Hi Naomi! Hi
Naomi’s friends. J I do believe it is hump day, a day
for romance lovers to have fun and share, whether it’s sexy pics or steamy stories.
I do believe we officially own this day of the week! I like to combine all the
smexy book stuff with my other love, music. So I’m thinking of a Hump Day
dedication, just for you all. I love Naomi’s tag line of “Begin in the Dark”.
It gives my goose bumps. So I’m gonna go with this one… Kings of Leon’s
“Revelry” from their Only by the Night cd. I hope you enjoy the song and the
sexy, steamy Free Read I’ve brought today. It’s called Touch of Sin (A Sin
Pointe Novel Free Read) and it’s all yours! Have a great day everyone! Xoxoxo,
Carlene
Touch
of Sin (A Sin Pointe Novel Free Read) Blurb:
Lonerby
guitarist Luke Willoughby and his band are under tight scrutiny since a press
conference was ruined by a band member’s sudden vomiting attack. They’ve been
suspended from the Sin Pointe tour and Luke fears they’ve blown it for good.
The last thing he expects is the cute management spy sent to observe him.
No-nonsense
Sarrie Walker knows exactly what she’s there to do, and makes no secret of it.
Luke is impressed—and powerfully attracted to Sarrie’s strong and sexy
innocence. When they end up stuck together in close quarters, Sarrie becomes
dangerously irresistible—and very much off-limits. Does she hold Luke’s second
chance? And if he gives in to her powerful allure, what happens to his heart?
Read on for a snippet!
Excerpt:
Sarrie stepped
carefully and mostly on tip toes out of the tiny, grime grouted shower. She’d
had to waste one of their two usable towels for a floor mat and made sure to
land on it.
The
good news was that she no longer teetered on what she’d tell Mr. Keller when
they made it to D.C.
Noah was sick and while
he’d managed himself at these smaller gigs, he didn’t belong on a massive,
nationwide Sin Pointe tour. She tried to picture him night after night and the
binge drinking sessions. It hurt her heart to think of it but worse than that
was picturing the landslide of sleepless nights Luke would have to suffer
through caring for him. Sure, they might all hate her as a consequence, but
that’s why it was called tough love. The truth hurt at first. And sometimes for
a very long time after. But at least the person would be alive.
She grabbed for the towel she’d left
on the toilet seat and found a loosely folded bunch of clothes. Not hers
because they were too big and, she pulled the shirt to her nose, they smelled
like Luke. “Mmmm.”
Her eyes popped open so wide she
felt her lashes touch her brow bone. Yes, she’d just sighed at a man’s smell.
It was a first. Maybe it was because her decision no longer hung over her head,
but she could get lost in the fact she held the shirt he’d played in. She
inhaled and the smell brought back visions of him serving as master of his
guitar and the beads of sweat that had dotted his forehead, the one that hung
from his nose, and the slick mass that had wet his chest hairs showing through
the top of his V neck shirt. He’d been so lost in the music that he hadn’t seen
her staring or cared about the sweat. She’d noticed more than she realized and
had to stop and breathe through what that meant.
“So that’s it, Sarrie? You’re going
there now?” she whispered to herself. “Unbelievable.”
Why shouldn’t she?
Because she’d never had these
feelings for a man before? Because the two days she’d known Luke were clearly
not long enough and she was here to study him, not fall into a foolish one-sided
infatuation? Or was it that his life situation was too close a reminder of the
one she’d finally saved herself and her father from? The heaviness of all those
truths bowed her shoulders inward and down.
He’s
gonna be dealing with Noah’s addiction for a long time to come, especially if
he can’t stand to see his baby brother suffer. That’s what enablers did.
She knew because she’d watched her mom tiptoe around her dad until the day Mom
just didn’t come home.
Plopping down on the toilet seat,
she bundled Luke’s jeans together with his shirt and hugged them. A sock fell
from the pile. She found its match and could have cried at his selflessness. He
was a good guy and he had a ton of hurt coming his way. For a second, she
forgot where she was and nearly let her head fall back against the dingy
bathroom wall.
Cold air leaking through the thin
motel walls made her shiver. So did the thought of wearing Luke’s clothes. But
after she made sure to dry off with the one towel, she pulled on her old
panties and bra and then his jeans, which nearly fell right back down, and then
slipped his V neck shirt over her head. The baggy look reminded her of the
girls from TLC, but not one single day in her life had she ever felt crazy,
sexy or cool. Well, maybe she could identify with the crazy part. Completely
foreign to her was the thought of what Luke would think. And then she had an
altogether more shocking thought. If his clothes were in here, what was he
wearing?
Hot gusts of air puffed out from her
lungs until she managed to calm them down. But all she could really think about
were bare, strong shoulders and more than just the tiny glimpses she’d gotten
of his chest in the V cut shirt she currently wore. She needed a drink of
water. Badly. She wiggled her toes in his giant socks.
A Bit About Carlene:
Carlene Love Flores is a big fan of the stars (especially
Orion), honest music (especially Depeche Mode), and her traveling family (no
favorites there-she loves them all). These things inspire her intimate style of
romance writing. She feels honored to be a member of Washington DC
Romance Writers (WRWDC).
Carlene currently lives in the D.C. area where she can often be found listening
to live music and looking up at the sky on clear nights. If she could
touch someone’s heart with her writing the way others have done for her, she’d
say truly there never lived a luckier girl.
Find
Carlene Here:
Website http://carlenelove.com/
Find Touch of Sin (A
Sin Pointe Free Read) Here:
Happy Hump Day Naomi! Can't say that enough. And thank you for the awesome post. :)
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