Icing
on the Cake
Close to Home Series ● Book 2
by: Karla Doyle
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Genre: Contemporary
Erotic Romance
Series: Close
to Home, Book 2 (may be read as a standalone)
Release Date: July
1, 2014
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Nia and Conn’s
wedding will be fairytale perfect…if
their siblings can get along.
Free-spirited,
anti-establishment Sara has always been on the outside of her family’s
fairytale mold. Now she’s being forced smack into the middle of it at her
sister Nia’s wedding. Alongside the cocky and annoyingly sexy best man—Conn’s cop
brother.
Curtis doesn’t buy in to organized romance and
fairytales. But for his brother, he’ll throw on a tux and fake it for
a few hours. His flak vest would have been a better choice around the maid of honor.
He should have brought his handcuffs too, because somebody needs to restrain
the dark-haired spitfire—and
he’s just the man for the job.
One night to
indulge the spark between them, then goodbye—that was the agreement. Curtis isn’t looking for a relationship and
he sure doesn’t want a troublemaker for a girlfriend. The last
thing Sara needs in her daily life is a cop looking over her shoulder, no
matter how hot he is.
But giving in
to their chemistry is much more fun than giving it up…
EXCERPT
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It’d been a
year and a half since fate—or more specifically, car trouble
and bad weather—had brought Conn and Nia
together. In that time, there’d been
several occasions where the Lawler and Chambers families had mixed. Sara hadn’t attended. Not even Christmas
dinner at her sister’s house.
Sara’s family didn’t make excuses on her behalf, nor did they seem
upset. Instead they affectionately tossed around terms such as “free-spirited”
and “nonconformist.
Well, the free-spirited nonconformist better walk through the
church doors, stat. Anybody who got in
the way of his brother’s happiness,
especially this weekend, would be answering to Curtis. Badge and handcuffs not required
for that job.
“You didn’t
bring a date for the wedding,” Conn said, interrupting Curtis’ internal threats toward a woman he’d never met.
“Nah. With the wedding all the way up here, that would’ve meant spending an entire
weekend together at the various family-bonding events. An invitation like that
tends to send the ‘this is serious’ message.”
Conn stretched his arms along the top of the church pew while
nodding. “Gotcha.”
“Yeah.” Not that Curtis had anything
against commitment. The right woman just hadn’t
come along. Because he purposely kept busy with the wrong ones.
“Since you’re
flying solo this weekend, I need a favor.”
“Spending tomorrow in a monkey suit isn’t favor enough? Especially after that overly
friendly tailor at the tuxedo-rental place got a little too much enjoyment out
of measuring my inseam?”
One of Conn’s patented
grins took over his face. “Did you check the pockets yet? He
might’ve slipped you his number.”
“Whatever, man.” He gave Conn a friendly shot to
the ribs. “How you, the totally unavailable groom-to-be, got the
hot Asian chick to measure you while I got stuck with the grabby-hands guy, I
have no fucking idea.”
“Was she hot? I didn’t
notice.”
Oh man, he was serious.
Love had put blinders on his brother. Big time.
“Ten out of ten,” Curtis said, shaking his head. “So,
what’s the favor?”
Conn’s smile
thinned. “Keep an eye on Sara. Make sure she doesn’t cause any trouble.”
“Babysitting detail.”
“Yeah.”
“Is she that bad?”
“I hope not,” Conn said as the church’s front door slammed and all heads
turned toward the entryway.
Call him fucked-up, but one look at the
dark-haired beauty who’d just strutted into the building, and Curtis
kinda hoped Sara lived up to her troublemaker reputation.
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