Hi, Everyone!  I have finally chosen a winning title for my erotic novella:

To celebrate, I thought perhaps one more little excerpt would be in order.  So here’s the bit where Ashley meets Hunter for the first time (that she can remember, LOL):

The bathroom door opened and closed.  “Damn it, Sam.  Why is it every time I take a shower you have to pee?  Couldn’t you just hold it for once?  Or pee in a cup for God’s sake?”

“I’m not Sam.  And I don’t have to pee.”

Ashley’s eyes popped open and the bottle of body wash hit the tub with a loud “thunk.”  The husky voice she’d heard on yesterday’s video and in this morning’s dream was richer in person.  Sexier.  Her heart took off like a deer before baying hounds.  She peered at the shower door, seeing only a shadowy figure through the opaque glass. 

“Hello?  Are you there, Ash?”  The amusement evident in his tone brought her back to earth.

“Yeah, I’m here.  And just who the hell are you?”

“I’m Hunter Hopewell.  Sorry we didn’t get introduced the other night.”

“No, shit!”  Damn. The all-important name meant nothing.  She’d never even met the guy.  The spray from the shower roared in her ears and Ashley took a step toward the shower door.  “So who are you?  I mean, you say Hunter Hopewell, but I don’t know you.  And you seem to know me.”

“Yes, I do.  I’ve never met you, but I’ve been interested in you for a while now.”

Despite the hot water, chills raced over Ashley’s body.  Oh, my God!  A stalker.  I’ve attracted a stalker.  And she was shut in a bathroom with him.  Suddenly she couldn’t breathe.

 “You’re a beautiful girl, Ashley.  With lots of potential.”

Potential for what?  She gasped in air, finally needing to breathe or pass out.  “I think you should leave.”  Where the balls came from to utter that sentence she had no idea.

“Why?”  His voice rose in puzzlement.

“Because you’re scaring the crap out of me!”

His laugh was deep and genuine.  “Well I didn’t mean to do that.”  Through the frosted glass she glimpsed him moving, though she couldn’t see exactly what he was doing.  Was he actually going to leave?   A stab of regret streaked through her chest.

The shower door slid open.  Ashley screamed and backpedaled two steps until she slammed into the wall beneath the still pulsing showerhead.  She watched, unable to move, as Hunter shoved his big, naked body through the opening then slid the door closed.

“Hi.”

Talk about having balls!  And Hunter definitely knows how to use them. LOL

Seven Days of Seduction suggested itself to me based on the writing I did in Chapter 2.  So, because I didn’t use one of your great entries, a contestant’s name has been drawn at random to receive a copy of one of my books.  And the Winner is:

Lisa Kumar

Congratulations, Lisa!  If you would email me and let me know which of the four possible books you’d like a copy of (Heart of Deception, Hog Wild, Almost Perfect, or Seven Days of Seduction), we can discuss the details of your prize. 

My great thanks to everyone who helped name my novella!  I’ll keep you up to date on its progress and hope to have it submitted to New Dawning Bookfair in couple of weeks.

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