This Fall, fall in love . . .
A young woman’s quiet life is upended when she meets the man of her forbidden dreams in the startling new novel from New York Times bestselling author Beth Kery. The Affair begins…
The Affair Week One
Innocent yet unconventional hospice nurse Emma Shore has secured a new position at The Breakers, the sprawling mansion of enigmatic and dangerously handsome racecar billionaire Michael Montand. Hired as caretaker for Montand’s stepmother, Emma expects few complications. But one night, lost in the mansion’s maze of corridors, she comes upon a woman and a man she can’t identify engaged in a raw, naked interlude of sexual subjugation. Silently, from the shadows, Emma watches—shocked, appalled, and unnervingly aroused.
But Emma wonders… if this mysterious stranger is not Montand, then who is it? And what other surprises are in store for her? Night after sleepless night, she’s considering the possibilities. And for the first time in her life, she’s not going to run away from them.
EXCERPT, THE AFFAIR
He stood, pulling her up next to him. The side of his hand brushed her breast, and her breath caught. He began to unbutton her blouse. His hands moving against her skin as he deftly undressed her sent the swooping butterflies in her stomach into frantic mode. He paused just below her belly button as if he’d actually felt them fluttering frantically.
“Are you okay?” he asked, his warm breath brushing her hairline.
“Yes,” she said hastily. He remained still. “I’ve just . . . never done this before.”
She felt him stiffen. “Never done what?” he asked, and she heard tension harden his tone.
“Gone swimming in the lake naked?” The silence made her a little desperate. “With . . . with someone like you?”
“Someone like me?” His fingers resumed their journey downward, and she sighed in relief.
“Someone so . . .” She gulped when he swept back both sides of her blouse and the lake breeze hit her bare skin. “Wait . . . are you looking for a compliment?”
His low, rich laughter was delicious.
“Maybe. It might be nice, hearing one from you,” he said.
“I complimented you up there. On the bluff,” she reminded him distractedly. The warm fingers of one hand had slid beneath the back of her bra strap, making a ripple of pleasure go through her. Her nipples pulled tight. Her bra seemed to snap open as if by magic at his mere touch.
“You’re very good at that,” she said doubtfully, referring to his bra maneuvering.
“That wasn’t the compliment I was aiming for. Besides, from your tone, it might have been an insult,” he said as he drew the straps off her shoulders and down her arms, his light touch on her skin making her shiver. It took her a moment to register the wry humor in his tone.
“It wasn’t an insult,” she said as the cups of her bra evaporated into the darkness and the light breeze licked and swirled against her sensitive bare breasts. “But as for my tone, it sort of gets to the point.”
His large hands settled on her bare shoulders, his touch warm and reassuring, and somehow forbidden and electrically exciting at once. “Speak English, Emma,” he said, sounding less amused this time as his hands swept down her arms and back up again, as if he experimented with the feeling of her. She firmed her resolve, as difficult as it was to do with his warm, strong hands moving over her naked skin.
“I don’t have all that much experience, and it seems like you do.”
His hands paused in their exploration on her shoulder blades.
“Experience could mean a lot of different things,” he finally said warily.
“I know. Just forget it. It’s only . . . I wanted you to know I don’t usually fool around with men I’ve known for a week. In fact, I’ve only ever been with . . . you know,” she muttered, her cheeks starting to boil. Thank goodness for the darkness. She didn’t want to say Colin’s name out loud. She was already ruining the spontaneity of the moment as it was.
“And you were with Colin for two years,” he said, understanding and something that sounded like relief seeping into his tone.
“And it was never sex on the beach,” Emma admitted, wondering if he’d intuit the manifold meaning behind the words sex on the beach. It’d never been crazy or raunchy or a spur-of-the-moment impulse. Sex had never been extremely bad or mind-blowingly good for her. It’d been nice sometimes, a little trying others.
It’d never been scary or beautiful or heart-pounding-in-your-ears wild.
It’d never been this.
THE AFFAIR begins September 16th!
Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Affair-Week-1-Beth-Kery-ebook/dp/B00K1MOZYY/
Nook: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-affair-beth-kery/1119392446?ean=9780698144361
iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-affair-week-1/id872042641?mt=11
Kobo: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-CA/ebook/the-affair-week-1
THE AFFAIR continues…
Journey with Emma and Montand for the next 8 weeks
![Pageflex Persona [document: PRS0000026_00024]](http://www.inkslingerpr.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Illicit-Desire-Final.jpg)
Travels n Reads 