Innocence marked her…
Violation crippled her…
Love left her raw…
The life she carefully rebuilt is challenged when she is confronted
with the sins from her past. The carefully applied protection is at
once ripped away, leaving her exposed and vulnerable.
Her single night of indulgence with the silver-eyed stranger is
only the beginning. He sees right to the heart of her and she is unable
to ward off emotions that have been deeply buried. With the sting of
betrayal still fresh in her soul, she’s surprised to find herself
opening up to the honest integrity of the sharp-eyed, rough-looking
biker.
When he lost everyone who mattered, he was left without roots and
learned to be content simply living in the moment. Completely unprepared
for the feisty blonde bartender with old pain marring her clear-blue
eyes, he questions his own rules of detachment, as she unwittingly finds
a way under his skin.
Appearances deceive and when the masks fall away, revealing deep,
dark secrets, there is nothing left but to hang onto each other and
survive the storm.
The muffled sound of a phone ringing penetrates the remnants of
sleep. I try to get up, but find myself pinned to the bed by a heavy
body. Right. Slowly the memories of last night filter back: the tall
quiet man at the end of the bar who’d spent my shift at “The Skipper”
following my movements without a word. Startling grey eyes in a rugged
face that I could feel on me by the tingle it spread over my skin. Dark
brown long hair skimming the collar of his worn leather jacket and the
strong, long legs cased in dark jeans had drawn my attention the moment
he walked in. When he lifted his eyes to mine as he took a stool at the
bar, the impact of his gaze jarred me. His order of beer was the only
time I heard his dark raspy voice. The rest of the night he simply
lifted his empty glass for a refill and my normally chatty self seemed
unable to try for empty conversation. Tongue-tied. My brothers would
have had a blast torturing me with that fact.
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The man left the bar about half an hour before closing and I’d felt
a brief sense of loss before I scolded myself for even giving him a
thought. I should know better. And I thought I did, before walking out
to cross the parking lot to my apartment building after closing and
finding him leaning against the single light post at the end of the
alley. Why I wasn’t scared, I don’t know. I should’ve been. Instead I
watched with butterflies in my stomach as he purposely stalked toward
me, stopping no more than a breath away, forcing me to tilt my head back
to look at him. That in itself was a turn on. I’m not exactly short and
am used to meeting most people at eye level.
His eyes roamed over my face before coming to rest on my mouth.
Part of me wanted to bolt, but another, stronger part of me wanted badly
to give into a craving I’ve spent years suppressing. While I was waging
this internal battle, his arms folded around me and pulled me hard into
his chest. Strong, solid arms banded around me and one hand slipped
into the short hair at my neck, fingers curling tight to the point of
pain. Still, I didn’t move. The first touch of his lips on mine was
brief, and quickly followed by a toe-curling exploration of the recesses
of my mouth. A kiss that satisfied a hunger I hadn’t been aware of.
I did have the presence of mind not to take him back to my place. I
simply climbed on when he pulled me by the hand to the black and chrome
bike at the edge of the lot. Tucked in tight behind his broad back, I
let him take me to the La Quinta Inn on Park Avenue.
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I don't want to give much of this story away - it should be read
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and their future as they go. Their
authentic story felt so real - the way situations were handled and dealt with
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The secrets, the facing the truth, the denial, the owning up, the
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