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Masters and Mercenaries 9

By Lexi Blake

Coming August 4, 2015

Disavowed by those he swore to protect…

Tennessee Smith is a wanted man. Betrayed by his government
and hunted by his former employer, he’s been stripped of everything he holds
dear. If the CIA finds him, they’re sure to take his life as well. His only
shot at getting it all back is taking down the man who burned him. He knows
just how to get to Senator Hank McDonald and that’s through his daughter,
Faith. In order to seduce her, he must become something he never thought he’d
be—a Dom.

Overcome by isolation and duty…

All her life, Dr. Faith “Mac” McDonald has felt alone, even
among her family. Dedicating herself to helping others and making a difference
in the world has brought her some peace, but a year spent fighting the Ebola
virus in West Africa has taken a toll. She’s come home for two months of
relaxation before she goes back into the field. After holding so many lives in
her hands, nothing restores her like the act of submission. Returning to her
favorite club, Mac is drawn to the mysterious new Dom all the subs are talking
about, Master No. In the safety of his arms, she finds herself falling head
over heels in love.

Forced to choose between love and revenge…

On an exclusive Caribbean island, Ten and Mac explore their
mutual attraction, but her father’s plots run deeper than Ten could possibly
have imagined. With McKay-Taggart by his side, Ten searches for a way to stop
the senator, even as his feelings for Mac become too strong to deny. In the
end, he must choose between love and revenge—a choice that will change his life
forever.

Masters of Ménage 7

By Shayla Black and Lexi Blake

Coming April 14, 2015

One wild night leads to heartache…

Tori Glen loves her new job as an image consultant for
Thurston-Hughes Inc. The trouble is, she’s also in love with the three brothers
who own it, Oliver, Rory, and Callum. They’re handsome, successful,
aristocratic, and way out of this small-town Texas girl’s league. So she
remains a loyal professional—until the night she finds a heartbroken Oliver desperate
for someone to love. Tori knows she should resist…but it’s so tempting to give
in.

And a desperate plan…

Callum and Rory have denied their desire for Tori, hoping
she’ll heal their older brother, who was so brutalized by his late wife’s
betrayal. But when Oliver cruelly turns Tori away in the harsh light of day,
she tenders her resignation. Rory and Callum realize that to save their
brother, they must embrace the unconventional sort of family they’ve always
wanted—with Tori at its center. And it all starts with seducing her…

That could lead to happily ever after—or murder.

Isolated with the brothers at an elegant English country
manor, they begin awakening Tori to the most sensual of pleasures. But consumed
with regret, Oliver won’t be denied the chance to embrace the only woman worth
the risk of loving again. What begins as a rivalry veers toward the future
they’ve only dared to dream of. But a stranger is watching and waiting for a
chance at revenge. Can the brothers come together to embrace the woman they
love and defeat a killer?

The Perfect Gentlemen, Book 1

By Shayla Black and Lexi Blake

Coming July 7, 2015

They are the Perfect Gentlemen of Creighton Academy:
privileged, wealthy, powerful friends with a wild side. But a deadly scandal is
about to tear down their seemingly ideal lives...

Maddox Crawford’s sudden death sends Gabriel Bond reeling.
Not only is he burying his best friend, he’s cleaning up Mad’s messes,
including his troubled company. Grieving and restless, Gabe escapes his worries
in the arms of a beautiful stranger. But his mind-blowing one-night stand is
about to come back to haunt him . . .

Mad groomed Everly Parker to be a rising star in the
executive world. Now that he’s gone, she’s sure her job will be the next thing
she mourns, especially after she ends up accidentally sleeping with her new
boss. If only their night together hadn’t been so incendiary—or Gabe like a
fantasy come true . . .

As Gabe and Everly struggle to control the heated tension
between them, they discover evidence that Mad’s death was no accident. Now they
must bank their smoldering passions to hunt down a murderer—because Mad had
secrets that someone was willing to kill for, and Gabe or Everly could be the
next target...

* * * *

“I want to see you.”

Even in the low light, he noticed her breath hitch. “You
want me to turn on the lights?”

“That’s not what I meant.” He never took his burning gaze
from her. “I want to see you naked. Take off your dress. Show me your breasts.”

“I’ll close the curtains.” She started to turn to the
windows.

He caught her elbow, gently restraining her. “Don’t. We’re
high up. No one can see in. Take off your dress. Let me see you in the
moonlight.”

Her gaze tangled with his, and he could see a hint of her
trepidation. A gentleman might have backed down. But he knew what he wanted.
She must want him too or she wouldn’t have agreed to spend the night with him.
He wasn’t giving Eve the easy way out.

Finally, she turned her back to him and lifted her arms,
struggling to reach the metal tab. “There’s a zipper down the back.”

He moved closer. “Let me.”

Gabe ran his hands up her spine before finding the zipper.
She lifted her curls out of his way, exposing the graceful column of her neck.
Her skin looked pale, almost incandescent in the low light. He couldn’t help
himself. He leaned over and kissed her nape, feeling her shiver under his
touch.

Slowly, he eased the zipper down, his fingertips brushing
her spine. Once he passed her neck, she let her hair fall free, the
strawberry-blond mass tumbling well past her shoulders, gliding over her skin.
Her tresses were soft, too. Not severely flat-ironed. Different, like the woman
herself. Fuck, he could lose himself in Eve.

She shrugged, allowing the straps of her dress to fall past
her shoulders and drop to her waist.

Her bra looked plain and white. He was used to delicate
garments meant to entice a man, so he had no idea why the site of her
utilitarian bra made his cock jerk. She hadn’t been seeking a man this evening,
much less intending to seduce a lover. When she’d dressed, it had been for
comfort. But now, she was here with him, slowly peeling away her clothes.

With practiced ease, he unhooked her bra with a twist of his
hand and slid his fingers under the straps to strip them off. He closed his
eyes and allowed his hands to roam across the wealth of smooth skin he’d just
exposed. He drew her back against his chest and grazed his way up her abdomen
until he found her breasts. Full and real, he loved the weight of them in his
palms. He drew his thumbs over the nubs of her nipples and Eve rewarded him
with a long intake of breath.

“That feels so good.” As she leaned back against him for
support, she shuddered and thrust her breasts up like twin offerings.

He would absolutely take everything she had to give.

Gabe filled his hands with her flesh, cupping and rubbing
and discovering every inch of her breasts before he grew impatient to have her
totally bare and pushed the dress over the curve of her hips. It pooled on the
floor at her feet.

Her underwear matched her bra. If she were his, he would buy
her La Perla. He would dress her like a goddess in silk and lace and know that
she wore the most come-hither lingerie for his eyes only. She could wear her
ladylike dresses and cover herself with all appropriate modesty if she
wanted—but only until they were alone.

As he stripped off her panties, a wild possessiveness blazed
through his system. Gabe turned her to face him, well aware that he needed to
slow down but utterly incapable of doing so. He took in the sight of her
breasts. They looked every bit as perfect as they’d felt.

“You’re beautiful.”

“I don’t feel that way.” She tilted her face up to his,
drinking him in with her stare. There was nothing coy about her expression. She
looked at him with naked yearning. “Not most of the time. But you make me feel
sexy.”

“You are. I want to be very clear about how beautiful I
think you are.” He kissed her again, lifting her up and out of her dress,
heading back to the bedroom while his mouth ate hungrily at hers.

She didn’t fight him, didn’t fidget to make him set her back
on the ground. She simply wrapped her arms around his neck and let him carry
her. Her fingers sank into his hair and she held tight while her tongue danced
against his.

Luckily, he knew Plaza suites like the back of his hand. He
maneuvered her toward the bed, his cock throbbing insistently.

He wouldn’t last long. God, he couldn’t believe he was even
thinking that. Usually, he could go for hours, but Gabe knew the minute he got
inside Eve, he was going to lose control. He needed to make it good for her now
because he’d barely touched her and already he wanted to throw her against the
wall and shove his way inside her.

As he approached the mattress, he stopped and eased her onto
the luxurious comforter. She lay back on the elegant duvet, her hair fanned out
and her legs spread. Wanton and yet so innocent. He pulled at his shirt,
hearing a button or two pop off, but at the moment he didn’t give a shit. The
need to be skin to skin with her drove him to haste. He unbuckled his belt and
shoved his pants down.

“Foreplay.” Freaking hell. He was so ready to go, he’d
forgotten about that. Women liked foreplay. It tended to be necessary for them.

She shook her head. “The kissing was foreplay. We’re totally
good.”

Shit.
He had to slow down. He wasn’t exactly a
small guy. She needed to be ready to take all of him.

Gabe took a deep breath. “Need you aroused. It’s okay. Just
give me a minute.”

“Gabriel, I am as aroused as I have ever been in my life.
I’m a little worried about what kind of stain I’m going to leave for the staff
on this duvet. So really, can we get this train moving?”

He gripped her ankles and slid her down the bed, spreading
her legs wider in the process. His cock twitched when he saw that she was
right. Her pussy was wet. Juicy. He could see its slick gloss from above, even
in the shadows. A little kissing, some groping, and she was ready to go. He’d
never had a woman respond to him so readily. “Tell me again.”

“I’m ready,” she vowed. “I am
really
ready.”

“No, tell me this isn’t normal for you,” he corrected. It
was stupid. She was right there, able and willing to give him the pleasure he
sought—but he craved more. He needed to know that tonight was special for her.
“Tell me you want me and not just sex.”

She gave him a sheepish smile. “This isn’t at all normal. I
guess I’ve gone a little crazy tonight, but I don’t do one-night stands. I can
count the men I’ve had sex with on one hand and I wouldn’t need all my fingers.
And I’ve never, never wanted anyone as much as I want you right now. Gabriel, I
don’t need foreplay, just you.”

A new urban fantasy series by Lexi Blake

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“Author Lexi Blake has created a supernatural world
filled with surprises and a book that I couldn’t put down once I started
reading it.”

Maven, The Talent Cave Reviews

“I truly love that Lexi took vampires and made them
her own.”

KC Lu, Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews

Stealing mystical and arcane artifacts is a dangerous
business, especially for a human, but Zoey Wharton is an exceptional thief. The
trick to staying alive is having friends in all the wrong places. With a
vampire, a werewolf, and a witch on the payroll, Zoey takes the sorts of jobs
no one else can perform—tracking down ancient artifacts filled with unthinkable
magic power, while trying to stay one step ahead of monsters, demons, angels,
and a Vampire Council with her in their crosshairs.

If only her love life could be as simple. Zoey and Daniel
Donovan were childhood sweethearts until a violent car crash took his life.
When Daniel returned from the grave as a vampire, his only interest in Zoey was
in keeping her safely apart from the secrets of his dark world. Five years
later, Zoey encounters Devinshea Quinn, an earthbound Faery prince who sweeps
her off her feet. He could show her everything the supernatural world has to
offer, but Daniel is still in her heart.

As their adventures in acquisition continue, Zoey will have
to find a way to bring together the two men she loves or else none of them may
survive the forces that have aligned against her.

Steal the
Light

Steal the Day

Steal the
Moon

Steal the Sun

Steal the
Night

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