CAPTAIN'S ORDERS
Author: Kara Keen
Genre: Contemporary Romance | Suspense | New Adult
~ SYNOPSIS ~
She seduced the wrong captain, and that's just the beginning ....
Cole Carleton, captain of the cruise ship Sunset, decides to capture Tania's heart after she mistakenly seduced his twin brother. After a night they’ll never forget, he finds out what really brought her aboard in the first place.
Is Tania only using him to rescue her sister, a young woman snared in a deadly web of international sex trade?
Tania Shevchenko will do anything to save her sister, and her sizzling attraction to the cruise ship’s captain may be more of a distraction than an advantage. Proudly carrying her new American passport, she boards the ship and discovers there's more to life than working hard -- and the sinfully sexy Captain Carleton is willing to be her guide to all of it.
~ PURCHASE ~
~ EXCERPT ~
She seemed so damned
comfortable with his touch and everything he said, he was knocked completely
off his game. His thoughts ran away from him while he fantasized about her
perfect, creamy skin, her breasts pressing against him, immediately triggering
another unbrotherly hard-on he was sure she was aware of.
Okay, so yeah…he and
Jack had let a few of their female friends sleep it off in here, and Jack was
going to be pissed when he found out Cole brought a relative stranger to
stay in their personal quarters. But he couldn’t stand the thought of not being
able to see her whenever he had a few minutes. They’d just met, but already
he’d made her cry and he was obsessed with her. What the hell?!
Tania sat down on the
bed and patted it for him to sit next to her. He did what she wanted, realizing
she was sweet but not shy. And there’s something in her eyes…something
I’m feeling too. She smiled, wiping her eyes and sniffing away her
tears. Sitting this close to her, he had to work hard not to let her full lips
distract him from what she was saying.
“I’m sorry I cried,”
she said, “As you know, I did not sleep on the plane, I’m tired.” Pausing, then
choosing her words carefully, she locked eyes with him. “Will you tell me
something, Cole? Are you married or are you with somebody, like the woman who
called you sweetheart?”
“I am not married and
have never been married, and no, that woman is not my girlfriend. I don’t have
a girlfriend.”
“But you’ve had lots of
girlfriends, yes? And they sleep with you because you’re beautiful.” His eyes
widened and he took a deep breath when she took his cap off and ran her fingers
through his longish sandy brown hair, twirling the part curled onto his neck
around her finger. Now she was focusing on his mouth and when she licked her
lips, well…
Cole was completely
undone by her gaze, her lips, her touch, but he laughed anyway. “You’re
trouble, girl. That’s what I’m going to call you, Trouble. You follow me and
seem to trust me for absolutely no reason, and you’re making me nuts. Why did
you come with me?”
If she told him the
whole truth, the real reason she was on this cruise ship, he’d run. Or worse,
he’d throw her out. She was nobody, she had nothing, but she liked him,
she…desired him. And she needed his help. Plus, she couldn’t take her eyes off
of him! Normally a hard-working, serious girl, Tania hadn’t been with anyone,
hadn’t even been to a party in years.
But she was here
for her sister. And though she wasn’t sure why, she did trust him. She ignored
his question, smiled and doubled back to hers.
“I notice you did not
answer me about your girlfriends.”
“Does it matter to
you?” He turned to her and put a little kiss on her shoulder.
She felt the heat
coming off him and leaned in a little. “It’s yes, then. You’ve been with many
women. And I’m okay about it.” She felt the red-hot blush on her face. “Did I
say it right?”
He pulled back and
watched her face, a smile pulling at his lips. “You’re good with it, you’re
okay about it, yeah.” Cole’s voice had a rich, deep sound that soothed and
thrilled her at the same time. He raised an eyebrow and ran a finger along her
chin. “Why?”
Now the heat spread
from her face to her neck, and from there to places unknown, ones she would
like him to know. “I…uh…I’ve only had one boyfriend. When I first came to the
States, when I spoke very little English. He was a Ukrainian boy, and he was
the only one I could talk to. I was with him for a few years, we had sex, but I
never…uh…I never….” Her voice trailed off.
Tears burned her eyes
because she didn’t understand why she was even telling him
about this. It was like some other woman’s voice coming out of her mouth,
completely unreal.
He put his hands on
her shoulders and ducked, grinning, his gaze more intense. “Soooo…you’ve never
had an orgasm. Is that what you’re trying to say?”
Had she really asked
this beautiful stranger to show her how to have an orgasm? What am I
doing?! This is insane! This isn’t important, isn’t why I am here. But
everything about him made her happy to be reckless and young for a change, seeking
pleasure with this big, beautiful wolf of a man.
She nodded and looked
down, red-faced. “My girlfriends say I’ve been re-virginized.”
Cole nodded,
suppressing a laugh ’cause she looked embarrassed. And her blushing was so
funny. He couldn’t remember ever meeting a women this pretty who was so
innocent and easy to read. Beautiful women tended to learn how to mask their
feelings, how to deflect unwelcome attention. He pulled back and looked closely
at her again, examining her eyes for any trace of hesitation. There was an
unmistakable fever in those big brown eyes, a heat. “I can help you with that.
You want me to, right?”
~ ABOUT THE AUTHOR ~
KARA KEEN
After a career in public relations and advertising, I got tired of writing half-truths and decided to write the whole truth – love is all you need!
When I read Sylvia Day’s Bared to You, I started devouring romance novels and began fantasizing about my own characters and writing down their sexy thoughts and encounters.
After writing Captain’s Orders and developing four other novels, I can now look forward to embarrassing my family by writing hot stories about the many ways men and women get together.
You can visit my website and learn much more than you ever wanted to know about me at www.KaraKeen.com.
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