What do you do when the one person you thought you knew turns out to be the one you knew the least?
Twentythree year old Marissa Chase, and soon to be college graduate, has everything going for her:
wonderful friends, a lucrative degree, and a chance to explore the world. What made it even better – or so
she thought – was when her path crossed with the alluring Alec Holden. Unable to stay away from him,
Marissa experiences a love like no other, and falls into his world of passion and intrigue. However, things
begin to shift when this path takes a deadly turn.
Her trust is put to the test when hidden dangers unfold before her, revealing secrets that have been buried
for years. Secrets that were meant to stay hidden. Murder, lies, and betrayal … will Marissa figure it all out in time and escape with her life intact, or will she be too late and fall into the trap of deception?
Excerpt
Taking a deep breath, I turned around to face him with his hands still holding onto my arms. “Are you asking
me on another date?” I asked, teasing him.
He smirked, a slow tilting of his lip that had me aching to bite it. “That’s up to you if that’s what you want to
call it,” he murmured heatedly.
“What if I do want to call it that?” I asked boldly.
Alec pinned me up against the counter and placed his arms on both sides of me, locking me in to the confines of his body. His piercing blue gaze held me captive, and I was drowning, struggling to breathe as
he moved closer.
Bending low, he continued his torturous teasing by breathing across my neck. My eyes fluttered closed as
his lips connected with the tender flesh at my collarbone. I shivered as the chill bumps fanned across my
skin and made me weak. His voice in my ear immediately counteracted the chills. “If you want to call this
dating, then I think that usually requires a little bit of touching, does it not?”
My breathing accelerated as Alec’s body grew flush with mine, leaning dangerously against me. He tilted my head back slightly so I had to look into his face. Slowly, I placed my hands on his hips, and instead of
touching the waist of his jeans I was met with the bare skin of his body where his shirt had lifted up.
Holy shit, his skin felt hot! I could feel the ridges on his sides where they disappeared beneath his jeans,
and I wanted nothing more than to trail my tongue down the contours of his muscles.
With hooded eyes, and a raspy, breathless voice, I replied, “I’m sure it’s customary to
withstand some touching, but not too much since I don’t know you very well.” I said it, but my body didn’t
really mean it, and he could tell I was lying to myself.
Slowly, he brought his hand to my face and trailed one of his long, lithe fingers over my cheek and down my
neck. “Like this,” he insisted, swirling his finger around my neck. “Is this the kind of touching we’re allowed
to do?” Chill bumps exploded across my skin, making me shiver.
“Yes,” I breathed, relishing in the feel of his touch. “Just like that.”
Closing my eyes, I sighed as he trailed his finger further down, stopping at my navel. The heat of his breath
fanned across my face as I felt him dipping lower. I didn’t dare open my eyes and risk breaking the
connection, but I wanted to see the heat in his gaze. Ever so slowly, his mouth connected with mine, soft
and confident. He lingered for a moment, not moving, just his lips touched lightly to mine.
I wanted more … a lot more.
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L.P. Dover is the bestselling author of the Forever Fae series, as well as the Second Chances standalone
series, and her NA romantic suspense standalone called Love, Lies, and Deception. She lives in the
beautiful state of North Carolina with her husband, her two wild girls, and her rambunctious kitten called
Katrina.
Before she began her career in the literary world, L.P. Dover spent her years going to college and then
graduated to cleaning teeth, which she loved doing. At least until the characters in her head called her away.
She has never been the same since.
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