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Author: J.C. Valentine
Genre: Adult audiences 18+
Publication Date: June 18, 2013
Event organized by: Literati Author Services, Inc.Mercurial and charming, Tate Larson is a rising author and playboy who has a different woman on his arm every night of the week. Focused on his work, Tate has no plans to settle down any time soon. That is until he meets his pretty new assistant, Piper Donovan.
Desperate to escape the promise of backwater living, Piper ditched her Alabama hometown and never looked back. That was almost two years ago. Now that she is out of a job and her bank account is running on fumes, she’s desperate to find a job, fast. She finds the break she is searching for when she lands a position at Bookish Temptations. A little dancing and a lot of drinks with the girls seem the perfect way to celebrate. After a brief but explosive encounter with a man she was never supposed to see again turns out to be the same man she will be bending over backwards to please, her every instinct tells her to run. But when running means leaving the life she has struggled so hard to create, Piper decides her only option is to continue working for the devastatingly sexy Tate Larson...even if it kills her.
Unable to deny their growing attraction, they struggle to keep their distance in a relationship that requires anything but.
“Hello?” Someone
pounded on the door. “People need to use the bathroom!”
Grinning at her, the man walked
casually to the trash can in the corner to dispose of the condom and tucked
himself back into his pants while she got busy righting her clothes. There
wasn’t a damn thing she could do about her panties, though. Pulling off the
ruined garment, she flung it into the trash. As she pulled down her skirt and
made her way to the door, she caught him staring at her in amusement.
She shrugged. “I’ve been meaning to
buy new underwear anyway.”
Instead of letting her pass, he
looped his arm around her waist and pulled her closer. A strange look passed
over his face as he looked down on her. Piper felt a stirring of butterflies
deep in her belly as he lowered his lips to hers. He kissed her slowly, his
tongue sweeping languidly across hers. Unlike the way he took her body, he made
love to her mouth, showing her without words all that he was capable of. She
could get lost in the gorgeous stranger, her brain warned her, but she didn’t
want to listen. Right then, she could think of nothing better than being lost.
He
kissed her until her legs quaked and her bones melted, and he stopped all too
soon.
The
pounding on the door was more insistent now; the sharp voices of several women
demanding they get out audible even over the constant thumping of base
reverberating through the walls. The distraction ripped them from the moment
and thrust them back into harsh reality.
Still
wrapped up in each other, Piper relished the feel of his tender caress as his
thumbs smoothed over her cheeks, her jaw, and her bottom lip. She wanted to
kiss him again, and she knew he wanted to kiss her too.
Stepping
away, she watched with disappointment as he went to the door. He paused, his
fingers covering the lock. With his back to her, he asked, “You got a name?”
“Piper.
How about you?” she asked, but he was already opening the door. An angry mob of
women waited outside for them, and Piper hurried to follow him out. Together,
they took the walk of shame past scowling, bloodthirsty, hormonal females
bristling for a fight and back into the heart of the club. She came up short
when he turned to face her.
Grasping
the back of her neck again, he drew her up to him and brushed her mouth with a
kiss. “Thank you,” he said softly, and then without a backward glance, he slipped
into the crowd.
J.C. Valentine is the alter-ego of Brandi Salazar, whose enjoyment of erotic tales of romance spurred her to branch out and create her own.
Brandi Salazar lives in the Northwest with her husband, their wild children, and far too many pets. As a university student, she studies literature, which goes well with her dream to become an editor. Brandi entertains a number of hobbies including reading and photography, but her first love is writing fiction-in all its forms.
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