This is an exclusive sneak peek of Playboy Pilot.
(A standalone novel)
Release date 9/19/2016
A Contemporary Romance novel
New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Authors
Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland
Excerpt
The driver began to shout something in Portuguese. The way his finger was wagging, I assumed he was telling the person that the cab was full. But the passenger didnβt listen. Next thing I knew, I was sitting next to someone in the back seat.
Someone wearing a uniform.
Captain Carter Clynes in the flesh.
He turned to face me with a wicked grin on his face. βMy layover just got more interesting.β
Damn. He seemed to have grown that stubble overnight.
βHow was your flight, Perky? Did you enjoy the ride I gave you?β
βMy shirtβs dry. I think you can drop the Perky.β
His eyes lowered to my breasts. Of course, my nipples were standing at full attention since the sheen of sweat on my skin had met the cool air-conditioning inside the cab.
Carter scrubbed his hands over his face. βDamn. You werenβt kidding about those things. I havenβt slept in eighteen hours, and they just woke me up. I think theyβre contagious, and Iβm fucking perky now.β
βThatβs not really an appropriate thing to say to a woman you just met, you know.β
βWe didnβt just meet. This is our third date.β
βThird date?β
βI bought you dinner in an elegant restaurant for our first one and took you up for a plane ride for our second one. Those were damn good dates. Some women would kill for that kind of lavishness. Seems fitting date three we should be heading to a hotel.β He winked.
I wasnβt sure if it was the time change, my being tired from restless sleep on the plane, or if it was possible this man could say anything and I wouldnβt be offended. Why am I not I offended?
When I didnβt respond, he continued. βIβm glad I saw you. Didnβt think I would ever see you again.β
βThat might be because you didnβt look for me.β
βI never thought youβd actually take my suggestion and fly to Brazil.β
I mumbled. βNeither did I.β
The cab driver interrupted, looking between us to ask, βYou share cab, yes?β
Surprising me, Carter answered. In Portuguese. The language that sounded choppy and frustrating just two minutes ago, suddenly sounded sexy and romantic.
He turned back to me in English. βWhat hotel are you staying at?β
βI was just trying to figure that out with a little help from Google. Do you have one to recommend?β
βYou trust me to pick out where youβll stay tonight?β
I considered his question for a minute. It was illogical, that much I knew, but I did trust him to pick my hotel. Lord knows why. βI think I do.β
That response earned me another sexy grin that had me more excited than Iβd been in the last year.
Almost a half-hour later, we were finally off the highway and traveling into what looked like a residential neighborhood. βBarra da Tijuca.β I read the street sign aloud.
βVery good. I should probably warn you. Itβs probably not the type of hotel youβre used to.β
βWhat does that mean?β
βYou look like youβre more of the luxury chain with a spa type of woman, thatβs all.β
Even though that was exactly what Iβd typed into Google, when he said it that way, it sounded like a bad thing. It made me defensive. βAnd whatβs wrong with a luxury hotel? Sometimes a girl needs a massage and a soak in a nice bathtub while traveling.β
βWell, you certainly wonβt be getting either of those where weβre heading.β Carter caught my eye. βUnless Iβm the one doing the massaging, that is.β
I blushed, which caused Carter to chuckle. βYou really are fucking adorable. Iβm not sure whatβs sexier, the fact that youβre up for letting me take you on this little adventure, or that you secretly like the thought of me giving you a massage.β
βI do not!β My quick, defensive response only confirmed he was right.
He leaned to me. βDo, too.β
βYouβre off base.β
βThatβs a shame. Iβve been told Iβm really good with my hands.β He held out his hands in front of him, examining them. Big hands. Hands that looked like he used them to do some actual work when he wasnβt flying a plane.
Damn.
β β β β
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From theΒ New York TimesΒ bestselling authors ofΒ Stuck-Up Suit and Cocky Bastard, comes a sexy newΒ standaloneΒ novel.
Money or love? Which would you choose?Β
You probably just answered the question in your head thinking it’s an easy decision.
For me, it’s not. Did I mention it’s a lot of money? A hell of a lot.
I needed to go far away to think it through.
As I embarked on an impulsive trip, I hit a detour when I met sexy Carter in the airport lounge. We struck up a heated conversation.
Then, he left.
I thought I’d never see him again.
But fate had other plans.
Surprise! He was the pilot of my flight.
The bigger surprise was the adventure that followed after the plane landed.
Carter was dangerous and always on the move.
Even though our connection was magnetic, I knew it was only temporary.
He would give me tickets, and I would follow him around the world to exotic places.
A bevvy of flight attendant exes and rumors about Carter’s reputation were never far behind.
I didn’t know what to believe.
But I was addicted. Nothing else mattered anymore. And I was going to get hurt. Because a part of me wanted to be the one to finally ground the playboy pilot.
At the very least, he was taking me on a thrilling ride.
All good things must come to an end, right?
Except our ending was one I didn’t see coming.
Meet Penelope Ward
Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of eleven novels. Her books have placed on the New York Times bestseller list fourteen times. She is the proud mother of a beautiful 11-year-old girl with autism (the inspiration for the character Callie in Gemini) and a 10-year-old boy. Penelope, her husband and kids reside in Rhode Island.
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Meet Vi Keeland
Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author. With more than a million books sold, her titles have appeared in over fifty Bestseller lists and are currently translated in ten languages. She lives in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.
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