Blurb:
Holly is just restarting her retirement from a life of white collar crime when an old friend finds his way back to her. Peyton Shepherd, AKA The Reaper, is the bad guys’ number one retrieval expert when they are looking for someone, and right now they’re looking for Holly.
She usually doesn’t worry about these guys because she can con her way out of pretty much anything but Peyton has apprehended her before. This time he is a little more motivated to bring her in because the last time she left him handcuffed naked to a headboard, borrowed his identity, and stole his favorite car. Holly didn’t think a year was long enough for him to forgive and forget but if he did finish the job, she knew it wasn’t a meeting she’d walk away from.
Excerpt:
I found Peyton
sitting at the small desk. He curled his finger at me and I made my way across
the carpet, wearing the bathrobe provided with the room.
When I stopped
directly in front of him, he was staring up at me.
“What?”
“I’m sorry I
said those things to you.”
“I know you
might not think very highly of me, Peyton, but…”
“I didn’t like
the fact that you…were with Marcus,” he finished. “I shouldn’t have said that
to you. It wasn’t fair.”
Why did he even
care that I had been with Marcus?
“If it makes
you feel any better, I screwed that one up, royally,” I said honestly.
“You didn’t
screw it up. You were just trying to protect him. He’s a nice guy. He’s not
like us.”
I shrugged and
looked away, but immediately felt his hand snake its way between the folds of
the robe and come to rest on the bare skin of my side. I looked down at him,
but when I didn’t move away, he pulled me closer so that I was standing between
his knees. He tugged gently on the robe and it fell onto the floor with a
whispering of fabric across skin. He seemed to be memorizing every inch of me,
and just that was the sexiest thing I’d ever watched a man do. He urged me
forward again, bringing his face even with my breast before nipping me gently,
his eyes rolling up to meet mine, as if asking permission to continue.
I reached out
and ran my fingers through his hair. I lowered my mouth down to his and he
immediately stood up, carrying me with him to the bed. Still clothed, he
lowered himself between my legs and, from the feel of things, he enjoyed being
there, very much.
“We shouldn’t
be doing this.” I whispered.
“You’re right,”
he answered, pulling his shirt off and lowering himself back down until we were
pressed warm skin to warm skin. He bit my earlobe and I completely forgot why I
was supposed to be stopping him. He curled an arm around my waist and pulled me
tighter against him with a happy growl and more kisses. In truth, I didn’t have
the will power to stop him. After the daily regret of leaving my needs unmet
the last time, I didn’t want to stop him again.
My breath
caught in my throat when he rolled me over. He placed tickling kisses from the
back of my neck down the length of my back, following the feminine curve of my
spine. He got to my ass and bit me hard enough to send a shock through my
entire body. He growled out his satisfaction and trailed one of his hands up
between my thighs, tickling his fingers over the sensitive skin there for a
moment before easing me onto my back again.
He stood over
me, looking both dangerous and completely captivated by me. I wasn’t sure I’d
ever been looked at by a man like this before. He slowly removed his clothes,
taking his sweet time and driving me nuts.
I whimpered as
he removed his boxer briefs. He smiled at me before lowering himself onto the
bed, his body covering my own. “What’s your hurry?” he teased, rubbing his nose
along the length of my jaw. “I know you’re a thief, baby, but I have to teach
you the difference between instant gratification and real satisfaction.”
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Author Bio:
Marie lives with her husband/best friend in the beautiful valley town where she was born. She has been a life-long reader and avid writer but this is a debut publication for Marie. She believes humor is an essential part of life and likes to have it in all of her writing. She has plans for many more publications with Evernight Publishing in the near future.
Backwoods Bailout, book 1 in the series....
Blurb:
Lacy is recently divorced and decides she is going to live her dream of being a full-time writer. She uses every dime she has to buy a perfect little log cabin in the woods. Unfortunately, just as she’s getting settled in, the real owner of the house returns.
Marcus isn’t upset to find the curvy brunette sleeping in his bed, but he is surprised. He knew his ex was going to take their breakup badly but he didn’t think she was going to con someone into buying his house. Now, he finds himself bailing Lacy out.
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