Blurb
Just
one more can’t hurt…right?
Re-belle-ious, free-spirited Lauren Renwick has decided it’s time to trade her wings for roots. That means no more bad boys, no more foolish choices. Yet when she’s stood up on New Year’s Eve, her resolution to stick to her Mama’s Rules for Dating weakens. Especially when she spots sex-in-leather-and-tattoos, Jackson Sullivan.
One look at Lauren, and Jackson is hell-bent on getting her on the back of his Harley and riding straight for his bed. Their night together is an erotic rush that has a new word popping up on his horizon—forever.
Lauren tries to convince herself he’s just one last fling to get bad boys out of her system, yet she finds herself falling hard and fast for a man with a stalker ex and a meddling Irish family. Plus, he has zero chance of passing her uptight parents’ inspection.
Jackson has Lauren’s back, but if she wants all of his heart, she’ll have to meet him halfway—by ditching rules that hold her prisoner, and learning to stand up for what she really wants.
Re-belle-ious, free-spirited Lauren Renwick has decided it’s time to trade her wings for roots. That means no more bad boys, no more foolish choices. Yet when she’s stood up on New Year’s Eve, her resolution to stick to her Mama’s Rules for Dating weakens. Especially when she spots sex-in-leather-and-tattoos, Jackson Sullivan.
One look at Lauren, and Jackson is hell-bent on getting her on the back of his Harley and riding straight for his bed. Their night together is an erotic rush that has a new word popping up on his horizon—forever.
Lauren tries to convince herself he’s just one last fling to get bad boys out of her system, yet she finds herself falling hard and fast for a man with a stalker ex and a meddling Irish family. Plus, he has zero chance of passing her uptight parents’ inspection.
Jackson has Lauren’s back, but if she wants all of his heart, she’ll have to meet him halfway—by ditching rules that hold her prisoner, and learning to stand up for what she really wants.
Warning:
Contains several highly practical rules for dating—all of which will be broken
in the most wicked ways possible, thanks to a domineering alpha male who knows
what he wants and isn’t afraid to go after it...rules be damned.
Rule
Breaker
Break on Through #1
By: Harper Kincaid
Releasing March
3rd, 2015
Samhain
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Excerpt
By the pool
table were a bunch of rough-as-leather motorcycle riders, getting loud and
throwing down bets on the pool table. There were more than a couple of hookups
going on in the darkened corners with the occasional flash of flesh making an
appearance. Even though I was surprised by the blatant PDA, I also couldn’t
help but envy them. At least they had someone worth sweating with on New Year’s
Eve.
I
straightened my dress and glanced up, only to find the most beautiful man I’ve
ever seen walking straight toward me. His gaze was intense, and he was tall
with broad shoulders that ate up the space around him as he moved. His hair was
jet black and even with the poor lighting, I could tell it was glossy like
silk. I liked that it wasn’t too long or too short, and it had this sexy, messy
way about it, like he just rolled out of bed after having mind-blowing sex. I
couldn’t tell the color of his eyes, but I could still determine he had an
amazing mouth and a rugged face. Pure masculine beauty, wearing faded blue
jeans, a henley shirt that was snug enough to highlight his muscular frame, and
well-worn motorcycle boots.
Bad-boy sex
on legs.
Exactly the
kind of man I was trying to avoid those days.
He was
totally gorgeous and definitely intense, with the way he stared at me like a
gazelle on an open plain that was seconds away from being devoured. Nothing was
distracting him from getting from across the room right to me.
As he
approached where I was seated, he gave the bartender a quick chin lift. The
bartender reciprocated the manly greeting, poured a finger of whiskey in a
glass and handed it to him. I noticed that even when Mr. Sex on Legs reached
for his drink, he did it without taking his eyes off me for a second.
“Hey,” he
said with a voice as rough as gravel. “What’s your name?”
Oh sweet
Jesus, don’t tempt me with a rough-and-ready biker god who is on a
well-acquainted, knows-my-drink-without-asking basis with the bartender. Bad
enough he exuded sex and sin, which was my weakness. Definitely didn’t need a
man with Johnny Walker or Jim Beam riding on his back.
I gave him
a perfunctory glance. “Doesn’t matter my name. I’m not staying here long enough
for us to get acquainted.”
Two of his
fingers propped my chin up, forcing me to look at him. Damn it, he really was
the most beautiful man I’ve ever seen. He had blue eyes. No, not just blue
eyes, but go-on-vacation-and-do-laps-in-the-warm-Caribbean-Ocean blue eyes. And
those eyes were scalding hot on me, burning me whole. And I knew that look. It
meant I needed to get out of there, fast, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to
escape the smoldering, hot-guy tractor beam that was pulling me in.
“Listen.” I
sighed, trying my hardest to pretend he had no effect on me. I backed my chin
away from his hand. “You are definitely a scrumptious treat, but I’m not
sampling tonight, if you get my meaning. Nothing personal.”
He threw
his head back and laughed loud and deep, the vibration humming through my body.
“Fuckin’
gorgeous and funny. Makes it even better.”
“Um.” I
stalled, feeling confused. “Makes what better?”
He looked
at me as if the answer were obvious. “The promise of you, babe.”
He took a
sip of his drink and waited patiently for my response, which I couldn’t give
him, wouldn’t give him, because the last thing I wanted was for him to hear in
my shaky voice how his eyes, his words, his smoldering looks were affecting me,
making me flush all over. Like a goddamn schoolgirl.
His were
not the only eyes on me. I could feel a different kind of heat, the fury of
women who wanted me dead. Across the room a bunch of them were seated at some
of the rounds and in the booths, and they’d been watching us intently ever
since he crossed the room to me.
“Wouldn’t
one of your biker babes—” I pointed over to the herd with my chin, “—be a
better bet to score with before midnight? They certainly seem…anxious that
you’re over here.”
He smirked,
his gaze traveling from my eyes to my mouth and back. “That’s like shooting
fish in a barrel. No fun in that.”
“I get the
feeling they think you belong to them. And the way the barkeep knows your drink
tells me you’ve hung out on these barstools way more than I’m comfortable with.
Again, nothing personal, but I’m going to make sure this year is the year I
start living right. And gorgeous?” I drawled while placing my hand on my hip.
“You’ve got bad decision written all over you.”
I was so
busy with my rant that I hadn’t really noticed that instead of getting angered
or defeated, Mr. Sex on Legs was actually getting off on my attitude, and I
knew that because the playful glimmer in his eye turned molten and dark.
He leaned
toward me, coming close enough for me to catch the glorious musky scent that I
knew was his alone. Suddenly I felt his warm hand at the nape of my neck,
holding me firmly, with his thumb pressing into the pulse point on my throat.
“Gorgeous,
funny and feisty. And feisty usually means sharp as a tack.” His fingers
started caressing the back of my neck, and I bit my lip to quell the moan
rising through me. He kept talking. “Although you’re wrong about the barfly
assumption. I own this place, so it serves Robby here well to know my drink.”
His hand came up, he threaded his fingers through my hair and his deep, rough
voice ran through me, like liquid smoke and fire.
Born in California and raised in South Florida, I've moved
around like a gypsy with a bounty on my head ever since. Along the way, I
worked as a community organizer, a professional matchmaker, a popular blogger,
and a crisis counselor (to name a few). All the while, longing to have the guts
to do what I really wanted: to write and become a published author. That wish
has finally come true and I feel like a karmic cloud has been lifted off my
head. Those of you who have also taken a circuitous route in trying to find
their path get me - I can tell.
What else? Hmm... I love indie, lo-fi, complaint rock played
on vinyl, wearing black because it's slimming, the theater, well-informed
optimism, happy endings (both kinds), and making those close to me laugh 'til
they snort. I'm a self-admitted change junkie, loving new experiences and
places, but have now happily settled in the cutest lil' town, Vienna, Virginia,
with my awesome and patient husband and two kick-ass girls.
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My Thoughts:
Jackson, Jackson, Jackson, JACKSON! ;-) That is ALL you need to know. I LOVE Jackson. He was totally domineering and I was in Heaven.
Lauren was a great character as well. She was artsy and sassy. She didn't let it break her when her boyfriend dumped her. :-)
This book was only about 100 pages. It was quick, extremely hot and romantic.
If you want something great to read that will whet your whistle in little time, this is the book for you!
I received an ecopy in exchange for my honest opinion. ;-) Mmmm, Mmmm, Mmmmm Good!
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^^;; i'm a rule follower so this is perhaps too much for me but the irish family of Jackson makes this quite tempting nevertheless
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Thanks for the post and giveaway. I am a rule follower.
ReplyDeleteA little bit of both sometimes but mainly a rule follower.Thank you for sharing this excerpt with us. I really liked it.
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A little bit of both sometimes but mainly a rule follower.Thank you for sharing this excerpt with us. I really liked it.
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