Running Hot
Hell Ryders MC #2
By J.L. Sheppard
Genre: MC Romance
Thomas “Cuss”
Layne has never wanted for anything, except the beautiful girl he saved so long
ago. But she’s a rich girl, and he’s a biker. For years, he hasn’t had a
glimpse of her. Still, he's never been able to get her out of his mind. When
her life’s in danger, he rides to her rescue once again. This time, he’s
determined to do what he should’ve done long ago—make her his, in every
possible way.
Tiffany Hamilton
has never gotten over the bad boy with the sapphire eyes and midnight hair, the
boy who once saved her. She wants him—a touch, a taste—but he’s never wanted
anything to do with her. It’s past time to move on. When the sexy biker barges
back into her life, saving her yet again and making demands, he makes it
impossible to say no to his raw magnetism. She’ll finally have everything she’s
dreamed of…but will it be enough?
Excerpt #1
Movie wasn’t
halfway done, and his girl had already passed out. Head on his shoulder, legs
on the couch to her other side.
Smiling, he took
a breath. Her head on his shoulder slipped lower. He wrapped an arm around her,
turning toward her slightly until her head lay on his chest. Either he’d gotten
good at doing that or she was a heavy sleeper. Probably the latter, not once
when he carried her to bed had she woken.
She let out a
small sigh and burrowed into him.
He loved that.
She did it a lot, and every time she did it, it made him feel like he had the
world in the palm of his hands. Maybe not his hands, but he definitely had the
world sleeping against his chest.
His gaze slid
from her face to her hair. He threaded his fingers through it. So soft. So
thick. He spared a glance at the television and realized he missed an important
plot point. Now, he was lost. Nothing new. He never paid much attention to the
movie once she dozed off. He just sat there and watched her sleep. Often, he
ran his hand through her hair like he was then. Every once in a while, he
looked to the screen. And when he did, he remembered the movie would be over
soon, and then, he’d have to force himself to stop staring at her, carry her to
bed, and head home.
Worse part of
the night, heading home.
He hated it,
hated leaving her.
And still, it
had to be done.
Excerpt #2
Her eyes
narrowed, but she kept her cool, speaking low and calmly. “Go to hell, Cuss.
I don’t need saving especially from you.”
The muscle in
his jaw jumped. Breathing heavily, each of his breaths hit her face. “Want me
to count all the times you needed me?”
Would he? Even
the thought sprung tears to her eyes. Truth, she didn’t know if he would. As
good a man she knew him to be, he also shut her out of his life.
She wouldn’t
stand there and find out. She turned on her heel.
He snaked his
arm around her waist, tugged her to him until her back pressed against his
chest. Then he lifted her off the ground.
The warmth of
his body consumed her. Her body, betraying her, molded against his. She forgot
why she was angry, why she had every right to be.
She had to
focus, had to remember. “You want to let Blaze, Rake, and everyone who walks by
know if it hadn’t been for you, I could’ve been raped, twice? Or no, three
times, if you count my stalker.” Her voice trembled.
His whole body
tensed. If she hadn’t felt his heart pounding against her, she would’ve thought
it’d stopped beating he was so still.
“Fine. Be a
dick. I needed you then…”
His arm around
her waist tightened, leaving her without breath. Simultaneously, he covered her
mouth with the other, muffling her words. “Shut it, Tiff. Fuckin’ shut it
before I lose my shit,” he whispered against her ear, voice low and laced in
rage.
The flood of
tears she held back slid down her cheeks and onto his hand.
When the perfect
life Alyssa Holden planned turns out to be a life of lies, she runs to her
brother, the only person she can trust. She has no idea she’s running straight
into a world of badass bikers who live and ride by their own rules. One tatted
rebel in particular calls to her wilder side, and while everything in her draws
her toward him, every experience she’s had with men warns her away.
Jace Warren is doing
what he’s done his whole life—trying to survive, making the best with what he’d
been given. The only life that makes sense after the military is Hell Ryder’s
Motorcycle Club, but the sweet innocence of his army buddy's sister promises a
different life, one a man like him can only dream of. Problem is, being his MC
brother’s sister puts her off limits. Hard as it is, he keeps his distance.
Then she kisses him, and all bets are off.
J.L. Sheppard
was born and raised in South Florida where she still lives with her husband and
son.
As a child, her
greatest aspiration was to become a writer. She read often, kept a journal and
wrote countless poems. She attended Florida International University and
graduated in 2008 with a Bachelors in Communications. During her senior year,
she interned at NBC Miami, WTVJ. Following the internship, she was hired and
worked in the News Department for three years.
It wasn’t until
2011 that she set her heart and mind into writing her first completed novel,
Demon King’s Desire, which was published in January of 2013.
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