Brooklynaire (Brooklyn Bruisers #4)
by Sarina Bowen
Released on: February 12th, 2018
Synopsis:
A sexy new standalone from USA Today bestseller Sarina Bowen.
You’d think a billion dollars, a professional hockey team and a six-bedroom mansion on the Promenade would satisfy a guy. You’d be wrong.
For seven years Rebecca has brightened my office with her wit and her smile. She manages both my hockey team and my sanity. I don’t know when I started waking in the night, craving her. All I know is that one whiff of her perfume ruins my concentration. And her laugh makes me hard.
When Rebecca gets hurt, I step in to help. It’s what friends do. But what friends don’t do is rip off each others’ clothes for a single, wild night together.
Now she’s avoiding me. She says we’re too different, and it can never happen again. So why can’t we keep our hands off each other?
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EXCERPT
I grab a towel off a waiting stack of them and toss it onto the edge. “You can sit and put your feet in.”
She’s wearing a short little knit dress that’s been making me crazy all evening, so it would be easy enough for her to strip off those stockings, sit on the towel, and drop both feet in.
And that’s what she does. She eases one stocking down over a smooth knee and tugs it off.
I don’t want to stand there staring like a middle-school boy. Okay, I do want to. But I don’t want to make her uncomfortable. So I go over to the sound system instead, and I set my phone on the speaker and cue up a really old playlist. One she’ll recognize.
When I turn around again, she’s seated on the towel, both legs hanging down into the churning water. “Ah. Wow.” She looks up at me, her eyes sparkling. “Nice place you got here.”
“Isn’t it?” I toe off my shoes and kick them to the side.
The first song comes on, and it’s a Macklemore tune that we used to play far too often in our first office. Rebecca laughs immediately. “You didn’t! I haven’t heard this playlist in forever. But I’ll bet I still know every transition. Lady Gaga is next.”
“She sure is.”
Rebecca kicks her feet, making a splash. “I have a little confession to make.”
“What’s that?” I loosen my tie and slide the knot out.
“Well…” She grins up at me. “I used to have a crush on you. Back in the early days.”
My hands freeze on the tie silk. “Get out of town. You did not.”
“No, I really did.” Her cheeks are pink. “That first year especially. But you were taken, and you were my boss. Those two things made it pretty easy to tamp down, when you’re a practical girl like me.”
I walk over and drop down beside her, my back to the water, though, because I’m still wearing trousers and socks. “So how does that work, exactly?”
“What?” She gives me a sidelong glance, but then looks away again and won’t meet my eyes.
“How do you stop wanting someone? I’m a practical person, but I don’t see how that makes it any easier. Nothing seems to mute the raging attraction I have for you.”
Her chin turns quickly toward me, and I seize the opportunity to kiss her. And it only takes one kiss—one slide of my lips over hers, and I’m on fire again.
We’re facing opposite directions, so it’s awkward as hell. But I don’t even care. I take greedy sip after greedy sip of her mouth, until she pulls back to stare at me. Her color is high and her eyes are bright and happy. “This is like Twister.”
“It’s better,” I correct. Lady Gaga comes on, just as Becca said she would. “Are we getting into this pool or what?”
Becca kicks a foot in the water. “I’m tempted. But I don’t have a bathing suit.”
“Oh, snap.”
She smiles and shakes her head. “Are you really getting in?”
“We don’t have to.” I’m never going to pressure her.
Her fingers trail across the surface of the bubbling water. “But this is an adventure, right?”
“Right.” I stand up and remove my socks. She’s watching me. And I can’t read her expression. “What?”
“Just wondering what else you’re going to take off.” She smiles.
“Come here.” The order rolls off my tongue.
But Rebecca doesn’t blink. She gets up and turns toward me, curiosity in her eyes.
“You tell me. What am I taking off?”
She puts two hands tentatively on my chest, and I make myself be patient. Everything I ever wanted is on the other side of this moment. I just need us to break through this awkwardness—the “will we or won’t we” tension.
Her fingers find the top button of my shirt. “I’m not getting in the water unless you are.”
That’s a compromise I can live with. I find my lower shirt buttons and work upwards, until we meet in the middle. She pushes the two halves of my shirt apart and runs a hand down my bare chest.
My inner caveman stands up and cheers.
My review
Nate Kattenberger is my first nerd bookboyfriend. And let me say that this nerd is so sexy. And what a hot & sweet way to love he got!!!! A guy like him always tends to think a lot. Tech stuff is his second name. the only thing that could literally shut down his entire system is a certain woman:
Rebecca Rowley. His soft side, loyal & protective will melt your heart. While his hard one will get you on fire. He has no hesitation to ask what he wants, in a very dirty way. He demands and she does it. But his way to demand it is SO HOT! He really is a guy of a thousand talents.
Rebecca is a workaholic, nothing is more important for her than her work. Well nothing but Nate. But mind & heart doesn't go along in this case. That's why this relationship is complicated, is forbidden...but is also inevitable. Their relationship will gradually change.And here the author shows all her talent. She will make you "sweat" to earn another piece of the puzzle called Bec & Nate together. And when you'd think you get how it goes....Boom...the angst starts. But is also when their chemistry becomes.... uncontrollable and addictive. But it seems there is always something against this love story. It's something like: Yes I want you, but...and that's when a genius like Nate knows exactly what to do to get what he wants. And he wants only a thing: His Rebecca! She has been and still his priority, and he will prove it several times.
Feel free to love him too;)
***ARC kindly provided by the author in exchange for an honest review**
Rebecca Rowley. His soft side, loyal & protective will melt your heart. While his hard one will get you on fire. He has no hesitation to ask what he wants, in a very dirty way. He demands and she does it. But his way to demand it is SO HOT! He really is a guy of a thousand talents.
Rebecca is a workaholic, nothing is more important for her than her work. Well nothing but Nate. But mind & heart doesn't go along in this case. That's why this relationship is complicated, is forbidden...but is also inevitable. Their relationship will gradually change.And here the author shows all her talent. She will make you "sweat" to earn another piece of the puzzle called Bec & Nate together. And when you'd think you get how it goes....Boom...the angst starts. But is also when their chemistry becomes.... uncontrollable and addictive. But it seems there is always something against this love story. It's something like: Yes I want you, but...and that's when a genius like Nate knows exactly what to do to get what he wants. And he wants only a thing: His Rebecca! She has been and still his priority, and he will prove it several times.
Feel free to love him too;)
***ARC kindly provided by the author in exchange for an honest review**
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About the author
Sarina Bowen is a USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance and New Adult fiction from the wilds of Vermont.
Her Ivy Years and Brooklyn Bruisers books are hockey romance novels. These two connected series began breaking hearts in 2014 with The Year We Fell Down. See http://www.sarinabowen.com for updates.
HIM and US are the bestselling, hockey LGBT novels co-written with Elle Kennedy. HIM is also a finalist for the Romance Writers of America’s RITA® Award.
For lovers of angsty snowboarders, Sarina also writes the Gravity series, featuring snow sports heroes.
Sarina enjoys skiing, coffee products and a nice glass of wine. She lives with her family, six chickens and more ski gear and hockey equipment than seems necessary.
She would be honored to connect with you at http://www.sarinabowen.com.
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