Definition of Craving – Book Two of the Definition series by Lia Peele
Love. Lust. Longing … and so much more
Scarlett Trent is a woman who is in control. She’s a successful business owner, a contender for the North East Businesswoman of the Year Award, and a woman of means. She knows who she is, what she wants, and where she’s headed. That is, until one extremely handsome distraction… someone from her past … throws her heart and mind into a tailspin.
Dev Jackson is the embodiment of alpha male. He’s got nothing to prove; it’s there in his smile, his attitude, his swagger. He sees life through a rainbow coloured lens and that’s just fine with Scarlett.
Life wasn’t always easy for him. He’s known hardship and experienced bigotry at close hand. The creator of three identities, managing three successful careers, he’s making sure he’ll never return to those days.
When they reconnect, Scarlett shows him how to be simply Dev and they soon become each other’s favourite pastime. Together they’re stamping their souls into a relationship that fits them.
Their obsession with each other grows stronger every day but Dev’s past constantly tests them, especially
when the mysterious Demeter won’t leave him alone.
He wants to move on, but his past won’t let him.
The people he left in his wake?
They can’t let him go. Don’t want to let him go.
And these people? They’ll go to any length to persuade him to stay.
Just watch them try …
Will his past indiscretions drive a wedge between them or will their undeniable passion keep them together?
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Lia Peele is a British author from the NE of England who enjoys nothing more than dreaming up steamy plots all day and every day!
With her husband's support she resigned from her job in December 2016 and has been writing full time since then, focusing on bringing her five book Definition series to the market.
She used to enjoy reading for pleasure and cardio workouts, but more often than not finds herself reading for ten minutes before going to sleep and skipping the workouts in favour of writing.
Still … it's a fab life!
What inspired you to write your book?
An avid reader, I completed a 'cougar' book in 2015 and that inspired the story of Scarlett and Dev.
It began with Definition of Stripped and has become a five book series – or you could also say it's a saga!
Definition of Craving is book two in the series which is preceded by a prequel called Definition of Flawed.
Here is a short sample from the book:
* This excerpt contains swearing *
Skirting the wall in a staggering lovers pirouette … my hands in his hair scratching, caressing, and raking. The bruising touch of his fingers digging into my arse flesh, pulling me close … he’s so hard, I can’t bear it … give me more … I need him, want him inside me … a chorus of gasps and grunts, and groans, and growls … the lovers refrain, tantalising, teasing, tormenting.
Wet mouths and probing tongues, devouring, licking, biting, baiting, smiling.
Need. Need. Need. Oh, God, I need him.
Buckled belts, fumbling hands, unwanted clothes hitting the floor, skin-on-skin.
Breathless, so breathless. Oh God, I need air. I need him to breathe.
Stripped naked, bare, hard, smooth, thick, long, metal-on-steel hard cock, drenched, pulsing.
Bite, shea butter, salty sweet sweat, condom.
More. Oh God, I need more.
Hard floor, sore knees, bite me, fucking bite me. Pulled hair, arching back.
Blending groans. Pleasure. Eyes closed. Pleasure.
Slipping, slick, sliding cock. Clench, flick, writhe.
Fingers, clit. Scream. Teeth, shoulder, graze. More. Tongue, ear, bite. Pant.
So good. So good. Sooo fucking good.
Raw, dripping sweat. Heat. Thrust. Heat. Ram. Heat. Rock, rock, rock. Heat.
Pause. Adjust. Fill.
Kiss me, Dev, I need you. I’m crazy for you. Do you know I’m crazy for you?
Pulsing. Coming. Hard. Too much. It’s too much.
I’m done.
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