Please welcome author Madison Michael. I have the spotlight on Bedeviled, book #3 of the Beguiling Bachelor Series.
BLURB
Charlotte
is on the run...Charlotte Roche escaped dangers lurking in Boston by accepting a job in Chicago. A new name, a new beginning - all built on lies. Thinking she is safe, Charlotte drops her guard and sets her sights on her ruggedly handsome and wildly sexy running partner, Alexander Gaines. Can she advance their relationship from the track to the bedroom and still maintain her charade, or will Alex's probing questions pierce her carefully rehearsed story?
Alex, with unrevealed secrets of his own, struggles to hold the irresistible Charlotte at arm’s length. But when Charlotte sustains a suspicious injury, Alex seizes the opportunity to cuddle up to the sassy beauty. Does he dare risk his reputation, his fortune, his friends, and his heart?
With exposure imminent, they appeal to their friends for help. Join Alex and Charlotte, along with characters you’ve met and loved in “Bedazzled” and “Beholden”, as they tackle the maze of half-truths and cover-ups threatening the lovers.
How can they build a bond with deceit on both sides? With malevolent forces advancing, is their love Bedeviled?
EXCERPT
“You look so beautiful,” he told her in a husky
voice. “I have been wanting to do this all night.”
His head lowered to hers, pulling her close against
him as he leaned back until all her weight was leaning on his and she had no
choice but to twine her arms behind his head or the tree trunk. His lips
captured her slowly, softly pressing against hers. One hand rested low, on the
curve between her back and her behind. The other came up to tangle in her short
hair, holding her head still as he deepened the kiss. His lips demanded
response, plundering her mouth with his tongue. He tasted of expensive wine and
Alex as his tongue explored the recesses of her mouth, hot and insistent. Her
breasts were flattened against his rock-hard chest, her hips tight against his
as he held her to him.
When he lifted his head, shadowed by moonlight
behind him, Charlotte was unable to read his expression. Unsure and unsteady,
she waited, catching her breath. Blood was coursing through her veins, hot and
urgent. Her heart was pounding from just one kiss.
“God, I want you,” he rasped, the words torn from
him, raw and insistent before he dipped his head to kiss her again. She
returned the kiss, opening her lips to his insistent ones, entwining her tongue
with his, increasing the pressure against his mouth as she ran her hands up
into his hair. She held fast to him, feeling his hand move from her hair to the
nape of her neck, down along her bare arms, tracing a pattern there with his
fingers. The feel of his hands on her skin was warm, strong and sure. She had
longed for his touch and now desired it everywhere.
Alex lifted his head reluctantly. “If we don’t get
back in that car now,” he told her, his voice hoarse with longing, “I will not
be responsible for my actions.”
He lifted her away from his body, steadied her and
then hefted himself away from the tree and wrapped his arm around her shoulders
to lead her back to the car.
She felt bereft without the solid warmth of him hard
against her. Neither of them said a word until he opened her car door and
closed it again, without allowing her inside. Instead, he pushed her gently
against it.
“Sorry, I can’t make it home without one more.” Alex
took Charlotte’s mouth in a searing kiss that took her breath away, sucking her
lower lip into his mouth then sliding his tongue over it and into the moistness
of her mouth. He kissed her senseless until she would have happily made love
there in the sand, and the world be damned. She wanted this man as she had
never wanted anything before.
Charlotte kissed him passionately, running her hands
up and down his muscular back as she tightened her hold on him, wanting to get
closer, to feel his bare skin, until finally they mutually agreed to some
restraint and dragged apart from one another. He kept his fingers touching her
lightly until she got in the car and he closed the door behind her.
“Jeez,” he stated with a rough chuckle as he folded
himself into the bucket seat, “I hope there are no cops out, cause I am
planning to break speed records getting you home.”
Other books in the Beguiling Bachelor Series – a
steamy, Comtemporary Romance Series
Bewildered – a prequel, short story How can Sloane choose between two hunky
millionaires?
Bedazzled – Can Wyatt overcome tradition and family
to seize Kelli for his own?
Bedeviled – Randall is just not part of Sloane’s
plan when she claws her way back into society, but she is definitely part of
his.
Bio
for Madison Michael
Madison
Michael traded 28 years in Fortune 500 tech and management
positions for a chance to spend her days with sassy heroines, sexy, rich heroes
and nothing but happy endings. Growing up the daughter of a librarian, she
learned to love books, especially classics and romances, and spent winters
cuddled under blankets losing herself in books.
Madison is the author of three novels in the
Beguiling Bachelor series, as well as several short stories. She is a member of
Romance Writers of America.
After living in the northeast, southeast and the
west, Maddy returned to her Midwest roots. She lives in Evanston, IL with two
feline editorial assistants and great views of Chicago’s famous skyline.
Madison welcomes your feedback at
maddy@madisonmichael.net
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