Book & Author Details:
Docked & Anchored
Rachael Wade
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult
Synopsis for Docked:
A new, sensual Adult Contemporary Romance from author of the Amazon bestselling PRESERVATION SERIES, THE REPLACEMENT, and LOVE AND RELATIVITY. Coming to e-readers everywhere May 26, 2014.
It’s not water that paralyzes Anya Banks—it’s the ocean. Tumultuous and powerful, sleek and unpredictable, it’s just like Tanner Christensen, owner of Trident Voyager, the cruise ship she’s been talked into boarding by her vivacious, foodie fanatic best friend and co-worker, Lana. Tanner exudes confidence, and his raw masculinity is hard to resist. But Anya came aboard to work, face her demons, and then get the hell back to dry land.
Until Tanner convinces her to take the plunge.
She quickly dives into a fun, carefree arrangement with him and embraces her goal to be brave, no matter how loudly her shaky knees tell her to abandon ship. For twelve days, Tanner’s all hers. For twelve days, she’s his goddess. Once the cruise is over and the ship docks, she won’t be the same. But being brave always costs something, and this time, it might cost her heart.
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My
body sags as he crashes against me and we collapse, falling face forward onto
the cool sheets.
“Tanner,”
I mumble into the comforter.
He
grunts.
“Tanner!”
“Hhhmm?”
“I
can’t breathe,” I laugh. My hair’s in my mouth, choking me. “Move, Mr.
Christensen.”
“Don’t
want to.”
“Tough.”
He
grunts again and rolls onto his side, pulling me against him in a spooning
position. “Feel good, baby?”
“No,”
I pant. “No bueno.”
“You
sounded satisfied to me, Miss Banks.”
“Not
good. Chocolate is good. Massages are good. The beach is good.”
He
chuckles deeply and adjusts my hair, brushing it from my neck to drop a kiss
beneath my ear. “If you have a better adjective to describe what just happened,
I’d love to hear it.”
“Boom,”
I sigh. “Just…boom.”
“Boom?”
“Oh,
yeah.”
“Wait.
Isn’t that a…verb, or something?”
“It
can be used as an adjective. In this case, it’s definitely an adjective.”
Tanner
smoothes his hand down my hip and squeezes my ass.
“Ouch!”
“Quit
being a baby.”
“That
hurt!”
“It
feels good. You just want me to do it again.”
“I
dare you to do it again.”
Pressure
clamps down on my cheek and I spring onto my back, reaching for his side, ready
to retaliate.
“Oh
no, you don’t,” he laughs, dodging me. His hands fly out and capture my wrists,
and he body-smacks me back down onto the mattress, crawling on top to straddle
me, pinning me with his thighs. “Only I get to pinch.”
“How
is that fair?”
“Haven’t
you learned anything in Tanner Christensen 101, Anya? I don’t play fair.”
“Tanner,
let me go.”
“What
you’re really saying is, make me come again.”
“God,
you really need a leash for that ego of yours. It’s out of control!” I bite his
bicep and he doesn’t flinch. Just watches and laughs, his lashes drawing down
as he eyes my mouth, that crooked smirk wreaking havoc on my libido. This man
pulls me in. Continuously. I cannot get enough of him. And right now, while
we’re wrapped up in his sheets, in this beach house in the middle of the
Bahamas, all I can think about is escaping with him.
Permanently.
But
a certain faux fiancée is waiting in the wings, ready to pounce at the perfect
moment and snatch him away from me. An uncomfortable tingle, something
possessive and foreign tickles behind my ribcage. I’m not sure what to make of
it, I only know that we have a mess to sort before I can even begin to examine
its meaning.
“What’s
going on in there?” Tanner asks, kissing my forehead.
“Nothing.”
I stretch and yawn, then sit up to wrap my arms around him, curling my body
into him, latching on like he’s my own personal pillow. His face is buried in
my hair while he sandwiches me between his hard body and the mattress.
“Anya.”
“Hhhmmm.”
“I
can’t please you if you don’t tell me what you’re thinking.”
“You
pleased me plenty just a few minutes ago.”
“Talk
to me.”
“I
want to play with you.”
He
pulls back and arches a brow, grinning down at me.
“Switch
positions.”
“Do
you mind telling me where you’re getting this bossy streak from all of a
sudden?”
It’s
me who arches the brow this time.
“Ohhh,
fresh.” He cups my breast and thumbs my nipple. “Careful, Miss Banks, or I’ll
have my way with you again.”
“There
would be worse things in the world, Mr. Christensen.”
“You
have me there.”
AUTHOR BIO
Rachael Wade is the Amazon bestselling author of The Preservation Series, The Resistance Trilogy, and the upcoming sci-fi series, The Keepers Trilogy. When she’s not writing, she’s busy learning French, watching too many movies, and learning how to protect animals and the environment. Visit her at www.RachaelWade.com and www
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Interesting excerpt! I like the playfulness and sexual tension between the two characters... sounds like a great book!
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