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The Deacons of Bourbon Street # 2
The Deacons of Bourbon Street # 2
By: Rachael Johns
Releasing September 1, 2015
Loveswept
Can a scorching affair with a
bohemian beauty tame a motorcycle man with a dark side? Rachael Johns takes the
wheel in the sexy series co-written with Megan Crane, Jackie Ashenden, and
Maisey Yates.
Travis “Cash” Sinclair values only two things from his days with the Deacons of Bourbon Street: his prized Harley Davidson and the man who gave it to him. But now Priest Lombard is gone, and Cash has inherited the Deacons’ clubhouse—not to mentions its unexpected tenant. She’s exactly the type of woman he tries to avoid: all incense and art, with a sharp tongue that promises trouble. So why does Cash want to push aside those flowing skirts and lose himself between her legs?
Billie Taylor fled a bad marriage to start a new life among the grit and glamour of the French Quarter. She refuses to let another man distract her from her dreams, especially an outlaw biker with nothing to offer except hot sex and an eviction notice. Cash is dangerous, with an untamed streak he tries desperately to conceal. He drives Billie wild, sending her too close to the edge for her own good. And she won’t fall under his spell—or into his bed—without a fight.
Travis “Cash” Sinclair values only two things from his days with the Deacons of Bourbon Street: his prized Harley Davidson and the man who gave it to him. But now Priest Lombard is gone, and Cash has inherited the Deacons’ clubhouse—not to mentions its unexpected tenant. She’s exactly the type of woman he tries to avoid: all incense and art, with a sharp tongue that promises trouble. So why does Cash want to push aside those flowing skirts and lose himself between her legs?
Billie Taylor fled a bad marriage to start a new life among the grit and glamour of the French Quarter. She refuses to let another man distract her from her dreams, especially an outlaw biker with nothing to offer except hot sex and an eviction notice. Cash is dangerous, with an untamed streak he tries desperately to conceal. He drives Billie wild, sending her too close to the edge for her own good. And she won’t fall under his spell—or into his bed—without a fight.
***** 5 out of 5 Stars *****
Really liked this book a lot...from the moment you get introduced to Cash aka Travis and Billie, there is nothing but FIRE!! From the intensity of their initial meeting, you just know that this book will set your soul on fire! From their chemistry with one another and pushing button neither wants to have pushed, you can't help but swoon at the simmering heat until it explodes into an inferno of passions. Emotions are not lacking in any means, between anger, fear, loss, pain, frustration, empathy, lust and just plain joy; this book will take you on a whirlwind of emotions and leave you with your panties wet!! Would like to read book one at some point to get the beginning of this story, but this book was fabulous as a stand-alone! Look forward to reading more from this author in the future! |
Rachael Johns is an English teacher by
trade, a mum 24/7, a supermarket owner, a chronic arachnophobic, and a writer
the rest of the time. She rarely sleeps and never irons. She writes
contemporary romance for HQN and Carina Press and lives in rural Western
Australia with her hyperactive husband and three mostly-gorgeous
heroes-in-training. Rachael loves to hear from readers and can be contacted
through her website at www.rachaeljohns.com
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“This room is mine,” she said,
folding her arms and glaring at him with more bravado than she felt as he
turned to look at her with his dark, smoldering eyes. She shivered despite
herself and almost forgot to add, “If you insist on staying, you’ll have to
choose from one of the others.”
He took his time replying, his gaze
sliding downward, scalding her body as if he’d actually touched her. For a
moment she thought he was going to object—tell her that not only would he share
her house but also her bed—but eventually he shut her wardrobe and nodded. “I
always preferred the one next to this anyway.”
She swallowed. Of all the rooms in the
house, he wanted to choose the one right next to hers? How would she sleep
knowing he was mere yards away? Still, she was hardly in a position to argue,
and if it would get him out of her personal space, well, that was a start.
“Fine.” She stepped back and
gestured for him to leave. The only good thing about having Travis right next
door was that she could keep an eye on him. Or was that a bad thing? Argh.
Surprisingly, he obeyed, stalking
past her and smirking again as he did. She hated that she caught a waft of some
raw, masculine cologne, which sent ripples of need through her body, rousing
places she’d given little thought to over the last year. How ironic that the
first sign of life down there had sparked because of a man who seemed intent on
messing up her life. Why were the sexiest guys, the best-looking ones, always
the biggest jerks?
He didn’t head straight for his
room, instead going into the kitchen, and she found herself following. Her
hackles rose as he opened the refrigerator and leaned inside, giving her a
perfect view of his perfect butt. Oh help me, God! Had any guy she’d
ever known looked so damn fine in faded jeans? Her thighs involuntarily
clenched.
“No beer,” he said as he
straightened.
Despite the traitorous hormones
rushing through her body, she shook her head. It went against the grain of
every single cell in her body not to be hospitable, but then again she hadn’t
invited him to stay here with her. “Nope. Sorry. But there’s a bar next door.”
She wished he’d go back to it. He had
to be one of the Deacons that had been hanging around The Priory the last few
days. Sophie had given her a brief history of the motorcycle club—apparently it
had disbanded around the time of Katrina—and informed her that it would be
unlikely any of its members would hang around after her father’s funeral. But,
dammit, it looked like she’d been wrong on that account. Billie needed to go
see Sophie, make sure this guy was for real. For all she knew he could be
anybody. He hadn’t shown her any proof that he owned the building, but
something—maybe the way he’d leaned into her face when he told her no one tells
him what the fuck to do—made her cautious. He was like a wild animal, and she
didn’t want to make any sudden moves.
He smiled wickedly and leaned back
against the counter, looking her over again, making her feel aroused and
insulted all at once. “I know it. The bar and this place used to be my home.”
“Is that right?” She wondered about
Travis Sinclair. He had the leather jacket, the swagger in his step and the
don’t-mess-with-me attitude of a biker, but there was something about him that
didn’t fit the image. He wore no patches like a couple of other guys she’d seen
hanging around next door, but that wasn’t it. There was something else she
couldn’t quite put her finger on. “And where is your home now?”
She waited for him to tell her it
was none of her fucking business, but he shrugged off his jacket, hung it over
one of the odd chairs that sat around her kitchen table and then pulled back
the seat and straddled it. “Tallahassee,” he said as he leaned down and yanked
a laptop out of his pack. It was a flashy MacBook Air—not at all the type of
computer she’d expect of a biker. He didn’t even glance her way as he put it on
the table in front of him, lifted the lid and tapped his boots against the
tiled floor as he waited for the computer to spring to life.
No idea where Tallahassee
was—geography had never been her thing—she vowed to google it later. Leaning
back against the kitchen counter, she wiped her palm across her brow, feeling
hot and more than a little bothered. Being warm in itself wasn’t unusual in New
Orleans or in Western Australia where she came from, but the weather had
nothing to do with the rise in her body temperature. And that disturbed her.
Her eyes zoned in on the bad-boy ink
that traveled the length of his sculpted and tanned forearms, and the heat that
had been simmering inside her boiled over.
Until this moment she’d have said
she wasn’t a fan of body art—personally, she preferred her art on walls or in
gardens—but Travis’s tattoos changed her opinion. And that was bad, because
with her divorce only recently official, the last thing she wanted in her life
was another man who thought he could walk all over her.
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