Out
Now—Mia’s Wedding
(The Heiress’s Harem #2)
by Lucy Felthouse (@cw1985)
Blurb:
Planning
a wedding is stressful enough, and that’s without a harem of gorgeous men to
deal with.
Mia Harrington has had a difficult time of it lately—her
father’s illness and subsequent death, then finding out she must get married if
she is to inherit what’s rightfully hers. Fortunately, she’s tough and
resourceful, and has emerged relatively unscathed from this period, as well as
finding herself a suitable husband.
However, things are far from simple. Mia might be
planning to marry investment banker Elias Pym, but she’s also having a
relationship with his best friend, Doctor Alex Cartwright, and is in love with
her gardener, Thomas Walker. Add to that broken dates, flashy proposals, a sexy
Asian tech billionaire, and a nosey housekeeper, and you’ve got a situation
hectic enough to drive even the most capable person to distraction. Can Mia
juggle her men, her job, and the wedding arrangements, or is her happily ever
after over before it has even begun?
Mia’s
Wedding is the second book in The Heiress’s Harem reverse harem romance series.
Excerpt:
Mia locked up and put the key in
her bag, then took Elias’s arm. They walked down the steps and out into the
chilly January night to the waiting black cab.
“I’m afraid,” Elias said, once they
were settled into the back of the car, “Alex isn’t coming.”
“What do you mean, he’s not
coming?” she squeaked.
Elias looked apologetic, but gave a
one-shouldered shrug. “There was an emergency at the hospital—as their nearest
surgeon, he got called in. Couldn’t very well say no, could he?”
Mia shook her head and sagged back
into the seat, her heart sinking to her stomach. “No, of course not. I’m very
sorry he won’t be joining us, but although we’re scintillating company, we
don’t count as a life or death situation.”
He reached out and squeezed her
hand, then kept hold of it. “No, we certainly do not. I hope, though, that I’ll
be entertainment enough for you by myself this evening.”
She squeezed his hand back, then
leaned over and kissed his cheek, pulling in the scent of his delicious cologne
at the same time. “I’m sure you will. Besides, this was part of what you two
meant when you were talking about being able to give a woman the attention she
deserves between you, wasn’t it? Alex
unfortunately can’t make it, but because I’m dating—or whatever the hell we’re
calling this—both of you, it means I’m not left high and dry. I’m sure at some
point you’ll be the one who has to
cancel. These things happen.”
With a smile, Elias said, “They
sure do. Though I don’t really get emergencies at work—and if I do, they’re all
about which person gets to line their pockets the most, rather than saving
lives. But enough of that!” he added brightly, clearly eager to change the sore
subject of his chosen career. Though she still didn’t understand why he was so
embarrassed about it. And if he hated it so much, why was he still doing it?
She wasn’t going to broach that particular topic, though, not tonight. She
already had one potentially hairy subject to discuss.
But then how could she, now? How
could she talk about the situation with Thomas without Alex present? She
stifled a sigh. Fuck it. Looks like it’s
going to have to wait.
“So,” she said, “where are we
going?”
“You’ll have to wait and see,” he
replied with a smirk.
She jabbed him in the ribs.
“Seriously?”
“Yes, seriously. Patience, woman!
We’ll be there in…” he peered out of the window, presumably to check where they
were, “in less than ten minutes, traffic permitting.”
“Hmph.” She folded her arms and
pouted. “Guess I’ll just have to wait, then.”
“Don’t sulk.” Elias tapped the end
of her nose. “We haven’t seen each other in a little while, so I want smiles
and laughter, not pouting. Even though I know you’re faking it.”
She gasped. “I never fake it!”
“I should hope not,” he shot back,
his grin turning wicked. “My future wife deserves nothing but the best, and
that includes orgasms. Real ones.”
Her tummy flip-flopped. Bloody hell,
she’d almost forgotten about that. She’d been so focussed on working up to
telling Elias and Alex they weren’t the only two men to be sharing her that
there hadn’t been much capacity left for thinking about her impending wedding.
But then, technically speaking, she wasn’t engaged yet. They’d discussed it and
informally agreed to it, but there’d been no proposal, no acceptance, no ring.
There was plenty of time left for
all that, though. If she and Elias had to grab a couple of witnesses and go to
a registry office at the last minute, it would still count—her father hadn’t
specified a type of ceremony, thankfully. But that wasn’t how she wanted to do
things, and she suspected Elias wouldn’t be too keen on that idea, either.
“Ooh, your future wife, am I?” she
teased, figuring that since the topic of Thomas was off the table, she might as
well put the topic of their engagement on
the table, instead.
Elias frowned. “Of course you are.
I know we haven’t sorted a ring yet, but we still know we’re engaged…”
She shrugged, hoping it appeared
more nonchalant to him than she actually felt. “Well, not exactly. We never
made it official, did we? More of a loose verbal agreement.”
Elias groaned and screwed up his
nose. “When you put it like that, it sounds bloody awful. I know to all intents
and purposes it’s a practical arrangement, but I want it to be much more than
that, Mia.” He cupped her cheek and brushed his thumb over her skin. “I’ve
missed you.”
Warmth bloomed where he touched
her, and radiated across her entire face and down her neck. She smiled and
placed her hand over his. “I want it to be more, too. And I’ve missed you, as
well. It’s been a long month, hasn’t it?”
Author
Bio:
Lucy
Felthouse is the award-winning author of erotic romance novels Stately Pleasures (named in the top 5 of
Cliterati.co.uk’s 100 Modern Erotic Classics That You’ve Never Heard Of, and an
Amazon bestseller), Eyes Wide Open (winner
of the Love Romances Café’s Best Ménage Book 2015 award, and an Amazon
bestseller), The Persecution of the
Wolves, Hiding in Plain Sight and The
Heiress’s Harem series. Including
novels, short stories and novellas, she has over 170 publications to her name.
Find out more about her writing at http://lucyfelthouse.co.uk,
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