Mastering Her Fear
He wouldn’t
walk away from her again,
but he would
get the truth out of her.
One way or another.
BLURB:
Julie Martin pulled on
Jackson Davenport’s protective urges the minute he stepped outside and saw her
go flying off her swing to land in a heap of gangly arms and legs then come up
smiling. When he discovered how her parents pressed her into competing in
beauty pageants for their own selfish gratification, he took it upon himself to
provide her with the friendship the little girl craved. Years later, just when
his adult feelings – and body – began to want more from the beautiful young
woman she’d grown up to be, Julie moved away to take the modeling world by
storm. Jackson’s first encounter with the changes in her personality broke his
heart and he severed all ties with her.
Six years later, Julie
returns to Jackson a broken woman, unable to cope with the nightmare that
changed her life forever. When he discovers her penchant for cutting herself to
deal with the fear, he shows her a new side of him she’s never seen before, and
a new way to get through the darkness that continues to plague her.
Even though Julie embraces
Jackson’s dominant sexuality and the way his painful ministrations work much
better at calming her fears, the truth of what happened the night her two
friends were murdered stands between them. Will she be able to set aside her
guilt to tell him the entire truth, or will she once again lose the only person
who can complete her?
Publisher’s Note: This book
is intended for adults only. It contains elements of power exchange and
explicit scenes. While it is the third title in the Miami Masters series, it
can be enjoyed as a standalone.
EXCERPT
The sudden
glare of flashbulbs nearly blinded Jackson as they stepped outside, but it was
the immediate change in Julie’s demeanor that snared his attention. Gone
was the vain, brittle woman he’d just spent an uncomfortable dinner with and in
her place preened a gushing, simpering celebrity putting on airs for the
tabloids. Bitterness that rivaled what he’d felt when Federal agents
invaded his home and arrested his parents for drug dealing and complicity in a
child’s death rolled through him. It wasn’t fair to have his illusions
ripped out from under him twice in a lifetime.
Needing to
get away, Jackson stepped away from her and hailed the next cab then gave her a
quick hug as soon as the reporters left. “Good seeing you again, Julie.”
He kissed her forehead and turned, ignoring her as she called after him
in a puzzled voice.
“Jackson?”
But as he
reached for the handle of the taxi, Jackson held up a finger, bidding him to
wait. Spinning back around, he caught a glimpse of confused insecurity on
Julie’s face before she masked it behind the façade he’d been staring at all
night as he strode over to her. Yanking her against him, he held her head
immobile by cupping her nape. Swooping down, he kissed her, fast and
hard, refusing to give in to the temptation to linger, to savor, to take more.
Her low moan of instant surrender threatened his resolve to walk away,
but he forced himself to remember the past hour, the worst he’d spent in her
company. Pulling back with a sigh of regret and heavy ache for all he had
lost, he drank in her face one last time. “Have a good life, Julie.”
Ignoring her astonishment and the arousal in those amethyst eyes, he
hopped in the cab and didn’t glance back.
AUTHOR BIO:
I live in the Midwest with my
husband and our two dogs. I love dogs, enjoy spending time with my
daughter, babysitting dogs and kids, reading and working puzzles. We have
traveled extensively throughout the states, Canada and just once overseas, but
I now much prefer being homebody. I worked for a while writing articles
for a local magazine but soon found my interest in writing for myself peaking.
My first book was strictly spanking erotica, but I slowly evolved to
writing erotic spanking romance with a touch of suspense. My favorite
genre to read is suspense.
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