She’s decided to end it all. He doesn’t know where to begin. What
they were and who they might become doesn’t matter as much as who they are
together. Fans of Elle Kennedy’s The Deal or Cambria Hebert’s #Player, will
devour the sexy and intense addition to the Nashville Nights series by
Bestselling Author Robin Covington.
Letting go never felt so good.
Carlisle Queen is dying and
no one knows it.
Burying the pain of losing her friends and her professional
swimming career in a terrorist attack, America’s former sweetheart dulls her
pain with drugs, pills and parties. The bomb left her with more than
nightmares; shrapnel is lodged in her back and inching closer to her spinal
cord. When the doctors tell her paralysis is inevitable, she decides to take
her own life rather than face a lifetime in a wheelchair.
Mateo Butler isn’t anyone’s hero.
Reeling from the death of his little sister and his own cowardice,
he spends his nights partying and his days ignoring the medical school acceptance
letters and his parents’ concerned phone calls. Just a couple of months from
graduation, he’s facing a future filled with shame and regret. The last thing
he needs is to meet the woman who compels him to be a better man.
Can they save each other?
When Carlisle and Mateo meet, the chemistry between them is
combustible. They play, party and hide their true selves until one night turns
their lust into something more…something real. As secrets are revealed and
walls collapse, what they were and what they might become doesn’t matter as
much as who they are together. When the choice comes down to life or death, can
love be their salvation?
See where it all began with
book 1 of the Nashville Nights series, Temptation.
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Excerpt: Spanish Lessons
I take her out onto the deck. There are
fewer people here and I find a quiet corner where I can touch her and talk to
her without interruption.
“You want anything to drink?”
“Nope.” She places her water bottle on
the railing. “That’s not my preferred buzz.”
“I’ve heard that.”
“You’ve been checking up on me.”
“I hear things.” I smile and lean down
until our forehead touch heads and I can feel her breath on my face. She steps
into me and I place my hands on her hips. We fit together perfectly and I can’t
help but imagine how good it will be when all these clothes are out of the way.
“I thought you wouldn’t be here tonight because you have a Spanish exam on Monday.”
I want to kiss the corner of her mouth
where her lips form a tease of a smile. “I’m going to ace the written exam.”
Her smile droops a little. “The verbal portion... it might get ugly.”
That is an understatement. I have never
heard anyone butcher the Spanish language like Carlisle Queen. Yes, I’m biased
because I grew up in a bilingual household but she is terrible. I once thought
you’d have to work hard to pronounce things as badly as she does. Not Carlisle.
For her, it comes naturally.
I open up a little space in between us
but I keep my hands on her hips, even letting the right one dip to cup the
sexy, round swell of her ass.
“I think you need to practice. Use me.”
When one auburn eyebrow lifts I smile at her dirty mind. “That’s for later.
Show me what you’ve got.”
“Me
gustaría pedir del menu,” she says and I strain a muscle hiding my wince.
“Okay, so you want to order from a
menu.” I nod and when her eyes light up with hope, I shake it in the negative.
“That was awful. Try again.” I demonstrate the proper way to say it and then
urge her to try again. “Don't pick some random sentence. Just talk to me. Tell
me what you want me to know.”
She considers me for a moment and then
the wicked gleam is back and she steps even closer to me. “Creo que eres caliente”.
She thinks I’m hot. Good to know.
“Better,” I murmur. “Try another.”
“Quiero
saber cómo te gusto.”
She wants to know how I taste.
I groan as she leans in close, her lips
hovering over mine a demonstration of what she wants. I want it too. I chase
her mouth but she partially turns her face to the side while keeping her eyes
locked on mine. Her hands are on my chest and I know she can feel the pounding
in my chest at her next practice line.
“Te
quiero a ti dentro de mí.”
Fuck. She wants me inside her.
“That’s what I want too. To be inside
you, to feel your long legs wrapped around my waist.” I trace her lips with my
tongue, capturing her own moan on the tip and savoring her surrender. “Come
with me. I want to touch you and I’m not doing it with an audience.”
I enter the door we just passed through
and lead her down the back hallway, heading for the stairs and my bedroom. I
make it halfway down the deserted hallway and I can’t wait another minute. I
push her against the wall, raising one arm to bracket us in. She tips her head
to look up at me and I get lost for a moment in her eyes. Usually the color of
emerald, they are nearly black with her arousal. Her gaze flickers down to my
mouth and I grin.
“Voy
a besarte ahora,” I whisper, the only warning of what I’m about to do. She
understands me, her breath catching just before I angle my head and take her
mouth.
Robin
Covington loves to explore the theme of fooling around and falling in love in
her bestselling books. A Night of Southern Comfort, her debut novel was
nominated for the RT Book Reviewers Choice Awards for Small Press and was
touted by RT Book Reviews as bringing a “fresh, modern feel to the genre while
still sticking to the things that get our adrenaline pumping — sex and danger”.
Her books were also nominated for the Bookseller’s Best Award and the National
Reader’s Choice Awards.
When
she’s not writing sexy, sizzling romance she’s collecting tasty man candy,
indulging in a little comic book geek love, and stalking Joe Manganiello. You
can find Robin at her website (robincovingtonromance.com), Facebook, Twitter
and Pinterest.
Don’t
send chocolate . . . send eye candy!
Robin lives in Maryland
with her hilarious husband, brilliant children (they get it from her, of
course!) and her beloved furbabies.
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