Want to win $100 in free books?
To help promote her upcoming release, CHAINS, author Shiloh Walker is doing a dash through some of the blogs in romanceland, leaving behind excerpts. If you’d like to get entered to win a gift certificate for $100 (your choice from the online booksellers), all you have to do is visit the blogs, read the excerpts and leave a comment. The excerpts are in order, just visit the first blog, Karen Knows Best and go on from there!
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 three)
Instead, she settled back in that hard, uncomfortable, miserable excuse of a chair and drew a knee to her chest. Resting her chin on her knee, she asked, “Any luck finding the driver?”
Seth gave a disgusted snort. “Hell, no. Even in a place as small as Madison, there are a ton of dark sedan type cars.” He slid her another look. “You sure you didn’t get the make? A Ford emblem on the back? Anything?”
Lacey shook her head. “Sorry. I’m not exactly car-minded under the best of circumstances.” Her mouth suddenly dry, she licked her lips and reluctantly thought about just why it hadn’t been the best circumstances.
A minute ago, she’d been trying to focus on anything other than Seth, but now she would have been very happy to think of him. Or that one night she tried damn hard to forget.
Anything but what she’d seen earlier.
It was a terrible thing, seeing somebody on the ground, helpless while a couple of tons of metal plowed straight towards her. Even worse when it was a friend.
Seth nodded, taking the chair across from hers. She was glad—at first—that he hadn’t sat down next to her. But then she realized that sitting across from him made it damn hard not to look at him. He’d always been too damn easy on the eyes and the past fifteen years had only improved that fact of life.It was a fact she didn’t want to enjoy, either. She didn’t want to notice that he’d started cutting that midnight black hair, but not all the way. It was still long enough for a woman to run her hands through, framing that narrow face, just long enough to brush the collar of his shirt. His eyes were the color of dark chocolate and his eye lashes were almost ridiculously long and curly. What kind of guy needed eyelashes like that?
Unlike his twin Sherra who had to slather down with SPF 50 whenever she went out in the sun or end up looking like a lobster, Seth was tanned. Very nicely tanned—and she knew it was because he spent a lot time outside.
At places like the lake outside of town…where she liked to go to shoot pictures, where he liked to go to fish—or at least pretend to fish, wearing nothing but a pair of jeans and beat-up tennis shoes.
Her brain went back on its little stroll down memory lane and she remembered that day. A hot, muggy summer day when she had come home for a short visit five years ago. Her trip had been a last-minute one and she hadn’t realized until she got home that her parents had taken a quick trip of their own and she was alone in the house. Instead of heading back to her empty apartment in [area near New York] , she’d decided to stay in Madison and just relax a little. After sleeping in late and helping herself to some of her mom’s homegrown tomatoes for breakfast, Lacey had gathered up her gear, climbed on her sadly neglected mountain bike and headed for the lake.
Hot days like that one usually had a bunch of people gathered at the southern end for swimming. The northern end wasn’t as easily accessible and that’s where a lot of guys headed for fishing. That had been her destination, too, but she was more interested in the area around the lake than any fish in it.
Seeing Seth there had come as a surprise. In high school, Seth had been the typical bad boy, practically straight out of a good girl’s fantasy, dark eyes, a wicked smile, a way of watching you that turned the insides to molten lava. The years since graduating had only increased his appeal.
She’d seen his bike first, a big, mean looking bike that he had built with his own hands. Even though she’d recognized the bike, it had been a surprise to see him there, a fishing pole in hand.
All that nice, golden skin probably came from days spent out on the water.
Like he’d been that day…Stop it, Lacey! She jerked her attention back to the present, but it didn’t help her focus much. Well, it didn’t help her focus on anything besides Seth.
Visit Stacy’s Place on Earth for the next excerpt. You can also visit Shiloh’s blog for details.
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Definitely a must have and must read. 🙂
Bike, Tan, muscles, good hair… *drool* I wonder what the other heros look like.
Love dark eyes and long lashes. Sigh!
She so does it again the more I read the more I want and get a little hotter with each read.You go girl.
Another wonderful excerpt!
I love romantic suspence and Shiloh’s book sounds very unique with the focus on not 1 but 3 women and 3 men! Very exciting!
Thank you again!
I really, really want this book. All of Shiloh’s books are a must read for me.
OOOHHHH, the sun, the lake…more want more now!
Great EXCERPT!!!! Have a great day.
Another great excerpt!! Drawing me in until I just have to have this book!! LOL
ktulanko AT aol DOT com
he just sounds very yummy
Wow! This just keeps getting better and better!!!!
Bad boy turned oh so good… 😀 Redeemed bad boys are the best.
Great excerpt. I am enjoying reading all of them. 🙂
Seth definitely sounds yummy and I am loving the excerpts!
Long eyelashes, huh? LOL, I think Candy and Sarah talk about male eyelashes in Bosoms. hahaha. On to the next!
Tan, bike, fishing pole. Works for me.
Whoa. Seth sounds like a very appealing hero!
I love a sexy bad boy, and what a great visual of Seth.
Off to the next
Thank goodness Seth doesn’t come across as an overbearing bison. Bad boy=appealing; buffalo alpha=slap first, ask questions later.
Hero is getting better and better with each excerpt. Looks good!
Ohhh…thank you! Must start with the first excerpt though 🙂 *heads off to Karen’s*
I’ll be back 🙂
Sounds great!
Gotta love those bad boys.:)
Need to order this book to find out what happens.
Just one more week and this will be released!
I can’t wait!!!!
-Halona Skaggs
Another great excerpt. I cant wait to get my hands on this book.
I am so having a great time with reading this! I so know I have to know the outcome of this book. Its rocking!
Shiloh your books are always HAWT and so are your heros…… I want one of my own!!! Can you stir me up one and send it North!
I want a Seth! Oh my gosh! (yes I’m repeating myself).
Shiloh – you always deliver! No wonder you’re on my Must Read list. off to the next excerpt!
Whew! What a visual! I can practically see the hot sun gleaming off his dark hair and its light catching on the drops of sweat as they rolled down his chest… Snap out of it Katy! This is a blog post not a fantasy! LOL!
Wow, this is getting better and better. I really need to know what happens!
Margay
What can I say, other than it’s getting better.
Next Tuesday is just too far away – hopefully, the book will be available on Friday.
Seth sounds yummy. Love men with long eyelashes!
I am totally enjoying this. All the great excerpts. Seth sounds fine!!!!
I the more I read the more I am loving this one. 🙂 great description of Seth. Yummy.
Keeps getting better. Thanks for this.
So are we gonna learn what happened that one night 5 yrs ago? Interesting that Seth is Sherra’s twin…
Well Seth sounds really hot. Just keeps getting better and better.
she just needs to give it up and jump his bones again lol.
I can’t wait for the next excerpt!
:::off to the next one::::
Getting hotter and hotter.
Debby
cleo@hbeark.com
I am really liking the sound of this!
I lurves me some bad boys. Seth: yummm!
hmmmm…. Always have a weakness for dark Chocolate. yummy!!!!
Delicious.
Ok I need to focus on something other than Seth too 🙂 mmmmm and I LOVE bad boys 🙂
I love this idea of the paper chase around these great sites.
Cool
Sounds better and better… I’m off to the bookstore…
I’m getting on Amazon after this.
Ahh so Seth is Sherra’s twin, not husband. Good to know.
The more excerpts the read the more excited I am for the book!
I loved the dynamic between Seth and Sherra, twins are always so interesting to look at and study. Amazing.
Right about now I am wishing I was Lacey! *sigh*
Oh, I really like Seth!
Chris R
I love the name Seth almost as much as I love Shi’s books!
I like bad boys… I’d love to read more!
Another great excerpt. On to the next one………
BTW, my littlequeenie29 shows up but it is Vicki H the way I commented on the others.
The more I read, the more I want this book. In the meantime I’ll follow the blog,(kinda like the yellow brick road) to feed the need. Hmm….a motorcycle….now I really am in trouble.
this book is starting to get to me and I hate not knowing how it ends-next book to get.
This just keeps getting better!!!
Robin in NC
sounding better and better
I think you could get us to wander all over the web by feeding us a few paragraphs at a time. WOW
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Dark eyes, longish dark hair, tanned and a bike?! Oh wow!! I this just gets better and better!!
Ashley A
ash_app@hotmail.com
Its looking good so far.
I am interesting and reading on.
Carol
great read with a hot biker bad boy- what more can a girl want!!!
Always willing to add a good book to my TBR pile.
clynsg at yahoo.com
I’m interested to see how the characters connect from story to story!
Leah T. – Okay…seriously…I am really loving this book. I am understanding the idea behind the contest now. TOTALLY addicted…MUST read the book!