THE
RELATIONSHIP PACT by Adriana Locke
Release Date: December 17th
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Excerpt:
I reach for the chair in front of me. Instead
of finding leather, my fingers brush against something else. Something warmer.
Something smoother and rougher all at the same time.
My heart jumps in my chest at the same moment
that my head snaps to the side.
Oh.
Shit.
The most beautiful set of hazel eyes I’ve ever
seen traps my gaze. The warmth of the chocolate brown is cooled by the spring
green embedded in the orbs. Gold flecks twinkle as the man slowly withdraws his
palm away from mine.
I open my mouth, but I’ve somehow forgotten
how to speak.
“Hey,” he says, his southern drawl rippling
across my ears. “You can have it.”
I shake my head to try to jolt myself out of
the haze I’m in. “I … I can have what?”
His full, pouty lips split into a sexy smirk.
“I meant the chair, but if there’s something else on your mind, just let me
know.”
My heart flutters in my chest as a wave of
heat courses through my body from head to toe.
A couple of days’ scruff peppers a sharp,
chiseled jaw. His skin is sun-kissed and imperfect and there’s the slightest
mole beneath his left eye that gives a bit of softness to his appearance. His
body is long, well over six feet, with broad shoulders and a thick chest.
It’s one heck of a picture.
Slowly, oh-so-slowly,
the fog in my brain lifts.
“Can I buy you a drink?” he asks.
A crazy idea pops into my brain. The longer
that I watch the stranger peer at me from under his thick lashes, the more it
seems possible.
Crazy,
yes, but possible.
“Want to do me a favor instead?” I ask before
I can talk myself out of it.
My chest rises and falls in quick succession
as he, and I, ponder my question. He
narrows his eyes as he undoubtedly considers why a woman he just met might need
his help.
His heavy brows tug together. “That depends on
what it is.”
Blood pours through my ears as I realize I’m
teetering on the edge of something impetuous. Again. I’m about to do
the one thing I told myself I wouldn’t do.
Wasn’t
I going to put the brakes on this kind of thing? Didn’t I swear that I was not
going to tangle myself up with men? Wasn’t I going to save myself time and
energy until good men come back into the universe?
I look up and down his long, muscled
body.
I bet
he’s a damn good man.
“Are you going to ask or not?” he asks, killing
me softly with a playful quirk of his brow.
Screw
it.
I take a quick lungful of air and commit to
this insanity. “I’m going to need an answer to two questions.”
“Shoot.”
“Quickly.”
He grins. “I can’t answer them if you don’t
ask them, beautiful.”
I steady myself against the term of endearment
and stay focused.
“Do you have a girlfriend?” I ask.
His eyes sparkle with mischief. “I like where
this is going.”
“That’s not an answer and we’re running out of
time.”
“No,” he says hurriedly. “Hard no. Definitely
not. No girlfriend.”
“Second question …” I take another deep breath
and then go in for the kill. “Will you be my fake boyfriend for five
minutes?”
His grin knocks the breath I’m holding right
out of me. “When do we start?”
For Hollis and Larissa, starting is the easy part.
It’s ending their fake relationship that’s hard. Fall in love with them here: https://geni.us/Hq6TNb
Blurb:
How hard can it
be?
That was the
question rolling around Larissa Mason’s mind just before she asked Hollis
Hudson to be her fake boyfriend.
It was only
supposed to be for five minutes, after all.
Granted, that was
also before she felt his hand on the small of her back as he charmed the heck
out of her family.
She hadn’t heard
his laugh yet either.
And it was definitely before she saw the football
god shirtless. Otherwise, she would’ve had an idea of just how hard some things could be.
It turns out that
pretending to be in love with a crazily handsome, somewhat enigmatic, and
absolutely unforgettable tight end (that has an amazing tight end) is easy.
Reminding herself
that just because opposites attract doesn’t mean they’re forever is much
harder.
What they have
isn’t love—it’s a relationship pact. Right?
About the
Author:
USA Today and Washington Post bestselling author Adriana
Locke lives and breathes books. After years of slightly obsessive relationships
with the flawed bad boys created by other authors, Adriana has created her own.
She resides in the Midwest with her husband, sons, and two
dogs. She spends a large amount of time playing with her kids, drinking coffee,
and cooking. You can find her outside if the weather's nice and there's always
a piece of candy in her pocket.
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