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Searching for Mine
A Searching For Novella
By Jennifer Probst
1001 Dark Nights
Searching for Mine
A Searching For Novella
By Jennifer Probst
1001 Dark Nights
Copyright 2016 Triple J Publishing Inc
ISBN: 978-1-942299-22-6
Foreword: Copyright 2014 M. J. Rose
Published by Evil Eye Concepts, Incorporated
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission. Please do not participate in or encourage piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author’s rights.
This is a work of fiction. Names, places, characters and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination and are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or establishments is solely coincidental.
Searching for Mine
A Searching For Novella
By Jennifer Probst
The Ultimate Anti-Hero Meets His Match…
Connor Dunkle knows what he wants in a woman, and it’s the three B’s. Beauty. Body. Boobs. Other women need not apply. With his good looks and easygoing charm, he’s used to getting what he wants—and who. Until he comes face to face with the one woman who’s slowly making his life hell...and enjoying every moment...
Ella Blake is a single mom and a professor at the local Verily College who’s climbed up the ranks the hard way. Her ten-year-old son is a constant challenge, and her students are driving her crazy—namely Connor Dunkle, who’s failing her class and trying to charm his way into a better grade. Fuming at his chauvinistic tendencies, Ella teaches him the ultimate lesson by giving him a
special
project to help his grade. When sparks fly, neither of them are ready to face their true feelings, but will love teach them the ultimate lesson of all?
Jennifer Probst is the
New York Times
,
USA Today
, and
Wall Street Journal
bestselling author of both sexy and erotic contemporary romance. She was thrilled her novel,
The Marriage Bargain
, was the #6 Bestselling Book on Amazon for 2012, and spent 26 weeks on the
New York Times
. Her work has been translated in over a dozen countries, sold over a million copies, and was dubbed a “romance phenom” by Kirkus Reviews. She makes her home in New York with her sons, husband, two rescue dogs, and a house that never seems to be clean. She loves hearing from all readers! Stop by her website at
http://www.jenniferprobst.com
for all her upcoming releases, news and street team information. Sign up for her newsletter at
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The Billionaire Builders
Searching for Series:
The Marriage to a Billionaire series:
The Sex on the Beach Series:
The Hot in the Hamptons Series:
The Steele Brother Series:
Ah, so many people to thank!
Smooches to the amazing 1001 Dark Nights team – Liz Berry and M.J. Rose. I’m so honored to be asked to participate in this series, and humbled to stand beside my talented fellow authors. I love this world you created!
Special shout-out to my street team, The Probst Posse. You guys helped me create Connor’s story and it was a beautiful team effort. I love brainstorming with you guys! Here’s a few specific names to thank for their specific suggestions I incorporated into the book!
Marlene Brown, Elizabeth Clinton, Stephanie Flowers Newman, Maybelline Smith, Katherine Thompson Allen, Tina Hobbs and Ada Frost
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FOREVER WICKED
by Shayla Black
CRIMSON TWILIGHT
by Heather Graham
CAPTURED IN SURRENDER
by Liliana Hart
SILENT BITE: A SCANGUARDS WEDDING
by Tina Folsom
DUNGEON GAMES
by Lexi Blake
AZAGOTH
by Larissa Ione
NEED YOU NOW
by Lisa Renee Jones
SHOW ME, BABY
by Cherise Sinclair
ROPED IN
by Lorelei James
TEMPTED BY MIDNIGHT
by Lara Adrian
THE FLAME
by Christopher Rice
CARESS OF DARKNESS
by Julie Kenner
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TAME ME
by J. Kenner
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WICKED WOLF
by Carrie Ann Ryan
WHEN IRISH EYES ARE HAUNTING
by Heather Graham
EASY WITH YOU
by Kristen Proby
MASTER OF FREEDOM
by Cherise Sinclair
CARESS OF PLEASURE
by Julie Kenner
ADORED
by Lexi Blake
HADES
by Larissa Ione
RAVAGED
by Elisabeth Naughton
DREAM OF YOU
by Jennifer L. Armentrout
STRIPPED DOWN
by Lorelei James
RAGE/KILLIAN
by Alexandra Ivy/Laura Wright
DRAGON KING
by Donna Grant
PURE WICKED
by Shayla Black
HARD AS STEEL
by Laura Kaye
STROKE OF MIDNIGHT
by Lara Adrian
ALL HALLOWS EVE
by Heather Graham
KISS THE FLAME
by Christopher Rice
DARING HER LOVE
by Melissa Foster
TEASED
by Rebecca Zanetti
THE PROMISE OF SURRENDER
by Liliana Hart
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THE SURRENDER GATE
By Christopher Rice
SERVICING THE TARGET
By Cherise Sinclair
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An excerpt from Everywhere and Every Way by Jennifer Probst
One Thousand And One Dark Nights
Once upon a time, in the future…
I was a student fascinated with stories and learning.
I studied philosophy, poetry, history, the occult, and
the art and science of love and magic. I had a vast
library at my father’s home and collected thousands
of volumes of fantastic tales.
I learned all about ancient races and bygone
times. About myths and legends and dreams of all
people through the millennium. And the more I read
the stronger my imagination grew until I discovered
that I was able to travel into the stories... to actually
become part of them.
I wish I could say that I listened to my teacher
and respected my gift, as I ought to have. If I had, I
would not be telling you this tale now.
But I was foolhardy and confused, showing off
with bravery.
One afternoon, curious about the myth of the
Arabian Nights, I traveled back to ancient Persia to
see for myself if it was true that every day Shahryar
(Persian:
شهریار,
“king”) married a new virgin, and then
sent yesterday’s wife to be beheaded. It was written
and I had read, that by the time he met Scheherazade,
the vizier’s daughter, he’d killed one thousand
women.
Something went wrong with my efforts. I arrived
in the midst of the story and somehow exchanged
places with Scheherazade – a phenomena that had
never occurred before and that still to this day, I
cannot explain.
Now I am trapped in that ancient past. I have
taken on Scheherazade’s life and the only way I can
protect myself and stay alive is to do what she did to
protect herself and stay alive.
Every night the King calls for me and listens as I spin tales.
And when the evening ends and dawn breaks, I stop at a
point that leaves him breathless and yearning for more.
And so the King spares my life for one more day, so that
he might hear the rest of my dark tale.
As soon as I finish a story... I begin a new
one... like the one that you, dear reader, have before
you now.
“A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction”
––
Virginia Woolf
Connor Adam Dunkle stared at the paper. The circled letter mocked him in bright red, and with a false merriness that his professor probably relished.
A big fat F.
Impossible.
His gaze scanned the bleeding type scrawl filled with unknown marks, initials, and cross outs. At the end, two sentences were written in elegant cursive they didn’t teach in school any longer.