Her
response to his control was everything she hoped, and feared it would be.
Excerpt:
Shaking her head, she kept her back to him when she replied,
“Let’s talk about something else.”
“Okay. What do you
want to discuss?”
Her shoulders lifted with her deep inhale, then she blurted
the last thing he wanted her to say.
“You mentioned introducing me to someone who could tutor me into giving
up complete control. What if I said I
wanted it to be you?”
Nothing
like handing me my fucking dream on a platter. Sean willed his
rapid heartbeat to slow down as he took a moment to think her offer through and
ponder where it came from. There were
numerous reasons why he should turn her down: they would still be thrown
together at social gatherings of their mutual friends afterward, which could be
awkward; Dax and Krista would kill him if she ended up hurt; it would cross an
ethical line he’d never violated before; and it would test his own control to
give her a taste of what she claimed to want.
“You’re not saying anything.” Alessa’s shoulder’s slumped before her back
went rigid and she pivoted to face him.
And there, etched on her pale face, was the one reason he
couldn’t turn her down. She’d already
braced for his refusal, for him to be the next person to turn his back on
her. Enough people had rejected her; he
couldn’t be another in a long line of inconsiderate jerks who hadn’t cared
enough to give her what she needed.
“Does this mean you’re through testing me and you’ve
concluded you can trust me?”
Her brows dipped in that cute frown again and he continued
to find himself amused by her quirks and drawn to the woman they exposed. He could see she hadn’t expected him to catch
on to what she was doing.
“What do you mean?
You’re the one who’s testing me,” she returned with a defensive glare, a
hint of pink staining her cheeks.
“Let’s see, I surmise you so rudely skipped our second
appointment because you were waiting to see if I mentioned your visit to any of
our mutual friends. Tuesday, my
questioning brought up the past, and you suspected I saw beyond what little information
you revealed. You thought to push me
today by arriving late, and with attitude.
How am I doing?”
And just like that, the shy, insecure Alessa returned and
sought to flee instead of taking the risk of getting hurt again. “I can see you’re not happy with me.” She started for the door. “Thank you…”
“If your request was another test, I’m happy to say I’ll
pass this one as well. Yes, I’ll tutor
you however far you want to go.” And
he’d begin by enforcing his rule, something his palm had been itching to do
since she walked in with attitude written all over her. Since they were running past noon, he knew
Barbara would have left for lunch already and they had the entire suite to
themselves.
Perfect.
Blurb:
The
first time Sean Bates saw Alessa Alexander at a BDSM club without one of her
friends attending with her, he didn’t approach her or interfere, deeming it was
none of his business. The second time,
his protective, dominate instincts forced him to confront her, and then offer
his professional counseling for her needs.
Alessa’s
desire to turn herself over to a man’s full control kept her from believing
she’d ever enjoy a long-term relationship like her friends recently committed
to. When she gets up the nerve to ask
Sean Bates to tutor her in her unorthodox fantasies, the first scene he devises
leaves her aching for more of his strict control, but worried about keeping her
feelings uninvolved.
Past
heartbreaks kept Sean and Alessa leery of hoping for too much from their agreed
upon temporary relationship. Between
escalating problems with an ex at work and her insecurities, Alessa runs from
Sean before she ends up hurt. But it
doesn’t take her long to realize how much she wants him and his strict
discipline, enough to risk the height of humiliation to earn his forgiveness.
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MIAMI
MASTERS SERIES:
Bound
and Saved, book 1
Master
Me, Please, book 2
Mastering
Her Fear, book 3
Bound
To Submit, book 4
About the Author:
I
live in the Midwest with my husband and our two dogs. 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 much prefer being
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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Hi Kathryn and BJ, I love the sound of this and enjoyed the except. This sounds like an awesome and hot read! Thank you both:)
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