Asking For Trouble: The Santoris of Chicago: A Sexy Grumpy/Sunshine Contemporary Gothic
About Asking For Trouble: The Santoris of Chicago: A Sexy Grumpy/Sunshine Contemporary Gothic
Meet the Santoris of Chicago-A Big Italian Family Looking For Love! I'm ready for a wild fling... With five older brothers, I have always felt protected to an annoying degree.
They have hovered over me and scared off any guy who gets too close. Which is why, when I get the opportunity to go do some research at a spooky old hotel, I leap at the chance for a break from my family. But when I arrive at the supposedly-haunted inn and meet sexy Simon LeBeaux, I realize this distance from the rest of the Santoris might be an opportunity for the affair of a lifetime.
He’s retreated from the world…Successful writer Simon LeBeaux has retreated to Seaton House to escape tragedy and scandal. He's completely alone in a place some called haunted... until sassy, spicy, and oh-so-sexy Lottie Santori shows up at his door.
She's a distraction, an intrusion, and he just wants her to leave…. until he starts to realize he might never be able to let her go. But danger is brewing at Seaton House and there's are secrets threatening their future.
Not to mention their lives." A true contemporary gothic is hard to pull off. Take a tortured -- and maybe homicidal -- hero, an isolated house, mysterious incidents and any modern woman with half a brain would be running for her life.
But not in Asking for Trouble, Leslie Kelly's wonderful book. 4 1/2 stars! Top Pick" Romantic Times Magazine"Asking for Trouble was a blast!
B+" All About RomanceThis full-length novel is part of the Santoris of Chicago series and also has a slight connection to the Trouble, PA series. It is a full length novel that stands alone, complete with a HEA!
Don’t miss any of the popular SANTORIS OF CHICAGO stories! Original Series:Night WhispersThere Goes The GroomDon’t Open Till ChristmasAsking for TroubleOverexposedOne Wild Wedding NightSpinoff Santori Cousins:Lying in Your ArmsDouble TakeI’ll be Home for Christmas***“Are you always so bossy?” he growled.
I somehow found the strength to nod once. “Anybody ever do anything about it?” Licking my lips, I shook my head and managed to whisper, “Uh-uh.”
“Maybe it’s time someone did.” I had a really good someone in mind. Scared—excited—I just stood there, waiting.
Finally, after a long, breathless moment, he tugged me closer, until my body was crushed against his. Even though I was half out of my mind with want, there was no missing the ridge of arousal I felt pressed against my crotch. God, he was big.
Hard. And I could barely remain on my feet. Simon dipped his head closer.
Dying for his kiss, I tilted mine back, closing my eyes and parting my lips, breathless with anticipation. When he did kiss me, though, it wasn’t the hungry, deep and passionate encounter of the night before. Instead, he did something completely shocking.
He caught my lower lip between his, sucked it into his mouth and bit on it. Lightly. But deliberately.
I almost came right then. Hot waves of pleasure radiated through me, rocketing in a frenzy to pound between my legs, which went weak. As if he knew it, he pulled me closer, his fingers tightening around my bottom as he hoisted me, until I was almost riding that massive erection.
He licked away the spot where he’d bitten, as if easing some nonexistent pain. When what I really wanted was for him to nibble and nip at my entire body. But oh, I think I could forego his teeth because his tongue was utterly delicious, sliding across my lip.
I tried to wriggle closer, to catch his mouth with mine for the kind of slow, drugging kiss I knew he could provide. Simon, unfortunately, seemed to have finished doing whatever it was he wanted to do.