Good morning everyone! First, I wanted to let you know of some changes. Due to the holiday, Exploiting AJ won't be out until March 2020. I won't give the day due to this being in Susan Stoker's world I don't have it yet. However, when it is up for pre-order, I will let you know. Second, that means Jaqueline's Quest won't be out until May. Which is okay. It gives us time to make each story perfect or the most perfect it can be.
Michele and I always strive to bring you the best books we can. At this time, Rule Breaker is also down from all sites due to our publisher closing. In the interim, I will be getting up shortly and I hope to have it ready before AJ's release.
This year however will be the beginning of many books in the R.O.O.T series and an offshoot series we're in with Samantha A. Cole called, Suspenseful Seductive World. Our release date is scheduled for June. When we get closer, I'll give you an exact date.
Until then, I hope you enjoy the little unedited sneak peek I have for you today. This is a little snippet from Exploiting AJ where things are going to get a little hot and bothered. Michele and I hope you enjoy it!
Excerpt:
This time, there wasn’t anyone to pick her up. She
had to do it herself.
As she pulled open the door, Murray exited from
his locker room as well. His hair was wet and slicked back. He wore a pair of
low slung leather pants with a laced up front to them. Heat filled her cheeks.
He really did have a superhero body. He was all muscle from his chest to his
tapered waist and abs. She covered her eyes and turned away as she noticed the
sizable bulge at his crotch. “Oh my God! Put it all away.”
Murray chuckled. “You know you like it.” He took
her hand and ran it down his chest, teasing her.
AJ squealed. “Stop it.”
He laughed harder. “Better get used to it. This is
what clubs are like—scantily clad men and women running around, getting spanked
and fucked.”
“Language.” She peered up at him and some of the
fears swamping her slinked back into the darkness, allowing her to just be. “I
always thought you were the wholesome one of the bunch. Now you’ve tainted me.”
Murray wrapped his arm around her shoulders and
guided her back to where Vicente waited for them. “You must have me confuse
with Franks.”
She rolled her eyes and pasted on a smile as
Vicente joined them. “Excellent choices.” He motioned to the door Thomas,
Jacqueline, and Luca had gone through only minutes before. “Your Masters are
this way. If you cannot find them, do not hesitate to come back to me. I will
help you.”
“Thank you,” AJ whispered.
“Appreciate it,” Murray said. “Come on, squirt,
let’s go find our Masters.”
She giggled again as Murray pushed through the doors.
AJ came to a stop as she peered out over the area. It was like a high-class
lobby for some swank hotel. There was a bar with a sitting area. Across from
them had been a bunch of equipment Thomas told her about, but she’d never seen
it in person before. When she glanced up, she noticed the second floor walkway,
allowing guests a bird’s eye view of the first floor. There were also rooms
there too. Everything surrounding them had a rich decadence to it, which again,
went against everything she’d read in the NDA she signed.
“Well, what do you think?” Murray murmured.
“It’s not what I was expecting,” she answered. “I
thought it would be more biker bar meeting Addams Family than this.”
Murray’s bark of laughter caught the attention of
several people around them. “There are clubs like that. Few and far between
though. Most are inviting. Not as opulent as this mind you, but close.”
“It’s nice.” She took a deep breath and started
for the steps. When she glanced up, she caught a glimpse of Thomas sitting at
the bar with Luca, and Jaqueline. He appeared relaxed and in his elements.
Several scantily clad women passed by them, yet Thomas never paid them any mind
and if one did decide Thomas was the one, he dismissed her with a flick of his
wrist. “Different.”
“It is.” Murray squeezed her shoulder. “Think of
this as a training mission and it’ll go easier for you.”
She snorted. “Easy for you to say. You look as if
you’re in your element.”
Murray shrugged. “Maybe I am.” He winked as he
started down the stairs.
“Of course.” She shook her head, following him. As
they passed a group of members, the soft murmurs of their conversation drifted
toward AJ and she froze.
Murray halted and gave her a curious glance.
“What’s wrong?”
“They’re talking about me—er us.” She cut her gaze
in the direction of the group. “Now what?”
“Thomas will come get you. Do you remember your
protocol?” Murray scanned the area.
“Yeah, Thomas likes for me to kneel for him when I
first see him, before we’d begin,” she answered, trying to remember her
training.
“Good. When Thomas approaches go to your knees and
I will too,” Murray murmured as the first man approached them.
“Are you looking to scene with someone, bella?”
The man rubbed his chin with the tip of his fingers. She knew those tattoos
covering his hand and arm. She’d seen them in wanted photos when she’d been a
low-level lacky.
“Uh—I, um?” She swung her gaze to Murray for help.
“Don’t look at him, bella,” the man said.
“He’s a sub and can’t help you make this decision.”
Thomas cleared his throat and the man glanced up.
Relief flooded AJ. She instantly went to her knees. True to Murray’s words,
Thomas was there, protecting her, making sure she wouldn’t get hurt. The
cinched knot in her stomach loosened and she felt as though she could finally
breathe. However, the murderous intent on Thomas’ face, when she glanced up at
him through her lashes, had a whole other emotion coursing through her veins,
causing her clit to throb and her nipples to ache. She never knew seeing this
fiercely protective man standing over her, would turn her on like it did. It
should have scared the shit out of her.
“Primo Luca, we can explain,” the man with
the tattoos said, taking a step back. “I didn’t realize.”
“No, you didn’t,” Luca snapped. “The girl is
collared.”
“Baby girl.” Thomas held his hand out to AJ. She
took it readily, coming to her feet.
When she stepped to Thomas, he fisted his hand in
her hair and tugged back. A combination of pain and pleasure spread across her
scalp. She whimpered seconds before Thomas’ mouth crushed hers. He devoured her
in a searing kiss. It was carnal and consuming. He nipped at her bottom lip
before soothing the ache away with his tongue and deepened the kiss once more.
AJ’s head spun. Her body shook. She’d been so afraid she’d piss someone off by
declining, she’d made herself an anxious mess, but now she was drowning on
adrenaline and arousal. Thomas pulled her body to his, wrapping a possessive
arm around her. When he grabbed her ass, AJ’s eyes flashed open and a soft mewl
fell from her lips.
AJ stumbled backward as he broke the kiss. “Uh, hi
Daddy.”
“You okay, baby girl?” Thomas glared at the man
who’d dared to proposition her.
“Yep, I’m fine. Murray helped too.”
Luca helped Murray to his feet. He ran his fingers
through Murray’s hair and sighed wistfully. “If only you were my type.”
The corner of Murray’s mouth twitched. “Too bad, Primo.”
Murray stepped behind Jaqueline and wrapped his arm around her middle. “Sorry,
Mistress. I got a little tied up.”
“Y-you’re forgiven.” Jaqueline’s tone changed. The
woman had been just as pissed off as Luca and Thomas. AJ knew Jaqueline and
Murray were having their issues. But in that moment, she too looked like she
was ready to kill for Murray.
“Again, we’re sorry, Primo.” The man who’d
taken a step back offered his hand and Luca took it.
“You’re not yet, but you will be.” Luca turned on
his heels and went back to the bar. “I apologize on behalf of the club. The
patrons here are better than this and I know when the owners find out what
transpired they too will be upset.”
She didn’t understand the intricacies of the club,
but by the way Luca continued to stare at the group even though they were clear
across the club from them, they were in deep shit. In a way she felt bad for
them. She should have been stronger and declined. She chided herself for being
stupid. Thomas was right. She wore a collar. Thomas’ collar. They should have
respected it and asked Murray. Though, she was sure the answer they would have
received wouldn’t have been a pleasant one.
“I think AJ and I are going to go find a place to
talk and enjoy a scene or three,” Thomas said, clipping the chain to her collar.
