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About WHISKEY REVEALS (Whiskey and Lies #2)
One whiskey-saturated night turns into something far more in the second standalone installment of the bestselling Whiskey and Lies series from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan.
Fox Collins likes his life just the way it is. His siblings are falling in love all around him, but he'd much rather focus on his next story than on a serious relationship. However, when his latest one-night stand returns to Whiskey-this time for good-he'll need to learn to trust his instincts to figure out if he can live without her in his life.
Former dancer Melody Waters is finally ready to settle down in her grandmother's small Pennsylvania hometown. Bad decisions and fateful nights have changed her path more than once, but now she's focused on one thing: opening her new own dance studio. But fate is a funny thing, and once again, she'll be forced to learn that actions have consequences and some repercussions can not only change your life forever, they can also come back to haunt you…one broken promise at a time.
Each book is a complete stand alone and can be read in any order.
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Fox Collins never wanted to wake up.
At least not while he was having the
best damn dream of his life. He wasn’t necessarily fully asleep at the moment,
but rather half dream-like snoozing, where he could wield his subconscious to
finish the delicious dream he’d been having. Meaning, any sound could wake him
up, and thinking about it too hard could also rip him from sleep.
That meant he quickly shoved those
too complicated thoughts out of his head to avoid waking and went back to the
delectable blonde currently sucking his cock. Sadly, she was only his dream
woman, not real, but he’d take what he could get since this was one damn sexy
figment of his imagination. The fact that she was sort of based on a real
person was, again, one of those thoughts he wasn’t going to think about since
he wanted this part of his morning to continue.
His blonde licked up his shaft, her
tongue like magic and warmth and everything that made him want to come right
there. But he held himself back— barely. She slowly sucked on the crown, the
tip of her tongue playing with his slit, and his eyes mentally rolled to the
back of his head, his body shaking both in and out of the dream. She was so
damn sexy, all curves and softness. There was a strength to her, as well.
Something that had taken him for a ride the one time they’d had sex out of his
dreams, but he wasn’t going to focus on that either. Instead, he would only
think about her on her knees on the bed in front of him, as he lay back to let
her suck him down. She bobbed her head, her eyes meeting his as she took him
whole.
He didn’t reach out to touch her,
didn’t let his hands follow the curves of her soft skin. As soon as he did
that, he knew he’d wake up. He always did. Because he’d never be able to reach
her. It was as if his brain wouldn’t allow him to remember exactly how perfect
she felt in his arms— even if those memories were wrapped in a whiskey-laced
fog.
His blonde squeezed his dick, and
his eyes crossed, his hips bucking off the bed. He shouted her name, but only
her first since she’d refused to give him her last, and found himself awake in
his bed, his stomach sticky, and his own hand wrapped around the base of his
cock.
He was alone, somewhat sated, and as
he looked over at the clock on his nightstand… running late.
“Well, Melody, it seems I just can’t
quit you.” His voice sounded loud in the emptiness of his room, and he let out
a sigh. Apparently, Fox wasn’t the best at one-night stands— even if he’d tried
to be. And, now, the blonde from his single night playing with whiskey and fate
haunted his dreams and his dick.
He quirked a smile at that. A
haunted dick? That could be a fun story to write. He might be the owner and
editor of the Whiskey Chronicles, but
he could take an afternoon and write a short story just for fun. It would keep
his skills sharp, and frankly, he could use a laugh. It had been a long few
months with deadline after deadline, and his dream woman continued to seep into
his subconscious to the point where he wasn’t sleeping nearly enough.
His second alarm went off on his
phone, and he sighed. He’d jacked off in his sleep through the first one, and
that meant he had no more time to stay wrapped in his sweaty sheets and brood.
Plus, he wasn’t the broody brother, he let that title go to Loch— and maybe
even Dare before he’d met Kenzie.
And now, he was thinking about his
brothers and his future sister-in-law while naked in bed because he didn’t want
to get up and go to work.
He’d officially hit rock bottom.
Fox rolled out of bed, careful to
keep his dick close to his stomach so he didn’t make more of a mess and went to
clean himself up at least slightly. Before he even took a shower, he went back
into his bedroom and stripped off his sheets. This was the second time this
week he’d woken to a dream like that, and he was already getting tired of doing
laundry.
Knowing he needed coffee before he
did anything else, he strode naked to his kitchen and made himself a cup while
checking his email and looking over the news on his phone. He’d read the
physical publications as well since he was in the paper business and tried to
keep up with both formats, but for now, he just wanted to check on any
headlines. And with the world as it was, it seemed there was almost hourly
breaking news these days.
That was one reason he liked living
and working in Whiskey. It was not only his hometown where he knew every single
person in residence— other than the tourists, of course— but it was also quiet
enough most days that he could get to the heart of the town with its news
rather than reading horror stories day in and day out. Maybe, at one time in
his life, he’d have liked to be the hardcore reporter who worked on terrifying
and heartbreaking news until the wee hours of the morning, but he’d learned
long ago that he needed balance in his life in order to make his writing mean
something. There needed to be substantial pieces of good news amongst the
horrors, and finding a way to do that without looking as if they were merely
fluff pieces was his juggling act.
“And now I’m getting way too
philosophical on half a cup of coffee. Not to mention, talking to myself.” He
drained the rest of his mug and set it under the spout for when he got out of
the shower and wanted his second cup. He was on a three-cup-a-day rule and
would switch to water after his third, but he tended to drink all three at
once. Probably not exactly what his doctor wanted, but it wasn’t as if he were
going to change his habits anytime soon.
Fox rolled his shoulders and, still
naked, made his way back the bathroom so he could shower and finish getting
ready for the day. For a man already late, he sure was taking his time. Of
course, since he owned the paper, he could come and go as he pleased, but he
didn’t like showing up after the rest of his staff. He needed to at least show some responsibility.
Thoughts of his dream blonde
filtered into his mind again, and his cock stiffened once more. Defeated, he
looked down at his stiffening dick and frowned.
“Traitor.”
He didn’t live by his dick and actually
needed to get to work, so it looked as though he’d be finishing up his shower
as a cold one. Again.
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WHISKEY SECRETS(Whiskey and Lies #1)
Sparks fly between a former cop-turned-bartender and his new innkeeper in the first installment of a Montgomery Ink spin-off series from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan.
Dare Collins is a man who knows his whiskey and women—or at least that’s what he tells himself. When his family decides to hire on a new innkeeper for the inn above his bar and restaurant, he’s more than reluctant. Especially when he meets the new hire. But he’ll soon find that he has no choice but to work with this city girl and accept her new ideas and the burning attraction between them.
Kenzie Owens left her old life and an abusive relationship behind her—or so she thought. She figures she’ll be safe in Whiskey, Pennsylvania but after one look at her new boss, Dare Collins, she might still be in danger, or at least her heart. And when her past catches up with her despite her attempts to avoid it, it’s more than her heart on the line. This time, it might mean her life.
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About Carrie Ann Ryan
Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary and paranormal romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Talon Pack, and Gallagher Brothers series, which have sold over 2.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over fifty novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not writing about bearded tattooed men or alpha wolves that need to find their mates, she’s reading as much as she can and exploring the world of baking and gourmet cooking.
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