Welcome to my stop on the A Little Too Hot blog tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours!
Today I am excited to share an excerpt, as well as a giveaway with you all!
A Little Too Hot (A Little Too Far #3)
by: Lisa Desrochers
Publication Date: Jan. 21, 2014
Publisher: William Morrow Impulse
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Age Group: New Adult
Page Count: 284 pages
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Synopsis
From USA Today bestselling author Lisa Desrochers, comes the third book in her sizzling New Adult series.
If you play with fire…
Tossed out of college and cut off by her parents, Samantha West is in pretty dire straits. So when her rocker best friend hooks her up with a job dancing at a gentlemen’s club, who is she to turn it down? Plus, there are rules to dancing at Benny’s: No touching, keep your clothes on at all times, and never get closer than three feet. Unfortunately for Sam, her first private client makes her want to break every single one of them.
Harrison Yates is scorching hot, but he’s got a past that involves being left at the altar not too long ago. Sam is determined to make him forget about his ex, but when she makes her move, it flings her life into a spiral of chaos she never saw coming.
Because Harrison Yates isn’t who he seems to be. And his secret will probably get her killed.
Praise for A LITTLE TOO HOT
“Every page is deliciously breathtaking, wickedly sexy and sensational. A LITTLE TOO HOT is wonderfully unique and a LOT HOT! I am a HUGE Lisa Desrochers fan.”
— Katy Evans, New York Times bestselling author of REAL, MINE, and REMY
— Katy Evans, New York Times bestselling author of REAL, MINE, and REMY
“Lisa is brilliant at creating sizzling sexual tension and impossible circumstances that make the reader hold their breath all the way to happy ever after. Sam and Harrison are more than A Little Too Hot, they are scorching!"
— Jay Crownover, New York Times bestselling author of RULE, JET, and ROME
— Jay Crownover, New York Times bestselling author of RULE, JET, and ROME
“Lisa Desrochers’ best yet! A LITTLE TOO HOT is hotter than hot with all the emotional punch to back it up!”
— Sophie Jordan, New York Times bestselling author
— Sophie Jordan, New York Times bestselling author
Excerpt
Chapter 10
I’m grasping at
any distraction, so when Izzy calls and invites me to the movies the next
afternoon, I suggest a double header. We’re in the middle of our second—the new
Star Trek—when Izzy nudges my knee with hers.
“Is he hotter than
that?” she asks with a jut of her chin at the screen, where Chris Pine and his
yummy blue eyes gaze out at us.
“Yes.”
Her eyes widen,
glowing white in the silver light. “Oh, girlfriend! You got to go for it.”
I slouch deeper
into my seat and stare up at the screen. “What if he says no?”
“Have you seen
yourself? He’s not going to say no.”
“He’s on the
rebound.”
“So?”
I look at her. “So
… I don’t want to be his rebound girl.”
“Why not? It’s not
like you’re looking to marry the guy. It’s just a hook-up.”
I turn that over
in my head and realize she’s right. “So, you think I should just ask him on a
date or something?”
“Don’t overthink
this, Sam. If he comes into the club tonight, just tell him you want him to
take you home after shift. It’s that easy.”
“You sound like you’ve
done this before.”
She smiles and
turns back to the screen, and I know I’m right.
#
When we get to
Benny’s, Izzy helps me with my boots in the dressing room because my hands are
shaking so hard I can’t get the laces right.
“Chill,” she says,
resting a hand over mine. “It’s going to happen.”
I let her slip my
hands off my boots and lean back in the sofa. “He’s going to say no.”
“Then he’s an
asshat,” she says, tugging on my laces. “But if you want him, you’ll never know
if he wants you back unless you ask.”
“I feel so
stupid,” I lament, throwing my hands over my burning face.
She finishes my
laces and pats my leg. “You’re consenting adults. Ben and Nora have no say over
who you see on your own time. There’s no reason for you not to go for it, and
I’ll bet half my tips he doesn’t say no.”
I peek out from
between my fingers. “You think?”
She grins at me.
“I know.”
“Then why didn’t
you bet all your tips?” She laughs and I cover my face again. “Oh God,”
I groan, “I can’t believe I’m doing this.”
She pries a hand
loose and pulls me up by it. “Showtime, girlfriend.”
Nora’s in the hall
when we step out of the dressing room. “Move your tails. You’re late!”
She shoos us up
the hall to our stages, and when I step out onto mine, the first thing I do, as
always, is scan the crowd for him. It only takes a second to spot him, up near
the bar, leaning against the rail that separates the mezzanine from the pit. He
looks so relaxed, so sure of himself, that he stands out from the rest of the
clientele. He tips his beer at me in a salute and smiles when he sees me
gawking.
I suck the drool off my lower lip and watch him
watching me on the stage. With every passing song, I gain more confidence when
he hardly seems to notice the women circling him. Even on the occasion one swoops
in, he brushes her off and his eyes never stray from me. I feel them move over
me like a gentle caress as I dance just for him.
“Girlie!” Nora
calls between songs, and I realize I’m totally lost in my fantasy. It seems
like I’ve only been out here a few minutes. It can’t possibly be the end of my
three hour shift.
I turn and find
her at the door, peering out from behind the curtain, crooking her finger at me
that I should come. I grab the last few tips being waved in the air at the
front of my stage, and Jen brushes past me to take my place as Nora hooks my
elbow and pulls me out the door.
“Did I do
something wrong?” I ask, afraid maybe she found out about my plan.
She doesn’t let
loose her grasp on my elbow as she marches me up the hall to the office, and my
stomach is in knots until she grins at me. “You did something very right.
You’ve got five privates. Had to pull you off early so there’ll be time before
closing to make all your fans happy.” But then she lets me go and holds up her
notebook, tapping the last name on the list with the end of her pen: Harrison
Yates. “He’s paid for an hour again. If there’s something going on between you
two, you better be keeping it outside this club, girlie,” she warns.
I roll my eyes and
try to come off all casual, but my heart is racing. “I’m following the rules,
Nora. I promise.”
One at a time she
leads the first four in and I dance. I stay on my game by remembering that
every passing minute brings me closer to my target. Two hours later, when
Harrison walks in, all I can think about is what I want to do to him—what I’m going
to do to him.
Nora gives me a
meaningful look and closes the door.
Harrison’s gaze
takes possession of me as it sweeps over my body. “I’m not sure I like sharing
you with so many other men,” he says, stepping closer.
Say it, I
coach myself. Don’t chicken out. “I know a way you could have me all to
yourself.”
He tips his head
in a question and something feral flares in his eyes.
“Where are you
staying?” I ask, working to keep the shake out of my voice.
“I have a hotel.”
“Bring me home
with you.” My heart is hammering against my ribs and I can barely breath, but I
manage to get it out.
But when his face
pulls into a grimace, I want to shrivel up and die. “Sam … one of the crew is
staying in my room tonight.”
I back toward the
door, embarrassed. “If you don’t want to—” But that’s as far as I get before
he’s cut me off, a hand twisted into my hair and his mouth devouring mine.
His kiss isn’t
gentle. It’s hungry and insistent. It’s rough and hot and angry. It’s so
desperate that I ache with his need. His tongue slashes through my lips and I
open wide, letting him have me, letting him taste all of me.
But then he lets
me go and staggers back as if I’ve burned him. “I’m sorry. I just … ” He shoves
a hand through is hair and lowers his gaze. “You make me crazy. I can’t even
think when I’m around you.”
“I don’t want you
to think.”
His eyes lift to
mine as I stalk toward him. They burn with need as I lay my hands on his chest,
then smooth them up to his shoulders.
“What about the
rules?” he asks, breathily.
“Screw the rules.”
I push him backward until the sofa takes his legs out from under him, then
climb astride his lap.
Other Books in the Series
Have you ever gone just a little too far?
Lexie Banks has.
Yep. She just had mind-blowing sex with her stepbrother. In her defense, she was on the rebound, and it’s more of a my-dad-happened-to-marry-a-woman-with-a-super-hot-son situation. But still, he’s been her best friend and confidant for the better part of the last few years … and is so off limits. It’s a good thing she’s leaving in two days for a year abroad in Rome.
But even thousands of miles away, Lexie can’t seem to escape trouble. Raised Catholic, she goes to confession in hopes of alleviating some of her guilt … and maybe not burning in hell. Instead, she stumbles out of the confessional and right into Alessandro Moretti, a young and very easy-on-the-eyes deacon … only eight months away from becoming a priest. Lexie and Alessandro grow closer, and when Alessandro’s signals start changing despite his vow of celibacy, she doesn’t know what to think. She’s torn between falling in love with the man she shouldn’t want and the man she can’t have. And she isn’t sure how she can live with herself either way.
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In the follow-up to Lisa Desrochers’ explosive New Adult novel A Little too Far, Alessandro Moretti must face the life he escaped and the girl he loved and left behind.
Twenty-two year old Hilary McIntyre would like nothing more than to forget her past. As a teenager abandoned to the system, she faced some pretty dark times. But now that’s all behind her. Hilary has her life on track, and there’s no way she’ll head back down that road again.
Until Alessandro Moretti—the one person who can make her remember—shows up on her doorstep. He’s even more devastatingly gorgeous than before, and he’s much too close for comfort. Worse, he sees right through the walls she’s built over these last eight years, right into her heart and the secrets she’s guarding.
As Hilary finds herself falling back into love with the man who, as a boy both saved and destroyed her, she must decide. Past or future? Truth or lies?
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About the Author
Lisa Desrochers is the USA Today bestselling author of A LITTLE TOO FAR, courtesy of HarperCollins, and companions, A LITTLE TOO MUCH (Nov. 12, 2013), and A LITTLE TOO HOT (Jan. 21, 2014). Also in stores is her YA PERSONAL DEMONS trilogy (Macmillan).
She lives in Central California with her husband and two very busy daughters. There is never a time that she can be found without a book in her hand, and she adores stories that take her to new places, and then take her by surprise.
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