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Title: Bittersweet
Deceit
Author: Blakely
Bennett
Genre: Erotic
Romance
Release Date: August 5,
2014
Cover Designer: Yocla
Designs
Editing: Read Owl
Lainie is a thirty year old, full-figured woman entrenched
in a love affair with a married man. Although Lainie loves Mason desperately,
she vows never to say those three little words while he remains with his
wife.
Stayman, an enigma in Lainie’s close-knit group of friends,
has been circling her with interest, trying to garner her attention. When
circumstances make it clear who’s blocking his way—Mason—Stay goes full-court
press in pursuit of Lainie.
Lainie doesn’t see Stay as relationship potential because
she is blinded by her love for Mason. However, the more she learns about Stay,
the more she comes to realize she never really knew him in the first
place.
An unexplainable mystical connection evolves between Lainie
and Stay and she has to choose between a man she so hopelessly loves and a man
who offers her everything she needs.
I
slipped into the jacket and latched the repeating circles onto my wrist. The
bottom of the coat stopped just where the broad lines of the dress changed from
horizontal to vertical. “What do you think?” I asked Samantha.
“You
look stunning,” a deep male voice responded. I turned around and found Stay
smiling at me.
“Wow
Stay,” Sam said before I could respond. “Looking mighty handsome. If I didn’t
know any better, I’d think this is a date.”
Stayman
looked sharp in his black dress pants, matching coat, and dark-gray dress
shirt. I gazed at him but was at a loss for words. We stared at each other for
a second.
Sam
saved me by saying, “Stay, there’s a wire mannequin in the attic that I’d like
brought down, and Lane and I can’t lift it. I wondered if you could do that for
us. Not now. I wouldn’t want you to mess up your clothes, but—”
As
he removed his coat, he said, “It shouldn’t take long and I’ll just take off my
shirt.”
He started unbuttoning as both Samantha and I watched as he slowly revealed his chest. Stay slipped out of his shirt and laid it neatly on top of his jacket.
He started unbuttoning as both Samantha and I watched as he slowly revealed his chest. Stay slipped out of his shirt and laid it neatly on top of his jacket.
His
smooth, lean torso was highly defined and I got caught staring at his chest. He
winked at me and then said to Sam, “Come on and show me the way.”
Once
they walked away, I glared into the mirror and said, “Don’t even think about
it.”
Minutes
later, he had managed to carry the mannequin down.
“Let’s
put it in the back,” I said, leading the way. “It needs to be cleaned up before
it can be out on the floor.” I showed him where to put it. Scanning his
physique from his head to his shoes, I noticed that he continued to let his
golden-brown hair grow in and chose to where black boots instead of dress
shoes. To make matters worse, his five o’clock shadow was incredibly sexy. Damn, he looks hot. Look away girl, just
look away!
“Here,”
I said, holding out a lint roller, but not making eye contact.
Some
dust had settled on the front of his pants just over the zipper area. “You
don’t want to help?”
I
turned away and said, “Go get dressed.”
“Are
you sure that’s your final decision?”
“Very
sure.” My rapidly beating heart settled down once his clothing was back on.
“Are
you ready to go?” he asked.
“Let
me go grab my clothes bag and my clutch and I will be.” Sam followed me into my
office.
“He
looks hot!” she exclaimed. “He must really like you. I’ve never seen him
dressed up before.”
“Stop
it,” I said, making sure my dress lay straight.
“Forget
about MM for the night,” she said to me with a serious expression. She pulled
the tag off my jacket.
“That’s
not possible. Thanks for closing up and helping with the outfit.”
“No
problem.”
Blakely Bennett grew up in Southeast Florida and has been
residing in the great Northwest for over eight years. She graduated from Nova
Southeastern University with a degree in psychology, which accounts for her
particular interest in crafting the personalities, struggles, and motivations
of her characters. She is an avid reader of many genres of fiction, but
especially erotica and romance. Writing has always been her bliss. She is
attracted to stories of self-struggle and ultimate recovery.
Blakely is married to a wonderful, loving and supportive
husband, also a writer, who helps to keep her grounded. She is a mother, a
communitarian, a lover of music (always on while she is writing—thank you,
Pandora), and a good friend. An advocate of love and female empowerment, she is
a facilitator for a women’s group. She loves to walk and hike for exercise and
finds that, since moving to Seattle, WA, she is now one of those “crazy” people
who walk in the rain.
Bittersweet Deceit (erotic romance) is her 6th novel. She is
also the author of the dark erotic suspense, My Body Trilogy (My Body-His, My
Body-His (Marcello) & My Body-Mine) and co-authored the contemporary
romance, The Demarcation of Jack with her husband, Dana Bennett.
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sex.
Bond, too sexy for his own good, wants Jacqs for himself as
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doesn’t see the conflict of interest.
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Will Red and Jacqs budding relationship pull apart their
tight-knit group of friends and will Jacqs survive being Stuck In
Between.
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Warm hugs,
Blakely