Title: EVEN BETTER (A Stripped Novella, #2.5)
Author: Skye Warren
Genre: Dark Erotic Romance
Release Date: September 22, 2015
Synopsis
A story about how coming together can break us apartβ¦
An old military friend of Blueβs comes to stay with us, and suddenly I have two muscled men surrounding me. Before I can take a breath, weβre diving into something dirty togetherβsomething dangerous. Dangerous because three is a crowd.
This is Blueβs best friend, and one of us will have to leave.
Excerpt
I expect West to laugh. They have a competitive camaraderie that is fun to be around. Except he doesnβt laugh. He doesnβt even crack a smile. Instead his gaze drops to where Blueβs hand is on my ass. For the first time since he showed up, lust flashes across his face.
Nervous, I glance at Blue. Heβs watching me, lids low, a dark expression on his face. He knows exactly what heβs doing, and I think he likes it. Itβs some kind of tease, an extension of their friendly competitiveness, natural and somehow intimate.
So intimate it makes me wonder if theyβve ever done more than tease.
My eyes widen. βHave you and him everβ¦?β
The corner of Blueβs mouth lifts. βWhatβs that, beautiful?β
βYou know,β I stammer. βShared a girl.β
The words come out in a rush, and I know from the sultry, smug looks on their faces that Iβm right. βNot shared,β Blue says. βNot exactly. But I watched sometimes, sure. Weβd get a night off and head to the bar near base. There are, what? Two men for every woman there. Maybe more.β
βSome girls like an audience,β West says, the drawl in his voice more pronounced.
The room feels twenty degrees hotter as testosterone and arousal swirl in the air. I had no idea that Blue was kinky enough to watch a couple have sexβalthough heβs been plenty kinky in other ways with just me and him. I imagine being some girl in a bar, being picked up by two men as big and strong and sexy as these two. Itβs overwhelmingβ¦and I realize I may not have to imagine it after all.
Blue watches me from slitted eyes.
My voice is shaking. βDid you want me toββ
βYou donβt have to do anything you donβt want to, beautiful. Weβre just getting to know each other, after all.β
It makes me wonder if he thinks Iβll do more once I know West better. It makes me wonder if I even want to do more. Of course West is a handsome man, but being shared? βUmm.β
Blue shifts in his chair slightly, so my leg is trapped around his, and Iβm slightly more exposedβfacing West fully. βMaybe we could give him something to see,β he murmurs. βA nice little memory to bring to bed with him. Would he like that?β
West is completely still, lean body full of tension. βChrist, yes.β He pushes back in his chair, his expression more pain than pleasure. βOnly if youβre okay, Hannah. Only ifβ¦β
βIβm okay,β I say, stronger now. God, if thereβs one thing I know how to do, itβs to give a man a show. βI want to.β
Just like Blue and West think all they can do is fight, all I can do is dance. And this isnβt even dancing for strangers. This is dancing for the man I loveβand his best friend.
Except dancing isnβt what Blue has in mind.
Books in the Stripped series
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Better When It Hurts: A Stripped Novel, #2
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Pretty When You Cry: A Stripped Novel, #3
Most men only see what they want to. The flirty stripper, the gloss and glitter and sex.
They donβt know I dance to the songs in my headβto the psalms I canβt forget.
I learned about power from within holy walls, always following the scriptures, always obedient until the day I escaped. No matter how much paint I wear, I can never cover up the girl they made. My conditioning runs too deep.
Ivan sees what I am.
Thatβs the thing about showing a mouse to a cat. He wants to play. And itβs terrifying, even for me. Because the only thing darker than my past is his.
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