No Secrets
by N. Raines
Publication
date: November 29th 2016
Genres:
New Adult, Romance
BLURB
She wants him…
Alyxandra Franklin crushed on
Cris Garcia the first time they met. He wasn’t like the guys in her crowd, the
boys in grown-up bodies. No, Cris was a man. A man who’d stand up for his girl,
hold her close and keep her love safe. In spite of her feelings, Alyx never
made a move on him. How could she? He belonged to her best friend, Gabi. And
now it’s too late.
He hates her…
Cris figures if he never sees
Alyx Franklin again, it’ll be too soon. She’s nothing but a spoiled stupid rich
girl, too busy partying to care about anyone but herself. She’s the reason
Gabi, the girl he loved, lost her life.
But he’s wrong. Gabi had secrets.
When those secrets blow up his life, Cris is willing to go to any lengths to
unravel the lies. Even if that means befriending Alyx—and sleeping with her—to
learn the truth.
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EXCERPT:
Brandon
nuzzled her ear. “It’s just you and me, baby.”
She pushed him away as she tried to think. Oh, God. If only she
hadn’t had all those drinks. Her muzzy state made her clumsy and off-kilter.
She meant no, but Brandon wasn’t taking no for an answer. Though she’d slapped
away his hand, he kept pushing.
He tickled up her side as she tried to squirm away. “Bet I can
change your mind…”
God, she was ticklish there. She couldn’t help laughing, even
though she was pissed he wouldn’t take her seriously. “Don’t…no, stop it. I
mean it, Brandon. Stop…”
A deep voice cut through her weak giggles and Brandon’s whispered
teasing. “You got a problem with your hearing? She said stop.”
They both froze. Alyx couldn’t make out the man’s face in the
darkness, but she knew the voice.
Cris.
When he stepped into the light, Alyx stiffened even as her chest
flooded with relief. Grateful as she was that someone had intervened, why did
he have to be that someone?
He gazed at them stony-faced. His eyes zeroed in on Brandon’s hand
on her waist. She felt Brandon’s hand tighten, then drop away as he glared back
at Cris. “What do you want?”
“I want you to leave her alone.” He nodded at Alyx.
“Why don’t you just mind your own business?”
Cris ignored him, focusing on Alyx. “Do you want this assclown
touching you?”
“Hey!” Clenching his fists, Brandon took a step toward Cris.
Alyx spoke quickly. “I just want to go home.” Though pissed off at
Brandon, she didn’t want to see him and Cris get into it.
The air quivered with nervous energy as the two guys eyed each
other. Brandon’s jaw was set as though he wanted to lay into Cris, and Cris
looked as though he’d like nothing better than to bust Brandon in his preppy,
pretty-boy face.
Another voice broke the tension. “Everything cool over here?”
A man stepped out of the darkness and stood beside Cris. Alyx
recognized him from inside the bar, the guy who’d been sitting with Cris. Tall
and broad shouldered, he was the kind of guy you’d want watching your back when
trouble came calling.
“Yeah.” Cris’s even tone belied the tenseness in his body. “It’s
all good, man.” He glanced at Alyx. “Where’s your car? I’ll drive you home.
You’re in no shape to get behind the wheel.” Then he turned to the big guy, his
friend. “Rick, can you follow us so I can get a lift back here to my ride?”
She tottered on her three-inch heels while Brandon sneered. “Well,
I uh…my car’s not here. I mean, I came with a friend…but she left without me.”
God, did she sound pathetic or what?
Brandon’s nasty laughter rang out behind them as his climbed into
his car. “Good luck getting home, Alyx.” He gave the door a slam, then peeled
out of the lot, gunning the motor as a farewell fuck-you.
Total silence reverberated before Cris spoke again. “You got some
real nice friends.”
He didn’t even try to hide his contempt, obviously convinced she
was stupid and irresponsible. Maybe he was right.
“Well, um, I could call a cab.” She unsnapped her tiny purse and
wanted to cry when all she found was a compact, a tube of lipstick, and a couple
of crumpled dollar bills.
Oh, crap. Not even enough to take the bus, if buses ran this late.
What to do? Her brain scrabbled frantically to come up with an answer. “I could
call my sister to come get me.” Right, ask her for a favor after you
ditched her party. But
no matter how pissed Morgan might be, she wouldn’t leave Alyx stranded. Nor
would she tattle to their parents.
She felt both men’s gazes on her, the big guy’s soft with
sympathy, Cris’s hard and judgmental. She felt every bit the spoiled little
airhead they imagined her to be.
The big dude spoke up. “Well, I could—”
“No,” Cris said. “I got this, Rick. Come on, Alyx. I’ll take you
home.”
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N.
Raines (who also writes as Nona Raines) is a former librarian who lives in
upstate New York with her many pets. She’s currently working on her next novel
between walking the dog and shooing the cats off the laptop. Her erotic
romances are published with The Wild Rose Press and Loose Id. Her transgender
romance His Kind of Woman was nominated for the 2014 DABWAHA sponsored by the
Dear Author and Smart Bitches, Trashy Books review blogs. Her most recent work
is the romance novella Write to Me and the transgender romance Her Kind of Man.
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