The Beauty and the Badass
By Lucy Felthouse
Genre: MF BDSM Erotic Romance
Synopsis
From the
moment Alexei Miles sets eyes on the kickboxing instructor at his new gym, he’s
enthralled. She’s strong and sexy, and he senses something in her that speaks
to his deepest desires. Bored of meaningless one-night stands, Alexei vows to
find out more about the beautiful badass. He hopes his senses are correct—that
her desires will match his own, and that his period of unsatisfying sexual
encounters is over.
Zoe
Harrison notices the new guy as soon as he walks into the gym—difficult not to,
really, given he’s a six-feet-plus gorgeous Viking. As well as being
attractive, he awakens something deep inside that she’d almost forgotten about.
Men that can handle Zoe’s busy lifestyle are few and far between. Add to that
her very specific sexual appetites and it’s little wonder she’s been single for
so long. Is the Viking about to change all that?
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Excerpt
Alexei
followed John into the building, a sense of trepidation hanging over him. It
was never easy moving to a new place, and as an army brat he’d had more than
his fair share of relocating. Dealing with new landlords, new neighbors, new
neighborhood. Not to mention the job side of it—new role, new building, new
boss…
He’d spent
the last month dealing with all that, and now – thanks to the friendship that
had sprung up between him and his colleague, John – he was getting back on
track with his hobbies, too. John wasn’t a gym bunny, exactly, but he did like
to keep in shape, which was why he’d recommended his local sports gym to Alexei
when he’d asked.
“Just a
bunch of folks keeping fit and trim, letting off some steam,” he’d said. “No
posturing, silly competition, or showing off. God, I reckon if someone started
posing in front of a mirror in that place, they’d get their arse kicked.”
He’d made
the place sound a bit rough and ready, but that was fine by Alexei. As long as
it had the equipment he needed, it would suit him down to the ground. It was
made all the more attractive by the price – around half of what the more
traditional gyms wanted in membership fees. And he only had to pay when he
actually attended. He wasn’t sure yet how much working away his new job was
going to entail, but it still made more sense to use a place that had a
pay-as-you-go system. At least until he got settled.
They
passed a reception desk of sorts, which looked like somewhere the building’s
owner probably did the admin and accounts. After that, there was a row of
seating up against the wall on their right hand side, and the space opened up
on their left. Wooden flooring stretched from just beside them to the far end
of the long area, and a boxing ring sat in one corner.
Alexei
raised his eyebrows. It was a bit rough and ready, but it was well-appointed
and clearly well-used. Much better to have a place with regular, dedicated
clients than some gleaming, spick and span monstrosity of a gym that nobody
ever went to, or went more to lift weights and gaze lovingly at themselves in
the mirrors than to actually do a thorough workout.
He
continued following John along the carpeted area that ran around the nearest
two sides of the wooden flooring, allowing people to access the rooms opposite
the entrance without getting in the way of the people using the main space. It
was currently taken up by what looked like an all-female kickboxing class. And
they were good. He certainly wouldn’t like to piss any of them off—they could
definitely handle themselves.
Alexei
was just about to look away—he didn’t want them to think he was some kind of
pervert for staring—when his gaze alighted on the instructor. She was a petite
blonde, with a long, sleek ponytail sitting high up on her head, which swung as
she walked from one student to the next, passing comment, suggesting improvements,
and so on. He was so mesmerized by her that he forgot all about not staring. In
fact, he forgot about pretty much everything, and let out an “ooof!” as he
slammed straight into John’s broad, hard back.
“Hey,”
John said, turning around and putting a hand on Alexei’s shoulder to steady
him. “Look where you’re bloody going, mate. What the hell’s the matter with
you?”
Alexei
opened his mouth to reply, but his brain refused to supply any words. Instead,
his eyes gave him away, as he couldn’t resist another glance in her direction.
Following
his gaze, John smirked when he spotted just who had distracted Alexei so much.
“The cute blonde, I take it?”
Alexei
nodded, his face growing hot at the thought someone might have seen what
happened. At the thought she might have seen.
“Who is she?”
Meet the Author
Lucy
Felthouse is the award-winning author of erotic romance novels Stately
Pleasures (named in the top 5 of Cliterati.co.uk’s 100 Modern Erotic Classics
That You’ve Never Heard Of, and an Amazon bestseller), Eyes Wide Open (winner
of the Love Romances Café’s Best Ménage Book 2015 award, and an Amazon
bestseller) and The Persecution of the Wolves. Including novels, short stories
and novellas, she has over 150 publications to her name. She owns Erotica For All, and is one eighth of The Brit Babes. Find out more about her writing at http://lucyfelthouse.co.uk, or on Twitter or Facebook. Sign up for automatic updates
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