Boss Me
Rivers Edge book 5
Lacey Black
Last man
standing. That’s the way it feels when Will Stevens looks at the happiness and
fulfillment his siblings have found. Will isn’t necessarily looking for
“happily ever after” but...what if? The one thing that helps him get through
the loneliness of bachelorhood is his job. As a paramedic with Rivers Edge
Health Care, Will is dedicated to saving lives. But one person has the potential
to jeopardize everything he has worked for: his boss.
Carmen Brady is
a woman working in a man’s world. Determined to be taken as a serious
professional, Carmen is hard and ruthless on the job; not interested in being
anyone’s friend. There’s no room for personal relationships in the workplace,
and Carmen is unwavering in her pursuit to run a tight ship in the Emergency
Department at Rivers Edge Health Center. Yet, as much as she tries, Carmen
can’t seem to stop thinking about one man she can’t have: her
employee.
What happens
when the line between work and personal is crossed? Can Will and Carmen keep
the two worlds separated? Everything comes down to a single choice: love or
career?
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Excerpt
Thankfully, the elevator drops me on the ground floor
moments later. The cafeteria is at the end of the long corridor and appears to
have already cleared out from the lunch rush. A few nurses and CNAs sit at the
back row of tables, discussing the snow that is expected later this week. With
just over a week until Christmas, it looks like we’ll have a white Christmas
after all.
I grab a ham and cheese on whole wheat, a container of
yogurt, and a bottle of water and head to the register to pay.
“That’s all too healthy,” I hear a familiar voice behind me.
My entire body goes on high alert. I start to tingle in
places that only seem to be brought out by one man. Will.
I slowly turn around and catch my first glimpse of the man
who haunted my dreams for the past several nights. He’s perfection in his
uniform. Tight navy pants and a fitted white shirt hugging his entire body.
I’ve never been so jealous of a pair of pants before in my life.
I fight control over my smile. I want to give in, really I
do, but we’re in the middle of the cafeteria and his partner for the day is
standing right behind him.
Will seems to notice my struggle to maintain my
professionalism. The slight smile he sends me is filled with cockiness and pure
sex. His eyes are filled with mischief and desire. My body responds like crazy
to him. I’m all tingly and hyperaware.
“I think you should get the chocolate cake,” he whispers so
close into my ear that I feel his hot breath fan out around the side of my
face. I shiver uncontrollably. “Of course, this cake would be a whole lot
better if you shared it with someone. Maybe even let someone eat it off of your
hot, naked body,” he says, reducing me to a pile of mush with his seductive
words. My panties are soaked, damn him.
“Are you going to hold up the entire line?” Carlos complains
from behind Will. “Oh, sorry, Carmen. I didn’t see you there,” he adds, as he
peeks around Will’s shoulder and catches his first glimpse at me.
I quickly straighten up and turn to face Carlos. “Sorry, it
was my fault for holding up the line,” I tell Will’s partner.
“No worries, Carmen. I was just giving Will a hard time. I
didn’t realize it was you in front of him,” he mumbles sheepishly and goes
about rearranging the food on his tray.
“Have a good day, gentlemen,” I say as I turn my steely gaze
away from the men in line behind me.
After the plump older lady at the register gives me my
change, I turn to walk out of the cafeteria. “Oh, Carmen. Did you still want to
see me after shift to discuss the new hire?” Will says from the front of the
line. Carlos watches the exchange with a questioning look on his face.
“Yes, that would be great, William. I’ll see you at two
o’clock,” I reply before turning and walking out of the cafeteria.
My legs somehow manage to keep me upright until I’m in the
small confines of the elevator. Then, almost instantly, they turn to mush and I
practically slide down the elevator wall. Fortunately, I’m alone and not
required to make small talk or explain why my equilibrium is completely out of
whack.
Between bites of my sandwich, answering a ton of emails and
vacation request forms, time slips by. I’m interrupted from reviewing the
current request form on the top of the pile by a knock on the door. When I
glance up, piercing blue eyes are staring at me behind sexy glasses.
Will doesn’t say a word as he walks inside my office, closes
the heavy wooden door, and throws the lock on the knob. The look in his eyes
when he turns around and faces me is predatory. My throat is instantly dry, but
I’m not so dry in another place.
“So, Carmen, you wanted to see me,” Will says as he stalks
around my desk with slow, deliberate steps. His eyes are dilated with need, and
they remain fully locked on me. Like a heat-seeking missile, he is zoned in on
his target.
“Yeah, um, yes. I wanted to know -” I start as I stand up,
but my words die on my lips as Will runs his large pointer finger down the side
of my check. From hairline to chin, his caress is soft but powerful. This one
touch says so much about the man before me. Soft yet firm. Shy yet bossy.
“What did you want to know?” he asks as his finger makes its
way down the column of my neck to the spot where my black sweater meets skin. I
shiver at the contact. Or maybe at the anticipation. Take your pick.
“If I could have Janine shadow you. I, um, set it up so that
she’s working with you on her first day. On Friday,” I whisper as his finger
continues to explore any exposed skin. I feel like my brain isn’t quite
connected to my mouth. I seem to be stumbling on forming complete sentences,
and I know that Will Stevens is to blame.
“I can do that,” he answers without taking his eyes off of
his finger trail.
I watch helplessly as he seduces me to a pile of goo with
one touch. The stroke of his finger is magical. Fairytales are written on less
passion than Will is displaying right now.
“Thank you,” I whisper hoarsely.
“Is that all you wanted?” he asks as his finger makes its
way up my neck and to my lips. The rough pads of his finger traces the lines of
my bottom lip, his eyes blazing with heat. It’s so hot in the confines of this
little office that I start to sweat.
“Yes,” I finally choke out.
“Good,” he answers moments before his lips crash onto my
own. His kiss is urgent, his tongue slashing at mine as he takes everything he
can from the kiss. Yet, giving me so much more in return.
Will pushes me back until my butt is smashed against the
edge of my desk. His hard, unforgiving body pins me in place as his hands wrap
firmly around my back. Heat from his grip radiates through me as his body meets
mine. Chest to chest. Somehow he manages to deepen the kiss, though I’m not
entirely sure how.
My mind forgets everything. Where I am. Who I’m with. Why
we’re here. Everything. The only thing I’m thinking about is this kiss. I feel
the power of his need for me with each flick of his tongue, each bite of his
teeth, every nip of his full lips. This kiss says everything about his desire.
And if I had any doubts, I have my confirmation pressed firmly against my lower
stomach.
“I’ve been thinking about you all day,” he whispers against
my swollen lips as his large hands kneed my lower back.
“Me, too,” I confess, loving the way my body feels pressed
firmly against his.
“I want you. Now,” he states so matter-of-factly that it’s
as if he just told me today’s weather forecast.
“I want you, too.”
And that’s all it takes.
Other Books in the Rivers Edge
Series
Trust Me
Rivers Edge Series – Book 1 (FREE)
After all of the devastating betrayals
by the one she loved, Twenty-two year old Avery Stevens has spent three years
raising her daughter alone, with her family and best friend as a support
system, never leaving her small hometown of Rivers Edge, Missouri. Though
Rivers Edge holds the pain of her past, it also holds the one person she wants
but can’t have – her brother’s best friend, Maddox Jackson. When she learns the
attraction might not be one-sided, will Avery be able to trust Maddox with the
one thing she’s held onto tightly for the past few
years?
Police officer Maddox Jackson is a
ladies’ man with one foot out the door. Never planning to settle down, Maddox
fights the attraction he feels for his best friend’s little sister, Avery. But
can he continue to fight it when his body and his heart are leading him to the
one woman he shouldn’t want?
When secrets are finally exposed, can
Avery and Maddox trust each other enough to overcome the past, handle the
present, and preserve their future? Can Avery trust Maddox with her heart? Will
Maddox be able to convince Avery to take the chance?
**This book is intended for an audience
of 18 or older due to graphic sex scenes and language.
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Fight Me Rivers Edge Series - Book 2
Jake Stevens
has it made. A local police officer with an open invitation to any number
of beds around town, Jake has no desire to settle down with any of the ladies
he entertains by night. After watching his best friend fall in love with
his little sister, Jake is certain that love and marriage just aren’t in his
cards. Heck, he’s not even playing with the same deck.
After Jake
encounters a blast from the past one night, he finds himself swimming in
uncharted waters. For the first time, Jake has found a woman he can’t get
out of his mind. The kicker? The woman wants nothing to do with
him.
Erin Anderson returns to the small Missouri town of Rivers
Edge for a job after a twenty year absence. Erin spent years loathing the
memory of Jake Stevens for his cruelness back in seventh grade. Now, Jake
appears to be the same self-centered player he was in junior high, and no one
seems to be able to push her button the way the cocky, yet devastatingly
handsome cop does.
Between circumstances that keep thrusting them together and
Jake’s persistence to annoy her, Erin struggles to fight her growing feelings
for Jake. But, can Erin get past the hurt she felt all those years ago at
the hands of a young Jake? Can Jake show Erin that what they have is
worth fighting for?
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Expect Me Rivers
Edge Series -Book 3
Travis Stevens
struggles to move on and forget about the one amazing night he spent tangled up
in the sheets with a beautiful woman who disappeared just before dawn. Now
she’s just a memory that he can’t ignore. But what do you do when the woman
invades your thoughts day and night?
Josselyn McCray spent one perfect night wrapped up in the
strong arms of a handsome stranger before running out in the early morning
light. Now she’s out of money and luck and forced to make some life-altering
decisions about her future. A future that is going to involve the man she
hasn’t been able to forget.
Brought together by one night of passion, Travis and
Josselyn are now linked forever. Will Travis and Josselyn be torn apart by
demanding responsibilities and the stresses of getting to know each other? Or
will they overcome the odds and find their way to happily ever after?
One thing is certain: life isn’t always what you expect.
*This book is intended for an audience of 18 or older due to
graphic sex scenes and language.
**Can be read as a standalone but would be better enhanced
by reading the previous books.
Cover by Gin’s Book Notes & Designs
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Promise Me Rivers
Edge Series -Book 4
Holly Jenkins
watched her best friend finally get her happily ever after. While there’s no
one more deserving than Avery Jackson, Holly can’t fight the longing and ache
that settles in her chest when she thinks about her own solitary life. After
kissing so many frogs, Holly starts to wonder if Prince Charming even exists.
Jase Bentley is
worn out. As lead singer of the award winning rock band, Bent, Jase has
everything he could possibly ever want at his fingertips. When you’re on
top, the music industry moves everything within arm's reach; money, fame,
and women just ripe for the plucking. Everything except for the one thing
he’s really looking for. The one dream he can’t seem to make come
true.
What happens
when two people from different worlds meet and are thrust into unfamiliar and
unsettling territory? Can Holly navigate the demands of dating
someone with a high profile profession? Can Jase walk away from the
only lifestyle he’s ever known for the first woman who’s ever made him want
to?
Promises are
made, but can they keep them?
*This book is a novella. 36,000 words
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Protect Me-Rivers
Edge Book 5
Nate Stevens
loves three things: Work, Family, Women. In that order. Having absolutely no
desire to follow in three of his siblings’ footsteps by settling down, Nate
lives for his work as a firefighter. That’s why his chance meeting with
Lia leaves him unsettled like never before. There’s just something about the
beautifully shy and reserved woman that he can’t walk away from.
Run. Hide. Keep
moving. That’s exactly what Lia Walker has done for the last nine months.
Escaping from her past, Lia continues to move from place to place before
finding herself in the small town of Rivers Edge, Missouri. Following a chance
encounter with her new boss’ brother, Nate, which leaves Lia feeling confused
and vulnerable for the first time in months, Lia has to make a decision:
to run or to stay.
When pasts are finally exposed, Nate and Lia find themselves
at a crossroads. Nate will do anything to protect Lia from her past, but the
question remains: Will Lia let him? When Lia’s past finally catches up
with her, will running be the only way to protect the ones they love most in
this world?
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Author Bio
Lacey Black is a Midwestern girl with a passion for reading,
writing, and shopping. She carries her e-reader with her everywhere she goes so
she never misses an opportunity to read a few pages. Always looking for a
happily ever after, Lacey is passionate about contemporary romance novels and
enjoys it further when you mix in a little suspense. She resides in a small
town in Illinois with her husband, two children, and a chocolate lab. Lacey
loves watching NASCAR races and should only consume one mixed drink because
she’s a lightweight.
Lacey’s debut novel, Trust Me, was released in August
2014. It spent several weeks in the top 100 in contemporary romance on
Amazon’s Top 100 Best Sellers for e-books. Fight Me, book 2 in the Rivers Edge
series, released December 2014 and was followed by Expect Me, Rivers Edge book
3 in February 2015 and Promise Me: A Novella in April 2015. All were
Amazon Best Sellers in contemporary romance.
Email: laceyblackwrites@gmail.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthLaceyBlack
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