Patience has always been Caleb Whitetail's strength. Quiet and unassuming is what you see with the GFI investigator, but the blood boils hot right under the surface. He kept his distance for years only to see the woman who has held his attention almost lose her life not just once, but twice. He is done standing in the shadows.
Katie Acker, once a tough and athletic security specialist
now struggles daily to walk. The closest to family she has are her colleagues
at GFI. Especially the man who saved her life and always has her back. So when
she unwittingly becomes the focus of a Mexican cartel, it’s no big surprise she
finds him right by her side.
With the combustive change in their deepening bond, Katie
and Caleb do not see the oncoming danger - until it surrounds them.
The sound of
voices gets louder as I make my way through the now dark guesthouse
to the bedroom. Leaning against the doorway into the room, I can just
catch the last few sentences exchanged between the women sitting on
the big bed. It's obvious from the tearstained faces that some
emotional stuff has gone down and I feel guilt eating at my insides.
But then I hear Katie say that me walking out earlier meant I must
have regretted what happened between us, I have to set her straight.
She can't be further from the truth and it's time she knows it.
The moment her
head swings around and her eyes meet mine, everything else
disappears. I barely notice Emma leaving. In a few steps I reach the
bed, lean in and pick Katie up.
"Whoa!"
she calls out, scrambling to hold onto my neck. "Whatcha doing?"
"You in my
bed means I can't think, and I'm having a hard enough time thinking
around you. We need to set some things straight." I tell her,
trying not to get lost in the feel of her soft body against mine, her
subtle scent teasing me and her restless fingers playing against the
short bristles in my neck. My dick, however, is a goner, and there is
no way to hide it when I sit down on the couch with Katie in my lap.
"Stop
squirming, you're making it worse,"
When she throws
me an irritated look I'm glad to see the fire back in her eyes. There
she is.
"Okay,
enough of the manhandling, Caleb," Katie bats at my hands as I
shift her around so she faces me. The old tank top and shorts she
wears as PJs aren't doing much to cover her and I can't help the
tortured groan that slips from me. Fucking hell, this is gonna be
torture, with her nipples poking through the threadbare material.
Right in my face.
"What the
hell is this? I honestly don't know whether I'm coming or going with
you."
"Shhhhh,
don't get upset," I try to settle her before the tears I hear
wobbling in her voice start flowing. "I just needed a minute."
Cupping her face
between my hands, I tilt her head so I can look her in the eye. "This
I have wanted and waited to do for so long, I need to make sure I
don't miss a thing."
Her eyes are big
and a little uncertain and her lips are perfectly parted when I brush
my nose along hers, breathing in the soft pants of her breath. A
light brush of my mouth over hers, barely skimming, and then I taste
the length of her full bottom lip with my tongue before sucking its
plumpness in my mouth. Fucking heaven. Her taste is heaven and I need
more. Katie's fingers rubbing against my scalp is all the
encouragement I need and I finally let go of my hunger for her and
take her mouth. Jesus. Delicious wet heat meets me when my
tongue plunges between her lips. Someone groans... and in the now
furious tangle of lips and tongues I can't tell anymore. I want
inside her. In one twist and without my mouth ever leaving hers, I
have her below me on the couch, and I'm grinding my painfully
throbbing cock between her legs. It isn't until she wrenches her lips
from mine and
murmurs, "Caleb..." that I realize I am fucking humping her like some deranged rutting animal. I shoot back upright and move to sit on the coffee table, my head in my hands.
murmurs, "Caleb..." that I realize I am fucking humping her like some deranged rutting animal. I shoot back upright and move to sit on the coffee table, my head in my hands.
"Fuck!"
Why? Why does
she make me lose all control when control has always come so easy?
"Are you
gonna walk out of here again?" The amused tone of Katie's voice
tells me she may be a little more attuned to the struggle I'm waging
than she was before. "Because, that would seriously mess with my
self-esteem, you know; getting rejected based on my abilities for
giving head and kissing?"
I throw my head
back and laugh. "Oh sweetheart, you couldn't be further from the
truth if you tried."
Freya Barker has always loved being creative. From an early
age on she danced and sang, doodled, created, cooked, baked, quilted and
crafted. Her latest creative outlets were influenced by an ever-present love
for reading. First through blogging, then cover art and design, and finally
writing.
Born and raised in the Netherlands, she packed her two
toddlers, and eight suitcases filled with toys to move to Canada. No stranger
to new beginnings, she thrives on them.
With the kids grown and out in the world, Freya is at the
‘prime’ of her life. The body might be a bit ramshackle, but the spirit is high
and as adventurous as ever. Something you may see reflected here and there in
some of her heroines.... none of who will likely be wilting flowers.
Freya craved reading about 'real' people, those who are perhaps
less than perfect, but just as deserving of romance, hot monkey sex and some
thrills and chills in their lives – So she decided to write about them.
Gorgeous blog post! Thank you so much for taking part!! xox Freya B.
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ReplyDeleteI must say that I am delighted to take part in this book blitz! I am sure this book is awesome too! Looking forward to reading it. Thanks for stopping in! xoxo
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