That was it. That was fucking all he could stand.
Love? Hammer pounded his fist against the wall, then prowled out from the shadows with a roar. “What the hell is going on here?”
The crowd fell dead silent.
The stunned look on Raine’s face, followed by her guilty wince, struck him like a slap. Liam tightened his arm around her as Hammer marched toward them, his furious gaze pinning the other man where they stood.
If Hammer could rip the asshole’s heart from his chest, he would. How convenient that Liam had arranged this lavish ceremony while he was scheduled to be out of town. Hammer knew better than to believe it was coincidence. The calculating prick had planned every minute of this.
But Raine…poor Raine. She didn’t have a clue how this would most likely end. She thought she was living the fairy tale that he could never give her, and how could he fault her for wanting the dream? For being naïve? The glow he’d seen emanating from her as Liam sealed their bond with a kiss both churned Hammer’s stomach and took his breath away. Raine was so stunning.
“Macen…” An apology softened her eyes.
He lowered his lips to her cheek. “Congratulations, precious. You look...angelic.”
Though he’d spoken the truth, he’d had to force the bitter words out. Then he took another step, edging closer to Liam. His eyes narrowed as his lips curled into a sneer. “Don’t gloat just yet, motherfucker. This isn’t over.”
Then Hammer turned and stormed off the stage, striding into his office and slamming the door behind him.
Read on for excerpts from Shayla Black, Jenna Jacob, Isabella LaPearl, and Lexi Blake!
About the Authors
Shayla Black (aka Shelley Bradley) is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over 30 sizzling contemporary, erotic, paranormal, and historical romances for multiple print, electronic, and audio publishers. She lives in Texas with her husband, munchkin, and one very spoiled cat. In her “free” time, she enjoys reality TV, reading and listening to an eclectic blend of music.
Shayla’s work has been translated in about a dozen languages. She has also received or been nominated for The Passionate Plume, The Holt Medallion, Colorado Romance Writers Award of Excellence, and the National Reader’s Choice Awards. RT Bookclub has twice nominated her for Best Erotic Romance of the year, as well as awarded her several Top Picks, and a KISS Hero Award.
A writing risk-taker, Shayla enjoys tackling writing challenges with every book.
Connect with me online:
Shayla Black:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ShaylaBlackAuthor
Twitter: www.twitter.com/@shayla_black
Smashwords: www.smashwords.com/profile/view/ShaylaBlack
Website: www.shaylablack.com
Also from Shayla Black/Shelley Bradley:
EROTIC ROMANCE
THE WICKED LOVERS
Wicked Ties
Decadent
Delicious
Surrender To Me
Belong To Me
“Wicked to Love” (e-novella)
Mine To Hold
Coming Soon:
“Wicked All The Way” (e-novella)
Ours To Love
“Wicked All Night” - Wicked And Dangerous Anthology
SEXY CAPERS
Bound And Determined
Strip Search
“Arresting Desire” – Hot In Handcuffs Anthology
MASTERS OF MÉNAGE (by Shayla Black and Lexi Blake)
Their Virgin Captive
Their Virgin’s Secret
Their Virgin Concubine
Coming Soon:
Their Virgin Princess
Their Virgin Hostage
DOMS OF HER LIFE (by Shayla Black, Jenna Jacob, and Isabella LaPearl)
One Dom To Love
Coming Soon:
The Young And The Submissive
Stand Alone Titles
Naughty Little Secret (as Shelley Bradley)
“Watch Me” – Sneak Peek Anthology (as Shelley Bradley)
Dangerous Boys And Their Toy
“Her Fantasy Men” – Four Play Anthology
PARANORMAL ROMANCE
THE DOOMSDAY BRETHREN
Tempt Me With Darkness
“Fated” (e-novella)
Seduce Me In Shadow
Possess Me At Midnight
“Mated” – Haunted By Your Touch Anthology
Entice Me At Twilight
Embrace Me At Dawn
HISTORICAL ROMANCE (as Shelley Bradley)
The Lady And The Dragon
One Wicked Night
Strictly Seduction
Strictly Forbidden
Coming Soon:
His Lady Bride, Brothers in Arms (Book 1)
His Stolen Bride, Brothers in Arms (Book 2)
His Rebel Bride, Brothers in Arms (Book 3)
CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE (as Shelley Bradley)
A Perfect Match
Jenna Jacob is married and lives in Kansas. A lover of music, cooking, camping, and riding Harleys on the open country roads. When she was thirteen she began writing—and not on a stone tablet, as her youngest son often teases. There is always a plot bubbling inside her head that has to be written.
With four grown children, she finally has time to the paint pictures of her twisted mind with words. Outgoing with a sassy sense of humor, she’s never once been accused of being shy. With nearly twenty years of experience in the dynamics of the BDSM lifestyle, she strives to portray Dominance and submission with a passionate and comprehensive voice.
Connect with me online:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jenna.jacob.author
Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Jenna-Jacob/236316889830812?fref=ts
Website: http://www.jennajacob.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/@jennajacob3
Also from Jenna Jacob:
THE DOMS OF GENESIS
Embracing My Submission
Coming Soon:
Masters of My Desire
DOMS OF HER LIFE (by Shayla Black, Jenna Jacob, and Isabella LaPearl)
One Dom To Love
Coming Soon:
The Young And The Submissive
Isabella LaPearl was born and raised in New Zealand and living in America, Isabella LaPearl is a pseudonym for a disgustingly happy housewife and mother of three. A word painter and artist, she wrestles daily with the people who live inside her head, demanding to be spread on the pages of the tales she weaves. Then—and only then—can she find peace.
Connect with me online:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/isabellalapearlpage
Website: www.isabellalapearl.com
Also from Isabella LaPearl:
Connexions
THE QUICKENING SERIES
Scandalous - Part 1
Coming Soon:
Momentum – Part 2
Geminus – Part 3
DOMS OF HER LIFE (by Shayla Black, Jenna Jacob, and Isabella LaPearl)
One Dom To Love
Coming Soon:
The Young And The Submissive
THE YOUNG AND THE SUBMISSIVE
Doms Of Her Life, book 2
Coming 2013
Raine Kendall has everything a woman could want…almost. Sexy, tender Dom Liam O’Neill is her knight in shining armor, but Raine is constantly pinching herself. Is he too good to be true or is this growing connection one that could last a lifetime? She’s constantly torn by her abiding feelings for her commanding boss, Macen “Hammer” Hammerman, especially in the wake the mind-blowing night he cast aside the barriers between them and ravaged every inch of her body.
Hammer, Liam’s former best friend, can’t stop coveting Raine. But Liam is determined to hold and guide the woman he loves and see if she can be the submissive of his dreams. However, he’s finding that her trust is hard won and he needs a bloody crowbar to pry open her scarred soul. So he risks everything to win her once and for
all. But once he’s put his daring plan in motion, will it cost Liam his heart if he loses Raine to Hammer for good?
WICKED ALL THE WAY – A Wicked Lovers Novella
By Shayla Black
Available December 18, 2012
Retired military colonel Caleb Edgington has spent two long years trying to achieve the most important mission objective of his life—but not behind enemy lines. He’s trying to capture a woman with a broken heart. Having lost at love once, he understands being gun shy. The residual fears from Carlotta Buckley’s nasty divorce have stood between them, but he’s done with that. And he’s got the perfect strategy to lure her in...
Carlotta never thought she’d fall in love again. Once bitten, she’s now more than twice shy. And Caleb is everything she can’t handle—fierce, relentless, uncompromising...sexual. She’s managed to mostly avoid him, but now his son and her daughter need their help. Can Caleb and the spirit of the season convince her that she’s ready to take a chance on love again?
Ours To Love – A Wicked Lovers Novel
By Shayla Black
Available May 7, 2013
Between two brothers…
Xander Santiago spent years living it up as a billionaire playboy. Never given a chance to lead his family business in the boardroom, he became a Master in the bedroom instead. His older brother inherited the company and worked tirelessly to make it an empire. But while the cutthroat corporate espionage took its toll on Javier, nothing was as devastating as the seemingly senseless murder of his wife. It propelled him into a year of punishing rage and guilt…until Xander came to his rescue.
Comes an irresistible woman …
Eager to rejuvenate Javier’s life, Xander shanghais him to Louisiana where they meet the beautiful London McLane. After surviving a decade of tragedy and struggle, London is determined to make a fresh start—and these sexy billionaire brothers are more than willing to help. In every way. And London is stunned to find herself open to every heated suggestion…and desperately hoping that her love will heal them.
And inescapable danger …
But a killer with a hidden motive is watching, on a single-minded mission to destroy everything the Santiago brothers hold dear, especially London. And as fear and desire collide, every passionate beat of her heart could be her last.
EMBRACING MY SUBMISSION
By Jenna Jacob
Available Now
Haunted for years by dreams of a savage, amber eyed Dominant with lips so enticing my soul ached in frustration and lust. None of the Dominants at Genesis, my local BDSM club ever stirred me in such blistering ways. While I tried to fill my submissive desires vicariously through interactions at the club, I attempted to convince myself it was enough. But it wasn’t. My dream Dom made certain I hungered for more.
Forced beyond what I could bear, my passion and frustration exploded. I threw in the towel, determined to stop chasing a dream and gave up completely on finding submissive surrender. But fate intervened when two gunshots split the night. Forced to confront my desires and insecurities, I was shocked to realize that my dreams may have held a deeper meaning. Were they compelling me to finally embrace my submission?
Excerpt:
Mika sat on a barstool and pulled my back against his chest, wedging my hips between his thighs. With my butt resting on the edge of the stool, I felt the warmth of his crotch against my butt and his strong muscles grip my hips. I melted against his hard chest and looked out over the dungeon.
“I want you to watch, pet. I want you to look at your submissive brothers and sisters. Pay close attention to the way their Dominants care for them.”
I nodded, scanning the room, taking in the sights and sounds of home. Lady Ivory was standing at one of the crosses attaching cuffs to her longtime slave, Dark Desires. His bronze-skinned body rippled as he ceded beneath her loving hands. I smiled as I watched their exchange.
The Domme’s blood-red fingernails slithered over her boy’s flesh as he squirmed beneath the sensation. Reaching between his ass cheeks, she grabbed his dangling balls in the palm of her hand and squeezed without mercy. His shorn orbs protruded bulbously from her hand, taking on a purple hue as she compressed them in a tight grip.
Rising up on his tiptoes, Dark Desires tossed his head back and released a mighty roar. She gave a terse tug on his scrotal sac, then released it before raking her glossy fingernails over his back as she whispered in his ear, soothing his pain.
“You like to watch, don’t you pet?” Mika beguiled.
“Mmmmm, yes, Master,” I purred.
“It looks like Nick, Dylan, and Savannah are having a fun night.”
Scanning the dungeon for the trio, I spotted them in a dark corner. Savannah sat on a low padded bench with her arms secured high above her head. Her bare legs tangled with Nick, her Master, whose jeans were shoved to a heap around his ankles. Dylan, her other Master, stood behind her plucking and pinching her swollen nipples as he whispered in her ear. Even in the dim light, it was obvious Savannah’s mouth was busy as Nick’s hips rocked back and forth in deliberately long and slow strokes. I smiled broadly. Savannah was new to the lifestyle. She’d only been a member for about six months. Nick and Dylan had patiently trained her, and I was happy to see she was at last breaking free of her shyness. When she’d first come to Genesis, both Doms sought me out to help her understand the dynamics of the lifestyle. Her appetite to learn and to please them was voracious.
Like many of us at first, she didn’t understand the driving need to please inside her. She’d confided in me that within the first week of meeting the Doms, she’d run away from them. Her feelings for each one, combined with the new experiences they had exposed her to, were too intense. She’d fallen head over heels in love with them both but was scared and confused by their domineering seduction. It didn’t take long for her to realize that, with their absence, a vital part was missing inside her. Like a romance novel, they eventually got back together, and with Nick and Dylan’s patience and love, they continued to grow and satisfy their darkest cravings.
It was evident she loved and yearned to please them, but revealing her adoration intimately in public was testament to how much she’d grown in her submission. It warmed my heart that both Doms, always cognizant of her modesty, had concealed Savannah in such a way. They were undoubtedly protecting her and reassuring her courage while enjoying her submissive surrender.
I sighed heavily and licked my lips, wishing I was perched on that low bench with Mika’s thick, hard cock sliding in and out my mouth.
“Problem, pet?” Mika asked as I continued to watch Nick, Dylan, and Savannah.
“Hungry,” I moaned.
“But we just had dinner.”
“Not for food, Master.”
“Well, I’ll have to fill you up...everywhere,” he growled as his lips and teeth teased my earlobe.
“Please!” I moaned in a desperate whimper.
Mika bunched his fingers in my curls and slowly drew my head back. Tiny, needful gasps escaped my lips as I closed my eyes and ground my ass against his sturdy erection.
“I love to hear you beg, my sweet, insatiable slut.” His deep voice purred in my ear as his tongue swiped a languid trail down my throat. Shivering, I tilted my head, trying to steal a kiss from his sinful lips. He shook his head and exerted a tiny tug on my hair, then guided my head back to observe the sessions being played out. “Watch, sweet girl. Watch and simmer for me.”
SCANDALOUS - THE QUICKENING SERIES, PART 1
By Isabella LaPearl
Available Now
Rose Tralee O’Neill’s ancient bloodline can be traced all the way back to 360AD. With six brothers, the family name is destined to continue well into the new millennium. But there’s a secret, a boon well guarded through the centuries that can only be passed on through a paternal line. One that will shatter the bonds of reality as it awakens inside Rose.
Excerpt:
Her cheeks are flushed pink. Small beads of swe
at gathered on her nose and high on her cheekbones like tiny freckles. I watch in awe as the energy from her pours forth like a living flame. It’s an incandescent, luminous golden ball of shifting whirling light that radiates outward in waves that surround her. Her mouth is parted, full lips wet and they appear swollen, darker somehow...
Her body is straining, twisting, moving in a continuous urgent rhythm like a dance.
I’m before her now, yet she looks straight through me with her eyes half closed. Naked and bright, burning with a smoldering gold green fire to the glass before her and the reflection she sees within.
A DOM IS FOREVER
By Lexi Blake
Available Now
A Man with a Past…
Liam O’Donnell fled his native Ireland years ago after one of his missions ended in tragedy and he was accused of killing several of his fellow agents. Shrouded in mystery, Liam can’t remember that fateful night. He came to the United States in disgrace, seeking redemption for crimes he may or may not have committed. But the hunt for an international terrorist leads him to London and right back into the world he left behind.
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