With book 3 in the Romancing the Coast, Trusting
Ingrid, recent release in June, what better time to look at
books 1 and 2 in the series? So, back by popular demand is book 1 - Seeing Ronnie
When you’re with me you will be polite and well
mannered. Agreed?”
“Agreed.” Ronnie nodded soberly to show her good
intentions, but under the table she crossed her fingers.
“You better mean that.” Del drained his coffee
cup and levelled his eyes at her. “Because if I catch you prying or
snooping—doing anything outside the bounds of good manners—there will be
consequences.”
“Consequences?” Ronnie licked a drop of tea off
her lips.
“Serious consequences.” The corner of his mouth
lifted in a crooked smile. “I will turn you over my knee and paddle your bottom
until you beg me to stop. And then I will spank you some more. Do I make myself
clear?”
“You do,” Ronnie whispered. A damp flutter
clenched between her legs and she pressed her knees together as if she could
lock out the desire that suddenly sent her blood boiling. No one had ever
threatened her like that before. Worse still, it was as though he was the one
with the gift of second sight, as if he’d read her secret intention to ignore
everything he’d just said. She glanced over her shoulder to see if anyone might
have heard his sultry caution. No one was paying them any attention.
The very worst part was that she had no idea how
she was going to turn off the part of her personality that wanted to know
everything about everybody. She’d been accused of living through the dramas of
other people’s lives and there was more truth to that than she cared to admit.
Her own life was dishwater dull and she kept it that way so she had energy for
her work as a gossip queen. More importantly she kept her life orderly so that
there was no mud that could be slung her way. She twisted her tea cup to avoid
looking at Del.
“One last problem.” Del spoke as calmly as if he
hadn’t just suggested the most erotic thing anyone had put to Ronnie in ten
years or so. “I haven’t made a booking and I’m sure every hotel and B&B on
the island will be full by now.”
“I have a place we can stay.” Ronnie forced
coolness into her voice. She didn’t say it’s a fabulous place and it’s for
sale. She’d only seen it in pictures but if it was half as good in real life,
she planned to buy it. That was her secret and she wasn’t sharing it with
anyone. She held her expression impassive.
“You’ve got a place on Seguro?”
“I wish. This place belongs to friends, but we
can use it this weekend. I also have ferry reservations to get us there.” Even
if she didn’t get an invitation to the Jacobson bash, she’d planned a weekend
on the island to test drive the lake house.
Del lifted an eyebrow. “Separate rooms?”
“Absolutely. I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
The memory of the warmth and strength of his
hand in hers made her think that sharing a bed with Del Franklin might be
pleasurable. The idea of being turned over his knee made her legs tremble. But
none of that was going anywhere. She indulged herself in little fantasies from
time to time, but she never acted on them.
Ronnie had sworn off men a long time ago.
Blurb:
As a social
blogger, Ronnie Flynn—aloof, beautiful, cool as a cucumber—is desperate to get
to the society event of the year: Simon and Sadie’s engagement party on Seguro
Island. No surprise that her name isn’t on the guest list, but as always,
Ronnie has a backup plan. A plan that involves the handsome Del Franklin.
Del agrees to a
swap: Ronnie gives him the scoop on his estranged wife’s dirty secrets and he
takes her as his date to his boss’s party. The handsome, buff man of Italian
descent makes only one condition: Ronnie better be good. No snooping. No
manipulating. No digging for dirt. Or else.
With crossed
fingers, and in spite of Del’s threat of putting her over his knee for
disobeying, Ronnie ‘promises’ to be a good girl. Right. She’s not worried about
Del. Her code of Keeping a Healthy Distance will protect her heart, and her
backside. She’s too wily to get caught, anyway.
Ronnie sees.
Literally. She can channel people’s feelings and see into their hearts. All her
life, she has been hiding this secret weapon—her psychic ability—because what
she sees is often too hard to understand and impossible to share. If she can
handle that secret, surely she can handle Del. Or can she? He’s not like anyone
else. Nothing has prepared her for him. She shouldn’t react like this to his
dominance. She’s an independent, wealthy woman in her own right. No man will
tell her what to do. Yet, there is something about this sexy dominant Latin
lover that makes her pulse race.
Will Ronnie allow
Del to break her Code of Keeping a Healthy Distance? Will seeing Ronnie open
Del’s eyes to a new world? Will the two of them ever see life the same way?
Publishers’
note: Seeing Ronnie is intended for adults only. Spanking and
other sexual activities represented in this book are fantasies only, intended
for adults. Nothing in this book should be interpreted as Blushing Books’ or
the author’s advocating any non-consensual spanking activity or spanking of
minors.
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About the Author:
Libby writes romance stories with a spicy
power exchange. Her strong women challenge the dominant men who love them.
Libby has lived all over Canada, but the
best decision of her life was when she moved to Australia to marry her leading
man. After many years there, Libby and her husband moved back to the Pacific
Northwest. They now live in a leafy neighborhood close to the sea.
Libby’s passions are reading and writing,
fuelled by chocolate and tea. She also loves hiking and an occasional night of
dancing.
Please join her in her world of fantasy and
happily-ever-after.
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worlds they live in.
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Don’t
miss these other great titles from Libby Campbell and Blushing Books:
Romancing
the Coast series,
Seeing Ronnie,
book 1
Holding Cynthia, book 2
Trusting Ingrid, book 3
The
Simon in Charge series:
Simon Says
(book 1)
Winning Sadie
(book 2)
Sadie Says I Do (book 3)
Three-book box set
– Simon in Charge
Novellas
in Christmas anthologies:
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Hi Kathryn and Libby,
ReplyDeleteI really like the premise of this book and enjoyed the excerpt. Thank you both :)
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Roz
Thanks for the spotlight, Kathryn! :-)
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