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OOH, it's finally here!!!

What, you ask?

Why, my cover for Spy Games: Endgame, to be released by The Wild Rose Press very soon!

It was created by the incomparable Diana Carlile (check out her blog for more cover goodness: Designing Diana)

But first, a quick excerpt to get you in the mood. This is a bit from when Aaron decides to entice Charlotte to a game of five minutes in the very dark closet. He wants a chance to melt her panties, so she throws caution to the wind and sets her timer on her phone for five minutes. It's technically their third kiss (The first at Jake's wedding, second in Aaron's foyer when she unties him) but this is by far and beyond the hottest one yet!


The closet scene from Spy Games: Endgame by Mia Downing

“Kiss me,” Aaron commanded, his voice firm yet deceptively soft, his breath hot on her lips.

Charlotte shivered slightly, not expecting to hear this voice at all. It stoked a fire deeper inside, beckoned to a need just as dormant as desire had been. She leaned and was rewarded with his hot mouth slanting over hers. It was quick, almost chaste.

But he found her lips and kissed her again, quickly squelching any thoughts that he was done. His mouth claimed hers hungrily, exploring the top, the bottom of her lip. His hands never left her hair, though, his fingers madly gentle against her scalp, massaging. When she tried to slip her tongue between his lips, he tugged her hair, breaking their kiss.

“Not yet,” he whispered, kissing just below each eye.

“Seconds are ticking,” she whispered back, annoyed.

“Wait,” he demanded, and she felt his lips smiling against the skin of her cheek.

Wait…

He kissed her lips again, a little harder, a little longer, massaging, teeth biting her bottom lip. Her breathing quickened and desire began to bubble, like a pot waiting to boil. Then his tongue finally ventured between her lips, and a shock of pleasure rocked through her at light speed. The moan that escaped shocked her. He drew her closer, his fingers wrapping tighter into her hair, deepening the kiss, tongue thrusting against hers.

The air stirred, his mouth still on hers as he straddled her legs. His firm thighs imprisoned hers, his ass pressing gently to her lap. There was still no contact from his chest, just his thighs, his hands in her hair. He was able to bear down on her mouth a bit in this position, his tongue hotter, more insistent, demanding.

Oh, yes, this was what she needed, and she gave into the desire, allowing it free rein in places it hadn’t tread in a long time. She reached out, her fingers spanning his hard, smooth chest, and he grabbed her wrist.

He lifted his mouth from hers. “No touching.”

“I said outside the clothes. Not my fault you don’t have a shirt.”

“My game now. No touching.” He took both of her hands in his and pressed them each at the side of her head, against the shelf. His lips found her cheek in the darkness, and he slid them over to crush against hers again, his tongue easing in, tangling.

She struggled a bit, and he held her harder, kissed her firmer. Desire flamed, and the bubbling inside her stomach morphed to full boiled lust. She wiggled her legs and bent one knee, her thigh coming in contact with his ass, so firm. If she raised higher, she might come in contact with—

The timer dinged.

No! She swallowed, frantic.

Aaron raised his mouth from hers, his breath ragged, matching hers. “Well? Panties melted?”

Hell, yes. “Maybe you should check.”


So here it is, my cover for Spy Games: Endgame.

Yay! What do you guys think? I love it. It's got danger and suspense, plus that back is too sexy! Thank you so much, Diana!