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Thanks for stopping by. I am delighted to be bringing you a fabulous author that I was recently introduced to. Cheryl Douglass new Nashivile Nights series is kicking off with a sensual romance in SHAMELESS that will keep readers clued to the pages to the very end. Come on in and join the fun a find out how you can win an ebook copy of SHAMELESS.
Shameless
by Cheryl Douglas
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BLURB:
Trey
Turner may be topping the country music charts, but his life has been going
downhill since his wife left him five years ago. He's desperate to make amends
for the mistakes he's made and convince Sierra their love deserves a second
chance.
Sierra
Brooks is happy for the first time since her divorce. She has a career she
loves, and a man who loves her. Unfortunately, the man she intends to marry
isn't the only one professing his love for her. He may be able to offer her
safety and security, but will she decide to risk everything for another chance
with the man who broke her heart?
Prologue
Five
Years Earlier
The
sexy little waitress stretched to offer her neck as Trey Turner prepared to do
another body shot at the urging of his inebriated friends. He licked the salt
off her neck as he felt a small hand grip his shoulder.
“What
the hell do you think you’re doing?”
He
turned to see his wife, Sierra, staring up at him, disgust darkening her bright
blue eyes. He heard a few of his friends mutter curses as the crowd broke up
and went back to drinking and dancing.
“Baby,
I was just havin’ a little fun.” His words slurred and he wondered how many
body shots he’d had before Sierra intervened.
The
waitress slid her hand down his chest, hooking a finger through his belt loop.
“That was fun. How ‘bout we pick up where we left off later?”
Sierra
turned away, not waiting for his answer as she began weaving her way through
the crowd.
“Sierra,
baby, wait,” he called, trying to push his way through the throngs of people
before she reached the door. He grabbed her wrist just as she was about to
cross the threshold. “Wait. Please, don’t go.”
“It’s
over, I’m done with this shit,” she said, trying to shake loose of his grip.
He
had more than a foot and a hundred pounds on her. She wasn’t going anywhere
until he decided he was ready to let her go, which wouldn’t happen in this
lifetime. “What’s that supposed to mean? Where the hell do you think you’re
going?”
“Home
to pack.”
He
felt the room begin to spin out of control. “What did you say?”
“I’m
leaving you. Our marriage is over.”
His
grip on her wrist tightened. “No, you can’t leave me.”
She
pressed a hand to his chest. “It’s been over for a long time. I’m just making
it official.”
“We’re
not having this conversation out here in front of a hundred people,” he said,
pulling her through the horde of friends he’d invited to his private party. He
opened the door to the small dressing room usually occupied by the nightly
entertainment that performed at Jimmy’s bar. “We’ll have some privacy in here.”
She
was finally able to shake free of his tight grip. “I’ve already said everything
I have to say to you.”
He
gripped her waist. “Don’t do this, Sierra.” He bent to kiss her neck. “I love
you, baby. God, I love you so much. I can’t live without you.” He backed her
toward the couch as he lowered himself down on top of her.
“You’ve
been living without me for the past year, Trey. You’ve spent your days on a
tour bus and your nights in a stadium or bar.” Her voice broke. “We lost our
baby girl and you don’t seem to care.”
“Don’t
say that,” he whispered furiously. “Don’t ever say that I didn’t care about
Callie. I loved her, Sierra. It damn near killed me when we lost her.”
She
glared at him. “Really? Is that why you boarded that goddamn tour bus a week
after her funeral?”
“I’m
a musician; it’s what I do.” He knew the excuse was weak. Sierra was right.
He’d been trying to run away from his grief and sadness instead of staying at
home where he belonged, supporting his wife.
She
shook her head, looking defeated. “It’s what you do—it’s who you are. Trey
Turner, country music’s award-winning, platinum-selling mega-star. What about
my husband? Callie’s father? Where is he?”
He
closed his eyes, feeling disgusted with himself for letting her down again.
“Baby, I’m sorry. Look, I know I’ve made mistakes, but let me make it up to
you, okay?” His hand eased up her shirt to cup her breast.
Her
head rolled back and she closed her eyes. “No, we can’t do this. It won’t fix
the problem.” Making love to her may not solve all of their problems, but it
would buy him some time to figure out a way to convince her to give him and
their marriage another chance. “Just relax,” he whispered, licking her neck.
“Hmm,
that feels so good.” She wrapped her denim-clad leg around his. “But then you
had lots of practice with your girlfriend right before I got here, didn’t you?”
He
cursed himself for indulging in the adolescent drinking game and giving his
wife reason to question his fidelity yet again. “Sweetheart,” he whispered,
flipping the button on her jeans. “You’re the only one I want; you know that.”
She
squeezed her eyes shut as she shook her head. “No, I don’t.”
He
hated that he had given her reason to doubt herself, to doubt them. “Let me
prove it to you, then.”
His
tongue traced the soft fullness of her lips until she finally parted for him.
He groaned, taking her mouth with a savage intensity. His mind raced; fear
warring with panic as he realized this may be the last time they made love, the
last time he had the right to touch her.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Cheryl began her
professional career as a nutritionist, but her love of books started at an
early age. She studied writing for many years before she decided to pursue her
passion as a full-time career. After receiving constructive criticism from
several well-known authors, Cheryl finally had the confidence to write her
first romance novel.
The first book in the
Nashville Nights series, Shameless, was a book that had been dwelling in
Cheryl’s subconscious for years. For her, the surprise came when the manuscript
began taking on a life of it’s own. Characters came to life, secondary
characters became more prominent, outlines were forgotten, and a single title
evolved into an eight book series, and another eight book spin-off series
entitled Nashville Nights, Next Generation.
One word would aptly
describe Cheryl: workaholic. She lives and breathes her writing, when she’s
sleeping, watching TV, driving, reading… it’s always in the periphery of her
mind. Her imagination rarely takes a holiday, even when she escapes to a sandy
beach with her husband and son, she’s planning, plotting, outlining, and
daydreaming.
Cheryl feels blessed to be
able to get up every day and do something she loves. The thousands of fans who
have embraced the Nashville Nights have made that possible. She writes for the
readers who ask for more, she writes to satisfy the muse residing inside of
her, but most of all, she writes because she couldn’t imagine doing anything
else with her life. It took her thirty-seven years to decide what she wanted to
be when she grew up, but now that she knows, she’s convinced she’s found her
purpose.
Book Information
Book Title: Shameless (Book
One, Nashville Nights)
Book Genre: Contemporary
Romance
Book Publisher: Self
published (Douglas Publishing)
Release Date: Currently
Available
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author Cheryl Douglas’s Nashville Night series.
Her first book in the series, SHAMELESS is a fantastic beginning to a
fabulous new contemporary romance and a new-to-me author that every lover of contemporary
romance should have on their TBR pile.
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