NAKED BLUFF
In a casino in Monaco, Clarisse Jones knows her "friends with benefits" relationship with Prince Mak is going to end soon. His parents are pressuring him to marry. She knows the Reigning Prince and Princess of the small island Principality of Renoun have no desire for their youngest son to marry an American, especially one who makes her living as a professional poker player. She plans on enjoying the last days she has with Mak, days that might be ending sooner than she realizes when Mak's parents arrive in Monaco.
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Awareness slid as smoothly as a lover’s caress across her skin. Clarisse didn’t need to turn around to know Mak moved through the casino. Although formally known as Prince Makis Alexander Gregory Leonard Nicodemus, the youngest of three sons of the reigning ruler of the small island Principality of Renoun, Clarisse referred to him as Mak.
She always enjoyed having him around, especially on nights like tonight when she was winning. Winning made her horny.
She toyed with her chips, debating how much to raise her bet. When he moved to stand behind her, she caught a whiff of his distinctive musky male aroma of lust on the prowl.
The scent mingled with the perfume from the fresh rose bud he always wore in his suit lapel to remind people of the flowers that were his small country’s major export crop and income source. Between it and his subtle cologne, memories spiraled through her, making her shiver with want and dampening her inner thighs.
Last night he’d slipped her evening gown’s straps from her shoulders, not with his hands but with the tightly furled rosebud at the end of its stem. He used his teeth to slide down the zipper, then traced across her skin with the soft petals.
With her gown in a puddle at her feet, wearing only her high heels, she stood in front of him while he skimmed the rosebud over her body. He started at her face, drawing the rose across her eyelids. As it whispered over her lips, she opened her eyes to see his golden brown ones staring deeply into hers.
REVIEWS
Dark Angel Reviews: NAKED BLUFF is orgasmically yummy! Read Full Review
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Four Angels from Fallen Angel Reviews: “Naked Bluff may be a short story, but Betty Hanawa made use of each and every word by giving her readers a few really hot sex scenes laced with love, realistic and flowing dialogue, and surprisingly well-developed characters.” Melissa C, Fallen Angel Reviews
Four Hearts from The Romance Studio: “combustible chemistry and a magical happy ending, this is one book you need to read.” Overall rating: 4 Hearts and Very Sensual Jacquelyn R. Ward, The Romance Studio
