Title: See Me
Author: Michele Arris
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Blitz: October 30th
About See Me:
When a ruthless
casino developer threatens everything she holds dear, bakery store owner
Kennedi Chase cooks up an unconventional plan to protect her family legacy. She
may despise Trenton Shaw’s plans, but why does he have to be so wickedly
charming and sexy?
A brutal
divorce has left developer Trenton Shaw with a bitter taste towards women and
little patience for anything that disrupts his goals. The new parking garage on
the Washington D.C. Wharf is essential to his casino. No little cake baker is
going to get in his way, no matter how gorgeous, tenacious, or tempting he
might find her kisses.
There’s no denying the sizzling hot attraction as
professional entanglements become highly personal. But when Trenton confronts
Kennedi with a secret that could destroy her family, she’s forced into a
desperate choice. How can she make him see his ambitions could destroy her
dreams? Can she teach him to see that
sometimes the best way to win is to surrender?
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“Trent, I—”
“What can I do to
persuade you to tell me your name?” he cut in. “Perhaps we could discuss it
more over dinner. For now, I’d settle for a dance. I like this song.”
“I don’t—”
“You don’t dance?”
“Yes, but,” she
looked around, “no one’s dancing.”
“It’s just a
dance…unless you need to get your boyfriend’s permission.” He delivered a
playful wiggle of dark eyebrows.
“Is that your way
of asking me if I have a boyfriend?”
“Precisely.”
Boyfriend?
What’s that? Twenty-eight and no prospects. Who has time for a
relationship? “No, I don’t have a boyfriend.”
“Good to know.”
His impish grin stretched wide. “One dance won’t hurt anything. And you look
much too beautiful in that dress to not stand center stage.”
Without waiting
for a reply, he took her glass and set it along with his on the table, then
rested a palm at the low vee of the dress at her exposed spine, the tips of his
fingers stealing a graze of her skin as he led her just to the edge of the
dance floor. Large, formidable hands fitted easily to the curves of her hips
and drew her in close. With her black beaded purse pressed against his back in
one hand, she planted the other firmly on his shoulder, setting and dictating
the distance between them.
Kennedi took a
look around. “Trust me, this outfit offers no obscurity. I think I’m the only
one here in red.”
“You’ve made it my
new favorite color.”
She hooded her
gaze just a touch and gave a slight, probing push. “Is this the charming side
of you, Trent?”
“Is it working?”
He coaxed her in a bit more, their hips making contact as the melodious tempo
of Jai Wolf’s “Like It’s Over” had them falling into a natural rhythm.
Soon, others
joined them, filling up the narrow parquet hardwood floor.
“To think I almost
didn’t show tonight. I would’ve missed out on something wonderful.”
Kennedi regarded
his smooth-shaven features and on up to eyes that appeared more gray than blue
when the glimmer of chandelier crystals caught hold. “And what might that be?”
“Cantaloupe-bacon
cuisine.” He smiled a wickedly beautiful smile, that amplified his easy good
looks.
Laughter broke
from her that couldn’t be contained as realization hit full force: she’d have
to come up with another plan. “I tell you what, if you guess the first letter
in my name, I’ll tell you what it is…but you can’t just trail down the
alphabet.”
“Okay. G for
Ginger.”
She drew back,
brow raised. “You think I look like a Ginger?”
“Hmm, you’re
right. Not Ginger. More like C for Candy?” He laughed with eyes dipping to her
breasts. “Just kidding.”
“Real funny.” She
grinned back at his cheerful expression and was quite surprised by jaunty
demeanor as he lightly slipped a caressing hand up and down her bare back while
trying out a few more names that didn’t stick.
About the Author:
Michele Arris is an award-winning author whose debut book, Devil’s
Deal, won the 2015 Romance Writers of America, Golden Heart award in the
Erotic Romance category. She has always had a fondness for romance and happy
endings. Even when she’s not seated in front of her computer, shaping bad-ass
alpha heroes who meet their match in strong, hardworking heroines, she’s
plotting scenes in her head. She lives in the Washington D.C. area. Get to know
more about Michele by visiting her website at michelearris.com. Find her also
on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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