by Piper Rayne
“You’re trolling for guys on Tinder?” Cole howls with laughter so hard he has to hold his stomach. I love the way the laugh looks on his face—the way it crinkles his eyes at the corners and how it showcases his perfect teeth. But all that aside, it’s irritating.
“It’s not that funny.” This guy might be hot, but right now he’s working my nerves.
“Actually, it is. Why the hell would a woman like you resort to finding someone to fuck on a dating site?”
The way the word ‘fuck’ rolls off his tongue has all my womanly parts contracting and wishing that it was an invitation to do just that. But never mind that, because I’m annoyed at him, I just barely remember through my drunken haze.
“What do you mean a woman like me?” I try to do air quotes around the last part, but my balance isn’t what it was three hours ago, and I almost topple off my stool, so I quickly grab on to the bar in front of me.
“Beautiful. Intelligent. Likable. Smartass.” He ticks each word off on one hand while he speaks and he says it like he means it. I hold his stare for a minute before realization dawns.
“Hey! I’m a B.I.L.F. You know, like a M.I.L.F. Only different.” I’m so impressed that I thought of that given my current state.
Cole chuckles with an amused gleam in his eyes. “Only better,” he says.
Our gazes lock for a beat and it’s at that moment I know that if I offer myself up to this guy, he’ll be more than willing to send me on the walk of shame tomorrow morning. Heat rushes into my cheeks and I look away. As much bravado as I had earlier about my Tinder escapade, I’m not sure I can do this. Be this girl so full of confidence that she bangs a stranger with no qualms about it.
My elation has crash-landed on the ground as I realize I’m not able to pull the trigger and make an advance toward him. I also know I’ll probably regret it forever because this man is so far beyond good-looking that it’s a speck in the rear-view mirror. Not to mention the fact that he’s sexy as hell and seems to be a decent human being. Which is more impossible to find in the Bay area than someone who doesn’t think they’re allergic to gluten.
I take a deep breath and finish the last couple of gulps of my drink and push the glass in Cole’s direction.
“Another, please.”
Cole tosses back the rest of his drink and I watch as his Adam’s apple bobs in his throat while the liquid slides down.
Damn. That is sexy.
Why is that sexy?
“I’m going to join you for another as well.” He gets up off his bar stool and before walking away he comes to stand directly behind me. “Assuming you want me to stick around?”
His breath washes across my neck and my ear and I close my eyes for a brief moment to enjoy the sensation. “I’d like that,” I say with all honesty.
“Good. I know the first guy let you down, but don’t worry… I’ve been told I lick pussy like a boss.”
And with that, he walks away while I struggle to keep my heart from pounding out of my chest.
I’m out of my league with this guy. I know it and there’s a good chance that he knows it, too.
But ask yourself this, ladies… if you were called up to the big leagues from the minors, would you say no?
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Cockamamie Unicorn Ramblings
In the back of Real Deal’s Cockamamie Unicorn Ramblings we told you how Piper tapped into her cougar side, spying on all the hot camp counselors while picking up her kids, which spurred the entire Single Dads Club series. So, let’s talk Dane …
Originally, we had decided that each book in this series would happen during the same time frame. Each girl would be a camp counselor of the single dad’s child. Then we realized, well, that would be slightly boring, but we wrote ourselves in a corner with Real Deal. Mostly, because as Rayne writes she detours off route and let’s her mind wander. So, suddenly we had Ava coming in the morning disheveled from a night of sex and then we had her go off on Dane because of Toby at the camp. Which meant they had to have slept together twice instead of once which put a crimp in our original plot. I’m sure there will be twists and turns to Sexy Beast due to where we put Charlie and Garrett in Dirty Talker. Surprises await.
Here are some things we really didn’t plot out…
Ava opening up a cupcake shop wasn’t originally planned until Cat walked in one day and Ava was in the kitchen making cupcakes. Even then we had no reason why she was baking and trying to perfect recipes. However, once we got a feel more of her character, we purposely did have Charlie bring the cupcakes in and have Dane be obsessed with them.
Originally, Ava and Dane were going to be sneaking around behind everyone’s back during the camp season, but after we decided we needed more than another camp counselor and single dad story, we pushed their story up to right after camp got out. Plus, it was nice to see Cat, Marcus, and Lily living out their HEA.
Charlie wasn’t planned to have such a big role in Dirty Talker, but she challenged Dane in a way we loved and it wasn’t until after we finished writing the book did we realize, how is she always at the bar when she’s actually a counselor … “Hello Corner, we’re Rayne and Piper, how do we get ourselves out of here?”
We weren’t originally going to tell you all that Garrett’s wife passed away, but we gave you that little nugget early because we’re nice like that. lol Although, we didn’t give you all the details on how and when. We have to keep you wanting more, right?
The same as with Real Deal, without the help of the following people in our corner we wouldn’t have released this book.
Letitia from RBA Designs for the amazing covers and for putting up with how nitpicky we can be.
Ellie from Love N Books for line editing. You’re new nickname is Speedy Ellie.
Shawna from Behind the Writer for her eagle eye proofreading skills and working through migraines to get this one done for us.
Enticing Journey Book Promotions for their organization and helping us out with all the Single Dads Club Series.
All the bloggers who carved out time to promote us and/or read and review the book.
Michelle New for yet another set of awesome graphics.
Our first readers of a really shitty, unedited copy—Heather and Angela.
Christine from Type A Formatting for such a pretty paperback.
All our early ARC readers, first for wanting to read our stuff early and for posting their reviews.
And of course, all our unicorns. <3 Your enthusiasm for our work knows no bounds. From sharing unicorn paraphernalia in our reader group and shouting from the rooftops to anyone who will listen that they should read our work. The best part of this new endeavor has been having you in our corner!
Can’t wait for you to read Garrett’s story. Don’t forget we have one more couple from Modern Love that you’ve yet to hear from. Did you do the math? That’s right, where are Lennon and Jasper six years later???
xo,
Piper & Rayne
About the Author
Piper Rayne, or Piper and Rayne, whichever you prefer because we’re not one author, we’re two. Yep, you get two established authors for the price of one. You might be wondering if you know us? Maybe you’ll read our books and figure it out. Maybe you won’t. Does it really matter?
We aren’t trying to stamp ourselves with a top-secret label. We wanted to write without apology. We wanted to not be pigeon holed into a specific outline. We wanted to give readers a story without them assuming how the story will flow. Everyone has their favorite authors, right? And when you pick up their books, you expect something from them. Whether it’s an alpha male, heavy angst, a happily ever after, there’s something you are absolutely certain the book will contain. Heck, we’re readers, too, we get it.
What can we tell you about ourselves? We both have kindle’s full of one-clickable books. We're both married to husbands who drive us to drink. We're both chauffeurs to our kids. Most of all, we love hot heroes and quirky heroines that
make us laugh, and we hope you do, too.
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Also by Piper Rayne
The Modern Love World
The Bartender
The Boxer
The Banker
The Single Dad’s Club
Real Deal
Dirty Talker (6.12.17)
Sexy Beast (7.17.17)