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Three Nights With a Rock Star

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by Amber Lin


  I wanted him to have his nasty way with me, but every sweet caress destroyed the illusion. My fantasy was to let him do whatever he wanted with me, but not this.

  “Harder,” I said. “I need it harder.”

  Instead his hands gentled. The one that had been holding my breast traced the curve around and under.

  I groaned in frustration. “What’s wrong?”

  He reached down, still breathing heavily, and pressed a finger lightly to my cunt, then stroked upward through the moisture. I gasped, rocking my hips to follow his finger.

  “You like this,” he said.

  Yes, I liked it. I was undeniably aroused but too aware. I needed the emptiness of being taken. “I like it better rough.”

  Colin frowned. My eyes widened at the ferocity of his expression.

  In one smooth motion he flipped me onto my stomach. I lost my breath from the surprise and impact. His left hand slid under my body between my legs and cupped me. His right hand fisted in my hair, pulling my head back. His erection throbbed beside my ass in promise. I wanted to beg him to fuck me, but all I could do was gasp. He didn’t need to be told, though, and ground against me, using my hair as a handle.

  That small pain on my scalp was perfection, sharp and sweet. Numbness spread through me, as did relief.

  The pain dimmed. My arousal did too, but that was okay. I was only vaguely aware of him continuing to work my body from behind.

  I went somewhere else in my mind. I’d stay that way all night.

  At least that’s what usually happened.

  Want to read more? Giving It Up is available now.

  Also by Shari Slade

  The Opposite of Nothing

  Callie Evans would rather hide out in her DJ sound booth than face the fact that she’s in love with her best friend, notorious campus hottie Tayber King.

  Tayber turns hooking up into an art form–no drama, no commitment, no lies, and nobody gets hurt. Nobody but Callie, that is. When she sees an opportunity to explore his sexier side using a fake online profile, she grabs it. Now her uninhibited alter-ego ‘Sasha’ is steaming up the screen, and Callie is breaking all of Tayber’s rules.

  As Callie and Tayber get closer, online and off, she knows she has to confess. And risk losing him forever.

  Excerpt from The Opposite of Nothing

  She changed into a tank top and threadbare shorts before slipping into her desk chair. I’ll just check my school email, ten minutes tops. She was lying to herself, bargaining with the devil. I will not open his profile. I will not send him a message. Making that fake profile for herself last month had seemed like such a good idea at two o’clock in the morning, after a few beers with Jessa and a few agonizing hours of watching Tayber hook up with some random girl at The Brick. She just wanted to know what she was missing. In graphic detail. Sasha let her find out. Except it had only made her wanting worse, and it was such a wrong thing to do. So she’d stopped. At least a dozen times.

  But nothing stopped him from messaging her. There it was, blinking away. She should ignore it. Delete, delete, delete. It wasn’t even for her. Not really. It was for Sasha. And she’d sworn she’d never be Sasha again.

  Tay: Hey

  How could three tiny letters be so suggestive? She could hear him in her head. He’d say it kind of soft, but forceful, like the whole universe of his carnal experience could be contained in one word. She pictured him hunched over his laptop, shaggy hair eclipsing his face, shirtless, bare feet hanging off the end of his extra-long bed.

  She had to answer. She wanted him any way she could have him.

  Sasha: Hey yourself.

  Tay: Why am I always happy to see you?

  Sasha: Because I’m awesome like that?

  Tay: You are. I’m looking at your picture right now. So beautiful.

  Not me. She’d sent him a picture of her cousin, on spring break in Cabo three years ago, filling out her bikini and pulling a duck face for the camera.

  Sasha: Not really

  Tay: Inside and out

  Sasha: Laying it on thick tonight?

  Tay: I can’t stop thinking about you.

  It was torture. The ninth level of Hell. Everything she’d ever wanted him to say was there on the screen, except it wasn’t really for her.

  Tay: I wish I could touch you.

  And she was burning, flaming. If he were saying these things in person, she’d disintegrate. She tugged on her tank top, pulling the thin cotton away from her itchy skin.

  Tay: Is that okay?

  She was practically molting, slipping right out of her skin on the spot. This disastrous attraction might kill her. She squeezed her thighs together and shifted in her seat.

  Sasha: I want to touch you too.

  Tay: Skype?

  Sasha: Can’t, still no webcam.

  Shit. This was going to be the end of it, again. Who didn’t have a webcam? She held her breath, waiting for the little indicator to flash that he was answering. A full minute. He was probably frustrated, pulling that mop of hair out of his face now, tugging it into a tiny ponytail. A minute and a half. He’d lost interest. Any second now his light would go out.

  Tay: Too bad

  She exhaled, a rush of relief that left her giddy.

  Sasha: Sorry

  Tay: Don’t you want to see me?

  Sasha: More than anything

  Tay: I want to see my hands on you.

  Was he touching himself now? She traced a figure eight over the soft skin below her navel, chasing the flutter building there. She’d never be able to tell him the truth, and this was never going to be enough.

  Sasha: You’re touching me now

  Tay: Where?

  Sasha: My belly

  Tay: Lower. I’m touching you lower. I’ve got my fingers between your legs and you’re so wet for me.

  Want to read more? The Opposite of Nothing is available now.

  Other books by Amber Lin

  How to Say Goodbye

  Betraying Mercy

  The Half-Life Series

  Three Nights with a Rock Star

  One Kiss with a Rock Star

  The Lost Girls Series

  Giving It Up

  Selling Out

  Tempting Fate

  Dearling, Texas Series

  Chance of Rain

  Men of Fortune Series

  Letters at Christmas

  Falling for the Pirate

  Other books by Shari Slade

  Copeland College Series

  The Opposite of Nothing

  Copeland College Novella #2

  The Half-Life Series

  Three Nights with a Rock Star

  One Kiss with a Rock Star

  Anthologies

  Summer Rain

  About the Authors

  Amber Lin writes edgy romance with damaged hearts, redemptive love, and a steamy ever after. Her debut novel, Giving It Up, received The Romance Review’s Top Pick, Night Owl Top Pick, and 5 Blue Ribbons from Romance Junkies. RT Book Reviews gave it 4.5 stars, calling it “truly extraordinary.” Since then, she has gone on to write erotic, contemporary, and historical romances.

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  Shari Slade is a snarky optimist. A would-be academic with big dreams and very little means. When she isn’t toiling away in the non-profit sector, she’s writing gritty stories about identity and people who make terrible choices in the name of love (or lust). Somehow, it all works out in the end. If she had a patronus it would be a platypus.

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  Acknowledgements

  A huge thank you to Del Dryden, Lea Shafer, and Sharon Muha for the boot polish and elbow grease. We appreciate your help making this book shine.

  Copyright

  This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is e
ntirely coincidental. All rights reserved. Except for use in a review, the reproduction or use of this work in any part is forbidden without the express written permission of the author.

  Three Nights with a Rock Star © 2014 by Amber Lin and Shari Slade

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  ISBN: 9781940518091

 

 

 


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