Grand Slam (Raw Talent #1) by Lily Harlem and Lucy Felthouse
California
had seduced me with promises of a new life working at Los Carlos Tennis
Academy. What I didn’t expect was the dark, brooding number one seed,
Travis Connolly, resisting my help. He wasn’t interested in my
psychology skills. Instead his attention was drawn to the edgy, sharper
corners of my desires, proving that they existed, setting me challenges
and driving me crazy to the point of combustion.
I’m
the best tennis player in the world—officially—so why would I need a
damn woman full of psychobabble to get me on form? Despite my
irritation, however, I can’t resist pushing Marie Sherratt’s buttons
even though doing that shows her the darkest shades of my lust, the
parts of me I buried deep. So I set her a challenge, one she rises to,
one that has me rising too, and before long my game relies on her
calling the shots, hitting the target and bending to my will. One thing
was certain, being not just master of the court, but also of Marie is
seriously good for my soul.
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I
looked into his eyes. Swallowed and tasted his cologne as it traveled
into my nostrils and then laced my tongue. “Would you consider them to
be good people, Travis? These individuals that like to hurt others.
“I’ve
known a few people who like to give and receive higher sensations, and
most of them I consider to be good friends as well as good people.”
I
hesitated, felt his body heat radiating toward me, wrapping around me
as I pondered his words. We were close, very close, and his consuming
presence made logical thinking much harder than normal. “I’m not quite
sure what you’re telling me.”
“You talk about pain like it’s a bad thing, Marie.”
“It is.”
He smiled but it wasn’t a sweet smile, more like one of a hunter who’d spotted prey.
“Pain is unpleasant for a reason,” I said. “Because it’s bad.”
“I disagree.” He raised his eyebrows and widened his eyes. It was a challenging, cocky gesture.
A
tingle snaked its way up my spine and threatened to wreak havoc in my
body by turning into a tremble. But I beat it down. I wouldn’t let a
patient get to me this way. I was the one supposed to be holding the
reins here.
“Maybe, Marie, you should open your mind to new ideas with a little more grace.”
“I fail to see how I haven’t been graceful in discussing your theory that pain is good.”
“Can we keep it that way?”
“I hope so.”
“In that case,” he flicked his attention from my eyes and looked at my hair, “would you like me to demonstrate?”
Damn,
the guy made me feel tiny. Even though I was wearing heels, his broad
chest and wide shoulders were looming over me. “Okay.”
He
twitched the right side of his mouth into a half-smile. Now he looked
like a hunter who’d captured his prey. A trickle of fight or flight
seeped into my system. Which would be my best option?
“Now
that’s the first rule.” He reached up and undid the clasp holding my
hair on the top of my head. It tumbled around my shoulders as the clasp
fell to the floor. “Consent.”
“Doesn’t
consent require knowing what you’re agreeing to?” Fuck, with him this
close and stroking my hair, spreading it out, I’d pretty much agree to
anything. Who was I kidding? Fight or flight was not an option, the only
thing that shot through my mind was giving myself over to him. Allowing
him to do whatever he wanted, control my body, feed it what it needed.
Damn, it had been too long since I’d been with a man. It was making me desperate.
He
slotted his other hand over the left side of my head, the sound of him
sliding his fingers over the shell of my ear noisy. My breath hitched
and I locked my knees to stabilize my stance. I stared up at him, noting
the small shafts of black hair sneaking out of his skin on his chin and
the way his bottom lip was a little plumper than the top.
“You
see, some pain,” he said, gathering my hair up at my crown and tugging
to create tension on the roots, “can heighten the awareness of
everything else going on in the body.”
He pulled harder, forcing my head to tip back.
I gasped as discomfort shot across my scalp.
He increased the pressure a little more.
I reached out and clutched at his shirt, felt his hard chest beneath. “Travis, I—”
“Shh, I’m just showing you.” He slipped his arm around my waist, dragged me close and yanked my hair, really hard.
“Ow,
I—” A barrage of sensations blasted through my system. The feel of him
pressing up against me, hot hard male, all wide pecs and solid thighs.
The pain from having my hair tugged with force, and the awareness that
my belly was shoved right up against his groin. A groin that held a
wedge of thick flesh.
“Just
feel,” he whispered, hovering his lips over mine. “Endorphins are
rushing into your bloodstream, giving you a natural high as pain alerts
your nerve endings that something exciting is happening.” He slid his
free hand up my back, tracing the outline of my spine through my blouse.
I
breathed in the air he was breathing out, warm and sweet. The scream of
hurt in my scalp made me want to wriggle but being held so firmly and
confidently kept me still. The heat of the discomfort slipped down my
nape and neck and over my shoulders, then combined with the lovely
sensation of him stroking my back.
“Can you feel it?” he whispered. “Pain mixing with pleasure, the lines between the two blurring.”
I
could feel it with every fiber of my being. My skin was alive with
awareness, my breasts were heavy and desperate for stimulation, and
between my legs I was buzzing for action. Good, hard man action,
preferably of the naked, sweaty variety. “Yes,” I gasped.
*****
Author Bios:
Lily Harlem
Lily
Harlem lives in the UK with Mr Harlem and a host of rescued animals.
She is an award winning author of contemporary erotic romance and writes
for publishers on both sides of the Atlantic including Ellora's Cave,
HarperCollins, Total-E-Bound, Xcite and Sweetmeats Press as well as
self-publishing. Her HOT ICE series regularly receives high praise and
industry nominations and sportsmen who are talented both in and out of
the bedroom often feature in her novels. But whichever book you choose
of Lily's one thing you can be sure of is it will be wildly romantic and
down-and-dirty sexy. Enjoy!
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Lucy Felthouse
Lucy
Felthouse is a very busy woman! She writes erotica and erotic romance
in a variety of subgenres and pairings, and has over seventy
publications to her name, with many more in the pipeline. These include
Best Bondage Erotica 2012, 2013 and 2014 and Best Women's Erotica 2013.
Another string to her bow is editing, and she has edited and co-edited a
number of anthologies. She owns Erotica For All, and is book editor for Cliterati. Find out more at http://www.lucyfelthouse.co.uk. Join her on Facebook and Twitter, and subscribe to her newsletter at: http://eepurl.com/gMQb9
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