Hard Lust
(PNR Reverse Harem - Hell Bent on Sin)
by Tina Donahue
Blurb:
Three sexy demons—what’s a girl to do?
Don’t ever trust a demon. Unfortunately,
Megan has learned that lesson too late. The deal she made to save
her sister's life––has landed her in Hell
temporarily and about seventy years early. And now she has
three sexy demons trying to tell her what to do.
Nope. Not going to happen.
These guys have never had to deal with
such defiance. Andros figures she’s due for some erotic discipline, which
he’ll happily provide. Racan’s pure alpha, his hardcore plans include bondage
and submission. Quiet yet intense, Vespar expects endless kink to spice up
their carnal play.
Who would have ever expected she’d end
up falling for them? Too bad demons can’t be trusted…because someone is trying
to kill the magic and threatening her stay in this lusty world.
Excerpt:
He
flicked his hand. The picture sailed back to where it should have been, without
him touching it.
Bile
rose in her throat. It was useless to pray for anything reasonable here, but
she hoped his supernatural powers didn’t include dipping her in boiling oil
like characters suffered in horror movies. “You have to listen to me. I’m not
supposed to be in…in…” She couldn’t continue.
He
looked at her questioningly. “You’re not supposed to be in Hell?”
She
nodded.
“In
that case, you’d have to be innocent.” He fingered his ring. “The same as
everyone else down here. Right?”
Her
face grew hot. How dare he dismiss her
concerns out of hand, not even pretending to listen to her. Fury replaced her
fear, intense heat stinging her skin. “For your information, I only signed the
dumb contract because I needed the dough for my kid sister’s experimental treatments
since the state’s program wasn’t helping, she doesn’t have any medical, her
boyfriend can’t put her on his, and mine was useless—high deductibles, a
lifetime cap, the insurance company denying everything. The jerk who conned me
into this swore I wouldn’t have to come here for decades, meaning when I got
old and checked out. I’m only twenty-five. For him to send me here immediately
wasn’t what I agreed to. He breached the contract particulars, which makes it
invalid. No way am I staying.” She pivoted.
The
door that had been behind her was now a solid wall.
Suppressing
a shiver, she turned and faced him again.
He
rested his hands on his flat belly and tapped his ringed forefinger.
Another
normal gesture, except pure sin—the good, sexy kind—radiated from him.
Her
legs got watery, his effortless masculinity chasing away her outrage and terror
when it shouldn’t have. She locked her knees and squeezed her fists. “I want to
talk to the person in charge.”
His
eyebrows inched up. They were surprisingly dark given his light hair. “You mean
Satan?”
Who else? His was the only
name she knew besides Andros’s. If she hadn’t been too impoverished to save
Holly’s life on her own, she wouldn’t be in this mess. Rather than pointing out
the obvious and bitching, she poured on the charm. “Yeah. He’s good. Thanks.”
“Welcome.
But as a newbie, you’ll have to wait several eons before he’ll put you on his
schedule…if he does.”
A
shriek caught in her throat. “I can’t
stay here.”
He
snapped his fingers. A paper bearing the word Contract
at the top materialized next to him. He scanned the document. “Are you saying
this isn’t your signature? If it’s not, then you do have a valid complaint.
Take a look. Please. Let me know.”
The
paper flew her way. She skittered away from it. “What if it is mine? That jerk
demon promised—”
“Yeah,
I got that.” He stood, his black dress pants hugging his powerful thighs. “Is
your sister getting the treatments she needs?” Genuine concern rose in his eyes.
“Is she better? Will she survive?”
His
questions and unexpected worry touched her. “The docs swear she is and will,
but—”
“Uh-uh.”
He wagged his finger as he might to a rebellious child, his previous
consideration gone. “We met our end of the bargain, and now it’s time for you
to do the same.”
Her
blood ran cold. “This is where the boiling oil comes in?”
He
blinked. “What?”
She
couldn’t believe he needed an explanation. “You’re going to torture me?”
“Torture?
Like pulling out your fingernails or hammering spikes through your eyeballs?”
Sweat
poured down her face and chest. She pressed her lips together, not wanting to
give him any ideas.
Understanding
sparked in his eyes. The emotion didn’t last. “Moving on, let’s focus on your
duties here.” He rounded his desk and leaned against it. “Given your wait experience
at Sally Jean’s, you’ll serve drinks in Hard Lust, the gentleman’s club I own
along with Racan and Vespar, who you’ll meet shortly.”
She
didn’t understand. “Gentleman’s what?”
“Club.
It’s where the commotion is coming from.”
The
wall trembled, pictures and mirrors jounced, crappy music swelled, and women
and men bellowed in either pain or ecstasy.
He
smoothed his pants. “You’re on duty twenty-three-seven and—”
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About Tina:
Tina’s an Amazon and international
bestselling novelist who writes passionate romance for every taste – ‘heat with
heart’ – for traditional publishers and indie. Booklist, Publisher’s Weekly, Romantic
Times and numerous online sites have praised her work. She’s won Readers’
Choice Awards, was named a finalist in the EPIC competition, received a Book of
the Year award, The Golden Nib Award, awards of merit in the RWA Holt Medallion
competitions, and second place in the NEC RWA contests. She’s featured in the
Novel & Short Story Writer’s Market. Before penning romances, she worked at
a major Hollywood production company in Story Direction.
On a less serious note: she’s an
admitted and unrepentant chocoholic, brakes for Mexican restaurants, and has
been known to moan like Meg Ryan in When
Harry Met Sally while wolfing down tostadas. She’s flown a single-engine
airplane (freaking scary), rewired an old house using an ‘electricity for
dummies’ book, and is horribly shy despite the hot romances she writes.
