Could Hutton French and I actually be right for each
other, or is it all just one big tease?
TEASE, an all new sizzling friends to
lovers, fake engagement small town romantic comedy from USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling
author Melanie Harlow, is now available!
I didn’t mean
to say I was engaged to a hot billionaire–it just slipped out.
In my defense, I’d had a really bad
haircut, a really strong drink, and I was trying to save face in front of the
Mean Girl at my high school reunion.
Lucky for me, I happen to know a hot
billionaire. Hutton French and I have been friends forever, and even though big
social gatherings are not his thing, I called him from the coat closet and
begged him for a favor–show up and play my fake fiancé for the night.
Except that word of our engagement
spreads like wildfire. Our families are ecstatic. We’re front page news. My
little food blog is launched into the stratosphere.
Of course, I offer to set the record
straight right away, but Hutton wants to give it a little time–the phony
engagement will keep his matrimony-mad mother and every matchmaking granny in
town off his back.
He even suggests I move in with him
to make the ruse more real.
And we don’t stop there.
We practice kissing. Undressing each
other. Saying things–and doing things–we’d never dare if we weren’t pretending.
Because it’s all for show, right? We’re just role-playing. Hutton doesn’t want
a real relationship, and I don’t want to get hurt. But the more time we spend
faking it, the more I start to wonder.
Could Hutton French and I actually be
right for each other, or is it all just one big tease?
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My Review
I love this series and Felicity was a great and realistic character. I
mean, who amongst us hasn't taken the scissors to our hair when
stressed?
While dealing with a bad haircut and her reunion, the
mean girls that are still around, and a visit from her childhood friend
becomes too much, Felicity tells everyone that she's engaged to said
friend. He just happens to be a billionaire, has a long crush on her,
and comes to her rescue when she sends him their secret code that she
needs him.
These two have to pretend, until they're not. The fake
fiance trope is one that has been used before but this one felt
different, probably due to likeable characters.
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for a look inside TEASE!
"Want something to drink? Whiskey or scotch?”
“No, thanks. Mostly I just want to take these heels off.”
“Leave them on.”
I was already bending down to unbuckle one ankle strap. I looked up
and saw him standing there with his glass in his hand. “What?”
“Leave them on. And come over here.”
I straightened up and took one tiny step.
“On your hands and knees.”
My breath caught. I could feel his eyes on me. Instantly I
understood what this was, and even though I was a little nervous, I wanted to
play along. I wanted to please him this way.
The only problem was, I wasn’t entirely
sure I could get to my knees in this tight dress. But I said a quick prayer and
dropped to my knees on the carpet in one smooth motion. Thankfully, the dress
material had some stretch, and the seams didn’t pop.
“Good girl,” he said quietly, igniting a firestorm in my blood that
surprised me. “Now come here.”
My heart thrummed fast and loud as I lowered my palms to the floor
and slowly closed the distance between us. I’d never done anything like this in
my life—who am I right now?—but I
liked the way it made me feel.
Tempting. Seductive. Alluring. I’d never thought of myself that way
before, but here and now, in this tight little black dress with the red satin
heels, crawling toward a gorgeous, powerful man in a suit in our Manhattan hotel
suite? My billionaire fake fiancé? It was easy to imagine I wasn’t myself at
all.
When I reached his feet, I sat back on my heels and looked up. Our
eyes met. His lean, muscular silhouette looked imposing above me. Even that
rebel lock of hair had been tamed into submission tonight.
He took another sip of his drink and set the glass on the table.
Pulled the chair at the head of the table aside. Loosened the knot in his tie.
“Are you okay?”
“Yes.”
“If there’s a point tonight where you are not, you should tell me.”
He slipped the tie from his collar.
I swallowed hard. “Like a safe word?”
His mouth hooked up on one side. His hand freed the top button of
his shirt. “You already have a safe word?”
“No,” I said quickly. “I’ve never needed one before.”
“You do now.” He undid a second button. “So what will it be?”
Of course, I couldn’t fucking think of anything, and I panicked.
“Roy Kent,” I blurted.
He cocked his head, his hand still on his shirt. “Who’s Roy Kent?”
“Never mind. I’ll think of another one.”
Do not say
Oklahoma.
Do not say bumblebee.
I racked my brain for something else. “Romeo,” I said breathlessly.
“That’s what I’ll say. Romeo.”
He set his tie on the table and offered me a hand.
Placing my palm in his, I rose to my feet. “Is anything going to
hurt?” I asked, picturing whips, chains, ball gags, metal cuffs and clamps,
shiny rubber gloves.
“I don’t need to inflict pain to feel in control, if that’s what
you’re asking.”
“Okay. Should I—”
But that was all I got out because he spun me around and clamped a
hand over my mouth, pressing his body tight against my back.
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About Melanie Harlow
USA
Today bestselling author Melanie Harlow likes
her martinis dry, her heels high, and her history with the naughty bits left
in. When she's not writing or reading, she gets her kicks from TV series like
Ted, Lasso, Schitt’s Creek, and Fleabag. She occasionally runs three miles, but
only so she can have more gin and steak.
Melanie
is the author of the BELLAMY CREEK series, the CLOVERLEIGH FARMS series, the
ONE & ONLY series, AFTER WE FALL series, the HAPPY CRAZY LOVE series, and
the FRENCHED series. She lifts her glass to romance readers and writers from
her home near Detroit, MI, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, and
pet rabbit.
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