She needs him,
and her body won't let her forget it.
Ruined With You, an all-new
installment in the Stark Security series of
standalones, from New York Times
bestselling author J. Kenner, is available now!
When
her high maintenance boss is assaulted, manager Xena Morgan contacts the only
person who can help—the sexy, arrogant, incredibly capable Stark Security agent
Liam Foster. The former vigilante takes every case personally, and he's
determined to find answers—particularly since he thought he'd cleared this
threat already.
Xena
had been thrilled when Liam completed his assignment, because he affected her
in ways she didn't want to contemplate, awakening yearnings that threatened her
deepest secrets.
But
now she needs him, and her body won't let her forget it.
As
their attraction heats to a feverish degree, the web of lies, danger, and
passion they find themselves in tangles further. Liam will stop at nothing to
protect his client, even if it means sacrificing everything he holds dear ...
and exposing the secrets that may destroy him—and Xena—forever.
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Excerpt
If he was going to have inappropriate fantasies about
an off-limits woman, it should be Ellie. But no, he’d gone and fixated on a
reedy blond girl with a sharp tongue and eyes that seemed to look right through
him.
He told himself he didn’t know why, but that wasn’t
entirely true. She was sharp and determined. She spoke little, but when she did
it mattered. And her loyalty to Ellie shone like a beacon.
All admirable qualities, but there was more to Xena
Morgan, he was sure of it. And it was that mystery that intrigued him.
Something raw. Edgy. He didn’t know exactly what was buried deep inside her,
but he’d seen enough damaged people to know that her soul was at least as
scarred as his.
But that didn’t make them compatible. On the contrary,
that made them combustible.
And that meant that Xena Morgan was a complication he
simply didn’t need. And the sooner he exorcised her from his thoughts, the
better.
A burst of white light flooded the backstage area, and
Liam realized with a start that rehearsal had ended. Ellie was leaning against
a giant set piece, talking with one of the roadies, and there was no longer
anyone standing in the wings opposite him.
Frowning, he started to step onto the stage, then
hesitated, wondering if Rye would prefer he go straight to the dressing room.
He turned to look for the manager, only to find Xena instead, her head slightly
cocked, a knowing smirk playing at the corner of her wide, tempting mouth.
Too tempting, and he thanked his lucky stars and a
deep well of self-restraint that he’d kept himself in check despite that final
night at Ellie’s after-party when they’d stood too close together as the
alcohol flowed and the city twinkled below them.
Her hair had been loose, and her soft curls had
fluttered in the midnight breeze. Today, those blond strands were pulled back
into a severe ponytail, a style that put her face on display.
It was a beautiful face, albeit in an unusual kind of
way. The kind of face that probably photographed incredibly well, but in real
life seemed a little too sharp, an effect that was softened by a smattering of
freckles across her nose and cheeks as well as by her hypnotic blue eyes.
She wore skinny jeans and a white tank top, which
clearly revealed that she was about as flat as your average twelve-year-old
boy. Even in the flirty black dress she’d worn at Ellie’s party, she’d looked
delicate. Ephemeral. As if he could break her with nothing more than a hug.
He’d imagined her in his arms, their limbs entwined. His black skin in stark
contrast to her pale white, so delicate she probably burned if she even thought
about the sun. He wanted her under him, her fragile body crushed beneath him,
her heart skittering in passion as she surrendered, trusting him not to hurt
her despite his power to do exactly that.
She’d wanted him, too; he was certain of it. He’d seen
it in her eyes. He’d heard it in her breath. But he’d known damn well that he’d
never risk having her, not knowing where it might lead and what demons he might
unleash.
About J. Kenner
J.
Kenner (aka Julie Kenner) is the New York
Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Wall
Street Journal and #1 International bestselling author of over one hundred
novels, novellas and short stories in a variety of genres.
Though
known primarily for her award-winning and international bestselling erotic
romances (including the Stark and Most Wanted series) that have reached as high
as #2 on the New York Times bestseller
list, JK has been writing full time for over a decade in a variety of genres
including paranormal and contemporary romance, “chicklit” suspense, urban
fantasy, and paranormal mommy lit.
JK
has been praised by Publishers Weekly as
an author with a “flair for dialogue and eccentric characterizations” and by RT Bookclub for having “cornered the
market on sinfully attractive, dominant antiheroes and the women who swoon for
them.” A six time finalist for Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA
award, JK took home the first RITA trophy awarded in the category of erotic
romance in 2014 for her novel, Claim Me (book
2 of her Stark Trilogy) and in 2017 for Wicked
Dirty in the same category. Her Demon Hunting Soccer Mom series (as Julie
Kenner) is currently in development as a television show.
Her
books have sold over three million copies and are published in over twenty
languages.
In
her previous career as an attorney, JK worked as a clerk on the Fifth Circuit
Court of Appeals, and practiced primarily civil, entertainment and First
Amendment litigation in Los Angeles and Irvine, California, as well as in
Austin, Texas. She currently lives in
Central Texas, with her husband, two daughters, and two rather spastic cats.
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