Title: STING (Spark, #4)
Author: Jennifer Ryder
Genre: Steamy Erotic Romance
RYAN
After two years undercover, Detective
Ryan Clark is tasked to the job he’s been waiting for. Ryan, together with
undercover operative, Mick Gallagher, could very well be the men responsible
for bringing together the biggest drug bust in Australia’s history.
The seemingly sleepy coastal town of
Fremantle, has become a hotspot for a newly formed drug syndicate, which
threatens to flood the market with high-grade coke through the ports.
Settling into his new locale, scouting
out the local haunts, Ryan finds himself coming back to the same coffee shop.
The attraction to Blondie, the local barista, has him puzzled. He knows it’s
not just one-sided.
She’s trying to keep her distance.
It only makes him want her more.
WILLOW
Willow Asher left it all behind. Not by
choice.
After two long years, she’s finally
getting somewhere. Willow has a busy café a stone’s throw from the beach. It’s
her pride and joy, and her buxom business partner, Gabby, is the closest thing
to family to speak of.
Although Willow’s past still plagues her
thoughts, she’s determined to one day have her happily ever after. Just not
yet.
What she doesn’t need is the
complications of Mr Sexy-Brown-Eyes, who seems to be drinking more and more
coffee.
She doesn’t want the questions.
She’s still trying to get her story
straight.
The curvy redhead behind the counter
warmly greets everyone like their old friends, winking and smiling, her
iridescent hot pink lipstick unmissable. Her silver nametag bears the name
‘Gabby’.
“Well, it’s a good morning now,” the
redhead says, her hazel eyes sizing me up when I move to the front of the line.
She smirks, and readies her hand on the register. “What’ll it be, honey?”
“Large flat white, thanks.”
“That’s four dollars, please.”
I pay, and she hands me my change, her hot
pink fingernails grazing my outstretched palm. The redhead slides a piece of
paper across the counter and a small hand from behind the machine takes it.
Apart from the noise you wouldn’t even know someone was there with the cups
piled high on top.
A flash of messy blonde hair dashes out from behind the machine. “Is that
take,” she says, and her jaw goes slack as her pretty eyes scan from my chest
up to my face.
“Huh?” I say, leaning in closer to the counter, taking in an eyeful of her
petite body, golden tanned skin against the stark whiteness of her tank top. I
don’t miss the growing blush that’s spreading across her freckled cheeks
either.
She shakes her head and briefly closes
her eyes as she huffs out a breath. “Sorry, take-away?”
“Nah, think I might stay?” I say and nod. Yep. Definitely staying.
“Um, sure. Take a seat,” she says and turns to her colleague. “Gabs, can you
give him a number?”
“Oh, honey. I’ll give this one a number alright.”
I chuckle, and take the number on a metal stand that she hands me. Blondie
gives me a tickle of a smile and then returns behind the machine.
I lazily wander to the only vacant chair in the corner, and wait impatiently
for blondie to deliver my coffee.
I’ve got a fuckin’ good feeling I’m gonna enjoy this assignment.
©Jennifer
Ryder 2014
Spark series
Spike (Spark #2)
Strike (Spark, #3)
New Adult and erotic romance writer, and
author of the Spark series.
A sexy imagination, a life-long love of
books and a sucker for romance, Jennifer Ryder couldn't stifle her creativity
any longer.
Writing steamy adult romance has become
her new focus. Living on a rural property in New South Wales, Australia, she
enjoys the best of city and country.
Her loving husband is ever willing to
provide inspiration, and her two young cherubs, and sheep that don't see fences
as barriers, keep life more than interesting.
Jennifer placed third
in the International Stringybark Erotic Short Fiction Award 2013.
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