EXCERPT #1
© 2015 by Kim Karr
Published by the Penguin Group
Release date: July 7th, 2015
Phoebe St. Claire
“Where are you?” he asked.
“Home.”
“I know. Where in your apartment are you?”
“On my bed.”
“Where are you?” I asked.
“Give me a minute.”
I heard stomping up some stairs and then a door closed.
“On my bed,” he said in that same husky tone.
I nearly stopped breathing.
“Are you still there?” he asked again.
“Yes,” my voice was raspy.
In a deep husky voice he said, “Tell me what you’re wearing
under your clothes.”
Arousal overtook my mind and I answered quickly. “A bra and
panties.”
“Take off your clothes and tell me what they look like.”
Flushing from head to toe I managed to say, “Jeremy!”
“Phoebe, I’ve seen you in your underwear. Christ, I’ve seen
you naked. Just put your phone on speaker, dim the lights, and describe to me
the lucky pieces of fabric covering your tits and pussy.”
Shock and desire swarmed through me in equal measure.
Memories of his dirty mouth came back in a flash.
I’d loved it so many years ago, loved when we were flesh to
flesh. And this was different. I’d never had phone sex before. Had no idea how
to, but I knew I was about to find out. I wasn’t going to turn him down. I
wanted this.
The sexual tension that had blossomed between us was causing
me to go insane. I was touching myself when I woke up in the middle of the
night, and then in the shower before work, and last night and the night before
after I hung up the phone with him. I’d been masturbating to the thought of him
nonstop. Phone sex had to be so much better.
“Give me a minute,” I whispered needing to ease into the
more intimate exchange that I knew was coming. I stripped out of my skirt and
blouse and all but tore my hose pulling them off. The lights were already
dimmed, so that wasn’t an issue. I heard his own mattress squeaking and
wondered if he had started without me.
My phone beeped again and I looked down. This time it was an
incoming call from Jamie. I ignored it. Then, I took a deep breath and a giant
leap of faith as I sat on my bed in my underwear.
Just as I was thinking about what I could say, he spoke. “I
have to be honest with you,” he said.
My heart sank. I didn’t like any conversation that started
with those words.
With a heavy exhale, he said, “I’ve been hard all week just
thinking about you and I have to admit, my wrist hasn’t been worked out this
much in a long time.”
Picturing his hand, his cock, his hips, and the perfect
choreographed movement of all three had me barely cognizant.
“Phoebe?”
“I’m here,” I said in the raspiest tone. “Then I’ll be
honest too. It’s possible that I’ve made myself come more times this week than
I have in my entire life.”
I wasn’t exactly comfortable initiating a kinky
conversation. But I could follow his lead.
“Jesus Phoebe, you can’t talk that way to me when I’m not
near you.”
Something primal erupted within me. “And I want to do it
again.”
“Fuckkkk.”
I moaned at his use of the word fuck. It sounded entirely
too delicious.
Equally as delicious was his sexy laugh that followed. “So
what are we going to do about this dilemma?”
I sunk back into my pillows and pictured his face—his lips
parted and his eyes heavy-lidded.
I knew what I wanted to do about it.
Did he want to do the same thing?
I hoped so.
Will they or won’t they?
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RELEASE DATE: July 7th, 2015
New York Times bestselling author Kim Karr turns up the heat
in a smoking hot, emotionally compelling romance that takes you into the world
of Manhattan's elite. Meet Jeremy McQueen, a sexy, intense, brooding
entrepreneur who goes after what he wants, and Phoebe St. Claire, a
socialite-turned-CEO who's been drifting through life searching for something
she thought she'd never find again--the right man to share her future.
Phoebe St. Claire has devoted herself to saving her family's
hotel empire--but her best efforts have not been good enough. With her whole
world in turmoil, the tenacious go-getter turns to the once love of her life.
Far from innocent, Jeremy McQueen was the guy from the wrong side of the tracks
who her parents would never have approved of. Their years apart have only made
the sexy bad boy more irresistible than ever--and their reunion is explosive.
When she asks Jeremy
to help her salvage her family business, he agrees immediately, with only one
condition--he wants her in his bed.
But soon surprising circumstances leave Phoebe reeling. Was
this fairy tale romance just too good to be true? Will Jeremy's secrets pull
them apart all over again?
THIS IS A STANDALONE SECOND-CHANCE ROMANCE WITH NO
CLIFFHANGER ENDING.
About the Author:
I live in Florida with my husband and four kids. I've always
had a love for reading books and writing. Being an English major in college, I
wanted to teach at the college level but that was not to be. I went on to
receive an MBA and became a project manager until quitting to raise my family.
I currently work part-time with my husband and full-time embracing one of my
biggest passions—writing.
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