Trouble in Paradise
by Kate Hill
(Romantic Suspense)
Before cell phones and reality TV, when women had big hair and men were all about action and adventure, a girl walks into a bar searching for a hero. She finds R. C. Benson, a soldier turned grave robber wallowing in past sins. With a marriage of convenience, a pet shark and a shady butler, Grace and R. C. have their work cut out for them, but that gives them the perfect chance to fall in love.
Excerpt:
“That was some night.” Grace slipped off her shoes once she and R. C. returned to their hotel room. “I can’t wait to get to bed.”
He rubbed his hands together. “Now you’re talking.”
Grace shot him a serious look and pointed in his face. “Remember this is not for real. If you think I’m having sex with you, you’re crazy.”
“Of course I’m crazy. I’ve gone along with this ridiculous idea of yours, haven’t I?”
“I mean it, Benson. You come near me and I’ll castrate you.”
He chuckled and winced at the same time. “Oh and you’d try, too.”
“You can count on it.”
“Well you can’t blame me for trying.” He hung his jacket next to the others in the closet and removed his tie. He unbuttoned his shirt, revealing the lean, hair-dusted chest she longed to caress.
“I’m changing in the bathroom,” she said.
“You like the right side of the bed or the left?”
She glanced over her shoulder, one hand on the bathroom door. “I said I’m not sleeping with you.”
“No. You said you’re not having sex with me. If you think I’m going to sleep on the floor, you’re the one who’s nuts.”
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LOL! You had me at “pet shark”!
I like where this is going. 🙂
What a great bit of humor here. An inconvenient marriage indeed
Sounds like a fun read!
Nice banter between the two, the last line made me laugh.
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“Before cell phones and reality TV, when women had big hair and men were all about action and adventure, a girl walks into a bar searching for a hero.”
Love this!
Sounds like a fun story.
Marriage of convenience, pet shark and a shady butler, what a combo!
He isn’t having sex with her. Likewise, he isn’t a gentleman, it seems!
Love the banter. Both give as good as they get.