MORE THAN LOVE is LIVE! GIVEAWAY WINNER ANNOUNCED!

Published: Thu, 08/10/17

 
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Dear Wonderful Reader,

I'm thrilled that MORE THAN LOVE is finally here and the reviews that are coming in are fantastic!  Readers are calling MORE THAN LOVE "A feel-good perfect summer read" and "An amazing addition to a wonderful series".  

It's one of my funniest stories to day. Need a reason to smile today? 

MORE THAN LOVE will be available wide for two weeks. Pick up your copy now before it heads over to Kindle Unlimited.


Exclusive Excerpt:

He collided with the back of a woman who was crouched down in the middle of what should have been a clear path and momentum carried him over her, unfortunately without the benefit of his feet beneath him. Had he not learned to tuck and roll to break a fall, he would have faceplanted onto the cement. Instead he tumbled several times, finally coming to a rest on his back.

“What the—?” The swear died on his lips when a beautiful, glistening blonde bent over, grabbed his hand and hauled him to his feet before his head had a chance to stop spinning. When she dropped his hand he swayed briefly.

“Oh, my God, I’m so sorry. I wanted to meet—I mean, I dropped my phone, but I couldn’t let it fall too hard because I’ve already had the screen replaced twice. Not that I knew it was going to fall because how could I? Sh*t, is that your phone?” She began rushing around collecting pieces of what had indeed been his phone. “F**k me. Of course I broke your phone. Perfect. F**king perfect.” She looked at the broken device with the most stunning blue eyes he’d ever seen. “I’m sorry. I don’t mean to swear. I do it when I get nervous.” She held out his phone to him. “I’ll buy you a new phone. Friday, after I get paid. Sh*t. How much does a phone like that cost? Would they have payment plans?”

“It’s insured. No need.” He accepted the pieces while studying the woman before him. She was thin, but with more muscle than women he was used to. Her hair was barely contained by an elastic that was off-center on the back of her head. She looked like she cared more about the workout than attracting male admirers, and that was hot. Outside of his family, women in his circle couldn’t pass a window or mirror without preening. She was real—raw. Regular?

Had he literally run into exactly what he was looking for?

“Thank God because I have maybe twenty bucks in my bank account.” She leaned forward and touched one of his temples lightly.

“You’re bleeding. F**k. Do you feel okay? Do you want me to call someone? An ambulance?”

He closed his hand over hers and felt a jolt of lust rock through him. Instead of talking to a regular person, imagine how much I could learn if I spent a weekend f**king one. This one. This perfectly average, unbelievably sexy, hot mess of one. “Have dinner with me.”

She blinked several times fast before answering. “Did you say dinner?”

“Or breakfast,” he suggested in what he’d been told was his sexy growl and watched her reaction closely. Did she feel it, too? This—heat? “Or both.”

She looked at their linked hands and her mouth rounded in a way that made him want to kiss her right then, right there, before he even knew her name. “You want to have dinner with me?”

“Yes.” The look in her eyes told him she wanted the same, and that’s all he needed to know.

“It’s not every day a woman literally knocks me off my feet.”

Her eyes narrowed, and she pulled her hand free. “Ha. Ha.”

Focus. What would a beer drinking, sports watching man say to this woman? How blunt would he be? He probably wouldn’t follow the three-dates-before-an-orgasm rule of etiquette. Grant stepped closer, and she bit her bottom lip. “Would you be offended if I said you look amazing in those shorts? All I can think about is tearing them off you.”

She tipped her head back as he leaned even closer. “Wow.”

“Yeah. Wow. Come home with me.” I’m ready to taste some regular.

A smile spread across her face. She threw her arms around him, but it wasn’t the passionate embrace he already fantasized about nearly a dozen times during their short acquaintance. It was the brief, tight hug one friend would give another. “I did it. You would totally have sex with me.”

He frowned.

“Audrey was right. I needed a win.” She gave him an apologetic smile. “Thank you.”

“I don’t understand.”

Her smile brightened. “I wish I were the type for a one-night stand because I am that grateful. You have no idea how much this means to me.”

Another woman slowly jogged by and tipped her head in question.

The blonde before him shot her a thumbs up. “He totally would!”

“Didn’t doubt it for a second,” the woman called back.

The blonde let out a happy sigh then sobered a little when she looked him over again. “Are you sure you’re okay?”

He didn’t feel okay. He was turned on and turned upside down. For once in his life he had no idea what was going on or what to possibly say to clear it up. “I must have hit my head harder than I thought, because I’m completely confused.”

“Oh”—she chewed her bottom lip—“because I acted like . . . because you thought I would . . . I’m sorry. It was exciting to think I could do it, but I know myself. I can’t have sex without being in a relationship, and I don’t even know you. Plus my track record lately proves my judgment is way off when it comes to men—”

He pulled her to him then and silenced her with a kiss. It wasn’t meant to be a deep kiss, but as soon as his lips touched hers his brain completely shut down and all of his blood headed south. Part of him expected to be smacked. He didn’t know her name. What right did he have to kiss her? When her lips parted for him, a primal need surged within him. His body wanted hers in a purely physical, animalistic way. He wanted to carry her off and f**k her in the bushes, in an alley, and he didn’t care who watched.

This was a wild side of him he hadn’t known existed. Sex had always been good, and he considered himself a considerate lover. It had always been important to him that his partner came first. This was different. His need for the woman in his arms shook him with its intensity. He hadn’t realized how cerebral he was during sex until hunger replaced thought. This was the sex he’d heard people joke about but had doubted was real.

I don’t care why she tripped me or what she’s talking about. I’m going to f**k this woman tonight. All night. And then I’m going to wake up and have her again.


One-click MORE THAN LOVE TODAY!

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Ruth Cardello returns with a hilarious addition to Barrington Billionaire series. 

What happens when a normally reserved billionaire tries to be a regular guy and discovers he has a wild side? Grant Barrington is a quiet hero who is about to flex his alpha billionaire muscle.

Viviana Sutton is living in Boston after being swindled by her ex-boyfriend. She’s done with relationships and isn’t looking for forever. Giving in to one naughty, incredibly hot romp with a financially challenged stranger actually makes her feel better until she takes a pregnancy test.

To help his family, he’ll need to be the man she makes him feel like he can be.

For the sake of her baby, she’ll give him a chance to prove what they had was more than sex—and he’s more than just a regular guy.


Don't miss the darker, inter-woven, His for Five Nights, by Jeannette Winters on pre-order now. Releases August 14th.


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