Mistress for Hire
Letty James
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Soul Mate Publishing
Date of Publication: October 15, 2014
ISBN: 978-1-61935-565-1
Number of pages: 172
Word Count: 50,000
Book Description:
Stranded in Paris, Nikki Sommers is desperate for a job, willing to sweep the floors of a local bakery. But Gérard Beauvais knows where Nikki needs to be – not in the bakery, but in his bed. Offering her a job as his personal assistant, Gérard introduces Nikki to the workings of international business, along with the romance and beauty of Paris.
Nikki falls under Gérard’s magnetic spell, only to get a nasty surprise when she discovers she is merely a pawn in an international scandal involving her own sister. Her heart is torn between family and a love she had only fantasized about.
Will she win Gérard’s heart or only be his Mistress for Hire?
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Excerpt
They
continued along the river bank. She tripped over the cobblestones, despite her
bare feet.
“Let
me carry you,” he offered.
“No!”
They walked silently across the street, their arms brushing, but they seemed
miles apart. Nikki looked up and stopped short, Notre Dame Cathedral lit up
before her.
He
placed his hands on her shoulders, letting her absorb the magnificence of the
church.
“It’s
beautiful.” She stood awed by the Cathedral’s grand edifice.
“Come
on. I’ll show you the gargoyles.”
The
next thing she knew, they were ascending the ancient, worn steps of the tower
as Gérard lit the way for her, a flashlight trained on her feet as he
protectively climbed behind her.
“How
did you get a key?”
“I
make sizeable donations every year.”
She
almost teased him about charity for favors, then thought better of it. She
didn’t want to think about money, or business. To have him all alone in this
grand place was a memory in the making. She wouldn’t open her big mouth and
ruin it.
They
crouched through a small door before exiting onto the walkway, the lights of
the Cathedral’s square at their feet. She looked out and gasped at the famous
gargoyles within touching distance.
“Looks like me, oui?” Gérard mimicked a gargoyle’s protruding tongue making her
laugh. He moved behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist, and they took
in the city lights in silence, the Eiffel Tower a beacon in the distance.
She
relaxed against his chest, feeling safe and content as he sheltered her from
the brisk wind whipping her dress into froth around them both. The gargoyles
loomed around them as if protecting them from the world and she wished life was
as easy as this bit of fairy tale. She rubbed her hands over his as if to warm
them, but really wanted to touch him, to distract herself from the tears
welling in her eyes. Surely, it was the wind making them water.
She
turned in his arms and brushed her lips against his cheek, loving the warm
comfort of his skin against hers.
His
face had returned to its brooding repose, so much more like the fierce
gargoyles than the silly look he’d made earlier. He cupped her head in his
hands, his thumbs moving over her eyebrows, her cheeks, her lips. She kissed
the rough skin of his fingers, trying to elicit a smile, but instead received a
kiss so gentle in return it was as if Gérard’s stony exterior had been blown
into granite dust.
He
brushed aside the whipping tendrils of her hair. “The world disappears when I’m
with you.” His gaze met hers and she felt a bond grow like timeless ivy around
an oak. He lifted her in a bear hug as her heart expanded with love. She
wrapped her arms around him and met his sweet kiss, which turned into something
more as their mouths opened to explore, duel, possess. Their kisses turned
frenzied as gentleness became want, then need. His hands roamed her body,
pushing her against the corner of the balustrade, his arousal as hard as the
stone behind her. No longer the gentle giant, this was the man she
recognized—the aggressor, the conqueror.
About the Author:
Letty James has been devouring romance novels ever since she hid under the covers reading Sweet Savage Love by Rosemary Rogers. And, yes, searching for all the sexy parts. She completed her first novel participating in National Novel Writing Month in 2005 and has been writing furiously ever since, fueled by chocolate and multiple cups of tea.
Along with writing, she enjoys reading, painting, watching movies featuring studly men, and listening in on other people’s conversations.
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