From Amazon bestselling author, Iris Ann Hunter, comes a tender, twisted erotic romance short that will leave you breathless and bruised. Perfect for Fifty Shades fans looking for a taste of something darker.
*****
This is reckless, I know. Dangerous. Perhaps even stupid. But I can't spend another night alone. I won't. There's something out there waiting for me, I know it. The problem is I'm not sure who or what it is I'm searching for. All I know is I'm tired of hiding, tired of being afraid. Only I've kept myself sheltered for too long. Because now the touch of a man is not just something I want, it's something I need.
And so here I sit, perched on a stool at the end of a bar, wearing the type of dress I never wear, about to do something I never do, all the while wondering if I'll even have the courage to go through with it.
And then I see him from across the way. The ice-blue eyes, the salt and pepper hair, the gleam of a grey-three-piece suit. So self-composed, so self-assured. Turn away I think, but I can't.
Then he's gone, only to reappear with a gentle caress, and a graze of his cheek along mine as he whispers into my ear, "I'm in the hotel next door. Penthouse."
***Claimed is roughly 12,500 words. Contains strong/rough elements of BDSM. Also contains a peek at Tragic Beauty, a dark romance novel.
(Claimed was originally written as a standalone short story, but due to popular demand, it is being extended. So please consider this the prequel to Lovely Little Stray - a full length novel, release date still to be announced. The story has been updated with minor edits and an epilogue that leads into the next book. )
*****
This is reckless, I know. Dangerous. Perhaps even stupid. But I can't spend another night alone. I won't. There's something out there waiting for me, I know it. The problem is I'm not sure who or what it is I'm searching for. All I know is I'm tired of hiding, tired of being afraid. Only I've kept myself sheltered for too long. Because now the touch of a man is not just something I want, it's something I need.
And so here I sit, perched on a stool at the end of a bar, wearing the type of dress I never wear, about to do something I never do, all the while wondering if I'll even have the courage to go through with it.
And then I see him from across the way. The ice-blue eyes, the salt and pepper hair, the gleam of a grey-three-piece suit. So self-composed, so self-assured. Turn away I think, but I can't.
Then he's gone, only to reappear with a gentle caress, and a graze of his cheek along mine as he whispers into my ear, "I'm in the hotel next door. Penthouse."
***Claimed is roughly 12,500 words. Contains strong/rough elements of BDSM. Also contains a peek at Tragic Beauty, a dark romance novel.
(Claimed was originally written as a standalone short story, but due to popular demand, it is being extended. So please consider this the prequel to Lovely Little Stray - a full length novel, release date still to be announced. The story has been updated with minor edits and an epilogue that leads into the next book. )
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