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Judy is the girl who got away. I've thought about her for years—the night when we danced together... how she felt in my arms.
Now, I finally have a chance to make her mine. But doing so means going all-in on an investment that's doomed to fail.
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Title: Forbidden Desire Series: Confessions of a Trophy Wife #1 Author: L.M. Mountford Genre: Steamy Dark Romance/Erotica
Release Date: April 4, 2020
Blurb
He closed the gap, his big hand moving to gently rest
on her denim encased thigh. “I prefer more mature women. Women who know what
they want and how to get it.”
To all the rest of the world, Elizabeth Clarke had it all.
A successful husband. A beautiful home. And now a son off to
university.
She is a perfect housewife with the perfect life.
It’s a lie.
Her husband is a lying, drinking philanderer who hates her
as much as she loathes him. Her home is beautiful, but empty, nothing more than
a gilded cage to keep her trapped in a world she never wanted.
That is, until he came back into town.
Hugh Becket.
Her son’s best friend.
He’s hot, young, and so forbidden.
Elizabeth knows she should stay away, but when the devil
comes knocking on her door in the middle of the night, what’s a poor neglected
trophy wife to do?
Forbidden Desire is a super hot older woman / younger man
romance. It has a HEA, NO Cliffhanger and all the steam you have come to expect
from the Lord of Lust.
Oh God, was that monster his cock or did he just stick a bloody cucumber down his trousers?
Furiously scrubbing her hair with the towel, Elizabeth felt her cheeks burning at the memory of the appendage straining against Hugh’s trousers.
Oh fuck, he’s huge … Did I do that to him?
The thought came out of nowhere and sent a pulse of heat straight down to her clit. Shocked, she immediately tried to brush it aside, but then couldn’t help remembering the way he’d been watching her, the hot predatory gleam in his eyes as he'd looked her over.
She knew that look. It was a hot look, dark and hungry. Sultry and very, very dangerous in the eyes of a young stud.
She’d seen it a lot when she was younger. On Saturday nights out when she went out to hit the town with her girlfriends. The clubs and bars would be thronged with packs of men who’d watch them with that same look. Like packs of wild dogs, eyeing up a fresh juicy bit of meat. Some of Patrick's mates had given her that same look over the years too, when they’d had a few too many and were likely to get handsy…
But to see Hugh giving her that same look. No, it couldn’t be.
She’d known him and his mother for years, since he and Victor were kids in playschool. He was young enough to be her son. He was her friend’s son, and her own son’s best friend. And she was too old for him, much too old.
I’m old enough to be his mother.
“Tea's up!”
Her heart leapt at the husky voice.
Aimlessly scrubbing her hair, she swung around to find Hugh standing in the doorway, holding two steaming mugs. The vision was as breath-taking as it had been when he had been standing in the doorway. The image of him, in those casual distressed jeans and tight shirt, radiating such raw masculinity, an alpha male at ease in his territory, made her long to be twenty years younger.
He placed them on the coffee table.
“Still lots of milk and three sugars, right?”
Placing the towel over the headrest of one of the two matching armchairs that encircled one side of the table, she sat in one corner of the sofa that sat opposite. Able to practically feel the heat of his eyes on her skin through her clothes, she picked up the mug and sipped. Sweet and just that little bit shy of hot. Perfect.
“Cheers.”
Elizabeth sipped and sipped, until she knew she couldn’t avoid talking to Hugh any longer without seeming rude. Then she mentally kicked herself. She was being ridiculous.
This was Hugh, just Hugh. It didn’t matter that he had grown into a smouldering and sexy-as-hell Adonis. It was still Hugh. She focused on that, trying to think of the little boy she’d use to watch play in the park.
“So, Jen and Mike took off to the sun and gave you run of the house, huh? Where’d they go?”
“Gran Canaria,” he answered, sitting beside her. As it was a two-seater, there was just enough room on the sofa for them both. Just. “Dad scored a big commission, so they rented a condo out there for the month to celebrate.”
“Lucky for some…” Elizabeth could feel herself shaking from his closeness. His tone was offhand and casual, but the way the smokiness of his voice curled around the words, he might as well have been whispering dirty fuck-me-talk right in her ear. “So, does this mean you've finished your pupillage?”
He picked his own mug up off the glass tabletop. “Yep, I’m now a fully certified and experienced lawyer.”
“That’s great.” Her breath caught as he drank, her eyes immediately fixing on the subtle movements of his throat as he swallowed. Then she noticed his eyes, those intense, baleful blue eyes, burning bright against the inky dark of his pupils, watching her over the rim. She quickly looked away. “What are you going to do now? Take a break here while your parents are away then head off back to the city? Get snapped up by some big firm and become a hotshot city lawyer? I could just see you in the Old Bailey. Parading around in your robe and wig, then hitting the streets with your expensive tailored suits and flash super car. You were always a flash git, even when you and Victor were kids.”
“Ouch,” he mocked a hurt look. Then, putting the mug down, he rounded on her, the force of his presence enough to have her edging back into the sofa. “No, actually I’m here to stay. I took a job with a small firm down in Taunton. And I’m not involved in criminal law. I handle insurance.”
“Insurance?”
“Yeah, insurance, and a bit of property law. It’s less glamorous but steadier.” As he spoke, Elizabeth couldn’t help noticing he was edging closer. “And my clients aren’t likely to throw acid in my face if I can’t get them off.”
Their growing proximity had awareness tingling through her arms, and heat gathering in the pit of her belly. “Fair point. So, you’ve just moved back into your old room? Aren’t you a bit … err big for that now?”
“A little.” He teased and actually winked at her. “That’s why I’m kipping in the spare room while I look for a place of my own.”
“To rent?”
“Afraid so.”
He was getting closer, too close.
“Well it shouldn’t take long to find somewhere, if you know where to look. You know, there are some very nice places over my way.” Fuck, why had she said that.
“I remember.” His voice lowered, growing hotter like the space between them. “You’ll have to show me around, give me the grand tour.”
In spite of herself, Elizabeth’s heart leapt at the idea.
“Sure, pop round anytime you’re free and I’d be happy to show you the neighbourhood.” God, what was she saying? She really needed to stop talking now. But she couldn’t stop herself, it had just come out as her mind swam with the thought of him and her, alone, that body pushing up against her, all hard and male, his wicked mouth doing unspeakable things.
No, this wasn’t good. She needed to get things onto a safer ground. “I know Victor would love it. You haven’t seen him in ages. And it’s such a great place to start a family, I’m sure your girlfriend will love it.”
He smirked, as if he could see how close she was to snapping. And revelled in it. “Well, that sounds great, all I need to do now is to find a wife.”
“Oh, so there’s no one…”
“Oh, there’s someone,” he said. “There has been for a long time. She just doesn’t know it, yet.”
Elizabeth felt a lump developing in her throat, her heart racing like a bird in a cage. “Well, I’m sure she’s a very special girl.”
“She is, but I’m not really interested in girls.” He closed the gap, his big hand moving to gently rest on her denim encased thigh. “I prefer more mature women. Women who know what they want and how to get it."
She wanted him.
Wanted to touch him, taste him, bite him.
Wanted to lick her way down those delicious abs, tear those damn jeans off with her teeth, and suck his big fucking cock until-
He kissed her hungrily, all heat and instinct.
Author Bio
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A self-confessed tiger fanatic, L.M. Mountford was born and raised in England,
first in the town of Bridgwater, Somerset, before later moving to the city of
Gloucester where he currently resides. A fully qualified and experienced scuba
diver, he has travelled across Europe and Africa diving wrecks and seeing the
wonders of the world.
I’m the genius behind the keyboard, the man at my brothers’
backs when trouble comes calling. Killing might not have been my nature, but I
learned to do what I had to, to survive. To keep them alive.
Now, with everything going right, with my family finally happy, a new threat
has risen. A shadow. A menace that could take it all away in a single breath.
And not just from my family. From hers.
Nix.
One glance and I knew I’d walk through fire to make her see me, make her mine.
Too bad she’s not willing to see inside of me.
In a world where might makes right, we’re on different sides of the spectrum,
but in this game of cat-and-mouse, it will take both of us to make it out
alive.
The silence between us built as I waited for him to speak, and a warm
flush crept up my neck and onto my cheeks. Finally I risked a sideways glance.
Eli was staring—at me.
“What?” I gathered my bowl and plate, silverware, but couldn’t step away
without looking at him again. “Eli?”
He shook his head. “I was just…” Another shrug showcased the thick
muscles beneath his thin T-shirt. “I was trying to figure out what it is about
you.”
The thump of my heartbeat got harder against my ribs. “What is what about
me?”
He turned, planting a hip against the counter as he continued to stare.
“Every time I look at you, it’s like a magnet,” he said, “pulling me back time
and again. I noticed it at the restaurant. Couldn’t stop thinking about it.
About you. And now…”
Every cell in my body screamed at me to run, hide, get away—and yet…
“Now…what?”
“Now I know about you—a little of what you’ve been through, what you do,
how you love your team.”
“They’re my family.” The amber glow of his gaze had me dropping mine.
Why was I looking at the floor? I wasn’t shy. I didn’t lack strength or
confidence—maybe had a little too much sometimes, actually. And yet that look…
God. It was his intensity, the way his gaze crawled inside me and uncovered
things I didn’t want to think about, didn’t want to feel. Especially right now.
I couldn’t bear it; Eli Agozi was too much. Too big a threat—to me,
personally, my emotions, my thoughts. He pulled me down paths I couldn’t afford
to follow. Mere hours in his presence and I knew.
He was the biggest risk I couldn’t afford to take.
“I don’t think it’s only that they became your family, though it’s partly
that. It’s also just who you are, Beautiful.” Eli leaned close until his nose
barely brushed mine. Too close. “You fascinate me, Mikaela. I’m not sure why,
and I’m definitely not certain where it will end, but I do know one thing: it’s
gonna be a hell of a ride.” He nudged my nose, one side of his mouth tugging
up. “I can’t wait.”
Ella Sheridan never fails to take her readers to the dark
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Born and raised in the Deep South, Ella writes romantic
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Our world is dangerous and destroyed by our ancestors.
We’re a bunch of hulking, broody mortarekkers left on this wretched planet, and it’d be enough to frighten any alien female upon waking to see our ugly nogs.
But my mate isn’t frightened.
The moment she wakes, I claim her.
How could I not when she’s the bravest and most beautiful female to ever walk this earth?
Surprisingly, she’s excited for this new adventure. Eager to be my side. A heroine like in all the stories she so fervently retells.
We could even have the happily ever after she speaks of.
If only an army of evil, violent, cruel Kevins weren’t headed our way.
And I’m the one everyone is relying on to save them.
Each solar flies by quicker than the last. It’s a race to build a powerful weapon to blow them out of the sky and woo the prettiest female at the same time.
I’ve got this.
I’m a mort of many talents.
I’m one determined hero.
These Kevins think they’ll take away our happy ending?
I rekking think not.
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About K. Webster
K Webster is a USA Today Bestselling author. Her titles have claimed many bestseller tags in numerous categories, are translated in multiple languages, and have been adapted into audiobooks. She lives in “Tornado Alley” with her husband, two children, and her baby dog named Blue. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, drinking copious amounts of coffee, and researching aliens.
Nicole Blanchard is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of gritty romantic suspense and heartwarming new adult romance. She and her family reside in the south along with their menagerie of animals.
Genre: Dark Romance with BDSM Cover Design: Mayhem Cover Creations Photo: Wander Aguiar Model: Eddie Wess
Release Date: April 14, 2020
Blurb
I used to have everything. Then my everything was ripped away from me.
Now, instead of the warmth of his love, I feel the coldness of his loss. The
darkness that remains in me is frightening.
I don't want to feel anything. The cold has a nice numbing effect. I've
decided to embrace it. I've also decided that even though I no longer feel, I
do still need. I need to bind, flog, and Dominate younger men.
Especially one in particular. I know he thinks he can change me. Thaw
my frozen heart. He cries so beautifully for me; I could almost believe in love
again. But I could never love another man the way I did my husband and Master.
Not even my eager young submissive. He will never be my love...only my
Plaything.
Cole Denton is an ocean lover who finds joy in almost all physical
activities. He is especially passionate about baseball and surfing, indulging
in them every chance he gets.
His other passion is writing. It began at a young age and followed him
through to his time at a university in SoCal where he majored in
screenwriting.
After moving to Sin City itself, Cole has put his knowledge and talent as
a writer to work by pursuing a career as a dark fiction author. Cole is
enjoying testing his kinky side, in pursuit of all things pleasurable.
K Webster is a USA Today Bestselling author. Her titles have claimed many bestseller tags in numerous categories, are translated in multiple languages, and have been adapted into audiobooks. She lives in “Tornado Alley” with her husband, two children, and her baby dog named Blue. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, drinking copious amounts of coffee, and researching aliens.
