Wicked Grind (Stark World 1)

"Because I love you, too. Because I'm the girl. The inspiration. I'm your muse, Wyatt. You told me so twelve years ago. And nobody is pulling that out from under me. Not even you."

I take a step closer. "And I'm doing it because it's right. Your photos--it's like you said. They show a progression. And that's what I need. A path from the old Kelsey to the new. So I'm going to walk the corridor in the exhibit, and I'm going to see my face looking back at me, and I'm going to dance on that stage.

"And the universe won't fall apart," I add. "And nothing bad will happen. I know, because your show is amazing and it deserves all the good things. And I know because my father's theory is bullshit hocus pocus and I'm out from under that spell."

I lift a shoulder. "I mean, so long as that's all right with you."

He bursts out laughing. "Are you through?"

I think about it. "Yeah, I pretty much covered everything."

"Good." And he tugs me to him, and I don't even have time to cry out his name before his mouth is pressed against mine, hot and demanding and so deep it goes on and on, seeping deeper into my body. Keeping me warm. Keeping me safe.

"I love you," I say, when we break the kiss.

"I should get points for saying it first," he teases.

"Fine by me," I say casually. "I don't want points. I just want you."

For immediate release:

After fourteen months as a permanent exhibit at the Stark Center for the Visual Arts, the critically acclaimed photographic exhibition, A Woman In Mind, will begin touring the United States and Europe.

The brainchild of W. Royce (aka Wyatt Segel), A Woman In Mind presents a provocative view of sensuality that has both delighted and fascinated members of the general public as well as the critics.

Royce and his fiancee, dancer Kelsey Draper, will tour with the exhibit to limited locations. Though eight of the exhibit's photos show an "anonymous" woman as a representation of "every woman," Royce and Draper have made no secret that Draper is the "It Girl" at the center of the show, as well as the performer of the live dance component of the exhibit.

Draper will begin filming The Far Side of Jupiter, an adaptation of the Tony Award Winning musical, in the fall.

The Stark Center is pleased to be hosting Royce's upcoming untitled exhibit in the spring.

Read on for a sneak preview of Wicked Dirty, the next book in the Stark World series, coming September 2017!

It seemed like the perfect plan. Let a guy into my bed. Let him touch me. Let him fuck me.

Why not?

I was desperate, after all. And you know what they s

ay about desperate times.

Besides, it's not as if I was going to fall for one of my clients. I'm not one of those prissy girls who loses her heart at a kind word or a soft touch.

I'm not a woman who falls at all. Not for a man. Not for anybody.

I've been screwed far too many times. And if I'm going to get screwed anyway, I might as well get something out of it.

That was what I thought, anyway.

Then he walked in, with his beautiful face and his haunted eyes. Eyes that hinted at secrets at least as painful as my own.

He touched me--and despite all my defenses, I fell.

And now . . .

Well, now I can only hope that when I hit the ground, I won't shatter into a million pieces. And that maybe--just maybe--he'll be there to catch me.

Chapter 1