Once burned…
Finding my fiancée naked on my couch might’ve been a good thing, if her ex-boyfriend hadn’t been with her. For the past eight years I’ve been a witness to the power of true love, but after getting burned I’d decided there wasn’t any hope for me finding it for myself. Until I met Noelle Brandt in a hotel bar. Maybe it wasn’t the most romantic meeting, but the moment I met her I knew I had to have her. The more I learn about her, the more I know I’ll do whatever it takes to keep her.
Twice shy…
I’d already found the love of my life, but I’d lost that love forever. And I’d been lost ever since. But one night a wounded man makes all of that go away. He makes me laugh, live, and feel alive. When he tells me he has no intention of letting me go, I finally begin to believe in the power of true love again. That is, until I find out who he really is…and by then, it’s far too late to correct the mistakes we’ve already made. By the time we both know the truth, the lines have already been blurred beyond recognition.
Finding my fiancée naked on my couch might’ve been a good thing, if her ex-boyfriend hadn’t been with her. For the past eight years I’ve been a witness to the power of true love, but after getting burned I’d decided there wasn’t any hope for me finding it for myself. Until I met Noelle Brandt in a hotel bar. Maybe it wasn’t the most romantic meeting, but the moment I met her I knew I had to have her. The more I learn about her, the more I know I’ll do whatever it takes to keep her.
Twice shy…
I’d already found the love of my life, but I’d lost that love forever. And I’d been lost ever since. But one night a wounded man makes all of that go away. He makes me laugh, live, and feel alive. When he tells me he has no intention of letting me go, I finally begin to believe in the power of true love again. That is, until I find out who he really is…and by then, it’s far too late to correct the mistakes we’ve already made. By the time we both know the truth, the lines have already been blurred beyond recognition.
He slipped his fingers between my legs slowly, giving me a chance to push him away, no doubt. I’d sooner rip my arm off and eat it. “But it wouldn’t have a hot little blonde with a blue streak in her hair just waiting for me...”
“Hot, huh?” My pulse skyrocketed even more. “And I’m not little.”
“You’re little,” he said, nibbling on my ear. I arched my neck for him. “But you’re curved in all the right places. It’s addicting, Noelle. All day long, all I could think about was you. Your laugh. Your voice. The way you let me in last night, out of the kindness of your heart. Your smile. How good your hair smells.” He inhaled deeply, letting off a soft groan. As he talked, his fingers moved over me, sure and steady. “The way you let out a breathy little moan when you come...”
“Oh my God, Riley.”
“Mm.” His fingers moved faster. “Close, but not quite. Go ahead. Sing for me, angel.”
I ran my hands over his arms, admiring how hard and big they were. What kind of lawyer was built like this? “I can’t. Someone might hear.”
“I don’t give a damn who hears.” He pressed even closer, dominating me. Taking control. The man was a completely different lover while sober. It was intoxicating. “You have no idea how close I am to fucking you right here, against my door.”
“Oh my God.”
Yeah, that’s the best I had in the face of his dirty talking.
His free hand rolled over my left nipple, squeezing with the right amount of pressure to hurt just a little bit. “Come for me, Noelle. I need to hear that moan again.”
The tension built higher and higher. He was wearing a suit, and we were in his office, and I could hear people walking by. Hell, my sister- in-law was outside waiting for me. But knowing all of that only made it even hotter. Tossing my head back, I rolled my hips and moaned, my stomach tightening with each motion of his fingers.
Jen McLaughlin is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of sexy New Adult books. Under her pen name Diane Alberts, she is a multi-published, bestselling author of Contemporary Romance with Entangled Publishing. Her first release as Jen McLaughlin, Out of Line, released September 6 2013, and hit the New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal lists. She was mentioned in Forbes alongside E. L. James as one of the breakout independent authors to dominate the bestselling lists. She is represented by Louise Fury at The Bent Agency.
Though she lives in the mountains, she really wishes she was surrounded by a hot, sunny beach with crystal-clear water. She lives in Northeast Pennsylvania with her four kids, a husband, a schnauzer mutt, and three cats. Her goal is to write so many well-crafted romance books that even a non-romance reader will know her name.
Jen McLaughlin is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of sexy New Adult books. Under her pen name Diane Alberts, she is a multi-published, bestselling author of Contemporary Romance with Entangled Publishing. Her first release as Jen McLaughlin, Out of Line, released September 6 2013, and hit the New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal lists. She was mentioned in Forbes alongside E. L. James as one of the breakout independent authors to dominate the bestselling lists. She is represented by Louise Fury at The Bent Agency.
Though she lives in the mountains, she really wishes she was surrounded by a hot, sunny beach with crystal-clear water. She lives in Northeast Pennsylvania with her four kids, a husband, a schnauzer mutt, and three cats. Her goal is to write so many well-crafted romance books that even a non-romance reader will know her name.
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