Suddenly Beautiful Blurb:
Being the son of Aphrodite isn’t a walk in the clouds. Rebelling against
his demi-god status, billionaire make-up mogul Toraos Stephanos fights to
separate his personal life and the immortal world by swearing off demi-god
girlfriends forever. Too bad his newest employee can't take the
hint.
Though Nikki secretly pines for her smoking hot boss, no way will she jeopardize her job and independence professing her love to a guy so clearly out of her league. Too bad that leaves her with only imagining him naked and thinking evil thoughts about the new girl.
Though Nikki secretly pines for her smoking hot boss, no way will she jeopardize her job and independence professing her love to a guy so clearly out of her league. Too bad that leaves her with only imagining him naked and thinking evil thoughts about the new girl.
After a single bottle of Ambrosia and one night of passion... Nikki finally thinks she has a chance with the man of her dreams. But the next morning, Tor pretends like nothing happened, leaving Nikki with an emerging drive for combat—after all, turns out she is the daughter of Ares and she's about to make her mama proud.
All is fair in love and war... and Nikki's not about to let anyone forget it.
Excerpt from Suddenly Beautiful
Okay, something was definitely wrong. His hand stopped
pushing her along and began a tiny stroking motion against her waist, and a
tremor of pleasure skated through her. She struggled to wrap her mind around
the fact that Toraos Stephanos was jealous, which meant he must be interested
in her. Wait, did it mean he was interested, or just
being an overly possessive boss who was afraid of losing his underpaid, overly
fervent assistant?
He stumbled and fell against her. Whether on purpose or
accident, the hand on her waist made a bold move upward to her breast.
“Whoa there.” Her reaction was swift but futile. The man was
strong and his hand determined. A zing of desire shot through her when his
fingers found her nipple through her jacket. “We—uhhh.” His thumb pressed
against her, drawing her to a tight peak. What had she been going to say? With
Herculean effort, she pushed his hand down to rest at her waist. He stumbled
again. “Are you drunk?”
He mumbled something she couldn’t understand into her hair.
Of course he was drunk. He'd just fondled his assistant. To prevent him from
falling, she wrapped her arm around his hips. If she could get him into his private
elevator and upstairs, he should be okay.
“We’re almost there.”
“Your hair smells good.” He nuzzled her ear and sniffed.
“Like rain and sunshine.”
“Well, I did just switch shampoos.”
This night had shot from a four to a seven on her bizarre
meter. He was so close and felt entirely too good pressed against her.
She tilted her head away from him, trying to dislodge his
face from her hair, but he stuck to her like Velcro. As they stopped in front
of the elevator, she had to lean into him in order to press the button, which
brought them face-to-face.
Eyes the color of toffee peered back at her. Oh man, he was
so gorgeous he scattered her thoughts.
Her finger flailed against the cool metal plate until she
found the 'up' button. She punched the up arrow but didn’t lower her hand
because he stroked her arm. She should protest but that would require coherent
thought and the ability to form sentences.
His fingers slid from her wrist, along her forearm, and under her elbow, sending tingles rippling across her
shoulders. Her breath hitched as her arm hovered in the air, afraid if she moved he’d stop touching her. His gaze caressed her face and heat blossomed up her neck. Was he going to kiss her? He looked like he
was going to kiss her. He shouldn’t kiss her. Please God, let him kiss me.
Her conscience shouted, “He’s your boss! And he might
possibly be liquored up!” from
somewhere in the back of her mind. Screw that. Toreas Stephanos was feeling her
up finally and she was totally going with it. With a mental kick, she slammed
the door on her pesky scruples.
The elevator dinged, and the doors slid open just as he
leaned in. Instead of giving her the much-anticipated
kiss, Tor wrapped his hands around her arms and backed her into the confined
space. His eyes never left hers and his mouth teased, lingering an inch from
her lips.
But he didn’t kiss her. Damn him.
He crowded her into the elevator until she bumped against
the back wall. The sleek handrail that ran around three sides of the car pressed
into her back. The entire length of his torso lay against her, and she could
feel every curve, every dip…and every bulge of his body. Even she couldn’t misread the message. He
wanted her.
The doors shut, but the elevator didn’t move.
“I don’t have the spare keycard.” Her voice cracked. “Do you
have yours?”
“It’s in my pocket.” A wicked smile spread across his mouth,
and he placed a hand on either side of her head against the wall. “Find it.”
Nikki swallowed hard. “Umm no. ”
He tilted his head, his gaze drilling into hers. “Yes.”
Since the day Tor had interviewed her for the job, she’d dreamed about fondling his tight rear end, and now she’d been
handed a grope all you want pass. But
she really needed to resist the temptation. She shuddered to think what this morning after might look like,
fairly certain it would include a pink slip for date raping her drunk boss. “I
don’t think that’s a good idea.”
“I do.”
This was getting her nowhere. Without his cooperation, she
wouldn’t be able to get him to the penthouse. No assistant should have to
endure this much temptation. If she got him in bed—unmolested—she’d deserve a
raise.
Her touch was tentative at first, like finally trying on the
thousand-dollar pair of shoes in the store window she’d always
admired but unsure if they’d be as awesome as she imagined. She needn’t have
worried.
Her hands glided across the firm plains of his backside. Sweet
baby Jesus, he was built. Her fingers itched to squeeze the tight cheeks and
pull him against her, but she only just remembered she was searching for his
security card. “You don’t have any back pockets.”
“Don’t I?” He ground his hips against her pelvis, and his
voice rumbled against her chest. “You’d best check the front ones.”
This was not happening. Her super hot boss who'd never shown
an ounce of interest in her before tonight was not urging her to feel up his merchandise in the company elevator.
No way. But what if he was? What was she going to do about it? She needed to
find his key card and get him to his suite of rooms upstairs, that's what.
Clearly he had drunk more than she remembered, and they'd both be embarrassed
in the morning.
Her hands slid along his hips and into the front pockets of
his pants. She squeezed her eyes shut and leaned forward, bending her elbows in
order to wedge her fingers into the constricted compartments. The small space
separating them shrunk. Their lips brushed but didn’t fully make contact.
His topaz gaze caught hers again and wouldn't let go.
Silently they both weighed what was about to happen, his fist gripping her blouse
and pulling her even closer.
She dove deeper, kind of searching for the keycard, but
mainly hoping for a gratuitous feel of his manhood, if she were being honest.
The man was pure perfection. Her hand bumped the rigid line
of his erection, eliciting a low growl from him, and all thoughts of resisting
morphed in an all-consuming need she couldn't fight any longer. She schooled
the impulse to wrap her leg around his waist and grind like a teenager at prom.
If they were going to do this, and by now she'd pretty much decided to hell
with her job—she wanted this man more than her next breath—and she didn’t want
to be interrupted. With a mental shake, she swept her hands along the inside of
his pockets.
“There’s no key in your front pockets either,” she whispered
against his mouth.
He leaned back a fraction, removing his creeping hand from
her ribs, and extracted the card from the breast pocket of his
jacket. “Oh, here it is.”
Her gaze narrowed. “You knew it was there all the time.”
Without denying her accusation, he twisted to swipe the card
along the security pad and pressed P. The only time she’d ever been to his
penthouse was to drop off dry cleaning or files that needed to be signed. The
visits had been brief, and she’d always been alone. Not this time.
The elevator hummed and eased upward. He faced her, their
eyes locking. This was it, the moment she’d been dreaming about since the day
she’d met Toraos Stephanos.
The million reasons why she shouldn’t make out with her boss
now the furthest thought from her mind. Screw it all. She'd start combing the
want ads in the morning, but tonight she was going to finally find out what it
meant to be fucked by a god.
And right now she wanted that kiss. She rose onto her
tiptoes to meet his lips halfway.
Imagination had nothing on the real thing.
At first touch, electricity ignited
through her body, crackling along her skin and making the hair on her arms
tingle. She wasn’t sure, but she thought the recessed lights above flicked.
Wow, it was like Mardi Gras in her mouth.
She gasped and his tongue swept in, effectively driving
every sane thought from her head as an unbearable sweetness coated her tongue.
No wonder Demetria hadn’t wanted to share the wine from the golden bottle; it made the red she and Creed had been drinking taste like
vinegar.
A euphoric haze stole through her mind, lighting every nerve
in her body. It was as if Tor had morphed into one of those Hindu gods with all
those arms. His hands were everywhere, God bless him, fondling her breasts,
stroking her back, and massaging her butt, seemingly all at the same time.
She gripped his ass and pulled him against her. When that
wasn’t satisfying enough, she attempted a leg wrap, but the confining material
of her skirt halted her vigorous attack, snapping her leg back down. Damn her
sensible work clothes.
Tor broke their kiss and twisted, smashing the emergency
stop button with his fist. The elevator lurched to a halt,
throwing Nikki against him. His fingers pulled at the pins in her hair and
loosened the tight bun. She gave a little shake of her head, sending the
straight tresses cascading over her shoulders.
Next, Tor’s exploration moved to the buttons of her jacket,
pulling until it fell open to expose her clinging camisole to his touch. Cool
air from the vent swept around her but was instantly warmed by the heat of his
body.
She knew she should stop this—they were making out in the
company elevator. There might even be
security cameras in here. But then he kissed her and all coherent thoughts of
propriety and modesty evaporated like a fog on a warm summer morning. She
couldn't care less right now if this moment ended up on YouTube tomorrow. Maybe
she'd become an internet sensation: How To Screw Your Boss Into Delirium.
Totally worth it.
His hands glided up her waist, over her breasts, and along her shoulders to push the jacket off. The coat
dropped to the floor, and she gave it a quick kick into the corner. His lips
found hers again, his teeth nipping at her bottom lip. She threaded her fingers
through the strands of his thick hair, relishing the silkiness.
His sensual attack traveled downward, along her neck and
collarbone. Moist kisses were followed by the tickle of breath brushing against
her sensitive skin. He traced the top of her green camisole with his
fingertips.
“I’ve always wondered what you hid under those proper
jackets.” His finger hooked he thin strap and pulled it over her shoulder to
expose one of the bright-green lace cups of her push-up bra. “Ah, more layers.”
“Really? You’ve always wondered?” She brushed the hair away from his face so she could watch
his movements. “Because you never seemed interested before tonight.”
“Then I was a fool.” He laid several kisses along the swell of
her breast before dipping his fingers beneath the delicate material to pull it
down and expose her nipple. “That’s what I’ve been looking for.”
“Are you sure you haven’t drunk too much? Maybe your wine
was stronger than mine.”
He didn’t answer, only gave her a low moan of satisfaction.
Her breathing became labored, and her back arched toward
him, needing to feel his lips on her body. The moist drag of his tongue rasped
across her nipple. She watched him pull back and blow, the pink bud tightening
into a painful nub, and a surge of desire spiraled to her core.
He lowered his head again, drawing her nipple into his
mouth. A moan mixed with panting escaped her. When his hand drifted to remove
the other shoulder strap, she reached over and practically ripped the camisole off.
“Too slow,” she panted. Her head lolled against the smooth
panel of the back wall and her eyes closed.
A low chuckle escaped his throat as he continued his
assault. With each tug of his mouth, a delicious ache surged between her legs.
His lips traveled to the other breast, pulling away the lace and laving her
nipple with equal attention. She tightened the grip on his hair, guiding him,
demanding more. He complied. “You taste like wine,” he said, his
voice vibrating against her breast.
“It’s the wine I spilled.”
“I like it.”
After several minutes of mindless bliss from his mouth, Tor
knelt to caress her calves, his fingers drifting up and under her skirt and
gathering the material. His
gaze captured hers, burning into her. The beat of her heart
quickened. He had a way of making her feel like
the sexiest woman on earth right now. All of this was almost too good to believe—though
she'd dreamed of it a million times.
"God,
you smell good." He nuzzled against her stomach, drawing in a deep breath.
"I need you—need to touch all of you, Nikki."
Fine with
her—no, not fine, but then he touched her again. She couldn't have brought
herself to stop him if she'd wanted to—which she didn't. The skirt hitched around her upper thighs and she was
suddenly very happy all her comfy cotton panties had been in the laundry.
Tor leaned in and kissed her inner thigh. She brushed the
hair away from his face so she could see every sweet thing he did to her. His
tongue swept upward, drawing gloriously close to where she wanted him to focus
his attention. She shifted and widened her stance—just in case they had the
same idea.
His fingers stroked up the back of her thighs and around the
inside to lightly brush the junction between her legs. Sweet mother of pearl,
she was ready to jump out of her skin. The worry of later consequences ghosted
through her mind, but when Tor’s hands slid over her rear end and hooked his fingers at the waistband of her lacy undies to drag
them down,
the worries vanished. The garment pooled around her ankles
and she kicked it free, adding it to her jacket in the corner.
She grabbed the hem of her skirt and hauled it upward,
allowing Tor free rein, and he gave her the most satisfied smile she’d ever
seen on a man, before turning his attention back to her heat.
With the lightest touch, he brushed his fingers along her
sensitive flesh. Shivers vibrated along her thighs. Again he stroked her, this
time a little harder. His finger brushed her clit, making her jump. His hands
caressed the front of her thighs, his thumbs massaging inward, opening her to
his touch. She let her knees widen, giving him better access. Tension seized
her body as she waited for that glorious sensation—the first swipe of his hot
tongue.
He leaned in, burying his face against her…and licked.
“Tor.” His name hissed from her lips. No other words would
come.
He turned slightly and slid his shoulder between her legs,
lifting her thigh to nestle more firmly against him. His tongue flicked, and
she thought her knees were going to buckle from the exquisite sensation racing
through her. Her hips thrust against his mouth, and a low moan rumbled from
him, the strokes of his tongue increasing in pressure and speed. His hands
kneaded her ass, pulling her close, drinking her in.
Unable to help herself, she twined her fingers through his
hair to hold him against her. Spikes of pleasure spiraled, drawing out the
heated ache growing between her legs. She gyrated against his mouth as his
tongue flicked her clit and then drove deep into her. Tiny whimpers huffed from
her with each thrust of her hips. She hovered, needing the release that held
her at the edge of ecstasy.
Two fingers dove
inside her as his tongue flicked and dragged, working her until she thought
she’d shatter. She gasped and pressed forward, riding his mouth while one of
his hands held her ass, firmly moving her back and forth along his tongue, and
the other expertly pumping his fingers inside her, drawing out the exquisite
torture.
Finally, he offered her release. Focusing on her clit, he
licked and sucked until every nerve in her body quivered and exploded with a
shout of ecstasy. The bones in her legs seemed to melt, making it nearly
impossible to stand—or speak. Beads of sweat slid between her breasts and
disappeared into her bra. Heavy pants were all she could form.
About Boone:
As a multi-published and an award winning author, Boone's
writing drips with experiences from real life. Addicted to anything that might
make a good story, she weaves tales that range from dark fantasy to humorous
romance. Settled in the icy regions of Alaska with the love of her life and
twin daughters, it's not uncommon to find her tapping away on her iPad on a
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