It’s Wednesday – time for another Marketing for Romance Writers Book Hooks hop! Today I’m sharing an excerpt from my BDSM erotic romance The Heart of the Deal. Hope you like it!
When you’re done reading, click on the links at the end to visit the other great authors who are participating in today’s hop!
All's fair in lust and business
Ruby
Maxwell
Chen,
the lovely
and
ruthless
CEO
of
a
sprawling British
business
empire,
has no qualms about playing dirty – very dirty. She’s happy to
use sex to help her close a deal, especially when she’s the one on
top. Ruby loves the game, and she expects to win. When
she
encounters
the
inexplicably charismatic
American
entrepreneur
Rick
Martell,
though,
she
wonders
if
she
hasn't
finally
met
her
match.
From the trendy clubs of London to the Hollywood Hills, Ruby and Rick compete for ownership of a strategic factory in Malaysia. As their struggle for dominance escalates and their mutual lust flares, they draw their employees and associates into their outrageous power games. The stakes could scarcely be higher, as Ruby and Rick play for the ultimate prize: a night of total physical surrender.
The Hook
“Rick,” I bark, and he jumps visibly. “Come over here.” He complies, coming to stand next to the guest chair across the desk from me. He moves to seat himself, but I stop him. “I didn’t tell you to sit, did I?” He looks at me, amazed, annoyed, and obviously increasingly excited. He shakes his head. “Then don’t.
“You’re a scoundrel, Rick. A scoundrel and a traitor. Why didn’t you tell me that you knew my father? That you had him convinced you were his friend?”
“I was his friend,” Rick begins. I cut him short with a baleful glare.
“Some friend! Friends don’t take advantage of each other. Friends don’t lie to each other. Friends keep each other’s confidences.”
“What are you talking about?” He sounds confused and defensive.
“The foundry, of course. It was my father who brought it to your attention, showed you its potential. He intended to acquire it for The Maxwell Companies. Then you turn around and stab him in the back by stealing the deal away from him.”
“How…?”
“Never mind. I should have realized a lot sooner that you had inside information, and put two and two together.”
“Liu and I planned to go into business together. The foundry was going to be a joint project.”
“Oh? Why should I believe you?”
“Because it’s true. I can show you the preliminary documents, if you want. Then came the accident, and everything got put on hold. The next thing that I know, you’re talking to Baktar and I’m completely out of the picture. I guess I was pissed off to find myself being ignored. I decided that I needed the fab for myself.”
“Why didn’t my father tell me that he had a partner in the deal? He never even mentioned you.”
Rick gives me a harried look. “I don’t know, Ruby. He talked a lot about you. He planned to send you to Malaysia to do a final inspection of the plant. He wanted me to join you there, to give you a technical briefing.” This, at least, was confirmed by the email I had read. “Maybe he wanted you to form your own conclusions about me. Maybe he thought you’d be jealous, if you knew that he was mentoring me.” A ghost of a grin flits across his irregular features. “He did say that you were hot-blooded, and had a fierce temper…”
“Did he indeed?” I say ironically, trying to keep the misery out of my voice. I’d thought that I knew my father so well, that I was privy to all his secrets. The revelation that he kept things from me, that he had other confidants, is painful. I lean forward, deliberately allowing Martell a glimpse of my cleavage, and look him in the eye. He licks his lips nervously. “So, was he right about me, Rick?”
“I don’t know, Ruby,” he replies softly. “I don’t know you well enough to say.” He pauses, raises his eyes to mine. “But I’d like to.”
I can’t comprehend how it happens. One moment he is standing there across from me, with the desk safely between us. The next, he’s beside me, pulling me to my feet. Kissing me. His wiry arms snake around me, pulling me to his chest. His lips are firm on mine, exploring rather than demanding. His scent swirls around me, dizzying me. The embers smoldering in my sex leap into flame.
“Rick…” I begin, but the taste and texture and presence of him overwhelm me. My objection melts into an inarticulate murmur of pleasure.
Buy Links
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Amazon US
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SJY8PTC
Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07SJY8PTC
Smashwords
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/942426
Barnes and Noble
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-heart-of-the-deal-lisabet-sarai/1131920310?ean=2940163239221
Kobo
https://www.kobo.com/th/en/ebook/the-heart-of-the-deal-business-bondage-discipline-and-desire
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Coming soon in audio-book format!
7 comments:
Ah! Pure chemistry. This book sounds up my alley.
Interesting bit here. Wonder why her dad kept quiet
I'm hooked!
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Dee
#PMInc
How will they work together, if the air between them is so pulsed with passion? Hmmm...
Ruby starts off as abrupt and rude, but her quick submission to Rick's kiss gives lie to her domination of the discussion.
Well, they don't waste any time! Which of these domineering characters will end up on top?
~Cie from Naughty Netherworld Press and Readers Roost~
A clash of the titans. Who'll come out on top? You've already told us who likes to be on top . . . but will she succeed? He sounds pretty forceful, too.
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