Saturday, May 18, 2013

I'M HAVING YOUR BABY!




By Ebony Taylor

Blurb

Malia lived in Hawaii for some time to pursue her graduate degree. It was there in Hawaii where she met Kaleo, a sexy Native Hawaiian. She loved everything they had to share—their bed, the beach, and most of all, their arrangement. Life couldn’t be any better.

Until things began to change. Kaleo wanted to take their relationship to the next level, especially since she’s having his baby. He didn’t understand why she hesitated if she really loved him. Her commitment issues and life and death situations would not keep him from pursuing the woman he loves.

Excerpt


Oh my god, I didn’t realize how much I miss him. I want to hug him so bad, but I’m afraid he might reject me and I can’t handle that.
“Can you please hurry, Malia? I’ve been on the plane since last night. I would like to meet your Granny and take a shower if possible, if she doesn’t mind of course.” Kaleo’s voice was low, probably grinding his teeth.
The gate became wedge and wouldn’t open. He sat his bags down and with all his strength, pulled, and performed a sudden yanked to put the gate back on its trackMalia was amazed at his actions. She knew he was strong, but not that strong. She was impressed, but decided not to express it.
Hm,” was all she murmured as she walked back to the house rolling her eyes.
You need to get your gate serviced.”
“Not my gate!”
“Nevertheless, let your Granny know then. Or, if she wants, I can look at it for her.”
Malia tried to keep up the tough exterior. “Whatever, Kaleo, if you’re here that long.”
Kaleo entered the yard and followed Malia as she escorted him up the front yard and into the house. It was still early in the morning, around seven a.m., but they could hear Granny moving around as if she was about to come downstairs.
“Come on into this here house, mon, and have a seat or you can sit out here on the cool porch. Granny doesn’t believe in the air conditioner. She has central air, but doesn’t turn it on.”
Malia was trying to make small talk to get Kaleo to talk to her. Being back at home has made it easy for her accent to return and for her to slip back into her native tongue. She could tell Kaleo was listening to her speak the way he used to when they first met.
What did you just say? Forget it, it doesn’t matter, I don’t have much to say right now, but if you don’t mind I would rather wait for your Granny. Could you let her know that I’m here please.”
Kaleo seemed uneasy and very short with her.
I guess he doesn’t love me anymore. He usually reaches to kiss me no matter what. I guess I really hurt him. If that’s how it is then there’s no need to tell him about the baby. I won’t have him with me out of obligation when he doesn’t love me anymore. I know how Native Hawaiian’s are about family values.
Malia held her tongue and spun on her heel to walk swiftly past him.
Kaleo uttered in a low tone. “You must’ve been truly enjoying yourself here because you’ve picked up weight.”
She paused and looked at him with a raised brow. “I beg your pardon, what’s it to you? I’ll get Granny!”

****

Granny came to the door with a big smile on her face and two men behind her. “Well,hello there, how are you mon? Come on, let me have a look at you!” she said as she extended her hand to shake his.
Kaleo stood as he accepted it with a smile in return. He bowed his head as he greeted her. “Aloha! I don’t know if you know of me, but I’m Kaleo Namakae Momoa. You may call me Kaleo.”
Granny watched Kaleo’s figure grow like a tree as he stood up. She gazed with astonishment.
Cooh deh! You’re something else. Where are you frommon?” Granny inquired.
Kaleo chuckled, he wasn’t sure what she said, but he could tell she was amazed at his height because she was very short. He could see Malia watching them from the screen door.
“Yes, ma’am, I’m from Hilo, Hawaii. I came a long way.”
Granny looked with puzzlement. “Nah, mon, Hawaii is not really that far from Mo’ Bay, Jamaica.”
Kaleo smiled with pearly white teeth. “No it’s not, but you can’t get a direct flight from Hilo to Montego Bay. I could’ve used the family’s private jet, but we need to give air traffic controllers notice of our flight schedule twelve to twenty-four hours in advance and I couldn’t wait another minute to meet you.”
Granny laughed as she responded. “To meet me or to see Lia?”
Kaleo laughed along with Granny. “To be honest, Granny… May I call you Granny?”
She grabbed his hand and began to pat on the back of it. “Of course you can, everyone does. Oh, I got a good feeling about you. I like you, Kaleo. Yeah, mon, yeah. I like you a lot and you have wonderful aura around you. I see it very clear.
Malia came out of the house and sat across from everyone as if she was observing them all. She was very quiet.
Granny glanced over at her. “Lia, are you ok? Oh never mind her. She’s been verymoody at times. I guess it’s to be expected. I guess we all better get ready. Her mother used to bethe same way when she was…
“Granny!” Malia shouted to stop her from exposing her secret in front of Kaleo.
Granny grabbed Kaleo by the arm as if she was about to escort him somewhere.
Oh never mind her. Let me first introduce you to some people. This here is Henry andHarold, twins, can you believe it? Did you know twins run heavy in my family? It skips every other generation. They’re my sons, Malia’s uncles. Oh, by the way, do you have a hotel in town?”
Kaleo answered while smiling. He was enjoying himself immensely.
Uh, no. I don’t. I came straight here. I’d planned to get a hotel after I had a chance to talk to Malia, or return to the airport depending on how things turn out.
Granny continued laughing. “He-he, you came all this way to see Malia, huh. Things are going to be okay, you’ll see. I know you love her. He-he. Yeah, that’s some love when a man will cross bodies of water for you.
Kaleo chuckled, “You sound a lot like my grandmother.”
Well, then there it is. That settles it. Take heart, dear soul, you will stay here. Get his things boys. Follow me, come along Malia and don’t pick anything up heavy, let your uncles get it.”



HER BEST FRIEND'S BABY

Description
When Zaierra decides it's time to have a baby before her eggs turn to powder, no one seems to be a better candidate than her best friend. Who could have guessed one night in bed with sexy Leith Stone could uncover her long hidden love for the one man that's always been there for her. In order to hide her true feelings for him, Zaierra calls off their arrangement, but it's too late. She's having his baby. Complications arise when his skanky ex just won't let go and has her own set of issues.

Excerpt:
“Zai, mind if I come over right now?” Leith asked.

Zaierra pried her eyes open to glance at the clock on her nightstand. Two a.m., and she had to be in the office early to prepare for the executive meeting. The big wigs were coming in from all over the country to strategize. They did it every year, and she knew the routine for ordering them breakfast, lunch, and dinner since they’d be at all day. She already had her handouts started, and no doubt her boss would have more and changes because he couldn’t let her enjoy the well-oiled machine she had going in his department.

Of course Leith knew all of this because he was one of the junior executives, and he would be in on the meeting. She knew what he would eat and need even though she wasn’t his assistant, because they had been friends since high school.

“You’ve never asked before,” she grumbled, “and you have a key. Why are you waking me up at this ungodly hour, Leith Stone?”

“I’ll be there in half an hour.” The line went dead. She blinked at it and then hung it up, or attempted to. The receiver missed the base and crashed on the floor. Leith had been the one to bug her to get a landline since half the time at home she forgot to charge her cell. What would she do without him?

“Sleep,” she muttered into her pillow and drifted off. The next time she woke up, it was to the feel of Leith’s big body crushing her when he dropped onto her bed. Zaierra shoved at him, groaning. “Get off, you big ape.”

Leith didn’t move. She reached up to touch his head, her fingers tangling in his silky hair. He said something she didn’t catch, but they stayed there with him half on top of her, a thick comforter separating their bodies. Zaierra drifted off again with the sound of Leith’s quiet breathing above her.

In the morning, she woke to the sound of the shower going and the scent of coffee brewing. This routine was nothing new. Often Leith came to her apartment unannounced, used the shower, and found clothes for himself already hanging in the closet. They were like an old married couple with none of the physical benefits. Not that Leith used her. He’d pulled her ass out of the fire more than once. They just came from two different worlds that happened to collide in the same school. Leith came from an upper middle class family, and his parents provided him with a top education in one of the finest universities. Zaierra worked her way through community college and later transferred to the cheapest university she could find. Circumstances forced her to drop to part time, and she had finally finished last year. She expected to move up in her career one way or another, whether it was at Hanson and Associates where she and Leith worked, or somewhere else. One issue got in the way of that plan, an issue that had grown larger over the last couple of years, and no matter what she did, she couldn’t shake the idea of it.

Zaierra rose from the bed and shuffled into the bathroom. She didn’t bother putting on a robe. Leith had seen her down to skin plenty of times. Not on purpose of course, but it happened. She’d seen him too, and boy oh boy that man had a body. If he weren’t her best friend, she wouldn’t mind sampling the goods.

At the sink, she began brushing her teeth. “So, what’s up?” she mumbled around a mouthful of paste.

Leith didn’t answer right away, and she thought he didn’t hear her. She opened her mouth to speak louder, but he cut her off. “I ended it.”

She stared at the reflection of the shower behind her. “You’re serious?”

The shower door slid to the side, and Leith came into view. She forced her gaze to stay on his face, but her peripheral vision took in the big chest and broad shoulders. Water glistened on his taut skin, rolling downward. She shouldn’t be attracted to Leith, but damn if she wasn’t. That made her dilemma and the solution her crazy brain had come up with that much harder to dismiss.

“You broke up with Jenna Slutty, I mean Hutty?”

Leith glared at her.

Zaierra shrugged. “Come on. You have to admit her name does rhyme with slutty, and her character…”

“Okay, you’ve made it clear from the start what you thought of her.”

“And you made it just as clear you wanted her for her looks. You let her wrap you around her little finger and play with your emotions. I don’t know how many times I had to resist kicking her ass for the way she treated you, but if you say you’re done, that’s good enough for me.”

He ran a towel over his skin and wrapped it around his waist. Only then did she let her gaze travel lower to his abs. Mercy. They were toned to perfection, ripped, and hard. She knew just how hard because she’d teased him about washing clothes on them and used the excuse to run her fingers over his body. Leith had done the same with her. Not her abs because she fought with a pouch and extra weight around the hips and thighs, but just like he did last night, he liked to jump on her and tickle her until she cried uncle.

“Yeah, I’m finished being manipulated. Jenna liked to make everything a big production.”

“Only when you controlled the money too much.”

He had been on the way to the door and stopped to look back at her. “What was that?”

She smiled. “Nothing.”

Leith eyed her with suspicion, but he didn’t push. He left the bathroom, and she took her time with her shower and getting her hair together. By the time she walked into her room, Leith had vacated it and left his yummy male scent behind. Quiet prevailed in the apartment, and she moved to the kitchen to find a breakfast plate and coffee waiting. A note from Leith told her he’d see her later, and she sat down to eat. While she chewed her bacon, she considered whether she’d talk to Leith about her idea. Now that they were both free, it might work. The question was, would he agree and could she handle it if he did.

Thursday, May 16, 2013

LOVE DON'T COST A THING

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Blurb:

Colin was a FBI Agent by choice. Coming from a family background with wealth and women at his disposal was a walk in the park. He was use to having his way. He didn’t mind splurging his riches, for it was his design to lore in the ladies. He believed his forwardness and strategies was a plus to his manhood, until he met Monica, a new FBI Agent who was new to the Bureau.
But would it be the same with Monica? Colin felt she was definitely different. She caught his eye and he knew the attraction was mutual. Colin was determined to win her, but could he succeed? Could he use the same approach to buy her love and affection?
Their first encounter in the Evidence Submission Department created some sparks between the two of them just from some unintentional hand and eye contact. Monica had the attention of Colin’s hormones, but how will he gain hers? Will it be with love or with the same old game plan, with his wealth?


Excerpt

Wow, that was nice. I never expected that, Moe. I can’t wait to see what’s in store for tonight. I’m almost tempted to stay here with you instead of going out.”
“No sir. You wanted to go out on a date so we are. Sharing the shower with you was nice too. But laying here in this bed is not safe for either one of us.”
“Why do you say that?”
“Because you know how you men are.” Monica laughed.
“No, I don’t. Please, tell me, how are we.”
Colin sat up while waiting for the explanation.
Monica joined him by sitting up too, wrapping the covers around her.
“You either fall asleep afterwards or you’re trying to go for another round when you know you’re not really ready for that second round.”
Colin looked at Monica puzzled. “What? Well if that’s the case, I’ll go for the latter. Come here. I’ll show you that I’m ready.”
“See, this is what I mean. Come, let’s get out of here. Where’re you taking me?”
Monica got up from the bed and went into her walk-in closet.
“Well, I figure since you just moved here I can introduce you to some of Denver’s finest. There’s so much we can do, but not all in one day.”
“Sounds good to me,” Monica replied yelling from the closet.
Monica heard as Colin left the bedroom and then returned. She looked behind her to see him standing in the doorway of the closet.
“What’s wrong, babe?”
“Moe, come sit on the bed with me. I have something for you,” Colin requested, moving back into the bedroom.
Monica followed. She sat on the bed half-dressed with a blouse on.
“What? What is it?”
Colin handed her a long, narrow box wrapped with a ribbon.
“I was going to wait to give this to you, but after that breathtaking moment we just shared I couldn’t wait. So I want you to have this.”
“OK. Let’s see what it is. ” The gift inside the box had Monica inhaling sharply. “Aw, this is nice… and it looks expensive. You didn’t have to do this, Colin, but it’s beautiful.”
“I know, Moe, but you deserve it. It’s part of our celebration. Just receive it as that.” Colin insisted.
“OK, I do like tennis bracelets, and what woman doesn’t like diamonds…but no more gifts. You can put it on my arm now.”
He did her the honors of clamping it around her wrist.
“There, a piece of beautiful jewelry for a beautiful lady.”
“Babe, that was so nice of you.”
Monica reached her arms around Colin’s neck as she gave him a kiss.

****

They pulled into a garage and parked on the third level. Colin turned his truck off and turned to Monica.
“So are you ready for some excitement? I had a lot planned for us, but we got side tracked and now we may only get to do one or two of those things, are you good you with that?”
I think I’m moving too fast. I’m falling hard for this man. He’s so fine and the way he swung his pipe makes me want to sing his name. And what’s worse is I don’t know much about him. “That’s fine with me. But, babe, I think tonight we need to talk more and get to know one another.” Monica expressed with deep concern.
“I don’t have a problem with that, in fact, I agree. I just don’t want you to pull back. We have a connection. I feel it, especially when we made love. Did you feel that way?”
“Yes, I did feel it.”
Monica tried to answer with caution, but she knew that Colin was psyched about what was developing between them. She felt herself giving in to the attraction she had toward him, especially when she would look into his sexy eyes and that gorgeous smile of his. It made her forget all about her surroundings. All she knew was that he could entertain her forever—or as long as he wanted at any rate. That’s what scared her. She was afraid of losing control, and giving in to his every whim.
Colin encouraged Monica to relax and enjoy herself.
“Moe, I will never hurt you. I know we don’t know much about each other, but that allows room for us to grow together. You can trust me. If you want to slow down we can do that too.”
“You’re right, I’m usually more cautious, I don’t just jump into a relationship like this. I normally take my time and get to know the person first, then decide if I want to have a relationship.”