Find Me in the Dark (10 page)

Cassie catches my arm. “Are you okay?”

“Hey, I barely feel it, alright? I can do everything,” I tell her.

Cassie rolls her eyes as Alexander closes in. I guess he doesn’t like the fact that the conversation is no longer focused on him. “Vanilla and chocolate. Yum. My two favorite flavors.”

It takes Cassie and me a moment to realize he’s talking about our skin color. This does not endear him to us.

He leans against the bar, his Tequila breath steaming down my neck. “We should dance.”

Cass yanks him away. “Uh, no. She’s
not
dancing in that condition.”

“Hey.” I swing my arm in her general direction. “I said I’m fine.”

“You want this guy to gallantly catch you if you fall on your face?” she whispers.

I frown. Glance at Alexander. He gives me his sexiest come-hither look, which is totally not sexy and definitely does not want me to come any closer.

I give Cassie puppy eyes, silently begging for help.

“That’s what I thought. And by the way, you so owe me.” She grabs his hand. “ I don’t like to share.”

He’s either too drunk or dense to detect anything mocking in her tone. I giggle as she leads him to the strobing dance floor.

I sulk as I finish my drink. I start to feel the music. I mean, it’s really bad club music but I feel too warm and giddy to care. I squirm back and forth on my seat, bobbing my head. I get a little too into it and spill some of my drink on Dolly’s dress.

Oops.

I set the drink down, and thank God I do, because at that moment someone comes up behind me.

“Dance with me.”

End of Book 1

Book 2, KEEP ME IN THE DARK, is available now!

I thought I could take the fantasy, but everything is suddenly becoming far too real. It was supposed to just be about sex, but I'm starting to want too much, and I think he is too. But what happens when I start to want something more...and he refuses to leave the shadows?

Sneak Peak

My mind is fuzzy. “Do I think what?”

“That I’m bad for you," he says.

“Maybe,” I admit, “but I don’t care.”

Bodies sway between us. The room is so hot—no, humid. There’s too much perfume and cologne. How could I dance for so long when it’s so hot? How can I breathe?

“Demetri was right.” My lover’s voice is barely audible over the music. “I shouldn’t have let you come here.”

“I was just dancing.”

His grip on me tightens.

“You’re not my keeper,” I tell him.

He doesn’t respond to that. “Meet me at the back of the club in five minutes.”

“What?”

He brushes my hair over the back of my neck, tucking the shorter strands behind my ear. “Please.”

I shiver.

“What do I tell my friends?”

His hand slides down my bare back to my ass. “Whatever you want. Just make sure they don’t follow. I don’t want an audience.”

My heart beats wildly. “Oh.” Goosebumps spread where he touches me. I want what I know is waiting for me. I want him to take me right now. I want him so bad that I don’t care who watches. I back into him.

He growls. “Don’t test my reserve,
solnyshko moyo
.”

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DEAR SOLDIER

A Stand Alone BBW Holiday Contemporary Romance

To her I wasn’t billionaire Ian Keller, prodigal son and heir to one of the South’s largest real estate empires. No, to her I was just a soldier. And she thinks that to me she was just a woman, but she couldn’t be more wrong. 

Now I’m back home and ready to face the sins of my past and reclaim my future, but none of my sacrifices will be worth it if she isn’t by my side. 

There’s just one obstacle standing in my way. She thinks I’ve shared everything about myself in my letters, but I’ve been keeping a secret from her. A very big, very important secret. 

And when this secret comes to light, both of our lives will change forever.

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Excerpt

Her bottom lip trembles as I brush my thumb against it.

“I’m not used to feeling vulnerable,” I admit. “I’m used to knowing what I want and going after it. I never doubted myself until I joined the military. And after all the shit I saw, I thought I would be incapable of ever doubting myself again until I met you.”

She finally looks up at me. “What do you mean?”

I don’t want to say it, but I know I have to. I’ll lose her if I don’t. “You make me remember things I didn’t want to remember, and feel things I didn’t want to feel. It’s…hard sometimes. But it’s worth it, too.”

Her eyes narrow in on my lips, losing focus. There’s more I want to say, but it’s still too soon and I’ll fuck it up anyway. I can barely think with her in my arms.

I tuck her hair behind her ears. “Ever since your first letter—”

She smiles. “Not the first one you liar.”

Alright, she had me there. “Fine. I think it was the tenth or something.”

“That’s more like it.”

I take a deep breath and lean in. She sobers, noticing the change in my demeanor.

“Ever since your tenth letter,” I continue, “you’ve been the only girl I wanted. So yeah, I want you to be strong, especially when I can’t be.”

Her grip on my biceps tightens. “Okay.”

I lean in slowly until our lips almost touch, intentionally driving her crazy, but not nearly as crazy as she’s driving me.

“I mean it,” I whisper. “No more running and no more of this one kiss bullshit. Because once I start kissing you, I’m not gonna stop. There is no fade to black in this fairy tale, Lily. This is about me and you and all the dirty things you wanted to do but were too afraid to write in your letters.”

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ONE DATE

The Hawkins Brothers, Book 1

One date - one chance to have her.

Marcus Hawkins has a problem - he needs a date. His solution happens to be standing right in front of him. Curvy Leah Frane has been driving him to distraction since the day she became his assistant.

Now is his chance to do something about it.

Leah is coerced into the date by her sexy, gorgeous boss - a man she wants so badly she can taste it. He only sees her as his super-efficient assistant - when he sees her at all.

It's just one date. What could possibly happen?

For the 18+ crowd, due to steamy love scene.

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Excerpt

Marcus waited for her just outside the door. So, no escaping. Not yet.

She opened her mouth to say something, and froze, startled by the way he studied her. Like he was seeing her for the first time. He ran one hand through his hair, tousling the rare neat style, leaving him even more devastating. His hair always reminded Leah of raven's wings - so black it had blue highlights. She forced herself to stop staring at his long, graceful fingers, to stop staring at him.