Secret
Desire
by
Susan D. Taylor
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BLURB:
Claire
Robertson is a journalist living a vanilla life. Except when she’s
alone at night where she wields her writer whip and stilettos inside
her erotic fantasies. Tragedy blindly strikes, forcing Claire to
return to her hometown and confront her past. And that past includes
Dustin Murray, an old flame she ran away from when things became
complicated.
Her life
comes apart and she sends her editor the “wrong” story by
mistake. One of her hot novels.
Amidst
chaos, Claire has a choice: to return to her safe life back in
Seattle or risk adventure, ensuring her smoxy fantasies come to life.
Dustin has his own plans and isn’t about to let Claire go. Not when
he proves he can handle her life and ALL her bedroom fantasies.
When
things heat up, Claire must decide which road to take in life and
love.
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Excerpt
of an excerpt from the heroine’s Claire’s writing -
“I’m
Thornton Maxwell…your attorney.” He turned away, but not before
she caught his look of displeasure. “God. Woman, do you even know
what a mess you’ve got on your hands? We need to talk. A real
pressure cooker is about blow.”
Cynthia
froze. This wasn’t part of her erotic fantasy. What was he talking
about? Should she just come out and admit she had no idea of what was
going on or get him to divulge what demanded damage control?
She
pretended unconcerned boredom in an attempt to buy some time to
think. “Someone’s got his panties in a real twist.”
This
wasn’t the first time she’d needed legal. But if he was her new
go-to man, she was tempted to screw more things up.
This was
a conundrum. He was too damn good-looking. This type of man didn’t
appreciate a dumbbell. Did he know how hard she worked or that
sometimes contracts needed to be bent? “Explored” is what she
liked to call it. Wasn’t that why McGavock Publishing hired a
boatload of first-year attorneys anyway? Shoot, he was probably upset
because his weekend golf game was about to be rained out.
He paced
in front of her desk while raking fingers through his thick, dark
hair. Cynthia noticed the way he flexed and moved his arms, his
muscles pumping and expanding. He stopped, spun around, and marched
back to her desk.
“Lewis,
when you cross out clauses and write your own notes into a publishing
contract, we don’t have a legal leg to stand on in court when an
issue is disputed. The things you’ve included to get an author to
sign without consulting legal is tying us in knots. The next time you
promise a writer the moon, you better consult me first and NASA
second. Not whatever pops into that pretty little head of yours. You
need my help with this lawsuit, and I expect your cooperation. You
might as well know now that’s going to mean during office hours as
well as evenings and weekends.”
His
finger was pointed directly in front of her face. She imagined
sucking the tip until her sex-crazed brain finally grasped his
message.
What?
She was floored. Her stomach felt punched, the fist of surprise still
lodged in her ribcage. Her mind reeled. It wasn’t possible. She was
being threatened with a lawsuit for a couple of silly additions to a
contract, and now this man expected her to drop everything. Was he
joking? Slowly she inhaled.
“I’m
innocent.” She stared back at him. “Sure, I’m not beyond
bending the rules, but a lawsuit? No, that’s not possible; it’s
impossible. You’ve got to help me.”
“We
definitely need a sit-down. Not your usual brush-off and expectation
for legal to jump through a hoop. This one is serious.” His gaze
swept over her face and downward. The space between them crackled
with static energy. He was more than steamed. But he was ready to
step in and help her. A spasm of pleasure trilled in her veins. He
was her knight in shining armor. She wasn’t the enemy. Not his at
least. With all that pent-up fury of his, it was a shame to let it go
to waste. He was handsome beyond belief…another time, over
cocktails or at a party, she’d not think twice about what her body
wanted. His dark eyes weren’t all anger…passion brewed there,
pulling the cords to her attraction, making her skin tingle. Oh, my.
He wanted to school her good. But maybe she could teach him a thing.
“Thor…Thornton,
sit down.” She recouped her confidence. He was in her dominion. The
door was closed. Her assistant always knocked before entering. The
glass panels were mirrored. He was so near…all she had to do was
reach out to him.
She met
his bad-boy stare with excitement screaming in her ears.
“Please.”
She was almost purring, beseeching him over the rim of her
eyeglasses.
“Fine,
I’m all ears.” He pulled up a chair closer to her desk. “Well?”
She
studied him. If the man ever smiled, he’d be drop-dead gorgeous.
She let the papers slip out of her fingers, and she pushed her
glasses up on top of her head. Cynthia rubbed her ankles together,
and his eyes fixed onto legs.
Ding,
ding. Johnny, she had a winner.
She
lifted her legs and stood, acting as if arranging her papers was
vital. She felt, rather than saw, that his gaze was upon her.
“Client-attorney
privilege?” She rounded the desk, trailing her fingers along the
surface.
“Yes,
whatever you share. Go on.”
“Where
shall I begin?” She stopped and leaned back on her desk, directly
in front of him. Eighteen inches of space separated them.
“Haven’t
you ever longed for something to the point of breaking a few rules?
Just once?”
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Susan D.
Taylor lives in Tennessee with her husband, cattle dogs, cats, corn
snake, and a gecko. A mother, lover of gardening, and a Registered
Yoga Teacher.
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