Publication date: April 15th 2015
Genres: Contemporary, Romance,
Synopsis:
He’s empty, inhuman, dishonest, and cruel.
She’s never wanted anyone more.
Sydney has lived in fear for eight years after freelance assassin, Merc, failed to rescue her from a cult-like militia group. Left in the hands of a sadistic man, she did whatever it took to survive. But Merc’s last words gave her hope. Hope he’d be back to finish the job.
After Merc is betrayed by her father, Sydney becomes his target. He wields sex, drugs, lies, and love like weapons. Merc knows just what to do with a fearful girl like Sydney. He’s in control. He’s always in control.
But Sydney Channing is not what she appears. And Merc’s only redeeming act—the very one that made Sydney’s life a living hell—might just be his worst mistake yet.
WARNING: Meet Me In The Dark is a STANDALONE, non-traditional, DARK ,CAPTIVE ROMANTIC SUSPENSE. It is not intended for sensitive readers.
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BOOK TRAILER:
EXCERPT ONE:
She whimpers and that little noise makes me even harder.
“You’re pretty. Garrett never told you that?”
She shakes her head.
“Well, he’s a dick. Your face is like an angel’s. And your hair,
fuck.” I laugh a little and she takes a deep breath. “I’ve pictured you on top
of me and that long, dark hair of yours dragging across my chest as you fuck me
from the top so many times.”
“No, you didn’t.”
“I swear to God, I did. You’ve got a hot fucking body too.” I
place my palm on her ribs again, only this time I let it slide down, tracing
the line of her waist and then the curve of her hip.
My hands go to her jeans and they are unbuttoned before she has a
chance to protest. And then I lift her shirt up by the edges of the hem.
Slowly. Looking down at her breasts as I do it. When the fabric releases her nipples
I feel a little anticipation.
“I’d like to show you my best work, Sydney Channing. And make you
forget your first time. Replace that night with this one. Nothing can be taken
back. But you can replace the bad stuff with something else.” I shrug. “That’s
all I got, sorry.”
She says nothing. So I lift her shirt over her head and drop it on
the floor. “Take off your pants.” She bites her lip and I’m about to yank them
down her legs at the sight of it. I control myself though and let her do it her
way. She wiggles a few times, her hips moving back and forth, and we are so
close this makes her rub against me in all the right ways. They finally drop to
the floor and I take her hand as she steps out of them.
“You’re more than pretty, Syd. Your body is so much more than
hot.” And it is. In this low golden light, with the backdrop of the windows on
all sides, she is perfection. “I’ve always known it. I’ve always seen you in a
sexual way. I’ve always wanted you.”
She looks like she might cry, so I put my finger to her lips and
murmur, “Shhh. Just close your eyes and let yourself feel happy for a little
bit. Forget the past. Forget tomorrow. Forget everything except right now.”
EXCERPT TWO:
I think this is it for me.
“What?” Case is next to me. I’m in bed with him. I can feel his
bare chest up against my feverish back. His arms tighten around me as he
repositions. I want to open my eyes and see if we’re in the crow’s nest room or
some other room, but I can’t quite do that yet.
“Sydney?”
I hope we’re in the crow’s nest. And it’s daylight still, so maybe
I only lost a few hours? I really like it up here. It feels good to be tall,
looking down on things, instead of small, always looking up. It feels like a
watchtower. A place where you can see the bad shit coming from a distance and
prepare.
“Syd,” he says, a little softer now. “I didn’t want to drug you
again, but you were hysterical. It was the only way I could calm you down. I
won’t do it again, but I need you to help me out here. OK? Can you do that?”
Help him out. I bet. I tuck my head into the soft pillow and will
myself not to cry. “Just be someone else, you say?” I croak out the words. My
mouth feels like it’s filled with cotton. How many times have I been drugged
since he’s had me? “But all I’ve ever done is be someone else. I don’t even
live in the real world anymore. I can’t imagine any more versions of myself,
Case. I have tried so many times. I have lived in my head for days on end. I
have refused to see the truth in hopes those memories would just fade away. I
have been the good girl, the bad girl, the defiant girl, the sexy girl, the
compliant girl. And it gets me nowhere.”
I turn my body so I can see his face when I open my eyes. We are
in the crow’s nest, and that just makes me sad. Because no matter how nice this
place is, he’s still the guy who left me to die. And I don’t know what he’s
doing right now. Or why he’s being nice. Or why I’m even still alive.
But I know none of that is because he sees me. He doesn’t
see me. He says I need to change into someone else. And that’s all they’ve ever
told me. Change into someone else. Split me in half, that’s what they’ve done.
But maybe it’s not just half. Maybe I’ve been quartered, like an elk when we hunt
it down and kill it and then have to carry it back to camp in pieces.
“I am not the rabbit.”
EXCERPT THREE:
“Shhh,” I tell her. She’s out of it now. Lost in her own world. I
hate to take her this way, but I need her in that world. It’s the place that has
the answers. And this is the only way I know to get her there. Garrett used her
this way. He knew a long time ago how to make her comply with his demands.
I’m just figuring it out now. And she’s damn good at it. Her teeth
scrape against my skin and make me wish for more. I want her on her knees. I
want her eyes on me, open wide and filled with the desire to please. I’d fist
her hair and pull her towards me, making her take me all the way to my balls.
Just imagining that is enough. I throw my head back and she chokes
as I come down her throat, but she swallows just as the sobs start. I pull out
and get off the table so I can get dressed.
The sobs build to full on crying. Big ugly gasping. Tears
streaming down her face. Coughing. Semen she didn’t already swallow spilling
out of her lips.
I have a moment of pause and wonder if I should just kill her.
This is not what I thought it would be.
But I don’t. Because I need so much more from her than this. I
need to get inside her. So I lean into her ear and whisper, “Hush.”
EXCERPT FOUR:
He is a killer.
But he is this man too.
“How?” I ask, when we are settled into bed. “How can life be so
complicated and easy at the same time?”
“It’s a joke, Sydney. And the joke’s on us. Sanity, morals, right
and wrong. They are all illusions. And sometimes we can see them clearly, and
sometimes we can’t. But you always know when you’re OK. You always get that
feeling that nothing can touch you. And tonight nothing can touch you. So close
your eyes and let it go.”
I stare up at the ceiling after his breathing evens out and wonder
if I’d be doing the world a favor by grabbing a gun out of his nightstand and
shooting him in the head.
Probably. That’s the conclusion I come to. I have no idea what all
that means. I have no idea if I believe him or not. I have no idea if he’s
wondering right now if he should just pull a gun out of his nightstand and do
the world a favor by killing me too.
I’m just glad he doesn’t. I’m OK with this. Because even though he
is that killer, he is this man too. The one who feeds me and fucks me softly.
The one who knows who I am and what I do. And he, of all the people who have
floated in and out of my life, is the one who’s here.
You can say many things about Merric Case, but you can’t call him
a hypocrite or a liar. Because he was one hundred percent honest with me
tonight. He basically stood up on a mountain top and screamed, Here I am,
take it or leave it.
I decide I don’t want to leave it.
He’s morally questionable. He’s violent and possibly even sick. But
I am all those things too.
My eyes grow heavy and finally close. And I drift off knowing that
I was right about him for all these years.
He is the man who shows up when no others will. He is the man who
looks death in the eye and laughs. He is the man who will pull that trigger
when the whole world stands there in shock, unable to move.
He is the only man who can save me from myself.
EXCERPT FIVE:
I made the right choice that day. Sasha was the right choice.
Sydney is just a leftover that needs to be swept under the rug.
But that job never ended. Not when I left her that day. Not when I
helped Sasha get her revenge. Not when I stole hundreds of millions of dollars
straight out of their deep fucking pockets.
It’s gonna end soon though. This is it. My end. Sydney’s end as well.
She stirs on the bed and I know she’s coming back again. This
drifting she does, I have no clue what it means other than they did a good job
on her. She’s given up nothing of real importance. Her release word is
inconsequential in the long run. It’s a good first step. But is she even worth
all the steps between here and victory?
I doubt it.
She turns over and places a hand on my leg. I’m sitting up in bed,
smoking, as I let it all play out in my head. There were so many potential
outcomes before she ran. But now there are only two.
I let her live. I let her die.
If I let her live and start working her for real, I get less than
ideal intel. Less than reliable, I should say.
If I let her die as soon as that’s over, I can take what I want
right now and sift through it objectively later.
Her hand slips down my leg and grabs my cock.
I react. I like sexy Sydney a little more than I’d like to admit.
I grab her hands and flip her over on her stomach. She whimpers, but not in a
bad way.
“I’ll take that hard fuck now, Syd.”
JA Huss is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than twenty romances. She likes stories about family, loyalty, and extraordinary characters who struggle with basic human emotions while dealing with bigger than life problems. JA loves writing heroes who make you swoon, heroines who makes you jealous, and the perfect Happily Ever After ending.
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