NEW RELEASE - Excerpt & Giveaway - Surrender by Elisabeth Naughton
Surrender
by Elisabeth Naughton
Publication Date: June 12, 2018
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
The leaders of my House want her dead.
The men I’ve secretly aligned myself with want her punished for screwing up their coup.
I’ve been sent by both to deal with her, but one look at the feisty redhead and I’ve got plans of my own.
Before I carry out anyone else’s orders, she’s going to give me what I want. And only when I’m satisfied will I decide if she lives or dies.
Depending, of course, on just how easily she surrenders to the House of Sin…
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EXCERPT
“Oh, wow.” Her
soft fingertips landed against my ribs and gently traced the long scar that ran
vertically down my side. And, holy hell, her touch felt good. Warm, soft,
electrifying.
“Does that
hurt?” Her gaze lifted to mine, but she didn’t stop touching me. And when I
looked over at her, I realized she was close—closer than I’d thought—her lips
mere centimeters from mine as she leaned toward me.
“No. It’s still
a little numb.”
“So you don’t
feel this?” Maybe I was imagining things, but I thought I detected a hint of
arousal in her voice as she skimmed the scar again. And even just thinking she
was enjoying touching me—any part of me—sent sparks ricocheting from her
fingertips straight into my dick.
“Oh, I feel it,”
I managed, fighting not to give in to the lust churning inside me.
“You’re right,”
she whispered, still not moving back. “It’s definitely a damn cool scar. Mine’s
not nearly as cool.”
“You have a
scar?”
“Yeah.
Motorcycle accident when I was a teenager. Was out in a field with some
friends. Got thrown from my bike and hit a rock.”
“Merda. You were lucky you weren’t
killed.”
“Yeah. Could
have hit my head. I was a stupid kid.”
“Where?”
“Up in
Scotland.”
I smiled. “No,
where’s the scar?”
“Oh.” She
reached for the hem of the thin white T-shirt she was wearing and tugged it up
and over her head before I even realized what she was doing. In nothing but the
cream-colored bra that molded to her sexy breasts, she turned her back toward me
and pointed at her shoulder. “Here.”
Mother of God.
The image of her in that bra was going to flash in my brain for at least the
next week. Swallowing hard, I shifted on the couch so she couldn’t tell what
she was doing to me and placed my suddenly shaking fingers on the
crescent-shaped scar on the back of her shoulder that was roughly the size of
my palm.
“This must have
hurt.”
She drew in a
breath that lifted her back beneath my hand as I traced the curve of the scar.
“Not right now, it doesn’t. Feels bloody good at the moment.”
My fingers
stilled against her skin, and my gaze lifted to her face and perfect profile in
the dim light. I couldn’t be sure, but I thought I detected a hint of seduction
in her voice.
My pulse notched
up. I tried not to read too much into that as I looked down at her sexy skin
once more. “I think it’s a pretty kick ass scar.”
“Yeah? You don’t
think I should get a tattoo to cover it or anything?”
“No way. A woman
with scars is mysterious. A survivor. Real. Tattoos are like a mask. Scars are
the windows to a person’s history.”
She turned a
tiny bit more and met my gaze. And the second I saw the heat in her light green
eyes, it was as if another zap of lightning slammed into me and stole my
breath. “History, huh?”
I nodded. “They
also make for way better stories than a needle and ink.”
Her lips curled.
Twisting around, she faced me once more in her bra and tipped her head, but she
didn’t move to put her shirt back on. “Can I ask you something?”
“Yeah,” I said
slowly. Not because I didn’t want to answer, but because, holy God, her bra was
so thin I could see the outline of her areolae through the fabric.
“If I had
surrendered to you in that room the way you wanted, would you have really taken
me on that bed with the drugged Frenchman passed out on the floor?”
Mother of God... My whole
body sizzled at just the thought. “That would have been dependent on your level
of kink at the moment. Are you into being watched?”
She shrugged and
shot me a sensual grin. “I’m not not
into it. I’m definitely not a prude. That would have been a new one for me,
though.”
Fuck me. The
more time I spent with her, the more she was becoming my ideal woman. I nodded
because it was all I could think to do to keep from grabbing her and devouring
her, which wasn’t a smart idea in our current situation.
“Speaking of the
French guy, there is one other question I have.”
“Oh yeah?” I
glanced her way. “What’s that?”
“Well, the guy
was a total letch.” She rested her elbow on the back of the couch and perched
her head on her hand, sifting her fingers through her silky locks. “He asked me
if I wanted him to spank me, which, okay, fine, some women are into. But then
he also asked me if I wanted him to make me bark like a dog. Now, I’ve never
met a man who could make a woman bark like that, and I’m fairly certain if any
man could, it wouldn’t be him. But then you came into the room and got me all
hot and bothered with your words and lips and touching and everything, and it
made me wonder...”
My whole body
was on the verge of exploding. “Wonder what?”
“Well...” Her
sultry gaze locked on mine. “It made me wonder if you’re that kind of man.”
Mother of mercy...
Undone
by Elisabeth Naughton
Publication Date: June 5, 2018
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
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Behind the doors of the House of Sin, no one is ever safe…
I love him. It’s the only truth that matters now.
I’ve cast my old life aside and given myself fully to his wants and desires, to the fire he alone ignites inside me. And together, we’ve found strength and salvation in each other.
But there are evil forces, people who see me as a threat that must be undone. I trust that our love can withstand any test, but I can’t ignore the growing shadows lurking beyond our door.
Because I understand now that those shadows are not waiting to destroy me as I once feared. They’ve come for him. To steal him away from me for good. And to finally and completely engulf him in a sinister world he’s eluded for so long.
In the inescapable darkness of the House of Sin…
Deceived
by Elisabeth Naughton
Publication Date: May 15, 2018
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
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Some doors were never meant to be opened…
I made a fateful mistake. I should never have peeked behind the doors into his forbidden world.
But I did, and now I’m a prisoner. Trapped by the man I thought I loved. The man I once foolishly trusted. The man who, despite his lies and deception, I continue to crave.
He can melt my resolve with one rough, whispered demand, and I feel myself giving in to the desire he still stirs inside me. And yet, if I want to survive, I must find a way to escape. Because if I don’t, I’m afraid I’ll be consumed by a shadowy world that will ultimately destroy me.
Lost forever in his wicked House of Sin…
Forbidden
by Elisabeth Naughton
Publication Date: April 24, 2018
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
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She has no idea what lurks behind the forbidden doors of the House of Sin…
He is temptation. Forbidden fruit. A craving I can’t seem to resist.
I went after him in search of answers, certain he had blood on his hands. Now I’ve fallen prey to his seductive looks and commanding charisma.
I know he is a threat. He’s entwined in a dangerous world I don’t understand. But that doesn’t stop me from aching for his touch, for the taste of his wicked lips.
Before I can truly surrender to the fire smoldering between us, I need to know more. I have to see behind the doors he keeps firmly locked.
I need to discover what he’s hiding in the shadowy world known as the House of Sin…
**WARNING!**
This book is very sexy, very dark, and very addictive! Contains consensual kink and a dark and dominant hero with a dangerous secret.
About Elisabeth Naughton
Before topping multiple bestseller lists—including those of the New York Times, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal—award winning author Elisabeth Naughton taught middle school science. A voracious reader, she soon discovered she had a knack for creating stories with a chemistry of their own. The spark turned into a flame, and Elisabeth now writes full-time.
Elisabeth has penned over thirty books and continues to write in multiple genres. Her books have been translated into numerous languages and have earned several award nominations, including three prestigious RITA® nominations from Romance Writers of America. In 2017, REPRESSED, the first book in her Deadly Secrets series, won the RITA® for best romantic suspense.
Her work has been praised by the Chicago Tribune as being filled with “deadly intrigue, high adrenaline action, and scorchingly hot passion.” Kirkus calls her “a writer talented enough at weaving a yarn to get her readers ensnared in it.” When not dreaming up new stories, Elisabeth can be found spending time with her husband and three children in their western Oregon home, wrangling two needy cats, or chasing after one very rambunctious Dalmatian.
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