Icing on the Cake
Close to
Home Series ●
Book 2
KARLA
DOYLE
Genre: Contemporary Erotic Romance
Series: Close to Home, Book 2 (may be read as a standalone)
Release Date: July 1, 2014
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Book 1 info Cup of Sugar:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20626922-cup-of-sugar
Blurb
Nia and Conn’s wedding will be fairytale
perfect…if their siblings can get along.
Free-spirited, anti-establishment Sara has always been on the
outside of her family’s fairytale mold. Now she’s being forced smack into the middle of it at her sister Nia’s wedding. Alongside the cocky and annoyingly sexy best man—Conn’s cop brother.
Curtis doesn’t buy in to
organized romance and fairytales. But for his brother, he’ll throw on a tux and fake it for a few hours. His flak vest would
have been a better choice around the maid of honor. He should have brought his
handcuffs too, because somebody needs to restrain the dark-haired spitfire—and he’s just the man for the job.
One night to indulge the spark between them, then goodbye—that was the agreement. Curtis isn’t looking for a relationship and he sure doesn’t want a troublemaker for a girlfriend. The last thing Sara needs in
her daily life is a cop looking over her shoulder, no matter how hot he is.
But giving in to their chemistry is much more fun than giving it up…
Excerpt
It’d been a year and a half since fate—or more specifically, car trouble and bad weather—had brought Conn and Nia together. In
that time, there’d been several occasions where the Lawler and Chambers families had
mixed. Sara hadn’t attended. Not even Christmas dinner at her sister’s house. Sara’s family didn’t make excuses on
her behalf, nor did they seem upset. Instead they affectionately tossed around
terms such as “free-spirited” and “nonconformist.”
Well, the free-spirited nonconformist better
walk through the church doors, stat.
Anybody who got in the way of his brother’s happiness, especially this
weekend, would be answering to Curtis. Badge and handcuffs not required for
that job.
“You didn’t bring a date
for the wedding,”
Conn said, interrupting Curtis’ internal threats toward a woman he’d never met.
“Nah. With the
wedding all the way up here, that would’ve meant spending an entire weekend together at the various
family-bonding events. An invitation like that tends to send the ‘this is serious’ message.”
Conn stretched his arms along the top of the
church pew while nodding. “Gotcha.”
“Yeah.” Not that Curtis
had anything against commitment. The right woman just hadn’t come along. Because he
purposely kept busy with the wrong ones.
“Since you’re flying solo
this weekend, I need a favor.”
“Spending
tomorrow in a monkey suit isn’t favor enough? Especially after that overly friendly tailor at the
tuxedo-rental place got a little too much enjoyment out of measuring my inseam?”
One of Conn’s patented grins took over his
face. “Did you check
the pockets yet? He might’ve slipped you his number.”
“Whatever, man.” He gave Conn a
friendly shot to the ribs. “How you, the totally unavailable groom-to-be, got the hot Asian
chick to measure you while I got stuck with the grabby-hands guy, I have no
fucking idea.”
“Was she hot? I
didn’t notice.”
Oh man, he was serious. Love had put blinders on his brother. Big
time.
“Ten out of ten,” Curtis said,
shaking his head. “So, what’s the favor?”
Conn’s smile thinned. “Keep an eye on Sara. Make sure she doesn’t cause any trouble.”
“Babysitting
detail.”
“Yeah.”
“Is she that bad?”
“I hope not,” Conn said as the
church’s front door slammed and all heads turned toward the entryway.
Call him fucked-up, but
one look at the dark-haired beauty who’d just strutted
into the building, and Curtis kinda hoped Sara lived up to her troublemaker
reputation.
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Book 1 info:
Cup of Sugar:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20626922-cup-of-sugar
Thanks for the excerpt ! And the cover is good, he can ice my cake any time ^^
ReplyDeleteOh Michelle, I'm so intrigued! ;) This is going on my tbr. Thanks, hon!
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