A Love Discovered
by Ella Jade
The Steeple Town Series, Book 2
Erotic Contemporary Romance
When they met, love was the last thing they were looking to discover…
Local bar owner Cali Tate has always been trendy, easy-going, and impulsive. She isn't afraid to take chances, but her carefree attitude may have put her restaurant in jeopardy. Her failing business is beginning to take a toll on her, both mentally and financially. When her best friend asks her to do a favor and take some books to the town's reclusive professor Cali welcomes the distraction. To her surprise, the sexy professor is nothing like she had pictured him.
Dr. Carter Stavros wants to be left alone. He's set in his ways and doesn't want to be bothered with the outside world. Wanting to escape the demons of his recent past, he moved to Steeple, taking a sabbatical from his teaching job to write a book. He wasn't prepared for the spunky, persistent bar owner to invade his life. But the more she pushes, the more intrigued he becomes.
Neither one of them expected to find any common ground, much less fall in love. What happens when an OCD professor collides with a risk-taking woman who won't take 'no' for an answer?
Content Warning: contains graphic sex and mature content
After lunch, another hour of
conversation, and a long swim, Cali lounged on the chair by the pool. Her
shoulder-length blonde hair dried naturally and curled at the ends. Carter
watched as she closed her eyes and enjoyed the afternoon sun. Her tanned skin
glistened with sunscreen and her tiny bikini was almost dry. He wondered how
many hours of intense workouts created a body like hers.
"Are you admiring me
again?" she asked with her eyes still closed.
"How many tattoos do you
have?"
"Wouldn't you like to
know?" She giggled.
"I would."
As improper as it was, he couldn't
take his gaze away from her right nipple. The evidence straining against her
damp bikini indicated a piercing of some sort. He'd never been more fascinated
by anyone before. Throughout the years he'd seen quite a few attractive young
women on campus, but he never acted on impulse when it came to students, no
matter how tempting. Cali wasn't a student. She was a quirky, attractive woman
who was very much in touch with her sexuality. She turned him on. He wanted to
explore with her.
"Four."
He sat on the edge of the lounge
chair, taking her right ankle into his hand. "Here." He outlined the
small butterfly that permanently marked her skin.
"That's one." She opened
her eyes when he trailed his hand up her leg and to her hip.
It had been years since he had
pursued a woman. He'd gotten married when he was twenty-four and stayed
faithful through the whole fourteen years of that turbulent relationship.
"Two." He swept his
fingers over the pink-and-purple-colored rose petals sprinkled along her hip.
"Keep going."
He took her hand in his and examined
more rose petals on the inside of her wrist. "Do they hold
significance?" He traced his fingertips over the tattoo, indulging in her smooth
skin beneath his touch. The way her flesh prickled in response instigated his
actions.
"I like roses." She sat
up, placed her legs across his lap, and leaned closer to his face. "My
mother had the most beautiful rose bushes in our backyard." She pushed her
hair to the side and tilted her neck. "Four."
"It's exquisite," he
mumbled as he took in the ivy that started at her collarbone and flowed down
the back of her shoulder blade.
"I wouldn't have pegged you for
a man who likes ink on his woman."
"I'm not usually." He ran
his thumb from the start of the tattoo to where it ended on her back. He wanted
to feel every inch of her forbidden flesh. She shivered when he stopped.
"It goes back to those boundaries you don't have."
Reaching out, she placed her palm on
his cheek, directing him closer to her lips. "The question is…" She
brushed her mouth against his chin. "Do you have enough for both of
us?"
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2 comments:
Thanks so much for having me ;)
My pleasure, Ella! All the best with your new release! XX
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