I can’t say enough about my family. They’re all so patient and supportive of me, it’s unreal. Sometimes I’m there typing away, or sitting in a dream world with my characters. I really don’t know how you put up with me. I love you all and thank my lucky stars I have you in my life.
I would like to thank my gorgeous girls, Sabine Willems and Sally-Ann Hall, for reading the first draft for me. You both gave me some great feedback and I love you girls to pieces!
I also want to thank two brand new beta readers, Amy Evans and Lynn Blockley. I reached out to any beta readers on Goodreads, preferably anyone who hadn’t heard of me. They both read the original draft and gave me some fantastic feedback and suggestions. Amy actually showed me a picture of a heart. One half was red and the other was black. Both ends were tied with ribbon, linking them together. She was trying to show me a visual of how I should link both dark and light together. The visual alone helped me immensely and I wish to thank you so much for that, Amy. Hopefully this has brought together a good solid story. I’m sure anyone who reads it will let me know in good time.
I want to say a BIG thank you to Book Beauties Promotions for hosting the blog tour and release day blitz for Chained. Jill, you were fantastic and patient with me throughout the whole process. Thank you so much for your help and support. You’re an angel.
I also want to thank Give Me Books and Jo&IsaLoveBooks for hosting a review tour of Deviant and Redemption. I had great feedback with regards to this, so thank you, thank you, thank you!
I also want to thank Our Bookstars, Devilishly Dirty Book Blog, Loving The Books, M&D’s Have You Read Your Book Blog, Pimp & Whore Your Book/Blog/Page/Group/Author/Writer/Street Team Here, and What to Read After Fifty Shades of Grey for pimping me whenever you can. I know there are more and I’m sorry if I haven’t mentioned you. You all do a brilliant job and, as always, I take my hat off to you.
I also want to thank Summer Clark and Joe Rossi from Summer’s Book Blog. We’ve had some amazing chats and I’m now proud to class you both as friends. Thank you so much for all your support. It has been a pleasure getting to know you both.
As always, I want to thank Line Norgaard Fallesen and Serena Kett for being there and listening to my drivel. It’s mostly about prosecco, shoes, and fictional men, so I won’t be surprised if you both think I’m a little cuckoo. I think the kinds of things I write already tell you that!
I want to thank Kellie Dennis from Book Cover By Design for designing the fantastic cover for Chained. The messages alone on just the cover were unreal, so thank you for a stand-up job, Kellie. The cover’s amazing!
As always, I want to thank my editor, Kim Young. As well as being a fantastic editor, she is also a fantastic person. She’s very patient with me and I am really grateful for that. She will edit everything, believe me. She will probably even edit this!
Lastly, I want to thank you, the reader, for giving me a shot by delving into my world of make-believe. Without you, there would be no story. For that, I am truly grateful. Thank you to all of you, and I hope I can write stories you will continue to enjoy.
Take care and happy reading!
Jaimie xx
Other books by Jaimie Roberts
Take a Breath, and Take it Deep – Both have been pulled from Amazon for rewriting and editing. Release dates for both to come.
Until I Met You – Released 1st June 2014
Her Guardians – Released 31st August 2014
DEVIANT – Released 31st October 2014
Her Guardians Lost – Released 19th December 2014
Redemption – Released 3rd April 2015
CHAINED – Released 17th July 2015
A Step Too Close – Release date in 2015
Her Guardian Found – Release date to come
A Step Too Close
There has never been a time in my life when I’ve considered myself a slut... until now.
I am a slut.
I’m the worst scum of the universe. And do you want to know why?
I slept with a man I can’t get out of my head. It was supposed to be a one-time thing with no attachments and no commitments. No names were exchanged, no phone numbers swapped. And that was fine by me... until I lay awake at night, dreaming about that man’s caress. Wanting and yearning to feel his touch once more.
I had to get over it. I couldn’t let anyone inside my head or my heart. They would only let me down. I’d get over it. In time, I’d shake him from my mind.
But one day, my fantasies of seeing this man become an all-too-consuming, nightmarish reality. Suddenly, he is in my house, that cocky grin of his silently promising more to come.
And the reason being? His father is getting married to my mother. We are going to be family.
I am in the seven circles of hell, but not only because, day after day and night after night, I’ll see the eyes of the man who penetrated me in more ways than I ever experienced. His look alone consumes my soul and makes me beg for more. I fight him at every turn, but I know I’ll crack one day because of the slut I am. I’ll crack because to deny myself what my body craves will be like denying myself the air I breathe. He wants me, and is determined to get me at all costs. I’m his obsession, and I’ve just become a slave to his infatuation... to the games he likes to play. The games he knows will have me surrendering to his will.
But that’s not the only problem. That’s not the reason I am a slut.
The year before I met my soon-to-be step-brother, Hunter, the year I made a decision that will ultimately end up destroying my very soul...
I lost my virginity to Hunter’s dad.
DEVIANT (Deviant, 1)
Most fairy tales end with a happily ever after.
This is not a fairy tale. He is not her Prince Charming about to whisk her away into the sunset. This is a story about betrayal, lust, desire and, ultimately, revenge...
And revenge can only lead to one thing.
Tyler
He was my stranger, my visitor, my shadow in the corner of my room. He stalked me, watched me, knew everything about me. But all I could do was sit and wait. I waited for him to visit me night after night. He was becoming my addiction, my craving, my obsession. He knew every inch of me, but I knew nothing about him.
His calls himself Lotus and, as crazy as it sounds, I think I’m falling in love.
Dean
I wanted to take her, possess her, dominate her, and ruin her. I wanted to ravish her, please her, and consume her until I couldn’t take much more of her.
She will want me to kiss her. She will want me to hold her all night so that she feels a connection with me. I would make it so that she would seek me out in the dark. The one that satisfies her ultimate fantasy. A stranger who sneaks into her room. Someone who gives her the ultimate pleasure, but also seeks to give her ultimate pain. Pain she has never had to endure. Pain that will eat away at her until there is nothing left.
She was my nemesis, I was her lotus. And payback was a bitch.
Excerpt from DEVIANT
Prologue
The George Pub, London, England, 2006
“I’ve got a good one for you!” Mary’s squealing voice prompted our attention. “What is your darkest sexual fantasy? And I mean darkest. Don’t hold back. Betsy, let’s start with you.”
Everyone turned their attention to Betsy, to the right of Mary. She looked embarrassed. It certainly was an embarrassing question. Although it would be interesting to see if anyone would be honest with their answers.
“Um, I guess I’ve always wanted to be tied up.”
Betsy blushed and Justin shouted, “Fuck, this is going to be interesting tonight!” Everyone giggled.
When it was Justin’s turn, he looked at Betsy with a raised brow. “I would say I’ve always wanted to tie someone up.” Everyone chuckled.
“What about you, Ben?” Mary asked.
Scratching his head, Ben looked extremely uncomfortable. “I guess I’ve always fantasised about a girl forcing her
self on me.”
“You are fucking kidding me, right?” Justin screeched. “You’d need to pay someone to force their arse on you.” Justin shook his head in dismay. “As if a woman could ever force themselves on anyone.”
“It does happen,” I protested. All eyes turned toward me.
“Nah, can’t believe that.” Justin’s tone was belligerent.
“You’re telling me a man can’t be raped?”
“It’s a physical impossibility.” Justin was laughing at how preposterous he thought this all was.
“If you don’t believe me, look it up. I’m sure you’ll find some cases.”
“Okay, clever clogs, how come you know so much about it?” Justin looked at me with an amused smile. Enjoying the banter, everyone listened attentively.
“I did an article in one of my classes about rape, and how it not only pertains to women. I’m telling you, it happens.” Taking a sip of my drink, I stared Justin down.
“Okay, tell me. What’s your darkest sexual fantasy, Tyler?” Mary said, trying to get them back on track.
I bit my lip, unprepared for the question to come to me so quickly. I didn’t know whether I wanted to share my darkest fantasy. I had never told anyone before.
I had twenty pair of eyes now on me, waiting for my answer. Do I tell them? Or do I try and make something up?
Fuck it, why shouldn’t I? It’s not as though it will ever happen in my lifetime. My fantasy is just too unreal to ever happen.
“I’ve always wanted to have sex with a stranger.” I bit my lip again, wondering what the others may think of me.
My best friend, Ian, frowned. “You mean meet someone in a club, or wherever, and have a one-night stand?”
I shook my head. “No. I mean someone I have never met. A faceless man who comes to me in the dead of night.”
Justin shrieked with laughter. “Shit, Tyler! Are you saying you want to be raped?”
I threw him a dirty look. “Of course not, Justin. Don’t be crude. I mean a sexy stranger who I know nothing about. Someone I have no clue as to who he is.”
Betsy’s eyes widened. “Oh, my god, Tyler. That really is dark. But I must admit—sexy!”
I smiled. “Just like I thought.”
Justin, not wanting to give up, states, “So you want a faceless man to come to you in the dead of night and have sex with you? With your permission, of course.”
I nodded. “I believe that’s what I said.”
Justin chuckled. “What’s your address again?”
The room erupted in laughter. Glaring at Justin, I realised this was going to be a long night.
Author Bio
Jaimie Roberts was born in London, but moved to Gibraltar in 2001. She is married with two sons, and in her spare time, she writes.
In June 2013, Jaimie published her first book, Take a Breath, with the second released in November 2013. With the reviews, Jaimie took time out to read and learn how to become a better writer. She gets tremendous enjoyment out of writing, and even more so from the feedback she receives.
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