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ACE
“My attraction to you runs fiery hot.
It consumes my every waking thought. I burn for you, baby. Don’t stop
this attraction, baby.” ~ Jelly Bean Queen
The text from John Toombs directs me to a table near the
center of the main room. I enter and can't believe my mixture of good and bad
luck. Good because Ms. Smokin' Hot is with Toombs. And bad because Ms. Smokin'
Hot is with Toombs.
He looks up at me and nods as he
rises. I lean across to shake his hand and I can smell the girl. Something
subtle like stuff from the bath shops. A sweet, vanilla scent advertising
innocence.
But she can't be innocent hooked up
with somebody old enough to be her father. He has money and she's too young to
be whoring herself out. My stomach clenches at the thought of them together in
bed.
"Ace, I'd like to introduce my
niece, Malerie." Toombs waves a hand in her direction.
The scales definitely tip in the
direction of bad news. She's not his trophy wife or barely-legal mistress. She’s his
niece — the
number one spot on the dateable-but-off-limits list. The girl looks at me and
her gaze makes a slow run down the length of my body. I'm beyond screwed.
Goodbye Miss Innocent, hello Miss Seductress.
The air sparks between us and her
eyes say she feels the electricity, too. "Hi, Malerie. Nice to meet
you," I say, wishing she'd given me this look earlier instead of the one
like I was some psycho perv who hangs out near restrooms.
Malerie has an exotic look that I
can't place. Her honey-brown eyes, huge in her pale face, remind me of some hot
anime character with bottomless eyes and dangerous curves. The chick probably
has guys lining up to take on her rockin' body and the attached load of money.
I tear my gaze away from her and meet
the Clint Eastwood glare of John Toombs. With one look, Toombs gives me the
hell-no warning. It's a warning that rubs me like running a hand against the
fur up a cat's back. I don't like it, but I'm not stupid.
I can almost hear the whomp-whomp
of his protective radar. If I were him, I'd bar the door and clean the rifle.
"Have a seat," Toombs says.
I pull out the chair closest to
Malerie and avoid looking in her direction. The way she looked at me in front
of her uncle spells defiance on steroids.
(A Serendipity Novel #1)
Publication date: May 2014
Genres: New Adult, Romance, Suspense
Synopsis:
Publication date: May 2014
Genres: New Adult, Romance, Suspense
Synopsis:
Sometimes surviving doesn’t feel lucky. Especially when you’re a sole survivor…At the age of seven, Malerie walked away from a bombing that left hundreds dead—including her mother. When a crazed gunman kills her guardian on her eighteenth birthday, Malerie suspects there may be more to her survival than luck. A mysterious code holds the key to her future, and a reluctant white knight holds the key to her heart.
A loner wearing emotional armor…
Ace is a twenty-year-old entrepreneur focusing on two things in life: financial security and a life without ties. A life that doesn’t risk losing the ones who matter. When Ace is hired to secretly act as a bodyguard for Malerie, he faces an unwanted attraction that threatens to sabotage his heart. Can Ace find the courage to love a girl with a death wish?
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A loner wearing emotional armor…
Ace is a twenty-year-old entrepreneur focusing on two things in life: financial security and a life without ties. A life that doesn’t risk losing the ones who matter. When Ace is hired to secretly act as a bodyguard for Malerie, he faces an unwanted attraction that threatens to sabotage his heart. Can Ace find the courage to love a girl with a death wish?
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Brinda Berry lives in the southern US with her family and two spunky cairn terriers. She has a BSE in English and French and a MEd in Learning Systems Technology. She's terribly fond of chocolate, coffee, and books that take her away from reality. She doesn't mind being called a geek or "crazy dog lady". When she's not working the day job or writing a novel, she's guilty of surfing the internet for no good reason.
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