After a failed marriage and quitting her high-pressure job, Carrie Steinhem is ready for uncomplicated fun. Love? Not what she’s looking for. She’d rather crash a wedding with her friends and find a hot hookup. The bride’s father is onto her, though. But just as her night out veers toward public embarrassment, a sizzling stranger sweeps in and claims Carrie as his date.
Potential hookup? Check. If she doesn’t get cold feet first.
Ryan Burton is on the fast track to a promotion…assuming he can avoid distractions and nail this new account. Except the woman he rescued at a friend’s wedding ends up not only being his new neighbor—she’s his client’s ex-wife. And his client has every intention of winning her back.
Carrie and Ryan would love to leave complicated alone, but when two people share a duplex and irresistible chemistry, temptation—and love—is right around the corner…
She wanted him inside her. Wanted it like she hadn't wanted anything in a really long time.
"Are you sure?" he asked, unable to catch his breath.
Seriously? ”Yes," she breathed, and then he was kissing her again, his nimble fingers pushing inside her.
"I have to have you," he whispered. "Now."
"Yes." Right now. She couldn’t remember the last time she wanted anyone or anything this badly. "Condom?" She hoped he had one, because she sure the hell didn't. She had condoms at home, in her nightstand, ready for when she would invite a man to her home after five or six dates. For when she wanted to have grown-up, responsible sex. She never had stranger-sex in a closet.
Never.
Except now.
But that wasn't who she was.
Not how she rolled.
"Please tell me you have a condom," she begged.
He froze.
"You don't?" Disappointment like a bucket filled with ice-filled water crashed over her.
"No." He pulled back. "Wait a minute. I know someone. I'll run and get one."
"You're going to tell your friend?" She thought of telling hers and her face burned.
"Yes."
"But we're in a closet. Like a couple of teenagers and I... I don't even know your name."
"Ryan," he said, as the moment was quickly disappearing. “Remember?”
“Right. Yes.” He’d told her.
"I'll look in the men’s bathroom. They probably have one of those machines on the wall." He pulled up his pants. Searched for his shirt and in his haste pulled it on inside out. He ripped it off, turned it around, pulled it back on again, and quickly did up the buttons. He leaned forward and kissed her, his lips still scorching.
"I'll be right back," he promised with as much emotion as if he were going off to war, going to face the leader of hell himself, going to brave the worst storm imaginable, just to bring her back a condom. "Wait here."
Cynthia Cooke is an award-winning author who has published several books with Harlequin/Silhouette, Steeple Hill, and Entangled Publishing. She has a deep affection for romance, thrillers and all things that go bump in the night. So if you choose to delve into one of her stories, don’t forget to turn on the lights. Cynthia’s books aren’t sweet and they aren’t for the faint of heart.
Embrace the Seduction and prepare to get naughty and have a little fun!
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Loved the excerpt and look forward to reading the book.
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