My 8-sentence snippet:
His relief was short-lived
when he released her wrist and Julie went right back to scratching at her arm. “The
hell with this,” he muttered. He knew a better way to deliver the pain she seemed
to need for whatever reason. One that wouldn’t cause her any real harm—except
maybe to her pride. Drawing her to her feet, he figured that would be a small
price to pay to keep her safe from herself and give her what she needed.
Drawing her over to a
small stool, he sat down and looked up into Julie’s desperate, confused face. “I
refuse to stand by and watch you harm yourself.” With a yank, he brought her
over his lap and before she could grasp his intent, jerked her shorts and
panties down to mid-thigh.
BLURB:
Julie Martin pulled on Jackson Davenport’s protective
urges the minute he stepped outside and saw his five-year-old neighbor go
flying off her swing to land in a heap of gangly arms and legs then come up
smiling. When he discovered how her parents pressed her into competing in
beauty pageants for their own selfish gratification, he took it upon himself to
provide her with the friendship the little girl craved. Years later, just when
his adult feelings – and body – began to desire more from the beautiful young
woman she’d grown up to be, Julie moved away to take the modeling world by
storm. Jackson’s first encounter with the changes in her broke his heart and he
severed all ties with her.
Six years after Julie lost the most important person
in her life, she returns to Jackson a broken woman, unable to cope with the
nightmare that changed her life forever. When Jackson discovers her penchant
for cutting herself to deal with the fear, he shows her a new side of him she’s
never seen before, and a new way to get through the darkness that continues to
plague her.
Even though Julie embraces Jackson’s dominant
sexuality and the way his painful administrations work much better at calming
her fears, the truth of what happened the night her two friends were murdered
stands between them. Will she be able to set aside her guilt to tell him the
entire truth, or will she once again lose the only person who can complete her?
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