Synopsis
*****THIS BOOK CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE*****
Being the daughter of a big-city mayor, twenty-one year old Skye Summers has giant shoes to fill in her first real job out of college. With the public spotlight on her family, and her dad’s expectations running high, she jumps at the chance to work side-by-side on an important project with her sexy new boss.
Playboy entrepreneur Landon Steele has built a successful entertainment PR firm and broken more than a few hearts along the way. He’s counting on his enthusiastic new assistant to help him expand his business into LA… until he discovers she’s a pampered rich girl who’s in the public spotlight as much as his famous clients. Still, he agrees to give her a chance, and soon the two are heating up the bedroom as well as the boardroom.
But when Skye’s ex-boyfriend threatens to reveal a dangerous secret from her past, her job, relationship with Landon, and her father’s career are suddenly all on the line. Will she be forced to leave Landon? Or will she pursue her heart, regardless of the cost?
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EXCERPT – Landon’s POV
It was an unseasonably warm day for
December in L.A. so the pool deck was busy. I was relaxing on the chaise inside
the cabana after giving my drink order to the waiter when I saw Skye making her
way across the pool deck. She had on a pair of sunglasses and a floral cover-up
with long, billowing sleeves. When she reached the cabana, she smiled wide and
dropped her beach bag onto the coffee table in the center.
“The waiter just left. I didn't
order for you because I wasn't sure what you'd want,” I said.
“I think I'm going to take a dip
in the pool. Do you mind ordering me an iced tea when the waiter comes back?”
“Sure thing.”
She slid off her sandals and then
proceeded to pull her cover-up off over her head.
I was in trouble.
I was in so much fucking trouble
if I thought there was any way I
might get through this trip sleeping only a few rooms away from her when she
looked like that.
Her swimsuit was a gold one-piece
that had a slit all the way down to her belly button and a belt around the
waist. I'd been imagining what she'd look like completely naked since I’d first
seen her. This swimsuit was giving me a pretty good idea, but apparently my
imagination hadn’t been doing her justice.
She smiled at me before heading
over to the pool and diving in. It was clear she had no idea the effect seeing
her in that tiny bit of fabric had on me. That or she hid it well. Now I'd be
trying to hide the wood I'd no doubt be sporting all afternoon.
The waiter returned and I ordered
Skye's drink. A few minutes later, he dropped it off just as Skye was returning
to the cabana. He did a double-take as she came up behind him. I couldn't blame
him but it still fueled my competitive nature, seeing another man appreciate
her rocking body. Even if she wasn’t mine.
I tipped him a couple of dollars
and said, “We're good for a while. Thanks.” Skye smiled her megawatt,
draw-every-man-to-her-within-twenty-feet smile as he passed by her to leave.
Fuck me, but I loved that smile. “How was the water?” I asked.
She grabbed a towel off one of
the tables and began to dry herself off. “Warmer than I thought it'd be. We got
lucky it's such a nice day out today.”
“The warmers help, too,” I said,
motioning to the heater in the roof of the cabana.
“There is that.” She laughed, her
entire face lighting up.
She really was breathtaking...and
pure...full of light. When I was with her, I forgot about the pressures of
growing my business and my strained relationship with my father—everything else
just faded into the background and I was just here with her…in the present. And
none of the other shit mattered.
When she was done rubbing that
damn towel over every inch of her porcelain skin, she came to sit beside me on
the couch and grabbed her drink off the table. I watched as she took the straw
between her lips. This had to be some form of foreplay torture. First the
swimsuit, then rubbing herself down, and now this? As she sucked the liquid
down, I began to get hard just thinking about what those lips would look like
wrapped around the end of my cock.
I couldn’t watch her a second longer.
I pulled the drink away from her mouth and she gave me a quizzical look. “We
need to talk.”
Picture Perfect Playlist:
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1. Telephone - Lady Gaga feat. Beyonce
2. Love The Way You Lie - Eminem feat. Rihanna
3. Hold On, We're Going Home - Drake feat. Majid Jordan
4. The Way You Look Tonight - Frank Sinatra
5. Call And Answer - Barenaked Ladies
6. The Reason - Hoobastank
7. Anti-Venom - USS
8. From Now On - The Features
9. Strong Enough - Sheryl Crow
10. Patience - Guns N' Roses
11. All Of Me - John Legend
12. When The Right One Comes Along - Clare Bowen & Sam Palladio
13. Nessun Dorma - Pavarotti
My Review: 5 stars
This was such a good book, I didn't want it to end. I loved Landon and Skye together. I thought it was immensely hilarious the way they originally met. Who knows what would have happened if that guy hadn't puked on her? That's going down another road though, and theirs was interesting enough. I've got to say I loved Skye's independence, her fierce loyalty and the way she thought of others before herself. I hated her douche bag ex-boyfriend Vic. What a loser. I was very glad that she got away from him, when she did before things got worse. I believe it was fate that brought Landon and Skye together, because otherwise she never would have ended up working for him. Man, what a job! They did their best to fight the attraction between them, but some things just can't be stopped, nor should they be. Landon was perfect for Skye once he opened up to her. He was gentle when needed, protective of her, focused on everything about her and they worked well together as a team. The things they went through because of others were just wrong, and there were times where they both did and said the wrong things. However, the road to anything worthwhile is never easy, and they are both so worth it. Elisabeth did a fantastic job with the story line, things never went the way I thought they would and I like that a lot. The characters were absolutely wonderful, likeable and fabulously complex.
Author Bio:
I have a soft spot for romance novels with happily ever afters and a HOT spot for alpha males! I currently live outside Toronto, Canada with my hubby, two small children and cat spawned by the devil. Life is busy, but never to busy for a good story and to share my love of reading and writing with others. Things I can tell you that sum me up...I'm a sugar and carb addict, self-professed Gandy Girl, a disaster in the kitchen, a LOVER of all music, I enjoy reality TV and I'm an early riser! When I have a moment to breath you can usually find me typing furiously on the keyboard to get my next story on paper, or curled up reading about someone else's HEA.
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