Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Read another excerpt from Chirp by Ann Everett

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Chirp

A woman hiding from her future…..
Heiress to the largest steel company in America, twenty-year-old, socially awkward Blaze Bledsoe hides out at Dessie Bishop’s farm. For the last three years, Blaze has eluded one investigator after another, but just when she thinks she’s safe, a PI closes in. Her luck is about to run out in more ways than one.
A man running from his past….
Rance Keller, a tough, hard-living ex-con, fresh out of prison for a crime he didn’t commit, arrives to claim the house his grandmother left him. Finding a strange girl living there, his plans for a solitary life take a turn. Her lack of modesty, no filter, and word of the day fetish baffles him, but those big green eyes and sweet mouth have him losing sleep.
Welcome to Bluebird, Texas
Where two damaged people with secrets, discover trust can lead to passion.

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Read an excerpt:
“My word of the day. I didn’t use it.” Her heart sped up. “Never mind. How was your day? How is the building going? Can I help with anything? Are you interested in going to a banquet?” The last question squeaked out because her mouth had gone dry. She reached for her glass of water and gulped. 
He laid down his fork and half-smiled. “What’s the word?” 
She looked away. “Uxorial.” 
“Hmm. What’s it mean?” 
“Befitting of a wife.” 
“Can’t help you there, but even if I could, it wouldn’t count, would it? I mean you have to come up with the sentence on your own, right?” 
“Yeah.” 
“They got the john working in the new bathroom, so I won’t have to use yours anymore. As for you helping, maybe when the rooms are ready to paint, I’ll let you pitch in. And this spaghetti is delicious.” 
He took another bite, and she thought he was finished talking. Better he ignored the banquet question. She shouldn’t have listened to Hanna. 
He leaned back and rested his hands on the chair arms. “Hey, look at me.” 
She raised her eyes to his and braced. 
“Is talking to me making you uncomfortable?” he asked. 
She wanted to answer but couldn’t get the words out, so she nodded. 
“You’re not afraid of me, are you?” 
That was a good question. She had been when he had the nightmare. But not since then. She lowered her head. “No, but talking is hard.” 
He reached over and placed his finger under her chin and tilted it up. “I want to understand, so explain it.” 
His gentle touch and the tenderness in his tone surprised her. A little jolt of electricity caused her cheeks to warm. “I don’t always say the right thing.” 
“Well, you can say anything around me. If I don’t get it, I’ll tell you. Okay?” 
“Okay.” 
“Now, about this banquet.” 
“It’s a work thing. Golden anniversary.” 
“And the dress code? Date? Time?” 
“Oh, it’s not a date. It’s a plus one.” 
He laughed out loud. “I meant the date of the event.” 
Blaze’s face flamed, and she turned away again. “See what I mean?” 
“I wasn’t laughing at you. Your answer was cute.” 
“Oh,” she said. “Two weeks from Friday. Dressy casual. Seven in the evening.” 
“I’ll have to check my social calendar.” 
“All right.” She scooted her chair away, but before she stood, he caught her wrist. 
“That was a joke. You know I don’t have a social calendar.” 
She pulled her hand free. She appreciated his attempt to let her down easy, but she’d been right. This was a bad idea. “I know you don’t like me, so you don’t have to go.” 
“Whoa. I’ve never said that.” 
He frowned, and an odd sensation churned in her stomach. Longing. Desire for his approval. What was that about? She searched for something to say but came up short. An awkward silence hung between them until finally, she found her voice. “I’m not dumb. I know I’m odd, and people don’t like different.”

 About Ann Everett

Award winning and Amazon Best-Selling author, Ann Everett embraces her small town upbringing and thinks Texans are some of the funniest people on earth. When speaking at conferences and to writing groups, businesses, book clubs, and non-profit organizations, she incorporates her special brand of wit, making her programs on marketing, self-publishing, and the benefits of laughter, informative and fun.

Her short stories have appeared in The Green Silk Journal, Snag Today, and Story Teller Magazine.

A top reviewer on thenextbigwriter.com, she lives on a small lake in Northeast Texas where she writes, bakes, and fights her addiction to Diet Dr. Pepper.

She’s been featured on:
  • Proud of East Texas with Joan Hallmark, KLTV-TV, Tyler, Texas
  • East Texas Live and Mid-day, KETK-TV, Tyler, Texas
  • KTSS-TV, Hope, Arkansas
  • The Authors Show with Don McCauley, Internet radio show
  • The Chandler & Brownsboro Statesman, Chandler, Texas
  • The Daily Tribune, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
  • Tyler Morning Telegraph, Tyler, Texas
  • InMagazine, East Texas

Ten things you won’t know about Ann by reading her bio:

  1. She’s married to her high school sweetheart.
  2. She loves shopping at thrift stores.
  3. She doesn’t remember her first kiss. 
  4. She hates talking on the telephone.
  5. A really sharp pencil makes her happy.
  6. She secretly wants to get a tattoo. 
  7. She’s thankful wrinkles aren’t painful.
  8. She thinks everyone should own a pair of cowboy boots.
  9. She sucks at math.

Monday, January 29, 2018

Read an excerpt from Nothing But Trouble by Lisa Mondello

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Nothing But Trouble


What's a girl to do all alone with a rodeo cowboy for 1 month in the Wyoming wilderness?


Melanie Summers has something to prove! Being a zoologist is her dream and the only thing standing in the way of her going on an African expedition is her father and his fear.

So she strikes a deal. She has to spend a full month in the Wyoming wilderness and show her father she can handle being in a remote area while managing her Type 1 diabetes before he'll agree to fund the expedition to Africa and allow her to go. But her daddy isn't the only one convinced she'll fail...


But she's not about to let any man underestimate what she can do. Especially not the sexy rodeo cowboy she's hired to help get her through the month in the wilderness.

Yes, he knows what he's doing. But so does she! Yes, he's ruggedly handsome...well, he can't help that, can he? But no sexy cowboy is going to keep her down!

Stoney Buxton needs to raise cash fast to save the family ranch after a barn fire injured his father and left the family finances in ruin. Re-entering the rodeo circuit seems like the best way to get the money he needs. That is until Melanie Summers shows up at his ranch flashing easy money. To everyone else, Melanie's offer seems like the answer to all his prayers. But one look at her long legs and pouting lips and Stoney knows this high society gal is going to be nothing but trouble...for his cowboy heart.


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Read an excerpt:
His jaw tightened. Yes, there was something definitely wrong here. And money had nothing to do with it. It had everything to do with this beauty standing in front of him, who was clueless about what she was getting her pretty little hide into. "No," he replied tersely. 
"Mr. Buxton, I need your help." 
"Tourist season is in full swing. I'm sure you'll have no trouble finding someone else."

He turned his back to her and began walking along the fence toward the barn, almost forgetting... Abruptly, he glanced up and saw the charred remains of the barn. The place where all his troubles had started just one year ago. It hadn't taken but a second for him to hear her boots digging into the dusty gravel behind him, jarring him from his thoughts. 
"Then I'll do it myself," she said to his back. 
His whole body stiffened. He angled back to read her face, to see if she was just being a spoiled rotten rich kid, trying to get her way, or if she was actually serious. Seeing her head held high and her arms crossed in front of her, he realized she was dead serious.

And dead she'd be if she stepped one boot into those mountains alone. 
"You'll do no such thing."

Frustration flaring, he lifted his dusty hat and forced his fingers through the thick crop of black hair before returning the hat to his head.

"You just don't get it, do you? You're not asking me to take you on a theme park ride where you'll get to see the wonders of the world at a nice safe distance. This is God's country. The creatures that live up there don't know civilization, and you are no better than them. You could--probably will--get killed if you go out there alone." His lips twitched, taking a good long appraising look at the woman in front of him. "You might even chip a nail on that pretty hand of yours."


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About Lisa Mondello


New York Times and USA TODAY Bestselling Author, Lisa Mondello, has held many jobs in her life but being a published author is the last job she'll ever have. She's not retiring! She blames the creation of the personal computer for her leap into writing novels. Otherwise, she'd still be penning stories with paper and pen. Her book The Knight and Maggie's Baby is a New York Times Bestseller. Her popular series includes TEXAS HEARTS, DAKOTA HEARTS, Fate with a Helping Hand and the new SUMMER HOUSE series. Writing as LA Mondello, her romantic suspense, MATERIAL WITNESS, book 1 of her Heroes of Providence series made the USA TODAY Bestsellers List and was named one of Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2012. You can find more information about Lisa Mondello at lisamondello.blogspot.com and sign up for her newsletter to receive new release information at http://eepurl.com/xhxO5

Read an excerpt from Chirp by Ann Everett

I was compensated via Fiverr for sharing this post. I only share those books that I feel will interest my readers. Please note that affiliate links are also present within this post. If you make a purchase through one, I may earn a small commission to help support my websites at no extra cost to you.




Chirp

A woman hiding from her future…..
Heiress to the largest steel company in America, twenty-year-old, socially awkward Blaze Bledsoe hides out at Dessie Bishop’s farm. For the last three years, Blaze has eluded one investigator after another, but just when she thinks she’s safe, a PI closes in. Her luck is about to run out in more ways than one.
A man running from his past….
Rance Keller, a tough, hard-living ex-con, fresh out of prison for a crime he didn’t commit, arrives to claim the house his grandmother left him. Finding a strange girl living there, his plans for a solitary life take a turn. Her lack of modesty, no filter, and word of the day fetish baffles him, but those big green eyes and sweet mouth have him losing sleep.
Welcome to Bluebird, Texas
Where two damaged people with secrets, discover trust can lead to passion.

http://amzn.to/2EhTMFG
Sale priced for 99 cents for a limited time!

Read an excerpt:
The girl choked. “I haven’t done anything illegal. I swear. I’ll cook. Clean. Do your laundry.”
He swiped his final bite through gravy and shoved it in his mouth. The kid’s cooking skills had to come from Gran’s instructions because everything had his grandmother’s touch. “I can do all that for myself,” he said. Yeah, he could, but after this meal, she had a good selling point. No, he had to scare her skinny ass away. “I’m horny as hell. Guess you could help me with that.”
She swallowed hard, and for a minute he thought she might faint, but she pulled herself together. “I guess if that’s my only option, I could try.”
Holy hell. Not the response he’d expected. He looked at her. Really looked at her. This sly little fox was on to him. She was odd, but not dumb. “That’s good news. I mean, I’ve already seen the merchandise and talk about convenient. Doesn’t get better than having available pussy on the premises.”
She gasped.
He’d called her bet, raised the wager, and backed her into a corner. Put out or get out. His eyes wandered to her breasts, then her face, which had lost all color. He belched and scratched his chest for effect. “So, you ready to get it on or do you want to clean the kitchen first?”
She glared at him. “You’re not serious.”
Leaning forward, he rested his arms on the table and gave his best evil grin. “I am.”
She stood, reached for the hem of her shirt and in one quick motion, jerked it over her head. “If I have to have sex with you to stay, I will. But first, you need to take a bath and brush your teeth. You smell like an ashtray.” She turned and disappeared down the hallway.
Rance froze in his chair. She’d called his bluff. Hell. Now what?

 About Ann Everett

Award winning and Amazon Best-Selling author, Ann Everett embraces her small town upbringing and thinks Texans are some of the funniest people on earth. When speaking at conferences and to writing groups, businesses, book clubs, and non-profit organizations, she incorporates her special brand of wit, making her programs on marketing, self-publishing, and the benefits of laughter, informative and fun.

Her short stories have appeared in The Green Silk Journal, Snag Today, and Story Teller Magazine.

A top reviewer on thenextbigwriter.com, she lives on a small lake in Northeast Texas where she writes, bakes, and fights her addiction to Diet Dr. Pepper.

She’s been featured on:
  • Proud of East Texas with Joan Hallmark, KLTV-TV, Tyler, Texas
  • East Texas Live and Mid-day, KETK-TV, Tyler, Texas
  • KTSS-TV, Hope, Arkansas
  • The Authors Show with Don McCauley, Internet radio show
  • The Chandler & Brownsboro Statesman, Chandler, Texas
  • The Daily Tribune, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
  • Tyler Morning Telegraph, Tyler, Texas
  • InMagazine, East Texas

Ten things you won’t know about Ann by reading her bio:

  1. She’s married to her high school sweetheart.
  2. She loves shopping at thrift stores.
  3. She doesn’t remember her first kiss. 
  4. She hates talking on the telephone.
  5. A really sharp pencil makes her happy.
  6. She secretly wants to get a tattoo. 
  7. She’s thankful wrinkles aren’t painful.
  8. She thinks everyone should own a pair of cowboy boots.
  9. She sucks at math.

Sunday, January 28, 2018

Chirp by Ann Everett on sale for 99 cents for a limited time!

I was compensated via Fiverr for sharing this post. I only share those books that I feel will interest my readers. Please note that affiliate links are also present within this post. If you make a purchase through one, I may earn a small commission to help support my websites at no extra cost to you.




Chirp

A woman hiding from her future…..
Heiress to the largest steel company in America, twenty-year-old, socially awkward Blaze Bledsoe hides out at Dessie Bishop’s farm. For the last three years, Blaze has eluded one investigator after another, but just when she thinks she’s safe, a PI closes in. Her luck is about to run out in more ways than one.
A man running from his past….
Rance Keller, a tough, hard-living ex-con, fresh out of prison for a crime he didn’t commit, arrives to claim the house his grandmother left him. Finding a strange girl living there, his plans for a solitary life take a turn. Her lack of modesty, no filter, and word of the day fetish baffles him, but those big green eyes and sweet mouth have him losing sleep.
Welcome to Bluebird, Texas
Where two damaged people with secrets, discover trust can lead to passion.

http://amzn.to/2EhTMFG
Sale priced for 99 cents for a limited time!

Read an excerpt:
He stepped outside and followed the aroma of bacon to Bubba’s Diner. Just what he needed after going heels to Jesus all night. He removed his last cigarette and tossed the package into the blue trash barrel at the corner of the building. Really should give up the bad habit, and he would. Later. 
It occurred to him, the tag-team event with the BFFs, had fulfilled his goal. No more pressure. With an early start and few stops, he could make it to Bluebird in one day. Grab a quick breakfast. Crank up the Harley. Hit the road. Couldn’t wait to see the place again. Enjoy the seclusion and relax in his grandmother’s old claw-foot tub. That’s what he loved about the little country town. 
Everything remained the same. Never any surprises.

 About Ann Everett

Award winning and Amazon Best-Selling author, Ann Everett embraces her small town upbringing and thinks Texans are some of the funniest people on earth. When speaking at conferences and to writing groups, businesses, book clubs, and non-profit organizations, she incorporates her special brand of wit, making her programs on marketing, self-publishing, and the benefits of laughter, informative and fun.

Her short stories have appeared in The Green Silk Journal, Snag Today, and Story Teller Magazine.

A top reviewer on thenextbigwriter.com, she lives on a small lake in Northeast Texas where she writes, bakes, and fights her addiction to Diet Dr. Pepper.

She’s been featured on:
  • Proud of East Texas with Joan Hallmark, KLTV-TV, Tyler, Texas
  • East Texas Live and Mid-day, KETK-TV, Tyler, Texas
  • KTSS-TV, Hope, Arkansas
  • The Authors Show with Don McCauley, Internet radio show
  • The Chandler & Brownsboro Statesman, Chandler, Texas
  • The Daily Tribune, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
  • Tyler Morning Telegraph, Tyler, Texas
  • InMagazine, East Texas

Ten things you won’t know about Ann by reading her bio:

  1. She’s married to her high school sweetheart.
  2. She loves shopping at thrift stores.
  3. She doesn’t remember her first kiss. 
  4. She hates talking on the telephone.
  5. A really sharp pencil makes her happy.
  6. She secretly wants to get a tattoo. 
  7. She’s thankful wrinkles aren’t painful.
  8. She thinks everyone should own a pair of cowboy boots.
  9. She sucks at math.

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Read an excerpt from Brunette Desire by Robert Scots

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Brunette Desire


Henry Lancaster, C.E.O of Lancaster Soft Wares is arrogant, domineering and loves women but his family want him to fall in love and get married someday.

Dawn Manhattan is an orphan who gets employed at Lancaster Soft Wares but Henry finds her very unattractive, calls her a scarecrow; she works as his personal assistant and slowly things begin to heat up between the two.



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Read an excerpt:

PROLOGUE
‘Okay….’ Dawn tried to regain her balance. He had stared at her for so long, she felt lost in his beautiful blue eyes, but something hurt her; he seemed not to care about her new look.
‘You really like him’ Vince’s voice crept on her.
‘I don’t know, maybe I am stupid. Maybe I should just forget this job’ she pouted. She wondered if that was the only reason that brought Henry to her house.
‘Well, I think he likes you too. I could see it in his eyes’ Vince had observed the way Henry had stared at Dawn; one of admiration and wonder.
‘Why? I doubt it, I won’t work there anymore’ she shrugged.
‘Well, you need the money. You can keep your feelings aside, but if you must keep this new look of yours, you need money Brunette. Money makes a woman glow’ he pecked her softly.
‘I need to go home now, we’ll continue tomorrow’ Vince said.
‘What about these? What do I do with these’? she lifted the clothes up.
‘To get Henry, wear them’ he winked.
***
***
CHAPTER ONE
The howl of the wind was gentle; rain trickled on the busy street, Alistair, Colorado Springs. The skies had gathered and formed a thick blackness which made the heavens to cry. Spring had approached and she wasn’t leaving anytime soon.
She stood in the middle of the busy street, lost and confused; her mother had been gone for a week now and she was left alone to face the cruelness of the world. Her father was an alcoholic and she knew nothing much about him, the only parent figure she had was her mother and she was gone now.
‘Get out of the way girl, a heavy rain is coming’ a man screamed at her and she quickly rushed out of the road.
Dawn Manhattan was now an orphan, with her mother gone, she needed to take care of herself; it wasn’t such a novel thing to her. Her mother had battled with cancer of the blood for a long time before giving up, and during those times she’d been the one working and paying the bills.
She grew up fending for herself and her mother, working her ass of as a bartender, librarian, housekeeper e.t.c. She was prepared to do anything provided it was honest, one of the things her late mother had taught her.
Tuesdays were beautiful, nothing as formal like mean old Monday; she had read an advert in the paper that Lancaster Soft wares, a software creation and selling Company was hiring; that had kicked her spirits off as she was already worn out working as a librarian. The job was boring, you could imagine spending a whole day in a dusty old library with books with ancient looking designs as your only company and pay that could get you something like Coffee and doughnuts.
‘I can do this; I need to do this’ she inhaled deeply as she reached the entrance of the enormous building.
She had no friends, her whole life had been centered on her mother, she was alone now; whenever she was getting interviewed for a new job, her mother would be there to whisper words of encouragement; words that would lift her inferiority complex.
‘I’m Ugly Ma, nobody could ever pick me’ Dawn would whisper as she stared at the mirror.
‘Nobody is ugly baby girl, we all just need money’ her mother would say and they’d burst out laughing.
‘Who you looking for’? she stopped at the security check point, it was obvious she didn’t belong to Lancaster Softwares.
‘Good morning, I am Dawn Manhattan, I’m here for the job’ she stuttered as the blonde middle aged man stared right at her, why was he so unfriendly?
‘What job?’ he frowned and focused on her face.
‘The post of a Personal assistant’ she shifted nervously, why was he looking at her like that?
‘What are you up to buddy’? a younger man joined him in the glass cubicle.
‘I don’t know, Brunette here says she came here for a job, heard of that’? the older man asked.
‘A job? No way, what’s she here for anyway’? the younger man asked.
‘Personal assistant’
‘No way, the boss isn’t tired of shagging Samantha yet, where did you get that from’? the younger man winked at her.
‘Reach-out Daily’ Dawn dipped a hand into her shaggy brown bag and presented the paper to the men.
‘Oh darling, these papers lie a lot, I don’t really think we’ll need a personal assistant here, You can be on your way now’ he squeezed the paper and threw it into a trash bin next to him.
‘How could you do that? You should’ve given it back’ Dawn felt hurt, why were people so mean?
‘Do you mind getting out of here Miss Ugly Clothes’? the older man teased and they burst out laughing.
‘My clothes aren’t ugly’ blood tweaked her cheeks.
‘Yes they are, go get a fashion designer’ the younger man winked and the laughter increased.
She had never felt so embarrassed in her twenty four years on earth, tears blurred her eyes as she stared at the two men; tiny droplets fell on her yellow Jacket and stained her green boots. She just couldn’t leave, she didn’t have the courage to walk away, so she stood there and cried.
‘Brunette is such a softy’ the older man mimicked her and the sniggering increased.
***
The Lancaster Mansion was a three storey building; well embellished balusters, a large flower garden where roses grew wildly, magnolias blossomed and a beautiful pool of blue water rested in the middle. Tall Palms were planted all over the mansion and their leaves provided shade whenever the sun chose to run mad.
‘Good morning father’ Lisa rushed with her buttons as she neared the dining table.
‘Morning honey, where are your brothers’? her father asked.
‘Here I am’ Troy joined them at the table.
‘Where’s Henry’? the man rested his eyes on his younger son.
‘I don’t know, maybe he’s still sleeping’ Troy shrugged.
‘Or had a rough night’ Lisa’s eyes twinkled mischievously.
Henry Lancaster, their half brother and C.E.O of Lancaster Soft wares was the eldest son of Peter Lancaster; Henry’s mother had dumped him with Peter when he was just a baby, for her lover, the man she cheated on with his dad.
‘If you’re bent on gossiping about me, you should do so with grace’ Henry stepped out of his room and joined the trio.
‘Well then, breakfast is ready’ Angie his stepmother smiled charmingly and walked in with a tray that contained their breakfast.
‘Sorry Angie, we don’t have time for this, there’s an important meeting at the Company, we’ll have lunch at the office’ he worked on his tie.
‘Oh Henry, at least eat something, besides Lisa and Troy may be hungry’ she pawed at her step son.
‘We are not hungry, we’ll be fine’ his siblings hurried out of the dining.
‘Do you always have to be this moody and domineering’? Peter clicked his tongue.
‘Maybe I am following your footsteps’ Henry snarled at his dad.
He was a fireball, his temper was quick and he had so much resentment in his heart; first his mother had abandoned him for her stupid lover and his father had practically forced him to take over the company.
He had always wanted to be a painter but the man threatened to disinherit him if he refused to get schooled at Harvard; he had been young and had no choice, who could stand against a tyrant like Peter Lancaster?
‘It’s too early for you two’ Angie stepped into the situation.
‘He started it, he should stay out of my business’ Henry grumbled and walked out on them.
‘I don’t know what to do with him, I’ve tried everything but his hatred for me grows by the day’ Peter was getting frustrated.
He’d ignored Henry’s nonchalant behavior towards him as a child, he’d hoped his first son would come around one day, but as the years grew, he had lost hope in earning Henry’s love.
‘I am sorry darling, I wish I could help’ she rubbed his hands.
‘He hates me, for his mother, for forcing the company on him but I only did what I thought was best’
‘It’s okay dear, all Henry needs is love. Once he finds the right person, he’d be healed’ Angie kissed her husband.
‘So what do you suggest I do’? he peered at her confused.
‘Let’s put a little fire up his ass’ she winked, she had a plan and was quite sure would work on her step son.
***
‘Do you always have to be that angry Henry? You ruined breakfast’ his younger brother ignited the car engine.
‘I never told you guys to leave your food’ he shrugged.
‘Well, if we didn’t agree to join you in your little hunger strike episode, you’d drive off without us’ Lisa chipped in.
‘We Lancasters are very rich, you could’ve used another car’ Henry replied.
‘And miss our driving pleasure? Hell no’ Troy winked at his elder bro.
‘Good thing you know this. I am not in a good mood, woke up on the wrong side of bed’ Henry blurted out.
He loved his siblings, Lisa and Troy were his friends and he cherished them very much. He was quite open with them, though they still feared him, everyone feared that dark part of him and he knew this; he used that to exercise control over the workers in the company.
‘What happened? Wasn’t the sex good’? Lisa rolled her eyes.
Though her brother was cold hearted and impassive, he had a penchant for the finer things of life, things like beautiful, voluptuous blonde women and he wasn’t ashamed about that weakness.
‘Lisa!’ Troy called her name.
‘No, she is right, I sacked Samantha, the sex wasn’t good enough’ he replied.
‘Oh no Henry, that would be the fourth personal Assistant you’d be sacking, haven’t you heard? Mixing business and pleasure doesn’t go well at all’ Troy snorted.
‘Well, you know your job Lisa, find me a new personal assistant’ he said that in a commanding tone.
‘So you’ll sleep with her and sack her after a month? No way, I am tired of your immaturity’ she clicked her tongue.‘Seriously? Why do you make your elder bro the devil, I am not Lucifer honey, most times these girls seduce me, they cannot resist my hotness’ he wore the face of an angel.
‘And my sweet bro here finds it very hard to say “No”, especially when she is hot’ Troy joined.
‘Funny. I am not getting you any personal assistant, I’ll play that part till you’re ready to change. You’re thirty two Henry, should be getting married to a nice woman, have a bunch of kids, make father proud’ she advised.
‘Thanks baby, but I don’t plan to get married ever. So you better get me an assistant else I’ll sack you’ his voice dropped to a deadly tone, humor wasn’t in it.
‘Sack me? Lancaster is family business, I am a full blooded Lancaster’ she fired back.
‘And I am still your boss’ he replied.
‘Fine! I’ll get you an assistant. A personal assistant you want, a Personal assistant you shall get’ she hissed loudly.
She had something mischievous up her sleeves, she’ll get a man as a personal assistant, that would get him more pissed.
‘What the hell is going on here?’ Troy watched the struggle between a poorly dressed brunette and the security men.
‘Let’s go find out’ Henry muttered.
‘Is it just me? Or are those clothes plain ugly, who dresses like that’? Lisa was amazed one could be so poor at choosing colors.
‘What’s going on here’? Henry’s sharp voice brought the struggle to an end.
‘Good morning sir, Brunette here says she came for a job interview, what’s the post again buddy’? the older man asked his partner who was shivering like he’d seen a ghost; Henry Lancaster naturally inspired fear in people.
‘Um, Personal driver…’ he stuttered.
‘Personal assistant’ he quickly corrected himself.
Dawn was stuck; her eyes focused on the handsome man in the car. He was blonde with tanned skin; a sea of blue eyes, a sharp nose and a pair of sensuous lips. He was every bit adorable, his eyes were his most arresting figure, they reminded her of the men she saw on the cover of Magazines.
‘Interesting, what’s your name young lady’? Lisa jumped out of the car, this is the kind of assistant Henry deserved for threatening her.
‘Get back in the car Lisa’ Henry commanded coolly, what the hell was she doing? He couldn’t imagine being in an office with the human scarecrow that gaped at him. Hadn’t she seen a man before? Her gaze unsettled him and he pulled on his sunshades.
‘It isn’t sunny bro, why the shades’? Troy teased, he’d been watching the scene closely.
‘Mind your damn business’ Henry scowled.
‘Dawn Manhattan, I assure you ma’am, I am very experienced, I have worked as a librarian, housekeeper’ she dug a hand into her purse and fetched the envelop that contained her Curriculum Vitae.
‘Wow, nice resume Dawn, you know what? You have the job’ Lisa patted her on the shoulder.
‘Really? Thank you very much’ Dawn couldn’t control her excitement; she hugged Lisa tightly and released her after she recovered from the shock of getting a job at such a huge company.
‘You’re welcome, meet me inside, let me brief you’ Lisa smiled politely and returned to the car.
‘What do you think you have done Lisa?’ Henry slid off the shades and faced her.
‘I just got the boss a new personal assistant. Touché!’ she winked.
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