Dylan's
Desire
By JJ & TA Ellis
Genre: Contemporary Romance Fiction
Editor: GimmeLots Publications Cover
Designer: JJ Ellis
Content Warning: This work contains material that
some may find offensive. A scene of moderate violence and some scenes of strong
sexual content (NOT erotica)
Dylan usually gets
what he wants…except for Nicoletta.
Resident bad boy
and wilderness guide Dylan Harper lives life on his own terms, until one
fateful night when an accident leaves him broken and rethinking his life. The
man with one regret will come face to face with it when he least expects to.
The only girl to tell him no, Nicoletta Ballas, is hired to help him with his
recovery and is the only one who could destroy his heart and soul.
Nicoletta seems to
always choose what isn’t good for her
Widowed nurse
Nicoletta Ballas comes home after college, a disastrous marriage, and working
for three years on a cruise ship. She is immediately thrown into the world she
had run from when she left for nursing school at 18. Bad boy Dylan Harper was
her childhood best friend but his promiscuity came between them. As they begin
to reconnect, they are faced with a mysterious piece of her past that she
thought was dead and buried. They and their love may or may not survive the
pure evil that haunts her.
“This place hasn’t changed a bit,” Nicoletta
said as they were seated by the front window. “We even got our old table.”
“How many times did we sit here?” Dylan asked
thoughtfully. “Hundreds, if not thousands.”
“Good memories,” Nic said, her eyes dreamy. “I’m
getting chili fries!”
“That’s not a healthy breakfast,” Dylan
protested. A moment later, his head dropped to his chest. “God I’ve become my
mother.”
“Nah,” she replied with a wink. “She thinks with
her head. Are you getting an omelet? We could share.”
“They do still have the best omelets,” he said
in response. “If we’re sharing, what kind she would we get?”
“Ham, mushrooms and Swiss sounds good to me,”
she said, licking her lips.
“At least your taste in eggs and salad dressings
hasn’t changed.” It was left unsaid which of her other tastes he thought may
have evolved into something new.
Their server soon arrived and took their order.
Her eyebrow raised at the mention of chili fries, but she just shrugged and
headed to the kitchen to deliver the request.
“Man, getting out of the apartment kicked my
ass,” Dylan complained with a yawn. “I can hardly wait to go back up the
stairs.”
“I’ll be there to help you up,” Nic replied,
chuckling. “If you’ll stop being stubborn and let me.” As she turned to look
out the window her face suddenly dropped. “It can’t be.”
“What’s wrong, Nic?” Dylan asked concerned. He
turned and looked out the window too. “What did you see?”
“Not what, who,” she replied, her body shaking.
“I swore I just saw Vince.”
“I thought he was…umm…dead,” Dylan said. “It
couldn’t have been him.” He was confused, shouldn’t she have been excited at
the prospect of seeing her late husband? The look on her face at that exact
moment bordered on terror.
With a low, shallow breath, she looked back at
him. “I know, but the man looked so much like him,” she replied. “Well, with
lighter hair and wearing sunglasses.”
“It was probably just someone else who looks
similar,” Dylan said, caressing her trembling hand. “People say I look a lot
like Tom Welling.”
Nicoletta giggled and the terror spell was
broken. “Dylan, you’re no Superman.”
“The lady thinks she’s funny,” he replied with a
smirk. “But looks aren’t everything.”
Nicoletta replied by sticking her tongue out and
telling him he was number one with a gesture of her hand. Dylan laughed and
returned the gesture with both hands.
“You’re number eleven since you have two holes,”
he whispered across the table. He looked away from her and started to drink his
coffee.
“Yeah, but I only like to have one filled,” she
replied. “And it’s not the one you are thinking.”
Coffee spewed from Dylan’s mouth as he choked.
While he sat there, sputtering, Nicoletta couldn’t help but laugh at her
friend. Shocking him had always been one of her favorite pastimes.
After a moment, Dylan was able to breathe
normally and stared at her serious expression. She either has one hell of a
poker face, or…
“What’s wrong, Dylan?” she asked in a sweet
innocent voice. “Been drinking long?”
His head fell back against the seat. “What has
my mother gotten me into?”
“Not any of my holes,” Nic said smiling. Dylan’s
head snapped up and his eyes slowly closed, his head dropping to his chest.
Nicoletta then mouthed the word… ‘yet’.
JJ Ellis
JJ has been married
to her college sweetheart (and romance novel hero) for twenty years and they
reside in Casper, WY with their kids and one crazy mutt named Kreuger. She
enjoys reading, writing, blogging, computing, and graphic design. She will try
anything that will allow her creativity to be released.
TA Ellis
TA Ellis is married
to best selling romance Author JJ Ellis and is the father to five kids, four
girls and one boy, ranging in age from 4-19. He holds a degree in Secondary
Education from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and has flirted with the
idea of writing for years. He however did not expect to be writing romance as
Sci-fi/horror/fantasy are more to his liking. But as a sounding board for his
wife, he realized he had some good ideas and the team of JJ & TA Ellis
was born.
TA lives in Casper,
WY with his wife and kids and one crazy mutt named Kreuger. He enjoys reading,
video games and grilling. He is excited to embark on this romance
journey...after all, he's been happily married for twenty years.
May 29, 2015
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