Title:
Fatal Obsession
Series:
Harden #1
Author:
Lynn Stookes
Genre:
Adult, Romance
Release
Date: January 1, 2015
Kylie Delaney had the perfect life until one night changed
everything. Now she’s moving back to her hometown to escape the pain and start
over, but someone won’t let her forget the past.
Detective Blake Winters moved back to his hometown to escape the
violence of the city, but when bodies start showing up murdered, he questions
his decision. That is until the girl he wanted as a teenager moves in across
the street. Then all bets are off.
Now, Kylie must face the past with Blake, the one man who broke her
young heart. Can they explore a new relationship and both stay alive as they
search for the person behind the murders?
Excerpt
from Fatal Obsession © Lynn Stookes
“Kylie,”
I sigh, wanting to wrap my arms
around her.
“Please
don’t,” she begs, peering at
me.
“Don’t
what?”
“Look at
me like that,” she answers. “Like
you pity me. I don’t want you to look at me any differently. That’s
not why I
told you. I could tell you knew I was still hiding something and I
don’t want
to keep secrets from
you.”
I think
before I reply, “I don’t feel sorry
for you. I hurt for you, Kylie, but most of all, I respect you for
being so
strong and able to overcome something horrible with no help from
anyone.”
Sitting next to her, I tuck hair behind her ear and continue, “I
wish it never
happened, but I’d never pity you. You are the strongest person I
know and I’ll
never look at you differently for something some jackass did to you.
You fought
back.”
“Thank
you, Blake,” Kylie says looking at
me, before she yawns.
“Tomorrow’s going to be a long day. We
should get some sleep.” I stand up to leave the
room.
“Stay
with me, please.”
“What?”
“Stay
with me,” she pulls back the other
side of the blanket. “I don’t want to be alone right
now.”
“Are you
sure?” I ask.
She pats
the bed next to her in answer. I
lay down on the bed on my back looking at the ceiling, pulling the
cover up to
my hips and realizing I’m bare from the waist up. Turning my head, I
see Kylie
is lying on her side facing me; far enough away we aren’t touching,
but close
enough to feel her body warmth. I watch as Kylie lifts her finger
and traces
the tattoo on my side. I hiss at the
contact.
“What
does it mean?” she asks following the
lines of the tattoo.
“It means
to serve and protect in Latin,” I
answer, trying to control my
breathing.
Her
finger leaves the tattoo and touches my
chest, making circles around my nipple before moving down the center
to my abs,
following the lines of each one. “Kylie, what are you
doing?”
She sits
up and brings her eyes to my face.
Her fingers trail back up my chest to my face, where she runs a
finger along my
bottom lip. Kylie leans down closer and I can see the desire in her
eyes. I
meet her halfway and place my lips are on hers in a firm kiss. I
bring my hand
to the back of her neck and gently pull her closer to me. She gasps,
giving me
an opening for my tongue to enter her mouth. I could go on forever
just kissing
her. Kylie deepens the kiss as she lifts a leg to straddle me and
starts running
her hands over my shoulders. I feel the heat from her core. She
moves her lips
to the side of my face and kisses a trail down my neck. As I’m
catching my
breath, I realize what we’re doing.
“Kylie,”
I pant, “What are we doing? Are
you sure you want
this?”
“Please,
Blake. Help me forget,” she begs
as she places a hard kiss on my mouth.
Damn it!
Not what I want to hear. I pull
back from the kiss and push her to a sitting position with her still
straddling
me. “Kylie, we can’t.”
“What?”
Kylie asks. Her face turns bright
red. “Oh, my God!” She jumps off me and returns to her side of the
bed, facing
away from me. “I should’ve known better. You will always think of me
as a
little sister.”
“What?” I
ask, astonished she’d think that.
I pull her down, so she’s lying on her back. Hovering over, I place
one of my
legs in between hers and grab her hands to put them above her head.
Kylie’s
eyes widen. “Is that what you really think? That I think of you as a
sister?”
Kylie
bites her lip as she nods her head. I
lower my head to suck on the bottom lip she just bit. Rubbing my
erection on
her hip, I growl and she gasps, as I ask, “Do you feel that? Does
that feel
like I have any sisterly thoughts towards you?”
She
shakes her head.
“Good
because I’ve NEVER thought of you as
a sister, Kylie.” I kiss the corner of her
mouth.
“Then why
did you stop?” she asks gasping
as I kiss a trail down her
neck.
I lift my
head to look at her, “Because,
Kylie, when this happens…and note I said when, not if…when this
happens, it’s
not going to be because you want to forget.” I kiss her right
temple. “When
this happens, it’s going to happen because you want it,” I kiss her
left
temple. “Because you have to have it.” I kiss her left cheek.
“Because you need
it.” I kiss her nose. “Because you can’t think of anything else.” I
kiss her
right cheek. “Because you can’t live one second longer without it.”
I kiss her
hard on the lips. “When you get to that point, Kylie, let me know
and that’s
when I’ll fuck you into oblivion. At that moment, I’ll fuck you
until neither
of us can think straight and we forget our own
names.”
She
gasps. I look her in the eyes, “But
until that day comes, I’ll be here patiently waiting for you, like
I’ve been
waiting for ten years.” I release her arms and roll off her. Laying
on my back,
I pull her into my side, feeling her warm, moist breath on my chest
and add,
“Now, let’s get some sleep before I regret my decision and have my
wicked way
with you right now.”
After a
few minutes, she relaxes into my
side, placing a hand on my chest and sighs. “Thanks,
Blake.”
“Anything for you,
Kylie.” I wait until I
feel her breathing even out, and I kiss her head, falling asleep
with her in my
arms like I’ve always wanted.
Lynn Stookes was born and raised in the amazing state of Texas where
she currently resides with her husband of four years. They have one son and two
furry children that create complete chaos she couldn’t live
without.
One day, Lynn took her passion (maybe obsession is more apt) for
romance books and mystery shows to write her first romantic suspense novel,
Fatal Obsession.
In her free time, Lynn enjoys reading anything she can get her hands
on, spending time with her family and friends, coffee breaks, and country
music.
She is currently working on her second novel in the Harden
Series.
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