Private Pirouette
by Lila Munro
BLURB:
Piper McGee can smell a
set up a mile away. She can smell a Marine even further. Born to a
dual-enlisted couple who divorced before she was old enough to remember a
single family holiday together and proceeded to redefine the very definition of
family through several marriages and even more step-siblings, Piper has made it
her life’s promise to herself to never become involved with one of the few and
the proud. They’re among the most irresponsible people she knows, leaving
destruction in their wake and broken hearts paving the way to their next duty
station. And in her opinion, Alec Douglas is just another example, until he
pries her heart open along with other parts of her, making her question everything
she's ever let herself believe about honor, courage, and commitment.
What does a man do with six month’s down time and no warm body to
share his bed? For Sergeant Alec Douglas, contemplating that question led him
to fall prey to his two best friend’s plan to find him that very thing. They
know Alec has yet to stay with any one person for more than a few dates. They
also know a tragedy from his past created the problem and while that haunts
him, making it nearly impossible for Alec to trust his heart to anyone, they
also know he’s a sucker for a challenge. Will the enticement of a few thousand
dollars riding on him breaking his own rule be just the thing to disrupt his
cycle? Taking their bet might be profitable, but is winning the money they’ve
dangled under Alec’s nose worth losing himself to the girl they’ve picked out
for him?
In his quest to get her to say yes to his crazy proposal, he
tracks her all over town only to discover the beautiful, long-legged blond
isn’t the studious book worm he mistook her for. In fact, she's one of
Jacksonville’s finest in the form of Orchid, exotic dancer. Her rejection only
spurs him to make sure her dancing days are over and she only performs her
private pirouette for him, and only him, for the rest of their lives if he has
his way.
EXCERPTS:
Piper opened her car door and started to get in.
“Get off my hood.”
“Wait, wait. What if there was a way to make some
easy extra cash?” He raised one hand and blinked a few times. “I have a
business proposition of sorts for you…” He took two steps toward her and three
back, landing on the hood again.
“What? Are you crazy? I don’t do that on the side
you perv.”
“No, no. Not that…geeze. The reason I’m persistent
is a few thousand dollars rides on if I can get you to date me for six months.”
Leaning on his palms, he gave her a crooked smile of triumph as though he was
proud he’d remembered why he was there considering his current condition.
“What?” Piper slammed the door and walked back over
to him with her arms crossed under her breasts. “So, you don’t actually want
me, this is about money?”
“Well, now, don’t get all huffy. As a matter of fact, I do think you’re
hhhooot. Especially now that I seen all
your stuff in…there.” He waved one hand toward the back of the club, a
ridiculous grin crossing his face. “But, if don’t want to really date,
fine. We can pretend and still split the
money. You said yourself you need it.”
Piper didn’t like the fact he’d intended to use her
all along. But she wasn’t stupid
either. Several hundred dollars would go
a long way in getting her moved and all she had to do was pretend to date this
jerk.
“Do you have a name?” It seemed in order to pull
off this ruse she at least needed to know who she was in cahoots with.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Lila Munro
currently resides on the coast of North Carolina with her husband and their two
four-legged kids. She’s a military wife with an empty nest and takes much of
her inspiration for her heroes from the marines she’s lived around for the past
fifteen years. Coining the term realmantica, she strives to produce quality
romance in a realistic setting. Her genre of choice is contemporary romance
that spans everything from the sensual to BDSM and ménage.
When she’s not
writing, she enjoys reading everything she can get her hands on, trips to the
museum and aquarium, taking field research trips, and soaking up the sun on the
nearby beaches. Her works include The
Executive Officer’s Wife, Bound By Trust, Destiny’s Fire, Salvation, Three for
Keeps, the Force Recon series, the Slower Lower series, the Identity series,
and most recently the Toy Box Tales in conjunction with BethAnn Buehler. She’s a member in good standing of RWA and
Passionate Ink. Currently she’s working on sequels to several series to be
released throughout 2012-2013. And has a brand new line scheduled for winter
2012-13.
Ms. Munro loves to
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ReplyDeleteMarines do have a certain something that makes them impossible to resist.
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I love the part of the excerpt when Alec says he thinks Piper is hot, "Now that I seen all your stuff in... there." Made me lol!
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I like their chemistry already!
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