Will Ella and Axel Survive Mixing Business With Pleasure?

Ella Brooks is strong-willed, independent, and stubborn, and when she hears something she's not supposed to about her shady boyfriend, her safety is at risk. Much to her dismay, her cousin sends FBI Agent Axel Carlson to keep an eye on her. Ella's determined to resist the infuriatingly sexy bodyguard — she can take care of herself! — but she soon discovers that beneath the six-pack abs and amazing biceps lies an equally amazing heart. But will a mysterious threat keep them from finding their happily ever after?

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PG-13 Excerpt

Ella's stunned voice left Axel eternally grateful he hadn't thrown a punch first and asked questions later. He would've jumped off a bridge if he'd hurt her.

"Bryson wanted me to check out the security system, make sure you were using it and that the smart criminals couldn't break in. I was just finishing when you decided to clobber me," he explained, still holding her beneath him.

"And why am I supposed to believe you?" she snapped as she yanked her arms, having no success at all in getting away from him.

"Your cousin, who is so worried about you, sure as hell trusts me." He scowled at her. He didn't like his integrity being questioned.

"Well maybe you're both morons!"

With the moonlight their only illumination, they glared at each other while lying in the middle of her shrubs in the cold fall night. When the silence stretched around them, Axel quickly realized he was lying on top of her, and she was barely clothed.
"You can get off me now," she finally said, her voice breathless, her pulse beginning to rise beneath his fingers, which were still gripping her wrists. This wasn't such a bad place to be after all.

"I'm comfortable," he replied, easing his head down slightly so not much more than air was flowing between their mouths.
Her breathing grew heavier, and her eyelids drooped the slightest bit—just enough to let him know that their current situation was having an effect on her. Hell, his body was revving to go. The neighbors were asleep. No one would notice if the two of them removed her barely there clothes and he plunged inside her heat.

"Well, I'm not comfortable and it's cold out here," she panted.

"I can warm you up, Ella," he said, giving her a look that left no doubt he was about to kiss her. There was no way he'd make it through the rest of the night if he didn't have a taste of her.

Leaning down, he brushed his lips across hers, just a whisper of skin against skin, a warning of what was about to come. If she truly didn't want it, now was her time to tell him to go to hell, now was the time to demand he stop.

She said nothing.

Her breathing slowed, her eyes closed, and her pulse accelerated even more. "I'm not waiting any longer." That was her only warning before his mouth claimed hers, instantly branding her, letting her feel his unmitigated hunger.

Desire unlike anything he could remember feeling shot through him, his body already hard, solidified to the point of pain. Releasing her hands, he cradled her head in one palm so he could angle it just where he wanted, while the other moved down the soft curve of her waist and gripped her lusciously firm backside.

X-Rated Excerpt

"Me, too, Axel." She sighed as her hands lifted and began undoing his shirt, one button at a time. Her fingers fumbled a few times as his mouth caressed hers and then moved down the side of her neck.

"You smell incredible," he said, his fingers running through the silky strands of her hair, his mouth moving backward on her neck so he could taste every inch of her like he'd promised.

She groaned her approval as the last button came undone and she pulled his shirt from his pants, parting the fabric, her warm fingers smoothing out across his chest, awakening every sense in his body.

He pulled back long enough to shrug from his shirt, and then pulled her against him to reach for the zipper of her dress. His kiss deepened as he slowly pulled the zipper down, now only their bodies held together keeping it on.

"I want to feel you," he whispered before stepping back and slowly peeling her dress away, like unwrapping the perfect gift for himself. "Damn, Ella, you're even more perfect than I imagined," he gasped as her high breasts were revealed to him, her nipples pink and hard and pointing straight up.

Not able to resist the temptation, he walked her backward and sat her on the bed, kneeling before her as his head leaned forward and he took one perfect circle into his mouth, tasting her, devouring her, loving her tender flesh.

"Ah, Axel . . ." she cried out as he switched sides, his fingers digging into her hips as he tried unsuccessfully to control his arousal.

He was losing control fast despite his best efforts. They had all night to make love, and he planned on doing it over and over again, but right now he needed to feel her walls gripping him, needed to bring their bodies together as one.

Standing, he unbuttoned his pants, his eyes never leaving hers as he unzipped them and pushed them down. When her eyes traveled down his body, then widened in pleasure at his full erection, he couldn't help but feel pride.

Unable to bear their bodies apart any longer, he grabbed a condom from his pocket before tossing his pants aside and then crawled onto the bed with her, pushing her up so they could lie together. He pulled her dress the rest of the way off, but left on the incredibly sexy heels as he'd promised he would.

He then worshipped her body, his tongue laving across her skin, his lips leaving their mark as he sucked her flesh, and he made her cry out over and over again. His first taste of her womanhood had his head spinning and time lost all meaning as she cried out in pleasure.

Finally, he slipped the condom over his pulsing arousal as his fingers shook with the restraint it was costing him to pleasure her first. But the wait was worth it.

Lying in the cradle of her thighs, his eyes bored into hers as his hardness begged for entrance inside her wet heat.

"Tell me you want me," he commanded.

"Oh, Axel, I've never wanted anyone more," she moaned.

With a powerful thrust, he buried himself inside her, both of them groaning at the pure pleasure of the moment.

Axel leaned down and kissed her, his tongue slipping inside her mouth while his body lay connected with hers.

Then time once again lost all meaning as he began moving, his hips thrusting powerfully as he filled her and then pulled back.

When the walls of her heat tightened around him and she cried out in pleasure, he let go, thrusting a few more times deep inside her core where he found his own release, a guttural groan ripping from him.

When he could finally open his eyes again, he realized he had to be crushing her, but she didn't have a single complaint as her hands stroked his back.

"I guess I can't say we're strangers now," she sighed when he shifted so he was lying on his back, her body draped over his. "And I'm very glad to know you."

"Ah, baby, you've only scratched the surface of me. Let me teach you so much more," he said, pulling up her chin and kissing her, excitement and wonder filling him as he felt his body already returning to life.

By morning, they both knew each other quite well.

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