by LaQuette
“I was, but then I thought about what kind of man did I want to be. Am I always going to let others, who claim to know better, bully me into things I don’t want to do, or am I going to live my life on my own terms?” Camden gave a nonchalant shrug of his shoulder before answering his own questions. “The latter seemed more fun. So here I am.”
“What about your dad? Your dad’s not gonna be happy with you.” Elijah was certain that was an understatement. From the few moments he’d spent in the judge’s presence, he was sure that man was used to having his orders followed implicitly.
“He wasn’t. My ears are still ringing from his rather loud and detailed phone call expressing his displeasure. But I told him that if he didn’t back off from you and me, that I’d refuse to run for DA. He tried to threaten me with cutting me off, but that kind of doesn’t work so well when I’m employed. I might not be able to keep you in luxury on a prosecutor’s salary, but I could take you out for a slice of pizza every now and again. Would that work?”
Elijah stepped closer to him, kissing Camden slowly. He then broke the kiss, leaning back as he asked, “You sure you wanna play?”
Camden smiled, running his fingers through Elijah’s locs as he touched his forehead to Elijah’s. “I’m certain I want to partner with you every chance I get.”
“We talking just for tonight?”
Camden joined their lips together again in a sweet kiss before saying, “For a lifetime if you’ll have me.”
“Forever and a day sounds better. You down?”
Elijah’s heart damn near burst with happiness as he watched Camden smile and nod. “Forever and a day sounds better to me too, Lieutenant.”
LAQUETTE is an erotic, multicultural romance author of M/F and M/M love stories. Her writing style brings intellect to the drama. She often crafts emotionally epic, fantastical tales that are deeply pigmented by reality’s paintbrush. Her novels are filled with a unique mixture of savvy, sarcastic, brazen, and unapologetically sexy characters who are confident in their right to appear on the page.
This bestselling Erotic Romance Author is the 2016 Author of the Year Golden Apple Award Winner, 2016 Write Touch Award Winner for Best Contemporary Midlength Novel, 2016 Swirl Awards 1st Place Winner in Romantic Suspense, and 2016 Aspen Gold Award Finalist in Erotic Romance. LaQuette—a native of Brooklyn, New York—spends her time catering to her three distinct personalities: Wife, Mother, and Educator.
At the age of sixteen, LaQuette read her first romance novel and realized the genre was missing something: people who looked and lived like her. As a result, her characters and settings are always designed to provide positive representations of people of color and various marginalized communities.
She loves hearing from readers and discussing the crazy characters that are running around in her head causing so much trouble. Contact her on her website, www.LaQuette.com, on Facebook at Facebook.com/LaQuetteTheAuthor, Twitter at @LaQuetteWrites, Amazon, Instagram at @la_quette, and via email at [email protected].
Coming in May 2019
Dreamspun Desires #81
Love Conventions by Morgan James
A happy ending worthy of a TV fantasy… in real life?
Ashland Wells is an actor of sci-fi cult fame but with little direction for the future when handsome grad student Remy Beaumont lands in his lap at a fan convention. Remy is everything Ash ever wanted and wished he could be—including out and proud. For twelve hours, they’re the best of friends. But the convention ends, and Ash goes home knowing saying goodbye to Remy might be the biggest mistake he’s ever made.
A few months later, they’re reunited on a new production—Ash as an actor, Remy a writer—and though Ash doesn’t plan to make the same mistake twice, being with Remy means going public about being gay. He’s not sure that’s a risk he—or his career—can handle, no matter how great the temptation.
If only they could write themselves the romantic happily ever after they both need..
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A Stars from Peril Novel
Love never goes out of style.
Landry Bishop fled his tiny hometown and never looked back. Now his expertise in food, fashion, and décor has earned him all Hollywood’s glittering perks. But with his husband deceased and his personal assistant quitting, Landry has nobody to rely on—and no one to help him indulge his secret cravings.
Jordan Stryker seems a dubious prospect as Landry’s new PA. While Landry is self-controlled and formal, Jordan is casual and speaks his mind. He also has questionable fashion sense and limited kitchen skills. But as Landry soon realizes, Jordan has many attractive qualities too.
With a strong pull toward Jordan, new career opportunities on the horizon, and a persistent tug from family back home, Landry is in a quandary. He can advise others on how to make their lives special, but what should be do about his own?
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Digital ISBN: 978-1-64080-558-3
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-64108-026-2
Library of Congress Control Number: 2018961347
Digital published April 2019
v. 1.0
Printed in the United States of America