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Six Month Rule
Kingston Ale House #2
A.J. Pine
Publication Date: July 18, 2016
Genres: Adult, Entangled, Select Contemporary, Romance
She created the game, but the rules are about to change.
Taurus: Hold fast to your single-minded nature today—no matter how long her legs or how lush her red lips.
Gemini: You were a shining star last night, but reality can be a real—well, you get the picture. Just remember: Tall, dark, and British equals no corner office for you.
Will Evans never wanted a reason to stay.
Holly Chandler wants nothing more than for him to go.
But neither one is prepared for what can happen in six months. Because it doesn’t matter what you want when what you need walks out the door.
Holly’s been busting her butt to make partner at Trousseau and there’s no way she’s going to let some stuck-up British arsehole get in her way—no matter how drop-dead gorgeous he is. But that doesn’t mean she can’t have a little fun in the process. She has a six-month rule: date just long enough for the honeymoon phase to wear off, then walk away before anyone gets hurt. If they both know the rules up front, walking away will be a piece of cake. Or maybe not…
*SIX MONTH RULE is a stand alone book in a connected series.
Holly closed her eyes and started reliving the
kiss, not able to shake the feeling of standing on her tiptoes and pressing her
pelvis to his. She’d felt him hard against her. She knew he wanted
exactly what she did. Okay, well, she couldn’t confirm that he was going
through a dry spell, too,
but he wanted her. That much she knew.
Shit.
She stalked to the bathroom and turned on the
faucet so that water rushed out in a loud, whirring splash. Then she stripped
herself bare and adjusted the temperature before changing the water source from
bath nozzle to showerhead. Holly stepped over the lip of the tub and pulled the
curtain shut, letting out a resigned sigh.
The water hit her face, her neck, her breasts—nipples
still sensitive and hard just from brushing up against him. She imagined Will’s
velvety voice asking, May I kiss you? May I touch you? May I…
Holly lifted the showerhead out of its cradle and
adjusted the setting to her favorite combination of pulse and vibration. She
gave it a pointed look.
“Do you have any secret children you’d like
to tell me about before things go any further?”
The showerhead said nothing, but she knew what it
was thinking.
I’m it for you, sweetheart. I’ll always be here, and you’ll always come back to me. We’re meant to
be.
Well, they were meant to be for this evening,
anyway.
She let her head fall against the cool, tiled wall
and dropped the hand holding the showerhead between her legs. Eyes closed and
shoulders finally relaxing, Holly let her hips pulse to the rhythm of the
water, and she let the water do what she needed it to do.
Only, her H2O lover wasn’t doing his job. She
shifted her stance, but it still wasn’t right. Maybe it was placement? But no,
adjusting placement did nothing to uncoil the tight heat from her core. Then,
understanding the risks, she did the unthinkable. Desperate times called for
desperate measures. With her thumb resting on the small lever at the base of
the head, Holly swiveled it forward just a notch—and changed the setting.
“Shit!” she yelled, throwing the nozzle against the
wall. It bounced and sprayed hot needles at her torso, her face, and then the
shower curtain. She grabbed it before it nailed her in the face again, not
wanting another aggressive facial.
Note to self—
Next time you want to change the showerhead
setting, remove said showerhead from between your legs first!
Holly’s much-needed release was going nowhere fast,
so she nudged the dial back to where it was—or where she thought it was—and
attempted to get back to business. But it was no use. The pulse was too weak,
the water streams too thin. She tried again, and then again, prodding the dial
just enough to enact the smallest change, but she couldn’t get it back to her
original setting.
Her greatest fear had been realized. Her showerhead
setting had lost its sweet spot, which meant her sweet spot was to
remain unsatisfied.
How far will one man go for the woman he's loved since high school?
Jamie Kingston has been Brynn Chandler's best friend since middle school. Only once was their friendship tested—when Brynn gave Jamie a single kiss. Since then, they've had an unspoken agreement never to cross that line again, and she’s ready to let go of the past and move on.
But Jamie has loved Brynn for as long as he can remember, and now that he's ready to tell her, she has her sights set on someone else. Knowing this is his last chance, he asks Brynn to go on a two-week road trip. But their time alone brings old hurts to the surface, and Brynn has to decide if the one that got away lies at the end of the journey or if he's been by her side all along.
AJ Pine writes stories to break readers’ hearts, but don’t worry—she’ll mend them with a happily ever after. As an English teacher and a librarian, AJ has always surrounded herself with books. All her favorites have one big commonality–romance. Naturally, her books have the same. When she’s not writing, she’s of course reading. Then there’s online shopping (everything from groceries to shoes) and, of course, a tiny bit of TV where she nourishes her undying love of vampires and superheroes. And in the midst of all of this, you’ll also find her hanging with her family in the Chicago burbs.
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