Excerpt Reveal: ‘Word to the Wise’ by Eva Simmons
Word to the Wise
(Twisted Roses #4)
Author: Eva Simmons
Publishing Date: June 28, 2024
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“You’re testing me, Sticks. I’ve been good, and it hasn’t been easy.” He traces his thumb over my lower lip. “You can’t give me permission like that. I’m not that fucking strong, and I don’t want to take advantage of you.”
“You aren’t.” I grab his wrist, pausing his hand where he’s holding my jaw. “You make me feel like I’m worth something again. You don’t treat me like I’m broken or I’m fragile. I want to feel that. I need to feel that. Maybe I’m the one using you.”
“You could never use me.” He smirks, stepping closer. “I’m too willing.”
“How willing?” Grabbing his wrist, I slowly drag his hand from my jaw to my throat, to my chest, pausing there.
His palm is large like the rest of him, and even if I’ve got a full chest, he covers me. His fingers twitch to grab it.
“Fuck, Reed.” The growl that vibrates his throat sets my core on fire.
“Don’t be careful with me, Mason.” I look up at him. “I’ve had enough of that in my life. I just want to feel alive again.”
His hand tightens, and it sends my blood coursing through my veins.
“I’ll always be careful with you, Reed. With your body. With your heart. Because a girl like you deserves that.” He drags his hand up my chest until it reaches my throat.
He grabs on, but not tight. Not taking my air away. Just enough to latch himself to me so he can pull me a step closer to him.
“But if you’re worried that I’m too much of a gentleman to take you like you need me to, then don’t. Because I’ve wanted you since the moment I laid eyes on you. And the second you give me permission, I’ll fuck you exactly how a girl like you deserves.”
I swallow hard. “How’s that?”
He dips his face down, grazing his mouth over my cheek, sending a shiver along my spine as his lips find my ear. “Until you’re coming on my cock all night long.”
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About Eva Simmons
Eva Simmons writes hot, heartbreaking romance with complex heroines, and broken, dirty-talking bad boys who fall hard for them.
When Eva isn’t dreaming up new worlds or devouring every book she can get her hands on, she can be found spending time with her family, painting a fresh canvas, or playing an elf in World of Warcraft.
Eva is currently living out her own happily ever after in Nevada with her family.
My obsession with reading started over 30+ years ago when I went to my first Scholastic Book Fair and found R.L. Stine's Fear Street series. Later, I came across Anne Rice's novels at my public library when I was fourteen when my obsession with vampires started. I was the girl who preferred to be a vampire over a princess any day. My husband says I would leave him a heartbeat for a vampire that looked like Spike or Angel (from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) or Damon Salvatore from The Vampire Diaries. (It's true, though, and he's accepted it.)
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