Jessica Jayne

Mid Week Tease – More Than Friends – #MWTease

I’m back for a second week in a row! Welcome to Mid Week Tease, a new feature for sharing snippets of a new release, favorite backlisted title or a current work in process. Today, I’m sharing a sexy snippet from my first published book, More Than Friends, published by Cobblestone Press last November.

Set Up: Jeni Acerna is a twenty-eight year old woman, whose longstanding sexual relationship with her best friend, Brian Hamilton, has been both blissful and troublesome. She has been unable to commit herself to another relationship because no one can compare to Brian in or out of bed. She has been in lust (and love) with him for years. But she is afraid to tread down the romantic path with Brian for fear of losing his friendship. After several months of not seeing each other, Jeni and Brian meet in Cleveland for a friend’s wedding. Their weekend getaway, however, is anything but normal. They agree to not have sex for the first twenty-four hours they are together and a $500 bet rides on it. This scene occurs just after they ride the elevator up to their room. Brian kisses her in the elevator and Jeni is about to give in when the elevator dings and the doors open to their floor.

“I see how it is,” he said seductively. “This is the kind of game we’re playing.” He rubbed himself up against her. His hands held her body close to him. “Do you feel that?”

“Yes,” Jeni said, breathless again.

“I am so fucking hard right now. I could take you right here in the hallway against this door and not give a damn who sees us.”

A chill spread rapidly over her body. He was playing hardball. He knew nothing turned her on more than talking dirty. He turned his baseball cap backward. A sigh escaped her lips when his lips reached the nape of her neck. He nuzzled her neck before his tongue eased up to just behind her ear. She almost lost the ability to stand. She could not stay focused enough to get the key card in the door. Finally! The card slid in and out, and the green light flashed. She pushed the door open and broke free of his hold.

“If you want to hand over the five hundred bucks right now, I’ll fuck you,” she said slyly. He stood in the threshold to the room, his hands on either side of the doorway. His foot kept the door from closing. His T- shirt rose slightly, giving a glimpse of his abdomen. His eyes sparkled, and his mouth turned up to the left in that crooked way that always made Jeni breathless. It took every bit of strength she had to keep from launching herself at him.

“Not gonna happen,” he said arrogantly. He walked into the room, and the door clicked closed behind him. He sat in the forest green armchair in the corner of the room, threw his legs on the ottoman, and flipped on SportsCenter.

“Cool,” she said. Jeni smiled at him, and he rolled his eyes. “I’m just going to put my pajamas on and wash up.”

After kicking her brown clogs off by her bag on the floor, she pulled her pajamas out of the bag and tossed them on the white comforter of their king-sized bed. She turned her back to Brian and pulled her sweater over her head and laid it on top of her bag. He adjusted in his chair. Jeni felt his gaze on her. And she planned to give him a show. She unbuttoned and unzipped her jeans and wiggled her behind slowly as she slid them over her hips and down her legs. She heard his breath quicken. She slung the jeans over the chair by the window. She stood in just her bra and light blue lace bikini panties. Grabbing the hot pink pajama shorts on the bed, she bent at the waist to step into them and slowly pulled them up over her panties.

She looked over her shoulder at Brian. His gaze was all over her. The television was mere background noise. He was in overdrive. His eyes were intense…heated. He watched as Jeni unhooked her bra and let it fall to the floor. Her full breasts sprung loose. She pulled the thin, white tank top over her head. Her nipples hardened at the graze of the cotton shirt and at the heat she saw in his stare. She sauntered past him to the bathroom.

“Christ,” Brian muttered under his breath as the volume of the television increased slightly. Jeni smiled at herself in the mirror. She was not going to make this easy for him. No way. No how. She heard his continual mumbling from around the wall during her entire time in the bathroom.

More Than Friends was not initially going to be more than one book. But because of many readers asking for more of their story, I have begun drafting the sequel, so everyone will know what happens to Brian and Jeni. If you’re interested in reading the first half of Jeni and Brian’s story, you can find it here:

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Carlene Love Flores Is “The Boss”

It is with great pleasure and great honor that I get to interview Carlene Love Flores for the Spicy Butterfly Garden. Carlene has a new Evernight Publishing Romance on the Go release, The Boss, and it is fabulous. I can say that because I read it. It has romance. It has sweet and tender love. It has steamy and spicy sex. And it has a rock star turned military as a hero, who sweeps in on his best friend’s younger sister. And Carlene wrote it beautifully.

Weclome Carlene. Can you give us the title and genre of your book and a quick 50 word or less tagline.

This is a contemporary, May-December, Romance on the Go (short story) with Evernight and it’s called The Boss.

Nick declares he’s leaving his singing career to enlist in the army. And the sexy yet stubborn man insists on a never before private meeting in Cherie’s hotel room before he heads out. When Cherie discovers he’s acting on promises made to her brother who died in combat, she can’t stand letting Nick go without showing him one last night of extraordinary pleasure.

Do you have an interesting and fun fact about your book and/or its characters. I always find there is something in every story that makes it unique.

Interesting: I wrote The Boss in about two weeks in response to an anthology call, something I’d never done before. The story was rejected for that call but I was asked to re-submit it to the Romance on the Go line. I did so happily and the rest is history! – I’m glad you resubmitted it. It is a beautiful and entertaining story. Sometimes a door closing in one situation is a door opening in another. Seems the rejection to the anthology still worked out to your benefit. Congratulations!

Funny: My critique partner can’t stand that I use the endearment “Sweet One” in the story so I of course drive her crazy now, calling her that whenever I get the chance! – I enjoyed the “sweet one” endearment. It’s not always easy to find a cute nickname that fits the characters. Once you get to know Cherie and Nick, sweet one seems to work perfectly.

As an author myself, I find one of the hardest parts to completing a story is coming up with a title that captures the true essence of the story. How do you come up with the title to your stories?

Knock on wood, so far I’ve been very lucky to have had editors who like the titles I come up with. Usually the title will come to me when I’m thinking about one of the main characters and what they symbolize to me. That’s how I ended up with Sidewalk Flower (because I see Trista as this beautiful person who grew up through the hard walk of life) The Boss was the same thing. Here we have Nick who literally is Cherie’s boss but it also symbolizes him taking his fate into his own hands when he makes the decision to give up music and become a soldier.

What’s the best piece of writing advice you’ve received?

Dianna Love once suggested framing your short story around two people who have history but left off with unfinished business the last time they met. I used to be so intimidated to write a short story because I had no idea how I was going to introduce two people and then tell their story with a limited amount of words. Giving them a history that you can briefly allude to solves that problem so that you can get right into the meat of their conflict/story and not leave the reader feeling like they’ve missed something.

That is great advice, Carlene! Writing a short story is not easy to do because you do have to develop the characters and plot in much fewer words. I think short stories are a rare talent. Not everyone can do it with success. I’d say Dianna Love’s advice definitely benefitted you because “The Boss” is wonderful.

What has been your most rewarding experience since becoming a published author?

Earlier this year, the hero from my first book, Sidewalk Flower, was voted by my publisher’s readers as their favorite book boyfriend. My “trophy” was a coffee mug that reads “Lucky Mason, Evernight’s Favorite Book Boyfriend 2013.” It may as well be an Oscar and a Grammy all rolled into one. To have people fall in love like that with one of my characters is the ultimate reward. Now whenever I hold giveaways for my readers, I always pull the winning name out of my “Lucky” cup.

How exciting! I’m going to have to add that book to my TBR pile! I really enjoyed your writing style in the “The Boss” so I look forward to your other books.

What book (or books) are you reading now?

I just finished Love, Technically by Lynne Silver. The tagline on the front reads “He’s geeky and he knows it.” I wasn’t sure how Lynne was going to make it a sexy read but she did and I am now in love with the hero, Sark. Definitely recommend it if you’re looking for a smart yet sexy read.

I’m always looking for new book suggestions and new authors. I will check it out.

Favorites of all Time:

Favorite Number? 11:16 (This is my birthdate and I randomly see it nearly every day.)

Favorite Food? San Diego rolled tacos, nobody does them better than my hometown.

Favorite Song? “Why I’m Feeling Blue” unreleased as of yet by Casey James.

Favorite Movie? “Grease” – Me too! Me too! One of the best movies… EVER!

Favorite place on Earth? A concert. – That is an awesome answer. My husband and I are huge music people. We enjoy all genres of music, but nothing is better than watching and listening to music live!

Favorite memory? When my son was born, the sheet was pulled up so I couldn’t see him but the look on his daddy’s face said it all. – Children change us forever. There is something about being a mommy that cannot be explained but is certainly understood amongst us! 🙂

Before you go, can you please provide us with a tantalizing snippet from your book?

Absolutely! And before I go, thank you so much for inviting me here today. It means a lot. Here’s a bit from The Boss. 🙂

Lock by thick, shiny, cocoa brown lock, Cherie snipped large chunks of his hair until it was short enough that it wouldn’t snag in the clippers. She set the cut sections on the counter and stretched one out, pulling until the wave was straight. “Hey Boss, you’ve got about seven inches here. You should see about donating it.”

“That’s a good idea, sweet one, but it’s not long enough,” he said, not looking her way, she assumed because he was avoiding the mirror behind her. He didn’t look bad. Just different.

Cherie tried not to stare at his piercing eyes or his full lips, but she couldn’t help it. They were fascinating. When she forced her eyes away, they just betrayed her and latched on to his neck. It was thick and smooth except for the vein running up the side. A chill chattered her teeth and cooled her tongue as she gazed at how beautiful, thick, and smooth he was, even without all the hair. A sly little devil of curiosity made her wonder if he was that beautiful everywhere else. But of course he was. He had to be. Women lost their minds over him for a reason, didn’t they?

“You’ve looked into donating it already, haven’t you?” she asked, admiration and surprise growing in her heart.

He just nodded and gave her a half smile, like he’d rather not talk about it. But he didn’t look very happy. Man, she’d done a job on his poor hair. He was gonna be pissed if he saw this middle stage of the makeover. She turned on the unfamiliar clippers, making them hum and buzz in her clammy hand, sad to see his hair gone but anxious at how much hotter and dangerous-looking he’d already become.

Standing meagerly at his side, suddenly aware her heart was pounding, Cherie made herself hold the back of his head firmly in her hand. Warm puffs of his breath so close teased through her thin top, and she hoped he didn’t see what she felt. Her nipples hardened and ached to be his. She expected to breathe in a whiff of his usual freshly showered and soapy scent, but a wash of sweat and salt left her even more intrigued. She had to focus. With her free hand, she shaved a strip and then another until he looked like the typical new recruit.

By the time she was done, it was too much. She handed him the mirror while she looked away.

“Wow,” he said low and cool.

“I’m sorry.”

“No, don’t be. You did a good job. I like it.”

Her shoulders began to shake.

“Hey, really, you did good.”

Cherie sat down on the edge of the tub, still gripping the clippers that had warmed her hands, ignoring the tiny dark hairs dusting the floor, her fingers, their clothes.

“I didn’t realize how much you’d remind me of him like this.”

They stared into the mirror together for a few seconds while Nick ran his hands over his new ‘do. Well, she’d done the requested deed. His silence must mean he was politely waiting for her to get a clue and leave him be so he could clean up and be on his way. This was apparently his last night of freedom for a while. Who was she to delay the company he probably had waiting up in his suite?

“Well, I guess that’s it. Take care of yourself, Nick. Keep in touch.”

“Do you really think I’m ready to let you go yet?” he asked her.

“Um, yes, I did.”

“Well, you are wrong, sweet one.”

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Where to Find Carlene:

http://carlenelove.com/

http://www.evernightpublishing.com/carlene-love-flores/

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Don’t Make Things Hard by “Fighting Destiny”

Today, I welcome a regular visitor back to the Spicy Butterfly Garden. Tamsin Baker! She has a new Evernight Publishing release ,Fighting Destiny, which it the first book in the series: The Shifters of the Land, Sea and Air. She’s swung by to tell us about her new series and new release and give us a spicy excerpt to keep us happy until we get our hands on her book! Take it away, Tamsin!

Hello again Jess! Thanks so much for having me on your blog to discuss my new release.

I suppose the first thing to tell you is that I never plot, ever. The plan to write Fighting Destiny, and thus the series, came about like this. “I think I’ll try a shifter book, ménage would be fun. Ok, what animals do I like?” Something along those lines. I got that initial scene of Jeremy having a cigarette in his room thinking about his home and that was it, I started writing. I had originally ‘planned’ to do a MFM ménage book, something different for me, but as the characters developed my boys just wouldn’t stop looking at each other and it turned into MMF. I swear, I tried really hard!

Most people do shifters of only one sort but I thought it would be fun to write about ‘warring’ groups. The land animals, the air animals and those of the sea. Each of my groups are ruled by five elders, with no definite Alpha. There is a legend about that:

“The legend goes that ‘the true Alpha will be strong and he will protect us all.

He will be of pure blood and mated to one of pure blood.’ ”

Which many people qualify for, but you only find out at the end what the last two lines to the prophecy are, and that Chase, my tiger shifter fulfills all of the needs. I love the idea of a reluctant Hero, and a tortured one is even better! You get a little bit of everything in this story and I really hope you enjoy it!

Blurb:

Jeremy left his small hometown ten years ago determined to get away from the female child who he is his predestined mate.

But Natalia, a rare tiger shifter, has been kidnapped and Jeremy chooses to return to help the land shifter pack find her.

What he doesn’t expect when he returns home, is his attraction to Natalia’s boyfriend Tommy and the fact that his tiger mate is still unclaimed.

Jeremy finds himself falling in love with both Tommy and Natalia, yet the rival shifters of the sky seem determined to rip them from him.

EXCERPT:

Tommy felt every bit of anger and frustration of the past few years boil up inside him. They had been waiting a decade for this big asshole to return from whatever hiatus he had gone on. Now that he was finally back, he was blaming Tommy for not sleeping with Natalia? Tommy’s hands clenched into fists at his side, and without any thought except for the wasted years they had waited, he swung his arm and connected, punching the tiger shifter in the jaw.

He heard a sickening crunch of bone on bone, and his hand throbbed like hell fire, but he continued to glare at the man who was now reeling backwards after Tommy’s blow.

“Me? She’s been waiting for you since she turned sixteen! We both have! Where the fuck have you been?” Tommy panted hard, his heart beating so fast he knew he was going to shift soon. He needed to get clear of the people nearby or he’d hurt someone.

He staggered towards the forest’s edge and pulled off his t-shirt and jeans. Jeremy followed him, his eyes narrowed and nursing his jaw. Fuck my hand hurts!

Tommy felt the heat of the Alpha’s gaze all the way to his throbbing balls, and he shifted, unwilling to deal with Natalia’s predestined mate a moment longer.

Grey fur, four legs, and a tail emerged where his human form used to be. He howled, long and loud. Then he turned his back on his friends and ran.

Dirt beneath his paws, he ducked and weaved through the thick tall trees. He needed to put as much space between him and the tiger as possible.

He couldn’t believe Jeremy was such a dick-head! Drop dead gorgeous, yes, but arrogant and unkind. Who was he to blame Tommy for not claiming Natalia?

He and Natalia had discussed it years ago. She wanted to wait for Jeremy to come home before she decided. Natalia had admitted to Tommy that she wanted both of them as mates, and if Jeremy would agree then she would bind herself to both of them.

But would Jeremy agree to sharing her with him? And what would Jeremy think about Tommy’s unnatural attraction to him?

Tommy ran, anger and confusion beating against him hard. He had a chance of outrunning Jeremy, but he was unable to escape the true despair chasing him.

Sensing movement behind him and not wanting to stop, he pushed himself harder. He knew who was coming.

A deep growl sounded behind him, and he whirled to face the tiger that landed on the dirt in front of him.

He was magnificent. Huge, bright orange and black with razor sharp white teeth.

Tommy snapped his jaws at the man that could be his Alpha and turned, ready to run. He couldn’t stay and fight an animal five times his size. But instead of running away as he wanted to do, he was soon flipped onto his back and pinned to the ground.

Jeremy growled down at him, his silver eyes intense and powerful. Tommy whimpered feeling helpless and unfairly attacked.

Jeremy locked his jaw around Tommy’s neck in the ultimate sign of dominance, and Tommy let go of his wolf, shifting back to human.

Jeremy must have felt the change because he also shifted, and their fur disappeared.

Now Tommy was staring up into the glittering blue eyes of a naked Jeremy, still pinning him to the ground. He was burning hot even against Tommy’s own heated skin, his huge muscles bulging beneath his smooth skin.

Tommy’s cock hardened and lengthened as he attempted to get up but was pinned back down by the man he hoped to share a mate with.

“Let me up.” He grunted and twisted, but Jeremy just held him as though it were no effort at all.

“No, Tommy.”

Tommy arched his back and screamed out, but nothing changed. Jeremy grabbed his wrists and held them tighter. Panic began to swim through him.

“It’s not my fault.” He panted as he thrashed his head from side to side. Tommy was frantic in his arousal now. What would Jeremy think when he felt it? He was fully hard now, so there was no way of hiding it.

Jeremy dropped his head and bit into his neck, the move carnal as well as dominant.

Tommy shuddered and worked to slow his breathing down. Jeremy didn’t lift his head, just whispered into Tommy’s ear.

“I know, and I’m sorry. We’ll find her together.”

Tears formed at the back of Tommy’s eyes, and he blinked them away. There was the man he wanted. Fuck! He wanted to keep on hating Jeremy! It made things so much easier.

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Mid Week Tease – Board Approved – #MWTease

Welcome to Mid Week Tease, a new feature for sharing snippets of a new release, favorite backlisted title or a current work in process. Today, I’m sharing a sexy snippet from my upcoming Evernight Publishing release, Board Approved, book 2 of the Taking Advantage Series.

Set up: Greg Snow is an attorney that sits on the board of directors for Advantage Insurance Company. On his way through the parking lot heading to the afternoon session of a board meeting, he runs into Tessa Mills, a yoga instructor that teaches yoga at lunch for the Advantage employees. Tessa’s car broke down in the parking lot and Greg offers to give her a ride to her yoga studio so she isn’t late to her next class. There’s an instant attraction between them and obvious age difference. The below snippet happens in Greg’s car on the way to the studio:

“I don’t want to seem like I am ungrateful for what I have. I’ve worked hard for it. Very hard. And…” Before she knew what was happening, Greg’s hand palmed the back of her head and pulled her into a kiss that sent her head spinning. His lips were firm yet soft to the touch and he moved them expertly over her own. His goatee tickled her skin in a lascivious way that made her wonder what it would feel like at other spots on her body. His tongue flicked out over her lips and Tessa was unable to stifle the moan that rose up her chest. He took that as the opportunity to move further and pushed his tongue between her lips. Oh sweet Jesus, he tasted fantastic! He tasted like caramel coffee. She could get lost in his taste… in his kiss. His experience was evident as he licked into her mouth, exploring every crevice. His hand flexed at the back of her head before sliding down to the nape of her neck and caressing her there. She’d never been kissed so thoroughly, so sensuously. Her panties dampened as he took the kiss deeper and her hands gripped his shirt tightly as if it were the only way for her to keep from melting into the seat.

Beep! Beep! Startled back to reality by the cars honking behind them, Tessa pushed back from the kiss. She had been so wrapped up in her verbal dribble that she hadn’t even recognized that they had been stopped at the light just before the bridge. And then his kiss threw her into a tailspin. She’d completely lost track of where she was. She came to find out she was making out at a traffic light with a man she barely knew, and she was struggling to catch her breath after the make out session.

“You’d better go,” she whispered. She could feel the blush once again spread over her face. He looked at her closely, studying her. Another horn honked and his hand fell from the back of her neck and rested on her knee. He gave her a little squeeze and she watched as his lips quirked up into a gorgeous smile.

“I’ve been wanting to do that since the moment I laid eyes on you,” he said, roughly. “And truth be told, I can’t wait to do it again.” Tessa inhaled sharply at his words and the desire behind them. He glanced over at her and smiled. His grey eyes were darker than they had been earlier, and she wondered if this was the look she’d read countless times about in all the romance novels she adored. “Where to, Tessa?” he asked. His question brought her back to the present.

Board Approved is book 2 in the Taking Advantage series that follows three men in their 30s and 40s that sit on the board of directors of Advantage Insurance Company. Each man is at the top of his career and single. Each book tells a different guy’s love story. In essence, each book could stand alone, but you will meet and see interaction between the characters in all books.

Board Approved is expected to come out in early September by Evernight Publishing. No specific release is available yet, but you can add it to your Goodreads TBR list here: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18214843-board-approved If you want to catch the first book in the Taking Advantage series, Board Stiff, so you will be ready for Board Approved’s release, you can find Board Stiff here:

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One Day Book Blitz & Giveaway for Board Stiff – Today!

Today, I have my One Day Blitz for my latest Evernight Publishing Romance on the Go, Board Stiff. As some of you already know, Board Stiff is the first book in the Taking Advantage series. This series is three books long and follows three men in their 30s and 40s that sit on a board of directors for the same company on a journey through their love lives. First up is John Dorsey and Elizabeth Wright in Board Stiff. It’s been great fun to write.

Below is the One Day Blitz schedule. Please be sure to swing by the sites to see interviews and a guest blog on love at first sight. Thanks goes out to Roxanne Rhoads and Bewitching Book Tours for setting everything up! Roxanne, you rock!

Books &Tales

http://www.booksandtales.blogspot.co.uk/

Books Books and More Books

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The Official Blog of A.C. James

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Rose & Beps Blog –

http://rosebeps.blogspot.it/

Pembroke Sinclair.

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Sapphyria’s Steamy Book Reviews

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Faerie Tale Books

www.faerietalebooks.org

Romance With Flavor

http://romancewithflavor.com/

Jodie Pierce

http://jodiepierceauthor.blogspot.com/

Escape into a Book

http://eatsleepread88.blogspot.com/

Reviewing in Chaos

http://reviewinginchaos.blogspot.com

Provocative Pages

http://readingonthewildside.blogspot.com

Kelly P’s Blog

http://kellyatx.blogspot.com/

Mythical Books

http://mythicalbooks.blogspot.com/

Buffy’s Ramblings

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books, books, the magical fruit

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Books & Other Spells.

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GIVEAWAY

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The Art of Juggling…Badly

Today, it gives me great pleasure to have Laurel Cremant here at the Spicy Butterfly Garden. She has a new Evernight Publishing release, Persuasion Skills, that she is going to share with us and she is going to spend some talking to us about something most of us are oh so familiar with… juggling! Thanks so much for coming by, Laurel!

The Art of Juggling… Badly

When I was a child I always wanted to learn how to juggle. The only clowns that didn’t terrify me at parties or the circus were the ones that could throw all sorts of objects into the air and not drop a single one. Sometime in the last few weeks I came to the realization I have become a juggler. Okay, so yes I drop a few objects from time to time, but generally I keep most of them in the air. I really have no choice. Why? Because it’s either juggle or perish.

A few years ago I made the most terrifying and liberating decision of my life. Taking a deep breath, I parked my butt in a chair, flipped on my laptop and…started writing my first book. Truth be told, I left the chair once that first session to vomit, my nerves were that shaky. However, despite random moments of nerves and shyness I haven’t regretted my decision.

Back then I didn’t realize that becoming an author required so much more than writing a good book. There’s the writing process, the self-editing and tweaking, submitting to publishers, and playing the waiting game. If you’re lucky you get picked up and then the editing and promoting comes in. Oh but wait, there’s more! You still have to live your everyday life that includes, your day job, family, friends and random life events that have you banging your head against the wall and…you still have to find time to write that next book.

Several years after my first writing session, I’m celebrating the release of my second book, Persuasion Skills. Yes, I have become that strange animal, the juggling author, writing and sweating her way to success (hopefully). I do forgot an event now and then, but most of those balls stay in the air, balanced precariously with the force of my will and willingness to sacrifice my sanity for a good story and I’m loving every minute of it.

Persuasion Skills by Laurel Cremant

In the aftermath of a major health scare, Pepper Holts makes the relief-inspired decision to seize the day. Unfortunately, most of her “seizing” involves a bit of merlot and her best friend’s pants! After a shared night of passion she realizes that her feelings for Jax are a lot more complicated than she ever thought.

Jax has finally realized that his allergy to marriage has nothing to do with the institution itself, and everything to do with the women in his bed—or more specifically, the one woman not in his bed. Her reaction to their one night together has him scrambling to regroup. So he does what he knows best—he disappears, and he thinks. The plan?—convince Pepper into staying with him at a secluded cabin for one week. One week of pretending to be a happily married couple to show her how great they could be together.

TAGS: Contemporary,BDSM, Light Bondage, Erotic, Interracial

EXCERPT. . .

Marching into the main room, she confronted her friend-come-raving-lunatic.

“Forget Misery. You’re in definite Psycho territory here!”

A tint of red darkened his cheeks. At least he had the decency to blush. His show of embarrassment gave her hope that there was still a chance to reason with him.

“I know it looks bad”

“Looks bad? Looks bad? Jesus, Jax, you bought a closet full of clothes!”

“I didn’t want you to get cold. You’re such a Miami girl.”

“And my shampoo?”

“I wanted you to feel at home.”

“And the drawer filled with lingerie?”

He grinned at her. Stupid, sexy dimples.

“Okay, that one was more for me than you, but you can’t blame a guy for being hopeful.”

She stared at him and tried to take deep, calming breaths.

Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale.

“What exactly is your grand plan here? What are we supposed to accomplish trapped up on this mountain?”

He planted his arms across his chest and gave her a long, unreadable look.

“We live here for one week, like a real married couple,” he said finally.

She opened her mouth to retort, but he cut her off.

“Consider this a trial run. If at the end of the seven days, you’re not convinced we’ll be amazing together, I’ll let you walk away, and I’ll drop the whole thing.”

“I can’t just not go back to Miami, I have work—”

“I called your assistant this morning. She’s cleared your schedule for the next week.”

“My family—”

“All think you’re on a much-needed and overdue vacation. They say ‘Hi,’ by the way.”

Her left eyelid trembled. Was it possible to develop a chronic tick in a matter of minutes?

Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale.

“And how exactly is a real couple supposed to live?”

“We do the things any other vacationing couple would do. We spend time with each other, go on walks, have romantic dinners.” He sent her a heavy lidded gaze. “We sleep together,” he said huskily.

Her body heated at his words, and her mouth went dry at the thought of being in a bed with him again. She let her gaze drift to his crotch and bit back a moan. He was most definitely aroused.

As if sensing her gaze, she could swear she saw his cock thump against his zipper.

She drew her gaze away from the hypnotic view as he made his way towards her with long, smooth steps.

“I’m not having sex with you again,” she said shakily. “That’s what got us into this mess to begin with. If we hadn’t slept together in the first place, you wouldn’t be proposing marriage right now.”

“That’s where you’re wrong.” He placed a hand on her lower back and drew her into his warmth.

The look in his eyes had her catching her breath. Crazy Jax she could handle. Aroused Jax was a whole other story.

He leaned down and nuzzled her throat with his nose before whispering in her ear.

“The sex only helps prove my point, but I’ll make you a deal.”

Her stomach quivered at the feel of his lips at the flesh of her ear. She cleared her throat before responding.

“Does it involve you coming to your senses?”

The rumble of his chuckle vibrated up his chest and against her sensitive nipples as one of his hands smoothed down her back and squeezed her ass.

“No, but it should put you at ease.”

His meandering hand was making it hard for her to concentrate. All she could do was snort in reply, silently begging her hips not to give in and rub against him.

“For the next seven days, we get to pet each other as much as we want, fondle and taste to our heart’s content, but I won’t fuck you, Pep,” he said while nibbling at the soft skin of her throat.

It took a minute for her lust-addled brain to process his statement.

“But you said—”

He lifted his head and placed a soft, too-short kiss on her lips before stepping away.

“I said we’ll sleep together. Before we have sex again, I want you fully willing to be my wife and nothing less,” he said, a serious expression flattening his lips.

She searched his eyes, but his gaze didn’t waver. She grasped at the last life-line she could find.

“I don’t think I can be what you need, Jax.”

“And what exactly do you think I need?”

“I’m not exactly a submissive kind of woman,” she said.

She frowned as he snorted at her statement.

“No shit.”

“I’m serious, Jax. I don’t think I can be the type of woman you seem to want. Our night together was good—”

“Amazing,” he said firmly. “It was amazing.”

“Whatever, fine amazing,” she said, not wanting to go down that road at the moment. “But I’m not wired to be bossed around and told what to do. You want a submissive woman, and I’m just not that.”

He shook his head sadly at her. It hurt to see his look of disappointment, but it was what she expected. She wouldn’t take her words back because they were the truth. As much as she enjoyed him dominating her in bed she knew that the bedroom was as far as she would allow it.

“Pep, if I wanted a submissive woman, we wouldn’t even be here right now.”

“But—”

“Do I want to tie you down and fuck you senseless? Hell yeah. I can’t wait to see you bound and spread-eagled for me again.”

He reached up and cupped her heated cheeks, tilting her face up to meet his gaze.

“And I can’t wait to see your nipples in pretty little clamps, tight and hard just begging to be sucked.”

Her breathing was way past erratic, but she couldn’t look away from his heated gaze.

“But that’s where it ends. It stays with sex. I like your kick-ass attitude, Pep. I don’t want a woman who isn’t willing to argue and fight. What I prefer in the bedroom doesn’t extend to the rest of our relationship.”

Her heart sank as she saw her chances of surviving the next week with her heart unscathed deteriorate in a pile of ash.

“I don’t want to change who you are, Pep. I just want to prove that we work together. Give this week a chance,” he said.

A heavy sigh worked its way past the lump in her throat.

“You’ve got yourself a deal, Mr. Grey,” she told him.

It almost hurt to see his answering smile of relief.

“Well, Mrs. Grey, I think it’s time for lunch. How ’bout I fix you a grilled cheese sandwich and then we head out for a walk?” He pulled her back in for a hug.

She laid her head on his chest and breathed in his scent. She had a fleeting thought that traipsing around in the woods with him sounded like fun. Apparently, insanity was contagious.

“Yeah, sure. Why the hell not?”

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Evernight: http://www.evernightpublishing.com/persuasion-skills-by-laurel-cremant/

ABOUT LAUREL CREMANT

Laurel is a romance author, who like most writers loves to read. Her first love (pun intended) has always been romance. From the sappy YA romance novel to the more risqué erotica novels, Laurel is a sucker for a good love story.

Laurel writes paranormal and contemporary romance and is a self proclaimed, out of the closet nerd. She admits that she can’t seem to avoid adding a bit of “nerdology” or “geek-dom” to all of her books. Living in Miami, she also admits that she can’t seem to avoid giving her heroines gorgeous shoes, “In Miami, we worship everything strappy, open toed and just plain hot!”

WHERE TO FIND LAUREL:

Website: http://www.LaurelCremant.com

Blog: http://www.laurelcremant.blogspot.com

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Sometimes The Best Love is “A Secret Love”

Today, I have the pleasure of hosting Douglas Black at the Spicy Butterfly Garden. He is here to give us a little background on his latest Evernight Publishing Romance on the Go book, A Secret Love. Glad to have you here, Douglas and congratulations on your book! 🙂

Hi Jessica, Thank you so much for having me over to your beautiful blog. I’m so excited to share with you and your readers my latest release, A Secret Love.

A Secret Love was picked up by Evernight Publishing and was released as part of their Romance On The Go Range. As such, it is a short story about a couple (Mark and James) who have always been forced to keep their relationship a secret. No one around them knows they are a couple, and they live in fear of being caught. They can meet up only when their schedules allow and only in hotels or remote locations where there is a lower risk of bumping into anyone they know.

My story takes place at a point in Mark and James’s relationship where the end of secrecy is in sight. They have decided that they have spent enough time apart over the years and plan to move abroad, to a beautiful beachside location in Peru, to start a new life together.

With six months to go they meet up in a hotel in the remote Scottish highlands to discuss their future and make up for lost time, but while they’re there their passion, combined with some interfering hotel guests, threatens to expose them, perhaps blowing their dreams of the future they have planned together.

A Secret Love is my first release with Evernight Publishing and I hope there will be many more to come. They are a pleasure to work with and I’m very inspired by their Romance On The Go range. I love a good novel as much as the next person, but I do think there is a place for the short story, particularly in the erotic romance genre. Sometimes just a quick romance fix is enough and the Romance On The Go range delivers that perfectly!

Could not agree more with you, Douglas, about the ROTG line at Evernight and Evernight in general. They really are a pleasure to work with. 🙂

If you want to read a little more about ‘A Secret Love’, you can find it below:

A Secret Love – Blurb

James is nervous when he pulls into the car park of the secluded and conservative Caledonian Hotel. He slips off his wedding ring, gives a false name at reception and checks into his room.

When Mark finally arrives James expects their time together to conform to the usual pattern, but Mark surprises him. Mark wants candlelit dinners and walks on the beach. James, well, James just wants to make up for lost time. More importantly, he doesn’t want to get caught. They have six months left before they can leave behind everything they know and start a new life together and James is desperate to be discrete. Unfortunately, he never could control himself around Mark. Throw in an interfering old couple and some very public displays of affection and Mark and James’s short hotel stay might just be about to destroy not only the secrecy that has always shrouded their relationship, but also their plans for a future together.

A Secret Love – Excerpt

Mark returned the kiss passionately. James trembled in his arms. Tension coursed through his body and he could feel it mirrored in Mark’s. He could almost taste the other man’s nerves in his kiss. James savoured Mark’s strong arms around him. He pushed his hands inside Mark’s suit jacket and clung to the warm, toned body underneath. The body was so familiar despite the amount of time that had passed since their last meeting.

“God I’ve missed you,” James said when he finally pulled away. Mark was breathless and didn’t respond at first, but the sexy, playful smile on his lips told James everything he needed to know. James took his hands and led him further into the room.

It was a large suite with living area and a huge bathroom. Mark swung a new sports bag, bright orange and emblazoned with sponsorship logos, off his shoulder and dumped it onto one of the two couches. He paused momentarily, reaching into his suit pocket.

James watched as Mark pulled out his phone and turned it off without checking for messages. He waited patiently until Mark had tucked it safely into his bag and smiled at him when he had finished. “Difficult getting away this time?” he asked.

Mark nodded. “I left as soon as I could. I was so scared I was going to miss the flight. I’m sorry it had to be mid-week this time. Will you get in trouble at work?”

“I have the flu.”

Mark smirked. “You look perfectly healthy to me.”

“It came on all of a sudden,” James said, closing the space between them. “Unexpected. Probably be gone in a few days. You know how these things are.” Mark nodded and James slipped into his arms once more. With his head on Mark’s shoulder, he turned to whisper against the other man’s neck. “I wouldn’t have been able to stand it if you had missed the flight, if you had cancelled. It’s been so long. It’s always so long.”

Author Bio

Douglas Black was born and raised in bonnie Scotland. He started writing erotica as a means of paying the bills when he was a student at university, but after graduation he found he no longer had the time to write. Over the summer of 2012, Black picked up a pen once more. After a brief, successful flirtation with self-publishing, Black’s novella ‘Business or Pleasure’ was picked up and released in April 2013. It quickly made the publisher’s best-sellers list. Douglas Black’s short story, ‘A Secret Love’, was published in July 2013 by Evernight Publishing.

Author Links

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https://www.facebook.com/pages/Douglas-Black/1632968396841732

https://twitter.com/DBlackErotica

http://douglasblackerotica.blogspot.co.uk

Buy Links

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http://www.evernightpublishing.com/a-secret-love-by-douglas-black/

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https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-asecretlove-1230719-149.html

Board Stiff on a One Day Book Blitz – August 5th

Schedule forthcoming….

If You Need Help With Your “O” Check Out The Orgasm Project

Today, I have the distinct pleasure of Doris O’Connor at the Spicy Butterfly Garden and, as always, it is a grand pleasure. She’s creative. She’s entertaining. She’s hysterical. And she writes some sexy, sexy stories. Her latest Evernight Publishing release, The Orgasm Project, is hot, hot, hot! Welcome again, Doris!

Hello everyone and thanks so much to Jessica for having me back here today. I’ve been wracking my brain trying to come up with something witty and original, not to mention interesting, and for the life of me I can’t think of anything.

You see, the UK is experiencing a rare heat wave, and we are so not used to it. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m loving the sunshine. What I don’t love so much is being a mummy in this heat, when little people are cranky and whiny, and sleep even less than normal. Thus robbing me of any energy and what is left of my precious few brain cells.

Now if I could take the time to just chill out, preferably with this view…

…. erm, what was I saying?

Oh, yes, sorry got side tracked there. As far as I’m concerned one should only have to laze about in the pool in weather like this. And oh, look, there is that formation of pigs flying backwards past my house again.

As we all know, real life isn’t like that—at all. Well, maybe for the elite few who were born with a silver spoon in their mouth, or have won the lottery, or have worked hard and struck it rich. For the vast majority of us, however, life is very different.

We might get a glimpse of it when we’re on vacation for those precious few weeks a year, but mostly we’re too busy just getting on with earning a living, looking after our loved ones, juggling the multitude of hats we all wear every day, and hopefully grabbing the odd half hour here and there to just relax.

One of my favourite ways to relax has always been to read. I’m a fast reader, yet even so, I struggle to read anything of over 40 K these days, because I hate putting a story down, when that dratted real life intervenes again. I’m the sort who will stay up until the wee hours to finish that book, because I just need to know what happens next, so I was delighted when Evernight Publishing brought out their Romance On The Go Line. Here I can get my romance fix, read a story in one go, and go to bed with a happy grin on my face, and at a reasonable hour. What’s more I’ve read these fab stories in the car, waiting for the kids, on the train, in the doctor’s waiting room, at the dentist … you get the picture.

As an author, too, I love writing for this line. With my hyper active muse throwing flashes of ideas at me, I can just let her run with them.

My latest release The Orgasm Project was one such flash of inspiration that grew into a hot little ménage tale.

I had oodles of fun writing this story. Mind you, if you read this in the doctor’s waiting room, do not blame me if your blood pressure check goes awry, ’cause this story is a tad hot.

*winks*

I leave you with the blurb and a little teaser – Enjoy!

Blurb:

What’s a girl to do when her best friend confides her inability to orgasm? Set up the Orgasm Project of course, and Maria knows just the guys to do it. Full of themselves her hot as Hades brothers might be, but at least they are safe. What can possibly go wrong?

Anastasia wants the ground to swallow her whole, when she meets the twins. How embarrassing can this be, even if the gorgeous hunks set her knickers aflame with just one look?

Jake and Carter know their mate when they see her, and nothing is going to stop these cougar shifters from claiming her. Their night of passion leads to discoveries neither one of them is prepared for.

Has their bite awakened a monster or their destiny?

Excerpt:

“What if I don’t want to go home with you?”

She opened her eyes to find Jake smiling down at her. Carter’s gaze, too, sought hers through the rear view mirror, and a shiver of unease went down her spine at the disapproval she read in his eyes—eyes that bled from blue to golden and back again as she watched in stunned fascination.

“What are you?” The question left her lips before she could stop herself, and she inwardly groaned at her stupidity.

“You know what we are.” Jake said, his hot breath a whisper’s breadth away from her neck as he sniffed her again. “Look into yourself and tell me that you don’t feel this connection. I know you do. Your body gives you away as surely as your sweet scent. You’re wet for us just thinking about what we might do to you, and that’s not fear I can smell, but arousal. You want us as much as we want you, have wanted you from the first moment we caught your scent all those months ago.”

“You can’t be serious.”

Anastasia shook her head and pushed against his chest. His heartbeat thundered under her fingertips in tune with her own galloping rhythm. The fact that he seemed as affected as her by whatever was happening between them gave her a heady rush of feminine power. Liquid arousal pooled between her thighs and slicked the top of her legs. She put up no resistance to Jake’s questing digits trailing up her inner thigh. Underneath the skimpy dress she had worn at Maria’s insistence, his hand inched ever upwards until his knuckles brushed against the damp fabric covering her slit, and she bit back a moan when his thumb found her clit. That normally shy little bundle of nerves contracted under that slight touch and seemed to swell in need. Jake caught her groan in his mouth, and Anastasia forgot any objections she might have had at the first swipe of his tongue inside her mouth.

If she thought he smelled good, then he tasted even better. His musk exploded on her tongue, and she opened to his gentle insistence. He swooped in and took possession of the kiss. One hand fisted in her hair while the other still showed homage to her little nubbin, and she gasped into the ever more passionate kiss, when one of his incredibly long fingers slid under the elastic of her thong. She was so wet that he slipped right into the tight clasp of her body, and her internal muscles contracted around that digit. He growled low in his throat, and she ground herself against his hand as his thumb settled on her clit.

He added another finger and then a third, thrusting in and out of her needy pussy in tune with his tongue’s thrusts inside her mouth, and Anastasia gave herself up to the ever more urgent demands of her body. Her hands fisted in his shirt, as the tingles started deep inside her core. Like a tidal wave of sensation they grew and tumbled forth, retreating a bit with every thrust, only to double in force with every faster pump of his fingers inside her channel.

The car lurched round a corner and then came to an abrupt stop. Cool air rushed into the heated interior, and Anastasia moaned her denial when Jake withdrew his fingers. In the blink of an eye she was freed out of her seat belt, and Jake broke the kiss to shift her body backwards. Carter’s strong hands gripped her thighs, and she caught a glimpse of his glowing eyes, before he buried his head between her thighs. Her underwear gave way with an audible rip, and then his hot breath on her swollen folds robbed her of any coherent thoughts.

“My turn to taste her, brother.” The growled words vibrated against her slit, seconds before his tongue delved into her quivering channel. Anastasia arched her back in desperate need to get closer to the hot mouth he used to such devastating effect on her clit. Jake chuckled in her ear, and she saw him lick his fingers, slick with her arousal. The sight was incredibly erotic, and she could taste herself in the kiss he gave her. Carter chose that moment to bite down on her clit, and she screamed. The barely functioning side of her brain marveled at that need-filled scream, muffled as it was by Jake’s kiss, and she clamped her thighs around Carter’s head, as she started to tumble over that elusive edge no man had ever managed to help her over.

Unlike the weak orgasms she had managed by her own hand, this one took her breath away. All sense of time and reason disappeared as her body convulsed under the hands of her lovers. Carter pushed her over that edge again, and again, and again, whilst Jake’s hands played with her breasts and nipples. He rolled each hard nub between his thumb and forefinger, pinching hard, and the sharp pain zinged straight to her clit.

Jake finally broke the kiss and nibbled his way down her neck as her body shook in delicious aftershocks.

“All ours,” the men grumbled in unison.

Buy Links:

http://www.evernightpublishing.com/the-orgasm-project-by-doris-oconnor/

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DR3YJUY

https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-theorgasmproject-1227977-146.html

http://www.bookstrand.com/the-orgasm-project-mfm

Author Bio:

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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Welcome Carlene Love Flores & Sin’s Flower

Today I have Carlene Love Flores at The Spicy Butterfly Garden to tell us a little about her Evernight Publishing series Sin Pointe and the latest release from that series, book 2, Sin’s Flower. Take it away, Carlene!

Hi there Jessica! You’ve got such a pretty cyber home, I love the Spicy Butterfly and am so happy to be here today. Oh, I’ve got Jaxon with me (leader of Sin Pointe and hero of Sin’s Flower) and he says to say hi to everyone and he hopes your readers’ summer plans include catching a concert or two—that is when they’re not reading his story. 😉 I’m glad he mentioned that because it was a very special concert I attended a while back that inspired the Sin Pointe Novels. After getting to hang out behind the scenes with one of my favorite bands, I knew I couldn’t let the experience be lost. While Sidewalk Flower (Book 1) and Sin’s Flower (Book 2) are fictional, I definitely drew on the inspiration of that night with the boys. Jaxon and I wish everyone a super-hot summer (the good kind) and plenty of time for play!

Sin’s Flower Blurb:

When Jaxon James, a sexy rock star and struggling single-father, is invited to ditch California and spend Christmas in Tennessee with his estranged family, he hesitantly accepts for his young daughter’s sake. But his attraction to his best friend’s baby sister, Lily Elstone, threatens to unravel the bonds he’s made for his daughter. The honorable thing to do would be to give up Lily. But his instincts are telling him she’s exactly the one who could bring light to his life and the missing fire to his bed. Unfortunately, Lily’s too sweet for his world. He fears his rock and roll life style will taint her. How far are Jaxon and Lily willing to go to find what’s missing at home?

Sin’s Flower Excerpt:

Jaxon watched Lily’s hands sinking down into the sand from behind as hesitancy chopped up his steps. Years of ending up in dire situations had made him a decisive man when he needed to be. He was making one of those executive decisions right now. It didn’t matter why she’d come. And he was close to dismissing his reluctance over whose baby sister she was. Not when she wore that swishing angelic lavender top that covered her from neck to shoulder to fingertip, driving him insane with curiosity. God, and that flaming hair which had gone from neon just yesterday to a flattering shade of cinnamon temptation tonight. His grip tightened around the folding chairs he’d gone to fetch. Purposefully, he slowed down.

Then stopped.

Wanting her was one thing, but hurting this young woman was not okay.

Standing back, he took another couple minutes to contemplate what could happen tonight. What he could control and make happen.

He knew they should talk. He just hoped she didn’t mind how close he intended on being to her while that happened. His grip loosened and one of the folding lounge chairs fell to the sand. There would be plenty of room for the both of them on the one. He walked until he made it back to her side and unfolded the chair to its full length.

“Uh, hi,” she said shyly, her brow furrowing in concentration.

“Hey.” He sat down and held his arms out to assist her. “Sit with me?” He hadn’t given her much of a choice and caught her eye scanning the sandy trail where he’d come from. “Yeah, I figured we didn’t need that one.”

“Oh, okay. Wait, just so we’re clear here. You want me to sit, where exactly?”

God, she would kill him tonight. That amount of cute couldn’t be faked. “Here, with me.” Her eyes widened in disbelief so he scooted until he was flush with the back of the nylon chair and then opened his legs, letting one straddle each side. “There’s room.”

“You’re crazy,” she said shaking her head.

He let out a faked huff. His quick decision had been too fast for her and she wouldn’t believe this was his way of comforting her. “I’ll go fetch the other chair.”

She gouged her hand into her hip. “Wait. It’s just…I really don’t think I’m gonna fit.”

A hurricane couldn’t have swayed her decision to stay put. But she eventually bent her knees, bracing herself with strong hands, and lowered herself until her squeezable bottom met the chair. Because he wanted her closer, he took the liberty of placing his hands at each side of her waist and scooted her back until she was flush with his chest and his lap.

On second thought, that was way too close.

Someone would kill him for the throbbing going on so close to their little sister. He wiggled an inch of space between Lily and his now obvious and straining erection. The last thing he wanted to do was leave her thinking he was incapable of a conversation without sex ending up front and center. He had amazing amounts of control in that department. It came along with all the years he’d practiced on the road. Tonight, plainly put, he just wanted to be close to someone, to Lily. And this was the way he knew how to do that.

“So what did you want to talk about?” he asked.

“I, I don’t know.” It sounded like nerves had her.

They didn’t have to start with words. Fuck him for his appetite but he could say more by doing this anyway.

Hey you, horny fucker. This is the part where you pat her on the head, say you’re sorry, and send her back to her big sister. This is not the time for indulging. Pack it up, Jaxon.

Yeah, no questions about it. That’s what he should do.