When I was a little girl I wanted a velvet dress for
Christmas. It would be perfect. This excerpt from Christa Maurice is like that dream dress, lush and
smooth, a pure, sensual holiday treat.
Try a Little Tenderness
By Christa Maurice
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Sometimes you have to try a little harder for what you want.
Taylor Elgin was a child star, but keeping her career as an adult is frustrating. Now executives want to cut her part unless she garners more audience appeal. Her producer has a perfect plan. Match her character up with a fan favorite played by hot guy and terrible actor Ryan Asher. It would be easier to just quit…
Ryan had a crush on Taylor when he was a kid and is thrilled to be partnered with her now. But does a guy carrying the scars of an abusive childhood deserve America’s Little Girl? And then to learn she never wanted to work with him in the first place? There’s no reason to even try…
Taylor Elgin was a child star, but keeping her career as an adult is frustrating. Now executives want to cut her part unless she garners more audience appeal. Her producer has a perfect plan. Match her character up with a fan favorite played by hot guy and terrible actor Ryan Asher. It would be easier to just quit…
Ryan had a crush on Taylor when he was a kid and is thrilled to be partnered with her now. But does a guy carrying the scars of an abusive childhood deserve America’s Little Girl? And then to learn she never wanted to work with him in the first place? There’s no reason to even try…
An excerpt to make
you wish a man was on his knees for you.
Nothing happened for a long time. Then the door opened a
sliver and she peered out. No tears on her cheeks. That was something. “I’m not
sure that’s wise,” she said.
“What’s not wise? Letting me in? I’ve been in your place
before.”
“I know.” She swallowed and opened the door a few more
inches.
“We have to work together. A lot. Can you please let me
explain?”
She walked away from the door, leaving it open, which he
took as an invitation to come in. She stopped in front of her Christmas tree
and took down a yellow angel ornament.
He swallowed. This was going to hurt. “I know you said he
was the reason you left before the wrap party, but I’ve been lied to before. I
guess I expect it now. I thought you lied about your boyfriend because you
didn’t want to talk to me. I figured you were just using me to keep your part
and I’m okay with it if that’s all there is.”
“You should never be okay with being used.”
“Yeah.” Ryan stared at the corner of the coffee table. She
made it sound so easy. Don’t be okay with being used. Like that was an
option. “Shit, Taylor. I thought we had
more going on here. I guess I was imagining things.”
She hung the ornament back on the tree, blinking fast. “What
do you mean?”
He knew that tone from her. That pained thread. She had
never used it as Amelia Weston, but as Kimmie Arthur, when she was hurt and
afraid. She looked so alone standing next to her color-coordinated Christmas
tree with all of Los Angeles through the window behind her. If she pushed him
away, rejected him, and he still had to work with her…. That would be agony.
But if he didn’t try now he might never get another chance. “I thought maybe we
had a chance of being more.”
“More than co-stars?” she asked. Her pretty lips bowed and
her eyes drooped.
He crossed to the stand beside her. His hands ached to
cradle her cheeks. He’d been dreaming about that kiss for two weeks. “More than
friends.”
“Even though I was using you?”
“Were you?” Ryan’s breath locked in his throat. He didn’t
want to know, but the question was already out there and he couldn’t take it
back.
“No. I really—enjoy—being with you.” Her lips twisted.
“What about Garrett?” Ryan didn’t want to know, but he knew
her well enough after the last two weeks to know she would want to know. She
actually cared what he thought.
“What about him?”
“Did you enjoy being with him?” That was such a wimpy
question and not what he wanted to know at all.
“With Garrett I didn’t have to be Kimmie, but with you I
really felt comfortable being me and when I thought you thought I was just playing
another part—“Her voice squeaked to a stop.
“I’m sorry.” He’d sworn to himself that he would never kneel
for anyone ever again, but desperate times…. He lowered himself to the floor.
“Can you forgive me?”
“What are you doing?”
“Trying to get you to forgive me for thinking you made up
your ex-boyfriend when you are absolutely hot enough to have a stable of studs
at your beck and call.” He gathered her hands in his and pressed her fingers to
his lips.
She giggled. “I’m not really the stable type.”
“But you could have one if you wanted one.” He nibbled on
her knuckles. She had lovely little hands. From this vantage point, he was very
close to her lovely little belly too. He could smell the clean, ocean scent of
her and it was destroying his good sense.
“Ryan.” Her voice warmed. “Will you stand up? This is
embarrassing.”
“There’s no one for you to be embarrassed in front of. It’s
just you and me.” He leaned forward to brush his cheek against her shirt.
“Ryan.” Her fingers slipped away from his hands and tangled
into his hair sending a cascade of shivers down his back.
He lifted her shirt and pressed his lips to her warm skin.
Her belly flinched. She gasped.
He stood keeping close enough to feel her body against his.
He slipped his hands under her shirt. Her skin was velvet soft and he wanted to
taste every inch of her. “I want you.”
“I want you, too.” She wrapped her arms around his neck.
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