CASANOVA
By Emma Hart
Standalone
I loved him more than life.
He broke me and he didn't even know it.
I ran from him.
He didn't chase me.
He never needed to, because he knew I'd come back.
He was right.
Death brought me home to him.
Brett Walker.
Drop dead gorgeous and filthy-mouthed with a smile that turns saints to sinners.
A casanova to his core.
My ex-best friend.
And the bad boy whose reputation precedes him—the same reputation I'm tasked with turning to gold... Or so they think.
Excerpt
It
was that or she was laughing at me...
"I
have no idea why I'm laughing," she breathed. Every other word was broken
by a terrible attempt at keeping her laughter inside. "But thank you.
Whatever you did, I needed that."
"Happy
to be of service."
"I'm
sure you are."
Slowly,
I raised my eyebrows. "Was that an innuendo?"
She
ran her hand through her hair, pushing it right back from her face, and rested
her hand behind her neck. "No, but of course you took it like that."
"If
it sounds like an innuendo..."
"It's
proof that you have a dirty mind, Brett Walker. Nothing else."
"I
don't need the innuendo to prove that."
"As
evidenced by your obsession with my boots."
"Ah,"
I smiled, "The fuck me boots."
Her
jaw dropped, but she was kind of smiling too. "Fuck me boots? You call my
boots the fuck me boots?"
"Shit.
Did I say that out loud?"
She
nodded, desperately fighting a smile, which only made me smile wider.
"Loud and clear, I'm afraid."
"Look,"
I said, lighting pulling on a bit of her hair. "If you wear boots that go
up to your knees with heels, I can only assume you're inviting me to fuck you,
okay? That's why they're fuck me boots."
"Okay,
now this makes sense." She dropped her hand to her lap and blinked at me.
"I wore those boots to our disastrous first meeting. Is that why you're
bugging me with the dirty stuff? My boots invited you to fuck me?"
"No.
I'm 'bugging' you 'with the dirty stuff' because I want to fuck you. The boots
are a bonus."
"You...want
to fuck me."
I
stared at her flatly. "Yes, Lani. I want to fuck you, and you have no idea
how many ways I've imagined it."
"Imagined
it," she echoed.
"You're
much less sassy when you're tired. I'm not sure I like it. This conversation
would be way more fun if you were tearing me a new one."
That
snapped her out of what I could only describe as a daze. "All right. Fine.
I'm going to bed. Alone," she added as she stood. "Thank you for your
sweater. I'll add that to my list of Brett's Gentlemanly Things."
I
got up and took the sweater from her. "Look, I'll even open the door for
you." I stepped around her and clasped the door handle. I slowly turned it
and opened the door.
"Nice."
She'd apparently found her sass again, because the word was injected with a
cocky sarcasm. "Goodnight, Brett."
"Lani?"
She
stopped when she was one step inside the door. "Yeah?"
I
swept my arm around her and spun her against the open front door. My grip on it
kept it firmly in place as her back collided with the wood, and she inhaled at
the exact same moment. Lust burned through my veins, and I took one step in
front of her, pinning her to the door.
"What
are you doing?" Her voice was breathy, and as I dropped my gaze to her
chest, the quickness of her breathing was impossible to miss. Her chest was
rising and falling like crazy.
I
dipped my head so my lips ghosted over her cheek on their way to her ear.
"In case you were wondering," I murmured against her earlobe.
"Against the door is one of the ways I've imagined fucking you. With your
legs around my waist, your nails in my shoulders, and your wet pussy hugging my
cock."
She
exhaled on a shudder. "Asshole," she whispered.
I
placed my fingertips on her heaving chest, right above her heart. The quick
dum-dum-dum of its racing beat told me everything I needed to know--she wanted
me as much as she hated me.
I
stepped back with a smirk curving my lips. "Sweet dreams, kitten."
About the Author
By day, New York Times and USA Today bestselling New Adult author Emma Hart dons a cape and calls herself Super Mum to two beautiful little monsters. By night, she drops the cape, pours a glass of whatever she fancies - usually wine - and writes books.
Emma is working on Top Secret projects she will share with her followers and fans at every available opportunity. Naturally, all Top Secret projects involve a dashingly hot guy who likes to forget to wear a shirt, a sprinkling (or several) of hold-onto-your-panties hot scenes, and a whole lotta love.
She likes to be busy - unless busy involves doing the dishes, but that seems to be when all the ideas come to life.
By day, New York Times and USA Today bestselling New Adult author Emma Hart dons a cape and calls herself Super Mum to two beautiful little monsters. By night, she drops the cape, pours a glass of whatever she fancies - usually wine - and writes books.
Emma is working on Top Secret projects she will share with her followers and fans at every available opportunity. Naturally, all Top Secret projects involve a dashingly hot guy who likes to forget to wear a shirt, a sprinkling (or several) of hold-onto-your-panties hot scenes, and a whole lotta love.
She likes to be busy - unless busy involves doing the dishes, but that seems to be when all the ideas come to life.
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