Rule Breaker by Lily Harlem
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Locks,
keys and prison bars can’t contain a love that’s meant to roam wild and free,
but when that love is let loose, will Lacey be able to handle what’s heading
her way?
Rules are meant to protect the innocent and
keep danger at bay—except for me. The lines blur, and it all started when I met
the ultimate bad boy. But is he? Miller Davenport might be big, bad and
brimming with sin but he’s confessed his crimes and for ten years he’s served
his time and walked the line.
Everyone deserves a second chance, right? And
as his nurse—the one person who understands him—I can’t help but count the days
till we can be together properly, without guards watching over us and without
every look and word we share censored.
When that day comes, though, will our desire
for each other explode and take me to the new heights he’s promised? And if so,
how will I survive such intensity?
One thing is for sure. With Miller I’ll be
whisked up in a whirlwind of his dark energy and a tornado of his lust, and
likely taken to the very edge of what I can handle. I can’t help a few nerves,
though, as release day approaches, because if it all comes crashing down, who
can I depend on when I’ve ridden into the sunset with a man who’s broken all
the rules? Will I be saved or will I have pushed everyone and everything too
far?
Reader
Advisory: This book contains scenes of exhibitionism, anal play and light
restraint.
Excerpt
“Yeah.” He nodded. “Yeah, you’re right. I’ll
just go with the first one they show me. Fuck it, it’s a cake shop. They’ll all
be bloody nice.” He glanced at Miller then back to me. “Do you mind if I make a
call while you—?”
“Not at all, go ahead.” I waved him to the
seat. “This is my last time with Miller anyway, so I’m sure he’ll behave.”
Miller’s jaw was tense. His eyebrows drew low
and a small muscle flexed in his cheek.
Barry pulled out his phone and, without
glancing at me again, dropped his bulk into the chair—the legs scraped on the
hard floor. He started scrolling over the screen.
“Come on,” I said to Miller.
He followed me into the clinical room.
I walked up to the counter and reached for my
tray of equipment.
“Lacey.”
I startled. He was right behind me.
He set his hands on the work surface, one
either side of my body, trapping me against it with his torso.
“What?” I whispered, glancing at the door, my
head brushing his.
“Tomorrow,” he murmured, his mouth right
against my ear.
A thrill and a chill went through me as my neck
and scalp tingled and tightened at his nearness.
“What about it?” I placed my right hand over
his, cupping his hard knuckles. It was a bold move, but touching him was what I
craved—I couldn’t help myself.
I heard him pull in a breath. “Meet me.”
“Where?”
“Anywhere you fucking want. Just be there.” He
paused and pushed a little harder against me.
His groin, the outline of his cock, semi-hard,
nestled against the crack of my buttocks. Lust blazed
through my veins. Damn
it, tomorrow was too long to wait.
But we had to.
“There’s a pub, round the corner from here,” I
said. “The Cow and Slipper.”
He turned his hand and gripped my forearm. His
fingertips pressed over my pulse points, his fingers were big and dark against
the delicate veiny underside of my wrist.
“I’ll be there at noon,” he said.
“So will I.”
“Thank you.” He pressed his cheek against my
ear. The weight of his head was heavy against mine.
I leaned into him. The daring, risky move
heightened all of my senses. His chest against my shoulders, his breath on my
cheek and his stubble against my temple. And damn, his body shoved into mine,
his cock pushing through clothes against my arse. I wanted it. All of it.
“We’ll take it slow,” he whispered. “Get to
know each other without a boss watching over us. Speak freely about what we
want. I’m not in it for a lay. What we have is special. I’m doing this because
I want you—always have, from the first time I saw you.” He paused. “But you
know that.”
I swallowed and turned. I did know that.
He released my wrist.
I looked up at him. This was the closest we’d
ever been. I was surrounded by him, wrapped up in him. It was where I wanted to
be.
He leaned a little closer and his chest brushed
against mine.
My nipples drew into pinched peaks, scraping
against the inner cups of my bra.
“I thought of you last night,” he said. He
lifted his hand and caressed my cheek. The small hard patches of skin, from
where he banged weights, scratched against my flesh.
“What did you think?” I asked, my hands
hovering. I wanted to touch him but didn’t dare, for fear that I wouldn’t be
able to stop.
I glanced at the door again.
“Shh, it’s okay. I can still hear him talking,”
he said.
“Maybe you should tell me tomorrow, when we
don’t have to rush.” My heart was racing, adrenaline swamping my system. The
thought of Barry catching us like this had me on a knife’s edge, but I couldn’t
push Miller away. Barry had been instructed to behave like Miller might be a
danger to me, yet I’d never felt safer than at this moment with Miller’s full
attention—with Miller, big, bad now-tamed Miller, looming over me.
I knew what he was, what he was capable of, but
he’d been reformed. He was being let out. The judge, the crown, had decided
he’d paid for his crimes and he was no longer a danger to society.
Which meant he wasn’t a danger to me.
“I’ll tell you tomorrow then,” he said, lowering
his head. “If that’s what you want.”
I stared into his dark eyes, at the way his
lashes pointed slightly downward. They weren’t curled, and he had a tiny
freckle like a teardrop under his left eye. I hadn’t noticed that before.
Hadn’t been close enough.
“I’ll look after you, hen,” he whispered.
“Don’t ever be afraid of me. I’m not violent. I’m a good man now. I’ll be your good man for as long as you’ll have
me. I promise. I won’t hurt you.”
“I’m not…scared, that is.”
“Good.” He leaned closer still. I looked at his
lips. I could see every tiny dent and crease on them, his top one was thinner
than the bottom and with stubble peppered right up to the outline.
Fuck,
is he going to kiss me?
We couldn’t.
Not here.
Not now.
“No,” I mouthed.
He pressed his closed lips to mine. They were
dry, yet soft. He held my head in both of his hands and pushed his hard body
forward, trapping me against the counter.
I whimpered and clung to his forearms. Terror
and desire warred within me. I’d lose my job. He could lose his good-behavior
privilege and be held for the remainder of his sentence.
It was the most reckless kiss I’d ever
experienced, yet also the gentlest, sweetest connection I could ever remember.
He pulled back.
I opened my eyes.
His were still shut.
He furled his tongue over his bottom lip, as
though tasting me there.
“Jesus,” he said quietly. “How the hell am I
going to get through this last night without you?”
“Stop.” I rested my hands on his chest and
pushed. “Please, save this for tomorrow.” Again I threw a glance at the door.
“Okay.” He opened his eyes, released me and
stepped back. He held up his palms as if surrendering. “This last bit is the
hardest though. I guess it’s like running a marathon. It’s all shit but the
last mile? The last hundred yards? That’s what really gets you here.” He banged
his chest. “It’s the shitiest bit.”
“I suppose.” I rubbed the tip of my index
finger on my lips, reliving the sensation of his mouth on mine.
“Fucking genius you are, Lacey,” Barry said,
walking in.
A flash of surprise went over Miller’s face.
Alarm must have crossed mine too.
Neither of us had heard him finish his
conversation or been aware of him approaching the clinical room.
Bloody hell. If he’d come in ten seconds
ago…no, make that five seconds ago.
About
Lily Harlem
Lily Harlem lives in the UK and is an award-winning author of
contemporary erotic romance. She writes for publishers on both sides of the
Atlantic including HarperCollins, Totally Bound, Pride Publishing, Evernight
Publishing, Xcite, and Sweetmeats Press. Her work regularly receives high
praise and industry nominations.
Lily writes MF, MM and ménage a trois, her books regularly hit the
#1 spot on Amazon Best Seller lists and Breathe
You In was named a USA Today Reviewer’s Recommended Read of 2014. Her latest MM novel is Dark Warrior.
Lily also co-authors with Natalie Dae and publishes under the name Harlem Dae - check out the Sexy
as Hell Box Set available exclusively on Amazon - The Novice, The Player
and The Vixen - and That
Filthy Book which has been hailed as a novel 'every woman should read'.
One thing you can be sure of, whatever book you pick up by Ms
Harlem, is it will be wildly romantic and down-and-dirty sexy. Enjoy!
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