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Forgive Me
Release Date: April 4, 2019
Publisher: Tule Publishing
Publisher: Tule Publishing
When Piper Mahoney and Lucas Richardson randomly run into each other in the lobby of a NYC hotel, three years after they shared one steamy, impossible-to-forget afternoon together, the attraction is tangible. Neither feels ready to act though. Piper has left friends and family in Boston to reboot her life after a difficult loss, while Lucas is vying for a promotion at the DA’s office and handling his own personal problems with his ailing mother. Impulsively Piper reaches out. Lucas can show her his favorite haunts in the city this summer while they enjoy a friends with benefits fling.
Lucas is tempted. He hasn’t relaxed or had fun in forever and Piper was always the one woman who got under his guard.
Can he keep Piper’s no-strings bargain even as he falls in love, or will their pasts strangle any hope for a future?
Lucas is tempted. He hasn’t relaxed or had fun in forever and Piper was always the one woman who got under his guard.
Can he keep Piper’s no-strings bargain even as he falls in love, or will their pasts strangle any hope for a future?
Excerpt
HER PHONE WAS ringing when she came back from picking up lunch. Piper ate lunch in her office almost every day. She
was used to eating alone. The atmosphere in the breakroom had excluded her from the beginning.
Not wanting to keep whoever it was waiting, she threw her sandwich bag across the desk and grabbed the handset. “Piper Mahoney,” she said into it, hoping she wasn’t gasping.
“Piper.”
Oh, help. A feeling crept up her chest and into her throat. It was either fear or anticipation, she couldn’t figure out which. “Hello, Lucas.”
His voice was as rich as ever, but he sounded hesitant. “I hope you don’t mind me calling.”
“Of course not.” Although she had a hand at her throat, trying to ease the tightness there.
“So,” he went on. “I heard some damn fool declined your invitation to dinner last night.”
And with those words, Piper’s day got a whole lot better. She tripped around her desk to collapse into her chair. Her
hand at her neck seemed to caress her now. “The damn fool has a lot on his plate,” she said.
“He can always find time for an old friend,” Lucas answered. “Especially when she’s new in town.”
Piper played with the thin gold necklace at her throat, sliding it against her skin. She realized the feeling that was
stealing over her as one that the old Piper would have felt. The blonde, flirty Piper who wasn’t afraid to make big eyes
at a man she was interested in.
The old Piper said, “So what are you saying, Lucas?” And hey, look at that. She was doing the sideways grin Jessica
always said was Piper at her most Piper.
“I’m saying that I would love to take you out tonight and apologize over dinner.”
Piper let him wait a moment.
“Please, Pip,” he said, his warm voice hitting her straight between the breasts.
“Well,” she said, and now she was out of breath for sure, “when you put it that way.”
Forget Me
Release Date: June 3, 2019
Publisher: Tule Publishing
Publisher: Tule Publishing
Her abandon, her surety that what she was doing was what she wanted to do, made him feel drunk. The closer her lips got to his, the drunker he became. “I… Lor, don’t do this to me.”
Her breasts were touching him now. She had him trapped against his tiny kitchen island. She tipped her head up. “If you really don’t want me to kiss you, then tell me no.”
“Not fair…”
“Just say no.” She stopped, a hair’s breadth from his mouth. “Say no, Jonah.”
He’d said no once. He couldn’t make himself do it again.
Laurel Moore plans to turn her late father’s rundown, debt-ridden bar into the best gastropub in the county. If she had to leave her dream job as a chef in New York City to take care of her mother and brother, then she is going to do her best to bring good food and stability to the town. But the town is resistant to the change in its beloved watering hole. Her mother accuses her of betraying Frank’s legacy, and her brother is going the same way as her father.
The last person Laurel is going to let into her life is Jonah Gardiner, no matter how reformed he is since they had a secret fling ten years ago. As her father taught her all too well, once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic. She’s too heartbroken at her inability to change her father’s behavior, and too concerned about the bar and her brother, to make time for someone similar now. But Jonah is the only one who can help her brother, and when he eats her food, it feels like foreplay.
Spurred on by Laurel’s rejection of him ten years ago, Jonah cleaned up his act and removed all emotion from his life. Now that he’s an upstanding member of society, he might be able to think about building a relationship with someone. But not with the beautiful new owner of the bar where he spent years feeding his alcoholism. Not when her mother sees in him all the flaws her husband had. Not even when every bite Laurel feeds him reminds him of all he gave up ten years ago. And not when her brother is falling into the same hole Jonah just climbed out of. If Jonah helps Brett, he could cement his own recovery. But if he fails, he could lose more than his pride.
The last person Laurel is going to let into her life is Jonah Gardiner, no matter how reformed he is since they had a secret fling ten years ago. As her father taught her all too well, once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic. She’s too heartbroken at her inability to change her father’s behavior, and too concerned about the bar and her brother, to make time for someone similar now. But Jonah is the only one who can help her brother, and when he eats her food, it feels like foreplay.
Spurred on by Laurel’s rejection of him ten years ago, Jonah cleaned up his act and removed all emotion from his life. Now that he’s an upstanding member of society, he might be able to think about building a relationship with someone. But not with the beautiful new owner of the bar where he spent years feeding his alcoholism. Not when her mother sees in him all the flaws her husband had. Not even when every bite Laurel feeds him reminds him of all he gave up ten years ago. And not when her brother is falling into the same hole Jonah just climbed out of. If Jonah helps Brett, he could cement his own recovery. But if he fails, he could lose more than his pride.
Free Me
Release Date: September 10, 2019
Publisher: Tule Publishing
Publisher: Tule Publishing
His mother was calling the loudest, in Spanish and English, and when he’d thrown his pack to one side, it was her to whom he stood still and held out his arms. She disappeared into his arms and the rest of the squad swarmed in. From senior members who’d trained her and Matt back in the day, to newbies who didn’t even know Matt but were infected by the mood, everyone needed a hug.
Well, Raya Victoria Piacenza wasn’t getting infected by nothing and nobody, even if his mother’s tearful words threatened to cause a lump in her throat. She held back from the knot of cheering fools that was now blocking the exit, causing people to swerve around it, shaking their heads and grinning at the noise, and tried to lower her heartbeat. But all she could see was Matt’s bare arm around his mother, his bicep flexed, his medic tattoo clearly visible on his brown forearm. Oh, God.
To everyone in his hometown, Matthias Van Allen is a hero. Back from his posting as an army medic, he's welcomed with a party the whole town attends. Everyone's happy to see him--except his ex-girlfriend, Raya Piacenza. Matt blamed himself for the death of her father, but when he joined the army, Raya was left with no one.
Raya's used to being alone now. She's made her way in the world and doesn't need anyone or anything except her jobs: an EMT captain and personal trainer. But now Matt is back, pushing her buttons in a way she thought she'd grown out of, and the worst thing is, she's now his boss.
As Matt settles back into the community and Raya is offered a chance to leave it, they will have to figure out if their lives have room for each other--or if they should set each other free.
Raya's used to being alone now. She's made her way in the world and doesn't need anyone or anything except her jobs: an EMT captain and personal trainer. But now Matt is back, pushing her buttons in a way she thought she'd grown out of, and the worst thing is, she's now his boss.
As Matt settles back into the community and Raya is offered a chance to leave it, they will have to figure out if their lives have room for each other--or if they should set each other free.
Breathe
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After a traumatic attack back home, British expat Ellen Hunter has sworn off men, especially Kane Fielding, Boston blueblood and renowned playboy, who seems to change his girlfriends with his boxers. But her boss sends her to schmooze his company, and Ellen is shocked to find she can’t keep her mind—or her hands—off Kane. Forced to helm his family’s business after his father’s tragic death, Kane happily sacrifices emotional intimacy—it’s a small price to pay for keeping what’s important to him private. Now someone is setting fire to his mills and he needs all his focus to keep the company on track. What he does not need right now is to fall for this English ice queen who wants to either kiss him, kick him, or run from him. When the tabloids add his and Ellen’s budding relationship to the arson story, Ellen’s job, and her future in Boston, are put at risk. Kane will have to convince her that he is worth the hit to her career—before the flames of the arsonist consume everything they’ve worked for. |
Praise for BREATHE
"A magnificent story about overcoming the past and embracing an unknown future to set oneself free. Kane and Ellen's love story reveals how important truth and trust are for their relationship. Both characters have distinct differences in how their families affect their lives and how that affects their relationship. ... The fun angle of solving the crime against Fielding Paper adds a broodiness to Kane and shows how deep his responsibilities go, helping to establish him as more than a playboy."
--In D'Tale Magazine
--In D'Tale Magazine
"In the midst of the #MeToo movement and a lack of celebrity privacy, no romance could be more apropos for exploring these issues. Libraries should add this debut novel to their romance collection."
--Library Journal
--Library Journal
"Really fine story, nicely written prose and dialogue, very well edited, with likable, relatable characters. I enjoyed 'Breathe,' and definitely recommend it."
--Amazon Reviewer
--Amazon Reviewer
"I was honestly surprised this was a debut novel. I enjoyed it very much, and had a really hard time putting it down. [...] I loved how Kane handled winning Ellen’s trust, though, of course, he fumbles a little as part of the culmination of the conflict they have to overcome. That part read particularly real and was very raw, so much that I was sobbing while reading it."
--Llama Reads Books
--Llama Reads Books
"I loved these two together. They both have issues in their lives complicating it but I loved watching each fall for the other and start to rely on the other and share their secrets. I loved how they trusted each other and were there for the other."
--Goodreads Reviewer
--Goodreads Reviewer
Excerpt
“My brother-in-law’s Italian,” he said. “He’s taught me a few phrases.”
“Let me guess, to impress the ladies?”
His smile quirked up. “Not enough to impress you, I’d guess.”
“Obviously.”
Their waiter brought their food, and Ellen was completely distracted. The garlic-rosemary sauce on her lamb chops smelled like pure heaven. She was suddenly so hungry it was all she could do not to pick up a chop in her hands and go at it with her teeth. She kept herself in check, however, and got the first piece eaten with minimal ecstatic moaning. Kane, she saw with no surprise, ate the American way, cutting his pieces and then switching his fork to his right hand to eat. Penny called her way the “shovel approach,” and tonight she might live up to the term.
After a few minutes, Kane broke the silence. “Good?” was all he said.
“Really good,” she had to admit, aware that she was at risk of dripping juices.
He laughed a little. “That’s the nicest thing you’ve said all night.”
As swept up in the flavors and the pleasure of plain good food as she was, she said, “Maybe if you were covered in this gravy and served up next to this pile of mashed potatoes, I’d say something nice to you too.”
Kane laughed out loud. “Deal!” he shouted, making her blush scarlet and a few faces at the bar turn around. Kane couldn’t stop laughing, and Ellen couldn’t stop blushing. She was going to lock the memory of tonight up in a vault as soon as she got out of here and never refer to it again.
“All I was trying to say was—” But he waved her away and held his sides. With what little dignity she had left, she worked on her food, until Kane finally stopped laughing.
“I’m sorry,” he said, ostentatiously mopping his brow. “You just—surprised yourself—so much!”
“Don’t start again,” she begged. “Eat your fish.”