TEMPT ME
A Stark International Novella
J.Kenner
Release Day: Feb 14
Sometimes passion has a price …
When sexy Stark Security Chief Ryan
Hunter whisks his girlfriend Jamie Archer away for a passionate, romance-filled
weekend so he can finally pop the question, he’s certain that the answer will
be an enthusiastic yes. So when Jamie tries to avoid the conversation, hiding
her fears of commitment and change under a blanket of wild sensuality and
decadent playtime in bed, Ryan is more determined than ever to convince Jamie
that they belong together.
Knowing there’s no halfway with this
woman, Ryan gives her an ultimatum – marry him or walk away. Now Jamie is
forced to face her deepest insecurities or risk destroying the best thing in
her life. And it will take all of her strength, and all of Ryan’s love, to keep
her right where she belongs…
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“Kiss me,” he says, and I close my mouth over
his, losing myself in the sensation of being body on body like this, so close I
can’t tell if the heartbeat I’m feeling belongs to Ryan or me.
We
move slowly at first, but there’s no holding back, and soon our motions are frenzied.
Soon, he’s exploding inside me. Soon, I shatter in his arms.
“Oh, baby,” he murmurs when we’re sane again
and he’s looking at my face with eyes filled with love. “You are so beautiful.”
I bend and kiss him—my heart overflowing. And
I can’t help but think how different it is with Ryan than the men I’d been with
before. Before, when a guy called me beautiful, I’d mentally cringed, at least
a little.
Because the truth is, I am beautiful. It’s not an ego thing—it’s just an empirical fact.
It’s useful, and I’ve definitely traded on it. But it’s not who I am. Not the
heart of me. And in my life BR—
Before Ryan—whenever a guy called me
beautiful, I never knew if he cared about me, or if he was just happy to have a
pretty piece of a**.
With Ryan, I know without a doubt that he
loves me. And the beauty he sees in me is more than what a camera sees.
He sees the whole woman. A lover, a friend.
He sees a girl he can laugh with. That he can talk to. A woman to spend long,
lazy nights with. A woman with hopes and dreams and fears and doubts.
He sees me. Jamie Archer. And that’s a really nice feeling.
“I love you,” I say, those little words just
spilling out of me. “You’re the best thing that ever happened to me.”
The moment I say the words, though, I regret
them. Not because they aren’t true—they are.
But because I can see the response on Ryan’s
face, though he knows enough not to say the words out loud.
If that’s true, then why won’t you marry me?
J.Kenner
(aka Julie Kenner) is the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Wall
Street Journal and #1 International bestselling author of over seventy novels,
novellas and short stories in a variety of genres.
Though
known primarily for her award-winning and international bestselling erotic
romances (including the Stark and Most Wanted series) that have reached as high
as #2 on the New York Times bestseller list, JK has been writing full time for
over a decade in a variety of genres including paranormal and contemporary
romance, “chicklit” suspense, urban fantasy, and paranormal mommy lit.
JK
has been praised by Publishers Weekly as an author with a “flair for dialogue
and eccentric characterizations” and by RT Bookclub for having “cornered the
market on sinfully attractive, dominant antiheroes and the women who swoon for
them.” A five time finalist for Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA
award, JK took home the first RITA trophy awarded in the category of erotic
romance in 2014 for her novel, Claim Me (book 2 of her Stark Trilogy). Her
Demon Hunting Soccer Mom series (as Julie Kenner) is currently in development
with AwesomenessTV/Awestruck.
Her
books have sold over three million copies and are published in over
twenty languages.
In
her previous career as an attorney, JK worked as a clerk on the Fifth Circuit
Court of Appeals, and practiced primarily civil, entertainment and First
Amendment litigation in Los Angeles and Irvine, California, as well as in
Austin, Texas. She currently lives in Central Texas, with her husband,
two daughters, and two rather spastic cats.
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