I'm so excited for the release of
The Key by KT Grant! I loved
The Gate, the first book in the Dark Path Series and am counting down the days until
The Key is released on June 9, 2014! I'm lucky enough to help out with the cover reveal and even have a super sexy excerpt to share.
Synopsis: Erika has reinvented herself as an author of erotic romance under the pseudonym, Lily Fredericks. After her eight month sabbatical in New Orleans, she’s returning to Manhattan to promote her new book. Chris is handling her book tour and wants Erika to give him another chance. She’s forgiven Chris, but Max is always in her thoughts. Sick of waiting for Erika to come to her senses, Max takes matters into his own hands. He’ll go to New Orleans to claim her before it’s too late.
With Erika back in Manhattan, both Chris and Max try to seduce her in the hopes she’ll choose one of them. As both men battle for her heart, a woman from Max’s past reappears, bent on revenge. Chris will ruin Max anyway he can in order to make Erika his own. However Max has something up his sleeve to insure he’s the victor, but not without a price—Erika’s soul.
Excerpt from The Key
The walk felt like an
eternity but lasted mere minutes. When he reached the corner of his hotel, he
placed Erika on her feet. Swaying, she latched onto his arms. He spotted the
nervousness in her eyes, and his chest tightened.
As he set his lips on
her forehead, he cupped her face. “There’s nothing to be afraid of. I won’t do
anything you don’t want me to. You say stop, and I will.”
She spread her palm
over his rapidly beating heart. “Does my safe word still apply in this
situation?”
“Yes, but only because
it’s adorable when you scream ‘whiskers’ when you come.”
She smacked him in the
stomach. He curled his arm around her waist and flicked the tip of her nose
with his tongue. Her face colored an adorable pink.
He started walking
backward and linked her hands with his. “Will you come up to my room and spend
the night with me, Miss Walsh?”
She dug the edge of
her front teeth into her bottom lip and tilted her head, acting shy. “What if I
want you to be gentle with me, Mr. Crawford?”
He stopped and almost
coughed as his breath caught in his lungs. “If…if that’s what I have to do in
order for you to be with me, then yes.”
She lifted their
combined hands, slipped his thumb inside her mouth, and sucked.
His dick jerked. That
familiar tingling in his lower back spread around front and disembarked between
his thighs.
“Enough,” he snapped
and drew his thumb out of her mouth. He rubbed her saliva across her bottom
lip. “Give me your answer. Now.”
She presented him with
a smile worthy of an experienced seductress. “Yes.”
The walk across the
lobby took too long for Max. Erika purposely taunted him by not rushing. He
would have carried her in his arms like he had on Bourbon Street, but he needed
to remain in control. He always stayed at the Hotel Monteleone while in New Orleans,
and he didn’t want that to change. He kept his frustration at bay while she
viewed the splendor, spying the lounge off to the right and the slow moving
carousel inside making up the bar.
“Oh, my God, it’s a
real carousel? And it moves?” She stepped toward the room, her face full of
awe.
“At night, they have
piano music and live singing. Next time I promise we’ll sit at the bar.”
Hooking his arms around Erika from behind, he rested his chin on her shoulder.
“But unless you want me to fuck you on top of the bar, we should go up to my
suite as soon as possible.”
She laid her palm on
his cheek and gave him an amused glance. “If we don’t, will you jizz in your
pants in front of everyone here?”
He dropped his head
into the crook of her shoulder and held back a laugh. If only she knew how
close he was to losing it. “Put me out of my misery, and let’s go upstairs.”
She turned and,
grabbing his hand, hurried to the set of elevators. She giggled loud, the sound
of her joy echoing off the walls.
A few people loitering,
including those behind the front desk, sent Erika and him curious stares, but
he didn’t care. He chuckled along with her. When they reached the elevator
doors, he pushed aside her hands, so he could punch the button first. She gave
him a playful pout. He returned the favor by cupping her ass and squeezing her
generous flesh.
“We’re grabby tonight,
aren’t we?” She brushed up against him.
He continued caressing
those two marvelous muscular globes, exultant her weight loss hadn’t affected
her posterior. “I can’t stop touching you.”
“How about kissing
me?” she whispered. When the elevator doors open, she yanked him inside by his
collar.
He slapped the button
to his floor then pulled Erika into the corner. He snuck a peek behind to see
if anyone waited to enter—not that he would have allowed another inside. Once
the doors slammed shut, he claimed Erika’s mouth, feasting on her lips, drunk
on her taste.
