Race
for Love by Nana Malone
(The Donovans #3)
Publication date: July 27th 2015
Genres: New Adult, Romance
Synopsis
Up and coming racecar driver, Kisima
Jennings, is all alone in the world and that’s just how she likes it. After
all, she has her career, who needs family? But when a near-fatal crash
jeopardizes her future, she’s forced to lean on someone for the first time in
her life.
As an athletic trainer, Derek Donovan is
driven and has always kept his eyes on the prize, never letting personal
entanglements come between him and his dream of becoming a head trainer for the
New Orleans Jaguars. That is, until one misstep costs him everything. Now he’s
starting over, but with a client as tempting as Kisima, is he destined to
repeat the mistakes of his past? Or will letting someone close bring him
everything he’s ever wanted?
Excerpt
"Can you come in here for a
sec?"
Fuck yes. But his rational brain stopped
him from doing the stupid thing. "Are you sure about that?"
She hesitated a second. "Yes.
Please, I need your help."
With an exhale, he knew how this was
going to go down. If he touched a wet, slippery Kiss, he was going to want to
touch more. Kiss, lick, fuck. But he opened the door anyway.
Steam filled the expansive bathroom. But
through it he could see it was a larger version of the guest bath down the
hall. The floor was a white marble and white and gray glass tile lined the
shower. His gaze raked over her
hungrily. From her delicate feet and strong calves to the lean strong thighs.
But then her mauve towel stopped the progression of his exploration. Damn.
"What's the problem?"
She sighed with relief as she turned,
keeping just her head in the stream of the shower, trying to avoid getting the
towel wet. She squinted up at him as the spray of water hit her face. "I
managed to wash it okay, and even get conditioner in, but I'm dead exhausted
and my shoulder started to talk to me. Normally I'd have just kneeled at the
tub to wash it, and last time, Leah helped me, but I'm sort of desperate
here."
She was wet, and slick. And he wanted
his hand in her hair. He'd had a million dreams just like this one. In fact he
wasn't entirely sure he wasn't dreaming right now. "Okay, what do you
need?"
"If you could just help me make
sure that the conditioner is out, I can do a quick detangle."
"Uh, okay." Except to do it,
he was going to have to get into the shower. First option was to take off his
clothes and climb in with her. He liked
that option. The idea of burying himself
inside her had him biting back a groan. Yeah no, no naked. He'd have to go in
clothed.
He removed his phone and put it on top
of the toilet. When he opened the glass door, her eyes flared. "What are
you doing?"
"To make this work properly, you
need to be under the stream of water right?"
She nodded.
"Okay then, I'm getting wet."
"Oh, uh..." Her voice trailed.
"Do you want my help or not?"
"I do. Sorry. I guess I just didn’t
think this all the way through."
He clamped his jaw together. The sooner you
help her, the sooner you can go back to your room and take a cold one. Once in
the stream of the shower, her scent surrounded him and he knew he was going to
lose the battle and the war. He was already losing a grip on his control and he
hadn't even touched her yet. "Uh, just stand in the stream and I'll rinse
you out. While you're at it, give me the wide-tooth comb."
"Oh, you don't have to do that.
I'll manage."
"Don't be silly. I'm in here, I'm
wet and I know how to detangle hair."
A light flush stained her cheeks.
"While I believe you've probably done this before, I, uh, black hair is
different."
He blinked at her, the laugh rushing out
of him just like always. He never knew what was going to come out of her mouth.
"I guess I should have probably mentioned four of my sisters are black, or
half black anyway. Two of them with hair curlier than yours. I got this."
Her jaw unhinged and she did a guppy
routine for a moment, then she handed over the wide-tooth comb. "Have at
it."
"Turn around." Damn, why did
his voice sound so hoarse? When she did, the water ran though her hair, rinsing
out the conditioner and he massaged the rest out with the pads of his fingers.
In front of him, Kiss groaned and let her head relax back into the scalp
massage he was giving her. The towel she clutched was soaked and no doubt heavy
by this point.
He forced his mind to go blank as he rinsed
and massaged. Gently, he began to detangle her hair, starting in sections from
the ends to the roots. Growing up, he'd had to help get Brooklyn and Max ready
for school sometimes, so he knew what he was doing. When he was done, he
couldn't keep his hand out of the softness of her hair and he kept finger
detangling.
Slowly she turned into him, blinking up
at him through wet, sooty lashes. "Th-thank you. I couldn't have done that
myself and it went much faster."
The first step in dealing with a problem
was admitting he had a problem. He was fighting the pull, but it had been an
uphill battle from the minute he saw her. If he was Clark Kent, she was his
Kryptonite. "Kiss, I--fuck it." He cupped the back of her head and
pulled her into him. Before melding their lips together, he paused, giving her
an out, but she didn't protest. Instead, her fingers dug into his soaked T-shirt
and dragged him closer.
When he slid his lips over hers, need
took over and all brain function ceased.
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AUTHOR
BIO
USA Today Best Seller, Nana Malone's
love of all things romance and adventure started with a tattered romantic
suspense she "borrowed" from her cousin.
It was a sultry summer afternoon in
Ghana, and Nana was a precocious thirteen. She's been in love with
kick butt heroines ever since. With her overactive imagination,
and channeling her inner Buffy, it was only a matter a time before she
started creating her own characters.
While she waits for her chance at a job
as a ninja assassin, in the meantime Nana works out her drama, passion
and sass with fictional characters every bit as sassy and kick butt
as she thinks she is.
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