Excerpt & Giveaway: Possess by Laura Marie Altom
Possess
Shamed # 2
Shamed # 2
By:
Laura Marie Altom
Releasing
December 23rd,
2014
Loveswept
Blurb
Ella
Patton and Liam Stone return in the breathtaking conclusion to the
steamy, contentious love affair that began in Control.
Will you marry me? Those four little words should be a dream come true. But for Ella Patton, they’re the start of a waking nightmare. For despite the insatiable desire she feels for Liam Stone, marriage is out of the question—divorcing her abusive husband, Blaine, would be too dangerous to even contemplate. Besides, Ella couldn’t ask for anything more than the life she and Liam share: a scalding hot passion that’s totally outside the bounds of “I do.”
Liam has hit a brick wall. His fortune can’t buy Ella’s freedom from the oppressive monster the law recognizes as her husband. Blaine will take any opportunity to bring Ella back under his authority, no doubt exacting a terrible revenge as punishment for nearly slipping away. But Liam has a force greater than money and influence on his side: Ella’s love. She sparks his most unstoppable determination—and ignites pleasures that no man should be able to possess.
Will you marry me? Those four little words should be a dream come true. But for Ella Patton, they’re the start of a waking nightmare. For despite the insatiable desire she feels for Liam Stone, marriage is out of the question—divorcing her abusive husband, Blaine, would be too dangerous to even contemplate. Besides, Ella couldn’t ask for anything more than the life she and Liam share: a scalding hot passion that’s totally outside the bounds of “I do.”
Liam has hit a brick wall. His fortune can’t buy Ella’s freedom from the oppressive monster the law recognizes as her husband. Blaine will take any opportunity to bring Ella back under his authority, no doubt exacting a terrible revenge as punishment for nearly slipping away. But Liam has a force greater than money and influence on his side: Ella’s love. She sparks his most unstoppable determination—and ignites pleasures that no man should be able to possess.
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(from
chapter 2: Ella)
“Ella?”
Carol approached. “You okay?”
I
nodded. Shook my head. Then covered my face with my hands when I
started to cry. Blaine would kill us both. It was only a matter of
time.
“Hey
. . .” She rushed to me, drawing me into a hug while fear shrouded
me in black. “You’re marrying the most eligible bachelor on earth
besides Prince Harry. What could possibly be wrong?”
I
somehow presented her with not just the night’s highlight reel, but
the fact that I wasn’t who she’d thought I was. Nothing about
this new me was true, from my name to my sleek new hair. Top to
bottom, I was a fraud. I told her about my ugly scars and how Liam
might say he would still marry me after Blaine granted me a divorce,
but what happened when that day never came? What happened when he
realized my husband teetered between psychopath and murderer?
“Holy
shit,” Carol said when I was done.
She
took my right hand, leading me to a sofa upholstered in cream. I had
tunnel vision, and the rest of the suite was blocked from my view.
Much like my suddenly dark future, I could only see a few feet ahead.
On my left hand, Liam’s ring burned cold like dry ice. It served as
a catalyst launching the beginning of our end.
“Okay
. . .” She forced a breath, dragging me down alongside her. She
tucked some flyaway hair behind my ears, then held the tips of my
cold fingers. “Here’s what we’re going to do. Mimi and Rocco
will be here any second to work their magic all over again. Until
then, you’re going to take a couple of these . . .” I watched her
move as if she were on TV. As if her actions took place on a separate
plane from mine. She reached for a jeweled evening bag she must have
set on the coffee table earlier, then popped it open. She withdrew a
silver box that couldn’t have been over a square inch in size. She
opened that, removed two pretty, peach-toned pills, placed them in
the cup of her palm, then closed the box and tossed it back in her
purse. Then she was rising, towering over me, and leaving me alone.
But I didn’t want to be alone. I might have cried out, but couldn’t
remember. I heard running water and maybe the suite’s door open and
then close. Voices. So many voices. Was Blaine’s among them? I
didn’t know. I just couldn’t be sure.
She
was back. “Open your mouth.”
In
went the pretty pills.
“Drink.”
Cool,
smooth glass touched my lips, then water kissed me and I embraced its
flow.
“There
you go. In a few minutes, everything’s going to be better. You’re
going to realize Liam loves you, and he will never let this creep
harm you again, okay?”
Though
I nodded, I didn’t believe her.
“Garrett’s
a rabid pit bull—a bastard through and through—but honey, he’s
now fighting for you. Your husband doesn’t stand a chance against
him. Take deep breaths and smile, knowing you’re beyond safe. Under
Liam’s protection, you’re untouchable. Like a precious jewel
tucked in a soft bulletproof case. Do you believe me?”
Not
entirely, but I nodded.
Author
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Laura
Marie Altom is the author of more than forty books in three different
genres. Now that her kids are in college, Altom spends her days
writing and chasing after a menagerie of pets: a mini long-haired
dachshund named Cocoa, a Yorkie named Daisy, a mutt named Sweet Pea,
and Domino—a black-and-white stealth cat she rarely sees. She’s
happily married to her college sweetheart (go Hogs!), and when night
falls, she steals a few romantic moments for herself with her own
hunky cover stud.
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