THE GILED CAGE by Lauren Smith is a dark and erotic story about a solitary bullrider who finds out he is the
heir to a vast fortune and a family he never knew he had. Readers will be enthralled
with the second installment in the Surrender series which is told in the vein of BARED TO YOU by Sylvia Day and SECRETS EXPOSED by
Lisa Renee Jones.
Praise for the Surrender series:
"The Gilded Cuff is a dark, sensual tale that teases and tantalizes
the senses. It's all about anticipation, seduction, and surrender. You will be
every bit as enthralled with the story as Sophie is with Emery." - Give Me Books Blog
"From the very first page I was lost to the suspense, romance, thrills and chills of this intriguing story. In fact, I was so engrossed in the dramatic plot that I stayed up all night to finish the story. There was no way that I would be able to sleep without knowing how everything played out." - Sizzling Hot Books.com
"If you love a great mystery with a giant dose of steam and a beautiful love story, you will swoon over this novel!" - The Reading Cafe
"From the very first page I was lost to the suspense, romance, thrills and chills of this intriguing story. In fact, I was so engrossed in the dramatic plot that I stayed up all night to finish the story. There was no way that I would be able to sleep without knowing how everything played out." - Sizzling Hot Books.com
"If you love a great mystery with a giant dose of steam and a beautiful love story, you will swoon over this novel!" - The Reading Cafe
Title: The Gilded Cage
Author: Lauren Smith
Series: Surrender
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: June 9, 2015
Publisher: Hachette
Book Group USA
Print Length: 110K
Format: Paperback and
Digital
Print ISBN: 978-1-4555-3277-3
Digital ISBN: 978-1-4555-3278-0
Passion
that takes no prisoners, and love that tests the limits of ecstasy . . .
Fenn
Lockwood comes alive in the shadows. Though he might have physically survived
the kidnapping that stole his childhood, the trauma and pain he lived through
have marked him forever. Now the only place where Fenn can be himself is within
the walls of his private BDSM world—a place of erotic obsession, where desire
isn’t just captured . . . it’s bound.
Hayden Thorne knows that behind Fenn’s hardened
exterior is a man worth fighting for. Yet to save him from the past that still
haunts him, Hayden will have to abandon every inhibition she’s ever had and
venture into Fenn’s intoxicatingly sensual world. Each tantalizing second she
spends in Fenn’s searing embrace is more delicious than the last and soon
Hayden begins to think that she may never want to leave such torturous bliss…
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Hayden Thorne’s heart was still
pounding a little hard, her breath a little shallow, and her palms still hurt
from scratches she’d received when she’d climbed over the rail to avoid death.
Had she really jumped into an arena to challenge an angry bull? A little
half-hysterical giggle escaped her as she collapsed onto the small twin bed in
her cheap motel room in Walnut Springs, tugging her red dress down her thighs.
Her hands still shook from the adrenaline.
Yeah,
she had actually done it.
She’d
saved Fenn Lockwood’s life. The missing boy in the pair of twins kidnapped at
age eight, twenty –five years ago. Emery, the younger of the twins, had
miraculously escaped, but never spoke of what might have befallen his brother
Fenn. The world had assumed his silence meant Fenn was dead. How wrong they’d
all been. He’d been here in Colorado all along, living as a rancher. He was
alive. A fact that still shocked her and filled her with a sense of wonder and
excitement. Bringing Fenn home could do so much—for him, for his family, for
his brother. Fenn’s loss had devastated so many people, including her brother,
Wes, who was Fenn and Emery’s childhood friend.
She
reached down and tugged off her Jimmy Choo pumps. The black leather was badly
scuffed. She’d have to get another pair soon. They were probably ruined by the
crowd during the panic following the accident when the stupid bull had thrown
Fenn like a sack of potatoes. Why couldn’t he just play polo like his twin? Why
did he have to be a bull rider?
She
let the shoes drop to the floor. She still couldn’t relax. She was too keyed up
for anything else. What she wanted to do was find Fenn and tell him everything.
She had tried to find him after she’d gotten out of the arena with the help of
a couple of riders. They had enjoyed leering at her chest before she’d gone to
find her heels. They’d even trailed after her, making all sorts of comments
that would have made her blush if she hadn’t had other things on her mind.
Once
she’d found her shoes, she’d asked around again for where Fenn had gone after
he’d left the arena, and she’d been pointed toward the medical tent. By that
point, it had been empty except for a polite middle-aged doctor who was busy
packing up his supplies. A couple of giggles, a smile, and she’d earned decent
directions to a place called The Broken Spur, a place where Fenn worked.
She
slid her hand into the tiny, almost hidden pocket of her dress and touched the
slip of paper she’d scribbled the directions to Fenn’s ranch on. Fenn’s
residence at the ranch was not something she had shared with her older brother
Wes. He could try to bully her into going home all he liked, or into staying
out of the way, but she didn’t care. This was her mission and she wasn’t going
to give up without a fight. She wanted everyone back home to take her
seriously.
Being
a daughter of one of the richest families on Long Island’s Gold Coast was not
the perfect dream most people might think it would be. She was a bargaining
tool, a pawn for her parents to gain political power and influence. She was
marriage material, nothing more. She wanted to shake her parents up, get them
to open their eyes and see that she wasn’t just a frilly dressed ninny, but a
woman who could actually change the world. Bringing home the long-lost golden
boy might just change their minds about her, and doing so would also make sure the
people she cared about were finally safe. It wouldn’t be easy, either. Someone
wanted to kill Fenn Lockwood and she would not only bring him home but save his
life. Just like she’d done tonight—even though tonight she had not expected
Fenn’s potential killer to be a damn bull.
Other Books in the Surrender Series
THE GILDED CUFF
Book 1 is available at Amazon | Barnes& Noble | Kobo | iBooks | Audible
THE GILDED CHAIN
Book
3 is available for pre-order at Amazon | Barnes& Noble | Kobo | iBooks
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Best-Selling Author Lauren Smith is an attorney by day, author by night, who
pens adventurous and edgy romance stories by the light of her smart phone
flashlight app. She’s a native Oklahoman who lives with her three pets: a
feisty chinchilla, sophisticated cat and dapper little schnauzer. She’s won
multiple awards in several romance subgenres including being an Amazon.com
Breakthrough Novel Award Quarter-Finalist and a Semi-Finalist for the Mary
Wollstonecraft Shelley Award.
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