Attraction

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Attraction is a funny thing. It can be physical, spiritual, or a bonding of mutual experiences and likes. 

The physical attraction can start out with the other person catching your eye. His strong chin, blue eyes, nice hair, full lips, toned body. Maybe it’s the clothes he’s wearing. Cowboy hat and boots, Armani suit, Levis and work shirt, football uniform.  There is something about the person that catches your eye. For my characters in Secrets of a Mayan Moon,  Tino is drawn to the Isabella by her lithe body that is unrestrained by undergarments. Callous, yes. A man thing, definitely. Isabella is drawn to Tino’s voice. His soft, deep, accented voice. 

Bonding over mutual experiences and likes can deepen the initial physical attraction. Learning that you have similar likes or have been through similar experiences brings two people together mentally.  They can over look other imperfections if they feel the other person knows them. Isabella and Tino had different lives. Isabella being a genius raced through her schooling at prestigious schools while Tino and his family had to escape from their roots in Venezuela and start over at the poverty level in the United States. But they both have a deep appreciation for their family and their roots. They also have a deep sense of justice.

A spiritual attraction takes the connection to a higher level. This attraction draws on the heart and binds the two. Once the heart is actively drawn into the attraction it is inevitable that their futures will be entwined. In some instances it is a like Romeo and Juliet where there are outside forces that prevent them from having a future, but in most cases it is lasting marriages and fulfilled lives. For Isabella and Tino, the spiritual attraction grows even under unusual and sometimes dangerous situations. It is through those dangerous situations that they learn more about one another and the attraction grows. 

Which did you feel first for your significant other- physical, spiritual or the bonding of mutual experiences?

 

Secrets of a Mayan Moon

Child prodigy and now Doctor of Anthropology, Isabella Mumphrey, is about to lose her job at the university. In the world of publish or perish, her mentor’s request for her assistance on a dig is just the opportunity she’s been seeking. If she can decipher an ancient stone table—and she can—she’ll keep her department. She heads to Guatemala, but drug trafficking bad guys, artifact thieves, and her infatuation for her handsome guide wreak havoc on her scholarly intentions.

DEA agent Tino Kosta, is out to avenge the deaths of his family. He’s deep undercover as a jaguar tracker and sometimes jungle guide, but the appearance of a beautiful, brainy anthropologist heats his Latin blood taking him on a dangerous detour that could leave them both casualties of the jungle.

Excerpt

She deposited her backpack on the floor at her feet. The horn handle of a twelve inch Guatemalan blade protruded from the side pocket. Tino’s curiosity spiked another notch.

“I have a reservation. Dr. Isabella Mumphrey.”

Tino snapped the paper down and stared even harder at the woman. This was the frumpy, old anthropologist he was to guide? His gaze scanned the length of her one more time while tuning in the conversation.

“Ahh, Dr. Mumphrey, Dr. Martin said you were to get the finest room, no?” The clerk acted like a simpering fool giving the doctor her key and expounding on all the wonders of the hotel.

“Gracias. May I borrow a paper and pencil? I need to make a list for the taxi driver.”

The clerk handed her the items. She stepped to the side of the counter and began writing.

Why would she make a list for a taxi driver? Curious, Tino folded the paper and strolled to a spot beside her. So intent on her list, she didn’t even acknowledge his presence as he leaned, reading the items. Army knife, candle, braided fishing line, hooks, swivels, 24 gauge snare wire…

“You are planning a trip into the jungle, no?”

She started at his voice. Deep green eyes rimmed in gold stared at him from behind wire-rimmed lenses. She blinked, focused on him, and narrowed her eyes.

“Didn’t your mother teach you manners? You don’t look over people’s shoulders to see what they’re doing.” She picked up her list and held it to her damp shirt.

“Mi mamá did teach me manners, no? I am Tino Kosta, your guide to the dig at Ch’ujuña.” He held out his hand waiting for her to shake.

Her gaze traveled from his extended hand up his arm to his face. She squinted her eyes and glared at him.

“You’re not of Mesoamerican descent, so you can’t possibly be my guide. Are you in cahoots with the disgusting little man who stole my property?” She bent toward her backpack, giving him a good view down the front of her blouse.

Si, she didn’t wear a bra. The nipples peaking through her clingy shirt sat atop a palm-sized mound. Now, being a man who liked his hands filled to overflowing when it came to handling a woman—

“¡Carajo!” The pointed end of the large knife that had been tucked in the doctor’s backpack waved inches from his nose. “What is this about?” A woman who ran around without undergarments shouldn’t be offended by a man viewing her body.

Secrets of a Mayan Moon is available at Kindle, Nook, and Smashwords.

Paty's Bio:

Wife, mother, grandmother, and the one who cleans pens and delivers the hay; award winning author Paty Jager and her husband currently ranch 350 acres when not dashing around visiting their children and grandchildren. She not only writes the western lifestyle, she lives it.

Her contemporary Western, Perfectly Good Nanny won the 2008 Eppie for Best Contemporary Romance, Spirit of the Mountain, a historical paranormal set among the Nez Perce, garnered 1^st place in the paranormal category of the Lories Best Published Book Contest, and Spirit of the Lake, the second book of the spirit trilogy, was a finalist in the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence.

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