Claire Robertson is a
journalist living a vanilla life. Except when she’s alone at night where she
wields her writer whip and stilettos inside her erotic fantasies. Tragedy
blindly strikes, forcing Claire to return to her hometown and confront her past.
And that past includes Dustin Murray, an old flame she ran away from when things
became complicated.
Her life comes apart and she sends
her editor the “wrong” story by mistake. One of her hot
novels.
Amidst chaos, Claire has a choice:
to return to her safe life back in Seattle or risk adventure, ensuring her smoxy
fantasies come to life. Dustin has his own plans and isn’t about to let Claire
go. Not when he proves he can handle her life and ALL her bedroom
fantasies.
When things heat up, Claire must
decide which road to take in life and love.
********** EXCERPT *********
Excerpt of an excerpt from the heroine’s
Claire’s writing -
“I’m Thornton Maxwell…your
attorney.” He turned away, but not before she caught his look of displeasure.
“God. Woman, do you even know what a mess you’ve got on your hands? We need to
talk. A real pressure cooker is about blow.”
Cynthia froze. This wasn’t part of
her erotic fantasy. What was he talking about? Should she just come out and
admit she had no idea of what was going on or get him to divulge what demanded
damage control?
She pretended unconcerned boredom in
an attempt to buy some time to think. “Someone’s got his panties in a real
twist.”
This wasn’t the first time she’d
needed legal. But if he was her new go-to man, she was tempted to screw more
things up.
This was a conundrum. He was too
damn good-looking. This type of man didn’t appreciate a dumbbell. Did he know
how hard she worked or that sometimes contracts needed to be bent? “Explored” is
what she liked to call it. Wasn’t that why McGavock Publishing hired a boatload
of first-year attorneys anyway? Shoot, he was probably upset because his weekend
golf game was about to be rained out.
He paced in front of her desk while
raking fingers through his thick, dark hair. Cynthia noticed the way he flexed
and moved his arms, his muscles pumping and expanding. He stopped, spun around,
and marched back to her desk.
“Lewis, when you cross out clauses
and write your own notes into a publishing contract, we don’t have a legal leg
to stand on in court when an issue is disputed. The things you’ve included to
get an author to sign without consulting legal is tying us in knots. The next
time you promise a writer the moon, you better consult me first and NASA second.
Not whatever pops into that pretty little head of yours. You need my help with
this lawsuit, and I expect your cooperation. You might as well know now that’s
going to mean during office hours as well as evenings and
weekends.”
His finger was pointed directly in
front of her face. She imagined sucking the tip until her sex-crazed brain
finally grasped his message.
What? She was floored. Her stomach
felt punched, the fist of surprise still lodged in her ribcage. Her mind reeled.
It wasn’t possible. She was being threatened with a lawsuit for a couple of
silly additions to a contract, and now this man expected her to drop everything.
Was he joking? Slowly she inhaled.
“I’m innocent.” She stared back at
him. “Sure, I’m not beyond bending the rules, but a lawsuit? No, that’s not
possible; it’s impossible. You’ve got to help me.”
“We definitely need a sit-down. Not
your usual brush-off and expectation for legal to jump through a hoop. This one
is serious.” His gaze swept over her face and downward. The space between them
crackled with static energy. He was more than steamed. But he was ready to step
in and help her. A spasm of pleasure trilled in her veins. He was her knight in
shining armor. She wasn’t the enemy. Not his at least. With all that pent-up
fury of his, it was a shame to let it go to waste. He was handsome beyond
belief…another time, over cocktails or at a party, she’d not think twice about
what her body wanted. His dark eyes weren’t all anger…passion brewed there,
pulling the cords to her attraction, making her skin tingle. Oh, my. He wanted
to school her good. But maybe she could teach him a thing.
“Thor…Thornton, sit down.” She
recouped her confidence. He was in her dominion. The door was closed. Her
assistant always knocked before entering. The glass panels were mirrored. He was
so near…all she had to do was reach out to him.
She met his bad-boy stare with
excitement screaming in her ears.
“Please.” She was almost purring,
beseeching him over the rim of her eyeglasses.
“Fine, I’m all ears.” He pulled up a
chair closer to her desk. “Well?”
She studied him. If the man ever
smiled, he’d be drop-dead gorgeous. She let the papers slip out of her fingers,
and she pushed her glasses up on top of her head. Cynthia rubbed her ankles
together, and his eyes fixed onto legs.
Ding, ding. Johnny, she had a
winner.
She lifted her legs and stood,
acting as if arranging her papers was vital. She felt, rather than saw, that his
gaze was upon her.
“Client-attorney privilege?” She
rounded the desk, trailing her fingers along the surface.
“Yes, whatever you share. Go
on.”
“Where shall I begin?” She stopped
and leaned back on her desk, directly in front of him. Eighteen inches of space
separated them.
“Haven’t you ever longed for
something to the point of breaking a few rules? Just once?”
AUTHOR Bio and
Links:
I grew up in Miami, Florida and
spent summers with my father who taught college philosophy courses. I’ve always
been surrounded by books. My father gave me the Little Prince not once, but
several times growing up. I never thought I’d become a writer. But I followed in
his footsteps becoming a teacher and then a writer. He passed away before I
achieved any of these goals. I hope he knows how far I’ve traveled along the
road he also journeyed
Playlist on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFWX0hWCbng&feature=share&list=PLYVx7MVN3tep96b26-kmVnv0PXnmlbubP
Upcoming Releases
Secret Desire – February 1, 2013
Contemporary Erotic Romance, Etopia Press E-book (Susan D.
Taylor)
Branded By Desire – April 1, 2013
Western Erotic Romance, Crimson Press E-book & Print (Susan
Arden)
Collared For A Night – 2013
Paranormal Erotica Romance -Rocky Mountain Shifters –
Crimson Press(Susan
Arden)
Ocean of Love – 2013 An Adult
Fairytale – Amazon.com
(Susan D. Taylor)
********** GIVEAWAY *********
Susan
will be awarding a Nook Simple Touch to a randomly drawn commenter during the
tour.
3 comments:
thank you for hosting
Lindsey,
I'm so pleased to be here with United By Books on Valentine's Day. Thank you for sharing the love of reading and Secret Desire. XoooX
Happy V Day! Are you also a college teacher? I work at a community college and I live very close to my secret destination near the beach. If I tell you, it wouldn't be secret!
catherinelee100 at gmail dot com
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