Total pages in book: 154
Estimated words: 149209 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 746(@200wpm)___ 597(@250wpm)___ 497(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 149209 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 746(@200wpm)___ 597(@250wpm)___ 497(@300wpm)
When we finally lift our heads long moments later, we’re both panting. “No joke, right?”
“I love you. I have for a long time. And I think Bethany Holmes has a wonderful ring to it.”
“My dad thought the same thing. In my last conversation with him, he tried to convince me that you and I would be perfect together.”
I smile. “Your dad was a wonderful, wise man.”
Clint kisses me again. This embrace takes even longer to tear ourselves away from. We’d both rather find the bedroom, but there are still things to settle…
“How do you feel about moving to Maui?” I finally ask between long bouts of lip locks.
“Actually, I was thinking of heading there anyway. Bret and Bry will be okay if I go. They’re men now. They’re both doing great. None of us want to sell the house here since it’s full of our childhood memories. Thankfully, my aunt Sandra has decided to leave Kansas after a miserable winter. So she’ll be moving here in a few weeks. We’re going to rent her the house. She’ll take good care of it. Problem solved.” He gives me a big grin. “When I was on the island, I fell in love with it and the people, just like I fell in love with you. So all we have to do is choose a date to get married and a house in which we’ll live happily ever after.”
I’m beyond elated. When I first stepped foot on Maui, I never imagined the journey would change my life—and me—for the better. My heart feels like it might burst from my chest—in the best way possible.
Tossing my arms around Clint, I kiss my way across his jaw before brushing my lips over his and tugging up on the hem of his very inconvenient shirt. “We’ll look at a calendar and real estate listings later. Right now, I can’t wait to be with you.”
He cups my face in his hands. “Oh, sweetheart. You have no idea how desperate I’ve been to get my hands on you, how much I want to show you in every way possible that I love you. I’m thinking we should get started on the rest of our lives now. We can call the family and give them the good news later. Don’t you think?”
Smiling, I flash him my engagement ring. “I do.”
Get ready for a sexy AF temporary-fling, friends-to-lovers Reed Family Reckoning!
When he became a single dad, Trace Weston swore off romance. Then his sister-in-law asks him to give her bestie, Masey, a post-breakup night of pleasure neither can forget in the first steamy, emotional Reed Family Reckoning: Friends novel.
MORE THAN DARE YOU
Reed Family Reckoning: Friends
by Shayla Black
(available in eBook, print, and audio)
5 Stars! “More than Dare You...was every bit of a sexy, can’t-put-this-book-down page-turner I wanted it to be.” – Reading in the Red Room
I dared her to spend a hot, no-strings night with me. Now I’m determined to keep her forever.
I’m Trace Weston—recently reformed bad boy and full-time single father. My life is already complicated, but when my sister-in-law asks me to give her bestie, who just ended her long-term relationship with a cheating jerk, some hot, post-breakup pleasure, I’m game. I never expected to want Masey Garrett with a burning hunger, but she’s shy, sassy, driven, and incredibly kind. Suddenly I’m falling fast…but she’s only mine for a night.
What’s a former player to do? Change the rules.
Now she’s under my roof day and night. We’re playing house…but I want a real family. Though she loves my newborn son, the skittish beauty keeps her feelings about me a secret. There’s nothing I wouldn’t do to win her over, but other than passion, how can I persuade Masey I’m the man for her? Sure, I could drop an L bomb…except that once imploded my heart. But when her past turns her world upside down, can I chance everything and dare Masey to stay with me forever?
EXCERPT
“She’s just wanting a one-night thing, right?”
“Yeah. She’s looking to pop her post-Thom cherry with a manwhore who can show her everything she’s been missing. I told her you’d be perfect.”
I try not to let Harlow’s words sting. Normally, I’d grin at that description and own it. I can’t deny that’s who I am. Well, who I was. But being a dad has made me look at life more seriously. I have my eye on the future now. Not the endless pussy I can chase but the actual months and years in front of me…and what I should fill them with. For my sister-in-law, though, I’ll do this favor and help her friend feel good.
“Sure.”
She winces. “Sorry if I offended you. I didn’t mean to.”
“It’s fine. So she wants to know what it’s like to have someone other than Thom fuck her?”
“Yes and no. Yes, she wants to know what it’s like for someone other than the selfish douche she dated for ten years to fuck her.” Harlow leans in and drops her voice. “But when Thom dumped her for a chick who masturbates online for a living, he told Masey she sucked in bed. It’s not good for a girl’s confidence.”