She
could find no way out of the dilemma that sent her fleeing until he showed her
another side of his dominant control
Excerpt:
Guilt
had coiled through him like an insidious snake and kept Caden from enjoying
himself once he arrived at The Barn. Instead of seeking a willing sub to spend
the evening with, he’d sat at the bar brooding over a pair of hurt, green eyes
and a lonely figure standing on his front porch as he’d driven away. Connor
hadn’t helped, accusing him of being too hard on Sydney, not giving enough
consideration to her new arrival in the state. Finally giving up on getting any
enjoyment out of the night, he left it to his brother and best friend, Grayson
Monroe to close up and returned home to check on their new cook.
He
hadn’t expected to find her up, standing in the dim light of the kitchen
wearing nothing but a skimpy nightshirt hiked up to reveal the edge of pink
panties as she reached for a glass with a shaking hand. “What’s wrong?” he
barked, striding forward and turning her to face him. Her slender body shook under
his hands on her shoulders and her face was paler than usual, but those
arresting eyes snapped with green fire when she jerked away from him.
“Nothing,
I got up to get a drink and didn’t hear you come in.”
“The
house is well-insulated against the harsh winters. What’s wrong?” he asked
again, some insane part of him needing to know despite the way she crossed her
arms in a belligerent stance of stubbornness.
“I
couldn’t sleep.”
The
evasive shift of her eyes gave away that untruth, drawing his scowl. “Do your
hands always shake when you can’t sleep?”
She
avoided his question again with a point-blank one of her own. “Did you have fun
with your blonde?”
Exasperated,
Caden swore and demanded, “Are you going to tell me what happened to upset
you?”
Sydney
tilted her head and regarded him with a probing stare before asking, “Are you
going to let me into your club?”
She’s like a damn dog with a bone. “No.”
“Then
goodnight, boss.”
Sydney
moved to brush by him and, unable to let her go just yet, Caden gripped her arm
and hauled her against him. Frustration with the entire, fucked-up night ripped
through him. Fisting his free hand in her red hair, he tilted her head sideways
and dipped down to nip at the soft, tender flesh of her neck. Her gasp went
straight to his cock; her low moan as he stroked his tongue over the bite
jerked him into a semi-erection. Lifting his head enough to coast over her lips
with his, he warned in a low voice, “Be careful what you wish for, Sydney. You
may just get more than you bargained for.” Before he could give into the
temptation to toss her down and bury himself inside her slick heat right there
on the kitchen floor, he released her and stepped back.
“Goodnight.”
Caden left her standing there with a bemused expression, but that was better
than the stress lining her face from whatever had kept her awake. He needed to
learn to remain calm and unaffected by her, to remind himself she was just
another employee, here to do a job, and that was the extent of their
involvement.
Blurb:
Sydney
Greenbriar finds more than she bargained for when she gets lost on her way to
report for a new job and finds herself at a BDSM club. Peering in through the
window, her attention, and libido are both snagged by one man delivering some
old-fashioned discipline to a young blonde. After he runs her off, both are
surprised to discover she is the new cook he’d hired for his ranch.
Caden
MacGregor wanted to turn away the cheeky woman he’d caught spying on his club
without remorse, but desperation for a cook forced his hand. Sydney proved to
be a definite asset to his employees, and a royal pain in his butt. Somehow,
her penchant for getting lost and landing in trouble, along with her
determination to return to the club as a guest, soon slid past his resistance.
It took a
threat to Sydney and unearthing the truth about what made her flee her home in
Missouri to force them to admit their feelings and get her to stay as more than
his cook.
Publisher’s
Note: This contemporary western romance is intended for adults only and
contains themes of mystery, suspense, power exchange, ménage and adult themes.
If any of these offend you, please do not purchase.
About the Author:
I
live in the Midwest with my husband and our dog, a lovable Great
Pyrenees/Standard Poodle. I love dogs,
enjoy spending time with my daughter, babysitting dogs and kids, reading and
working puzzles. We have traveled
extensively throughout the states, Canada and just once overseas, but I now
prefer being a homebody. I worked for a
while writing articles for a local magazine but soon found my interest in
writing for myself peaking. My first
book was strictly spanking erotica, but I slowly evolved to writing erotic
spanking romance with a touch of suspense.
My favorite genre to read is suspense.
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