Inhibitions
Book 1
Kimberly Bracco
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: Readily
Available
Goodreads book link
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24486965-inhibitions
Synopsis
In the last six months, Ashley’s life has
been one disappointment after another. She walked in on her boyfriend with another
woman, leaving her needing a new place to live and a mountain of debt. As if
that wasn’t enough, her ex convinces her that his infidelity is her fault for
being unadventurous in bed.
Deep down Ashley has always had the desire
to be wild but has been held back by her own insecurities. She’s desperate to
break free, but she's fearful of how people will judge her if they know her
inner desires. She wants nothing more than to lose herself in sex that pushes
her to the limit, but she hasn’t found anyone she trusts enough to take her
there until she meets Tanner.
Tanner doesn’t trust anyone outside of his
inner circle easily. The infamous, media proclaimed playboy, quarterback is
tired of people using him for money, connections and to get their fifteen minutes
of fame. Determined to protect his image and himself, he makes sure to keep
most people at arm’s length until Ashley is thrown into his life. He’s
inexplicably drawn to her, and she needs his help in more ways than one. But to help her, he’ll need to let her in.
There’s an immediate attraction and connection
that neither can deny, but can both of them get past their inhibitions and find
what they are looking for in each other or will everything backfire in their
faces?
Excerpt
My bad luck first started six months ago,
when I discovered my boyfriend, Jason, had been cheating on me. I suppose if
you asked my mother though, she’d say my bad luck had started two and half
years ago, when I started dating Jason. My parents never liked him.
"He just rubs me the wrong way,
Ashley," my mother had always said. "He's not the guy for you."
She’d claimed that it wasn't one thing in particular but that something about
Jason as a whole just didn’t sit right with her. Either way, she was right. I
guess mother's intuition really is accurate… But I’ve never told her the real
reasons we broke up or how much debt he put me in before we did. Let’s just say
I don’t want to see the look on her face if she found out the truth about
Jason. She’d say that since she’d been right about my choice in him, maybe I
should consider another career before it turned out she was right about that as
well.
Jason and I had shared an apartment in
Jersey City. That is until I’d found him having an afternoon romp in our sheets
with someone who certainly wasn’t me one Thursday when he should have been
working, and I kicked him out.
I’d come home early that day to grab a few
outfit choices to bring with me to my best friend Quinn's. We were heading to
the city that night so I could check out a hit club for the weekend edition of
the paper. I’d known that something was off the minute I walked through the
door. A pair of women's shoes lay on the living room floor. They were not mine.
I didn’t own electric blue stilettoes.
Then I heard them.
*********
What the fuck was I thinking? I have no
idea why I did that. I could totally lose my job for this sort of slip-up.
Maybe I can claim temporary insanity. It’s obvious my sanity is missing today.
I really hadn’t meant to take the interview in that direction. I really had
just been curious about his love life. Tanner had been sitting there all
altruistic, talking about doing everything as a team, not taking any of the
spotlight for himself. It had really thrown me for a loop. He’d seemed the
complete opposite of everything I had read about him last night.
The fact that he’s so hot it’s distracting
hadn’t helped. God, pictures don’t do that man any justice. His hair had been a
hot mess, in a good way—as though he cared enough to make sure that he wasn’t
rocking bed head but not enough to put any effort into an actual style. It
looked so silky. I wonder if it’s as soft as it seems. And good Lord, those
eyes. They’re the most unique green I have ever seen, a dark grass green with
the sparkling gold flecks in them. The man obviously isn’t afraid to dress
brightly, considering the lime green shirt and tie he wore with his dark grey
suit pants. And his clothes looked as though they were tailored just to fit his
perfect body, which I’m sure looks truly magnificent naked.
From
the moment we’d shaken hands, everything had taken a weird turn. I’d kept
catching him staring at me, almost in a daze. I don’t know what I should make
of it. There was a bizarre electricity in the air that seemed to be passing all
around us, clouding my judgment. Suddenly, my inner curiosity had taken control
of my mouth and decided to try to prove that the man was all act. I mean, he
had to have been acting. No way can someone run through that many woman, have
that hotness level, and still be the nice guy he appeared to be.
*********
The hairs on the back on my neck stand up,
and I feel Goosebumps rise on my skin, as though a chilly breeze has blown
through. I look toward the door and see Tanner there. The unusual sensation
only gets stronger as he gets closer. What the fuck is up with my body when
he’s near? He looks downright delicious in black dress pants and a gray
button-down shirt that clings to broadness of his lean, muscular shoulders. The
splash of gold in his tie makes the flecks in his eyes shine. His square jaw
and chiseled cheekbones make a deadly combination for my panties. Jesus, it
should be illegal for someone to look that damn good. It’s as though someone
carved him out of stone in tribute to an ancient Greek god. I’m jolted out of
perusal of him by a little chuckle, and I look up to see a devilish smirk on
his face that only makes his features more striking.
**********
Come on Ash. You can do better than
that," Quinn says, obviously unimpressed with my dancing. When she pulls
my arm, I wind up in front of her, and she starts grinding up against me. I do
love that my bestie has no shame and couldn’t care less what anyone thinks. I
wish some of that attitude would rub off on me.
I start shaking my ass and let the world
fall away. Over the din, I hear someone speaking to Quinn but can’t make out
the words. After a moment, I feel her pull away and a much larger person take
her place. I see her sneak away, flashing me a thumps up as she grabs a guy to
dance with a few feet away. I decide to go with it. It can’t hurt to let loose
for one night. The songs all blend together, one after the other, and I’m
actually relaxed and having a good time. Maybe Quinn’s been right and I just
need to let loose a little more. My body sways with the mystery man’s in
perfect time to the music. I feel the warmth of his hands radiating from my
hips through my body, setting it ablaze. He has a soft but firm touch. Innocent
but deliberate. The way my body has been mesmerized by the combination of his
touch and the beat of the music is unreal but masterful. I feel at home, which
is slightly unsettling, but I don’t want to put a stop to this moment.
"Maybe we should have had the
interview in a club. You seem much more relaxed and in your element,” a husky
voice I recognize whispers in my ear. I stop mid-movement and look toward Quinn
with wide eyes only to see a shit-eating grin on her face. That bitch. She
could have told me who it was. In that spilt second, my body’s reactions over
the last half hour all make sense.
***********
"Hello, beautiful." I smile at
her as she approaches.
The smile that lights up her face is bright
enough to illuminate the whole floor. God, she’s absolutely stunning, and I
know she has no clue just how stunning she is, which make her even more
attractive.
"Hey there, handsome. What’re guys up
to?" she asks. "I hope we aren’t cramping your style tonight. I know
you didn’t plan on hanging out with us." Her insecurity is cute only
because of how oblivious she is to the way every guy is looking at her.
"The minute I spotted you, I had no
intention of being with anyone else for the rest of the night. I haven’t
stopped thinking about you since we had dinner, but everything has been so
hectic. That article of yours has done wonders for my image but not for my
spare time.” I laugh. “So what were your plans for the evening, baby?" I
notice her shiver each time I call her ‘baby.’ I don’t think she’s aware that
she does it, so she clearly isn’t aware of how hard my cock gets when she shudders
like that. I can’t remember having this problem before. No one has ever
affected me this way. I’ve never called anyone ‘baby’ either, but with Ashley,
it rolls off my tongue like second nature. I hadn’t been kidding when I’d said
I haven’t been able to get her off my mind. I’ve been checking out her other
articles over the last few weeks, and she’s been making nightly visits to my
fantasies. It’s as though she inside my mind, taking control of me the instant
I’m alone. I wonder what she’s doing, if she’s happy, how her day has been… Not
to mention all the sexual positions I’ve pictured fucking her in.
My 4.5 star review
I want to say that I
loved this book. I really believe that this book could be a movie on the
Lifetime channel and yes I would totally watch it too. I mean I was biting all
my damn nails off while reading this book...There is an intense part but that
is all I am willing to say.
Ashley has had her
heart broken by every boyfriend that she has even had and naturally they always
seem to blame her. Which that is a total tool for you...yes I used the word
tool ;) Tanner is a pro football player that is so sick of woman wanting him
only to use him for his incredible... you know and his money. He is a super
sweet, loving, family guy who wants to be loved for him just like the next
person.
So one day Tanner
finally decided to do an interview for the paper and Ashley is the lucky
journalist that gets to do the interview... BUT let me tell you that when you
are reading this part of the book, I promise you that you will love it and not
want to put it down.
OMG and then the
ending will blow your mind!!! All I can say is Lifetime Channel, please pick up
and read this book and make it a movie for me! Pretty Please....
Kimberly Bracco you
had me hook line and sinker!! I also am really needing Tanner in my life right
about now. Bravo with this amazing book and I can't wait for book two....All I
can say is HOLY Mother-loving cliffhanger!!
Buy links
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Kobo: http://goo.gl/SWrw8r
About author
Kimberly is a stay at mom of four crazy
beautiful children. She lives in New Jersey with her husband of ten years and
enjoys every minute of her never dull life. She loves a good book that is
impossible to put down and you will mostly likely find her reading in her
downtime, unless of course, there is a football game on.
Inhibitions is her debut novel.
Author links
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