Disclaimer: This is
an 18+ book with erotic BDSM scenes and explicit language.
Can two dark souls
ever make a light?
As president of her
own distribution company, Julie Dawson has all she ever wanted -- money, power,
and respect. But her carefully crafted façade conceals a torment of abuse and
helplessness. After years remaining emotionally aloof, she is finally
independent, but alone. Because she refuses to rely on anyone but herself ever
again.
Evan Adams is no
stranger to success, or personal demons. The horrific trauma that destroyed his
twin sister, and tore his family apart, forced him to craft a new life from the
ashes of the old. He's content enough, focusing ahead and not dwelling on his
murky past. But something important is missing. He knows what that thing is but
refuses to acknowledge it.
When a chance
encounter brings these two strong-willed but damaged people together , what
seems like a long, erotic journey through hell could lead them to a match made
in heaven.
MUTUAL
RELEASE
********* EXCERPT *********
A
leather chair appeared from the gloom. Evan looked around, then took the seat,
disappointed but intrigued. He could hear Jack’s voice, his laughter low and
inviting. What the fuck? Was Gordon getting in on action while he had
to watch? Then he heard
Jenna’s annoying giggle and realized the club must be making her watch too, only
she got to do it with her date. He sighed, leaned back, and prepared himself to
be underwhelmed.
“No,” a
sexy, rough female voice broke through the clamor in his head. It must have
surprised everyone because all the people on the couches glanced up. “I want
him. Out here.” Evan looked straight at her and saw the hot-as-shit Domme point
her bullwhip right at him. He gulped, actually looked around like a dork,
thinking there must be someone behind him. He was no sub.
She
crooked her finger, her ruby-red moist lips drawing his gaze and making him feel
positively hypnotized. His cock kept up its painful pressure along the inside of
his zipper. A drop of sweat formed on his temple but he couldn’t move his arms
to brush it away. All he knew… was her.
“Mr.
Adams,” the disembodied voice said. “Your presence has been requested by our
Mistress. Please. Do not make her wait.” The sheer curtain separating him from
the crowd parted as he stood. Shoving his hands in his pockets and no longer
aware of anything at all but what he wanted right now, he took the few steps
down to the main floor.
“Stop!”
She held up a hand. “Do not come any closer until I tell you.” She snapped her
fingers. A tall man dressed only in leather pants emerged from somewhere to her
left. A woman approached him, smiling and holding out a tray filled with… He
stared, then shook his head, backing away, his brain on fire and his body in
flight mode. “Where are you going, slave?” The woman cracked her whip. Evan
sensed its bite near his cheek.
“I am
no one’s slave,” he croaked out, sounding like a whiney kid.
“Perhaps. But I am not just anyone.” Before he could catch a
breath, the woman was in his space. He kept his hands at his sides, knowing if
he touched her he would be punished. Her full lips were inches from his. She
leaned in, placed a tender kiss on his cheek, then stepped
back.
“The
Mistress has chosen!” the voice boomed and the room heaved a collective sigh.
Evan whipped his head around, suddenly terrified and hornier than he had been in
his entire existence. He closed his eyes as a loud whooshing sound started
echoing around in his head in perfect time with his heartbeat. He held his
ground, biting the inside of his cheek raw to keep from falling to his knees and
kissing his way up her shiny patent leather shoe. The woman stood, the cape-like
cloak draped around her tall, perfect body. He couldn’t move and had no idea
what to do now anyway.
She took two long steps and was back in his space, tugging
his tie, lifting it free of his collar and letting her lips linger over his,
tempting, teasing, and bringing his body to full attention from his scalp to his
toes. What in the hell was going on here? He was a
sub? But the whooshing
sound would not stop; it deafened him and he started to shake. The woman put her
hands on his shoulders and kept kissing him just enough to make him insane.
Disembodied hands removed his suit coat. Then, with a powerful jerk, She ripped
his dress shirt into two scraps of expensive cotton that hung from his
wrists.
His
nipples hardened, his skin broke out in goose bumps. More bodiless hands
unfastened his cuffs and took what remained of his shirt away. The woman kept
smiling, trailing her fingertip down his chest. Evan’s lungs hurt he was
breathing so hard.
“You
are very…” She leaned in and touched her tongue to a nipple, making him gasp.
“In need of…” She licked her way across his chest to the other hardened nub of
flesh and bit, hard, making him yelp and grunt to distract himself from coming
in his trousers. “A lesson in what it means to wield control.”
She
unfurled the whip, keeping her lips on his skin, licking and nibbling her way up
his neck as he stood, fists clenched and teeth grinding. Then she bit down on
his lower lip, bringing tears to his eyes and yet more urgency to fuck. What was
happening to him?
“Sit.”
She shoved him down. Evan dropped, hoping someone had put a chair there. His ass
hit leather and wood. Watching mesmerized as she dug a sharp heel into his
still-covered thigh. The pulsing behind his zipper had reached a level he’d
never experienced. It was as if he were already coming, in his head, trying to
relieve the pressure without actually ejaculating. This was a total goddamn
trip. He sighed, looked up at the ceiling.
“Don’t
look away from me, slave.” Her rough voice made the whooshing sound return
between his ears. She snapped her fingers. Two nearly naked women scuttled to
his side, undid his belt, unzipped his pants, and pulled off his shoes while
removing his trousers, leaving only his tie and boxers.
“Holy
fucking mother of… ah!” he cried out, unable to stop when the woman stood over
him, her warm, inviting sex right at his eye level. Other hands rubbed, teased
him through his underwear. But he kept his eyes trained up as he sucked in a
lungful of her heady scent.
“You think this is all there is, don’t you, boy?” The woman’s
voice filled his head. “Your giant cock and what you can do with it.” She
stepped away from him, flicking her whip at his inner thighs, breaking up the
pleasure with a bite of pain that made him curse and lean forward. The lovely,
soft hands that had been on his aching shaft disappeared. “Oh no you don’t. You
sit; you take, and you do not come. For any reason. If you do, I will make you very,” she
slid the handle of the whip along his reddened inner leg, “very sorry. Are we
clear? Dear?”
Microbrewery owner, best-selling author, beer blogger and
journalist, mom of three teenagers, and soccer fan, Liz lives in the great
Midwest, in a major college town. Years of experience in sales and fund raising,
plus an eight-year stint as an ex-pat trailing spouse, plus making her way in a
world of men (i.e. the beer industry), has prepped her for life as erotic
romance author.
When she isn't
sweating inventory and sales figures for the brewery, she can be found writing,
editing or sweating promotional efforts for her latest
publications.
Her groundbreaking
romance subgenre, “Romance for Real Life,” has gained thousands of fans and
followers who are interested less in the “HEA” and more in the “WHA” (“What
Happens After?”)
Her beer blog a2beerwench.com
is nationally recognized for its insider yet outsider views on the craft beer
industry. Her books are set in the not-so-common worlds of breweries, on the
soccer pitch and in high-powered real estate offices. Don’t ask her for anything
“like” a Budweiser or risk painful injury.
********* GIVEAWAY *********
Liz will award the following prizes at the end of the Virtual Book Tour and the Book Blast:
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1st Prize: Signed set of first 6 books (Includes all books in the series *except for* Mutual Release)
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3rd Prize: Zazzle store Stewart swag pack (including canvas tote bag, mug, t-shirt, keychain)
1st Prize: Signed set of first 6 books (Includes all books in the series *except for* Mutual Release)
2nd Prize: boxed set of first 3 Stewart Realty ebooks (Floor Time, Sweat Equity, Closing Costs)
3rd Prize: Zazzle store Stewart swag pack (including canvas tote bag, mug, t-shirt, keychain)
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8 comments:
Oh love this! =) Can´t wait for my chance to read more.
Happy Thursday!
//Linda
Thank you for hosting
thanks so much for hosting. Linda, I can't wait for you to read this as well! cheers
Liz
Thank you for hosting Liz on her Super Book Blast today!!
Thanks for the blurb and excerpt - I love the description for how the "dominatrix" is dressed - sounds like quite the outfit.
Thanks for the giveaway
junegirl63 at gmail dot com
Story sounds interesting
bn100candg at hotmail dot com
Could be an interesting read.
Sounds interesting added to my TBR, Thanks for sharing yourself and your work with us :)
Charitysbookaddiction (at) hotmail (dot) com
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