Start Me Up, book two of The
Rockers trilogy,
part of the Harlequin E Contemporary Box Set: Volume 2
When Hollywood hunk Chase MacIntyre proposes a
faux relationship, disgraced L.A. matchmaker Nina Wright can't refuse…until
some serious sexiness makes "on paper" happen between the sheets!
BLURB:
Matchmaker Nina Wright might work
in LA but she keeps Hollywood types off her client list. She doesn't need their
drama and she doesn't like the way so many of them exchange lovers like last
year's accessories. But she needs one happy, high-profile client to get her
business off the tabloid pages and back on solid ground.
Hollywood hottie Chase MacIntyre
wants the gossip surrounding his lastest fling to stop and he knows exactly how
to do it: show up on his next red carpet with a new woman and once he meets
Nina Wright he knows she is the woman to stop the presses.
The problem? Once they're under
cover, this business-only agreement is definitely too hot to handle…
Excerpt:
She sat back, crossing her arms
over her chest. "You can't be serious."
His
posture was the exact opposite of hers. Everything about him was opposite.
Where she wore a pretty Stella McCartney blouse and prim pencil skirt, he wore
ripped jeans and a tight black tee. Her strappy Manolos hadn't a single
scratch. His Dr. Martens had to be from 1999 and looked like they'd cleaned up
after one too many groupies in the green room.
You're
in control here, Nina. You're the professional. He's the client. Shoo him away
like the ass he really is.
Oh,
but what a fine ass he has, the part of her brain she was definitely not
listening to today said.
"I
assure you I'm serious. I need a non-clingy, well-proportioned date for a gala
fundraiser in two days and I'd prefer she have no illusions as to what this is
about." He sat forward in his chair and Nina was sure she saw his abs
ripple. She caught her breath and then forced her gaze from the spectacle and
back to those blue-blue eyes. And promptly forgot to breathe again. "The
money raised will keep music programs in at least fifteen local schools. To
keep the cash coming I need the headlines to be about the event, not my social
life."
"Then you should go
alone."
"Going alone will keep the
gossip rags talking. What I need is a pretty date for a one- night-only
performance."
Nina
blew out the breath she'd been holding. She didn't believe for a second this
was a mercy date situation. More like a mercy hookup. She didn't do hookups.
Her business set up marriage minded people who were matched based on an
algorithm her aunt developed ten years before. An algorithm that had made the
company a go-to in Los Angeles.
She
shot a glance out the window at the press corps on the sidewalk below her
window.
Well,
until this morning, anyway.
"I think you've got my firm
confused with…something else entirely, but for future reference—" she
typed a few words into the search engine on her computer and flipped the screen
to face him "—I am a matchmaker. A noun, meaning one who arranges
relationships or marriages." She opened the next tab and gestured to the
computer screen. "I am not a madam, although madams are also nouns. There
is a very large, very cavernous area between matchmaking and houses of
prostitution."
Author Bio:
Once upon a time, Kristina Knight spent her days running
from car crash to fire to meetings with local police. No, she wasn't a
troublemaker, she was a journalist. Her career took her all over the United
States, and along the way she found her very own Knight in Shining Cowboy
Boots. Just like the characters from her favorite books, Kristina is living her
own happily ever after with her Knight and their Princess.
Kristina writes sassy
contemporary romance novels; her books have appeared on Kindle Best Seller
Lists. She loves hearing from readers, so drop her a line!
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*waves to Melinda* Thank you SO MUCH for helping me with the cover reveal! I can't stop staring at it! lol
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