Decadent… Sensual… Forbidden…
12 Masters. 12 Desires. 12 Fantasies Come to Life.
Meet the Masters of Blasphemy…
About THEIRS TO TAKE
(Blasphemy #4, 9/26/17)
12 Masters. Infinite fantasies. Welcome to Blasphemy…
She’s the fantasy they’ve always wanted to share…
Best friends Jonathan Allen and Cruz Ramos share almost everything—a history in the Navy, their sailboat building and restoration business, and the desire to dominate a woman together, which they do at Baltimore’s exclusive club, Blasphemy. Now if they could find someone who wants to play for keeps…
All Hartley Farren has in the world is the charter sailing business she inherited from her beloved father. So when a storm damages her boat, she throws herself on the mercy of business acquaintances to do the repairs—stat. She never expected to find herself desiring the sexy, hard-bodied builders, but being around Jonathan and Cruz reminds Hartley of how much she longs for connection. If only she could decide which man she wants to pursue more…
As their attraction flashes hot, Jonathan and Cruz determine to have Hartley for their own. But the men’s erotic world is new and overwhelming, and Hartley’s unsure if she could really submit to being both of theirs to take…forever.
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Hey everyone!
I’m so excited to share this sneak
peek from my upcoming Theirs to Take, a standalone in my erotic romance
Blasphemy series! It’s been a few years since I’ve written a ménage romance,
and I’m having so much fun writing charter sailboat captain Hartley Farren’s
relationship with Jonathan and Cruz, two business acquaintances who help her
when her boat is damaged during a storm—and who are also Masters at Baltimore’s
most exclusive play club.
I hope you’ll grab your copy! And try book 1 in the
series – Bound to Submit – which is free on all retailers! Now, read on:
“What am I going to do?” Hartley asked herself as the office door opened
and closed. The office manager, Linda, no doubt.
“Hey, are you okay?”
The voice was deep, male, and definitely not Linda’s. Hartley’s gaze
whipped up. And up. To find a tall and incredibly sexy man standing in the
doorway to her cubicle. Sun-kissed shoulder-length blond hair framed a ruggedly
masculine face and intense gray eyes that were at once inquisitive and
observing. Broad shoulders and defined muscles pulled taut a heathered-gray
T-shirt with a single word written across the chest: NAVY. His lean
forearms and legs beneath a pair of khaki cargo shorts were toned and tanned,
as if he spent a lot of time in the sun.
The guy exuded raw sex appeal doing nothing besides standing absolutely
still, and his very presence scrambled her brain.
“Uh, hi. Yes. Sorry. I’m kinda in my own world here. Did you need
Linda?” Hartley managed as she pushed to her feet. At five-five, she wasn’t
exactly short, but his impressive height made her tilt her head back to meet
his assessing gaze.
He shook his head. “I was coming by to see if she needed any help around
the marina.”
“Oh. Wow. I’m sure she’d appreciate that. She stepped out to a meeting
but she should be back soon if you’d like to wait.” Despite his selfless reason
for being there, the man made Hartley nervous. She wasn’t sure why. Maybe it
was the intensity behind those odd, gray eyes. Or the way he towered over her.
Or how freaking good-looking he was.
(Or the way she wanted to climb him like mainmast. Gah.)
“I’ll do that. Thanks.”
“Sure,” she said. But he didn’t leave. “Um, anything else I can do for
you?”
His gaze stayed glued to hers, but she had the oddest feeling that he
was checking her out nonetheless. He smiled and shook his head. And, man,
was his smile a stunner, highlighting the strong angles of his jaw and charming
her with the way the right side of his mouth lifted higher than the left. He
thumbed over his shoulder. “I’ll just grab a seat.”
And then he disappeared from her little doorway.
Hartley was half tempted to peer around the corner and watch him walk
away. Just to see if the rear view was as impressive as the front.
On a sigh, she dropped back into her chair. And even though her thoughts
should’ve returned to the huge problem of fixing her boat, they lingered on the
sexy Good Samaritan currently making small noises on the other side of the
room. Who was he? Hartley had essentially grown up around this marina. Even
though she couldn’t say she knew everyone here, she still recognized most of
the regulars. And she’d never seen Mr. Tall, Blond, and Ruggedly Handsome
before.
Her cell phone buzzed, pulling her from her thoughts.
“Hello?” she answered.
“Mrs. Farren, this is Ed Stark returning your call from Stark
Restoration.”
Hope rushed through Hartley. “Hi, Mr. Stark. Thanks for calling back so
quickly. And, please, call me Hartley.” Being called missus was almost
laughable when she couldn’t remember the last time she’d gone on a date. With
rebuilding the charter business after her father’s death and taking care of her
grandmother, Hartley didn’t have time to date. Or, at least, she hadn’t made
the time. Not that she’d had any prospects motivating her to do so. Shaking the
thoughts away, she filled the man in on the damage her boat had sustained and
the challenge of her three-week deadline.
“I might be able to get someone out to take a look at your boat by the
end of the week, but you’re at least the tenth call I’ve had today. I wouldn’t
be able to guarantee a completion date without assessing the damage, and I’ve
got a number of other repair jobs ahead of yours at this point.”
It was the same thing all the others had told her. And she got it. She
did. It wasn’t anyone else’s problem that she depended on the Windsong for
her livelihood. Or that she’d put most of what her father left her into her
grandmother’s home and a bigger boat that could carry more passengers two years
ago. Or that July had been so rainy that her normal charter business had been
halved. Or that she needed the extra income that the sailboat show and Sailing
University courses would bring in to make it through the leaner winter months.
Just then, the front door opened again. “Hartley, I’m back. Sorry I was
gone so long.” This time, it was definitely Linda. “Oh, Jonathan. How are you?
How did you guys make out in the storm?”
“Our shop’s fine, ma’am,” the man said. “Thanks for asking.” Jonathan.
Jonathan who apparently had a shop somewhere in the marina? “Do you need any
help with anything? Cruz and I are available if you do.”
“Oh, aren’t you a sweetheart?” Linda said. “For the moment, I think we
have everything under control, but I will absolutely keep your offer in mind.”
Even more curious about the mystery sex god in her midst, Hartley
stepped out of her cubicle and tried not to stare. Or drool. But between those
mountainous shoulders, built biceps, and his sun-streaked hair, it was hard not
to. (That’s what she said!) Oh, God. Hartley was clearly losing her
mind. She forced her gaze to her friend. “Hey, Linda. Everything go okay?”
“Oh, yes. Just little fires everywhere that need put out,” Linda said,
dropping a legal pad full of notes onto her desk. “Were you able to find anyone
to do the work?”
Hartley’s shoulders fell. “No. No one can even look before Friday.”
Linda frowned, and then her gaze swung to Jonathan. “Have you two met
yet?”
That intense gray-eyed gaze landed on Hartley, unleashing a whirl of
butterflies in her belly. “Haven’t had the pleasure,” Jonathan said.
It was a simple statement. But something about the word pleasure from
that man’s mouth made a tingle run down her spine. It’d clearly been too long
since she’d been on a date. Or been kissed. And waaaay too long since she’d
last had sex. Embarrassingly long. Like, she didn’t even want to admit to
herself how long.
(Fifteen months.)
With that fantastic thought in mind, all Hartley managed to say was,
“Uh, hi. Again.” She chuckled to cover how much she wanted to duck back into
the cubicle and bang her head against the desk.
He grinned, and it was a grin that could’ve easily been playful or
mischievous. Either way, it was sexy as hell. “Hi. Again. I’m Jonathan Allen.”
“Hartley Farren.” Feeling Linda’s amused gaze on her, she cleared her
throat. “You have a shop in the marina?”
He nodded. “A&R Builds and Restoration.”
“Jonathan and his partner Cruz own the business that moved into the old
Stanton space at the beginning of the summer,” Linda added helpfully.
Hartley’s eyes went wide as her heart kicked into a sprint. “You do
builds and restoration?”
He chuckled. “As the name suggests.”
She didn’t even mind the teasing, not when he might be able to help her.
“Then you might be my new favorite person.”
“Is that right?”
The office phone rang, and Linda excused herself to answer it.
Hartley stepped closer to Jonathan. Why did that make her feel like she
was approaching a usually friendly but sometimes lethal animal? Her stomach did
a little flip. “Yes, because I need a huge, huge, gigantic favor.”
He arched a sexy brow. “And if I do this favor, will I officially be
your favorite person?”
She grinned, enjoying his playfulness—and the fact that he was
entertaining doing her a favor when they barely knew each other. “Without
question. I’ll even make you an official certificate. Jonathan Allen.
Hartley Farren’s Favorite Person.”
That crooked smile emerged again, and hope flooded through her. “Hmm. I
don’t know. I mean, a certificate is nice and all, but…”
Was he playing with her? She thought he was, but she didn’t know him well
enough to know for sure. Hartley braced her hands on her hips. “Are you teasing
me? Because that would be evil, Jonathan, and you don’t strike me as an evil
man.” Now she arched a brow.
His chuckle this time was different. Deeper. Grittier. Sexier. With an
undercurrent of…something she didn’t understand. “You never know, Hartley.”
“Oh, come on. Can I at least tell you what my favor is?” she asked.
Those gray eyes sparkled with amusement. “Well, I couldn’t help but
overhear your phone conversation, so I might have an inkling.”
Wait. He knew what she needed and still hadn’t said no?
Hope and anticipation rushed through her, making her feel restless and brave.
“Then if my awesome certificate idea isn’t enough, what can I offer to convince
you to walk out to my slip and take a look at my catamaran?”
That eyebrow arched again, and Hartley suddenly felt like they’d been
playing chess—and her words had just allowed him to put her in checkmate. But
still, he didn’t make any claims of her.
She stepped closer. “Jonathan. Mr. Allen. Mr. Allen, My Already
Officially Favorite Person, are you going to make me beg? Because that
wouldn’t be very nice,” she added playfully.
Those gray eyes flared. She would’ve sworn they did. He bit back a
chuckle as he shook his head. And when his words came, they were filled with a
deep intensity that made her shiver. “Why don’t you show me your boat, Hartley,
and then I’ll answer your questions.”
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About Laura Kaye
Laura is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of thirty books in contemporary and erotic romance and romantic suspense, including the Blasphemy, Hard Ink, and Raven Riders series. Growing up, Laura’s large extended family believed in the supernatural, and family lore involving angels, ghosts, and evil-eye curses cemented in Laura a life-long fascination with storytelling and all things paranormal. Laura also writes historical fiction as the NYT bestselling author, Laura Kamoie. She lives in Maryland with her husband and two daughters, and appreciates her view of the Chesapeake Bay every day.
Laura is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of thirty books in contemporary and erotic romance and romantic suspense, including the Blasphemy, Hard Ink, and Raven Riders series. Growing up, Laura’s large extended family believed in the supernatural, and family lore involving angels, ghosts, and evil-eye curses cemented in Laura a life-long fascination with storytelling and all things paranormal. Laura also writes historical fiction as the NYT bestselling author, Laura Kamoie. She lives in Maryland with her husband and two daughters, and appreciates her view of the Chesapeake Bay every day.
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