In Your
Corner by Sarah Castille
(Redemption #2)
Published by: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Publication date: July 1st 2014
Genres: Adult, Erotica, Romance
Synopsis:
A Publishers Weekly
Best Summer Book 2014!
"You have to
go. I won't be able to control myself. I've wanted you so bad for so long and
after I've been in the cage...I can't think straight." He gives a guttural
groan and his fist clenches on my hip.
Primitive. Primal. His need speaks to me. I tighten my grip on his neck and rock up to kiss him. He takes over. His kiss is hard and demanding.
"Mine." His voice is raw, savage and for a moment I truly believe he may lose control.
He rules in the ring
Two years ago, Jake and Amanda were going hot and heavy. But when Jake wanted more, Amanda walked away. Jake immersed himself in mixed martial arts, living life on the edge. But that didn't dull the pain of Amanda's rejection-until a chance encounter throws them together.
A high-powered lawyer, Amanda was a no-strings-attached kind of girl. But two years after her breakup with Jake, she still hasn't found anyone who gets her heart pumping the way he did. And then he shows up in her boardroom, hot as sin and needing help...
But can he rule her heart?
Jake is darker, sexier, and impossible to resist. As their chemistry builds, Amanda's not sure if she can stay in control, or if she's finally willing to let him claim her body and soul.
Primitive. Primal. His need speaks to me. I tighten my grip on his neck and rock up to kiss him. He takes over. His kiss is hard and demanding.
"Mine." His voice is raw, savage and for a moment I truly believe he may lose control.
He rules in the ring
Two years ago, Jake and Amanda were going hot and heavy. But when Jake wanted more, Amanda walked away. Jake immersed himself in mixed martial arts, living life on the edge. But that didn't dull the pain of Amanda's rejection-until a chance encounter throws them together.
A high-powered lawyer, Amanda was a no-strings-attached kind of girl. But two years after her breakup with Jake, she still hasn't found anyone who gets her heart pumping the way he did. And then he shows up in her boardroom, hot as sin and needing help...
But can he rule her heart?
Jake is darker, sexier, and impossible to resist. As their chemistry builds, Amanda's not sure if she can stay in control, or if she's finally willing to let him claim her body and soul.
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Excerpt:
“Don’t move.”
Totally immersed in painting the cupboard, I freeze mid–paint
stroke at the sound of Jake’s deep voice behind me.
“What? Am I doing something wrong?”
He closes the distance between us and runs his finger along the
back waistband of my gym pants, sending delicious tingles up my spine. Then he
slides his hands around my waist, bared by the rise of my T-shirt as I stretch
to reach the top of the cupboard with my paintbrush.
“Yes. You look too damn sexy. Do you know what it does to a man
when he catches a glimpse of something he isn’t meant to see?”
“I hope it makes him tell the woman she can call off the panic
attack and drop her arm,” I mutter as I do just that. “I also hope it makes him
decide his hands might be of better use somewhere other than around her waist.”
Jake slides his fingers around to my stomach, resting them just
over my mound and his voice drops to a low growl. “I could make use of them
here.”
“So says the man who turned down a good offer just the other night
at Redemption.” I remove his hands and turn to face him, putting on a brave
face while inside I seethe. Who does he think he is coming on to me after
brushing me off?
“No games, Jake. You made your position clear. I got that. I’m not
interested in being screwed around.”
He presses his hands against the cupboard on either side of my
head, caging me with his body. “What are you interested in?”
“Moving on,” I say honestly.
His pulse throbs in his neck and his eyes harden. “With whom?”
“No one right now.”
He gives a satisfied grunt as if I had just cleared up a question
in his mind. “Everyone is out back having a good time. You should be there
too.”
“There’s a lot of work to do. I want to get it done. The faster I
open shop, the faster I can start my lawsuit against Farnsworth.” I slip under
his arm and edge along the counter.
“You’ve been working since six o’clock this morning.”
Grabbing a clean cloth from the counter, I make an effort to wipe
the grease off my face. “I’m used to working twenty-hour days. I’m not afraid
of hard work.” But I am afraid of mercurial fighters who run hot one minute and
cold the next.
His face softens, and he takes the cloth from my hand and holds it
under the tap. The pipes gurgle when he turns the rusty faucet and water gushes
out, skimming over the cloth and trickling into the sink below. Without
warning, he lifts me and settles me on the counter.
“You don’t have to work like that anymore.” His voice is calm,
soothing. I am momentarily lulled out of work mode and into heat mode as he
eases his hips between my legs and reaches to turn off the faucet. “It’s
Saturday night. Time to relax and have fun.” With a firm hand, he cups my jaw
and then wipes the cloth gently over my nose, forehead, and cheeks.
His gentle touch, the warmth of his hand, his breath, minty and
sweet, and his hard body nestled between my thighs all converge in an
unbearable rush of sensation. I grab his wrist, forcing his hand away.
“Jake…I’m good. Really. There’s so much to do. I’ll come out when
I’m done and I’ve cleaned myself up.”
“I like you this way,” he murmurs. “You look…cute. Real.”
“Real?”
He brushes his thumb over my cheek. “Amanda without the armor.
Your clothes, hair, makeup…nothing is perfect. It’s just the real you. I never
got to see the real you before.”
Torn between being mortified and pleased, I reach for another
cloth. “Real Amanda is covered in dirt and has holes in her sweats.”
He traces a finger down my throat to rest in the hollow at the
base of my neck. The room heats to one hundred degrees, and if I’m not
mistaken, I hear the sound of my blood boiling.
“I like holes in sweats.” His voice drops, husky and low, and his
finger continues its downward journey into the vee of my shirt.
“Jake…”
He traces lightly over the crescent of my breast. “I like dirty
girls,” he whispers, his voice thick with desire. “I can’t stay away.”
Oh God. Every bit of warmth rushes to my center as his deep,
sensual voice ignites one of my dark fantasies. Jake, straddling my bound body,
growling commands, telling me what he’s going to do to me in the filthiest
language I know. A soft moan escapes my lips and we’re back on the roller
coaster again.
“This game you’re playing confuses me.” His heart beats strong
against my palm when I lay my hand over his chest.
“Me too.”
“Then what are you doing?”
His eyes take on a feral gleam and my breasts tingle.
“Playing dirty,” he growls. Tangling his hand in my hair, he tugs
my head back, exposing my throat to the heated slide of his lips. “Sometimes
you have to stop thinking too much and just go with it.”
My breath comes in short pants as he sucks gently on the pulse at
the base of my throat. Barely able to form a coherent thought for the pounding
of blood in my temples, I scramble for sanity. “There’s too much between us to
just go with it. We need to talk…”
His hand closes in my hair, twisting roughly. “Lawyers talk. You
don’t look like a lawyer now. You look fucking sexy, and your mouth is all lush
and pink and needing to be kissed. You want to talk, Amanda, or you want that
kiss?” He nips the hollow at the base of my neck.
Pleasure and pain meld together and I whimper as a heated rush of
sensation floods my veins. “Kiss.”
Jake smiles. “My dirty girl wants a dirty kiss.” Holding my face,
he slants his mouth over mine and kisses me.
Soft kiss. Sweet kiss. Warm, firm lips tasting faintly of coffee.
His five o’clock shadow brushes my chin as his tongue eases my lips open to
stroke against mine. My body melts against him as he explores my mouth, leaving
nothing untouched. Tongues wind and tangle. Two years of fantasies coalesce in
a single rasping breath.
“’S not so dirty,” I mumble against his lips.
“Oh, you don’t know how dirty I can be.” Jake grips my hair and
tugs my head back with a firm, hard yank, sending little bolts of lightning
straight to my core. Then he kisses me hard and fast. Rough. His teeth scrape
my bottom lip as his tongue dives deep, filling me, taking what I have to give
and demanding more. The pounding of my heart shifts from lust to fear as he
consumes me, and for a moment I worry he has forgotten I need to breathe.
When he breaks the kiss, I draw in a long, ragged breath. “You
never kissed me like that before.”
“You were never like this before,” he murmurs, his fingers easing
up my shirt, his thumb tracing over the crescent of my breasts. “Raw and open,
vulnerable, needing my help. So fucking real.”
My breath catches in my throat as he explores, cupping and
squeezing my breasts and then teasing my nipples through my lace bra until they
are tight, aching peaks.
“My clothes. Take them off.”
My Review: 5 stars
This book was just as good as the first in the series, Against The Ropes. It has most of the same loveable, yet tough characters as well as some new ones too. I would recommend reading Against The Ropes before this, you can just read this, but you would miss what happened between Jake and Amanda originally. Just sayin'.
This time when Jake and Amanda come together, it's for legal reasons, and they're both shocked to be in the same room with each other. Of course, neither lets onto that, because of their pride. Little do they both know that that meeting alters both of their courses for their futures. Oh, they are both so proud and controlling. Amanda because she has had to rely on herself for so long, she doesn't know how to ask for help or let anyone else be in control. Jake and all the guys and girls at Redemption welcome Amanda back with open arms after her long absence. Amanda wants Jake back, but he's not giving in. He wants something from Amanda that she doesn't quite know how to give. I really loved, in this book, how Jake and Amanda both had issues with control. I loved when they talked about their lives and what had happened to make them the way they were. This was most definitely a roller coaster ride of emotions for me. I wanted so much for Jake and Amanda to heal the rift between them, but at the same time saw how stubborn they were both being. I loved all the action, and oh my God, Silla! She's bloody fantastic, and I really hope that the next book is about her. I loved the many different sides of Jake, they were all quite sexy. I really enjoyed reading this book from start to finish, and I loved, loved the end. I hope that this series goes on for a long time. Sarah has made quite a memorable cast of characters that I really enjoy reading about and spending my time with. 10 stars is not enough for either book in this series. More, please.
AUTHOR BIO
This book was just as good as the first in the series, Against The Ropes. It has most of the same loveable, yet tough characters as well as some new ones too. I would recommend reading Against The Ropes before this, you can just read this, but you would miss what happened between Jake and Amanda originally. Just sayin'.
This time when Jake and Amanda come together, it's for legal reasons, and they're both shocked to be in the same room with each other. Of course, neither lets onto that, because of their pride. Little do they both know that that meeting alters both of their courses for their futures. Oh, they are both so proud and controlling. Amanda because she has had to rely on herself for so long, she doesn't know how to ask for help or let anyone else be in control. Jake and all the guys and girls at Redemption welcome Amanda back with open arms after her long absence. Amanda wants Jake back, but he's not giving in. He wants something from Amanda that she doesn't quite know how to give. I really loved, in this book, how Jake and Amanda both had issues with control. I loved when they talked about their lives and what had happened to make them the way they were. This was most definitely a roller coaster ride of emotions for me. I wanted so much for Jake and Amanda to heal the rift between them, but at the same time saw how stubborn they were both being. I loved all the action, and oh my God, Silla! She's bloody fantastic, and I really hope that the next book is about her. I loved the many different sides of Jake, they were all quite sexy. I really enjoyed reading this book from start to finish, and I loved, loved the end. I hope that this series goes on for a long time. Sarah has made quite a memorable cast of characters that I really enjoy reading about and spending my time with. 10 stars is not enough for either book in this series. More, please.
AUTHOR BIO
New York
Times and USA Today Bestselling author, Sarah Castille, worked
and travelled abroad before trading her briefcase and stilettos for a handful
of magic beans and a home near the Canadian Rockies. She writes erotic
contemporary romance and romantic suspense featuring blazingly hot alpha heroes
and the women who tame them.
Find her at:
Website: http://www.sarahcastille.com
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