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PART FOUR
The Secret Life of Amy Bensen
Introduction, Reading Order, Sexy Scene, Characters, and Extras
Series Introduction
Infinite possibilities…
Infinite passion…
Infinite danger…
His touch spirals through me, warm and sweet, wicked and hot. I shouldn’t trust him. I shouldn’t tell him my secrets. But how do I not when he is the reason I breathe? He is what I need.
At the young age of eighteen, tragedy and a dark secret force Lara to flee all she has known and loved to start a new life. Now years later, with a new identity as Amy, she’s finally dared to believe she is forgotten–even if she cannot forget. But just when she lets down her guard down, the ghosts of her past are quick to punish her, forcing her back on the run.
On a plane, struggling to face the devastation of losing everything again and starting over, Amy meets Liam Stone, a darkly entrancing recluse billionaire, who is also a brilliant, and famous, prodigy architect. A man who knows what he wants and goes after it. And what he wants is Amy. Refusing to take “no” as an answer, he sweeps her into a passionate affair, pushing her to her erotic limits. He wants to possess her. He makes her want to be possessed. Liam demands everything from her, accepting nothing less. But what if she is too devastated by tragedy to know when he wants more than she should give? And what if there is more to Liam than meets the eyes?
The Secret Life of Amy Bensen SERIES Reading Order
Escaping Reality
Infinite Possibilities
Forsaken
Unbroken
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Sexy excerpt from Escaping Reality (book one)
“I think I might just tie you up in my bed and keep you there, like I threatened. You’d be mine for sure then. I could lick you, kiss you . . . punish you for denying you’re mine. Maybe even spank your pretty little ass.”
Spank me? I gasp and try to turn, my heart exploding in my chest, but he holds me easily, his fingers wrapping my wrists. One of his hands goes to my breast, cupping it, holding my back to his chest. “Easy, baby,” he murmurs. “I won’t spank you unless you ask me to.”
The growly, deep quality of his voice is frighteningly arousing, considering the topic. “That’s never going to happen.”
“It’s not about pain, baby. It’s erotic pleasure and the kind of complete escape that leaves nothing but the moment. And the trust you give me because you’re mine. It leaves no room for anything but you and me. You need that. We need that.”
Any fear of the threat of a spanking evaporates. Yes, I whisper in my mind. I need that. Take me. Make me yours. I squeeze my eyes shut and when he turns me to face him, I open them. His eyes hold me spellbound, the air thickening around us. He presses his fists into the wall by my head and tenderness settles over his face as he adds, “But what we need more than anything, Amy, is each other. I need you, baby. I need you alive and well, in my bed and in my life. The idea of losing you is torture, but I know you aren’t my property. You’re the woman who changed me in ways I don’t even fully understand.”
We are both exposed in ways I don’t believe we’ve ever been with anyone else. The raw honesty in his eyes, the torment and fear, the vulnerability I sense in him, speak to my soul. He speaks to my soul. And suddenly I understand the sex games, and his need to control something when everything seems to be spinning and breaking apart.
I wrap my arms around his neck. “You’re right. We do need each other. I need you, Liam, but—”
“No buts.” He slides his fingers around my neck, dragging my mouth to his. “Say it again. I want to hear you say it again.”
My heart squeezes with the vulnerability and need beneath his masculine command. His need for me. Mine for him. “I need you, Liam.”
“And that is everything to me, Amy. You are everything.”
He kisses me, his tongue parting my lips, and when mine reaches for his, when that first sensual connection happens, it’s as if something bursts to life between us. This isn’t a kiss, but an unleashing of wild heat. We’re suddenly clinging to each other, touching each other, his arms wrapping around my neck, my legs around his waist.
In an instant I’m sandwiched between him and the wall, and his pants are to his knees, his shaft pushing into the slickness of my sex. He drives into me, stretching me, filling me, burying himself deeply, completely. I pant with the feel of him inside me, our foreheads settling together—another little thing that has become familiar, a sweet bond in the middle of absolute passion.
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Character Profiles
Amy Bensen
Alternate names: Amy Reynolds, Lara Richardson, Lara Brooks
Age: 24
Height: 5’3”
Hair: Long, white blond
Eyes: Pale blue
Family: Swedish mother - deceased. Renowned archaeologist father – deceased. Brother, Chad, was presumed dead and has since been reunited with his sister.
Originally from Texas – Jasmine Heights
Liam Stone
Age: 31
Height: 6’3”
Hair: Thick dark hair
Eyes: Aqua blue eyes (almost green)
Profession: Successful Architect
Family: Mother - deceased from cervical cancer. Father – alcoholic, abandoned him and his mother when Liam was 8, only to come slinking back when Liam found his wealth. Liam’s mentor, Alex, adopted him at 15.
Tattoo: The Pi symbol, and numbers frame his belly button as a representation of infinite possibilities in life and architecture. A life lesson that his mentor, Alex, taught him.
Chad
Alternate names: David Chad Wilson
Age: 30
Hair: Longish curly blond
Eyes: Blue
Family: Swedish mother - deceased. Renowned archaeologist father – deceased. Sister, Amy.
Originally from Texas – Jasmine Heights
Has been staying out of sight to protect Amy from the same people that killed their parents
Gia Hudson
Age: 26
Hair: Long, brunette
Eyes: Pale blue
Family: Mother - Gia Marie Hudson. Father - Madison Cook. Father had supposedly died in a car crash, but was later found to still be alive and in Alaska at the time of the supposed fatal wreck.
Jared Ryan
Age: 28
Hair: Long, light brown
Eyes: Brown
Profession: Professional Hacker
Other: From Texas (Dallas Cowboys fan), single. Went to University of Texas with Chad, Amy’s brother. Sister diagnosed with cancer. Lives across the hall from Amy when she moves to Denver.
The Places from Amy Bensen’s Life
Jasmine Heights
Chad and Amy’s hometown, where everything began and those who were responsible were brought to justice.
Cherry Creek
The mixed development (shopping, apartments, etc.) where Amy’s apartment is, located in Denver, CO. This is a real development that I absolutely fell in love with when Diego (my husband) and I visited. I couldn’t help but bring the vibe and liveliness of this environment into my series!
JW Marriott
Liam’s hotel near Amy’s apartment in Cherry Creek.
North Italia
The restaurant where Liam and Amy dine. Liam tells Amy about Alex, his mentor. Amy gets a surprising call that throws her into another panic attack.
Earls Restaurant & Bar
Amy
agrees to grab a drink with Meg. Jared ends up joining as well and when Liam shows up… things get a little out of control.
ink! Coffee
Coffee shop near Amy’s apartment in Cherry Creek. Runs into Jared, and the conversation has Amy’s mind questioning him and who he is.
Across the Hudson
Liam’s luxurious apartment overlooking the Hudson River that he takes Amy to. Many a sleepless night takes place here :)
Austin
Where Chad and Gia start out their adventure in Forsaken. I’m an Austin native, so writing my hometown into this series gave me a chance to revisit, if only figuratively!
Fan Favorite Quotes
Escaping Reality
“When I want something, I go after it. And baby, I want you, and all I can say is you might be smart to run before I get any more into you, but please don't.”
“If you're worried I'll bite, I promise to tell you first.”
“You have this deer-in-headlights look sometimes that I'm sure means you're going to run. Run to me, Amy, not from me”
“All I know is he's letting me see it, and him, and he is exactly what he preaches. Raw and honest, and intense and I believe in this moment that we are a rainbow of the same colors, none of them bright or beautiful. We are the many shades of gray and black, hoping to find a glimmer of light in each other, not more darkness. ”
“I told you I do not do anything because I have to. And I don't. But to be inside you right now, baby, I have to. I need to. And, yes—right here in the kitchen.”
Infinite Possibilities
"And before I can catch my breath, his mouth slants over mine and he is kissing me, a deep, passionate, emotional kiss, that is anguish and pain, and everything I haven't said but I feel."
"He's my escape, the only place I can let go, the only place I can trust."
“Hope is my enemy. It’s worse than lies. It promises and it takes back. It teases and it rips my heart out.”
"I just want you and us, baby. And when the time is right, and this hospital room isn't that time, I'll ask you to marry me properly and then take you pyramid hunting all over the world. You and me, baby. That's what I want.”
“You are my other half, Amy. I have to protect you.”
Forsaken
"I am lost in this woman, and her moans and soft touches. She has become the only piece of heaven I have left."
"She’s changing me. In this moment, I feel it. I feel her. And us. And I feel something I haven’t dared in a lifetime. A reason to live that isn’t hate and revenge."
"I want to own her. I need the rush of it, the control, the high I’ve denied myself..."
"She makes me crave more. Escape. Passion. That indefinable sense of needing what only she can give me."
“She’s the best damned thing in my life. The woman who has pulled me back from the edge of hell.”
David Garrett
As a child prodigy violinist, David Garrett continues to pave the way for forward-thinking musicians. His sound blends old and new, loud and soft. He began playing the violin at the striking age of 4. In those early years he took the time to foster is innate ability for music, play concerts, including one with the Hamburg Philharmonics, studied the art, and participated in competitions. At the young age of 13 he became the youngest artist to sign an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. He eventually moved to New York to further his career by attending Julliard, where he continued to make leaps and bounds in the industry. He had already made a name for himself and continues to do so with audiences of all ages. He has since accomplished what would seem to be the impossible—a blend of the Classical and Rock worlds. He has transfixed audiences worldwide and continues to bring music to new levels with each note he plays.
David Garret in The Secret Life of Amy Bensen series
David Garrett has certain commonalities with Liam – the protégé/prodigy path they’ve both been set on. Liam is a huge fan of David Garrett’s music in the series. Claiming that it will “seduce” Amy “into loving music.” Liam even goes as far as to spook Amy by asking about her passport, having her thinking the worst, when all he really wants to do is take her to see David Garrett on tour in Europe over the summer.
Series Playlist
Come Wake Me Up by Rascal Flatts
Breakdown by Seether
Take Your Time by Sam Hunt
Burnin’ It Down by Jason Aldean
Explosions by Ellie Goulding
When You Got A Good Thing by Lady Antebellum
It’s Been Awhile by Staind
Day Old Hate by City and Colour
Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran
PART FIVE
The Tall, Dark & Deadly Series
Introduction, Reading Order and Sexy Scene
Series Introduction
Tall, dark, and deadly, these three brothers run Walker security. Each brother is unique in his methods and skills, but all share key similarities. They are passionate about those they love, relentless when fighting for a cause they believe in, and all believe that no case is too hard, no danger too dark. Dedication is what they deliver, results are their reward.
About HOT SECRETS (BOOK ONE)
Royce Walker, a former FBI Agent, who’s opened a private security firm with his brothers, has always had the hots for the prim, proper Assistant District Attorney, but considered her hand’s off because of a family connection. However, when danger threatens Lauren, he isn’t willing to stand by and watch her get hurt. Now the passion for survival is only rivaled by the passion burning between them. And that passion, might just be the death of them both.
ABOUT DANGEROUS SECRETS (BOOK TWO)
Being a divorce attorney for the rich and famous isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Julie Harrison has learned that love doesn’t last, and she’s sworn never to make the same mistakes as her mother, or her clients. She uses the games men play to keep them at a distance. The only man who managed to break down her walls was Luke Walker, a Navy SEAL who loved her and left her, and changed her forever.
When Luke arrives back in New York, running Walker Security with his brothers and having left his Navy SEAL days behind, he sets his sights on Julie, the woman he’s always wanted and couldn’t have. Except, she runs from him every time he gets close.
But now, one of Julie’s clients, a powerful judge, gets involved with a dangerous cartel, and his soon-to-be-ex wife ends up dead. Julie’s next on the list, and she finds herself on the run from those who believe she knows too much, and counting on Luke to keep her alive. In the deepest, darkest moments of the night, passion will bring them together while danger threatens to tear them apart. Can Julie and Luke trust each other and find their happy ending before they find … the end?
ABOUT BENEATH THE SECRETS (BOOK THREE)
Blake Walker left behind the ATF when the drug cartel he was hunting cost him the life of his fellow agent, and fiancee. Now, two years later, he's working with his brothers at Walker Security, but he's living fast, hard, and wild, until he reaches the ultimate high...revenge. He's one meeting, one woman, away from being inside one of the money laundering shells the cartel operates.
Their two will paths collide.
Two people who will do anything, including sleeping with the enemy, to avenge or save someone they love. But what if everything isn't as it seems and the enemy isn't the enemy at all? Can these two broken people drawn together by their sizzling hot attraction see beyond their pain and their need for vengeance Undoubtedly, they will face the ghosts of their pasts, but will those ghost destroy them or forever bind them?
tALL, DARK & DEADLY SERIES Reading Order
Hot Secrets (Royce and Lauren’s story)
Dangerous Secrets (Luke and Julie’s story)
Beneath the Secrets (Blake and Kara’s story )
Each book in the series is a standalone title about one couple.
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Sexy excerpt from Hot Secrets (book one)
He felt like a wolf, a hungry wolf who wanted to devour this woman, and there was no way that didn’t show in his eyes, no way the energy, the need he felt for her, didn’t radiate off of him.
“You’re beautiful,” he said, softly, calmly, when the rage of hormones inside him was anything but. He kissed her knees, one and then the other, reaffirming his decision to let her pleasure be his tonight. “And I’m going to show you how much I mean that.”
She swallowed hard, her delicate, kissable throat bobbing with the action. “I’m not sure I know what that means.”
He brushed her dress up her thighs. “You will,” he promised and kissed her delicate little knee again.
She laughed a nervously feminine sound. “I’m not sure I know what that means either.”
“You don’t need to know what it means,” he said, his fingers tracing the lace of her thigh high pantyhose, the sexy lingerie choice confirming what he’d always suspected. Lauren might be prim and proper on the outside, but there was a sensual woman beneath the exterior who wanted to come out and play. He wanted to be the man she played with. He wanted to be that man tonight, but no matter how tempting that might be, tonight wasn’t the night. But he’d be damned if he’d allow her to doubt his desire for her, his absolute, complete attraction to her. “You just need to know how it feels.” His hands slipped inside her thighs, easing her legs apart, his lips trailing a path up one leg.
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