DEEPER WATER releases today!!
It's out, y'all! And you can get your copy here:
Amazon, iBooks, Nook,Google Play, and Kobo
Every book release is a little scary but, since it's been so long since I had one, this one is brutal. But I'm so thrilled with the reactions of Deeper Water's early readers. I can't even tell you.
By the way, if you want to know why there was so much time between my last release and this one, I vaguely explain why in my author notes at the end of the book.
And now an excerpt from Carson!
As I happily drifted off into post-hurrah bliss, Lane rolled off me and went over to a shower stall made entirely out of glass. Someday I’d have to track down the architect who designed this place and thank him.
I ogled her as she soaped herself up. The only thing that would make this better would be if she started dancing.
“We were supposed to meet everyone fifteen minutes ago.” Before her hands reached her breasts, she stopped and looked at me. “So stop gawking at me like a pervert and get in here…” She laughed. “Like a pervert.”
I’d follow directions like that any time. I stepped into the waterfall of warm water and slipped my arms around her from the back.
She turned toward me and started washing my chest. “Everyone’s meeting in the bar.”
“Says who?”
“Clare emailed the weekend’s itinerary to everyone. Didn’t you read it?”
“Nope.” Not only did I never check my email, but I never, ever checked my email for messages from my family.
Even though Clare was no longer married to my older brother, she hadn’t divorced my family for some reason, so she still counted.
“The last thing I want is written proof I’m going to be forced to spend time with my family. It’s less painful to make it a surprise—less pre-event anxiety and more in-the-moment adrenaline.”
“Makes perfect sense.” She pushed me back a step so she could rinse off. Then, trying to avoid any soap transfer from me to her, she squeezed against the glass wall to get past me and left me to rinse myself.
After drying off, she slipped a thin blue dress over her head. “Don’t you think it’s weird Hayden’s ex-wife is planning a wedding for him and his next wife?”
“You should know by now, everything about my family is weird. Weird or tragic.” It should have been engraved on the Bennett crest.
I didn’t say anything more until I’d turned the water off and stepped out from behind the glass. “For instance, my brother actually invited Renee and Anna here. If that’s not tragic, I don’t know what is.”
“It’s tragic that Hayden wants your mother and your stepsister at his wedding?”
“It’s bad juju. Renee and Anna are each walking bad luck charms for relationships, so having both of them? In one place? At the same time? Honestly, I won’t be surprised if this island sinks into the ocean tonight. We should wear masks and snorkels to bed.”
“You’re too hard on them. Yes, your mom and stepsister have…questionable taste in relationships.”
“Nope. No question about it. It’s horrific.”
“But Hayden and Andi also invited Andi’s friends, two of whom have been happily married to each other for four years or so.”
“Emilia and Rob? Sure, they’re alright. Or they hide their dysfunction well.”
“Hillary and Eric will get here tomorrow—they’re happy.”
“He’s only here to photograph the wedding, and Hillary’s pretending to be his assistant so she can tag along. Nope, they don’t count.”
She sighed, sticking one hip out and crossing her arms. “We’re here. Are you going to tell me we don’t count either?”
“Hmmm…” I hung my towel over a hook, grabbed her arm, and yanked her into me. “You have a point. But, just in case, we’re going to have to work overtime on the lovin’ parts to create enough good juju to counteract their bad mojo.”
“For the sake of Hayden’s and Andi’s future happiness, of course.”
“Obviously. Why else would we do it?”
“Get dressed.” She pulled away from me and tossed me a t-shirt. “I promised them we’d be there.”
“And I promised myself we’d use all these condoms before going home. I allocated a certain number for each day, and we can’t fall behind.” I shrugged. “One of us is going to have to break their promise, Lane. Guess what my priority is.”
“There’s another option.”
“If you’re about to suggest we split up—you go hang out with my family and I stay here alone with the condoms—I definitely vote no.”
“How about we go meet your family now…?”
I waited. Impatiently and not particularly excitedly. Whatever idea she came up with would be a step down from what I wanted.
“And then, when we come back here tonight, we stay up as long as it takes to make up for the time we missed.”
My cock instantly perked up and listened. Lane’s sex drive was never lacking, but it had been a while since we did a marathon. “What if it takes all night?”
“I said, ‘As long as it takes,’ Carson.”
I pretended to consider the idea, weigh all the options. “All in favor say, ‘Fuck, yeah.’”
“Fuck, yeah,” we said simultaneously.
She laughed as we left the hut and walked over the wooden dock that led to dry land. “I love how well our voices go together.”
“Me too.” I took her hand and pulled her closer to me. “Almost as much as I love how well we go together.”
When she looked up at me and ahhed, I realized she thought I was being romantic. Had to break those expectations before they had a chance to take hold.
So I added, “Which will be happening repeatedly tonight.”
“Why do I feel like you made a big deal about your family just to get what you’d been hoping for all along?”
I shrugged. “No idea. Hope and my family are two things that have never entered my mind at the same time.”
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