Rush
Montgomery Men #1
By
C.A. Harms
Genre: Contemporary/Suspense Romance
Now Available
I was running from my husband, a man I thought
I’d known.
Running from the hell he had put me
through.
He’d nearly destroyed the woman I had once been
and I would do whatever it took to regain my freedom.
I would lie, and cheat.
I would steal if it meant that I never had to
go back there.
I’d run and keep running…
But there was one problem. I hadn’t planned for
Ashton Montgomery.
He was a distraction I couldn’t allow. Not if I
wanted to stay safe. I had to remain distant, but he was relentless and had
other ideas.
I caved because I hadn’t thought it all
through, not in detail.
If I had I would’ve realized that you can only
live in a fantasy world for so long before everything came crashing in around
you.
And those lives you’ve destroyed along the way,
make you no better than the monster you were trying to break free from.
How could I have been so careless?
It wasn’t meant to turn out this way.
But the Rush of my freedom took control and I
forgot how important it was to keep the secret of who I had once been.
And now I had nothing.
Only the fear that the man I’d run from would
find me again, and finish what he started.
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fire." - Bookalicious Babes Blog
"This book gutted me in certain places and
made me laugh in others. But most importantly it was amazing.." - Reader
Review
"Ashton Montgomery will steal your heart!" - Author Kaylee Ryan
She’d turned on her heel and begun to walk
toward my office door when without a second thought I hooked her around the
waist and pulled her body back against my own. She yelped, but I didn’t let it
halt me.
The smell of her perfume mixed with her shampoo
filled my nostrils, and for a moment I just took in the fragrance. I had never
smelled anything more appealing. “Let me prove it to you,” I whispered. She was
tense in my arms, and I knew I needed to tread lightly. Something told me that
telling her I wanted nothing more than to pin her against the wall, reach
beneath her skirt, and find the spot that drove her crazy would only terrify
her. Yes, my usual tactics would not work on Kiera.
“Have dinner with me,” I whispered against her
ear. “You pick the place and the time, anywhere you want.” I fought the urge to
demand her presence, which was my usual method because most women I ran across
said yes without hesitation.
But she wasn’t like the women I’d been with in
the past.
“Today was refreshing after all the tension
faded,” she confessed, and I felt relieved that she thought so too. But it
faded as she continued to speak. “I think it’s best that we keep things between
us strictly professional. I just don’t have room in my life for anything more.”
I felt like she’d just kicked me in the nuts.
“I don’t know what happened to you,” I said in
return, and though she tensed in my arms again, I went on. “I don’t know why
you’re so scared of giving this thing between us a chance, but I won’t give up.
It’s not who I am, Kiera. I’m a fighter, and when I have my sights set on
something I want, I don’t give up until I’ve won.”
I moved closer, making sure she could feel my
lips against her neck when I continued to talk. “And you are all I think about.
It’s quite distracting.”
Chills covered her neck and shoulder as she
shivered in my arms.
Fighting my arousal was becoming more and more
of a challenge. I was so fucking wired and turned on I felt like my balls were
about to explode.
“I don’t lie, and I don’t hide the way I feel.”
I closed my eyes tightly and tipped my head just enough that her hair brushed
against the tip of my nose. God, her scent was pure heaven. “I want you,
Kiera,” I confessed, becoming lost in her presence, lost to the feel of my body
pressed tightly against hers. “I know that seems to terrify you, but I need you
to know. I won’t stay away; I can’t. I want to feel you against me, hold you
close, and hear the sound of your pants in my ear. I won’t lie to you, Kiera,”
I reiterated. “I won’t ever lie to you.”
I pressed a soft kiss against the base of her
neck, and for a moment she went stock-still. As if she was terrified of what I
may do next. That thought left a bad feeling in my stomach. Did she actually
think I would force her to do anything she wasn’t completely willing to do?
I slowly released her, stepping back to put
some space between us. My own heart was racing, and she wasn’t the only one
that needed some distance.
She kept her back to me as we both remained
perfectly still, just calmly breathing. I didn’t speak for fear of spooking
her. I’d already told her my intentions. I hoped that was enough.
And when she reached for the door, pulled it
open, and walked out without looking back, I felt like she took a part of me
with her. I sagged in disappointment as I listened to the fading sound of her
heels clicking against the tile floor.
C.A. Harms is like any other addicted reader.
She enjoys happy endings and HEA love stories. She hasn't always been a lover
of Romance and had once been addicted to a good Mystery. Just recently she has
taken on a new liking and now is a full blown Romance novel addict.
She lives in Illinois and enjoys spending time
with her husband and two children. You will always find her with her kindle or
paperback in hand as it is her favorite pass time.
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