NAMELESS
by Claire Kent
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BLURB:
They named it anything but love.
After a failed marriage to a domineering man, Erin refuses to be controlled by anything or anyone. That includes Seth, the father of her baby—a man who was supposed to be only a one-night-stand, a man who’s used to always getting his way.
There’s a reason that Seth Thomas, a successful defense attorney, is often referred to as the Bulldozer. If something needs to happen, he makes it happen. That includes being part of his baby’s life—even if he never expected to be a father, even if Erin doesn’t really trust him.
They’ll work out an arrangement in the best interest of their baby—and if they occasionally have sex, well, that’s just an added perk—but they both agree on one thing.
What they have will never be love.
After a failed marriage to a domineering man, Erin refuses to be controlled by anything or anyone. That includes Seth, the father of her baby—a man who was supposed to be only a one-night-stand, a man who’s used to always getting his way.
There’s a reason that Seth Thomas, a successful defense attorney, is often referred to as the Bulldozer. If something needs to happen, he makes it happen. That includes being part of his baby’s life—even if he never expected to be a father, even if Erin doesn’t really trust him.
They’ll work out an arrangement in the best interest of their baby—and if they occasionally have sex, well, that’s just an added perk—but they both agree on one thing.
What they have will never be love.
EXCERPT
She wandered back to the table to find Seth staring broodingly at his
empty glass.
She watched him for a minute.
Then, “Are you all right?”
He jerked his head toward her, as if he hadn’t realized she’d
returned. “Yeah.”
Studying him closely, she decided she didn’t believe him. He was flushed from warmth and the
Scotch, adorably rumpled in his wrinkled suit and loosened tie, and sprawled
out on the booth seat. But he
looked vulnerable somehow.
Wounded.
She sat down beside him, instead of in her chair. “I’m switching to water. If I drink any
more, I might throw up.” This she
said by way of explanation, so he wouldn’t think she was giving up on their
evening.
“Very sensible of you.”
“Throwing up in front of you would be embarrassing.”
Seth nodded. “It wouldn’t
be very pleasant for me either.”
Then he licked his lips the way he had before.
Erin watched his tongue slide across the supple line of each lip,
moistening each as it went.
She moved toward him. Slid
her hands up his chest until they settled on his shoulders. “I asked you to stop licking your
lips.”
His mouth parted slightly, perhaps in surprise, but he didn’t have time
to say anything.
Leaning her face toward his, she pressed her lips into his. He was warm and solid beneath her, and
he made a little grunt in his throat.
He tasted and smelled like Scotch, and also something fainter, more
masculine.
When she relaxed her mouth on his, he murmured against her lips, “What
was that?”
“That,” she pronounced, pleased she was thinking so clearly, “was a
kiss.”
AUTHOR Bio and
Links:
Bio:
Claire has been writing romance novels since she was twelve years old.
She has a PhD in British literature and, when she's not writing, she teaches
English at the university level.
She also writes contemporary romance under the penname Noelle Adams.
Links:
Website: http://clairekent.com/
Facebook (under my other penname Noelle Adams):
https://www.facebook.com/NoelleAdamsAuthor
Twitter (under my other penname Noelle Adams): https://twitter.com/NoelleAdams3
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