tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83153859759814492602024-03-13T15:19:10.077-04:00Bianca SommerlandWelcome to the I'm No Angel Author's Blog, home of USA Today Bestselling author, Bianca Sommerland. Here you will find information on all her books, including Works in Progress. You will also find sneak peaks, snippets, reviews of the books she's read, news, and more.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger200125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315385975981449260.post-35359335840819710692024-01-18T06:28:00.001-05:002024-01-18T06:28:43.162-05:00NEW RELEASE and an excerpt from NO ESCAPE (Redemption's End Book One)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://books2read.com/u/3kDgrN" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Up04E1ZyCHnMpWiot48UyB2nudEDTtbkLsiNYSNvhH3GVzZtcrzbYd8ZPaMJxDdhWTJYTIFTKpNyk-tmkGI0fns17BbYfEh8-i1jhD1Nreba9UgyG-Q5uJThtfCReWPHiSwwr7yKQCPgfAqmElzkmYOpsuhfuKS8Z0MsdkmHzvvbh-bvcoKmxNaf-9M/w604-h402/Redemption's%20End%20Promo%204%20.jpg" width="604" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">A couple days past release day, but I got a nasty cold that's slowed down all the stuff and things I need to do. So far testing negative for the great big C, so fingers crossed it stays that way.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Not gonna stop me from celebrating though. This book has been in the works for two years and I'm so happy to FINALLY have it out of the deep, dark cave of wonders where WIPs get stashed away like hidden treasures.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I'm not sorry it took that long though, because giving the story and these characters a chance to really grow in my mind and develop as much as they did was worth it. The excitement of writing a story where the characters are so fleshed out all you have to do is let them lead the way is pure magic.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">And with a book like this, that kind of magic wasn't an option.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Before I share the excerpt with you, I want to bring up something a few readers have told me. Some hesitated to dive in because of what they thought the book would be, but were pleasantly surprised. I'm really grateful to those who gave it a chance based on what they've read from me in the past. That means more than I can possibly say.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">To me, this is a monster romance because of some of the elements in the story and the characters being, well, what's typically called 'Monsters' lol. But it doesn't follow a lot of the trends of the genre.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">To put it bluntly, if you're looking for a Monster Fucker story, you'll probably be disappointed. This isn't a story about a human getting it on with something big, hot, and scary—though some of those stories are amazing!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">This is a story about different kinds of monsters falling in love and fighting to protect their home. The friendships and found family is essential, the danger is very real, and while there's some angst, all of these men come to understand that if they can't count on their team, they might not survive.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">You won't get The Big Misunderstanding keeping lovers apart for long.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I've got a bit of a communication kink. ;)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">None of the characters are perfect—as one in particular would tell you 'I'm a demon.'—but even in their imperfection, you can feel the love and support.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">And in a world where even the monsters have to face the stuff of nightmares? Those bonds are what keep hope alive.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Speaking of hope, I hope you love this story as much as I do and I can't wait to get to book two! But more news on that later.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">For now, here's the excerpt.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Reading!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">**WARNING: This excerpt is NSFW and contains spoilers. If you want to dive right into the book, you can grab it <a href="https://books2read.com/u/3kDgrN" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">EXCERPT</span><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /><br /><br />Smoothing his hand down Edric’s side, Axton brought him back to the present, giving him a concerned look. “You good?”<br /><br />Edric nodded, inhaling and letting the air out slowly before he shifted. “Yes, I was just thinking of how…different this place used to be. I’m glad I get to show it to you now that we’ve all personalized it a little, it’s much more welcoming.” He gestured to the door to the right of his, which was now Boone’s room. “That room used to be mine, but my men insisted I take the biggest one. All of the rooms have been expanded—there used to be twice as many, with steel doors and plain white tiles on the floors. It was almost…”<br /><br />“Institutional?” Axton glanced down the hall as though trying to picture it. “That must’ve sucked. I mean, my apartment wasn’t anything special, but it was my own space and I spruced it up as much as I could. I even grabbed some paint cans the local hardware store tossed. Weird colors, but was kinda cool once I slapped them on the walls. Better than plain ol’ white.”<br /><br />For the first time, Edric was extremely grateful Mickey and Fender had kept on his case until he let them loose in his rooms with some paint. He couldn’t choose between blue and purple, so they’d used both throughout the space and he loved how it had turned out.<br /><br />But he hadn’t consulted either on his choice of furniture, which Mickey was ‘extremely distressed’ about. Edric thought it looked fine, but maybe Axton would find it tacky? Or worse…boring?<br /><br />Slipping his hand in Edric’s and lacing their fingers together, Axton gave him a questioning look. “Do you always stand in the hallway naked?”<br /><br />“Sometimes, if I’m in the middle of a conversation with one of my men.” Edric’s brow furrowed when the fae snickered and shook his head. “What?”<br /><br />“Nothing, just still getting used to the nudist colony vibe.” Axton glanced over at the door. “Umm…did you change your mind about me being here?”<br /><br />Edric took another deep breath. “No.”<br /><br />“Then…?” Axton chewed on the edge of his bottom lip. “You know I’m not gonna judge you, right? I can’t see you being a slob, but you’re a busy guy. Just kick your dirty underwear under the sofa and I’ll pretend not to notice.”<br /><br />Laughing—damn, he loved how his little shadow made it easy to laugh again—Edric reached out to open his door, motioning Axton in ahead of him. “No dirty underwear, except for in the hamper. This is just…my home.”<br /><br />A few quick steps brought Axton to the center of the living room, and he spun in a circle, lips slightly parted. He didn’t seem weirded out or disappointed, more…amazed.<br /><br />His next words confirmed it. “This place is awesome. And it’s fucking huge. This is all yours?” He didn’t wait for an answer before darting across the room, almost tripping over a glass topped, driftwood end table and stumbling against the light gray sectional. “Are those real fish? Holy hells, look at those colors.”<br /><br />Soaking in Axton’s excitement, Edric crossed the room to join him in front of the massive tank. “Yes, they’re guppies. I also had a betta in there to keep the fry population down, but I think Scout took him out again. He’s probably in the smaller tank in my bedroom.”<br /><br />“I don’t understand half of what you just said, but… Guppies!” Axton wiggled his fingers near the tank, but didn’t tap on it—something that had almost gotten Hershey’s finger bitten off the first time he’d come in here. Several fish weaved in and out of the plants swaying in the water, the long lamp above making the rainbow sheen of their scales glimmer, and Axton’s eyes filled with wonder. “I gotta show this to Lyric, he’s gonna love it. And Nicky, too. Mind if we all swing by some day?”<br /><br />Edric wrapped his arms around Axton, following his gaze when he gasped, a dozen tiny white fry bursting out from between the leaning driftwood, much smaller than the pieces he’d chosen for his coffee table and his end tables. He figured it tied the room together, but Mickey only gave him a pained look when he said so.<br /><br />“I wouldn’t mind at all.” Edric rested his chin lightly on Axton’s soft brown hair, the ends skimming his arms as his little shadow followed the excitable fish with his eyes. “I’ve only had them for about a year, but I’ve wanted fish since I was a kid. My mother thought the idea of pets having pets was…silly.”<br /><br />Tipping his head back, Axton gave him an understanding smile. “My mom was suspicious of everything being Otherkin in disguise—I wasn’t even allowed going in the pet store, but I snuck in a few times. Her seelie side came out when she talked about stuff like that. Not that she was mean or anything, my mom was…” He swallowed hard and looked back at the fish. “She was amazing. I miss her, but…I think it’s cool for me to enjoy your fish.”<br /><br />“I think so, too. I find them relaxing—not that I have much time to sit around and watch them. Either Fender or Scout swing by to care for them when I’m away on missions. Only feeding them really, the tank is self-sustaining, but they seem to enjoy the company.” Edric made a thoughtful sound. “You could do it sometimes if you’d like?”<br /><br />Nodding enthusiastically, Axton spun around, grabbing his hand and tugging him toward one of the three doors in the short hall. “I’d love that. But you said you have another tank in your bedroom? Can we check it out?”<br /><br />“Absolutely.” Edric chuckled as he opened the first door. “I might as well put some clothes on, since you’re more interested in my fish than anything else. I don’t blame you, they’re beautiful, but when a man drags me to my bedroom it’s usually for an entirely different reason.”<br /><br />Axton gave him a sideways look, still holding his hand tight as he went right to the tank against the wall across from the foot of the bed. “You got lots of guys dragging you in here?”<br /><br />“Not ‘lots’...” Edric’s lips twitched when Axton’s eyes narrowed at him. “I’m teasing—you make it too easy. Whatever you’ve been imagining after talking to Mickey, that was a one time thing. My men need me to lead them, not put them on my ‘fuck-it’ list. And I don’t participate in the group orgies.”<br /><br />‘Cute’ wasn’t a word Edric would use to describe Axton very often, but the blush spreading over his cheeks while he visibly attempted to play it cool was adorable. Clearing his throat, he stared at the fish again. “There’s ‘group orgies’? That part of the class schedule?”<br /><br />Edric spat out a laugh, turning Axton toward him and bringing his lips over Axton’s smiling ones. When Axton’s breath caught, his pulse picking up as he rose up on his tiptoes to chase the kiss before Edric could end it, Edric’s fingers found the buttons of the borrowed shirt covering his little shadow.<br /><br />The fish were forgotten at that first needy sound. Fuck, the siren’s song had nothing on how the little noises Axton made affected him. At times, the fae was almost shy, but when he pushed past it, his passion stirred Edric’s in a way he hadn’t felt since he was young.<br /><br />He’d been insatiable with Jethro, and there’d been others over the years, but becoming part of the Guard taught him a level of discipline he’d been proud to say wasn’t impacted by lust. The emotions his mother warned him as a child would make him weak were successfully locked away, especially when he’d been under Anathan’s thumb.<br /><br />Leadership hadn’t given him the freedom to indulge in many pleasures, but allowing himself to care for his men actually made him stronger. A team built from trust and love was much more powerful than one forged from blind obedience.<br /><br />And letting himself feel all those emotions showed him he wouldn’t be satisfied with anything shallow. He didn’t need the promise of forever, but once the sheets cooled, he needed to know there was more between him and his lovers than chemistry.<br /><br />With Axton, there was already so much more. He was still wary of his little shadow’s desire for freedom overpowering whatever they shared, but even if Axton did try to escape again, he wouldn’t regret a moment they’d spent together.<br /><br />But fuck, it would hurt.<br /><br />The logical choice, the choice a leader should make, would be to let this be a bit of casual fun and set up some firm boundaries, like he’d done with Mickey. Axton was still paying for the chaos he’d instigated, the harm he’d caused—birthday wishes and Edric giving him a free pass aside—and there was no telling what the young fae would do when he wasn’t being influenced by Edric, or contained by his cell.<br /><br />Edric couldn’t make decisions as anything other than a man when he held Axton, though. And he refused to push him away now that he had him.<br /><br />Tomorrow’s pain would be worth having tonight.<br /><br />Bringing his little shadow’s naked body up against his, Edric held him with one arm while they kissed and carried him toward the bathroom. He maintained enough presence of mind to turn on the large overhead shower in the stall he was grateful Mickey and Jethro ignored him about being ‘fine as it was’. The old one wouldn’t have fit two so comfortably and the wide-eyed surprise from Axton was fun to watch.<br /><br />And feel, because he kept coming back for another taste of Edric’s lips between taking in the space around him. “This is…fuck, I can’t believe…how did you…?” He inhaled roughly, visibly shaking off the spell of lust and giving Edric a suspicious look. “I love this, all of it, and I’m grateful that you’re letting me check out your space and all, but…” Water dripped over his furrowed brow as he brought his fingers to the natural stone wall, and he slid his toes back and forth over the smooth rocks making up the shower floor. “Did you use magic to make this, because that’s kinda fucked up. You hunt us because we might use too much, but you’re—”<br /><br />“None of this is magic, my little shadow.” Raking his soaked strands away from his face, Edric pulled out the extendable shower head, testing the temperature before letting a soft flow spill over the tattoo on Axton’s chest. “Most of the renovations done to my rooms happened while I was away, and cost more than I want to think about, but all of my men pitched in either the time or money to make it what it is now. You’re right, it wouldn’t be fair for us to hold ourselves to different standards. Gunner—and I, to a lesser degree—can sense when power is being drawn from beyond this realm to a dangerous level and all the Guard are taught to avoid it. Just like you’ll be taught. If something can be done with our own two hands, we do it.”<br /><br />Axton tossed his hair back, darkened and brushing a bit past his shoulders now that it was wet. The edge of his lips crept up. “Okay, I get it and…I’m even more impressed. Jethro’s got mad skills, and Mickey doesn’t mind getting his hands dirty. I’m starting to like you guys more than I thought I would.” He curved his hand against the side of Edric’s neck. “You can keep kissing me now.”<br /><br />Somehow, between exploring Axton’s mouth and his smooth, wiry body, Edric managed to get them both washed with the soap and shampoo he’d left on the bench the morning before. The aroma of vanilla and sandalwood filled the steamy air around them, the more territorial side of Edric’s beast rumbling with pleasure at the fae being covered in ‘his’ scent.<br /><br />Turning Axton to face the wall, hands braced against the smooth stone, Edric kissed down his back, loving how his muscles twitched and his breath caught with each brush of his water-slicked lips and teeth over his skin. As he got lower, he appreciated, more than ever, what a successful thief his little shadow had been. Axton might be slender, but the perfect swell of his ass proved he’d rarely, if ever, gotten to the point of starving.<br /><br />Hands spreading open those luscious cheeks, thumbs framing that tight little hole, Edric knelt on the shower floor and flicked his tongue lightly over the tender bundle of nerves.<br /><br />“Oh…oh Gods, you…” Axton braced his forehead against the wall. “I’m taking notes, you know. Gonna torture you right back like this one day.”<br /><br />Edric chuckled, licking Axton again before dipping his tongue past the ring of muscle. His little shadow would be sore after tonight, but he intended to make sure it only made him crave more. So he took his time, fucking Axton with his tongue until his cries echoed against the shower walls.<br /><br />“I take it back. Not…not torture. Need you… Need… Edric, please…I need you.”</span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> ****</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />I hope you enjoyed that little taste of No Escape!<br /><br />To continue reading, go<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <a href="https://books2read.com/u/3kDgrN" target="_blank">HERE: No Escape (Redemption's End Book One) </a></span></span><p><span style="font-size: large;"> And keep an eye on this space, because I've got more to share, coming REAL soon! <g></span><br /></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315385975981449260.post-17193852039655890852023-10-25T12:51:00.004-04:002023-10-25T13:19:11.277-04:00Some personal notes, What's Coming Next, and a Cover Reveal!<p><span style="font-size: large;"> If you ever see me without several projects going at once, I'm probably nursing the muse back to health after he's been through some things lol Usually one too many projects and not enough rest!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> 2023 kicked my ass, and things had been rough for a while. I was handling a lot on my own and it wasn't until I got a few things off my plate that I remembered who I am and what I'm capable of. Like most authors, I've had my fair share of crappy jobs, I've tried out different things, but I always come back to needing to write like my life depends on it. Because it does.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Giving voice to so many different characters, building worlds, exploring love and friendship and found family is at the core of every story I write. I love sharing these stories with readers, but as I've said before, staying true to the story always comes first. If I feel I can't give a story my all, I'd rather shelve it for the moment and come back to it when I'm in a better place to do just that.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Which is exactly why some of the books I'm working on now ended up gathering dust. I started off super excited about them, but life tripped me up, I got overwhelmed, and I refused to spread myself too thin and give less than my best.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> But now that one series is over, I'm living somewhere where I don't have to do everything on my own, that excitement, that spark, is back.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">And those stories that deserved my full attention have got it.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">One of those stories is an urban-fantasy-slash-monster-romance. It's a HUGE project, with a massive cast of characters, and the ideas flow so fast I actually have to keep a notebook by my bed to jot things down when they won't let me sleep. Which hasn't happened since I was writing The Cobras—which I'm also working on, but more on that later.<br /><br />I actually started this book...about two years ago I think? If not longer? I underestimated how big it would be and the characters didn't have room to grow with everything else I had going on. They couldn't speak loud enough to be heard over all the noise. But now that they can?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> We're on a roll, baby! <g></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Without further ado, here is the revamped cover for No Escape (Redemption's End Book One). Unlike the original version, it's not hiding what it is. And future covers will follow the same vein, with every beast and tricky fae and demon—with and without tentacles—getting their moment in the spotlight.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7vRqshig5SHrdZaQeDCLLvEcBe5f8qgBDl0Ny3jH3VUwkhi78sDkbR0y0yXHrQ_bHdfsgbPND25BHkb8EjY9CveJvAxwCO8ma1E0vhLfPO2Hp8O0QdFl4WJ2J7BLHJvSiDGGWBjSVwgvUDgIVEQPwK0pOP3x4OIOk5brrsT3nG4m8lTzm_XXRQxWc0iI/s2700/No%20Escape%20Redemption's%20End-With%20Words%20and%20wolf%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="1800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7vRqshig5SHrdZaQeDCLLvEcBe5f8qgBDl0Ny3jH3VUwkhi78sDkbR0y0yXHrQ_bHdfsgbPND25BHkb8EjY9CveJvAxwCO8ma1E0vhLfPO2Hp8O0QdFl4WJ2J7BLHJvSiDGGWBjSVwgvUDgIVEQPwK0pOP3x4OIOk5brrsT3nG4m8lTzm_XXRQxWc0iI/w426-h640/No%20Escape%20Redemption's%20End-With%20Words%20and%20wolf%20(1).jpg" width="426" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> Here's the blurb:</span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'EB Garamond',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><blockquote><br />One chance.<br /><br />One mistake.<br /><br />And Axton Hawthorn’s already reached his limit. As a courtless shadow fae on his own, with only his skills as a thief to keep him alive, Axton has nothing to fight for besides his freedom.<br /><br />Until he’s imprisoned for his crimes, then has his prison break foiled by an order of supernaturals who keep exposure from humans to a minimum—or something like that. He wasn’t really paying attention until the last part. His choices are simple.<br /><br />Join them or die.<br /><br />Yeah...he’ll look for another option until they give him a damn good reason not to.<br /><br />Edric ‘King’ Kingston should never have been allowed into the High Guard in The Géillsin. Hellhounds are meant to be chained in the apocalyptic demon realm, not secretly protecting the human one as a high ranking soldier. Leading reluctant young law breakers and teaching them to use their skills for the good of their kind isn’t what he would’ve signed up for, but it’s all he has left to give to prove he’s not the cursed creature he was born as.<br /><br />He owes his life to one man. To a moment when someone saw more in him. The only way to pay that debt is to make sure the man’s son survives.<br /><br />Falling for Axton would be a very bad idea. He’s reckless and defiant. Forces the order to make new rules he can’t work his way around. But Edric can’t look away from the trainwreck he’s brought to the doorstep of the place that represents everything he believes in.<br /><br />And hope Axton’s presence will even their odds against forces threatening to destroy everything they’ve built.<br /><br />While the man he can’t stay away from seems determined to watch it burn.</blockquote></span><p><span style="font-size: large;">Keep an eye on this space for more news about the release date. Until then, if you want a taste of this story, you can read the FIRST FIVE chapters on Radish for FREE.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Here's the link: </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://radish.app.link/uvGmDBvLbEb">Radish: No Escape (Redemption's End Book One)</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">If you don't do reading apps, but want a sneak peek of the story, you can jump onto my discord server and get a nice taste to tide you over until the book comes out.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Discord: <a href="https://discord.gg/x9JzdwEj2d" target="_blank">I'm No Angel Server</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Now, for those who need to know what's happening with the Cobras—and hey, thanks for reading all the way through!—no worries. Our guys have been talking to me, too. Thus the whole 'several projects going' thing I mentioned lol</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">White, Pisch, and Justina's novella is coming out soon, and after that we have a novella for Sloan, Max, and Oriana. Then there will be the last full length book in the Cobra series. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">But it will NOT be the last we see of our team, because I have several spinoffs planned. There's still so much story to be told with all these beloved characters and I'm nowhere near ready to say goodbye to any of them.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">So now you're all caught up! I'm not gonna promise a whole lot of blog posts, because working on all this is gonna take up every spare minute, but if you're in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/143748802468093">my group</a> or <a href="https://discord.gg/x9JzdwEj2d">discord</a>, you'll get to follow along with all my crazy. Please don't be shy to give me a shout out and I'd love to hear what you're most excited about!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Also, if you get a chance to comment on Radish chapters, or leave reviews on Amazon, Kobo, or wherever you read my books, it would be greatly appreciated. It helps keep my stuff from getting buried and it means more than I can say.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I hope you're having an amazing week and finding tons of books to fall in love with! If you're into truly dark books (all the trigger warnings!) check out the <a href="https://books2read.com/u/mB80dR" target="_blank">Fallocaust Series by Quil Carter</a>. Right now, I've just finished a reread of that series and I'm on to <a href="https://books2read.com/u/mYqNeV" target="_blank">Scum (Wrong Side of the Tracks Book One) by K.A. Merik</a>a. Still edgy, but light enough to be a break from the epic depravity that is the Fallocaust.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">But mostly I'm writing all the words and I'm so freakin' excited to have something new to share with you!<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Reading!<br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315385975981449260.post-89876207434695089812023-09-17T02:13:00.001-04:002023-09-17T07:32:55.950-04:00Saying Goodbye to The Asylum-Release of Past Justice: Book 4<p> Some have heard this already, and for others, it might come as a blow. But The Asylum series has reached its conclusion.</p><p>There are a lot of reasons why I decided not to pursue the opportunity I was given to continue writing this series on my own. It's not because of lack of story, every single reader sees the potential there. But it was time to let go. Time to accept there was a pattern repeating itself that was insurmountable.</p><p>But since I wrote this massive book without focusing on that, I'm not going to share it with that as a center point. No matter what went wrong, the priority for me was finishing this storyline that showed not only Garet, Ezran, and Sin's HEA, but how The Asylum, the men who started it, impacted their lives and the lives of everyone around them.</p><p>I'm going to touch on spoilerish territory, but bear with me. Noah's story, along with Lawson, Curtis, and Jared, was always central to The Asylum. Because it was Noah's dream first, where he was at in his life had a huge impact on whether or not that dream thrived. Whether it would ever become what it was meant to be. In Past Justice, you see him realizing his view of himself, of his ability to heal and grow, reflected on the young man he'd saved as a child, who was pretty much his son. A young man who came too close to reliving the life he had.</p><p>Ezran's story could never reach a HEA without someone stepping in and saying 'No. I won't let you deal with what I did. You get a fresh start.'</p><p>I'm not sure if I accomplished what I hoped to, but I feel like I did. The past and the present came full circle and these men who've been through so much could finally give themselves permission to love each other. And themselves.</p><p>There were a lot of other plot threads I touched on and tried to tie up, and I hope you'll be able to enjoy those as well. As much fun as it was to have the double meaning of 'The Asylum', in the end, it was always meant to be a haven for found family, for protection, for love. And I hope you feel that when you get to The End.</p><p>Here's all the deets for you to grab the book. Links to keep in touch and find out what I'm up to will come right after, so be sure to scroll down. And I hope you're having an amazing weekend!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://books2read.com/Past-Justice-Book-Four" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="341" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuiD4eRRG9HxqzdIO11syIB6QldVI6GF2iTvkT-SR7GhMFMHHyVK2xbGrWS9L4QVwsZsvBNwAbl9MHksy6e_Y9YB7Yshu6vL-NAhPuQceTi_eocA8aAw30GF5nRs59fPE1VbkzmkHiauSrrqSOrJprN9-evl7zVF4o-UKjW7kHbmKttdpB9F5DWqVPXmo/w426-h640/Past%20Justice%20Book%204.jpg" width="426" /><span style="font-size: large;"></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://books2read.com/Past-Justice-Book-Four" target="_blank"></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://books2read.com/Past-Justice-Book-Four" target="_blank">BUY HERE</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px; text-align: left;"> <p style="text-align: center;"><span class="a-text-italic">Sex, drugs, and a side of murder.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span>Taking
a pass on the last two should be easy, except Sinaan 'Sin' Persaud is
determined to become the Dom for a sub recovering from one, and a switch
still addicted to the other. Not a task he has to take on alone, but
navigating well-intentioned big brothers could get tricky. And being one
himself? Makes it hard not to do some meddling of his own.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="a-text-italic">Not quite business as usual.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span>When
the subs return to The Asylum, there is nothing they want more than to
get back to their own brand of normalcy. But between a new threat in
Anniston Falls and overprotective Doms at every turn, each is left with
only one option. Discover a new taste for BDSM lite…</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span>Or remind the men they love exactly who they're playing with.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span>Results may vary, but in the end, they all get what they need.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="a-text-italic">A welcome home to remember.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="a-text-italic"> </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="a-text-italic">Facebook group: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/143748802468093">https://www.facebook.com/groups/143748802468093</a><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="a-text-italic"><span style="font-size: large;">Discourd: <a href="https://discord.gg/3dxZveyKFk">https://discord.gg/3dxZveyKFk</a></span><br /></span></p> </div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315385975981449260.post-37123618078755803052023-03-07T21:00:00.001-05:002023-03-07T21:00:00.155-05:00New Release Past Justice Book 3 (The Asylum Fight Club)<p><span style="font-size: large;">The day will come when a release goes smoothly and I manage to keep on top of all the things.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">But today is not that day! lol</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I completely missed posting about PJ Book 2, but hopefully you've seen it in the newsletter or other alerts. If not, you're in for a treat!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">You were also left with a huge cliffhanger, so getting this book to you was a priority. The journey continues with all our favourites from The Asylum.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Despite the cold the subs are trapped in, their love for one another helps them through the harshest conditions in the fight for survival. And no matter what's thrown at them, the tenderness and warmth built from connections with this found family can't be beaten down.<br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBiYWZp-BO5nDzP2CjrqRShUtjvCxEu4apsGB5fEDYxfbjQhwNQiW2CnnZLHnxxP6ULWtc6T8vEXYNynzHWaH9TS7keNusAHfSdXCS-imEPw5lgWve2sGlRIvx4LrHXPlHbXV23q-zzhxlD0dTlCfX0Hu8b_m0acogy0hyss10b6y2gRJQanswNwZA/s2700/Past%20Justice3_The%20Asylum%20Fight%20Club%203(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="1800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBiYWZp-BO5nDzP2CjrqRShUtjvCxEu4apsGB5fEDYxfbjQhwNQiW2CnnZLHnxxP6ULWtc6T8vEXYNynzHWaH9TS7keNusAHfSdXCS-imEPw5lgWve2sGlRIvx4LrHXPlHbXV23q-zzhxlD0dTlCfX0Hu8b_m0acogy0hyss10b6y2gRJQanswNwZA/w426-h640/Past%20Justice3_The%20Asylum%20Fight%20Club%203(2).jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"> <span class="a-text-italic"></span><blockquote><span class="a-text-italic">To recover what's been lost means a new beginning.</span><span><br /><br />But
starting from scratch doesn't usually involve so much snow. Garet
Kincaid never expected to be allowed back into The Asylum. Or to
rekindle young love with something stronger. Something fueled by trust,
acceptance...<br /><br />And a little bit of staying alive.<br /><br /></span><span class="a-text-italic">This doesn't end until every one of them can find their way home.</span><span><br /><br />Temptation
blurs the path, illusions of safety lead to danger, and each choice
comes with a consequence. Back at the Club, the Doms take a new approach
to providing what their subs need from a distance. Every hint of
success pushes them closer and closer to the edge of their own limits to
complete each task.<br /><br />The question: How far are they willing to go?<br /><br />And the answer is simple.<br /><br /></span><span class="a-text-italic">All. The. Way.</span></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: large;">Grab Past Justice Book 3 HERE: <br /></span></p><div class="ubl-url" id="ubl-url"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://books2read.com/PastJusticeBook3">https://books2read.com/PastJusticeBook3</a></span></div><p> </p><span class="a-text-italic"></span> </div><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315385975981449260.post-86251054272964061962022-12-06T08:00:00.012-05:002022-12-06T09:18:29.241-05:00NEW RELEASE: Past Justice: Part One (The Asylum Fight Club) with EXCERPT<p> <span style="font-size: large;">Late as usual, but I'm excited to share the latest release in the Asylum Fight Club Saga!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8q4RJeWKULktBW7cXnpgS7PSKvMm-TcSeNeCBST7cZaTCegSbEXPFSmDp_Bw0QFnPjk8hfPdAPXp9w--isa_itp5ctQ18GUgVxBmIVA_-gKEjL2GDdrjSlIzgofWtaVwa7rHacpDzoNJvPxXnmzOrf_NQ0KR3jSMgTm5CDC2BAKh9c7n0hxLLYO_j/s2700/Past%20Justice_The%20Asylum%20Fight%20Club%20book%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="1800" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8q4RJeWKULktBW7cXnpgS7PSKvMm-TcSeNeCBST7cZaTCegSbEXPFSmDp_Bw0QFnPjk8hfPdAPXp9w--isa_itp5ctQ18GUgVxBmIVA_-gKEjL2GDdrjSlIzgofWtaVwa7rHacpDzoNJvPxXnmzOrf_NQ0KR3jSMgTm5CDC2BAKh9c7n0hxLLYO_j/w420-h632/Past%20Justice_The%20Asylum%20Fight%20Club%20book%201.jpg" width="420" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Readers find this series downright addictive, so if you haven't dived in yet, you're in for a treat!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>This is not a beautiful love story.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>But
there is beauty in the darkness, and a love within family forged in
blood, pain, regret, and triumph. To start here is to slip back to where
it all began. From the boy who embraced a tempting nightmare to escape a
hopeless reality, to the men who came together to find a home where
even the most fragile heart, or the most depraved one, can be made
whole.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>The Asylum is more than a fight club.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Two
teens raised within this haven drift away from the core of all it has
to offer, drawn back as adults to find what they lost. One man, Sinaan
'Sin' Persaud, can bring them together, but only once he uncovers the
war waged within the walls where romance can bring the sweetest pain and
pleasure comes from indulging in things most speak of only in whispers.
To first claim Garet Kincaid, he must join the young man on a road to
redemption that began before he was even born.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>To understand the challenges they all face is to explore a history dangerously close to repeating itself.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>And expose the lies and secrets threatening to tear the foundation from the roots.</span></span></p></blockquote><p><span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Grab Past Justice: Part One HERE: <a href="https://books2read.com/pastjusticepartone">https://books2read.com/pastjusticepartone</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">And if you looking to start the series? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Flawed Justice (The Asylum Fight Club Book One) is FREE for a limited time HERE: <br /></span></p><div class="ubl-url" id="ubl-url"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://books2read.com/FlawedJusticeTheAsylum">https://books2read.com/FlawedJusticeTheAsylum</a></span></div><div class="ubl-url" id="ubl-url"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="ubl-url" id="ubl-url"><span style="font-size: large;">Here's a little taste for you to enjoy <g></span></div><div class="ubl-url" id="ubl-url"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="ubl-url" id="ubl-url"><span style="font-size: large;">Excerpt:<br /></span></div><div class="ubl-url" id="ubl-url"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><br /><br />Noah always relaxed way too easy around Jared. Why? Because he didn’t lie. Maybe there were times Noah missed when people did lie, but rarely. He’d been working on finding those little clues his whole fucking life. Because lies…lies were dangerous. Lies meant the whole reality around him would collapse, leaving him vulnerable.<br /><br />Which was unacceptable.<br /><br />Being vulnerable with Jared would be by choice. Not like he had the first fucking clue how to be, but…something inside him wanted it. He reached out and put his hand in Jared’s. “I don’t understand why it’s…like this with you. When you’re not here it’s like, inside me is all coiled up. Then you’re here and I…can let that go. I know it sounds stupid.”<br /><br />“Does it? We all need a safe space. I’m flattered I’m yours.” Warm hand squeezing Noah’s fingers, Jared leaned in. He slowly lifted one hand, gaze questioning before he brought it to Noah’s cheek, brushing a crumb from his lips with the pad of his thumb. “I won’t always be your Dom, but I promise you this. I will never be far again. When you need me, I will be there. For one year, if you agree, I will teach you everything I know, and then I will watch as you do the same with someone else. I love you, and because I do, I will let you go. When you are ready to fly.”<br /><br />For a second, the touch had Noah stiffening. Not because Jared had never touched him, but because it was rare anyone did. When it happened, it usually hurt. Which didn’t bother Noah. Pain made sense. This was different, though. Soft and warm, not a pat on the shoulder or a hand brushed over his hair in the affectionate way he’d craved so much in Jared’s absence.<br /><br />Relaxing a bit, Noah held still, prepared for Jared to move away from him, but wanting to hold the contact for as long as he could. “I…I love you, too. As much as someone like me can love anyone. I won’t ever be ready, though. When you let me go, I’ll be waiting for you to come back. Like I always do.”<br /><br />Jared’s thumb moved up to Noah’s cheek, tracing the plane of his face until he was surrounded by the warmth of Jared’s palm. “Then that is an unfathomable amount of love, because you love more completely and more deeply than any person I’ve ever known. I will treasure that gift until my last breath. There is no coming back, for me, because I will always be right here. By your side.”<br /><br />“Good.” Noah met Jared’s eyes, giving him a slanted smile. He was pushing his luck, but why shouldn’t he? There was no better time than when they were being honest with each other. “If you’re not out of the military, I want you to quit. I want you somewhere safe. I want…” His voice caught and he pressed his eyes shut. “I want to never see you hurt like this again. You almost left me for good. You can’t promise to be by my side if you die. It’ll be the first lie you’ve ever told me and I trust you, so don’t…don’t lie to me.”<br /><br />“I had… I’ve been discharged.” The words grated across Jared’s vocal cords, like they cost him something to say, but perhaps not because he missed the military. His gaze grew briefly haunted before he banked down the emotion and stroked his fingers through Noah’s hair. “This is how I know you’re not a natural sub. Toppy thing. I will never lie to you, but I won’t live forever. None of us will. However long I have, I am in your service. If only so I can watch you soar.”<br /><br />Grinning, Noah moved a little closer and let out a quiet sound in the back of his throat, enjoying the way Jared touched his hair. Maybe he really did remind Jared of a tiger, one not quite tame, but he could still pet. He didn’t mind that at all. “Shut up about dying. You’re a doctor, you’ll figure out a way around it. And cats don’t soar. I’m agreeing to be your sub, but you can’t order me to grow wings.”<br /><br />That earned his hair a tiny, painless tug. “Cheeky. It’s a good thing you’re not wearing my collar yet.” Jared glanced toward the door. “Rhodey is going to be pissed that he actually has to put up those bunk beds in here. I meant it when I said I’m not leaving your side.”<br /><br />“Bunk beds?” Noah lifted up a bit to stare into those icy blue eyes. Was the man joking? “No. One bed. You’ll sleep with me.” He looked over at the plain, solid metal bed frame with its flimsy mattress. Too small for two people. Which could be easily fixed. “I bet he’ll give us something nice, because you’ll be using it, too. But it might take him a few days to weld all the pieces together so I don’t try to make my own weapons out of it. Again.”<br /><br />Releasing Noah’s hair, Jared leaned back to wag his finger at him with a playful cluck of his tongue. “No, no, tiger. If I share a bed with you, neither of us will get any sleep. You’ll earn that right, and many more. Starting with the one that gains us freedom from this cell by showing your uncle and me that you can behave.”<br /><br />Well, that didn’t sound like much fun. Noah had a feeling he had a lot to learn about what being a sub actually meant. He rolled his eyes, closing the last of the distance between them, rubbing his cheek against Jared’s. “Do you really think putting me in another bed will save you? You’ll be lying there, thinking of me, just out of reach. Why not spare yourself being all hard and alone when you don’t have to wait at all?”<br /><br />Turning his head that critical fraction of an inch, Jared brought his lips to Noah’s ear. “You forget. I have much more experience with denial. In fact...I get off on it. You never know.” His teeth skimmed the shell of Noah’s ear. “I might never fuck you.”<br /><br />Noah eased back, sitting on his heels. He studied Jared’s face, not sure if he should go for strategy or seduction. The man was right. He had a lot of experience and Noah had…none. But he had a pretty good imagination. “You want to fuck me. Admit it. You’ve thought about all the things I’ve been telling you for months I want to do to you. Maybe not then, because it was so very wrong, but it isn’t anymore. You don’t want to deny yourself, you want to put me in my place.” He cocked his head. “Is on my knees good enough?” <p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315385975981449260.post-27718207185949794732022-01-04T22:18:00.001-05:002022-01-04T22:18:55.724-05:00NEW RELEASE: Broken Justice (The Asylum Fight Club Book 10)<p><span style="font-size: large;">Quick post because I'm doing all the things and 2022 is gonna be a HUGE year for releases.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">But we're starting it up with a new one already!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Check it out <g></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLK7giPEKA0xqn462Xalu28A3ZSqNrT8LWEyDEUKUM76mQ78lZXn2PCWrcywhUK2HCXWCHH-FHPFbJ1DlUmcyZsIdwKi-eOeFP8DQm0ZC83tF3CHUA03FvEQ_ANTgbtRjTfaouq1E-_36ocvEOqdskQwqWsvm7VrOj2DOlBtzn1Syxdw-rTSeylrR4=s1200" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1200" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLK7giPEKA0xqn462Xalu28A3ZSqNrT8LWEyDEUKUM76mQ78lZXn2PCWrcywhUK2HCXWCHH-FHPFbJ1DlUmcyZsIdwKi-eOeFP8DQm0ZC83tF3CHUA03FvEQ_ANTgbtRjTfaouq1E-_36ocvEOqdskQwqWsvm7VrOj2DOlBtzn1Syxdw-rTSeylrR4=w640-h534" width="640" /></a></span></div><br /><p></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"> <p>Gun-for-hire River Capaldi's assignments at The Asylum should be pretty tame:</p><p>-Find a missing shrink.</p><p>-Collect intel.</p><p>-Make sure future holiday gatherings don't get bloody.</p><p>Only
one problem. No one's rolling out the welcome mat until he proves he
isn't a threat to the found family made up of a ragtag collection of
fighters and their men. Thankfully, he's got some strong connections to
smooth the way. And their trust comes with a few perks.</p><p>-His very own sub to protect.</p><p>-On-site accommodations.</p><p>-And front row seats for some sexy drama.</p><p>The
longer River stays, the more drawn he is to this safe haven in the
center of a brutal world. A few rounds in the ring becomes a seductive
dance. Not a life he can indulge in long-term, but for the men he begins
to think of as friends and lovers?</p><p>He'll sacrifice just about anything to keep it safe</p><p>Tattoo
artist-in-training and non-toxic twin, Tayden Powell, enjoys the spot
he's earned on the outskirts of The Asylum's core. Sure, there are times
he wouldn't mind joining the inner circle, but at least he isn't neck
deep in the danger they constantly face.</p><p>Until one wrong step has him drowning in it. And needing his very own merc bodyguard.</p><p>Temporary
collars are coveted prizes among The Asylum subs, because they often
lead to something more permanent, but Tay can tell River's got one foot
out the door. And there's no way to build anything together on a
foundation of secrets he can't share.</p><p>For now, Tay can
have a bit of fun. Get a taste of what he's watched from the sidelines.
So long as he follows his short-term Dom's one rule.</p><p>Don't fall in love. </p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Grab the book HERE: </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://books2read.com/BrokenJusticeTheAsylum"><span style="font-size: large;">Universal Link </span></a><br /></p> </div><p><span style="font-size: large;"> Keep an eye out for more news later this week and Happy Reading!<br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315385975981449260.post-10260870911956114982021-08-27T07:58:00.009-04:002021-08-27T08:01:36.757-04:00TWO NEW RELEASES! One of them...IS A COBRA BOOK!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kDN3PCPy8LA/YSjO-hYRcdI/AAAAAAAAEEg/tqXfirVRKQY9K_TR45Xmcy6g23z0NaK4wCLcBGAsYHQ/s798/Tag%2BUp%2BPromo%2BRelease%2BDay.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="744" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kDN3PCPy8LA/YSjO-hYRcdI/AAAAAAAAEEg/tqXfirVRKQY9K_TR45Xmcy6g23z0NaK4wCLcBGAsYHQ/w596-h640/Tag%2BUp%2BPromo%2BRelease%2BDay.jpg" width="596" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">This has been a looong time coming, but I'm so happy I'm finally getting to share it with you all! So excited that I decided not to wait and spread out my releases. As one does! lol</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">For those who love The Cobras, you've been so awesome and patient and I'm very grateful for you coming along for the ride over these past...almost ten years?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Most importantly, the journey isn't over. Besides the 10th Dartmouth Cobra full length coming this fall, there are a few more shorts planned.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Then TWO spinoffs.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Life got in the way, making it hard to get these books out as soon as I wanted, but now I'm back on track. And the muse is being a sweetheart. Light a candle and send out some positive energy that he keeps it up!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Now for the book! I'll be adding links as they become available, so if you don't see your preferred store, it's coming! </span></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-da1e382a-7fff-ed36-3c10-b4b46b1cc28b" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IXQKZpIDwpI/YSjQh-rm7FI/AAAAAAAAEEo/1IgVkqZTYAMkc42BRnu2lZg3Xim0EJeqQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Tag%2BUp.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="478" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IXQKZpIDwpI/YSjQh-rm7FI/AAAAAAAAEEo/1IgVkqZTYAMkc42BRnu2lZg3Xim0EJeqQCLcBGAsYHQ/w318-h478/Tag%2BUp.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'EB Garamond',serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"></span><p></p><span style="font-size: small;">Hardcore Training leads to a winning team.<br /><br />Why should parenting be any different?<br /><br />Luke Carter has messed up a lot of things in the past, but being a dad and a husband? He’s gonna get that right.<br /><br />Practice should help, except there are strategies on the ice that work with unexpected scenarios that come up with a baby.<br /><br />Or...two.<br /><br />But if this family can figure out how to juggle diaper changes, bottles, and alternating naps, maybe they can manage the next step.<br /><br />Making it down the aisle. </span><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09DSZKCJ2/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1630065251&refinements=p_27%3ABianca+Sommerland&s=digital-text&sr=1-1&text=Bianca+Sommerland" target="_blank">AMAZON</a><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The other book released today is the latest in the Out of the Ring Asylum books. If you're not caught up on the series, make sure to check it out! The next full length is coming out next month!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vfn-SqXyaAI/YSjSGWGU-pI/AAAAAAAAEEw/mMerjE6HA_kv1q1sC9WXcApv14R-ibP-ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Double%2Bthe%2BHeat%2BBrewed%2Bby%2BThe%2BAsylum.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="475" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vfn-SqXyaAI/YSjSGWGU-pI/AAAAAAAAEEw/mMerjE6HA_kv1q1sC9WXcApv14R-ibP-ACLcBGAsYHQ/w316-h475/Double%2Bthe%2BHeat%2BBrewed%2Bby%2BThe%2BAsylum.jpg" width="316" /></a></span></div><br /><p></p><br /><br />Creating The Roughhouse Cafe is Matt Kincaid's dream come true. Even when the local gang gets too close for comfort. Or when a 'helpful' popstar's promo efforts have customers lining up around the block.<br /><br />Matt's totally got this.<br /><br />Maybe.<br /><br />The Asylum subs come to the rescue, breaking a few rules in the process. And there's no keeping secrets from the Doms for long.<br /><br />Kink and coffee apparently go together real well.<br /><br />Both best when served up hot.<p style="text-align: center;"><a href=" https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09DSVQ1LH/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&qid=1630065194&refinements=p_27%3ABianca+Sommerland&s=digital-text&sr=1-2&text=Bianca+Sommerland " target="_blank">AMAZON</a><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">If you want to get your hands on all the latest from me before everyone else, be sure to check out my Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/BiancaSommerland" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/BiancaSommerland </a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">To be honest, I had a hard time keeping up with it for a while, but those that stuck around have gotten some special goodies and there's more to come. If it's not your thing, no worries. You know I'll share everything with y'all before long.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I hope you had an awesome week and enjoy your weekend!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Reading! <br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315385975981449260.post-63874781513943287142021-06-29T09:07:00.000-04:002021-06-29T09:07:21.077-04:00Updates, thoughts, NEW RELEASE DAMASKED (New Rules Trilogy Book 3) and a MASSIVE SERIES SALE!<p><span style="font-size: large;">This release has been a long time coming and I'm so happy to FINALLY be able to share it with you!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The past few years had me taking a good hard look at my life, and my career. As we all know, sometimes things get to be more than we can handle, whether it's on a global scale, or more personal. I've always been so grateful to be able to be a full-time writer because it meant I could be here for my kids. The money's not great sometimes, but working from home and being present through some of the rough patches they've been through? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I don't think I truly understood how huge that was until this past year. A lot of people weren't so fortunate. They had to work dangerous jobs</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span>—</span></span>some couldn't see their kids at all for long periods. We all do everything in our power to protect our kids and give them the best life we can.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">And I've been able to do that because of amazing readers like you.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">There have been times when I've wondered if I really should keep fighting so hard for this career. If maybe I just don't have it anymore</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span>—</span></span>that thing that made The Dartmouth Cobras so popular. The changes in the publishing world hit a lot of people hard, and being self-pub meant taking the brunt of it with no clue how to get to the other side.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">When it comes down to it, sometimes it's the difference between putting food on the table and being able to live out your dreams. Hard work isn't always enough. It doesn't matter how many hours you put in, no one's keeping track except for you.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">BUT sometimes there's good changes that come at the exact right time. And that work ends up paying off. I've signed with two apps, and between that and some exciting new releases coming, things are seriously looking up!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">So, yeah, long story short, I'll be able to keep doing this writing thing for a long time. And I can't freakin' wait to show you what's coming next!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">One of those things is a book that's been a long time coming. The last book in the New Rules Trilogy, DAMASKED. I can't tell you how good it feels to get this out! Alec, Luther, and Xavier deserved their HEA!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">You can grab the book HERE: </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a class="gmail-ubl" href="https://books2read.com/Damasked" style="color: #57b45a; font-weight: 400;" target="_blank">https://books2read.com/Damasked</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://books2read.com/Damasked" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1335" data-original-width="2000" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UO-LuyHwr28/YNsVVGGXluI/AAAAAAAAD8w/Qw9G_ok8HUIKzBUQUwkGSvyO1DHDBdo_ACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/Damasked%2BPromo%2B3.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> You may hear whispers of a spinoff coming from my Patrons. Don't worry, I'll share everything about that soon, but if you want to get all the dirty details early, join HERE: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/BiancaSommerland">https://www.patreon.com/BiancaSommerland</a></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">There's also a new Cobra short coming soon and the last full length Cobra book. More details in one of the next couple of posts, there's a lot going on! lol</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Last, but not least is A MASSIVE SALE!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Tibby Armstrong was generous enough to put the entire series on sale, so a huge thank you to her. If you've been waiting to grab one of the books in the series, or start it, now's the time!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B097C1C577?ref_=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_tkin&binding=kindle_edition" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e04dRBHGlAI/YNsWuUfR_bI/AAAAAAAAD84/LNeR3gpI9_4ts3tG-eKYJZGQXw0fSI4RgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/Series%2BSale.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Find the whole series list HERE:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B097C1C577?ref_=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_tkin&binding=kindle_edition"> The Asylum Fight Club on Amazon</a></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">These books are a bit long, but if you're a fast reader, you might be able to get through them all before the release of Broken Justice in August!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Don't forget to check out The Asylum Fight Club Blog for the latest part in <a href="https://theasylumfightclub.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Double The Heat by The Aslum</a>. And join <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/918703851879037">The Asylum Fight Club group</a> to interact with other fans of the series.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">There's so much going on, but what I'm most grateful for is it really feels, for the first time in a while, that I can accomplish just about anything if I just keep being the stubborn little thing y'all know I can be! lol</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">It's a powerful feeling, one I desperately needed.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Hope.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">For those who stuck around for this whole post, thank you! I'm all post-release emotional and had to get that out. But now I'm gonna jump back in the writing cave, because the muse is being greedy with my time! <g></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Reading! <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315385975981449260.post-33181559718164605102021-06-13T09:00:00.001-04:002021-06-13T09:00:00.214-04:00Sneak Peek at Chapter One of Damasked (New Rules Trilogy Book 3)<p><span style="font-size: large;">Hope everyone's having an awesome weekend!
Damasked is coming soon, so here's a little taste for those who've been waiting for so long!
Happy reading!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">***
</p><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iYiON3Ax_Ig/YMWOjiCKLWI/AAAAAAAAD7A/osmzH0etufMwvVjJqRG1w3ufkWOIYMiQQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/DamaskedCover.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iYiON3Ax_Ig/YMWOjiCKLWI/AAAAAAAAD7A/osmzH0etufMwvVjJqRG1w3ufkWOIYMiQQCLcBGAsYHQ/w266-h400/DamaskedCover.jpg" width="266" /></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chapter One</span></div></span></h1>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Scraps of leather covered the worktable like a miniature war had gone down between the fabric and all the tools, small droplets of blood adding to the realism. Shaking my head, I crossed the room, snatching up the medkit I’d left on a shelf the other day for this very purpose. Why it surprised me that the new project had quickly become an obsession, I had no idea, but I hadn’t expected casualties.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Head bent over a spread of diagrams, Xavier Ashburne’s expression held a hint of betrayal, as though all those lines and numbers were intentionally trying to make a fool of him. One elbow on the edge of the table, he held his bloody finger away from his work like it was nothing but an inconvenience to be dealt with later.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Over the past few months, Xavier had mellowed out in so many ways, which pleased me. His sleek, black hair, held back from his face with a loose leather cord, softened his features, and he was wearing dark blue jeans and a snug, faded blue T-shirt—clothing he hadn’t even owned for years. And damn it, it suited him.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This ‘remembering I’m human’ thing is sexy as hell.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But the driven perfectionist hadn’t gone far. This new passion project was threatening to put him in the same volatile mood that still had his employees scrambling for cover at the office.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thankfully, I’d never let that mood chase me away.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And I’m not about to start now.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pulling one of the padded leather chairs shoved against the wall close, I sat and set the medkit on Xavier’s desk. Wrapped my hand around his wrist, tightening my grip when he made an irritated sound and tried to pull away. “I’m taking care of this, my man.” To keep things a bit light, I shot him a slanted smile when he glowered at me. “Don’t make me call Alec in here to hold you down.”</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">That got a laugh, though it was a bit strained. Xavier relaxed, turning his chair so face me as I tended to the cut on his finger. “Luther, unless our boy deserves a punishment, you should keep him far </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">far </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">away from me.” He cast a miserable look at whatever it was he was trying to put together. “I know what you’re thinking, but I can’t stop until I get this vision out of my head. My staff has attempted a few prototypes, but… Damn it, they’re all dull as fuck. This new line needs…”</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Perfection.” I lifted my gaze from where I’d finished cleaning off the blood. “I can’t fault you for that, you’re putting your name on it. But you’ve only started learning how to work with leather. Did you really think you’d pull off runway-ready shoes overnight?”</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The question only had Xavier looking more dejected. He rubbed his uninjured hand over his face. “It’s a purse. Damn it, I need to go back to the drawing board. There’s no way I can make it to brunch in the morning. You’d make a better date for Alec anyway.”</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All right, this was not like Xavier at all. The relentless drive? Yes, that was familiar after all these years. But the hopelessness wasn’t something I could tease out of him.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I pressed some gauze against the length of his elegant finger, routine manicures the only thing keeping the calluses at bay with how much he used his hands. Let the silence stretch between us until he shifted and stared at me, as though to force the words out of me by will alone.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A strand of black hair slipped from its leather tie, trailing down his cheek. I reached up to tuck it behind his ear. “What’s really bothering you, Xavier? The company is doing well. Your designs are more popular than ever. The new junior line is a success and—”</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“And it could be more!” Xavier clamped his lips shut, shaking his head when he tried to pull away again and I kept a firm hold on him. For the most part, Xavier was a Dom, but in times like this he needed to give that control to me before it swallowed him whole.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Of course, he always had to resist a bit, just on principle. A game I was used to, and enjoyed more now that the lines were clear.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My steady gaze was met with challenge for a few beats before Xavier lowered his eyes, huffing out a laugh. “Are you going to beat my ass for raising my voice at you?”</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He was changing the subject, but I’d allow it. For the moment. “Do you need me to? I’ll have to finish with your finger so you don’t get blood all over your desk when I bend you over it…” A slow smile curved my lips at the flash of heat in his eyes. Yes, this was much better. I touched my engagement ring on his left hand, loving how the gold looked against his lightly tanned flesh. “This means you are mine. Every part of you, which means I will care for you when you can’t or </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">won’t </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">care for yourself.”</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“It was an unwanted distraction, but I won’t fight you on this.” Xavier held still as I got out the skin glue and used it to repair the damage he’d done before bandaging the wound. “I would appreciate it if you’d go with Alec, though. He’ll enjoy himself with you and I’d simply be distracted by what I’m hoping to accomplish.”</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Hm.” Rising from my seat, I went over to study the purse he’d been working on. The lines, the stitches, were more complicated than the skill level he’d reached with his private lessons. From the sketches on the pad nearby, I could see what he was going for. Something sleek, streamlined, with intricate details and the elegance of one of his favourite luxury vehicles. Like all of his designs, he wouldn’t be able to relax until he was finished.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Except he needed to hand over more control than he could to anyone besides me to accomplish that. It had taken him years to trust other designers and seamstresses to make dresses and suits for his lines. That had expanded to the junior line, with Alec assisting at the helm, but this new project seemed to have brought them right back where they’d started.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Not a great place to be.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I’ll go with him, but on one condition.” I motioned for Xavier to stand so I could hold his gaze as I spoke. Hopefully make the decision easier by taking the choice away. There was no guarantee it would work, the man could be stubborn as hell, but damn it, I had to do something. “Bring in one of the leatherworkers to help you with this. You said a few showed potential. I don’t care if you hover over their shoulder the whole time. Pick one who won’t care either. You will stop torturing yourself.” I brushed my fingers over his lips to smooth away the dark frown. “That pleasure belongs to me.”</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A small shudder, one I could feel with my fingertips as Xavier closed his eyes and nodded. He inhaled roughly, his voice barely audible on his exhale. “I need this, Luther. I can’t...let all I’ve built become stale. Stop growing. I’ve become too comfortable, too...tame.” His throat worked. “I need to know the changes in my life won’t leave me with barely a memory of that passion I used to have.”</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">That word, ‘tame’, told me everything I needed to know. As much as Xavier was enjoying our home more now that it actually </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">looked </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">like a home, as much as he soaked in the affection he shared with me and Alec, it was taking him away from that single-mindedness of always being the best at what he did. The first to start a new trend among the socialites, the one who earned a spot on the front page of every fashion magazine so often it was practically reserved for him.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He didn’t see how he could have both.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And maybe he was right. Maybe one would have to give, in some ways.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I wouldn’t force him to choose, but there was a small voice in my mind whispering.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please choose me. Choose us.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It would never be that simple. He’d been erased by his family and those scars were too deep for him to ignore. I understood. I supported his need to scream out to the world ‘I’m here and I’m not going anywhere!’</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The problem was, it put us right back where we’d been for too damn long. Me standing back while he tried to prove himself, over and over again. Waiting for the moment when he needed more. When he realized he didn’t have to prove himself to me.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There was one change that seemed to have brought back those old feelings more than anything, though. Our relationship.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So I cupped his cheek, keeping my voice level to avoid any misunderstandings. This wasn’t an accusation. It wasn’t going to make me love him any less. But I needed to know. “Do you still want to marry me?”</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Xavier blinked like the words didn’t quite make sense to him. He lifted his hand to the back of mine. “God, yes, Luther. More than anything. And we’ll continue with the planning as soon as…” He blew out a breath. “I can see why you would have your doubts, but I will take your advice. I’ll bring on someone with adequate skills and stop being such a control-freak.”</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My brow lifted at that. “This I have to see.”</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“And you will. But don’t gloat, or I’m not bending over that goddamn desk.” The edge of his lips quirked. “Take your win, my man. The next one won’t be so easy.”</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next big win would be standing at the end of the aisle, with Alec by my side, watching Xavier walk toward me. And I didn’t expect it to be easy. But it would be worth it. Worth whatever I had to do to show Xavier he didn’t have to sacrifice who he was, all his goals, to have me standing by his side, promising forever.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tonight, I’d focus on the ground we’d gained. Patting his cheek, I jutted my chin toward the desk. “Get yourself comfortable. I want to make sure this lesson sticks.”</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A bit of tightness along his jaw, a flash of defiance in his eyes, but Xavier simply nodded before turning away from me. The moments of submission he gave me were often like this. Grudgingly accepting what he needed until we got started and he finally surrendered.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was beautiful to watch, so I took my time going to him as he braced his hands on the edge of the antique desk he’d gotten at a little shop in one of the beachside towns we’d visited with Alec last summer. Our boy was exploring his tastes in everything from clothes to furniture, and he loved things that were a bit different. Handcrafted pieces with a history, a contrast from the sharp modern style Xavier had leaned toward for the longest time.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I wasn’t sure what made this desk appeal to Xavier more. That it was solid enough to fuck our boy on, or that he could picture the look on Alec’s face the moment he’d seen it every time he came into this room.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Probably the latter, but the thing had gotten a lot of use.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spine straight, toned muscles tight along his arms and back, visible even under the T-shirt, feet a precise shoulder-width apart, Xavier had the look of a man who’d lay his head on the chopping block without losing an ounce of dignity. The only thing that really ruined the image was that nice round ass, sticking out, ready for me to enjoy in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">every </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">way.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Moving up behind him, I reached around him to unbuckle his belt, speaking low, close to his ear. “I’ll use this. And when I’m done beating you, I’m going to fuck you. Make sure you feel me when I’m gone and don’t forget to care for my property again.”</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When I pressed my already hard length against him, Xavier hissed. His arms shook as he visibly struggled to maintain his perfect position. “Would you like that included in the prenup?”</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Yes.” I wouldn’t take the bait. He was still trying to cling to control, push me off balance—likely unsure why he was doing it, just knowing he couldn’t give in just yet. I’d broken through all his walls before and I had no problem doing it again as I bared his ass and warmed the flesh with the palms of my hands. “I want it all in writing. That you’ll belong to me. That you’ll take my name. That I can have you, like this, whenever the fuck I want.”</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another shutter, followed by a moan. “You’re going to traumatize my lawyer.”</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Probably.” Laughing, I undid the tie holding Xavier’s hair, letting it flow loose. The sleek length spilled over his shoulders and I gathered it to lay it over one so it wouldn’t hide his face. Made sure there was nowhere for him to hide from me. “Would you like me to amend any of my demands?”</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There was a brief pause. Then the moment I’d been waiting for came. A small smile curved his lips as he shook his head. The tension left his body and he shifted, like he was impatient for what came next.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“No. Not a single fucking one.”</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**** </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">PRE-ORDER</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096NG77CF" target="">A</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096NG77CF">MAZON</a> <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/damasked-bianca-sommerland/1139642994?ean=2940165208966&fbclid=IwAR30BePyuNYV3knJDcca1CJrVx864rvsL-fe0j5GRf5w4O2iTdjYkZn706Y" target="_blank">B&N</a> <a href="https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/damasked">KOBO</a> <a href="https://books.apple.com/ca/book/damasked/id1570976395?at=11l5ab&uo=4&mt=11">ITUNES</a> </span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315385975981449260.post-20677831836464632322021-06-07T21:11:00.002-04:002021-06-07T21:11:28.421-04:00EXCITING UPDATES and NEW PRE-ORDER!<p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x7aPWaQ6Yhk/YL66SwHH18I/AAAAAAAAD5o/8mESnMuqAakULTMw4UoeFUqN6KulvCrDgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/Damaskedspreadpromo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1200" height="534" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x7aPWaQ6Yhk/YL66SwHH18I/AAAAAAAAD5o/8mESnMuqAakULTMw4UoeFUqN6KulvCrDgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h534/Damaskedspreadpromo.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">It's been waaay too long since I updated here, but I'm working on getting a lot of things back on track. Including sharing things here at least once a month.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Considering how many releases I have coming, there'll be plenty to talk about! </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">If you haven't seen me post about it on Facebook or Twitter, I've been working on a new Cobra novella on Patreon. You can join HERE: https://www.patreon.com/BiancaSommerland</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">This book will be released wide very soon, so no worries if Patreon isn't your thing. I'll post when it's available.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">For now, here's everything about it:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-llgGYlckIHM/YL66-Q1M3wI/AAAAAAAAD5w/TAIKqmeKV5Mq0v6wNnSPTnE76d6mzECBgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Tag%2BUp%2BPatreon.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-llgGYlckIHM/YL66-Q1M3wI/AAAAAAAAD5w/TAIKqmeKV5Mq0v6wNnSPTnE76d6mzECBgCLcBGAsYHQ/w266-h400/Tag%2BUp%2BPatreon.jpg" width="266" /></a></span></div><b>Hardcore Training leads to a winning team.</b><p></p><p><b>Why should parenting be any different?</b></p><p><b>Luke Carter has messed up a lot of things in the past, but being a dad and a husband? He’s gonna get that right.</b></p><p><b>Practice should help, except there are strategies on the ice that work with unexpected scenarios that come up with a baby.</b></p><p><b>Or...two.</b></p><p><b>But if this family can figure out how to juggle diaper changes, bottles, and alternating naps, maybe they can manage the next step.</b></p><p><b>Making it down the aisle.</b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="font-size: large;">As for the pre-order, I have a release this month! The last book in the New Rules Trilogy!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">It's been a long time coming, so thank you to everyone who's been patiently waiting to get their hands on this <3</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-toczbAxPN40/YL67_mj3rsI/AAAAAAAAD54/ft7sgRRxjHA9_z07fV4lYatg9FTX4Pe6QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/DamaskedCover.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-toczbAxPN40/YL67_mj3rsI/AAAAAAAAD54/ft7sgRRxjHA9_z07fV4lYatg9FTX4Pe6QCLcBGAsYHQ/w266-h400/DamaskedCover.jpg" width="266" /></a></span></div>The strongest love is woven deep.<br /><br />Luther Cross has faced many
challenges in his life. Building a family with his moody, workaholic
fiance, self-made millionaire, Xavier Ashburne, has always been the one
he's fought hardest for.<br /><br />But until their submissive—street rat
turned fashion-prodigy—Alexander Tremaine, joined them, he'd been sure
he'd be fighting alone.<br /><br />With all the pieces in place, Luther can finally take that next step. Put a ring on the finger of the man he loves.<br /><br />So long as the rich boy he once was doesn't resurface. And rip all their hopes and dreams apart at the seams.<p></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>PRE-ORDER HERE:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096NG77CF"><b>Amazon</b></a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/damasked-bianca-sommerland/1139642994?ean=2940165208966&fbclid=IwAR30BePyuNYV3knJDcca1CJrVx864rvsL-fe0j5GRf5w4O2iTdjYkZn706Y"><b>Barnes & Noble</b></a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/damasked"><b>Kobo</b></a></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://books.apple.com/ca/book/damasked/id1570976395?at=11l5ab&uo=4&mt=11">iTunes</a></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span> <br /></b></p><p><span></span></p><!--more--><span style="font-size: large;"><b>And last, but not least, for those who've been following The Asylum Fight Club Series, there are a few updates!</b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>One is a collection of 'shorts' (by my standards and you know me! lol)</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>If you haven't seen it yet, here you go!</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lcFIqxci6JY/YL6-aHayHzI/AAAAAAAAD6A/4RHRlBp7Yc0r6Mh69LTCCsrEps4duyEPwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Out%2Bof%2Bthe%2BRing_The%2BAsylum%2BFight%2BClub.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lcFIqxci6JY/YL6-aHayHzI/AAAAAAAAD6A/4RHRlBp7Yc0r6Mh69LTCCsrEps4duyEPwCLcBGAsYHQ/w266-h400/Out%2Bof%2Bthe%2BRing_The%2BAsylum%2BFight%2BClub.png" width="266" /></a></b></span></div>There’s fighting to win.<br /><br />Fighting for love.<br /><br />And…<br /><br />Fighting to survive.<br /><br />At
The Asylum a submissive might kneel to the right man, but a collar
doesn’t make him weak. Between lovers and found family, the core has
created a foundation that nothing can break.<br /><br />More than can be contained between four walls.<br /><br />The journey begins at home.<br /><br />But it doesn’t end there.<br /><br />No Good Very Bad Day at The Asylum<br /><br />Danny DiMarco made one huge mistake that morning. One he really wishes he could take back before another disaster strikes.<br /><br />He shouldn’t have gotten out of bed.<br /><br />Long Winding Road Trip Away from The Asylum<br /><br />‘There’s no place like home’.<br /><br />Maybe if Wren Gibson repeats that often enough, he’ll eventually get back there.<br /><br />If he survives the next pit stop.<br /><br />A Little Roughed Up at The Asylum Safehouse<br /><br />Throughout Quint Templeton’s life, he’s had a few different jobs. Soldier. Doctor. Mercenary.<br /><br />But he’s about to tackle the most important one of all.<br /><br />Is ‘sub wrangler’ an official title?<br /><br />BONUS SHORT-Baby, it’s Cold inside The Asylum<br /><br />Nothing could be worse than the one holiday season that shall never be spoken of again.<br /><br />Not power outages.<br />Or all out brawls.<br />Or...explosives?<br /><br />All right, who pissed off Santa?<p></p><p><b>GRAB IT HERE</b>:</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0918N6T69">AMAZON</a></p><p><a href="https://www.tkqlhce.com/links/8760325/type/dlg/http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/2940164633974">Barnes & Noble</a></p><p><a href="https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/out-of-the-ring">KOBO</a></p><p><a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1560568043?at=11l5ab">iTunes</a><br /></p><p><span></span></p><!--more--><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">While Tibby has stepped back from writing The Asylum (which she expresses beautifully in her own words in the Author's Note) she has left a love note to the series and all you wonderful readers in this vignette about Jamie Kent.</span><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-djLl9OLQVkk/YL7AvnjuqqI/AAAAAAAAD6I/vtTa3liXqicqY0cicAV-zNj-YXGbZQlDQCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/7letters.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-djLl9OLQVkk/YL7AvnjuqqI/AAAAAAAAD6I/vtTa3liXqicqY0cicAV-zNj-YXGbZQlDQCLcBGAsYHQ/w250-h400/7letters.jpg" width="250" /></a></div>The stormy world of The Asylum can give even the Upstate New York
weather a run for its money. When a blizzard hits Anniston Falls,
providing Jamie and Noah, Wren and Jared, a night off from internal club
tempests, the quad takes the opportunity to enjoy a night at play.<br /><br />Sledding might be all downhill, but for once these relationships are anything but! <br /><br />Note: This short story occurs after <i>Stolen Justice </i>but may be read without spoilers anytime after <i>Deserted Justice</i>.<p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Available on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Letters-Asylum-Fight-short-ebook/dp/B095SYPMV5/ref=pd_sim_1/141-9187559-7515034?pd_rd_w=uWagj&pf_rd_p=d7cbb301-b6a2-410c-a269-8b0ab2502ace&pf_rd_r=0J5BW1100DPX2J1AF4C7&pd_rd_r=c8443951-9cbf-4b39-aea6-59ae42847dd4&pd_rd_wg=HZuSG&pd_rd_i=B095SYPMV5&psc=1">Kindle Unlimited</a></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span></p><!--more--><b><br /></b><p></p><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">If you're wanting <i>even more</i> of The Asylum while waiting for the next full length book in August, there's a new short on The Asylum Blog, which you can find HERE: <a href="https://theasylumfightclub.blogspot.com/">https://theasylumfightclub.blogspot.com/</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span></span></span></p><!--more--><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span></span>****</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> I'm not gonna tell y'all about the next full length Cobra book here, because that's getting its own post!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">But I will tell you now, you're gonna have one hell of a summer if you're a Dartmouth Cobras Fan!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Have an awesome week and Happy Reading! <br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315385975981449260.post-88220073556693032222020-08-25T19:27:00.002-04:002020-08-25T19:27:16.719-04:00NEW RELEASE-DESERTED JUSTICE (The Asylum Fight Club Book 8)<p><span style="font-size: large;"> I may be just a little bit behind in posting my new releases here! lol But in my defense, I'm busy writing like mad and...it's 2020!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> Check this out! <br /></span></p><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw-d3FnaIqXI2MsZR96kkN58Nmn6x95VFsOTXobvAuSkRNpRNIOFiqt8z8YUfVufVMBZkvS5qYXbHTqhKGTiA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Honest, this is one of the most exciting installment to date!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The just keep getting better and I love exploring this world. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Happy reading and stay safe!</span></p><div data-contents="true"><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="4g83m" data-offset-key="at3cd-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="at3cd-0-0"><span data-offset-key="at3cd-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="4g83m" data-offset-key="aqpti-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="aqpti-0-0"><span data-offset-key="aqpti-0-0"><span data-text="true"> <span style="font-size: large;">Grab your copy HERE: <a href="https://books2read.com/u/3y7QyV">https://books2read.com/u/3y7QyV</a></span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="4g83m" data-offset-key="d6ak3-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d6ak3-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="d6ak3-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="4g83m" data-offset-key="d8s06-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d8s06-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="d8s06-0-0"><span data-text="true">Start the series FREE (offer ends soon!) HERE: <a href="https://books2read.com/u/4j1YK5">https://books2read.com/u/4j1YK5</a></span></span></span></div></div></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315385975981449260.post-60381877630361494522020-03-28T11:50:00.002-04:002020-03-28T11:53:46.883-04:00NEW RELEASE: COLD JUSTICE (The Asylum Fight Club Book 4) with NSFW EXCERPT!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dear readers,</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Times are pretty crazy, so I haven't gotten to do as much for this new release as I wanted to, but I'm so excited to have it out there. I know reading and writing has helped me so much in finding an escape right when I need it. I really hope my books do the same for you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That said, I'm hoping to have some updates for you soon of things to look forward to. I appreciate your support so much and my thoughts are will you all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Stay home if you can. Stay safe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And Happy Reading!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hugs,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Bianca</span><br />
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Breaking a few rules didn’t seem like a huge deal. <br />
<br />
With his name
on several government assassination lists, Wren Gibson’s prison sentence
might’ve been the shortest in hacker history, until an unlikely rescue
lands him behind the sturdy brick walls of The Asylum Fight Club. Where
everyone can game the rules, yet he’s forbidden from even placing his
piece on the board.<br />
<br />
But one Dom tempts him to gamble everything.<br />
<br />
The
Asylum’s resident, on-call medic, Jared “Doc” McCleod is familiar with
the histories of every man who crosses the club’s threshold. Their pain,
their fear… Of them all, only Wren has held on to his secrets, a
fascinating contrast with how completely he gives up control. As the
general on the front lines of The Asylum’s internal and external
battles, it’s Jared’s duty to make certain the quiet sub with soulful
brown eyes doesn’t fly under his radar for long. <br />
<br />
Showing his hand could cost them both. <br />
<br />
When
Jared takes on the task of helping Wren recover from an unexpected
injury, Wren begins to wonder. While the Dom is tending to everyone
else, who is there for him? To show Jared he can be the sub he needs, he
would willingly light himself on fire. For an ex-con with a target on
his back, risking that kind of notice is a dangerous strategy, but... <br />
<br />
Sometimes, getting what you want requires going all in.<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Excerpts:</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span>
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<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-69251374-7fff-2c25-7e0b-d1a1e4dfea65" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Palm pressed over warm flesh, moist lips going still under Jared’s hand nearly made him forget what he’d been about to say. Blood pulsed low and hard, entering his dick like a punch. He pressed into the discomfort, forcing Wren back against the cushions, needing to control </span><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">something</span><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, if only the boy’s mouth. “You’ll stay where I want you. Go where I tell you, when I tell you. Understood?”</span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eyes wide, Wren nodded.</span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One knee on the couch, he fought the urge to move his palm over flared nostrils, to drink in the moment of fear that would follow. Struggles that would tighten lithe muscles beneath his hands until the boy sagged and he parted his fingers to let him inhale cold, precious, perfect breaths.</span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jared dropped his hand, moving to the other end of the sofa, his “Drink up your tea, boy,” a little too gruff.</span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Without hesitation, Wren lifted the cup. Took a full mouthful of the scalding beverage. Then continued to drink. </span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Horror spiked through him at the way the boy followed his orders to the letter. He jerked forward, knocking the mug clear of Wren’s fingers before he could take another mouthful. “Fuck, boy. Do you have any sense in your head?”</span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wren’s already red face turned blotchy as his eyes filled with tears. The mug rolled across the Oriental carpet, spreading a dark stain over the crimson and cream pattern. Wren scrambled after it, a distressed cry escaping his lips. Standing, Jared moved to the stain and covered it with his boot, so his foot filled the boy’s view. </span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On all fours, Wren froze, breaths coming quicker. Slowly sat back on his knees, in </span><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">wait</span><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> position, his arms behind his back, gaze lowered.</span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Hm.” Tapping two fingers under the boy’s chin, Jared compelled him to lift his head. “Open.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brown eyes darkened and pink lips parted.</span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cupping Wren’s chin, Jared pulled out his penlight, then bent to peer in his mouth. “Show me.”</span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As Wren stuck out the pert length of his glistening tongue, Jared shone the light, examining for blisters. There was no apparent damage other than overly red oral mucosa.</span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Let’s see if we can make you think twice about abusing yourself, boy.” He straightened, issuing the hand command for </span><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">stay</span><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Leaving Wren there, Jared went to the kitchen to collect six ice cubes in a cup. Returned, pointing to the couch. “Up.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wren scrambled up.</span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jared sat, pulling him into his lap, one arm around his shoulders, and tipped the boy’s head back to gently extend his neck. “Open.”</span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sweet lips parted, the boy’s submission to him absolutely beautiful. No reservations. He’d have to be more careful with the gift in the future—there was little self-preservation instinct in this one. A diamond in the rough that could be polished to exquisite brightness if handled correctly.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trailing the ice over the tiny dent at the middle of a lush lower lip, he smiled when Wren shifted on his lap, the round softness of his bottom an invitation he did his best to ignore. Ice chilled his fingers, cold water running down his wrist to dampen his shirt cuff as he pressed the cube in the boy’s mouth and withdrew it in a rhythmic motion. Water dribbled down that rounded chin, a tempting trail that suggested dirtier uses.</span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Hold it in your mouth. Don’t swallow.” </span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Full lips puckered into a compliant pout, Wren’s cheeks hollowed, drawing the cube from his fingers.</span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Taking the next cube, Jared used his other hand to unbutton the boy’s trousers. Palming the ice, he slid his oh so naked fingers past the constriction of elastic and cloth, pushed aside the length of hard flesh to grasp a handful of beautifully firm balls, and pressed the ice against the underside of Wren’s sac.</span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Three swallows. Six cubes. We’ll continue until they’re all melted.”</span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Head tossing minutely, Wren whimpered as more water dribbled down his chin.</span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The ice melted, turning to a shard, and he withdrew his hand to pluck the next cube from the glass. “Open. Don’t swallow.”</span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wren wiggled against him, opening his mouth, keeping his head tipped back to contain the melted ice water. </span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jared pressed the next cube between his lips, then tapped his chin to close them. </span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next chunk, he slid between softly fuzzed ass cheeks and pressed against a compliant hole. </span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wren opened to him without his having to ask, and he murmured his “Such a good boy” against his ear as he pushed the ice inside. “You’ll never hurt yourself, so stupidly, unthinkingly again, will you?”</span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A minute shake of Wren’s head, sorrowful brown eyes telling him everything he needed to know. The lesson was getting through.</span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next cube in the boy’s mouth. He took the last, warmed it against his palm, slicking his fingers, and wrapped his hand around the boy’s straining dick. That he was so beautifully needy, despite the punishment, wasn’t lost on Jared. Fisting his length, he jacked him off in slow strokes, careful not to press too hard, not wanting to abrade tender tissues. Precum leaked over his fingers, adding a stickiness to the damp that he was tempted to clean away with his tongue.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Soft flesh, cold and heat, all of the sensations he’d denied himself for so long wrapped around him, constricting his breaths. Wren pressed back against him, the chilled wetness seeping through his trousers, playing with the dangerous line of a wordless request Jared wanted nothing more than to grant them both.</span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“You may not come.” He whispered the words to himself, but Wren went still.</span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He hadn’t meant the directive for the boy, though the restraint would serve them both. This was a punishment—too much pleasure had been taken and given already. Next time, he’d remember his gloves, wouldn’t get lost to the sensations this one flooded him with. Control would be easier to maintain that way.</span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The last of the ice melted away. Jared breathed deep, forcing his hand to still before pulling it away. Refastened dark slacks to brush the placket smooth. Nostrils flared, Wren breathed in harsh pants, his arousal dancing through the flames of his distress. He regarded the boy’s puffed cheeks and watering eyes, his struggle not to swallow.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One corner of Jared’s mouth lifted, unbidden. “Beautiful.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wren’s brows drew together with his whimper.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lifting the cup, he took pity and held it under the boy’s mouth. “Spit.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Water cascaded into the glass. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Holding Wren’s gaze, he brought the cup to his mouth and drank down the melted ice, swallowing every drop of the boy’s submission, consuming his distress until there was nothing left. “Forgiven.”</span></span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315385975981449260.post-84032610948950900012020-02-24T19:27:00.001-05:002020-02-24T19:27:46.089-05:00RELEASE DAY for HARD JUSTICE (The Asylum Fight Club Book 3) with NSFW EXCERPT!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Quick post because I have to do all the things since there's back to back releases coming, but...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">IT'S HERE!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This book is emotional, intense, sexy, and I've been dying to get it in your hands!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Keep scrolling for a sexy excerpt and all the links! <g></span><br />
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<a href="https://books2read.com/HardJustice" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt=" https://books2read.com/HardJustice" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1067" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CyS1xmas1qI/XlRm9YfMVdI/AAAAAAAADSU/LHUTlBGTHvklUw55SNDxj16vXEwYyd4HQCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Hard%2BJustice_The%2BAsylum%2BFight%2BClub.jpg" width="265" /></a>Scandalous headlines threaten to turn Jamie Kent from a pop star to a
pariah on the regular, but this latest one is a little too close for
comfort. The Asylum Fight Club seems like a good place to hide
out...until he has to prove he belongs—deep in a lifestyle with a
contract and rules he breaks within the first five minutes. Staying
means complete surrender, but a lifetime scripting love songs didn’t
prepare him to give his heart to the one man who claims everything he
has to offer. <br /><br />The day he returns from prison.<br /><br />Reputation
has its own kind of power in a place where pain and pleasure depend on
who’s in control. Entangled in the lives of those he’d give anything to
protect, Noah Leonov rarely takes chances, but the hardened fighter
refuses to abandon the vulnerable new sub to vultures who could tear his
life apart with a camera flash. With the cage where he spent two years
fresh in his mind, Noah won’t trap the man he loves in his brutal world.
Jamie deserves the glamour and fame, where he can have more than a
broken man can provide.<br /><br />He belongs in the spotlight.<br /><br />Neither
man ever had the choice to decide their own destiny. Imprisoned by the
roles they’re forced to play, their key to freedom might be to do the
unexpected.<br /><br />Refuse to let go.<br />
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<span style="color: white;">EXCERPT:</span><br />
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<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-af9f2a54-7fff-ee5c-3c0d-d9b15f0fc65c" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Noah’s finger tap to his cheek made him blink. “Did you hear a word I’ve said, little cat?”</span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He let his eyes tell his story for him, along with a poke at his lip with his tongue. “No, sir.”</span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I see.” Bringing the ceramic coffee mug with its Asylum logo to his lips, Noah considered him, heat in his eyes. “Care to share what’s consuming the space in that pretty head today?”</span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With anyone else, being called </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">pretty</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> rankled. Not with Noah. Any way the man wanted to refer to him was just fine as far as he was concerned.</span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Forearms stacked on the table in front of him, Jamie leaned forward to share his secret. “I want you to do the dirtiest fucking things to me, and I can’t stop thinking about them.”</span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Behind the bar, Matt stilled with a sharp inhale.</span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For the briefest moment, something ghosted the gray in Noah’s eyes. The mug lowered halfway. “Do you now?”</span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jamie looked down and frowned. Maybe that had been a step too far? The power of the statement had felt good, but once it fell away he was exposed, having admitted something that he wanted to take for himself—something that hadn’t been given. It felt like he’d stepped into a rowboat too hard, rocking it so he had to stand with his arms out to rebalance.</span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He lifted his gaze to find Noah regarding him. “That sucked. I’m sorry.”</span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Noah looped one finger into the ring at the base of the golden collar Jamie now wore at all times, tugging with gentle insistence until he was forced to rise up out of his chair and circle the table. Noah shifted, making room between his legs. </span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Slipping his hand down Jamie’s chest, Noah patted his own lap. “Sit.”</span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Oh.” Jamie blinked, relief rushing over his skin. </span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Noah’s lips lifted.</span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Canting his head, Jamie looked for the trick. He’d been so sure he was about to get his ass beat. Which would have sucked because punishments were no fun.</span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ass balanced on one sturdy thigh he drew up his feet so his knees were at his chest. Noah wrapped an arm around him and plucked a piece of toast from Jamie’s plate. Holding it to Jamie’s lips, Noah whispered “Open.”</span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The command rumbled over his ear, a hot wash, and Jamie parted his lips as Curtis clattered into the bar, Reed behind him, and halted.</span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Oof.” Reed made an aggravated sound. “Curtis, could you… Oh. Okay, that’s...weird.”</span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Snapping his hand down, Curtis landed a slap on Reed’s hip. “Behave.”</span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“As long as I can keep watching.” Ducking his head under Curtis’s arm, Reed snuggled into his Dom.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The toast still pressed against his lips, its rough texture a kiss Jamie instinctively knew not to take without permission. He’d come to know Noah’s quirks. Mind fucks, Curtis had called them on one very rare occasion when Noah had been out of earshot.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“When you’re ready to focus, little cat?” The words were whispered for his ears alone.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He blushed, caught out for the second time in as many minutes. “Sorry, sir.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Mhm.” The sound rumbled from Noah’s chest. “Bite.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jamie took the corner Noah gave him and bit. Salt hit his tongue, followed by the wheat bread’s nuttier notes. His jaw muscles tensed reflexively, and he began to chew.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Noah </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">tsked</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jaw freezing, Jamie widened his eyes. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oh shit.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> He would have laughed at the look on Curtis’s face, except he knew better. Yeah, he was in trouble, but it was kinda hot and he knew he didn’t have anything to worry about. Not from Noah.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Noah lifted his palm. “Spit.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nose wrinkling, he did as he was told. The morsel went onto a napkin and the toast corner reappeared at his mouth. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Let’s try that again, shall we?” Noah waited.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jamie waited.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Good boy.” Nuzzling his ear, Noah issued his next command. “Bite.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jamie bit, and this time didn’t chew. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The bread became a soggy mass before Noah said “Chew” and was ground to near-nothing between his molars before Noah said “Swallow.” The entire process repeated with his breakfast. At the last, Noah wiped his mouth with a napkin and tucked him closer.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Noah trailed the tip of his nose along Jamie’s ear. “Better?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jamie nodded, nestling in. “Yes, sir.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“What did you learn?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Biting down the urge to say, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to step over your boundaries more often</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. He smiled. “That you give me what I need.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“And what you want, little cat.” Warm fingers cupped Jamie’s balls through his sweatpants and squeezed with just the right amount of pressure to mind fuck him into next week. “Lift your hips.”</span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Heat hit Jamie’s cheeks as he caught on. “Is this the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">dirty as fuck</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> part?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“It might be…” Noah’s grip tightened, making Jamie’s eyes water. “Or it could be the part where I tan your ass for Topping from the bottom.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Shit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Curtis snorted and Reed elbowed him in the ribs. Behind the bar, Matt leaned on his elbows, attention rapt.</span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lips pressed between his teeth, Jamie slid his feet to the floor and lifted his hips. Noah’s forearm banded across his chest, his free hand drawing down the sweatpants to just below his sac so it rested on top of the waistband. Before his head fell back against Noah’s shoulder, he met Curtis’s stunned gaze, saw the raw need in his eyes, and took in Matt’s open mouth. They were so fucking turned on. Best audience he’d ever had. Only Reed looked away.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Noah ran the pad of his finger up and down his shaft, tracing the tissue between his balls, lifting them to run his touch underneath before pushing his sweatpants off, first one leg and then the other. </span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Put one of your thighs over each of mine.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Oh shit.” Jamie whispered the curse, complying.</span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The position stretched him wide, his dick bobbing freely. Arm still across his chest, holding tight, Noah slipped a hand between his crack and circled his hole, pressing lightly. Jamie groaned, hips swaying, his dick fucking the air at the gentle touch. Noah explored him like a sculpture, and then his ass again, as if it were the first time he’d seen and touched Jamie’s dick and not the hundredth.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Noah withdrew and returned with two fingers, scissoring him open, prodding sensitive tissue and tight muscle until he relaxed. His body submitted and Jamie blushed, remembering how they’d explored some of Noah’s more inventive shower attachments last night. Precum trailed down his shaft, his awareness narrowed to Noah’s breath in his ear, the sound of the sleet, and cries he tried vainly to imprison behind his teeth.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Touch yourself for me.” Noah’s unexpected command sent heat rocketing from Jamie’s toes to the top of his head. </span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He shook his head, a denial they both knew he wouldn’t hold to.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“You’re still clinging to the illusion of control? That’s...cute.” Noah shifted his thighs, raising Jamie’s hips and deepening his access. “The only opinion you need to worry about, little cat, is mine.”</span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another finger joined the second, the dry fullness becoming a less-pleasant ache. Jamie brought hands he hadn’t knowingly wrapped around the back of Noah’s neck to his thighs. Tentative fingers brushed his shaft. His own. Not as good as Noah gripping him, but disappointing his Dom wasn’t an option. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He worked himself over in strokes synchronized to Noah’s thrusts, gathering the precum from his slit with his palm. His hand slowed when Noah’s slowed, sped up when Noah’s fingers rocked into him in percussive slaps. Best rhythm track ever. Mouth open, head rolled back, he brushed his cheek against Noah’s beard, nuzzling and panting in need. The warmth of Noah’s skin against his, encouraging words, not-so-sweet nothings that told him exactly how much his Dom enjoyed fucking his tight ass, watching him fist his pretty cock. Jesus that last turned him on and embarrassed him in the most twisted way. He wanted more. Whatever Noah would give him.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;">Raised and
trained by The Asylum Fight Club’s most infamous owner, Reed Dane is
almost untouchable. Might sound dope, but there are disadvantages to his
‘privileged’ status. His guardian’s reputation makes a serious
relationship impossible—turns out the club’s members are addicted to
breathing—and the one man Reed truly wants sees him only as a stray his
former lover brought home.<br /><br />An
endless string of one-night stands lacks the intimacy Reed craves, but
at least edgy post-fight hookups distract him from what he’ll never
have. Until he takes a wrecking ball to the walls that set him apart.<br /><br />Curtis
Smith is a lot of things—MMA fighter, club owner...son of a drug
lord—but one thing he’s not is prepared to face temptation exploding
past his carefully built boundaries. Reed is forbidden, to him most of
all, but resisting what they both want becomes impossible with the sub
challenging him at every turn. And with his past threatening everything
The Asylum has been built to protect, Curtis can’t afford to be addicted
to Reed’s brand of candy coated sin.<br /><br />He
can’t deny himself one taste before his stolen time runs out. Because
when it does, all that will be left behind for Reed is a memory…<br /><br />And his heart.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-c9d88db6-7fff-ac73-337e-471c87ca21c5" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In Reed’s loft, he closed the door softly and walked lightly to the bedroom. Sprawled on the bed, Reed was propped up on his elbows, reading a comic book. Shaking his head, Curtis watched him for a moment, drinking in the sight of his bare toes shifting against the sheet, as if he couldn’t be still even while laying down.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He cleared his throat, not bothering to hide his grin.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reed glanced over, expression unreadable. “Hey. You came back.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Looking at him askance, Curtis dropped the shirt and liniment onto the dresser and put his boots on the floor, socks inside. “Of course, I came back.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There weren’t a lot of promises he made in his life, because he wouldn’t break his word if he could help it. If he’d said he was going to do something, chances were he was going to follow through. He was surprised Reed didn’t know that by now.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Crossing to the bed, not giving Reed time to think, he bent low and rolled him into his arms. He made for the bathroom, scooping up the liniment on the way.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“W-what are you doing?”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Isn’t it obvious?” Setting Reed on his feet in the bathroom, he gave him his best level stare. “Do you want this, Reed? Between us? It’s the only time I’ll ask, so think carefully and tell me if you don’t know, because I’m not going any further until I have a clear ‘yes’ from you.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reed hissed in a breath. “But...you don’t have to. If you’re feeling sorry for me, I can’t…”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Curtis pressed his fingers to Reed’s lips and tilted his head. “I think you know me better than that, don’t you, boy?”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Yes…” Reed swallowed hard. “Yes, okay?”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I want to hear what you want, not what you think I want.” Curtis’s gaze narrowed.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I can’t be in control, Curtis. That’s…” Reed bit hard into his bottom lip. “I want you to have it.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nodding, Curtis hooked his finger over the band of Reed’s shorts. “That’s all I need to know.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tugging Reed closer, he worked his way around his waistband, inching the material lower with each light pass, watching Reed’s eyes for any sign of distress or fear.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eyes locked on his, pupils dilated, Reed held still.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Good boy.” </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lowering his mouth to Reed’s lips, he captured the sweet taste he’d always known would linger there. One part maple syrup and one part cherry lip balm, Reed tasted of candy soaked sin. Bringing Reed’s thigh into contact with his erection, Curtis tested his sub’s reaction.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Fuck…” Reed breathed out the word, eyes drifting shut. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Curtis gave him a free pass on the curse and continued his exploration of Reed’s mouth in little sips and nips. Bringing the flat of his hand to Reed’s abdomen, he slid his fingers down until they rested between the silken heat of Reed’s cock and his abs. Smoothed his hand back and forth, knuckles grazing.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reed’s head fell back, his lids fluttering as his eyes rolled. “That’s…”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Nice?” Curtis murmured against Reed’s mouth, claiming his lips for another kiss.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nodding, Reed sighed and Curtis held him steady, one hand at the side of his face, deepening the kiss. The point of Reed’s tongue danced with his, evading Curtis’s attempts at capture. Letting out a frustrated growl, Curtis gripped the back of Reed’s skull to hold him immobile and fucked his mouth in merciless sweeps that demonstrated exactly who was in control.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gentle</span><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> He needs me to be gentle</span><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He lifted his head, taking time to appreciate the mottled flush that crept up Reed’s throat. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Such a good boy.” Curtis said the words again, just to see Reed’s shiver.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tugging Reed’s shorts away from his ass so they wouldn’t touch his skin on the way down, Curtis divested him of the clothing and pressed him backward with light prodding to his thighs, until Reed stood with his back close to the shower curtain. The rod overhead had been blocked and bolted to the walls on either end. He reached up and tugged, using his weight. When it didn’t budge, he nodded. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yes, that will do nicely</span><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Does it hurt to put your arms over your head?” </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lashes fluttering, Reed opened his eyes and looked up, seeming to catch on to Curtis’s intent, and stretched, gingerly at first, then fully, and licked his lips. “I’m fine.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Curtis brushed Reed’s hair back. “What’s your safeword?”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pupils so far blown his eyes appeared nearly black, Reed inhaled through his nostrils and said “Lollipop” on a breathy exhale. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Grab the bar.” Curtis nudged his chin upward. “Don’t let go unless it’s to put your hands on my shoulders, understand?”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reed nodded, lifting and gripping tight. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Standing back a fraction, Curtis allowed himself to admire his submissive’s body. The long line of his torso that stretched to the sides of his pert ass and down to the ropes of muscles that formed his lean thighs. Calves made for dancing rounded out the display. Saving the best for last, he let his gaze linger on Reed’s dick, noting the naked, smooth skin of his high-and-tight sac.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Curtis’s mouth kicked up. </span><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Of course, he waxes.</span><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> A useful tidbit of information he had every intention of playing with in the dungeon at some point. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But for now…</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lowering himself to his knees, he looked up, hands on Reed’s hips. “Comfortable?”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Looking down at him, Reed bit his lip and nodded, the motion jerky with breathy anticipation.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Letting his eyes speak for him, Curtis worked his way down Reed’s shaft in one long, flat tongued push. Held Reed’s hips firmly when they shot forward. He lifted his head, flicking his tongue over the sweet button of flesh under Reed’s crown, and worked his way back down again, swallowing to Reed’s root.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hands gripped to the bar, head thrown back, Reed swayed and Curtis tightened his grip. Working up the saliva in his mouth to create just the right amount of pressure and glide, he forced himself not to get lost in the sugar and silk of the man’s taste. His own pleasure would wait. His sub needed this. Needed </span><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">him</span><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Lifting his head, he let Reed slip from his mouth with a messy slurp and waited until Reed’s breaths slowed. Lips parted, cheeks flushed, he looked like the picture of frustrated arousal. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“When I grip your ankle, I want you to come. No later, and no sooner. Understood?”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reed nodded. “Yes...Daddy?”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Curtis bit back a laugh, not wanting to embarrass his sub, who’d clearly latched on to the strangest part of their earlier conversation as he slipped into the zone. Humiliation had zero place in this moment and he wanted to keep him floating in that space he craved without the detachment he’d settled for from other Doms. “Sir will do.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "EB Garamond", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Licking his lips, Reed nodded again. “Yes, sir.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Like all release days, this part scary and exciting. The result of so much hard work, sleepless nights, and endless drive, something I'll never get enough of. Writing character driven stories has always been my passion and The Asylum Fight Club has everything I love about really diving deep on an exciting new journey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">COMING DECEMBER 24th </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Raised and trained by The Asylum Fight Club’s most infamous owner, Reed
Dane is almost untouchable. Might sound dope, but there are
disadvantages to his ‘privileged’ status. His guardian’s reputation
makes a serious relationship impossible—turns out the club’s members are
addicted to breathing—and the one man Reed truly wants sees him only as
a stray his former lover brought home.
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<br />An endless string of one-night stands lacks the intimacy Reed
craves, but at least edgy post-fight hookups distract him from what
he’ll never have. Until he takes a wrecking ball to the walls that set
him apart.
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<br />Curtis Smith is a lot of things—MMA fighter, club owner...son of a
drug lord—but one thing he’s not is prepared to face temptation
exploding past his carefully built boundaries. Reed is forbidden, to him
most of all, but resisting what they both want becomes impossible with
the sub challenging him at every turn. And with his past threatening
everything The Asylum has been built to protect, Curtis can’t afford to
be addicted to Reed’s brand of candy coated sin.
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<br />He can’t deny himself one taste before his stolen time runs out.
Because when it does, all that will be left behind for Reed is a memory…
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<br />And his heart. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have you grabbed the first book in The Asylum Fight Club series yet? I can't wait to hear what you think! I'll be doing a Q&A soon as well as updating on my other releases.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wait...you thought I'd slow down now?</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315385975981449260.post-42240953528360542812019-10-18T13:59:00.001-04:002019-10-18T13:59:43.755-04:00Flawed Justice The Asylum Book 1 Book Trailer<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_TK5P1FL9XQ" width="480"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315385975981449260.post-11220477428282057552019-10-02T11:07:00.000-04:002019-10-02T11:07:20.097-04:00THIS. IS. EVERYTHING. New release of the CENTURY!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">This career of mine has been an insane journey full of ups and downs, triumphs, the love of the words and stories and coming at writing every one with my own voice, as I meet the next character and fall in love. A love so strong that I want to know who they are and follow them down their path to a HEA (or a HFN sometimes if they make things complicated! lol)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One thing I never thought I'd be able to do was write with another author. Their voice would have to flow well with mine. They'd have to share my passion. My need to always put character first and dismiss the ideas of: Does this fit to market? Are we following the right trends? Could this BE THE NEXT (insert pop book).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After reading <a href="https://books2read.com/u/meBrvV" target="_blank">The Hollywood Series</a> I was absolutely hooked. The characters were so vivid, the stories were deep and exciting and tugged at my heart. I'd never spoken to Tibby Armstrong before, but I reached out to her to tell her how much I loved her books.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then...I thought, "I could write with this author. And it would result in something INCREDIBLE."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My instincts turned out to be right and not only do we write amazing together, we've become close friends, which helps so much when it comes to a career that can be so isolating when you're wrapped up in the words. Having someone by your side, encouraging you every step of the way, believing in something as strongly as you do is the most amazing experience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And now, we have a series. One like NOTHING I've ever read. </span></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2nPHxw3" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">FLAWED JUSTICE (The Asylum Fight Club Book 1) comes out October 24th.</span></a></div>
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If there were an emergency number for adulthood, Matt Kincaid would have
dialed it months ago. Raising his kid brother alone is already an
uphill battle, never mind when an ugly gang initiation lands the teen in
lockup. Again. Only, this time for a hate crime against a local fight
club, where settling debts isn’t taken lightly. When the club offers to
let Matt risk everything in a long-shot match with a man who’s as
brutally handsome as he is tough, he jumps at the chance. <br /><br />If
Matt wins, all will be forgiven. If not? Well, he might as well move in,
because ‘The Law’ will own his ass...for a very long time.<br /><br />There
are no limits to what Lawson ‘The Law’ Gaumond will do to protect the
club he and his former lovers built. An inner-city sanctuary where
Anniston Falls’ gay leather culture thrives, The Asylum Fight Club isn’t
an easy place, but it’s home. Taking on a local hothead whose younger
brother vandalized the space isn’t high on his priority list, but
there’s something about Matt that cries out for a firm hand. <br /><br />Lawson’s never backed down from a fight, and he’s not about to start when there’s no way he can lose.<br /><br />When
renewed gang violence erupts, spilling blood over The Asylum, Lawson
and Matt must confront their pasts to find a way forward. Gunshots and
knives should be harder to survive than this rough love, but coming to
the ring armed with nothing but the truth is their greatest challenge of
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm so excited for y'all to get your hands on these! And with how well Tibby and I work together, you won't have to wait long for the next book in the series! Check out the <a href="http://www.asylumfightclub.com/" target="_blank">website HERE</a> for future books and release dates. And HAPPY READING </span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315385975981449260.post-1411079048736409142019-08-05T17:15:00.000-04:002019-08-05T17:15:21.450-04:00NEW RELEASE-OFF BEAT (Winter's Wrath Book 4)<span style="font-size: large;">One of these days I'm gonna catch up! lol</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But the way I see it, all those books I've had to put off because life threw me for a few loops?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They're finally getting out there!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The latest being OFF BEAT!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our poor boy Tate needed to have his story told. And I hope you love it as much as I do. It's one HELL of a journey!</span><br />
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Former Marine, Vanessa Templar, never considered being security for a
metal band as an alternative career choice, but as a favor to a friend,
she takes the job with XVI Hours. How much trouble could a bunch of
musicians get in anyway?<br /><br />The answer? A lot.<br /><br />Between
stalkers, inter-band strife, and Oakley Godstone, the band's brand new
tour manager, Vanessa has her work cut out for her. But the biggest
challenge is an unknown enemy—which means working with the strangely
alluring computer geek, Oakley. They must unravel the dangerously
tangled web that surrounds both XVI Hours and the headlining band,
Winter’s Wrath.<br /><br />Without letting him become too much of a distraction.<br /><br />Returning
drummer for Winter’s Wrath, Tate Maddox, seeks excitement in the band
after healing from his injuries, but knows this tour will be his last.
Secrets tear him apart but the sacrifices he made to protect those most
important to him cannot be undone. He won’t put his loved ones at risk,
especially not North Beauregard, the man who was supposed to break his
heart. <br /><br />Instead, Tate crushed his.<br /><br />As lead vocalist of XVI
Hours, North has a reputation as a playboy who considers commitment as
desirable as the plague. He shouldn’t have any trouble replacing Tate,
and yet he can’t move on. He can fight to survive but until now, has
never loved anyone enough to do so.<br /><br />Why fight when the man he loves has already said goodbye?</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315385975981449260.post-84788746597628499212019-06-23T08:26:00.003-04:002019-06-23T08:26:44.593-04:00Time to play on the dark side...AGAIN<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">What am I doing?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">So many things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">But...I'm starting to feel hopeful again. I'm starting to feel like there's finally light at the end of that dark freakin' tunnel that I've been trapped in.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">How in the world does that make sense when I'm writing dark, twisted stuff again? Well...I'm not sure. But it does.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">For those who don't follow me on social media, I recently mentioned how much starting <a href="https://www.patreon.com/BiancaSommerland" target="_blank">Patreon</a> was helping. If you don't know what <a href="https://www.patreon.com/BiancaSommerland" target="_blank">Patreon</a> is, basically it's a platform where artists can share more of their work with subscribers who support them. There are different tiers for stuff you can have access to. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">When I started mine it was focused on more Dartmouth Cobra content. Lots of people want more Cobras and this was a way for me to give it to them while still working on other books. There's just no way to survive in this industry unless you A) Spend thousands on ads or B) Consistently put out work.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I'd rather put out work, but I need to do it in a way that is still up to my standards, which means there's no way I can get a book out every month. I try sometimes just to keep my head above water, but that always leads to me getting frustrated and depressed.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Then the words don't come and I just fall further and further behind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fall behind as a full-time author and you're not gonna make any money. People will start forgetting about you. You get another surge when your next book comes out, but then the whole process starts over again. Amazon's algorithms has that process going by weeks instead of months now if you're not investing in ads.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Considering you're getting paid royalties 3 months behind, it can take a long time to climb out of the endless loop, if you manage at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Patreon pays every single month, so the way I see it, it's taking control back. When I write something new and offer it to my Patrons, rather than giving control to Amazon over what people see, it makes a huge difference. My Patrons get books before everyone else as part of the subscription. They get new content and updates every week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And while writing Cobra stuff makes me happy, I also used to love writing dark. Yeah, it messed with me when my life and what I was writing started weighing me down and I needed a break, but now I want to go back there. I have a new story that's from an idea that's been three years in the making and i figured...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Why not put that on Patreon too? The readers who like dark stuff haven't gotten anything from me in awhile.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since I don't want anyone subscribing unless they're truly invested in the story, I decided to put the first chapter of this new book for free. Next chapter will be up for subscribers sometime this week.</span></div>
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Why?<br />
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Because they tried to hide his existence.<br />
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Since he was here, they’d found a use for him.<br />
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Years of the most brutal training.<br />
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Implants to control him.<br />
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And now he is ready.<br />
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His first mission is to locate the fugitive products of R.A.Z.O.R, triplets who’ve evaded capture since they escaped the facility when they were only twelve years old. The three are a danger to society, leaving bodies like breadcrumbs for him to follow. Once he learns how to kill them, his mission will be complete.<br />
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What he finds isn’t what he was expecting. He…knows the triplets, but can barely remember the time they spent together. He’s starting to though. The girl, sweet, caring, and curious when absorbing other’s thoughts isn’t pushing her over the edge. Boy 1, who’s the protective and compassionate leader until the flames take over. And Boy 2, who’s quirky and playful, with the most unstable powers mixed in with his unique…personalities.<br />
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Killing them is the last thing he wants to do. Thankfully, it won’t be easy. He has to learn their weaknesses, eliminate them one at a time, catch them off guard. Unless he can fight his programing.<br />
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Which would make him the next target. </blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can read the first chapter here: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/r-z-o-r-origins-27832657" target="_blank">R.A.Z.O.R Origins</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Please don't ignore the trigger warnings. Like with Deadly Captive, I am very serious about them. When I say dark, you can expect many of the same things you found in DC, including non-con, dub-con, torture, and graphic violence. The "good guys" are sometimes morally grey and the bad guys might make you wonder if they're really that bad.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">They really are. Trust me, not them. Or don't. No judgments here, many people loved Cyrus. ;)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">But he was a very obvious villain. Things aren't nearly so cut and dry with R.A.Z.O.R</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">Happy reading! <g></span> </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315385975981449260.post-57584574084107651392019-04-23T11:39:00.001-04:002019-04-24T09:15:31.134-04:00Updates, Patreon, New Box Set and I am doing all the things! lol<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Hope you all are having an AMAZING week! Can you believe we're finally getting ENDGAME? EEP! I'm not ready! Are you going to theaters to see it? I'm bringing the littles and we're all crazy excited and scared!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As for the updates, I can't share all of them, but some of you may recall I had some plans for my career that life forced me to put on hold.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Let's just say I've set the ball rolling again and wish me luck!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next up, The Dartmouth Cobras Volume Three is now available! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm also making a few other changes to the way I publish books. Both Amazon and now B&N are leaning more and more towards using ads, rather than let readers find books organically through also-boughts and recommendations. Amazon also gives preference for books that are exclusively with them. I've never been a fan of that model, but obviously they can run their business however they want.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And I have to do what's best for my career and my books.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So starting next month I will be making my books available to patrons up to one month before publishing the book on other platforms. The books WILL go up on Amazon, B&N, and everywhere else, but those who support me on Patreon will have early access.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/BiancaSommerland" target="_blank"><img alt=" https://www.patreon.com/BiancaSommerland" border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="940" height="313" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-11QXa8doMpM/XL8vM6OH_BI/AAAAAAAAC_s/S3meXo8CkawKecDazJdaPSN2M24mK0R4QCLcBGAs/s400/Patreon%2BPromo%2B2.0.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To all those already supporting me there, thank you! It's been such an awesome way to interact and give you more new content.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To those considering it, you can check it out here: </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="bi7og-0-0"><span data-text="true"> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/BiancaSommerland">https://www.patreon.com/BiancaSommerland</a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="bi7og-0-0"><span data-text="true">There's also a new chapter of Neutral Zone Trap available, so make sure to catch up!</span></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315385975981449260.post-4933978173270413002019-04-13T15:40:00.001-04:002019-04-13T15:40:10.588-04:00Chapter Two of Neutral Zone Trap now on Patreon! Definitely NSFW!<span style="font-size: large;">Head to my patreon now for the next chapter of Neutral Zone Trap!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you're not already a patron, you can become one here: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/BiancaSommerland" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/BiancaSommerland </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's a little teaser. Happy Reading!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315385975981449260.post-23772661627552636252019-04-06T12:47:00.002-04:002019-04-06T12:47:46.941-04:00First Chapter of Neutral Zone Trap NOW ON PATREON!<span style="font-size: large;">For those already following me on Patreon, or those just tunning in now, make sure to stop in and read the first chapter of Neutral Zone Trap!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Check it out here:<a href="https://www.patreon.com/BiancaSommerland" target="_blank"> https://www.patreon.com/BiancaSommerland </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's a little teaser, because I'm evil! <g></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy reading!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315385975981449260.post-36394761585598755372019-04-01T09:58:00.001-04:002019-04-01T09:58:48.029-04:00NEUTRAL ZONE TRAP (The Dartmouth Cobras: An Off Ice Novel) coming EXCLUSIVELY to Patreon!<span style="font-size: large;">All right, so here's the deal. The next Cobra book wasn't planned for awhile, but A LOT of people wanted more Cobras. Balancing getting the books out in my other series, and life throwing endless kitchen sinks at me, made it hard to figure out how to do that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But then I heard a lot of readers and authors talking about Patreon. Not that I've never heard of it before, but there were changes being made and NOW was the time to join.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I always worried about doing something in a program like that and having some people feeling left out. But since I could set the price, I decided two things.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One: I'd keep the price as low as possible so it would be affordable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Two: I'd do whatever I could to make it worth the price.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That said, starting this week, there will be weekly installments of the long awaited Neutral Zone Trap. This is Braxton Richard's and Detective Ryan Hamilton's story.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Doesn't Braxton look hot on the cover? <g></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The lowest tier I've set on Patreon is $1.00. So basically $0.25 a week to get access to new content every week. The next tier is $5.00 and it gets you your choice of any of my books, once a month, so if you're missing anything, just let me know!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm looking forward to diving back in with the Cobras and I can't wait to share this with you! For those interested in joining, click here: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/BiancaSommerland?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=creatorshare2&fbclid=IwAR1J4PFuAQuw3RDQWD5Bfe15nyauXXTA2NX0x3b6D5fpZVpCqhzYmfjtkbo" target="_blank">I'm No Angel-Bianca Sommerland Patreon</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy Reading and have an AMAZING WEEK!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315385975981449260.post-37962783024155688602019-02-21T10:42:00.000-05:002019-02-21T10:42:29.843-05:00NEW RELEASE! GILDED: NEW RULES TRILOGY BOOK 2<span style="font-size: large;">This year got off to a rough start, but I'm so excited that I'm finally able to share <a href="https://amzn.to/2DdjKK1" target="_blank">GILDED: NEW RULES TRILOGY BOOK 2 </a>with you all!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As you probably know, I already had a ton of books to work on and <a href="http://bit.ly/polishedAz" target="_blank">POLISHED: NEW RULES TRILOGY BOOK 1</a> came as a surprise. Honestly, I was inspired one day and always wanted to write a m|m|m, so the story just flowed. There wasn't the pressure that comes with working on a popular series. I could just let the characters speak to me, didn't have to rush, and didn't have a decade's worth of story to weave in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Which was refreshing and fun. I love every single book I write, but I also enjoy a new challenge and exporing different genres. I loved the idea of a rags to riches story, three very different men exploring a complicated relationship, and a HEA that made me feel really good about their future together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Having the same three characters in three books is different for me, but sticking to one POV in each as their journey continues gives us a chance to delve deeper, and I hope you enjoy seeing things from Xavier's perspective as much as I did. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy reading!</span><br />
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Everything has a price.<br />
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Self-made millionaire Xavier Ashburne has never stopped fighting for control. Money and power gave him some, but there’s still so much uncertainty neither can overcome.<br />
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When his longtime lover and partner, Luther Cross, leaves on a trip to reconnect with his brother, Xavier is left to manage their business and household alone. He’d never realized how much he relied on his man—especially when it comes to their shared submissive, Alexander Tremaine.<br />
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As a reformed thief, Alexander came into Xavier’s life in the most unconventional fashion, but before too long, stole his way into Xavier’s heart. And now that he’s there, Xavier needs the control he’s won to keep him safe and happy.<br />
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But when Xavier’s past comes back to haunt them, all the riches in the world won’t be enough.<br />
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Money is worthless.<br />
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Power merely existence painted in gold.<br />
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Gilded.</blockquote>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315385975981449260.post-23719528246123650352019-01-28T13:20:00.000-05:002019-01-28T13:20:35.547-05:00NO REST FOR THE WICKED! All the Updates, a SALE, and an EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT!<span style="font-size: large;">I haven't forgotten y'all! In the middle of getting both Gilded (New Rules Book Two) and Off Beat (Winter's Wrath Book Four) ready for release dates!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In anticipation of the next book in the Winter's Wrath series, the first three books are now available in a box set, which is on sale for the next week!</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Everything has a price.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Self-made millionaire Xavier Ashburne has never stopped fighting for control. Money and power gave him some, but there’s still so much uncertainty neither can overcome.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">When his longtime lover and partner, Luther Cross, leaves on a trip to reconnect with his brother, Xavier is left to manage their business and household alone. He’d never realized how much he relied on his man—especially when it comes to their shared submissive, Alexander Tremaine.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">As a reformed thief, Alexander came into Xavier’s life in the most unconventional fashion, but before too long, stole his way into Xavier’s heart. And now that he’s there, Xavier needs the control he’s won to keep him safe and happy.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But when Xavier’s past comes back to haunt them, all the riches in the world won’t be enough.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Money is worthless.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Power merely existence painted in gold.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Gilded.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;">“You
look fucking miserable.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;">Alec’s
soft words startled me, but I remained where I stood as he slipped into the
room and came to my side. So far everything I’d said had upset him, because I
couldn’t give him the answers he wanted. Didn’t know how to let him in the way
he needed me to.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;">So
I kept my mouth shut.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;">“I
think I might’ve been pushing too hard.” Letting out a heavy sigh, Alec walked
up to the bed, and dropped down on the edge, glancing up at me as he leaned
back. “I was looking forward to this time together. I thought things would be…
I don’t know, different I guess. But spending all my time pissed off isn’t
cool. I’m sorry.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;">“Don’t
be. You have every right to expect more from me.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;">“Not
more than you’re willing to give.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;">I
lowered my gaze, not sure how to explain without giving away too much. There
had to be some middle ground. “I want to give you everything, Alec. And I <i>will</i>. If you can be patient with me,
there’s a lot I need to tell you.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;">He
nodded slowly, reaching back to grab a pillow and stuff it behind him. A few
cushions fell off the bed and he glanced over, looking like he was going to
pick them up.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;">With
one swift step I grabbed his shoulder, firmly pushing him back on the bed. “Leave
them. I was just thinking how much I enjoy having you in here.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;">“Making
a mess?” He laughed at his own words, then gave me a hooded look. “Actually,
yeah. I can see that. You’re probably too busy though. Do you want me to go?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;">Fuck,
he was hot when he got in the bratty, teasing mode. Trapping his wrists in one
hand, I pinned him down with my body. The way he tugged at his wrists sent
blood pulsing to my dick as I held his gaze, pale blue eyes darkening with
lust.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;">“I
have no intention of letting you go anywhere.” I scraped my teeth along his jaw.
Whispered in his ear. “But stop distracting me.” I loosened my grip. “You
wanted me to be more open with you. And I’m telling you I want you here. I want
your clothes on my floor every day. I want to wake up and feel you beside me. I
fucking hate this goddamn room when you’re not in it.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;">Jerking
one wrist free, Alec brought a hand to my cheek, forcing me to meet his eyes. “I
usually sleep with Luther… I thought you preferred sleeping alone.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;">“I
don’t.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;">“But
if you hate this room, why not stay in mine? Or Luther’s? We could all fit—”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;">“Because
I have control here.” Irritated at myself for ruining the mood, I began to
rise, but Alec pulled me back and wrapped his legs around my waist. Flattening
my hand on the bed by his head, I stared at him. “Careful, pet.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;">He
leaned up and nipped my bottom lip. “Don’t fucking ‘careful’ me. I’m not
submitting to you until you explain. You can have me here whenever you want. All
you have to do is ask.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;">Letting
out a heavy sigh, I rested my forehead on his. “And explain why it has to be <i>here</i>.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;">A
wry grin on his lips, Alec broke the tension of our little talk, his tone soft
and encouraging. “That too.” He held my gaze. “This room is…it’s not exactly
welcoming. I thought it was the way you liked things, all rich-looking and
dark, but it’s like you’re on a damn stage all the time. Like it’s so fucking
hard to step out of the spotlight, you just don’t bother.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;">My
spine stiffened, and the urge to protest was on my lips, but…he was right. I
inclined my head. “One of the many things I love about you. You see right
through my shit.” I lifted him, sliding him up the bed so I could lay over him
with the mattress supporting some of my weight. Braced on one elbow, I brought
my other hand to his hair, sliding my fingers through the soft, golden strands.
“What you see around you is a reminder to myself that I am worth something. But
it’s also a reminder of when I wasn’t. You and Luther both change how every
room in this house feels. You make it feel like a real home.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;">“Then
why don’t you stay with us more often? We can make this into a home, Xavier.
The whole damn mansion if you wanted. But you have to be ready, and I’m not
sure you are. You still come here to hide.” He curved his hand around the back
of my neck. “I was so pissed when I saw your car pull up and you didn’t come to
me. You should have. I get that I was pushing, and maybe I went too far, but I
was hurt. I need to know you care when I am. That I won’t always be chasing you
to make things better.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;">“You
won’t, Alec. And you’re right, I should have gone to you. I was afraid to make
things worse.” I smoothed my hand over his hair, leaning down to kiss him. “Thank
you for being willing to chase me, though.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;">“Mmm,
if you’re gonna be this sweet, maybe I should do it more often.” His hands slid
down my back and he tugged at my shirt. “I need to feel you, Xavier. Like this.
No games, no restraints, no control. Just. You.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;">Rising
up, I unbuttoned my shirt, letting him shove it off my arms as I claimed his
lips. Getting emotions tangled up with sex was difficult—only Luther knew what
buttons to push to force me to let down my walls—but right now, there was
nothing holding me back. I needed this connection with Alec. Needed the warmth
in his eyes. The deep, hot pressure of his lips, a hint of sweetness lingering
from the heaping teaspoons of sugar he put in his coffee. Needed the way he
moved against me, barely holding still as I freed the first few buttons of his
shirt, then gave up and swiftly pulled it up over his head.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;">The
button on his pants broke loose when I tugged at it, but I barely noticed as I
shoved them off his hips and down his thighs. His restless movements had my
dick straining against my own pants and I ripped the seam along my zipper
undoing it. Dick hot against his thigh, I raked my fingers into his hair,
slanting my mouth over his and tasting him, drinking in his soft pleas. Sucking
on his bottom lip, I finally wrapped my hand around his cock and began stroking
him, using the weight of my body to hold him still.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;">Pressing
his thighs apart with my knees I rose up, sliding my hand over him until I
reached the smooth flesh of his taint. A bit further and I penetrated the
tightness of him with a single finger, watching his face as he struggled not to
resist the gritty pressure. Bending down, I flicked my tongue over the head of
his cock, laving it over his balls, getting him wet enough that my finger began
to slide in deeper without much effort.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;">“Fuck,
Xavier. Don’t tease me.” He lifted his hips, taking me in deeper. “Don’t hold
back—not tonight. I need to know you can’t. That you don’t want to.”</span></span></div>
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