darkly suspenseful & sinfully sexy
Vengeful Love by Laura Carter
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- Series: Vengeful Love #1
- Release: March 21st 2016 by Carina Press
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He’s a devastatingly handsome, filthy-rich CEO. She’s a high-flying London lawyer. All it takes is one boardroom pitch. One hostile takeover.
Vengeful Love is darkly suspenseful, sinfully sexy white-collar romance at its very best.I’ve always walked the straight and narrow—following the rules, never straying from my chosen path.Until Mr. Sexy Bazillionaire CEO Gregory Ryans walked into my life. It was only supposed to be business, but one brush of his wicked lips against my skin changed everything.I can’t deny what this man inspires in me. I’ll do anything he asks…even help destroy the enemies from his past.But he’s hiding more than he’s telling me.When our love leads to tragedy, there’s no going back. Gregory’s past is trying to kill our future.They say love can bring a person to their knees.I’ve just proven that vengeful love is the strongest force of all.Book One of the Vengeful Love Series
Excerpt
“Naturally, you
live in the Shard,” I joke as the Mercedes drives into the underground car park
of the tallest building in London and one of the tallest in the world.
Jackson holds open
the door for me and tells Gregory he's going to check on things in the
basement—guy code for, I know exactly
what your intentions are and I'll leave you to it.
Gregory nods, then
takes my hand and leads me into the lift vestibule.
When the lift doors
eventually open we step inside, where Gregory types a code then presses the
button for floor 64. I run my hand
from his shoulder blade to the small of his back and down to his thigh. He
turns, pushes me up against the lift wall and attacks me with his kiss. I
return the ferocity, showing him everything I’ve felt and suppressed since that
first pitch in his boardroom. The looks, the touches, the sense of something in
the air when we’re together that awakens a passion deep in my core. His hips
flex into mine and he pulls my body into him.
It’s game over, Scarlett Heath.
I let go of my
lines, my black-and-white world, and I savour the feel of our bodies welding
together.
The lift announces
we’ve reached our destination, the sky.
Dim mood lighting
automatically turns on when Gregory opens the large white double doors into the
enormous main room. It’s a bachelor pad, no mistaking. There’s a lingering
scent of hardwood floor polish and leather interiors. The brilliant white walls
contrast the black leather furniture and the hanging art is abstract,
emotionless. The lounge is a huge open space with a breakfast bar and kitchen
to one end, two doors to adjoining rooms at the other and a spiral staircase in
the middle, close to the door where I’m standing. One black marble sculpture of
a naked torso rests on a tall, Coliseum style podium, a feature piece almost
central in the room.
The night’s stars
are visible through the wall of windows that runs the periphery of the
apartment. The lights of London’s bridges and skyscrapers burn orange and red.
“I feel like I just
stepped into a dream,” I say as I walk to the window, towering above the
bustling city. “You really do love the high life.”
The rising hairs on
my skin tell me he’s stepped toward me. I turn to watch him, primal lust
whirring inside me.
“It makes me feel
closer to God,” he says with a smirk.
“Makes you feel
closer to God or makes you feel like you are
God? It’s an important distinction.”
His smirk
dissipates and he’s staring at me, deadly serious. “Why’s that?”
“Because you don’t
look like you’re having very holy thoughts right now.”
“Are you?”
“I’m having the
most ungodly thoughts I’ve ever had in my life.”
About Laura Carter
Laura is a lawyer by day, working for a global business law firm. By night, she puts pen to paper, writing about wealthy billionaires and sassy alpha females.Laura grew up in England, UK and has spent a lot of time travelling the world. It was whilst she was living in Australia in 2009 that she began drafting her first novel (now safely in a drawer for a later date!).In 2012, working as a lawyer in London, inspired by the blinding lights and corporate world, the writing bug bit Laura again. From a small bedroom in the city, Gregory Ryans and Scarlett Heath were born in the first book of the Vengeful Love trilogy.
Giveaway Info:
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