Crashed
by Sherilee Gray
About the Book: She swore never to trust him again...
Fiery mechanic Alexandra Franco should have known better. Years ago, her best friends' older brother took her virginity and broke her heart-or rather, doused it with gasoline, lit a match, and then walked away. And Alex definitely should not have indulged in another hot night with him after the fact. He's not the same boy she fell for, and she sure as hell doesn't want anything to do with the wealthy, ruthless man he's become.
Walking away from Alex was the biggest mistake of Deacon West's life. She belongs with him, and if getting her back means playing dirty, so be it. If she'll grant him a three-month, no-strings affair, he won't sell the building Alex and his sisters use for their auto repair business. Hell, he'll even sign it over to them. But will Alex ever entrust her heart to him again, or are they destined to crash and burn?
Fiery mechanic Alexandra Franco should have known better. Years ago, her best friends' older brother took her virginity and broke her heart-or rather, doused it with gasoline, lit a match, and then walked away. And Alex definitely should not have indulged in another hot night with him after the fact. He's not the same boy she fell for, and she sure as hell doesn't want anything to do with the wealthy, ruthless man he's become.
Walking away from Alex was the biggest mistake of Deacon West's life. She belongs with him, and if getting her back means playing dirty, so be it. If she'll grant him a three-month, no-strings affair, he won't sell the building Alex and his sisters use for their auto repair business. Hell, he'll even sign it over to them. But will Alex ever entrust her heart to him again, or are they destined to crash and burn?
About Sherilee Gray
Sherilee’s always had a big (some may say warped) imagination,
and as a kid scared herself conjuring up horror stories full of ghosts and
other terrifying creatures. As she got older the stories changed quite a
bit, but they were always there. Still, she never dreamed of
actually writing down any of those wonderful
imaginary people or places. Not until many years later when her sister
introduced her to the wondrous world of romance novels, and her very large
book collection.
She’s pleased to say, she still has the big imagination and monsters in her stories… only now they’re chasing their happily ever after.
Sherilee Gray is a kiwi girl and lives in beautiful NZ with her extremely supportive husband and their two children. When not writing or fueling her voracious book addiction, she can be found dreaming of far off places with a mug of tea in one hand and a bar of Cadburys Rocky Road chocolate in the other.
She’s pleased to say, she still has the big imagination and monsters in her stories… only now they’re chasing their happily ever after.
Sherilee Gray is a kiwi girl and lives in beautiful NZ with her extremely supportive husband and their two children. When not writing or fueling her voracious book addiction, she can be found dreaming of far off places with a mug of tea in one hand and a bar of Cadburys Rocky Road chocolate in the other.
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Excerpt:
In their
teens, the local boys had dubbed Alex and Deacon’s sisters the Axle Alley
Vipers. All three were beautiful, tough in their own way, and if you tried to
get too close, tried to touch, they would take a bite out of you.
Jesus. Nothing had
changed.
When he got to
the parking garage below his building, he saw Martin had done his job. Deacon’s
car was parked behind Alex’s metallic-purple Viper, caging her in. Her choice
of car said more than he thought she realized. Playing up to that moniker, to
what it meant, was
just another
way to keep everyone at a distance, to protect herself.
She stood
against the driver’s door, arms crossed, more pissed than he’d ever seen her.
Her long, shiny brown hair was pulled up in a messy bun that was sexy as hell
on her, and those dark, exotic eyes had landed and stayed on him as soon as the
elevator doors had opened and he’d stepped out.
His cock
twitched under that intense stare.
He allowed his
gaze to travel over her. Did she have any idea how stunning she was? The woman
could wear a potato sack and still make his dick hard. The intricate rose
tattoo decorating the upper half of her right arm drew his eye. It covered a
jagged scar you could only see under a certain light, and it moved as she
shoved her hands in her pockets, flexing her finely honed bicep. “This your
doing?” she asked.
He kept on
walking toward her. She tensed as he came closer, but he didn’t stop until he
was close enough to smell her vanilla scent, hear her subtle exhale as he
leaned in. “You were in my parking spot.”
Fire flashed
in her eyes. “Bullshit. What about the other ten free spots?”
He shrugged.
“I like this one.”
She blew out a
frustrated breath. “If you’re so damned attached to this one, let me out and
you can have it back.”
He reached
out, ran the tip of his finger along that scar. It curved around a rose petal,
then joined a thorny stem. He felt her tremble. Jesus, he loved that, loved how
easily he affected her. “Let’s stop playing games. This isn’t about a parking
spot, and you know it.”
“I said no.”
Her voice shook and her breathing quickened.
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