Play Your Heart Out
Sinful Serenade, #4
Sinful Serenade, #4
by Crystal
Kaswell
Publication date: May 24th 2016
Genres: New Adult, Romance
Publication date: May 24th 2016
Genres: New Adult, Romance
BLURB
He parties like a
rockstar.
She’s there to make sure no one finds out…
She’s there to make sure no one finds out…
Jess James has her eye on the
prize. She is finding the money to pay for law school. Period. She is starting
a new life on her own. Period. And she’s absolutely staying in Los Angeles,
three thousand miles away from the people who expect her to lie for them. It
doesn’t matter how lonely she gets on her own, how exhausted she is from
working overtime as a cocktail waitress, or how deep the knife wound in her
back cuts. She is going to be a lawyer, whatever it takes.
Only she doesn’t have what it
takes. She can barely afford to pay her rent.
Sinful Serenade bassist Pete
Steele has enough to pay Jess’s rent and buy her a small island in the
Caribbean. The famous, talented rock star has everything… except the one thing
his manager wants. Pete rose to fame as a devoted boyfriend. Doesn’t matter
that his ex slept with his best friend, he needs to stop screwing his way
through Los Angeles to keep his reputation clean. Pete works hard, and parties
harder… and the sweet, blond waitress is exactly the girl he needs on his arm
if he wants to keep the record company happy.
Their arrangement is simple: he
pays her tuition, she plays his girlfriend. They’ll lie to the world, but not
to each other. Especially not when they’re alone, in his bed, him figuring out
exactly which buttons to push to get her moaning his name.
Jess is good at keeping up
appearances. She can play the enigmatic rock star’s girlfriend. But Pete
shouldn’t play games with a girl who’s been broken before…
Previous books in the series:
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My eyes find Pete’s. There’s an earnestness to his expression. I
feel like I can trust him. Like I can talk to him.
That might be worth lying
to everyone else.
His hand slides under my
skirt. My thoughts fade away. My shoulders and back relax. I want to feel the
way I did at the park, like there’s nothing in the world but the two of us.
Sex first. Decision
second.
I lean in to whisper. “Do
we have to stay to talk?”
“Have to clear something
with Aiden but I can do it after.”
Mmm. After. I nod. “Yes
please.”
“Yes please, what?”
I can hear the smile in
his voice. “Yes, please… will you… Do I have to say it?”
He chuckles. “I’ll get you
there.”
His fingertips skim my
thighs as he pulls his hand back to his lap. He pulls back enough he can stare
into my eyes. I still can’t figure out what the expression in his deep brown
eyes means, but damn if I don’t like staring into them.
They’re gorgeous eyes.
That vulnerability
returns. He blinks and it’s gone. I shift backwards, breaking his touch. But
it’s too loud to think.
Pete stands and pulls me
to my feet. He nods goodbye to his friends then leads me to the back of the VIP
area. There’s a roped off area with a NO ENTRANCE sign. He scans the room. A
cocktail waitress has her eyes on us. More likely, she has her eyes on him. She
licks her lips hungrily.
He could easily take her
home. But he looks at her with apathy. He doesn’t want her. He doesn’t want any
of the gorgeous models in this place.
He wants me.
Pete leans in to whisper.
“Wait for me on the balcony. I’ll lose her.” He motions to the closed door in
the corner of the roped off area.
He wants to do this on a
balcony? Damn. First the bar bathroom then this. He has a thing for public sex.
I should say no. I’m going
to be a lawyer. I can’t get caught having sex in public.
I try to force the word to
my lips but it refuses. “What if we get caught?”
“This is private property.
They’ll ask to leave. That will be it.” His eyes meet mine. “We can hold off
till we get back to your place.”
I shake my head. I don’t
want to hold off. I want him. Now.
I trust his assessment of
the situation.
“No. Let’s do now,” I say.
He nods.
I wait for him to grab the
waitress’s attention and I sneak past the velvet rope. The door to the balcony
is frosted glass. You can’t see in or out. I turn the handle and check my
footing. All good.
We’re overlooking the
alley. No one can see us, not from the street, not from the club.
No one is going to catch
us. Not on camera—it’s too dark for that.
Thoughts swirl around my
brain. I like Pete. Find him interesting. Hell, find him fascinating.
Can I play his girlfriend
without falling in love with him?
I press my hands into the
smooth metal railing. It’s the only cold thing here. The sounds of the
street—conversations and cars—flow into my ears, competing with the music
coming from the club.
There’s only one thing I
know: I can’t leave without being with him.
Period.
Author Info
Crystal Kaswell writes steamy new
adult and erotic romance books. She loves when flawed characters fall head over
heels for each other. Especially if they fall into bed first. She loves police
procedurals, tea, and The Hunger Games series. She lives in Los Angeles with
her husband.
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