Igniting Ash
By: M.A. Stacie
Released August 4th, 2015
Limitless Publishing
Blurb
After a terrible
start in life, Asher Harris picks himself up and manages to carve out a fairly
decent future. Content with living alone in his bookshop, he shies away from
relationships and keeps trust to a minimum.
Emma Carnes hasn’t seen Asher in years, though she’s never forgotten him. Their one interaction as teenagers became pivotal to them both. It gave her a career.
It saved his life.
Emma saw things about Asher that nobody else did. When she urged him to escape a perilous situation, it turned her toward her purpose in life…and saved Asher. Intrigued by the strong man he’s become, she gently persuades him to open up, but finds his emotional walls hard to climb. She also hopes for his help with a troubled teen, Gabe Dearing, who reminds her very much of Asher himself.
Their relationship and ties to Gabe threaten to reveal things someone wants to keep hidden…
Someone is watching Emma, trying to figure out what she knows, and she soon senses something isn’t right. When the bookshop is vandalized and Gabe disappears, only to return bloody, broken, and refusing to say what happened, Asher and Emma search for the truth as their passion intensifies.
The danger mounts, and Emma and Ash struggle to keep what they’ve fought so hard to gain.
But can he save Emma as she saved him so long ago?
Or will a dark and violent history repeat itself and destroy them all?
She squealed when he grasped her waist and picked her up. His actions came as a shock, his strength too. Her protest hovered on the tip of her tongue, though she never actually said anything. His serious expression and determined strides were enough to keep her mouth closed.
Emma Carnes hasn’t seen Asher in years, though she’s never forgotten him. Their one interaction as teenagers became pivotal to them both. It gave her a career.
It saved his life.
Emma saw things about Asher that nobody else did. When she urged him to escape a perilous situation, it turned her toward her purpose in life…and saved Asher. Intrigued by the strong man he’s become, she gently persuades him to open up, but finds his emotional walls hard to climb. She also hopes for his help with a troubled teen, Gabe Dearing, who reminds her very much of Asher himself.
Their relationship and ties to Gabe threaten to reveal things someone wants to keep hidden…
Someone is watching Emma, trying to figure out what she knows, and she soon senses something isn’t right. When the bookshop is vandalized and Gabe disappears, only to return bloody, broken, and refusing to say what happened, Asher and Emma search for the truth as their passion intensifies.
The danger mounts, and Emma and Ash struggle to keep what they’ve fought so hard to gain.
But can he save Emma as she saved him so long ago?
Or will a dark and violent history repeat itself and destroy them all?
She squealed when he grasped her waist and picked her up. His actions came as a shock, his strength too. Her protest hovered on the tip of her tongue, though she never actually said anything. His serious expression and determined strides were enough to keep her mouth closed.
Until he crushed
his lips to hers. At that point she knew where it was heading, understood what
he meant when he’d shouted. He was sick of holding back. Asher was taking what
he wanted and ignoring any possible consequences.
Emma clung to him,
their kisses growing deeper and more forceful as he carried her to his bedroom.
She kept hold of him as he sat on the edge of his bed, moving her so that she
straddled his lap. They’d been here before, only this time the air was
electrified, sparks bursting from their touches. He wasn’t going to deny them
this time. She could sense from his heated kisses and desperate touches that he
was all in.
She blinked, her
head spinning when he grabbed her loose T-shirt and pulled it over her head.
He tossed it, not
caring to look where it landed. Asher drank her in, his chocolate eyes melting
as they perused her chest.
A fire ignited low
in her belly, her blood burning through her veins. She’d experienced lust
before, however this with Asher was laced with something else. Something
deeper.
Slowly, too slowly,
he stroked a single finger over the swell of her breast. Her nipples tightened
as she silently begged for him to cup them. Her will was enough, because those
amazing fingers dipped under the lace of her bra before palming her breast. His
eyes never left hers. His touch grew firmer, more demanding. “More,” she
whispered. “Asher, more.”
He kissed her long
and hard. At the same time she began unbuttoning his shirt, her fingers
fumbling so much Asher ended up finishing the job for her. He didn’t stop with
his shirt. After rolling her onto his bed, he stood and shucked off his jeans,
sliding them down his legs before kicking them across the room. “No more
barriers,” he rasped and pulled his underwear off too. His scars were exposed
to her, the skin pink and puckered near his navel. There really were no
barriers.
Still expecting him
to back out, Emma held a bit of herself back. The rejection would sting a
little less if she did. However, that became difficult when he hovered over
her, pressing his body against hers. His eyes were hooded, and she could feel
the heavy thump of his heart when she touched his chest. Hers was as rapid, the
thrill of possibility surging in every cell. The connection with Asher was
strong, very strong, and much more consuming than anything she’d ever felt
before.
M. A. Stacie is never without a book or her eReader. A voracious reader, with a love of sexy, yet angst ridden novels, she loves getting lost in new worlds. Her need to write did not grip her until after her second son was born, when her previous rambles became fully fledged stories.
She describes herself as one huge contradiction, and though not the most conventional of hobbies, she counts getting new tattoos as one of hers. Along with running, knitting, and listening to loud music. However, she is yet to work out how to do them all at the same time.
M. A. Stacie lives in the UK with her husband and three sons.
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