Hello, Therians!
I am super excited today because the second book in the Love Inc. Series by Ella James releases today!!
HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY
Taming Cross promises to be as seductive and amazing as the first book in this series, and I cannot wait to get my hands on a copy.
If you don't believe me, just look at the sexy cover!!
There's also a special excerpt for you to enjoy and a fab giveaway of a signed set of Love Inc. novels, as well an iPad mini :)
For twenty-three years,
Cross Carlson was a playboy. You know the type. Tall, dark, and wealthy.
Blue-eyed. Charming. He seemed to have it all so easy. But Cross was harboring
a terrible secret - one that helped ruin the life of an innocent girl and
almost ended his own.
Finally out of the hospital, Cross is flailing, scarred in both body and mind and stifled by the weight of the secret he still keeps. The only way to absolution lies in a Mexican convent, and going there could cost him everything.
If there's anyone who knows what it's like to screw up big time, it's Meredith Kinsey. Just a few years ago, Merri was an ordinary girl with a job at her college newspaper and white picket fence kind of dreams. Now she's holed up in a Mexican convent, hiding from a drug lord who thinks he owns her.
What happens when the only way out of hell is with the son of the man who put you there? They say love conquers all, but does it really?
Finally out of the hospital, Cross is flailing, scarred in both body and mind and stifled by the weight of the secret he still keeps. The only way to absolution lies in a Mexican convent, and going there could cost him everything.
If there's anyone who knows what it's like to screw up big time, it's Meredith Kinsey. Just a few years ago, Merri was an ordinary girl with a job at her college newspaper and white picket fence kind of dreams. Now she's holed up in a Mexican convent, hiding from a drug lord who thinks he owns her.
What happens when the only way out of hell is with the son of the man who put you there? They say love conquers all, but does it really?
Exclusive Excerpt
Sister
opens the door to a small reading room with green carpet and white bookshelves,
and we pause before going in. All at once she pulls me to her chest and kisses
my head.
“Be
brave, Merri, my love. You must do what you must do. We only want what's best
for you.”
And
then she...leaves. She leaves me here, before I even see who's in the room.
For
the longest second, I stay on the threshold, staring at the man who is facing
the bookshelf. My eyes run down the
length of him, expecting to find Jesus or one of his Sicarios, but that's not what I find.
I
don’t know who this man is. He’s tall, with dark hair and large bones. Long
legs, wide back, big shoulders. He looks lean, almost sick, because I can tell
he shouldn't be. He reminds me of a starved lion I saw once in a documentary.
He
turns toward me slowly, and as he moves I'm frozen, like in those nightmares
where you're being chased but you can't run.
At
first I'm not looking at his features—only the expression, which is somehow
both solemn and surprised. And I feel like I've been struck dead, because he
has an angel's face. It's not just the flawless blue of his eyes or his
celebrity-perfect bones. It's not his perfect, straight-line nose or that lush,
cherubic mouth. It's not his smooth skin. It's what I see inside his eyes.
Something so intense, so sad, so ecstatic, so relieved, that I know he must be
God's answer to my prayer.
For
the longest moment, he just looks at me. I feel like I'll unravel in the
brilliance of those ice blue eyes. I'm so thrown off I whisper exactly what I'm
thinking.
“Are
you here to take me?”
His
lips curl slowly, into something that's not at all a smile. My heart stops as
he steps slightly closer.
“Rescue
you.”
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Elizabeth DeVille doesn't belong at a party like this—one where the gowns cost more than her Camry and cigars run higher than her grad school utility bills. Dragged out of seclusion by her best friend Suri, Elizabeth is merely playing dress-up, rubbing elbows with a crowd that banished her troubled family years ago.Hunter West is tired. Tired of parties, tired of pretending, and tired of trying to right a wrong that haunts him every day. Bourbon heir and professional poker player by day, by night Hunter is gambling with his life in a high-stakes game of crime and blackmail.
When Elizabeth stumbles into Hunter's den of vices, she's a light in the darkness, a flame in the void. And, just like everything he touches, Hunter mars her in a record time. To rectify the damage done, Elizabeth needs money she doesn't have, and she's come up with a foolproof way to get it.
Follow Elizabeth—code-named Scarlett—to the lush Nevada brothel where she'll auction her virginity and risk the only thing that's not for sale: her heart. The highest bidder is a familiar face, with wicked hands and the devil's mouth. And a secret so dark that it could cost her life.
***RECOMMENDED FOR READERS 17+ DUE TO SEXUALITY AND MATURE LANGUAGE.***
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
I'm a Denver, Colorado
author who writes teen and adult romance. I am happily married to a man who
knows how to wield a red pen, and together we are raising a feisty two-year-old
who will probably grow up believing everyone's parents go to war over the
placement of a comma.
My books have been listed
on numerous Amazon bestseller lists, including the Amazon Top 100 and the
Amazon Movers & Shakers List; two were listed among Amazon's Top 100 Young
Adult Ebooks of 2012.
To find out more about
my projects and win prizes and swag, find me on Facebook at
facebook.com/ellajamesauthorpage.
Questions or comments?
Tweet me at author_ellaj or e-mail me at ella_f_james@ymail.com.
