Showing posts with label adult contemporary romance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label adult contemporary romance. Show all posts

Friday, November 15, 2024

Sizzling Sydney Nights by Gabbi Grey (Spotlight and excerpt)


Sizzling Sydney Nights


by
Gabbi Grey


 

Synopsis

Sam

 

I've enjoyed showcasing Sydney’s architecture, food, and culture for tourists for almost ten years. I keep a nice professional distance, but one hot American guy has me breaking all the rules.

 

Levi

 

I researched the hell out of Sydney, Australia, before writing my most recent bestseller, but never saw it in person. Now I'm getting called out for the things I got wrong. I'm here to learn more about the city, but my tour guide's the one I really want to explore. Good thing I know Sam would never fall for a client, or it might be hard to leave.


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Sam

I ignored Levi and motioned my group in close. “First, though, we need to run through some safety tips. Hats and sun cream are the way to go, because you’re going to get burned to a crisp if you don’t. Make sure you hydrate. Our climate here is hot and dry, and you’ll get dehydrated really easily. Wear shoes at all times. You’ve heard about snakes and spiders. Well, some of the places we will be visiting in the coming days will have them, so chuck your sneakers on your feet and watch where you walk. But most importantly, I have to warn you about the drop bears.”

Everyone’s attention riveted to me.

I was in my element and pulled out my memorized information. “Drop bears are cousins to koala bears. They’re carnivorous and drop from the canopy of trees. You have to be careful when you’re walking in the bush.”

Joe raised his hand. “And where do we find these?” He didn’t look convinced that I was telling the truth.

I had a feeling he’d be googling the ferocious animals as soon as we were on the bus. “They’re located primarily on the east coast of Australia.”

“So…here?”

I grinned. “Well, not in Sydney proper, but yes, here. Mostly out in the heavy scrub area, but we’re known to get a couple closer to Sydney. They live in the trees, so as long as there’s a couple of eucalypts around, take it easy. You need to look for fresh scratch marks on the trunks of the trees before you linger under one.”

He arched an eyebrow.

I continued on. “Right. Everyone ready? We can load on the bus.”

Clara hustled her daughters on board. The French couple went next, then the Moons from South Korea. Joe and Daryl were next.

Levi lingered.

“You okay, mate?” I again met his gaze. I hadn’t been wrong when I’d thought both fathomless and pain-filled.

He cleared his throat. “Of course. I just…” He squinted. “Drop bears?”

I grinned. “You need to know all about Australia, right?” Because that was usually why people took my tour.

No missing the grimace in his expression.

He has a story…and I intend to figure out what it is.

“Keep close to me, and I’ll make certain you learn everything you can about being an Aussie.” I winked.

He actually rolled his eyes.

 

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USA Today Bestselling author Gabbi Grey lives in beautiful British Columbia where her fur baby chin-poo keeps her safe from the nasty neighborhood squirrels. Working for the government by day, she spends her early mornings writing contemporary, gay, sweet, and dark erotic BDSM romances. While she firmly believes in happy endings, she also believes in making her characters suffer before finding their true love. She also writes m/f romances as Gabbi Black and Gabbi Powell.

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Thursday, August 15, 2024

Passion's Angel by Gabbi Black (Spotlight and excerpt) ADULT title



Passion's Angel

ADULT title

by

Gabbi Black



A couple under stress, a woman alonecan three hearts be better than two?

 

Dustin

My Domme, my boss, my lover… Nadine is all those things to me. Our professional relationship has slid into the personal, and I have no problem with that. Pleasing her is my top priority. When things go sideways at work, I’m not sure how to help…until the answer presents itself in the guise of an angel.

 

Nadine

As a successful marketing executive, I have high standards. Dustin, my submissive and executive assistant, is perfection. But even he can’t solve my latest work dilemma. Then we meet Angelique, and I’ve found the star of my next campaign. Now I just have to convince the young woman that posing for me is in her best interests and, even better, convince her to join Dustin and me in a triad relationship.

 

Angelique

When a gorgeous man asks me to pose for a photo shoot, I’m skeptical. I’m overweight and unattractive, so who would want my picture? Refusing him is easy…but he’s persistent, and I give in. He’ll soon see how wrong he is.

 

Surprisingly, a photo shoot can be fun. Dustin is sweet and kind, and his boss Nadine is incredible. They have the kind of relationship I’ve always wanted, and it's clearly not just professional. I'm sad when the photo shoot is done and I have to leave them and head out into the cold, alone. Then Dustin asks an unbelievable question.

 

This 25k story is an FFM BDSM novella and is part of the Dr. Donna Jennings Purple Passion Reflection for Women Cards series.

 


 






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 Nadine

 

As I eyed Dustin’s pinkened ass, some of my stress fell away.

Some…but not all.

“Want more?”

“Mistress, I always want more.” He wiggled his gorgeous ass. The ass of a twenty-six-year-old.

I had him tied to my spanking bench, and I tapped my crop against my palm. Since we were both morning people, we’d decided on a quick scene before showers and work.

Dustin claimed he liked to feel my mark on him the entire day. Even beyond if I managed to bruise him.

Today, though, I needed him focused. That meant going easy.

After a series of hard strikes, he moaned. 

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Even though Gabbi Black is a firm believer in happy endings, she makes her characters work for it in every romance she writes, no matter what the genre. From contemporary to BDSM, they are penned early in the morning in her home in beautiful British Columbia while her trusty ChinPoo dog keeps her company. She also writes gay romances as Gabbi Grey.




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Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Love on the Clock (Contemporary romance anthology) Spotlight, ADULT titles




 Love on the Clock
Romance Cafe Collection, Book 35

ADULT titles by:

Clarice Jayne
Sharon Michalove
Keighley Bradford
Kristine Charles
Élodie Garroway
Lisabelle Chretien
Katherine Moore
Harper Michaels
Sonja Flowers
Abigail Sharpe
Toni Bolton
Francis Black
Gabbi Grey

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Synopsis

 

Never mix business with pleasure

This collection of CEOs, assistants, partners and consultants have forgotten Office Rule No.1.

Whether it's passion over the printer, scandal in the stationery cupboard or loosened ties in the boardroom, these co-workers are getting hot under the collar.

Join us around the Romance Café water cooler to discover the latest office scuttlebutt.


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The Office Hotshot by Gabbi Grey

 

Orlando

 

I'm a go-getter. Right out of interior design school, I’ve landed a plum job in a well-regarded architecture firm, and I'm ready to help the lead architect meet his deadline. Except the man's a jerk, strung so tight it's a miracle he hasn't exploded. Offering a little stress relief is practically a service to humanity. But in the dark in the copy room, Knight's a lot more human than I thought. Now stress relief isn't the only thing I want to give him, and I'm dreading the day I'll have to leave.

 

Knight

 

I’m working under a tight deadline, and all I want is peace, quiet, and an assistant who doesn’t give me lip. Right now, I have none of those things. The new hire is perky, pushy, and unfairly attractive. One hot encounter in the copy room isn't breaking my oath to never get involved with a subordinate, right? Unfortunately, that one interlude leaves me craving more. What's so special about Orlando, that he's making me think about breaking all my rules and asking him to stay?

 

This is a 15k word gay romance novella with a successful architect, a quirky younger interior designer, and a cantankerous photocopier.

 

 

 

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Orlando

 

"Knight! What do you think? I've finished the Duncraig job design. I think it's wonderful. And Fiona, over at the depot, said that if we want to place an order for these tiles in the next three weeks, we can get them on discount..." I stopped suddenly after walking into my boss’s office.

Okay, he often referred to it as bursting.

And he might or might not have been right about that. But when I had good news, why stand on ceremony? If he had clients, then of course I knocked. When just the two of us were in the office, I didn’t see the point. In fact, I didn’t understand why he kept his door closed at all. He should be able to see into the lobby.

Well, and me, of course. This morning, I wore a fabulous sage-green suit with a pale-pink shirt and a white tie with rainbow unicorns on it. Very subdued and appropriate for the stifling hot weather outside. After having lived just below the arctic circle for most of my life, this humid heat took some getting used to. We’d have hot days up north, of course, but nothing like this.

Knight stood with his arm against the window and his forehead resting on that.

As I gazed past him at the spectacular view, I noted dark clouds moving in from the west, off the Pacific. “A storm?”

He nodded.

“Are you getting a migraine?” I laid my tablet on his desk and hustled around to his drawer. He probably thought I didn’t know about his stash of headache pills, but I knew everything. “These go under your tongue, right?” I located the box and started to take a pill out.

“I’m fine, Orlando.”

He looked anything but fine. His normally rosy skin had a wan tone, and his bright, dark-brown eyes didn’t sparkle. “You just—”

“I said I’m fine.” He met my gaze.

Slowly, I put the unwrapped pill back in the box, closed it up, put it back in the drawer, and closed that as well. I put my hand on my hip. “Okay, well, clearly something’s up. I come in here with the best news—that Fiona can get us a great deal—and you’re all dark and moody.” With his blond hair, he struggled to pull off broody. The dark eyes helped—especially when they went all stormy and sexy. I pictured him as a blond Mr. Rochester. All dramatic. The light hair really detracted from the gothic Jane Eyre fantasy.

 

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USA Today Bestselling author Gabbi Grey lives in beautiful British Columbia where her fur baby chin-poo keeps her safe from the nasty neighborhood squirrels. Working for the government by day, she spends her early mornings writing contemporary, gay, sweet, and dark erotic BDSM romances. While she firmly believes in happy endings, she also believes in making her characters suffer before finding their true love. She also writes m/f romances as Gabbi Black and Gabbi Powell.

 

Friday, October 21, 2022

Innocent Eyes by Gabbi Black (Spotlight and excerpt) ADULT title

 


Innocent Eyes

ADULT title

by

Gabbi Black


Hardworking university student Tarah Peters has observed tycoon Sebastian Merrick from her security guard post for weeks. Under his gaze, she experiences desire for the first time in her life, and his unexpected proposition both daunts and intrigues her. 

Sebastian doesn’t proposition women, but feels compelled to offer Tarah a place to live and money for her schooling while he introduces her to his darkly erotic world. Her naïveté calls to him, but he must maintain an emotional distance while showing her the meaning of submission.

Tarah yearns for Sebastian to admit he wants more than just a Dominant/submissive relationship, that their enthrallment is mutual. Can she convince him this might be more than just an affair?

 

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He’s a masterful teacher.


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Like clockwork, Big Tits reappeared at four a.m. Tarah held the door open for the woman, watching to make sure she made it to her cab. Although that service wasn’t in her job description, she believed prudence was important. It wouldn’t do to have one of Mr. Merrick’s companions get injured and sue the strata corporation.

After watching the taxi depart, she took in a deep lungful of frigid air before turning back to her desk.

Sebastian Merrick leaned against her console.

She stopped dead in her tracks.

“Good evening, Miss Peters.”

She froze, rooted to the spot. Never in her wildest dreams did she imagine he might know her name.

“Good evening, Mr. Merrick.” Morning had almost dawned, but she followed his lead. “How may I help you?”

His gaze was intense and unwavering.

Maintain eye contact. Don’t let him see how he affects you.

She tried to hold his gaze but, in the end, she couldn’t. His eyes were too incisive, too piercing.

“You get off work at six, yes?”

She swallowed convulsively. Damn dry throat. “That’s correct.”

“I’m taking you out to breakfast at six-fifteen.”

That would give her enough time to change from her uniform into street clothes. “That w-would be f-fine.” Stammer much?

He inclined his head and strode to the elevators. Of course, one waited for him. Even an elevator wouldn’t dare defy him.

When he disappeared into the car, and the doors slid shut, she let out the breath she hadn’t even been aware she’d been holding. Sitting because her legs couldn’t hold her any longer, she snickered because it never occurred to her to say no.

 

 

 

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Thursday, September 30, 2021

Beautiful Eyes by Gabbi Black (Spotlight and exclusive excerpt) ADULT title

 It is my pleasure to spotlight another title from a talented and prolific author.

 

 

 

 Beautiful Eyes

In Their Eyes, Book 2

ADULT title 

by

Gabbi Black

 

 

She needs redemption

He needs to demand it of her.

 


Entrepreneur Smith MacLean is obsessed with Alessandra Soriano, a woman he met briefly who disappeared six months ago. After a shocking reunion at Club Kink, he insists she stay with him. He means to find out where she's been.

Alessandra walked away from her life after making a mistake that cost everything. Her self-imposed penance is living in poverty and doing questionable things with questionable people. Now she's in Smith's luxurious condo, under his hand, and obeying his rules.

He has thirty days to convince her to come back from limbo. She has thirty days to convince him she needs to be forgotten. Unless the flames of lust consume them first.


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“Get it through your thick skull, Alessandra—you’re coming home with me. Now put your belongings in a suitcase, and let’s get out of here before we catch something.”

“I don’t have a suitcase, and even if I did, I wouldn’t follow you anywhere. Get it through your thick skull.” She mimicked him. “I’m not leaving, and you can’t force me.”

His face darkened, and this time she did shrink down an inch or two. Maybe three.

“I have a proposition for you. We’re going to pretend, just for a moment, you have some say in this. Either you come with me or we go down to the closest cop shop, and you explain where you’ve been for the last six months. I’ll tell them I’ve found a missing person. Maybe I’ll even get a reward.”

She laughed mirthlessly. “No one would care enough to offer a reward for me.”

He snaked out his hand, grabbing her wrist. “I’m going to pretend I didn’t hear that. Now are you bringing clothes, or am I just hauling you out of here as you are?”

A frisson of terror ran up and down her spine, and her hands became clammy. Until now she’d counted on Smith being a gentleman. He was a friend of Gage’s, so he couldn’t be a threat to her. She looked into the depths of those azure eyes. Uh-oh, that fine line she was walking was getting thinner. He was keeping his temper in check—barely—and this wasn’t going to end well.

 

 

 

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Even though Gabbi Black is a firm believer in happy endings, she makes her characters work for it in every romance she writes, no matter what the genre. From contemporary to BDSM, they are penned early in the morning in her home in beautiful British Columbia while her trusty ChinPoo dog and her cantankerous Himalayan cat keep her company. She also writes gay romances as Gabbi Grey.

 

 

 

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Monday, March 22, 2021

The Billionaire and the Princess by Katherine E. Hunt (New release blitz, excerpt, and GIVEAWAY) IBM, ADULT title

 

The Billionaire and the Princess

ADULT title
by
Katherine E. Hunt

Book 1 in the Sag Harbor series
 

 

General Release Date: 16th March 2021

Word Count: 60,151
Pages: 238
Book Length: Super Novel
Heat Rating: Sizzling
Sexometer: 2

Genres:

BILLIONAIRE
CONTEMPORARY
EROTIC ROMANCE
ROYALS

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  When a British journalist gets her dream job in The Hamptons, she doesn’t expect to find her dream man too.

All Caitlyn has to do is catch a plane, move to Sag Harbor and start her new job as editor of a brand-new society magazine. That’s what she’s promised herself. No more Mr. Wrong, no more pandering to everybody else’s needs. New life, new Caitlyn.

So when she meets a handsome gentleman on the plane, after a couple of drinks, she’s going to walk away, right? She’s certainly not going to try to join the mile-high club with him.

If it turns out he’s her new boss, Hank Baresi, the youngest son of one of the biggest media moguls in America, but no matter, he doesn’t appear to remember her, anyway.

She’s just going to do her job. No serenading him. No succumbing to his sweet charms and absolutely no falling in love with him.

And, well, if he happens to fall in love with her, she’s just going to say no, right?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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There is no excuse for this kind of behavior. I’ve promised, sworn and vowed never to fall for a bad guy again. Take some time out, I told myself, learn the real Caitlyn, love yourself before you love others. Why, oh why, then, am I half-naked in an airplane bathroom with a frickin’ drunken, horny cowboy? Why indeed? He’s hot, there’s that, like six-foot-two hot. You know what I’m talking about. The type of guy that makes you catch your breath when he brushes past you, hair a little unkempt, jaw a little too sharp.

 

In my defense, I’ve had a very strange year and, frankly, life’s gotten really, really complicated. Then there’s the free alcohol, first time in Business Class… It’s all gone to my head. I might be forgiven for getting carried away. But still, no excuse, Caitlyn, no excuse.

 

He traces a solitary finger down the outside of my thigh—my leggings hang off one ankle, dragging on the floor. My other foot, placed firmly on the closed toilet seat, is the only thing holding me up.

 

I lift my hair, curl it up on my head with my hands, soft lips brush against my neck. “You’re so freaking hot,” he slurs.

 

At first, I’d thought he had a Texan drawl until he’d confessed, giggling as the words came out, that he’d stolen the cowboy hat from the guy in the next seat down.

 

He’s not Southern—he’s just drunk off his head.

 

He brushes his fingers up my spine, circling the crux of my neck before gliding over my breasts, past the tips of my nipples, until they stop at the slick gusset of my undies. Fuck. For a man who smells like a brewery and has lost the capacity for coherent speech, he’s pretty deft with his hands.

 

Pressing tightly onto my pussy, like it’s the only thing holding us up, he fumbles with his trousers, pulling at his belt.

 

“Do you have a condom?” I ask.

 

“Uh…shi-it. Maybe?” He tries to grab his wallet with his one free hand and we rock back and forth as he tugs at his pocket.

 

Is this really happening? It was all going smoothly. Steamy, unexpected, drunken smooch in the corridor, unilateral decision to glide into the bathroom. Semi-naked foreplay.

 

It’s all so serious, all of a sudden. Sex with a stranger. That’s a sobering thought. Is this how I want to start my new life? It isn’t part of the plan, that’s for sure.

 

I’ve never done anything like this. I’m not an angel, but I’ve always been the wait a few days, get to know the guy kind of girl. Admittedly, they’d all turned out to be Mr. Emotionally Unavailable, Mr. Terrified of Commitment or Mr. Sleeps with Your Friends Plural Behind Your Back, but hey, I’d always kept my side of the bargain.

 

His fumbles prove fruitless. He takes his hand off me to grab his wallet, falls backward, slams hard into the door and slides to the ground. Turns out I was holding him up after all.

 

I spin around. “You okay?” He doesn’t have any visible injuries, but he’s a tall man in a small space and his knees are around his ears. He still looks cute though. God, I need to get laid. My horny is showing.

 

“Oh shit!” He says it way too loud. Fuck, he’s going to get us caught. I’m not sure what the punishment is for kinky stuff in airplane bathrooms, but I know I don’t want to start my brand-new life in America in an orange jumpsuit.

 

“Shh,” I whisper, placing my finger over my lips.

 

“Shh. Hee-hee.” That giggle again. He’s wasted–like, actually out of it. This is rapidly turning into a very bad idea, not that at any point sneaking around with a man I’ve just met had been a solid choice. Kissing him? That had been fun, but now it feels a little like taking advantage.

 

He flicks through his wallet, still sat, half on the floor, legs splayed either side of me. “Shit. I got nothing.”

 

I lean down and put my arms around him. He nuzzles into my neck. God, he smells delicious. Whoever he is when he isn’t half-naked and hammered, he has incredible taste in aftershave. “Let’s get you up.”

 

“Wheeee!” With one hefty yank, he’s on his feet. The effort sends my back crashing against the toilet roll dispenser. It’s like getting a devastatingly handsome, six-foot-two, curly haired, horny octopus to stand to attention. Impossible.

 

Stepping back to steady myself, I hear a crack. Shit. Hopefully, his phone isn’t super important because it has just smashed into a million pieces under my foot. I kick it out of sight, sit him down on the toilet seat and pull my leggings back up. My libido is fading. Fast.

 

I pull up my leggings and put my top back on. “You don’t wanna do it anymore?” he drawls, his face downcast.

 

“I don’t think that’s a very good idea, do you?” He can’t even stand up for a start. God knows whether he can get anything else up.

 

“You’re hot.” He snakes his hands up my sweatshirt.

 

“Thank you. You’re very, very drunk.” I fasten his belt for him, inciting more giggles, and hand him his wallet, which had flown into the sink. “I think I’m going to go back to my seat. It was very nice meeting you, cowboy. Maybe we’ll meet again someday in better circumstances.” I might sound like I’m fobbing him off, but some part of me sort of wishes it’s true. I most definitely shouldn’t. The type of guy who allows himself to get in this much of a state is not boyfriend material. Not for me, anyway. But he’s a sweetie, and he’s cute when he giggles.

 

Oh, Caitlyn, you’re such a damn pushover.

 

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The old lady in the seat next to mine looks very concerned. “Did you hear all that noise in the toilet?”

 

“Yes. Apparently, some drunk guy fell over.”

 

“Oh dear.” She cringes. “Some people do get carried away with the free drinks on these flights. I hope he’s all right.” She’s been reading a guidebook on New York for the last four hours and hasn’t even acknowledged my presence, but now that I’ve got gossip, she’s all ears.

 

“I’m sure he’s fine. So where are you flying to today?”

 

She closes her book and looks at me. “New York.” Her eyes widen with excitement. Bless her. She has to be at the very least in her seventies. I see a little of myself in her, always excited by new experiences, no matter how old I get. That’s the only way to live.

 

“Well, yes. I meant for business or pleasure.”

 

“I’m going to see my son. He’s got a fancy job in Manhattan, going to show me the sights.” She curls her lips into the biggest grin.

 

“Oh, that’s lovely.”

 

Something loud crashes behind us. “Oh dear,” she mutters. “What now?”

 

A flash of white comes racing past our seats. A butt. A very naked butt attached to a very handsome, drunken, giggly cowboy.

 

“Shit,” I whisper under my breath. Maybe I shouldn’t have left him to his own devices after all. He turns and waves his not-insignificant appendage at a room full of dozing passengers before a hand reaches through the curtain behind him and pulls his drunken, naked butt into First Class.

 

“Good lord,” she says, raising an eyebrow. “I haven’t seen one like that since my Henry was alive.”

 

I turn to her and smile, hiding my deep regret at my rash decision not to get cowboy’s number before I’d left him. “Lucky you,” I reply.

 

 

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Katherine E Hunt

Katherine E Hunt ran off with a Frenchman twenty years ago. She now lives on a French mountain with three children and two dogs. When she isn’t writing contemporary romance she can be found huddled up in front of a roaring fire, with a glass of Chardonnay in one hand and a book in the other. You can find out more about Katherine on her website.

 

 

 

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