Title: Flesh Into Fire (Original Sin Series #3)
Authors: JA Huss and Johnathan McClain
Publishing April 17, 2018
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Payback is owed.
And Maddie Clayton is going to collect. This time Carlos and Logan have gone too far. People are dead, lives have been changed, and she’s had enough. Plus, she’s got the Devil on her side, so when an enemy turns into a friend with an idea of how to take Carlos down, she’s in.
Tyler Morgan has been fighting back his whole adult life. He’s ready for anything when it comes to payback. But endangering Maddie can’t be part of the deal. Unfortunately for him, once Maddie gets an idea in her head, there’s no stopping her.
Her debt has been paid in blood and she wants revenge.
His fight is still there, but now he’s got more at stake than himself.
The end is coming.
But even if they win against Carlos, they can still lose each other.
EXCERPT
Warning contains sexual content.
TYLER
I
roll our interlaced fingers over so that I can see the back of her hand. It’s
strong, but delicate. Long fingers and white skin. Veins that tense with the
clench of her grip. Freckles. Just a few light, faint, perfect freckles.
I
have the same thought I had the other day. That I want to learn her. Her body.
Every millimeter of her. I want it burned into my brain. I want to imprint her
into my memory before she goes. I want to study her. I want to have a PhD in
Maddie Clayton.
I
let go of her hand and stand up, turn to face her and then kneel down.
“What
are you doing?” she asks.
I
don’t say anything. She’s not wearing shoes, so I start tugging at the toes of
her socks and she giggles as I work them off her legs and then hold her
precious feet in my hands, examining them. I stroke the bones that run along
the top, ending at the tips of her toes, and I kiss each toe one by one.
I
turn them over to inspect the scar I found the other day, and I give it a kiss.
Then I spread her legs and slide in between them, popping my head up to give
her a kiss on the lips, before I unbutton her jeans and draw down the zipper.
She leans back, propping herself on her elbows, and shimmies her hips as I pull
her pants down. They’re so tight on her, so fitted, that they draw her
underwear along with them as I pull, and then the pants are off her body and on
the floor, and her bare calves, and knees, and thighs, and pussy are there for
me to explore.
Still
leaning back on her elbows, she tilts her head to the side, presses her lips
together in a tight smile, and raises her eyebrows at me.
I
lift one of her legs and place my face right next to it. Like an archaeologist
exploring the contours of a priceless, ancient artifact.
Her
smell. Her smell will be the thing that I know I will hold onto most. It’s
always been that way for me. Smell is the most potent sense I have when it
comes to triggering memories. When I smell cinnamon, I remember my mom. Because
she was baking when she collapsed that last time after chemo. And so that’s the
smell I choose to associate with my final memory of her, as opposed to the
antiseptic smell of the hospital. Because that wasn’t her anymore anyway. Mom
stayed in the kitchen. Only the shell of her stuck around for a couple weeks
more in the hospital bed.
Anyway.
Right
now, Maddie smells like freshly cut grass. She’s been packing and getting ready
to leave all day, and it’s been weirdly warm of late, so she’s a little sweaty.
And that smell—that pungent, dense, round smell of sweat on her skin that fills
my nostrils—reminds me of summer. Which I love. Because I suppose that means
that for the rest of my life, there’ll be an entire season where every day all
I’ll be able to think about is her. Even though I don’t imagine needing a lot
of prompts to steer my thoughts in her direction.
As
I stroke my fingers along her leg, kissing as I go, and drinking in her scent
with every breath, she drops down from her elbows, letting herself lie flat on
her back, her legs dangling off the side of the bed. She traces her fingers up
and down the line of her stomach, pushing her t-shirt up to the curve of her
breasts as I continue my survey of her flesh.
I’m
discovering things. Things that no one else on earth besides me will know.
Her
right calf appears just infinitesimally stronger than her left. Her left knee
is the teeniest bit knobbier than her right. And when I kiss her behind either
of her knees, she shudders through her stomach, causing her toes to crinkle.
As
I pass the bend in her knee, I draw my nose along the inside of her thigh. She
wriggles a teeny bit as my beard moves along her soft skin. And then my mouth
is right at the brink of her entrance. I take my thumb and run it along the
pink folds and she lets out a “mmmmm.” I tilt my head, studying my fingers as
they massage her tender skin, and take note of what sound each gesture evokes
from her.
Kissing
tenderly on her opening causes her to growl from somewhere deep inside her
throat. So I do. I kiss, and I let my warm breath signal my presence, but I
don’t want to penetrate her. Not this way. If she wants me to be inside her, I
will happily oblige, but for now I just want to be here with her and hold her
close.
And
I will.
And
I will hold her close in my thoughts every second that she’s gone.
But
more importantly...
I
will hold her in my heart.
MADDIE
Some
people search their whole life looking for that one place they belong. For that
one person who gets them. Who brings them into their world, lets them fall
easily into the pull of their gravity, and lets them just… be. Just exist.
Quietly. Naturally. Freely. This is Tyler for me. The center of my universe.
The man around whom I now orbit.
Not
like a satellite, either. But like… like two things meant to be one. Like long
ago something crashed into us, broke us into little pieces, and left us adrift.
Floating in directionless space. Spinning wildly with no tether. And now we’ve
been pulled back together. And we circle each other, still spinning, but with
the purpose of joining. Of becoming one thing again. Not because of tragedy,
the way I’d imagined when I sent that letter. It’s not a lifeline of salvation
connecting us now, but some force of nature we can’t explain, or control, or
bend to our will. Some law of the universe that dictates the fate of things.
We
are connected by something more powerful than shared sorrow. And every moment
we’ve spent apart has been valuable. Necessary. Critical.
His
mouth between my legs feels wonderful. I could close my eyes and enjoy it. Let
myself reach the heights of pleasure.
But
alone?
No.
I’m done doing things alone. We’re connected now. And everything we do will be
together.
So
I whisper, “Tyler,” as I caress his head. Run my fingers through his hair.
Touch his shoulders. Slide my fingertips up and down the hills and valleys of
his muscular arms.
He
looks up at me, his eyes smiling even though they’re half closed, even though
his mouth is still working. His tongue still flicking against my pussy.
“Come
up here,” I say. “And kiss my mouth.”
Now
he smiles with his whole face. His hands plant on either side of my hips and he
draws himself up to standing. He lifts his t-shirt over his head and undoes his
jeans, letting them fall to the floor, and his nakedness reminds me that he has
lived every single day of his time on this earth.
He
leans onto the bed and eases forward. My legs open wider for him, welcome him
between them as his cock—hard, and long, and ready—rests against my clit,
making me want him.
If
we stopped right now, if he just rested his chest on top of my breasts, became
nothing more than heavy weight as he closed his eyes, relaxed, and fell asleep…
I’d be content, happy, and satisfied.
And
not because there’d be more chances to do this later. But because it’s him I want. Not the sex.
He
leans down, his hands on either side of my head now. Bending the mattress the
way spacetime bends around a sun. And when his lips reach mine, my eyes are
closed.
And
I fall again.
I
fall far, and long, and easily. The same way I drifted towards him. And as I
drift, weightless, we kiss. But I’m still connected to him. Always next to him.
Because this is what it feels like to fall into
someone, not away.
This
is not me slipping down the mountain.
This
is not me losing my footing.
This
is me finding myself. In him. In us.
So
when I reach my hand between my legs and place him right where he needs to be,
he enters me. And all those broken, spinning pieces come together to once again
create the thing we were always meant to become.
Our
bodies move together. Perfectly synchronized. Like the dance of stars in space.
His body is hot, and my body is hot, and the heat we create between us doesn’t
burn like fire but rearranges us. Like the molecules of two metals mixing to
form the strongest sword made of the very best steel.
Our
lovemaking is slow. And perfect.
We
reach the heights of pleasure together. As one. And it’s the kind of climax
that only happens once in a lifetime. The kind of release that means more than
the way it makes you feel. It tells you who you are, and who you’re with, and
exactly where you fit in the grand scheme of things.
He
says, “I love you, Madison.”
And
I say it back. “I love you, Tyler.”
We
mold ourselves into each other as we relax and grow sleepy. Our bodies back
together. His arms around me. My back pressed against his chest.
Our
hearts beating. Keeping time.
Becoming
what we were always meant to be.
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Two accomplished writers come together to create unforgettable sexy romance. JA Huss is the New York Times bestselling author of 321 and has been on the USA Today bestsellers list eighteen times. Johnathan McClain is a veteran actor and writer whose work, either performed or written, is probably airing on at least one of the channels on your television right now. You can contact them on their website www.hussmcclain.com or find them at their social links below.
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