Cooking Up a
Seduction
by Jenna Bayley-Burke
BLURB:
Love never tasted so sweet...
Sexy venture capitalist Cameron
Price takes the helm of the Seattle branch of the firm to prove he has what it
takes to lead the entire company. Unfortunately, his boss thinks what it takes
for a workaholic like Cam is a wife!
To fend off the matrimonally
inclined, Cameron has to think fast. Inspired by the dazzling green eyes of the
gorgeous caterer, he proposes the kind of innovative arrangement he's known
for. If Lauren Brody will spend a few weeks on his arm networking at events,
she'll be able to raise the profile of Come For Dinner catering and book more
clients than she ever dreamed.
But Lauren has a plan of her
own and tempts Cameron to play along. She convinces Mr. Buttoned-Up-Tight they
can have some serious fun on his piano, in his kitchen, and behind closed
doors. But it's dangerous to keep a lid on something so hot. And a relationship
was never on Cameron's agenda...
WARNING :: Indulge at your own
risk! Cravings for exotic fruit, decadent delights, erotic fashion &
steaming hot nights of pleasure have been reported.
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Excerpt:
City lights twinkled from the
floor-to-ceiling bay window. He could even hear the buzz of bustling city.
She’d used more color than he'd ever thought to, blending deep red curtains
with burnt orange chairs, natural wood floors and splashes of bright green in
the pillows and throws on the brown chaise. From the granite countertops of her
small kitchen, to the dark glass pendant lighting, everything was contemporary,
yet casual. Perfectly Lauren.
“You like?” she asked, standing
behind as she pulled his coat from his shoulders. He shrugged it off and turned
around to face her.
“I like you.” He slid his
fingers through her silken hair, tilting her head to the perfect angle.
“Good answer.” She gripped his
tie, pulling him closer, but that was the last bit of control he allowed her.
He took possession of her lips.
Her gasp told him his kiss was harder, more demanding than she expected, but
since she followed it up with a moan as he deftly slipped her coat from her
shoulders and slid his hands beneath her sweater to touch her soft, smooth
skin, he knew she didn’t mind.
She wrapped her arms around his
neck and returned the kiss with a passion that made his mind thrum with
possibilities. She’d allow him anything, offered her body for his enjoyment,
only asking satisfaction in return. And since he intended to explore her body
fully, indulging every urge he’d stifled, that would be his pleasure.
He slid his mouth over her
lips, to her jaw, nibbling at her neck, nipping at her earlobe. Everywhere he
went she rewarded him with soft whimpers and breathy sighs. Her fingers pressed
against his scalp as she held his head to her, her other hand struggling with
the buttons on his shirt.
“Too many clothes.” Her throaty
whisper made him grin.
He released her and pulled
back, locking their gazes as he undid the knot in his tie. She pulled at the
end, removing it in a whoosh as he set to work on the buttons of his shirt.
With a naughty gleam in her eye she wrapped the ends of the tie in each hand
and pulled it taut. The corner of her bottom lip disappeared between her teeth.
Cameron shook his head. “No
way. I’m using my hands tonight.”
“I was thinking for me. I don’t
know how much more foreplay I can take before I knock you to the ground and
have my way with you.” She stepped closer, placing the tie in his hands. “This
way I’d have to take it. Make me wait, Cameron.”
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
College confused me. I went in
determined to become an orthopedic surgeon, and
came out with a triple major – Psychology, Religious Studies, and
English. Thank goodness organic chemistry mystified me, or my life might have
turned out completely different. Or not. I always wanted to write, it just
seemed like a far away goal – a someday not a today.
After managing department
stores and executive recruiting, I got lucky and had my first of three
children. After two years of fertility treatments, I wanted to be with him as
much as I could and opted to stay home. I started writing then, and developing
recipes for magazines like Cooking Light and Better Homes & Gardens.
After my second son was born I
had a health crisis, and as I lay in the ER I worried about what my boys would
make of the things I’d left behind. Stories started and never finished, notes
on novels never written, not to mention the rolls of film I’d yet to develop
and put in albums. Grateful for life and high on pain meds, I was making some
brave decisions. Like writing a book in a month for National Novel Writers
Month (NaNoWriMo).
That book (after much editing)
became my first romance novel, JUST ONE SPARK, published by Mills & Boon in
2006. COOKING UP A STORM followed, as have a series of single-title romances
from Samhain Publishing (HER CINDERELLA COMPLEX, PAR FOR THE COURSE,
COMPROMISING POSITIONS, PRIDE & PASSION, PRIVATE SCANDAL, FOR KICKS, and
DRIVE ME CRAZY).
COMPROMISING POSITIONS will
always hold a special place in my heart, not because it sat atop the Amazon
Bestseller list for two weeks, but because it was the story I was writing when
I got sick, the half-finished book I worried my boys would find and wonder why
I hadn’t completed it. Nothing compares to showing my kids that when you have a
dream you chase it, catch it, hold on with both hands, and never let go.
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