A
Touch of Sin
Out of Bounds Book One
Out of Bounds Book One
Christy
Gissendaner
Genre:
Contemporary, Paranormal Romance
Publisher:
Liquid Silver Books
Number
of pages: 83
Word
Count: 39,820
Purchase
Links: www.lsbooks.com,
www.amazon.com
Book Description:
Julie
Hendricks is a thirty-year-old workaholic who goes to her friend’s
bar to meet him for a drink. It’s her first night out in years, and
she envisions a normal evening. Instead, she meets Sin, a sexy
karaoke DJ who’s not what he seems, and her idea of normal goes
completely out the window.
Sin
is actually Taliesin, the Welsh god of music and wisdom. For fun, he
helps his old college football buddy at the local bar, Out of Bounds.
His buddy’s prim friend captures his attention, and he soon reveals
more of himself than he usually does.
Julie's
attraction to Sin is immediate, even though she doubts she could ever
please a god. When her friend’s business is threatened, Julie must
help hunt down the enemy while resisting falling in love with the
dangerously intriguing Sin.
Short
Excerpt
This was going to be
fun.
The crowd must’ve
realized what he was about to do because it suddenly grew quiet, and
all eyes turned toward him. Sin removed his earphones and reached for
the microphones. “I’ve had a request.”
A cacophony of
whistles and shouts filled the air.
“About time!”
one of the sorority girls shouted and was echoed by the giggles of
her friends.
Sin held up his hand
for silence. “I’m going to need a volunteer.”
At least fifty
female hands shot into the air. Sin ignored them all for the one hand
that didn’t go up. As he had expected, Julie shrank against the
back of the couch when his eyes met hers.
Jumping off the
dais, he weaved his way through the crowd toward the back of the
room. “Come here, Julie.”
Julie’s eyes
widened, and she frantically shook her head.
Sin laughed into the
microphone. “Don’t panic, Jules. I’m not going to make you
sing. Now get on up here.”
She continued to
shake her head. “No, Sin.”
Sin decided the
audience was going to have to help him. He swept his arm out to
gesture toward Julie and spoke into the microphone. “Everyone
welcome Jules. She’s a good friend of Hal’s, and this is her
first visit.”
If looks could kill
and he was mortal, Sin would be a goner from the look Julie gave him.
He reached out and plucked her from her seat before she could stop
him. He wrapped an arm around her waist and propelled her forward.
“Don’t worry. All you have to do is stand there.”
Julie elbowed him in
the ribs and spoke through clenched teeth. “I don’t like being
the center of attention, Sin.”
He twirled her in a
small circle so that she faced the crowd. “Lucky for you,” he
paused to throw his arm out in a dramatic fashion to gesture toward
Hal. “I do.”
The music started,
and he could tell the moment Julie recognized the song. Her eyes grew
wide with disbelief, and her face paled.
“You are going to
pay for this,” she hissed in warning.
“Relax, Jules.
It’ll be fun.”
Sin plopped the top
hat Hal handed him on Julie’s head, and the crowd went wild. The
noise was deafening. For a moment, he thought she was going to bolt.
Instead Julie crossed her arms over her chest and glared at him. “No
funny business.”
Sin winked at her
and turned back toward the audience as he sang “You Can Leave Your
Hat On.” For each item of clothing he mentioned, he teasingly acted
as if he was removing it from Jules.
In previous acts,
his helper would sometimes become overzealous and actually strip.
Thankfully Jules didn’t show a similar inclination. She merely
alternated between glaring at the ceiling and at him.
Sin circled her and
reached for the buttons of her jacket. Julie tensed as he undid the
top two buttons. His fingers brushed the lacy edge of her camisole
and desire shot through him. He wanted to have her.
But first he had to
get through the next couple of hours. “Don’t look so frightened,
Jules. I’m not going any farther.”
“You’d better
not unless you want two black eyes,” she warned out of the side of
her mouth.
The crowd hooted and
yelled for more. Sin nuzzled the side of her neck, enjoying the feel
of her skin against his lips. “The crowd is wild for you, Jules.”
“It is not me they
want to see, Sin.”
“Maybe not the
female half, but the men in the room can’t take their eyes off of
you.”
It was true. Sin
sensed the envious looks he was being given. He did not feel
threatened by their interest. Julie would be his even though she
didn’t know it yet.
Sin undid the third
button of her jacket, and then a fourth when she didn’t argue. The
lapels of her jacket parted and exposed her thin camisole. Even the
women hooted with delight as he ran his hands down the sides of her
waist.
No one was more
surprised than he was when Jules turned and yanked the mic from his
hands.
She turned toward
the crowd and lifted the microphone to her mouth. “Ya’ll want to
see more?”
The crowd went
crazy. She turned back to him with a wicked smile. Reaching up with
one hand, she removed the hat.
She plopped the hat
on his head at a crooked angle and lifted an eyebrow in challenge.
“Turnabout is fair play.”
About
the Author:
Christy
Gissendaner is a romantic comedy author and believes that laughter
and love should go hand in hand.
Christy
lives in Alabama with her husband and three sons. She’s always hard
at work on her next novel, but in her spare time she loves blackjack,
karaoke, and anything resembling a vacation!
To
find out more, please visit http://christygissendaner.webs.com
A Touch of Sin sounds good! Thanks for the spotlight and excerpt!
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