I’m warning you all right upfront that this book is…different. It’s a romance, first and foremost, but it’s also a Blaze. And an EXTREME Blaze at that. The book won that designation because of the heroine. You see, she’s an assassin. Not a fake assassin, either. Not a wannabe. She’s a killer. And the whole premise of the book is that she’s been sent by a secret government agency to possibly eliminate the hero.
Now why anyone would want to kill sexy Luke Brasco is beyond me. Okay, so his family has mob connections. His brother is in prison and his step-mother didn’t exactly learn her mothering skills from Carol Brady. But he’s sexy, hard-working, single-minded, creative…and possibly, he’s an international spy.
What’s a girl to do?
Get close. Real close. Here’s a sample. Enjoy!
(If you want to read the pages that preceed this scene, click here…and then come back to read more!
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PLOTMONKEYS EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT…
He shoved his hands in his pockets and feeling his keys beneath his fingers, figured he might as well let her into the room she’d rented. But she didn’t stop at the second floor where her room was. She continued to the third floor landing.
His floor. His private domain.
She paused at the door, not even attempting to twist the knob. Did she know he kept it locked twenty-four seven? When you lived over a nightclub, you had to employ extreme measures to ensure privacy.
“This is where you live,” she said.
“How did you know?”
“People talk,” she said, though all the innocence in her voice was completely incongruous to the picture she presented in the hip-hugging leather pants, lacy blue camisole and sparkly, see-through shrug. A sapphire sparkled from the hoop in her belly button. She leaned saucily against the door, as if having sex right then and there wasn’t outside the realm of distinct possibility.
“No one talks to you,” he replied, confident in his pronouncement since he’d interviewed just about every regular in the club when fishing for her name.
“You don’t know that for absolute sure,” she coaxed.
“I do.”
She shrugged off his assertion. “Well, perhaps no one spoke specifically to me, but they talk a lot of shit to each other. And I’m an excellent listener.”
How come he didn’t doubt that?
“Why are you here?” he asked.
“In Chicago or in this stairwell, waiting for you to show me where you live?”
He arched a brow. “Both, though why you bypassed your floor suddenly interests me a lot more.”
She leaned in close so that her sweet minty breath skittered across his lips. “Do I have to spell it out?”
“Then let’s go back to the first question,” he suggested.
“Why is my personal business so interesting to you?”
“Because my tenant’s personal business usually determines whether or not they can pay the rent.”
When her tiny frown puckered her lips, Luke’s chest tightened. Oh, she was good. Damned good.
“I can pay my rent and then some, trust me. I don’t get paid peanuts to capture the city of Chicago in a series of photos for a hip, new travel magazine.”
“You don’t sound like that excites you,” he commented.
“Since meeting you, other things excite me more.”
“Oh, really?”
“You sound so doubtful. Don’t you know how attractive you are?”
He smirked. “I’ve been told.”
“Maybe it’s time someone does more than tell you. Maybe it’s time you turn yourself over to the unknown, surrender to what you know you want, but up until now, have denied.”
She undulated her upper body until the short, see-through top she’d worn over the lace camisole spilled off her shoulders and dangled from her fingertips. She leaned down and in a move that stole his breath, slowly, inch by erotic inch, released an invisible zipper that started at the ankle of her leather jeans and stretched up to her thigh. The move revealed a smooth, bare leg. At the hip, he spied the tiny string that held her panties, such as they were, in place.
With a crooked finger, she beckoned him closer. A surge of something instantaneous and chemical, like an explosion in a mad scientist’s secret lab, urged him forward. Took all of his willpower to stop the forward momentum, even as he clutched his keys so tightly in his hand, he’d probably broken skin.
She smiled as he neared and as soon as he was close enough, hooked her arms around his neck and the nearly naked leg around his waist.
Was he crazy? Had he completely relinquished what was left of his common sense in pursuit of a woman with no inhibitions and an agenda he knew she possessed, even if he didn’t know what it was?
“I don’t know your name,” he said, as if that fact made any difference whatsoever. Didn’t to him. Likely didn’t to her, either.
“Ask me,” she whispered, running her tongue around the shell of his ear until his skin vibrated beneath her touch.
“What’s your name?”
“Domino,” she replied.
“Like the game?”
She rewarded him with a slow, moist kiss just at the base of his neck. “Precisely like the game.”
“What’s your last name?”
“Black,” she replied, moving her mouth exotically along his chin. “And before you ask, yes, like the color. Reach into my back pocket.”
He groaned, releasing the growing tension just enough to speak. “You have room to put something in the pocket?”
God help him, but her laugh was throaty and deep and irresistible. The sound drilled straight through muscle and bone and injected into his bloodstream until he could practically hear a rush of hot fluid flooding through his ears.
“You’d be surprised with what I can do with tight spaces,” she replied.
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By all reports, Julie Leto was a sweet child once, somewhat shy, preferring to play quietly in her room making up stories. However, being raised with three brothers in a loud, primarily Italian household did have its influences and Julie discovered her inner tough girl. That’s probably why most of her heroines kick serious butt. Writing sassy heroines has worked out, as she’s sold nearly thirty books to three publishers featuring strong, confident women. Julie lives in Florida with her husband, daughter, spoiled dachshund, enormous guinea pig and a wide range of relatives all within driving distance.
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WOW! Sounds good!
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Another great excerpt for a plotmonkey book……….Thanks for sharing……….:cheer:
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Looks like I have another book to add to my Wish List!:thumbsup:
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I know i’ve already said it, but this book is hot! It was a great read! :love2:
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I think I need a cigarette and I don’t smoke. WHEW!
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sounds great. love the herione.:party:
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Thanks, everyone! Just wanted to report in that the Plotmonkeys are hard at work in Atlanta. Came up with a fabulous idea for Carly’s next paperback. We’re taking a short break and then back to work. I know we’ll see some of our readers tonight at the literacy signing and we can’t wait…remember, tell us you love us and you’ll get a prize!
Wish you all could be here. So far, we’re having fun.
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‘I love you ladies’; does that count, LOL.
Oh, I like the excerpt, very much.
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I just finished “A Fare to Remember” and cannot wait for the Domino Effect!
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The Domino Effect is on my TBR shelf just waiting for me! :thumbsup2: I skipped reading the excerpt because I know I’m going to read this book! Right now I am reading Boys of Summer! :) I’m on the first story Fever Pitch! I’ve only read a few pages but I know I am going to enjoy this story & the whole book!
I wish I was in Atlanta to tell the Plotmonkey “I Love you!”. Have fun ya’all!!
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WOW! I’ll have to pre-order Domino, it sounds hot.
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WOW Julie! The Domino Effect should come with a warning telling the reader to have a ice cold drink with them while reading.
Loved it!!:doggie:
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Excuse me while I go turn on the air conditioning…:kiss:
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Sounds good!
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I pre-ordered… can not wait to receive!!! Thanks for the preview!!:thumbsup2:
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Yesterday, I posted as Leslie…today I’m posting as Carly. But it’s JULIE!!! Thanks again, everyone. I’m so happy that everyone seemed to enjoy the excerpt! See you all next week!
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After I read “A Fare to Remember” and just couldn’t wait for “The Domino Effect” especially now after that excerpt.
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Oh My! Is it getting hot in here?