Excerpt Reveal: Love Addicts Anonymous: J.C. Reed
“What do
you want?” I slump down on the couch, still eyeing her.
“A chat.”
“About
what?”
“About
ground rules.” She shrugs her shoulders. “It won’t take long,” she adds as she
catches my alarmed glance. “Now that it’s clear we’re expected to share this
apartment, we need to
discuss
how—”
“The
answer is no.” I jump to my feet again. “I didn’t come here to be told by a
woman what I can or can’t do.”
“But—"
She leans forward and her frown deepens. “—you haven’t heard me out yet.”
“True.
But you see, I know what women want from me, and the answer is no. Are you
done?” I make a point to take a step toward the door.
To be
honest, I’m enjoying myself. I enjoy winding her up.
Her face
distorts into anger, just as I expected. “That’s so sexist of you. You have no
idea what I’ll ask of you.”
“Believe
it or not, I do. You’ll want what all other women want.”
“Again,
so sexist. But you’re wrong.”
No woman
has ever called me a sexist. “What are you saying?”
“You got
it all wrong,” she repeats.
I take a
step toward her, my gaze buried in her blazing eyes. “Let me prove that I’m
right. If I make a correct guess, I want you to go out with me.”
Shock
crosses her features. I can see it in the way her eye widen the moment her mind
processes the meaning of my words. At last, she leans back, the shock replaced
with surprise. “You want to go out with me?”
Surprise
and complete disbelief.
What’s so
hard to believe that yes, I’d take her out to dinner and then I’d rock both the
bed and her world?
“Yes,” I
say slowly.
She
frowns. “Why?”
“To get
to know you better.” Among many things.
“We
barely met half a hour ago.”
“That’s
correct.” I’ve taken out women I knew for less than ten minutes, so half an
hour is pretty long for me.
She
frowns again, and her confusion deepens. “I don’t get it. Why would you ask
me?”
“Because
you’d like it.” Not just dinner, but everything else I have to offer.
“You
don’t know me well enough to say that I’d like it or you.” She bites down on
her lip. “I honestly don’t know why you’d ask me. Besides, there’s nowhere to
go really. If you’re familiar with the renovation plans, you surely know that
everything within a mile is closed.”
My smile
turns into a grin. She hasn’t said no yet.
To be
more precise, she’s absolutely not adverse to the idea, and she doesn’t seem to
know about the “don’t fuck other patients” rule either.
“Is that
the only thing you’re concerned about? That I won’t find a suitable place to
take you out?”
“No.” She
leans back and flips a strand of hair out of her eyes. “I’ve got another one
for you. How about: my boyfriend’s waiting for me at home.”
She’s
playing the boyfriend card. Haven’t heard this one in a while.
“A
boyfriend I really love and never want to hurt,” she adds, her eyes challenging
me. “I appreciate the offer, though. I’m sure you mean well, but really, no,
thanks, I can’t.”
My lips
twitch. She eyes me with mistrust. “What’s so funny?”
“I’m just
playing with you,” I say. “Even if I wanted to, we couldn’t date. There are way
too many rules here. Dating a fellow addict breaks a couple of them.”
She
frowns as she processes my words. “Rules?”
“You
didn’t know?” My smile widens at her alarmed expression.
Can Vicky stay away from the one man
who seems so easy to get and so hard to keep?
Love Addicts Anonymous Releases
November 7th!
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Kade Wright is an expert in rocking any
woman's world.
Sexy, rich, and the type you don’t bring
home to meet your mother, he has broken more hearts than he can remember, and
there is no end in sight. Until one mistake lands him in boiling hot waters.
When his company orders him to the LOVE ADDICTS ANONYMOUS Rehab Center, he
better get his affairs in order or else he loses his seat on the company board.
Love isn’t supposed to be addictive. But
for Vicky Sullivan it is.
A true romantic at heart, she comes with
a bit of a stalking tendency, and is completely not adverse to commitment. But
who’s Kade to judge? As someone who’s seeking commitment and afraid of never
finding love, she’s the type of woman he wouldn’t usually hit on. Except, she’s
hot and keeps avoiding him…yes, even after seeing his private parts naked in
all their glory.
Kade isn’t known as the tall, dark and
ruthless businessman for no reason. Romance isn’t in the air, more like wild
between the sheets action with no expectations. Vicky’s convinced she can
resist, but Kade has other plans for her.
J.C. Reed
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J.C. Reed is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author, who writes steamy contemporary fiction with a touch of mystery. When she's not typing away on her keyboard, forgetting the world around her, she dreams of returning to the beautiful mountains of Wyoming. You can also find her chatting on Facebook with her readers or spending time with her children.
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Jackie Steele
Jackie Steele is a USA Today Bestselling author and a true romantic at heart. By day she works a boring job as a scientist, at night she lets her creative side roam free. Whether reading or writing, Jackie loves dark, emotional stories that twist with your head and take you on a journey. As an ever romantic, she believes in happy endings and true love in all forms, which is reflected in all of her books.
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