Title:
Indebted Heart
Excerpt
"Are you a brat usually?" he asked as an afterthought. He knew a few doms that liked their subs to be bratty, to give a reason to spank them for fun. Alex was not one of them. He'd rather have a straight on conversation. If his partner wanted a spanking, she needed only to ask, he was always happy to oblige.
"No." She shook her head and averted her eyes. "But, it was fun to tease you." She looked up at him then. "I knew you couldn't or wouldn't do anything about it. It was weird. The more I teased you and the more you did nothing, the more I wanted to tease you, to push you." She took a deep breath. "I've never done that before with a guy."
"What about Thomas?" He asked in a low voice. He hadn't meant to bring him up, but before his brain could catch up to the conversation it was out.
Her eyes narrowed as she answered. "Bradley really has a big mouth."
"Yes, but he's not just an ex, is he?"
Her eyes swept over his face several times, and she exhaled loudly. "I want you," she finally said and he began to breathe again. "I've hated the past few weeks, seeing you and not being able to talk to you the way I wanted to talk to you. As soon as I walked into a room, I'd find you instinctively. It was really starting to piss me off." She grinned. "I don't do vanilla well either. I end up being a bitch to see how far I can push the guy until he pushes back." "Like you've been doing with me." He nodded.
"Yeah." She closed her eyes for a moment, and when she opened them they were filled with tears. "I'm really bad at asking for what I need," she whispered. "You were just so, so, there." She wiped her eye with the inside of her palm before the tear could fall. "I think it just frightened me. I mean I didn't expect to meet anyone, especially not anyone within the first day of being in the city. Your dad never told me how freaking hot you are." She laughed, the sound made him grin up at her.
"I'm not your boss at work. Kerri is and Bradley is. I'm the finance and marketing guy." He rested his hands on her knees, her skin felt warm beneath his hands. Soft. "But here, outside of the job, I'm all boss." He winked and grinned up at her.
HIDDEN HEART, BOOK 1
Written by: Measha Stone
Release Date : July 28 2016
Blurb
Alyssa Sanders has taken care of herself since
she was too young to do so. But she’s all grown up and ready to get her life on
the right track. She heads to Chicago
with her life savings and a few prospects. She expects to get a job, find an
apartment and get on her way of settling down. What she doesn’t expect is to
find her new boss not only severely attractive and Dominant, but the son of an
old friend.
Alex Trebelli
would do anything for his father, so when he’s asked to escort an old friend’s
daughter to dinner he doesn’t hesitate to agree. Except the daughter isn’t the
small town young woman his father described. She’s all grown up, full of beauty
and curves, and a submissive nature that draws out his dominant side.
When Alex
explains he won’t be her friend, he can’t just be her friend, he wants more, he
wants to be her dominant, her boyfriend, she has to decide if she’s going to
take the leap. She’s never been good at a full time D/s relationship, but Alex
makes her feel safe and secure. She finds him easy to be with, even when he’s
being overprotective and bossy.
Can she manage to put aside her fears
of failure, and self-doubt and give them a real chance, or will she chose the
safer route and keep clear of his sexy smile, and dominant ways?
Excerpt
"For two weeks you've toyed with me." He rested his hands on
his belt buckle, the movement not lost on her. "You've stared at me,
you've winked at me, you've smiled at me, you've been a complete brat with
me." He stared at her; she didn't move.
"Are you a brat usually?" he asked as an afterthought. He knew a few doms that liked their subs to be bratty, to give a reason to spank them for fun. Alex was not one of them. He'd rather have a straight on conversation. If his partner wanted a spanking, she needed only to ask, he was always happy to oblige.
"No." She shook her head and averted her eyes. "But, it was fun to tease you." She looked up at him then. "I knew you couldn't or wouldn't do anything about it. It was weird. The more I teased you and the more you did nothing, the more I wanted to tease you, to push you." She took a deep breath. "I've never done that before with a guy."
"What about Thomas?" He asked in a low voice. He hadn't meant to bring him up, but before his brain could catch up to the conversation it was out.
Her eyes narrowed as she answered. "Bradley really has a big mouth."
"That he does." Alex
agreed. "Now about Thomas."
"Thomas is an ex. I'm sure you have quite a few of them." She
stepped around him and plopped down on the couch.
"Yes, but he's not just an ex, is he?"
"Alex, he was my first dominant. He was the guy that showed me what
being submissive means. He helped me figure out what I needed and wanted."
Alyssa looked up at him as she spoke.
"And what is that? Because I'm going
to be honest, Alyssa. I can't get you out of my head. I won't do the friend
thing with you. I just won't." He shook his head. "And I won't do the
vanilla thing either. I tried that once, had a serious relationship and it all
went to hell. I hated it, she hated it, and I won't try it again." He
crouched onto his haunches in front of her. "I see you at the club, and I
want to devour you. The friend thing won't work."
Her eyes swept over his face several times, and she exhaled loudly. "I want you," she finally said and he began to breathe again. "I've hated the past few weeks, seeing you and not being able to talk to you the way I wanted to talk to you. As soon as I walked into a room, I'd find you instinctively. It was really starting to piss me off." She grinned. "I don't do vanilla well either. I end up being a bitch to see how far I can push the guy until he pushes back." "Like you've been doing with me." He nodded.
"Yeah." She closed her eyes for a moment, and when she opened them they were filled with tears. "I'm really bad at asking for what I need," she whispered. "You were just so, so, there." She wiped her eye with the inside of her palm before the tear could fall. "I think it just frightened me. I mean I didn't expect to meet anyone, especially not anyone within the first day of being in the city. Your dad never told me how freaking hot you are." She laughed, the sound made him grin up at her.
"I'm not your boss at work. Kerri is and Bradley is. I'm the finance and marketing guy." He rested his hands on her knees, her skin felt warm beneath his hands. Soft. "But here, outside of the job, I'm all boss." He winked and grinned up at her.
ALSO IN THE WINDY CITY SERIES
HIDDEN HEART, BOOK 1
A
woman given up on love, second guesses her solitary life when meeting a man who
won’t take no for an answer and opens her eyes to an entire world of pleasure
she didn’t know existed before him.
SECURED HEART, BOOK 2
A headstrong, fiery woman seeks to fulfill her fantasies in all the
wrong places, and it’s up to the security expert to tame her, and keep her
safe.
Measha Stone lives in the western suburbs of
Chicago with her husband and their children. She is a member of Romance Writers
of America, and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in Creative Writing
from Southern New Hampshire University. Her vanilla writing has been published
in the online magazine efiction and the DuPage Writers Group annual journal Possibilities. When she’s not writing,
she’s reading and spending time with her kids- who are just as creative and
crazy as her.
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Author
Questions
So first, of course, the obvious
question. How did you become a writer? I’ve
been doing it since I was a little kid. I didn’t really think anything of it
until my mom pointed it out to me much later.
In Junior High we had to write a short story for the open house, and all
the other kid’s stories were one page, a few paragraphs, mine was the only one
that took two pages and had dialogue and everything. She knew then I was going
to be a writer. When she told me that story, I figured, hey, she’s right! Silly, that I needed someone else to say it
in order for me to know it, but writing stories was just something I did for
fun, to entertain myself.
Are you working on a new book right now?
Yes. I’m working on a dark erotic romance. My first ever, and it’s
terrifying to write because it pulls me out of my comfort zone of completely
consensual spankings, and sexual encounters. On the other hand, it’s completely
hot and exciting, so it’s a daily roller coaster ride.
How much of the book is realistic? Hopefully, all of it.
With this series, I tried to convey as true of a BDSM relationship as I
could. People make mistakes, ego’s get
in the way, and being in a BDSM relationship doesn’t change that- but how those
issues are worked out is what’s different.
There’s a lot of love and trust that goes into a BDSM relationship, and
I wanted to convey that with this series. It’s not all red rooms and tainted
pasts.
What book are you reading now? I’m reading 3 books right now.
Name one entity that you feel supported you outside of family members. Blushing Authors have been a huge help,
especially with this release. Everyone is so helpful and genuine. It’s been a
great experience and hopefully the first of many.
What do you like to do when you’re not
writing? I still have a day job, but
in the off hours, if I’m not writing, or thinking about writing, I’m usually
curled up with a book. If my kids happen to actually be home instead of off
playing with friends, we’ll spend time together watching old sitcoms on
Netflix, or having a family game night.
Does Prince Charming exist? Yes! Everyone’s version of what he looks like is
different, but he’s out there. For some,
he’s an Alpha male that won’t give an inch and is unreasonably strict, to
other’s he writes poetry and sings her sonnets- and anything in between. I lean
toward the relentless Alpha myself, and have been lucky in that department.
Which body part would you choose to get
a tattoo done? I celebrated my first
book with Blushing Books by getting a tattoo of a heart on my right wrist. I’m planning to get two more, another heart
design on my ankle, and one on the top of my foot the words “Happily Ever
After”.
The furthest I have traveled was to: Germany. My husband was in the Army when we married
and was stationed in Darmstadt, Germany. It was a great time, even though I was
far away from family and friends. I was sad to hear the base has been shut down
since then.
Do you like your handwriting? Absolutely not!
My father always called it chicken scratch, and I have to agree. It’s
horrible. I have a love/hate feeling when someone asks me to sign their book,
because it’s just so bad.
Thank you so much for having me! :-)
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