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BOOK
INFORMATION
TITLE – Too
Much to Lose
SERIES – Dirty Little Secrets
AUTHOR – Samantha Holt
GENRE – Contemporary Romance
LENTH (Pages/# Words) - 75000
BOOK
SYNOPSIS
Have you
ever been so desperate you made a decision that would haunt you
forever?
Jess
has.
She became
a porn star.
Jess is on
the run from her past. She has no friends, no life. She tries to forget
everything that happened to her all those years ago. After changing her image,
leaving her home and getting a new job, she’s determined it won’t happen again.
If that means never being close to anyone ever again, then so be it.
If only
Hunter O’Reilly didn’t make her wish things could be different.
Hunter
needs this job. After being screwed over by his partner—make that
ex-partner—his investigation business is on the line. Already in debt, he
eagerly takes on the job of finding some stolen money at triple his going rate
and all leads point in Jess’s direction. He expects problems at that price. But
he doesn’t expect to fall for her.
However, no
job is ever that simple. When he’s forced to spend more time with her, the
lines between business and pleasure are blurred. And once Jess’s life comes
under threat, they have to make a decision, can they both overcome Jess’s
past?
TBR
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EXCERPT -
PG
“If you’re
in trouble, I know some people who can help.”
“I’m not in
trouble. Really, I’m not. I mean who would want to kill me? I know bankers
aren’t exactly popular—” she lets loose a shaky laugh “—but I’m
harmless.”
Harmless?
Not sure about that. Jess sends my heart racing, makes my skin clammy. She’s
driving me insane. Harmless? No way.
“What do
you want me to do?” I ask.
“Do?”
“Shall I
stick around?”
“Oh. No,
you don’t need to do that.”
“I don’t
mind.”
“I’m fine.
Seriously. Thank you for today. You must be tired and I bet your side
hurts.”
It does,
but I’m not going to admit to that. “It’s fine.”
“Look about
that kiss....”
“That was
my fault.”
“I kissed
you.”
“You did.”
I can’t resist letting my mouth curve upwards. She kissed me, but I don’t know
if that’s a bad or a good thing. While my pride basks in it, the voice inside
that keeps pulling at my gut wants to scream at her to run while she still can.
I’m no good for her. “But I kissed you back,” I point out. “And I should not
have been... er... touching you out there.”
She draws
her bottom lip between her teeth. “It’s okay.”
Hell, how
do those two tiny words send an arrow of need straight to my cock? It’s okay
that I was kissing her? Or touching her up? It’s okay that I want her so badly
I nearly bent her over my bike to fuck her?
Before I
can dwell on it anymore and make an even bigger fool of myself, I get to my
feet. “Will you let me stay?”
“I don’t
think so. It’s too risky.”
A hard knot
forms in my throat. I’m more dangerous to her than a crazed gunman it seems.
She might be right. If—when—I find that money, her whole life is going to come
crashing down.
“Don’t
answer the door to anyone. Be careful. Call me if you need me. In fact, call me
tomorrow.” She follows me to the door. “Please?” I add as uncertainty dashes
across her face.
Jess opens
the door and I step out. “I’ll call you,” she says when I turn to face
her.
“Promise?”
She rolls
her eyes and her mouth curves. “I promise.”
Those lush
lips snare my attention and my own smile drops. My skin feels hot and itchy, my
pulse urgent. This is insane. I rest an arm against the door frame, my feet
still firmly planted on the other side of the threshold and bring my mouth slowly
down on hers. She softens but doesn’t touch me. We’re divided by the invisible
line between the corridor and her room. I can’t help thinking of it as
symbolic. We’re divided by secrets and lies.
Not that
any of that matters once our lips connect. I swear I’ve never wanted to kiss a
woman so much. Kisses are about the end game. But not with Jess. I want to
drown in her kisses, to kiss her all day and see if I ever tire of them. I
suspect it’s unlikely.
AUTHOR
BIO
Samantha
lives in a small village in England with her gorgeous twin girls and husband
who is a trained bodyguard and ex-soldier. She traditionally writes historical
romances involving chivalrous knights and hot highlanders, but occasionally
dabbles in contemporary romance.
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