Title:
Passion in Paradise Duo
Novels
Include: Cain’s Salvation and Hard As Stone
Author:
Sarah O’Rourke
Genre:
Erotic Romance Suspense
Release:
September 22, 2015
Blurb:
In the small, sleepy Southern town
of Paradise, not everything is as it seems. Nestled in the foothills of the
Smoky Mountains, the tiny country town seems like it would be the perfect spot
to raise a family, build a life and enjoy living in what most natives call
‘God’s Country’. What no one seems to realize is that there are secrets hiding
in the families of this quaint little community – especially the McKinnon clan.
And everyone knows, in a family,
secrets never stay secret for long.
**This
duo include Cain's Salvation and Hard as Stone **
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Goodreads:
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Author Bio:
Sarah O'Rourke is the alter
ego of two best friends who have taken their passion for romantic fiction and
erotica to the publishing world. Born and raised in the southern United States,
one lives near Louisville, KY, while the other resides in Atlanta, Georgia.
Neither is ever very far from a tall glass of sweet iced tea, their dog-eared
copies of Gone With the Wind, or their Steel Magnolias DVDs!
Formerly an accountant and
a chemist, they are now overworked, stay-at-home moms who adore their children,
their husbands...and writing about love in every way possible!
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Excerpts:
Cain’s Salvation
Suddenly Faith was there by his side, her slender
hand circling his wrist and tugging frantically. “Cain!
Let him go right now!” she ordered, pulling fruitlessly against the
manacle-like grip he had on the drunk’s throat.
His gaze shifted from the asshole to Faith. “He put his hands on you,” he bit out, ruthlessly
tightening his hold. “And then, he
threatened you again.”
“I’m fine!” she begged, tugging again at his
wrist. “The only one in danger here is
you if you don’t let him go! He can’t
breathe, Cain! Please!”
Flinging the asshole away from him with a twitch
of his wrist, he sent the man stumbling backward into the Deputy’s grip,
gasping for much needed air. Pointing a
finger at the gaping man, he warned, “Come near her again and I’ll end you
slowly.”
“Take him down to the station and get him
booked,” Zeke ordered harshly to his Deputy before sparing a look toward
Cain. It was clear to him that the other
man was as likely to attack again as not.
“Get him some air, Faith. Get
Cain out of here,” he demanded, his voice brooking no arguments.
Faith nodded wordlessly as she slid her body
between Cain and where the two Deputies held the straining drunk. Sliding her hands against his tense
shoulders, Faith lifted on her tiptoes as she tried to catch Cain’s eyes with
hers. “Cain, honey, please!” she
whispered. “Let’s just go back to the
office. Zeke and his boys will get rid
of this guy, and Abel will look after Patience.
Won’t you, Abel?” she said with a quick look at where his brother stood
watching.
“You know I will,” Abel agreed quickly.
“Patience can take care of herself,” Faith’s
sister called out as she came out from behind the bar. “Zeke, what the hell are you waiting
for? Get that asshole the hell out of my
bar!” she ordered imperiously, gesturing wildly toward the door. “He’s ruinin’ the vibe in here. Messing with my Zen and everything.”
“Sweet Christ,” Abel moaned, running a hand down
his face before moving to intercept the tiny tornado headed toward them.
“See,” Faith said gently, rubbing one hand
against Cain’s hard chest. “It’s all
under control. Patience is gonna kick
everybody’s ass for us. We don’t need to
stick around for that. We can see that
show anytime.”
Finally forcing himself to focus on Faith’s face,
he saw worry swirling in the azure depths of her gaze. “You know they called me the Soul Reaper in
Afghanistan for a reason,” he kept his voice low, but he stared deeply into her
eyes.
“I’m not afraid of you,” Faith assured him
serenely. “I’m afraid for you right
now. C’mon, Cain. This is your chance. You said whenever I was ready to talk, you’d
be ready to listen. Let’s just get out
of here and let the good deputies of Paradise do their jobs,” she murmured,
urging him toward door on the other side of the bar. “That guy isn’t our problem anymore.”
Cain disagreed.
That bastard still felt very much like his problem, but with Faith
touching him and staring so openly up at him, he couldn’t resist giving her
what she wanted. Nodding, he grabbed her
hand in his and stomped toward the door to the adjoining dining room, hauling
her with him.
Hard as Stone
Stepping
between her spread legs, Jake held her squirming body still as he fought not to
laugh at her theatrics. “Calm down and
settle,” he ordered against her temple, holding her firmly against him.
“I
could have gotten on board with the pink carpet. I might even have been able to wrap my mind
around a puppy. Maybe!” she railed,
smacking his arm as she spat each sentence. “But dropping the bomb that you
want me and my daughter to move in with you just takes the cake!” Jerking her gaze to him as she heard a low
chuckle escape his mouth, she shook her head furiously. “Are you laughin’ at me? Trust me, I don’t find any of this funny,
Jake!”
“I’m
not laughin’ at you, darlin’. I’m just a little amused at our
situation. See, I thought I’d been real
clear from the outset about what I wanted.
Are you honestly gonna tell me that this is a surprise, babe?” he asked,
capturing her frantic eyes with his and holding them. “Look me in the eye and tell me that you
didn’t realize that I was in this for the long haul. I told you weeks ago that I was staying in
Paradise because of you,
Harmony. And in the last month, I’ve
gotten as wrapped up in Heaven as I am in her momma. Where the fuck did you think this was going?”
“I
don’t know!” Harmony exploded in a burst of temper. Seriously, this is not the conversation she’d seen happening tonight. “Tonight, I’d hoped that it was leading to
the bedroom, but I hadn’t thought too far beyond that.” Really, she’d just finally worked up the courage to get intimate with a man again
after years of celibacy, and now he wanted more?
“Oh,
the bedroom is definitely our destination for the evening, sweetheart,” he
agreed with a slow, wicked grin. “But a
night stolen here and there isn’t gonna satisfy me, Harmony. I’m a selfish bastard. I want everything
you’ve got to give me. Your beautiful
body is only part of that. Oh, it’s a
gorgeous part, but I want the heart and mind, too. ”
“Jesus,
Jake,” Harmony muttered weakly, her head falling against his shoulder as she
sagged against him. “It’s all or nothing
with you, isn’t it?”
“Told
ya, baby. I’m a selfish bastard,” he
whispered, wrapping his arms around her.
“The good news is that I’m your
selfish bastard. Yours and
Heaven’s. And I’ll do whatever I need to
do to keep you both safe and protected and to make sure you never doubt that
you’re both loved and wanted.”
“I
don’t know anything about you,” she whispered into his neck as her heart did a
tap dance in her chest. What Zeke had
said earlier in the day resonated in her brain.
None of them really knew anything
about Jake. She didn’t know if he’d ever
been married or if he had any allergies or if he slept on the right or left
side of the bed, for God’s sake. How the
hell could she even consider living with a man she knew next to nothing
about? How could that ever work between
them?
He
tilted his head for a second, then said, “No, I’ve never been married, I don’t
have any allergies that I know about, and I sleep on whichever side is closest
to the door.”
Closing
her eyes, Harmony grimaced and burrowed her face against the space between his
neck and shoulder. His familiar woodsy
scent mixed with sweat and man comforted her, relaxing a little of the tension
that hand taken up residence in her back.
“I said all that out loud?” she asked in a tiny voice.
“You
did,” he acknowledged against her ear.
“And to answer your last question, this thing will work between us
because I refuse to accept otherwise.
We’ll find our way a day at a time, darlin’, but we will find it.”
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