A KNIGHT IN SHINING LEATHER
IN YOUR ARMS
For Your Love #2
Shannyn Schroeder
Releasing Dec 27th, 2016
Zebra Shout
A KNIGHT IN
SHINING LEATHER
Sean O'Malley has never tried to
hide who he is. He shows it in the motorcycle thrumming between the legs of his
tight jeansthe shaggy hair that falls in his gorgeous eyesthe wicked gleam in
his smile when he asks Emma out for a drink. Sean is a rebel, a bad boy, and a
ton of fun: exactly the kind of guy she's sworn off forever.
Emma isn't just the prim
kindergarten teacher she appears to be. And somehow Sean can tell. As soon as
he pulls up to her overheated car he knows that a fast bike and a cold beer
will fix her rotten day better than compliments or a bubble bath. Her
straitlaced exterior and her wild heart light him up. But Emma wants to escape
her past and settle downand if her desk jockey dates don't understand where
she comes from, at least she doesn't worry about them bringing her back.
One weekend of intense connection
can't change the paths Sean and Emma have chosen. But with a little space to be
themselves together, maybe the rest of the world can wait...
Excerpt
They climbed back on the motorcycle and left the parking lot. Sean drove them into a quiet residential neighborhood of single-family homes. Not an apartment in sight. Her radar immediately pinged. This was not a guy who had his shit together enough to own a house.
She could write a book on how to pick up the man-boy. Sean parked and she shoved the thought away. This was about the weekend. About her getting what she wantedno, neededfor the moment. Then shed go back to her real life and look for what she should have. What she really wanted. At least find a guy who was adult enough to not live at home with mom.
Sean held her hand and pulled her to the back of the building. When he moved toward basement steps, she pulled from his grasp. Where are we going?
My place. He hitched his chin in the direction of the door. My rooms in the basement.
What are you? Twelve?
My brother Tommy and I have it set up as our own place.
She sighed. Do you at least have your own bedroom? Or am I supposed to screw you with an audience?
He laughed and reached for her hip. His voice dropped into the sexy range. While I share a lot of things with my brother, a woman isnt one.
Then he turned and pushed her toward the steps leading upstairs. We can have a drink upstairs first so you can see Im not a crazy guy looking to lock you in my basement.
She laughed a little at that. For a bad boy, Sean was pretty adept at reading things. He opened the back door and flicked on the light, flooding the kitchen. As he locked up, she saw how beat up his hand was. His knuckles were red and swollen.
She winced. You should ice your hand.
Sean reached into the refrigerator and handed her a bottle of beer. With his own bottle in one hand, he grabbed a bag of frozen green beans with the other. Emma took his beer from him and opened it.
He flexed his hand and looked at it as if he hadnt noticed before. No big deal.
But it was a big deal. Shed been in similar situations too many times to recall. Her mom had taught her to smile and laugh it off, but Emma had never been able to do that. It rattled her every time. Memories of the guy pressing against her, trapping her, washed over her now. From deep in her bones, she felt every part of her start to tremble. To cover it, she gulped some beer.
She gripped the bottle tightly as she set it on the table and took a seat across from Sean. He watched her closely. You sure that guy didnt do anything to you? I mean, other than get in your face?
She shook her head and didnt like the way the room started to spin, so she answered, No.
You look really upset.
Im fine. Are we going downstairs or what? Right now, shed give almost anything to forget this day. She pushed off the table, wobblier than shed thought she was.
Sean stood, still eyeing her, and tossed his vegetables back in the freezer. She finished her beer and suddenly realized the goldfish crackers shed eaten in her car were the closest thing shed had to dinner. No wonder the alcohol had hit so hard. Sean grabbed her hand and led her downstairs.
The basement was mostly unfinished. Concrete floor and walls. A washer and dryer sat against one side. Sean pulled her toward the back of the basement. Actually, the front of the house. There, crudely constructed walls divided the space.
He pointed toward the corner. Thats the bathroom. Tommys room is next to it. This ones mine, he added with his hand on the doorknob.
She snickered. This is your idea of having it set up like an apartment?
Its better than a mattress on the floor or sleeping on the living room couch.
The last remark hit home because that was exactly where shed found Nicky more often than she cared to consider. So at least Sean was a step up from her loser brother.
Don't miss the other FOR YOUR LOVE titles!
Shannyn
Schroeder is the author of the OLeary series, contemporary
romances centered around a large Irish-American family in Chicago and the Hot
& Nerdy series about 3 nerdy friends finding love. Her new series (For Your
Love) will release this summer with the first title Under Your Skin. When shes
not wrangling her three kids or writing, she watches a ton of TV and loves to
bake cookies.
