Blurb:
A drunken dare
sees Laura Anderson sign up for the Club Spectrum Auctions. A night of kinky
sex with a real Dom is just what she needs. It was never meant to be with Slade
Douglas, the only man she's ever loved. The man who left her standing at her
parent's grave, and fled the country without an explanation.
Fifteen years
her senior, Slade had thought her too fragile and innocent for the lifestyle
then, and he made a promise to her brother to leave her alone. This time he
cannot walk away, especially as Laura is not the innocent girl he remembers.
She has grown into a beautiful woman, willing and able to gift him with her
submission, and their chemistry cannot be denied.
As he explores
her boundaries and pushes her further than she has ever been taken before,
Laura flies, but their painful past may prove one obstacle too many.
There's only one
thing Slade can do…
Excerpt:
Excerpt:
The car’s abrupt
stop brought Laura out of her angst-filled internal musings and her eyes
widened when big wrought-iron gates swung open in front of her. That explained
how he could afford the outrageous sum of money he’d paid for her. Clearly,
Slade was rather well-off these days.
She looked
across at Slade and found him watching her. The ghost of a smile crossed his
features and then the car was moving again. The crunch of gravel seemed too
loud and Laura snapped her mouth shut when she got the first look of Slade’s
house.
The three story
building rose up in front of them, and she blinked to get her gritty eyes to
focus.
“You live here?”
“Yes, I do,
petal.”
Laura didn’t
miss the hint of disapproval in his voice, but she couldn’t stop herself from
questioning him either.
“Since when? I
mean, I didn’t even know you had a house over here. When you said you’d take me
home I was expecting a flat or something, not a town house in… Where exactly
are we?”
The car slowed
to a stop and Slade switched off the engine. An uncomfortable silence settled
between them, and they were plunged into semidarkness when the porch security
lights dimmed.
Slade’s fingers
drumming on the steering wheel were the only movement in the silent interior of
his Range Rover, and Laura flinched when he moved and wrapped his hand around
her neck.
Large and warm
it reassured her. Regardless of where they were, this was Slade. She knew him.
He wouldn’t abuse her trust. There was no need for the sudden rise of panic
that made it hard to breathe.
Slade sighed and
she jumped when his hot breath feathered over her heated cheeks.
“Does it matter
where we are, little brat.” His childhood nickname for her brought tears to her
eyes, and he swiped them off her face with his free hand.
“Look at me.
What is this all about? It’s me, Slade. Let’s leave everything else behind and
just focus on that. What has that bastard done to you to make you so wary?”
Laura screwed
her eyes shut, and tried to shake her head, but Slade had an iron grip on her
neck, and simply pulled her closer.
“Breathe, Laura.
In…out…with me. Come on, come back to me and let go of it. Whatever it is.”
Her body
responded to his quiet strength, the edge of command in his deep voice. It
pulled her back from the brink of the panic attack, pulled her out of that well
of despair tonight’s events had pitched her into. He released her when her
breathing returned to normal and Laura moaned the loss of his warmth. Cool air
rushed into the interior of the car, and she blinked in the sudden light when
the security light came back on. She froze, utterly unable to move, as Slade
opened the front door, and disappeared inside for a few seconds. The house lit
up and before she could even blink he was back, opening her door. She made a
grab for the blanket still wrapped around her, and he smiled and undid her seat
belt.
“Let’s get you
inside, and stop looking at me as though I’m going to eat you. Nothing else is
going to happen tonight. You’re in no fit state to make any decisions. I just
need to take care of you. Will you let me?”
Laura blinked
and gaped at him, and his smile deepened. It left grooves along his mouth, and
the fine lines around his eyes deepened. Her fingers itched to trace them. It
wasn’t fair how men got more attractive with age, and Slade just oozed
confidence and sex appeal with every pore of his being. He held out his hand,
patiently waiting for her to take it, and Laura realized with a start that she
was as much in danger of falling in love with this Slade, than she’d been in
her teenage years. Only now she was a woman, a messed up version to be sure,
but a woman who knew when a man wanted her. It was there in the tight control
of his muscles, the way his eyes darkened, when she let the blanket slip a
little, and his jaw clenched.
“Petal, you
don’t want to earn yourself another punishment tonight. Don’t push me.” His
warning washed over her, and chased the last of her doubts away. She might well
regret this in the morning because the longer she stayed in his company, the
harder it would be to leave again, but god, she wanted him, all of him. She’d had
a taste of his domination and she knew she wanted, needed, more. The freedom to
just be, to let go, yes, she needed that. She needed him. Her sore ass
protested as she tried to move, yet she couldn’t help her grin at the reminder.
She would have bruises in the morning, and that thought made a bubble of
happiness pop up in her chest.
“Jesus, woman,
you’ll be the death of me.”
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About the Author:
Glutton for punishment would be a
good description for Doris... at least that's what she hears on an almost daily
basis when people find out that she has a brood of nine children, ranging from
adult to toddler and lives happily in a far too small house, cluttered with
children, pets, dust bunnies, and one very understanding and supportive
husband. Domestic goddess she is not.
There is always something better to
do after all, like working on the latest manuscript and trying not to scare the
locals even more than usual by talking out loud to the voices in her head. Her
characters tend to be pretty insistent to get their stories told, and you will
find Doris burning the midnight oil on a regular basis. Only time to get any
peace and quiet and besides, sleep is for wimps.
She likes to spin sensual, sassy,
and sexy tales involving alpha heroes to die for, and heroines who give as good
as they get. From contemporary to paranormal, BDSM to F/F, and Ménage, haunting
love stories are guaranteed.
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