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To help promote her upcoming release, Chains, author Shiloh Walker is doing a dash through some of the blogs in romanceland, leaving behind excerpts. If you’d like to get entered to win a gift certificate for $100 (your choice from the online booksellers), all you have to do is visit the blogs, read the excerpts and leave a comment. The excerpts are in order, just visit the first blog, Karen Knows Best and go on from there!
Chains
An all new novel of erotic suspense
They weren’t friends. They weren’t enemies. The only thing the three girls had in common was the high school they went to in Madison, Ohio—until one tragic night. Now, fifteen years later, they’re returning home where passion—and danger—await…
Renee Lincoln was the homecoming queen—with the perfect boyfriend and the perfect life. After that horrible night, she rebelled the only way she knew how: by submitting to her wildest fantasies…
Tall, blonde, and athletic, Lacey Talbot was a golden girl with a bright future. She’s found success as a photographer, but no man has ever been able to satisfy her. No man but the bad boy she left behind…
Sherra Salinger has always looked like a princess out of some fairy tale. The books she writes, though, stem from the nightmare of that one night. And she shrinks from any man’s attention—especially the one stalking her…
They’re coming back to Madison—and it won’t be happy reunion. There are three men, all dangerous in a different way. And when each of them surrender their bodies to the heat, when they succumb to desire, they’ll find the safety they desperately need…
Excerpt (part two)
Fifteen Years Later
Drip.
Drip.
Drip.
Lacey tried to block out the sound of the leaky water faucet, closing her eyes and resting her back against the wall.
Drip.
Drip.
Drip.
Muttering under her breath, she surged out of the hard, ladder-backed chair and stomped across the waiting room, into the bathroom. It was small, with nothing more than a toilet, a mirror and a sink. A sink with a faucet that kept going…drip. Drip. Drip.
Clenching her jaw, she turned the knobs until that infernal dripping stopped. “There.” Spinning around, she headed out of the bathroom—and crashed straight into Seth Salinger’s chest.
Seth—shit.
One of the main reasons she rarely came back home for more than a day or two. Enough time had passed. Lacey would have thought that maybe she could handle seeing him.
Obviously not.
Get over it. It was one fucking night. Five years ago!
One long, blissful night…one night…and the last damn time a guy touched me and made me feel much of anything—
A night where her brain had actually shut down on her. A night that haunted her dreams. A night that still had the power to make her belly get all hot and shaky. There you go, making things seem bigger than they really are. It was one night—the earth didn’t move, you didn’t fall head over heels in love, and there’s no reason you can’t act like an adult here.
No reason. Adult. Got it. She forced herself to look in his eyes and reminded herself, It’s been five years since that night, kid. It was a fluke—
She might have even succeeded if he hadn’t touched her. His hands came up, cupped over her upper arms and steadied her and heat flared along her skin. Her heart skipped a few beats and started to slam in a sexy little rumba against her breastbone while she tried to get her breathing to level.
“Hey. You okay?”
Easing back, she forced herself to smile at him. “Just peachy, Sheriff.”
A smile tugged at his mouth. His very nice mouth…
“You look exhausted.”
But Lacey barely heard the words at first—she was too busy focusing on that mouth and remembering. Lacey groaned inwardly and gave herself a mental kick in the ass. This was why she hadn’t come back home much since then. At Christmastime, always in and out, a few quick weekends where she stayed with her parents and didn’t leave the house.
Because of him.
What had he been saying…
Oh. Yeah.
Exhausted…smothering a laugh, she edged around him and said, “I am exhausted.” Just barely, she managed to keep enough distance between them so that her arm didn’t brush up against his. She felt his heat though, caught a trace of his scent and wanted to press her face against his neck and just breathe him in.
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OMG – Sounding better and better. Love a man named Seth 🙂
I love the tie in to the first excerpt and how that one sound is dragging her mind back.
Oh yes – a yummy smelling sheriff! What will be next? Off to find out!!!
AHHHHHAHHHHH I so want this book every excerpt gets better and better making me want this book more and more
Another great excerpt from “Chains”! Can I say “Seth”, sounds just like his name – yummy?
Thank you for the contest!
The more excerpts, the better. Loving it!!! Off to follow the chain to the next blog…..
WOW! This just keeps getting better & better!
Stoopid addictive authors…*sigh* On to the next one!!!
Another great excerpt. Looking forward to the next.
awesome excerpt can’t wait to read the next
I think Shiloh is doing an amazing job.This one is gonna be great!
Ooo a Sheriff! Imagine the hot role playing with that one and the handcuffs.
This sounds wonderful and I need to pick this up. I LOVE Shiloh’s work!
Big Shiloh fan. Yeah, that’s me. Big fan.
A yummy sheriff – can’t get any better – unless he pulls out the handcuffs – LOL.
Oh my. This is definitely going to be another good one!
I can’t wait to read more about these two.
I’m going to have to whip out the credit card for this one….sob.
This sounds like a good one. Uggh, if my bank account could speak, it would be swearing at me….
Ooo, I’m really liking this so far. Intriguing premise, snappy dialogue, and a pleasing lack of silliness.
This looks really good. It’s getting addicting!
Another great excerpt…I love the way Lacey’s mind works. 😛
Enjoying the excerpts! Sounds so good!
You know how to tease people.:) Love the excerpts I’ve been reading.
Another nice excerpt…I just checked Amazon and it lists this book as 368 pages. Whoo hoo! But then again there are three different couples stories so that means less pages per couple. :(…
Can’t wait for the next excerpt!
Great excerpt. I only wish they were longer, I didnt want to stop reading.
I got goosebumps with that drip!!! Loving this!
This scavenger hunt is kinda fun but I wanna dive into this book NOW!!
Me too. Oh my gosh I’m going to have to order this at work.
Oh my. Can’t chat too long – gotta get to the next excerpt! 🙂
oh very nice shi
congrats
Aack! I want more! NOW! When does this come out?
This excerpt was way too short – what a tease! On to the next…
Margay
I agree that the excerpt was way too short, but great though.
Want the book NOW!!
This is so going in my quick getaway to Miami pile!!!
Another great excerpt!
You do know how to hook the reader!
Great!! Getting better, excerpt by excerpt 🙂 Can’t wait to continue.
looking forward to this one and the rest of the excerpts. 🙂
Wow, maybe we’ll get the whole book here? When does it get released anyway.
Who’s next Sherra or Renee…only one way to find out.
this blog hoping is cool. to bad we only have a couple more blurbs to read
kay this just keeps getting better and better
What’s next? I’m hooked!
these excerpts are such teases lol
This is getting better and better.LOL
Debby
cleo@hbeark.com
I’m wondering what is next. Have a great day.