Categories: Erotic Romance, BDSM, Contemporary, Paranormal, Shape-shifter
Word Count: 34,181
Heat Level: SEXTREME
Book Blurb
From the minute Ronan Bernhard roars into Tina Snowdon’s sleepy village
on his Harley, he inhabits her thoughts and dreams. The inked mountain rescue
biker is a sex-on-legs hunk, and her knickers aren’t the only ones that melt in
a flash at his wicked smile.
Ronan, however, keeps his distance and simply becomes another client of
her cleaning firm, until the morning she turns up and finds his cottage
trashed, and her life is turned upside down.
Bear Shifter Ronan recognises his mate the minute he scents her. Having
her clean for him means he can watch over her from afar, because to claim her
as his mate and sub is out of the question.
As the village protector he has responsibilities he can’t ignore—duties
that will place Tina in grave danger—even if she were able to accept not only
his bear, but also his darker desires. The morning she finds him injured, his
bear takes over…
2 EXCERPTS (Pick one please)
PG Excerpt
“You’re mine, Tina.” Ronan interrupted her and
she squealed in alarm when he jumped up, rounded the breakfast bar and stood
behind her. Ronan caged her in with his arms, and placed a hand each on the bar
in front of her. With her back pressed into his chest, she had nowhere to go
and a shudder went through her when he inhaled deeply against her neck. He
indulged his bear by nibbling on her earlobe and he licked her fragrant skin
right over her rapidly beating pulse point. Tina jumped and groaned, and her
musk increased, making it incredibly difficult for Ronan to step away. Step
away he did, however, and Tina drew a shuddering breath into her lungs.
He
dropped back into the chair opposite her, took a long swig of his coffee, and
winked at her.
Some
of the tension went out of her frame.
“Why
me?” she asked.
Ronan
sobered and put his cup down slowly.
“Why
not you, babe?” Her head came up sharply at that and she glared at him. Ronan
put a hand out to placate her. “That didn’t come out right, forgive me. What I
mean is who is to say why someone is attracted to anyone else. Why you can look
at one person and know instantly she is the one for you, even though you know
you can never have her.”
Tina
fidgeted on her seat. She couldn’t quite bring herself to look at him, and he
knew he had her there. Ronan had sensed her instant attraction to him the
minute they’d met. It might have only been pure lust on her part, but wasn’t
that how all great love affairs started?
“I
guess it’s even more complicated for us shifters. We don’t really get a choice
when our animal finds its mate. For us, that moment is it. There’ll
never be another person we will care as deeply for, or will want to build a
family with. Which is all hunky dory when the other person is a shifter too,
because they’ll be as equally in thrall with you. Things get more complicated
when you mix species.”
He
watched her closely for her reaction, but apart from a slight widening of her
eyes, there was none. Tina looked simply deep in thought, and his bear growled
and started to pace.
The
beast had enough of talking. He wanted Ronan to simply grab her and force the
bond between them.
“What
exactly are you?” she asked, and it was his turn to blink at the sudden change
of topic. Tina finally looked up and there was a maelstrom of emotions chasing
the clouds in her eyes. “Apart from a bear, I mean. What happened here last
night, and who could have damaged you so badly? You shift into a freaking
grizzly? What else is out there, that I should know about? And don’t tell me,
it’s dealt with and I don’t have to worry, because I do. Worry that is. My
heart near damn stopped when I turned up and saw the state of the house, and
then found you looking like that.”
His
smile grew the more she rambled on, the words tumbling out of her faster and
faster, until she was forced to stop to take a breath.
“Good,
breathe, woman. Any minute now you were going to turn blue from lack of oxygen,
babe.”
She
stuck her tongue out at him.
“Don’t
call me—”
“Babe,
I know. How about baby? Darling? Honey? Sweetie pie? Kitten?” His chest shook
in silent laughter, as she got more and annoyed.
“This
isn’t funny. What the fuck is wrong with calling me Tina. That is my
name, after all.”
Ronan
sobered and allowed more of his bear to show in his next words.
“And
what is wrong with me wanting to call my woman by a special name, just for us.
One she knows will mean, we’re in a scene, and being sassy will get her put
over my knee, until her ass is lovely and red.”
Tina
froze as though in shock, but it wasn’t disgust he sensed coming off her but
excitement. His bear growled his approval, and Tina opened her mouth as though
to say something. Nothing came out, however, bar her rapid breaths.
Ronan
leant forward and tucked an errant strand of her hair back behind her ears. She’d
left it loose and it fell down her shoulders in a silken mass of black that
meant he wanted to bury his hands in it, and never let her go. Every minute he
spent with her he fell further under her spell, and she still didn’t know
everything about him.
“Cat
got your tongue, Tina?” he asked, and pushed back to give her some
space. This had to be her decision, after all, and he had coerced her enough.
It was testament to her inner strength that she still sat there, and hadn’t run
away screaming. He wouldn’t have blamed her if she had, and of course she might
still do that. That thought made his bear try to gain the upper hand but Ronan
was fully healed now, and in full control. He wouldn’t be rushed by anyone for
something this important, inner animal or not.
Tina
blinked and a wan smile kicked up her full mouth. Lips that he was suddenly
desperate to taste. Again Ronan adjusted his cock and
this time, Tina’s gaze dropped to the action. She licked her lips, whether
unconscious move or by design, he couldn’t quite determine, but he reacted in
Pavlov fashion anyhow.
“You
keep looking at me like that, and I’ll be mighty tempted to spank that ass of
yours right now.”
***
Adult Excerpt
Blood rushed in her ears and she yanked at her
restraints, but it was useless.
“Sir?” She hated the wobble in her voice, but where
was he?
“I’m right here, babe. I can see you, and let me
tell you, the sight of you bound and naked to do with as I please makes me so
damn hard. I might have to jack off to make this last.”
Tina moaned at the mental images that brought to
mind, and Ronan chuckled. The bed dipped again and he ran his hands up and down
her arms and over her breasts. He rolled her nipples between his fingers and
pulled. Tina gasped and arched her back into his touch. Every roll and pluck
made her pussy clench, and she couldn’t help her moan of need.
“Yes, you like that, don’t you? Such sensitive
nipples. I wonder what you will make of these.” Something cold touched her
nipples, to be replaced by his mouth. Ronan suckled hard and then attached
something to her hard peak. Tina went rigid when he tightened the tension.
“Sir, please, that hurts.”
He stopped whatever it was he was doing immediately
and some of the pressure on her nipple eased.
“Color?”
“Yellow.” She squirmed to try and get away from the
tight feeling around her nipple and he loosened it further, until she could
breathe easily again.
“How about now, babe?”
It was on the tip of her tongue to cry yellow again,
if not red, but actually there was no need. It felt strange, but it didn’t hurt
anymore, and she took a deep breath and murmured, “Green, Sir.”
“Good girl.” The obvious approval in his deep voice
sent waves of heated arousal across her skin. She would just about do anything
to please him, she realized with a start.
His mouth closed around her other nipple and she
squirmed anew as he suckled that nub until it felt hugely distended. Tina
clenched her thighs together to relieve the ache in her pussy, and he blew
across her nipple. It felt cold against her slick skin, and this time when he
clamped whatever it was on that side, she welcomed the slight pinch. He
adjusted it to just the right pressure and Tina slipped a little deeper into the
sensations assaulting her.
“If only you could see yourself, babe. Those are
nipple clamps, linked by a chain, and if I do this…” Something tugged at her
nipples at the same time, and Tina arched her back and moaned. Oh lord, that
felt way too good. Tiny shards of pain skittered from her nipples in an
invisible line to her clit, and she panted her arousal.
Ronan’s chuckle sunk into her consciousness like
molten chocolate, and his next words sent her on fire.
“You look so fucking sexy, babe. I’ve got my cock in
my hand and I’m stroking it for you. My fingers are wet with my pre-cum. Here,
taste what you do to me.”
He ran his fingers along the seam of her mouth, and
Tina opened eagerly. His unique salty musk exploded on her taste buds, and she
sucked the digits further into her mouth. Ronan groaned, the bed dipped, and
she needed no encouragement to open her legs wide. Instead of taking her
however like she expected him to do, something cold hit the inside of her thigh
and she yelped in surprise. He withdrew his fingers and surprise turned into a
moan when that thing started to vibrate and Ronan held it right over her clit.
Pleasure surged and her hips bucked upward to get closer to those delicious
vibrations. Her orgasm build in ever tighter circles, and just as she was about
to fly off that cliff, the vibrations stopped.
Tina yanked at her restraints and swore.
“Fuck, noooooo, damn it.”
A swat to her thigh was her reward, and Ronan’s
voice held an edge of steel.
“Such foul language from my girl. I think she needs
something else to occupy that mouth.”
Before she could even grasp his intentions, the bed
dipped next to her head, and he hooked his finger into her mouth to force it
open. His scent enveloped her when he pushed his cock past her lips, and Tina
eagerly opened wider.
Her scalp stung, as Ronan wrapped his hands into her
hair and fucked her mouth. It took mere moments for his cock to pulse and for
the first drops of his cum to hit the back of her throat.
Tina swallowed, but Ronan pulled out and the hot
splashes of his seed hit her breasts instead. Ronan’s bear roared with so much
intensity the bed shook, and Tina’s stomach clenched in need. Fire raced
through her veins, and then Ronan kissed her with so much heated intensity it
left her in no doubt of his feelings. He kissed a path along her jaw and down
her neck, where he suckled the sensitive skin with enough force to leave a
hickey.
“You look so fucking hot dripping in my cum. You’re mine, Tina, and I want everyone to know that.”
The growled words sent her pussy into spasms, and when he clicked the vibrator
back on, Tina screamed as her orgasm raced through her.
***
Glutton for punishment would be a good description for Doris...
at least that's what she hears on an almost daily basis when people find out
that she has a brood of nine children, ranging from adult to toddler and lives
happily in a far too small house, cluttered with children, pets, dust bunnies,
and one very understanding and supportive husband. Domestic goddess she is not.
There is always something better to do after all, like
working on the latest manuscript and trying not to scare the locals even more
than usual by talking out loud to the voices in her head. Her characters tend
to be pretty insistent to get their stories told, and you will find Doris
burning the midnight oil on a regular basis. Only time to get any peace and
quiet and besides, sleep is for wimps.
She likes to spin sensual, sassy, and sexy tales involving
alpha heroes to die for, and heroines who give as good as they get. From
contemporary to paranormal, BDSM to F/F, and Ménage, haunting love stories are
guaranteed.
