1 Night Stand Series
Debbie Gould
Decadent Publishing
January 21st 2012
BLURB:
Lieutenant Colin
Beckett, US Air Force special ops, lost his wife in childbirth while off on a
mission. Two years later, he’s still trying to come to
grips with the guilt that tortures him. And to complicate matters, he finds
himself undeniably attracted to his wife's sister, Emily. Struggling with his
desire, he tells himself he doesn’t deserve a second chance with such an
amazing woman.
Emily wants Colin in her life and her bed. Enlisting the
help of Colin's teammate's and Madame Eve's 1 Night Stand dating service, she
plans to prove to Colin he can have everything he lost once again.
Will their one night lead to the happy ending she longs for
or the loneliness he thinks he deserves?
EXCERPT:
Colin took a step back and cringed. “Aw, shit, Bobby. What’ve
you done?”
Bobby punched Zeke in the shoulder and shook his head.
“Nothing bad. Actually, it’s so simple you’re gonna kick your ass for not
thinking of it first, Ghost.”
He doubted it. More than likely he would kick Bobby’s ass.
The man worked overtime to hook him up, like he was a damn charity case. If he
wanted to get laid, he could go find his own. Unfortunately, the only woman
that spurred his senses in the last year had been Emily. He wanted her so bad
he caught himself thinking about her during the day and woke up sweat-soaked
and hard at night from dreaming about her.
Shit! Maybe he did need to get laid. “I repeat, what have you
done?”
Zeke jumped up. “See, there’s this woman named Madame Eve––”
Colin threw his hands up. “Whoa, whoa, whoa! This is low even
for you. I don’t need a freaking prostitute. Damn, Bobby. What the hell are you
thinking?”
Bobby laughed. “Not that kind of madame. She runs an elite
dating service and sets up one-night stands for consenting adults. It’s a
no-strings-attached kind of thing. Just two like-minded adults looking for a
night of pleasure. That’s it. You both go in with your eyes open and leave the
next more feeling a lot less stressed.”
Colin crossed his arms over his chest and lifted a brow, “And
how does she go about finding these people and matching them up?”
“Don’t worry I’ve checked it all out. You go on her website,
fill out the application. Then she matches you up with someone who meets your
needs. She names the date and place and the rest is on you. It’s all legit.”
“You sound like an infomercial.” Colin shook his head. “This
is fucking crazy, ya know. I have no trouble finding my own women.”
“Never said you did, Lieutenant,” Zeke said. “But this way
you don’t have to troll the bars, hoping to find a woman who wants to get her
rocks off exactly like you. We know that’s not your scene, but this way
everyone gets what they want and walks away happy.”
Bobby glared at Zeke. “Where the hell do you come from
anyway?” He returned his gaze to Colin. “More like a night of mutual pleasure.”
“I have my own ways of relieving stress.”
Bobby snorted. “Uh, yeah. I’m not talking about whacking off
in the shower, dude.”
Colin rubbed his hands over his face. Good God, had he really
been reduced to this? "Fine."
PURCHASE LINKS:
SMASHWORDS: Second Chance (1 Night Stand Series)
DECADENT PUBLISHING: Second Chance (1 Night Stand Series)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Born in Wichita Falls, Texas, at the age of two Debbie and her mother moved to New Jersey, spending many happy years on her grandparents' horse farm. You'll sometimes find this setting as a backdrop in her work.
As a teenager, she and her mother found a new home in Vermont, where she currently resides. With a daughter in the Air Force, one son in college and the other working for the family business, Debbie now shuffles her time between a husband and full time job as a nurse, and writing.
About seven years ago, while looking at over three hundred treasured books lining her shelves, she realized there was a multitude of stories of her own clamoring for release. Since then, she's seriously persevered in keeping the keyboard in constant motion.
With two novels, Mountain's Echo and Infidelity, and two novellas, November Rain and Second Chance now published, Debbie is now also working with a partner, L.J. Garland. Together the two have written Sins of the Mind and are hard at work on many more manuscripts.
Debbie has been a member of KOD, FTHRW, ELEMENTS and RWA Online.
Thanks for having me here today!
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