A KNIGHT IN SHINING LEATHER…
IN YOUR ARMS
For Your Love #2
Shannyn Schroeder
Releasing Dec 27th, 2016
Zebra Shout
A KNIGHT IN SHINING LEATHER…
Sean O'Malley has never tried to
hide who he is. He shows it in the motorcycle thrumming between the legs of his
tight jeans…the shaggy hair that falls in his gorgeous eyes…the wicked gleam in
his smile when he asks Emma out for a drink. Sean is a rebel, a bad boy, and a
ton of fun: exactly the kind of guy she's sworn off forever.
Emma isn't just the prim
kindergarten teacher she appears to be. And somehow Sean can tell. As soon as
he pulls up to her overheated car he knows that a fast bike and a cold beer
will fix her rotten day better than compliments or a bubble bath. Her
straitlaced exterior and her wild heart light him up. But Emma wants to escape
her past and settle down—and if her desk jockey dates don't understand where
she comes from, at least she doesn't worry about them bringing her back.
One weekend of intense connection
can't change the paths Sean and Emma have chosen. But with a little space to be
themselves together, maybe the rest of the world can wait...
He took the quickest shower possible
and ran his hands through his hair. Back in his bedroom, Emma sat in the same
spot on his bed, scrolling through her phone.
“Telling all your Facebook friends
about the great guy you met?”
She looked up and around the room.
“Who would that be?”
He grabbed his chest. “You wound
me.” He keeled over on the mattress.
She poked him with her foot.
“Seriously, as great as you are—and compared to some guys I’ve known, you’re
ranked near the top—but I don’t do Facebook.”
Sean let her words sink in. She
hadn’t talked much about herself last night; neither of them had. Hearing how
he compared to her past boyfriends or hookups, or whatever, helped. “Near the top, huh? I’ll have to see what
I can do about that.”
She smiled.
“You’re really not on Facebook? I’ve
never met a girl who wasn’t.” Hell, most girls couldn’t wait to log on and
change their status. They went straight from meeting to “in a relationship”
within a night.
She shrugged. “I used to be. Then a
couple of years ago, my college adviser pointed out that principals and
eventually parents would be looking up my social media.”
“So?”
“My mom has a habit of posting some
inappropriate stuff. Stuff I wouldn’t want my boss to see. Or the parents of my
kids.”
“If you’re not on Facebook, what are
you doing? Sending out messages for a rescue?” He sincerely hoped not. He
didn’t think he’d done anything to warrant a rescue call.
“I was on Pinterest.”
“Huh?”
She turned her phone to face him.
“It’s a virtual bulletin board. I collect recipes of stuff I want to try.
Sometimes books.”
He took the phone and scrolled.
“Yeah, shirtless dudes are really recipes. Aren’t you worried about your boss
seeing that?”
She reached for her phone, but he
pulled it away.
Emma slumped back, not engaging in
his game. “I guess you didn’t notice the words ‘secret board’ above that one.
No one can see that board or what I have pinned to it except me.”
He handed her the phone. When she
took it, he whipped off his shirt.
“Want a picture for your secret
board?” He flexed and posed, and Emma doubled over laughing. “What are you
saying? That even though I’m better than the losers you know, I can’t compete
with your eye candy?”
She laughed harder, and Sean felt
like he’d accomplished something. If he got nothing else done for the day, this
would be enough. He’d seen her smile, which was pretty great, and she’d snarked
at him jokingly, but her laugh was fantastic.
With a hand on her chest, she
inhaled deeply. Then she raised her phone. “Hold still.” And she snapped a
picture of him.
“Wait. I can do better than a sneak
shot.” He crawled closer, straddling her outstretched legs as he did. He lifted
an eyebrow. “How about a smolder?”
Another peal of laughter had him
joining in and almost falling on top of her. He couldn’t remember the last time
he’d laughed so hard with a girl, especially in bed. It was a good feeling.
Sean rolled next to her and they caught their breath, sides touching, and even
though they were both fully clothed, something sparked between them. God, he
loved it when the chemistry was hot.
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Shannyn
Schroeder is the author of the O’Leary series, contemporary
romances centered around a large Irish-American family in Chicago and the Hot
& Nerdy series about 3 nerdy friends finding love. Her new series (For Your
Love) will release this summer with the first title Under Your Skin. When she’s
not wrangling her three kids or writing, she watches a ton of TV and loves to
bake cookies.
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