SATISFACTION GUARANTEED by Lauren Blakely
Release Date: June 10th
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Blurb:
Look,
she started it.
She issued me a challenge I couldn’t back down from. Make
her purr like no man has done before.
Fine, she’s my business partner’s daughter. All right, I’m
also working in the same damn practice with her. Yes, she happens to be my
ex-fling. But that was seven years ago, and it was barely a week-long thing.
Except, Sloane is still the one I can’t stop thinking of
-- brilliant, sexy, captivating Sloane. Maybe a week of taking her to new
heights will get her out of my head.
So what if we spend a few nights on the town too? So what
if I romance her across Manhattan? It’s all in the name of scientific pursuit
of more magnificent Os.
Until
the rules change…
Chapter Reveal:
“It’s been telling me that you and I are becoming
friends,” I say, but my tone isn’t entirely friendly.
Her lips curve up. “Is that so? We’re friends?”
“Feels that way.” But it actually feels like we’re in
Tahiti again. And tonight is its own separate night, apart from time and space
and reason.
“It does feel that way,” she agrees softly. “Do you think
we found that alternate universe you mentioned?”
I inch closer. “I’d like to spend a night in that
alternate universe.”
She licks her lips. “Everything’s different there.”
“Nothing’s off-limits there.”
“Maybe that’s where we are.” The words come out a little
husky, a lot sexy, and I know what’s changing.
The reminder of who she is, how we’re connected, isn’t
keeping me away.
The barrier isn’t strong enough tonight.
No matter how much we talk.
No matter how hard we try to be friends or colleagues or
business partners.
The wall can’t hold.
The kind of chemistry we have doesn’t disappear with the
snap of your fingers or the flip of a switch.
Yes, I want this newfangled friendship. Yes, I want all
our various business arrangements to go swimmingly. And tangoing with someone I
work with in close quarters is all kinds of risky.
But hell, this woman and I, we have a lot of unfinished
business.
And I want to finish it.
Tonight.
I set a hand on her leg, spreading my palm over the fabric
covering her thigh. She trembles under my touch. “There’s something I’ve been
wondering,” I say, my fingers playing with her dress.
Her voice is a feather. “What’s that?”
I don’t take my eyes off her. Traveling along her body, I
wrap my hand around her hip, tightening my grip. The feel of her is
intoxicating.
I’ve definitely had more than one drink. I’ve had a whole
bottle.
And I want another.
I move my hand to her face, cupping her cheek, sliding my
thumb over her lip. “I can’t stop wondering if you taste like champagne.”
Her eyes are etched with desire, blazing with heat. “Why
don’t you find out?”
A voice says Do it.
It’s not a little voice. It’s not Truly’s voice.
It’s in my head,
and it’s all mine.
And, honestly, it’s probably connected straight to my
libido, since that voice has the
tendency to override everything else in moments like this.
Like, for instance, good judgment.
Like warnings from business partners too.
I dip my face to hers, savoring every sliver of a second.
Her glossy pink lips part the slightest bit, an invitation.
I take my time, because I want to experience every moment
of kissing her again. I dust my thumb over the corner of her lips and seal my
mouth to hers, capturing her kiss.
Seven long years unfurl. The moment on the street the
other week was a mere snapshot. A five-second trailer to tease the audience, to
leave them wanting more. This is the opening credits. The start of the whole
story, unfolding on screen.
Her lips part, welcoming me. Roping her arms around my
neck, she brings herself closer as I sweep my lips over hers.
Our mouths explore. Touching. Discovering. Tasting.
My brain goes hazy, and as I deepen the kiss, I’m nothing
but sensations that overwhelm all else.
It’s sparklers waving, lighting up the darkened sky on a
hot summer night.
It’s the exhilarating first dip of a sixty-mile-per-hour
roller coaster.
It’s the first sip of a vintage Scotch. A taste that makes
you moan. That makes your mouth water and crave so much more.
Kissing Sloane is everything good in the world. She tastes
like champagne, and it goes to my head. Her hair smells like vanilla, and it
floods my senses. I want to kiss her breathless. Yanking her closer, I grind against
her, needing her to feel how much I want her. She groans as she clearly gets my
message.
Then she sends her own message, wrapping her hands tighter
around my neck. She’s fierce, kissing me harder, rougher.
It’s like past times and it’s like present times, because
there’s a brand-new urgency between us.
My pulse spikes and my blood heats. It’s as if a clock is
ticking. Hell, time’s speeding up, spinning faster.
I’m vaguely aware we’re in public.
But I don’t care because the woman I’ve wanted for years
is rubbing against the outline of my cock. Her fingers dart to my hair,
tugging. “Harder, more,” she pants.
Damn, those are two of my favorite words.
I give her a rough, demanding kiss, but soon she breaks it,
taking a moment to breathe, to smooth her hair.
“So how are we doing as friends?” she asks, a naughty
glint in her lovely brown eyes.
I need a second to recalibrate, since we just went from
racing around the track to a leisurely drive.
“I’d say we’re great friends in our alternate universe.” I
lower my face and kiss her neck, whispering, “If friends do this . . .”
About the Author:
A #1 New York Times
Bestselling, #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling, and #1 Audible Bestselling
author, Lauren Blakely is known for her contemporary romance style that'ssweet,
sexy and witty. Her heroines are strong and smart and her heroes have hearts of
gold and fantastic funny bones. With fourteen New York Times bestsellers, her
titles have appeared on the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal
Bestseller Lists more than 100 times, and she's sold more than 3 million books.
In June she'll release SATISFACTION GUARANTEED and in September INSTANT GRATIFICATION.
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