By Nina Pierce
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Uptight CPA, JULIE TILLING is tired of doing the right thing. When her friend from high school dies and Julie is the only one who believes he didn't commit suicide, she takes it upon herself to explore the circumstances surrounding his death. When the investigation takes her into a world of sexy nightclubs and a one night stand that has her heart melting, Julie finds a naughty side of herself she didn't know existed.
DAMON COREY didn't come to Maine to become a shock jock. But when his dream of becoming a concert pianist seems unobtainable, the radio station's offer is too good to pass up. Unfortunately, the one night stands and empty relationships are getting old--that is until a mysterious brunette falls into his arms and wraps around his heart, making him believe in love.
With their passion overheating and their sexual encounters exploding, Damon and Julie work to see beyond the masks that have protected them from the world. But will Damon's enigmatic shock jock persona become Julie's sexual undoing and reveal Damon as the missing piece that solves the puzzling questions surrounding her friend's death?
*** Previously published under the title "Blind Love". Includes a short excerpt from "Deceive Her With Desire", the second book in the Tilling Passions series. ***
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EXCERPT
She should just stop this fiasco and not let her heart cloud her thinking. Heads needed to be clear to work through a puzzle. But the heat of Damon's lips on her skin sent currents of desire straight to her pleasure centers, turning her brain cells to mush. She should be asking him about the tattoo--not thinking about the way his body fit so naturally with hers.
"Hey, yoo-hoo, Julie." Damon waved a hand in front of her eyes.
She hadn't been aware that he'd stopped kissing her.
"Where'd you go?" he asked.
Ignoring the nervous tremble of her lips, Julie forced her mouth into some sort of a smile. "I don't suppose a nice guy like you has any horrible relationship stories."
"I'm male. We always have horrible relationship stories. You definitely don't want to hear mine." He swung his legs over the side of the bed and plowed his fingers through his hair.
She spun to her knees and leaned against his back, snuggling into his neck. "I just can't imagine you leading anyone on then breaking their hearts. You seem like a pretty stand-up guy to me."
"People aren't always who they seem, Julie. Including me. There aren't many guys I know who don't have something illicit in their past that they regret." He laughed with obvious disdain. "But I probably have more than most."
Did she really want to know if this man who had loved her over the past several hours had also had an affair with her best friend? Damon's actions didn't feel like an act to uncover information. But perhaps the seduction thing was a means to that end. He had been unusually curious about the contents of the box after all.
"Sounds like you just had your share of fun. Come on, dish." She continued to press him.
"Let's just say my college years weren't fertile soil for establishing good morals and leave it at that." His clipped tone brooked no more questions on the subject. "Aren't we trying to figure out what all this has to do with Jason?" He turned back to the contents of the box behind them.
His abrupt change in subject surprised her. Disappointment and confusion weighed down her shoulders. Maybe Damon did have something to do with Jason's death.Uptight CPA, JULIE TILLING is tired of doing the right thing. When her friend from high school dies and Julie is the only one who believes he didn't commit suicide, she takes it upon herself to explore the circumstances surrounding his death. When the investigation takes her into a world of sexy nightclubs and a one night stand that has her heart melting, Julie finds a naughty side of herself she didn't know existed.
DAMON COREY didn't come to Maine to become a shock jock. But when his dream of becoming a concert pianist seems unobtainable, the radio station's offer is too good to pass up. Unfortunately, the one night stands and empty relationships are getting old--that is until a mysterious brunette falls into his arms and wraps around his heart, making him believe in love.
With their passion overheating and their sexual encounters exploding, Damon and Julie work to see beyond the masks that have protected them from the world. But will Damon's enigmatic shock jock persona become Julie's sexual undoing and reveal Damon as the missing piece that solves the puzzling questions surrounding her friend's death?
*** Previously published under the title "Blind Love". Includes a short excerpt from "Deceive Her With Desire", the second book in the Tilling Passions series. ***
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EXCERPT
She should just stop this fiasco and not let her heart cloud her thinking. Heads needed to be clear to work through a puzzle. But the heat of Damon's lips on her skin sent currents of desire straight to her pleasure centers, turning her brain cells to mush. She should be asking him about the tattoo--not thinking about the way his body fit so naturally with hers.
"Hey, yoo-hoo, Julie." Damon waved a hand in front of her eyes.
She hadn't been aware that he'd stopped kissing her.
"Where'd you go?" he asked.
Ignoring the nervous tremble of her lips, Julie forced her mouth into some sort of a smile. "I don't suppose a nice guy like you has any horrible relationship stories."
"I'm male. We always have horrible relationship stories. You definitely don't want to hear mine." He swung his legs over the side of the bed and plowed his fingers through his hair.
She spun to her knees and leaned against his back, snuggling into his neck. "I just can't imagine you leading anyone on then breaking their hearts. You seem like a pretty stand-up guy to me."
"People aren't always who they seem, Julie. Including me. There aren't many guys I know who don't have something illicit in their past that they regret." He laughed with obvious disdain. "But I probably have more than most."
Did she really want to know if this man who had loved her over the past several hours had also had an affair with her best friend? Damon's actions didn't feel like an act to uncover information. But perhaps the seduction thing was a means to that end. He had been unusually curious about the contents of the box after all.
"Sounds like you just had your share of fun. Come on, dish." She continued to press him.
"Let's just say my college years weren't fertile soil for establishing good morals and leave it at that." His clipped tone brooked no more questions on the subject. "Aren't we trying to figure out what all this has to do with Jason?" He turned back to the contents of the box behind them.
His abrupt change in subject surprised her. Disappointment and confusion weighed down her shoulders. Maybe Damon did have something to do with Jason's death. Read more
