Chains
An all new novel of erotic suspense...
They weren't friends. They weren't enemies. The only thing the three girls had in common was the high school they went to in Madison, Ohio -- until one tragic night. Now, fifteen years later, they're returning home where passion -- and danger -- await...
Renee Lincoln was the homecoming queen -- with the perfect boyfriend and the perfect life. After that horrible night, she rebelled the only way she knew how: by submitting to her wildest fantasies...
Tall, blonde, and athletic, Lacey Talbot was a golden girl with a bright future. She's found success as a photographer, but no man has ever been able to satisfy her. No man but the bad boy she left behind...
Sherra Salinger has always looked like a princess out of some fairy tale. The books she writes, though, stem from the nightmare of that one night. And she shrinks from any man's attention--especially the one stalking her...
They're coming back to Madison -- and it won't be happy reunion. There are three men, all dangerous in a different way. And when each of them surrender their bodies to the heat, when they succumb to desire, they'll find the safety they desperately need...
Excerpt (part four)
Lacey wasn’t entirely sure it was possible to focus on something else or somebody else when Seth Salinger was around. At least not for her.
Back in high school, he had been tall, on the thin side, with that brooding, sexy aura that drove teenaged girls nuts. He was still tall but not what one could call thin—lanky, maybe. Lean, definitely. Muscled shoulders strained at the shoulders of the simple, white cotton button-down he wore, long, lean legs in faded denim. As he absently pushed his hair back from his face, she noticed his hands and wrists.
Bony wrists—one of them adorned with a simple watch with a black band, an ordinary piece that could be bought at Sears for $25. Beautiful hands, no rings, nails clipped neat, but not manicured—she was getting damn tired of looking a man who spent more time on his appearance than she did.
Seth was sexy as all get-out, but it didn’t come from a two-thousand dollar suit, hours spent at the gym, baking under some hot lights to get that warm golden tone to his skin. It was just him.
Damn, she bet he’d be fun in front of a camera. She already knew he photographed very, very well…although Seth wasn’t aware of it. Those pictures were something she hadn’t ever shown anybody and they were her best work.
If she had the chance to do it again, do it right instead of sneaking pictures from a distance, she wondered what would happen. Were those pictures another fluke? Like that night?
The pictures she’d taken of him were sheer magic, but it wasn’t a fluke. She could do it again. Something inside her, that nagging, itchy need for her camera, started to burn. A couple of hours—if she had a couple of hours, Lacey could do it.
She knew she could. A few hours and she could find it. Find that elusive magic that had danced just out of her reach for so long.
That was what she wanted—what she needed. Finding that magic, that heat, that heart.
Heart…a memory, this one much more recent, rose up to taunt her.
You do beautiful work, Lacey. But it lacks heart.
It wasn’t her work that lacked heart—it was her.
Closing her eyes, she suppressed a sigh.
Yeah. She lacked heart. She lacked heat.
Passion…
Visit It’s Not Chick Porn for the next excerpt. You can also visit Shiloh’s blog for details-the blog will be updated to include the live links for each of the participating blogs.
Disclaimer: Only one entry per household. Open to everybody, as long as the author is able to purchase/email you a gift certificate for one of the major online booksellers-Amazon, BN.com, Borders, Powell’s, etc. Winner’s name to be posted on Shiloh’s blog-author will ATTEMPT to notify the winner via email, but cannot be held accountable if her email bounces back- please make sure you enter the correct email and that you add Shiloh to your addy book to prevent problems. Void where prohibited. Please do not post to sweepstakes sites-the author reserves the right to end the contest at anytime, and likely will end it early if the contest ends up posted to sweepstakes sites.
Labels: contest, Shiloh Walker
posted by Stacy~ at 4/27/2009 04:00:00 AM
Wow! This sounds better & better.
byHmm wonder how long it has been since she lost her "heart".
byI am really enjoying this! What fun!!!
byHi Stacy:
byShiloh's book sounds amazing! The excerpts are sounding better and better. :)
I've added it to my list already. :)
Thank you for being one of the hosts - great contest.
Warm Regards
L
I love this. I'm off to read the next excerpt.
byThis is getting better and better, off to the next excerpt.
byJust keeps getting better and better!! What a great contest.
byAll these excerpts just make me want this book now!
byIs this book out yet??? Lol. I want it soon!!!!
byLacey is a bit stalker-y herself if she has photos of him from afar and they're her best work... I hope at least she used a zoom lens!!! lol
bySo good. Can't wait to read this book. :)
byHi Stacy and Shiloh~
byThis sure is a fun idea and I love visiting the different sites...there were even a couple that I had not visited before...and reading the great excerpts!
Annnnd...of to the next excerpt!
bySounds like there is plenty of heart in this story.
byI'm really enjoying this, Shiloh! Thanks, Stacy!
by--Fedora
Having a blast reading the excerpts, such a great way to learn about the story.
byDefinitely a buy...
byI'm feeling a twist coming. Now must find out the reason for that feeling of hollowness ... and the significance of those drips. (I haven't known many significant drips in my life, so finding some of importance would be a refreshing change!)
byThis contest is quite fun! Off to the next excerpt now!
byEach excerpt is better than the last
bySounds so good! Great excerpt!
byI love the description of his hands. I really like a man's hands. They say a lot about the person. Still sounding great!
byLike that you let us see a little of the story to pull us in.
byNever had so many different excerpts for just one book...love it!
byShiloh's the best! I can't wait to read the whole book!
by-Halona Skaggs
I'm kind of going backwards with the excerpts...I must head over to Karen's and read them in order :)
byI definitely liked the sound of this excerpt :)
Each piece is better than the last.
byI'm imagining too here thoughts with all that being said in just that one sentence about her lacking heart. Emotional!
byGetting to be a drool fest for poor Seth here!!
byNone of us will be any good by the time we meet our next hero, lol.
byI love this scavenger hunt; it's whetting my appetite for the real thing. Off to the next excerpt!
byvey nice excerpt/ love the cover
bykh
Hmmm... a camera, a hot man, with whom she had a "fluke" with, and a need to get back her heat, her passion, her heart...
byI wonder how it all plays out :D
I'm looking forward to it - it comes out tomorrow, right? Because I don't think I can wait!
Another amazing excerpt.
byMargay
I really should be doing some work instead of blog hopping. But hey!
byDang it - these excerpts make me want the book even more. Maybe I have to see if I can get next Tuesday off of work.
byAwesome! I'm off to the next :)
byGets better and better!
byThis is alot of fun and the excerpts are GREATTT!! Definitely a book for my TBR pile.
byAll the excerpts just make me want this one more and more. I am really enjoying all the excerpts. :-)
byLarena (lrwirum)
I am enjoying these, but wondering why Lacey's featured first if she wasn't the first in the back blurb.
byOK so now I am thinking that this is just going to be Lacey's story, and the other two will be next in a series?
byokay I need more.
byI love that she has pics of him and he doesn't know it yet lol.
byI can't wait for the rest.
byDebby
cleo@hbeark.com
This story pulls you right in!
byBony hands. Nice hands. Fingers that can do....whatever
bylacking Passion... yea Right!
bycan't wait to read as she refinds it.
Love it!
byI would love to take some hot photos too :)
byI'm hooked!!!
I can see this paper chase is a hit all round......
byand the book excepts have certainly hit the spot.
I'm so lucky the book is already out!
byAll these excerpts are such a tease!
bySeth is clearly the one that got away.
byThe story an plot line is getting better and more intriguing.
byIt just keeps gettin better.
byI love SETH!
byChris R
This is so fun! And great blogs to visit!
byThese excerpts are getting better every time!
byGrr...it's just getting better. Now I'm really really itching. Must have book in hand. That's it! On to the next link to get teased yet again. I'm such a masochist.
byShiloh, this is an awesome way to sell your book!!! LOL!!
byRobin in NC
wow!
bysounds so good
Gosh, I now have to have this book. It is on my MUST read list now.
byVicki H
This sounds so great!! Definitely going on the MUST read pile!!
byLoving it!
Ashley A
ash_app@hotmail.com
Wish the excerpts were a bit longer but I suppose then it would ake longer to get to them all !
byCarol
This excerpt is awesome- give me more!!!!
bySounds great (even though I'm a little late to the party!)
byLeah T. - Wish I had seen this contest sooner! I am really loving the excerpts though. Can't wait to read the book.
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