining and very, very steamy story!"

Cole turned his chair and pulled it closer, tugging on hers as well until they sat so close his knees had to rest on the outside of hers. It had been a completely enjoyable day of closeness such as Jill had never before experienced. Sharing stories, memories and laughter, she'd gotten lost in the friendship of Cole and Ross and for a while had forgotten that she was the outsider here.

The brush of Cole's fingers against her hair brought her back. The lust was burning bright and unmistakable in his expression now. She swallowed.

"Where were you?"

"Lost in a memory." She shrugged. "I'm having the best day of my life. Thank you for including me."

She already felt lost in his gaze. Now, with Cole's legs pressed against her own as he stared deep into her eyes while his hand moved to cup her cheek, she felt lost in her soul, as well. How could she ever hope to hold him back after today?

"I've wanted to do this all day, brown eyes."

She melted into his kiss. She was in a place where dreams came true, and for a little while, she just wanted to lose herself to the fantasy. Why deny herself what she wanted? And the only thing she wanted was Cole Adams -- all of him for as long as he'd give her.

The coarse hair of his goatee scratched against her skin, and his tongue slowly ran the seam of her lips. She opened her mouth, allowing him entrance, and shivered when his tongue finally brushed against hers.

"I want you like I've never wanted another woman, Jill. And it scares the shit out of me."

He rested his forehead against her, his fingers still holding her head in place. She felt the loss of his lips deeply as she made her own confession.

"Well, I've never wanted a man before, period. So I think I've got you beat in the terrified department."

He smiled and she felt his smile, an intense, unexpected sensation, to say the least.

"Sweetheart..."

"No, I'm serious." She pulled away, licking her lips in a nervous fashion. She couldn't quite bring herself to look him in the eyes, so instead she looked at the hedges, the topiary, the people, the huge freakin' castle behind his head. "You may as well know, Cole, I'm not the woman you think I am."

Her heart tore when he took her hand in his.

"And what type of woman is that, brown eyes?" He put his fingers beneath her chin, dragging her gaze back to his. "You're beautiful, sweet, sexy as sin, and watching you all day with Hailey has made me realize whoever the bastard was that broke your heart was a fucking idiot."

As she stood there, too overwhelmed with emotions to respond, he kissed her again on the lips, his hand curving around the back of her neck, encouraging her forward.

"I'm not what you think," she whispered against his mouth, and felt his lips curve up in response.

"Then let me discover the real you for myself."

She lost whatever argument she was about to make as he deepened the kiss, his tongue no longer reserved but taking everything from her. It was the type of kiss that Jill knew kissing was made for. His hands pressed her body closer, and she was sorely tempted to just climb in his lap. Cole Adams was sex defined, and once again Jill knew she was in over her head.

"Hey!"

She felt the whack Ross gave Cole as it reverberated through his body and into hers. "This is a family park. Not a park for making families."

"Wow, Uncle Cole that was hot. Will you guys let me watch later? I've gotta learn somewhere."

Jill was mortified and knew she was blushing furiously. Cole simply stood. Since he grabbed her hand as he did, Jill felt the need to follow. "No, you can't watch, and you won't need to learn until you're at least forty. Ask me then." He turned his attention to Ross. Jill exchanged a guilty smile with Hailey, who was sporting a new hat and holding several bags. "And as for you, we'll meet up with you at the shack for fireworks."

Cole started to walk; Jill followed along behind. He didn't say a word to her while they were within earshot of Ross and Hailey. When they walked near the entrance of The Wild, Crazy, Mysterious, Adventure ride, Jill wondered if it was some kind of sign. Cartoon voices were singing from behind the rock wall, the wall Cole pushed her against right before recapturing her mouth with his own.

The torrent of passion he'd been holding back all day had apparently been unleashed. Jill's knees buckled from the assault. Real and manufactured cartoon voices and laughter and trickling water from somewhere all dissolved as her mind shut down and she became the wanton creature she'd always feared.

Her hands ran the planes of Cole's chest. She marveled at the muscles and the heat beneath his T-shirt, felt his heart beating so hard she wondered how it managed to stay inside. He wrapped his arms tight around her, pulling her body seamlessly against his. Jill felt his erection prodding her, and she wanted nothing more than to free it. She wanted to let him take her right here and now and didn't give a damn about the crowds, the kids, or getting arrested for public indecency. All she wanted was Cole Adams and in that moment, she decided she'd have him any way she could get him.

Jill and Cole's story is set in the apartment I grew up in Santa Monica, California. They live out probably so many of my teenage self's fantasies, although the guys that lived next door, weren't quite as hot as Cole. lol Writing erotic romances I try and find different views into people's ideas on sex and how their sexual experiences have shaped them. Jill is a very interesting character as she has decided to remain a virgin, essentially forever, from the experiences she had growing up and watching her mother and sister sleep with every man on the planet. When she finally gives into the sexual self she'd buried so deep, and she lets Cole in, I think that's an amazing moment. Although probably terrifying for her, I think she's incredibly brave to do it.