Board Indiscretion
Taking Advantage # 3
By Jessica Jayne
Genre: Contemporary Erotic Romance
Mark Olson isn’t just known for owning his three large care dealerships. He’s also known as a
player, at least since his divorce. For a while, he believes he is satisfied as
a member of Advantage Insurance Company’s board of
directors and bedding a different woman every weekend. That is until someone
decided to call his bluff.
Suzannah McCormick is the sweet girl working hard as the executive
assistant to Advantage’s CEO. But underneath her saccharine southern charm is a
vixen-in-waiting. She’s never been with a man that tapped into that side of her, but she set
her sights on Mark Olson with high hopes.
Mark doesn’t realize his
single status and his heart are in jeopardy.
Since his divorce, he’d convinced himself that remaining
single was what he wanted. It made things less complicated for his two pre-teen
daughters. Shit! It made things less complicated for himself. But that
lifestyle could also be quite lonely.
That’s where Suzie came in and complicated the hell out of
his life. She was the executive assistant to the CEO of Advantage Insurance
Company, Michael Herron, and well… Mark
was a member of Advantage’s board of directors, had been for several years. He
loved his position on the board. Aside from the small amount of prestige it
carried, he’d
made great friends with the other members, particularly the two younger board
members—John Dorsey and Greg Snow. A relationship with Suzie
could compromise his position on the board and with the members, but truth be
told, he also loved his most recent position between her legs.
If only the situation was different.
A familiar giggle wafted in from the direction of the
dance floor. The delicate sound stirred his cock to life. It stiffened against
his black trousers instantly. After
several weeks of clandestine meetings involving dirty talk and hard fucks, he’d know that giggle
anywhere. He’d
heard it many times afterwards when they lay tangled in each other’s limbs. Turning
his head in the direction of the dance floor, anger heated his face and his
hands clenched into fists on the bar top at the sight he witnessed.
Sandwiched between two guys that he’d now refer to as
dickheads, danced the woman that wreaked havoc on his single life status. Her little black dress clung to her trim
frame, emphasizing her small, but very perky breasts and showing off her figure
that could easily grace the cover of any fashion magazine. Her legs stretched
for miles and her creamy white skin contrasted nicely against the jet black of
her dress. Flinging her silky blonde hair over her shoulder and down her back,
her pink Pursecase carrying her iPhone dangled from her wrist as her hips
gyrated against her two dance partners. The taller man dancing behind her
slipped his hand over her hip and rested it over her low belly as he rubbed
what Mark was sure to be a rock hard erection against Suzie’s ass.
What the fuck is she doing?
First, she never came to the Beach Club. Never. In all
his regular visits to this club over the last couple of years, he had yet to
see her in here once. Not once! Second,
she was practically dry-humping two guys in the middle of the dance floor. That
wasn’t her typical
style.
Suzie was one of those beautiful women that appeared
to have the girl-next-door innocence. She didn’t dress too provocatively. She was sexy, but in that way that was just
natural. Her bubbly Southern charm won over all the men on the board of
directors and Mark speculated it would win over anyone. He flirted with her,
teasing her on board days to get a rise out of her. There’d always been a twinkle of mischief
in her eyes when he flirted with her that would leave him questioning whether
he knew her at all.
At last quarter’s board meeting,
she left him dumbfounded when she responded to his flirtation with a
proposition. After mulling it over for a bit, which actually had turned out to
be a couple weeks, he called her bluff. He asked her over to his place for
cocktails and she showed up. What he learned was that there was a lot more to
Suzannah McCormick than met the eye. The rest was history.
Throwing back the last remnants of his whiskey, he
stood from his stool, tossed some cash on the bar, and turned toward the dance
floor. He wrestled with what his next move should be.
Mel's Quickie Review of Board Indiscretion:
Board Indiscretion is the third book in the Taking Advantage series by Jessica Jayne, but it can be read as a stand alone. This was a short novel and a fast read for me. It was sexy and sweet at the same time, and I really did enjoy it. My only real complaint is I found myself wanting more of the story; the characters seemed to have more to share. I plan on going back and reading the entire series. Jessica Jayne is now on my list of authors to watch.
My Rating:
(3.5)
And here is our interview with Jessica Jayne!
Let’s start off with
you telling us a little bit about yourself and your latest project.
First, I’d like to start off thank you for hosting me today
and allowing me to visit you on this tour. As an author, one can never take for
granted those individuals that help to promote our work and introduce us to new
readers. Thank you.
Hmmmm…on to a little about me. This usually stumps me
because I never quite know what it is people want to know about me. I’m a small
town girl, having grown up in a little town in northeastern Ohio where everyone
knew everyone. I graduated college as an English major and packed my bags and
headed to the Sunshine state. After a year of traveling with a friend, I went
to law school and three years later became a licensed attorney! J I know. I know.
Everyone hates lawyers! But I’m also an author! :) That redeems me a little, right?!
I’m married and have three children (7,7 and 6)! Yes, we
have twins! They are boy/girl fraternal twins. No, it didn’t run in our family,
but it does now! And no, we didn’t plan the third one. She’s our French bottle
of wine and well… we absolutely adore her!
I love adventure and have been called more than once a
thrill-seeker. I’ve been skydiving. Hiking into the Grand Canyon and camping on
the Colorado River. White water rafting in Washington State. Running obstacle
races. Skiing in Colorado. Snowboarding (though not well) in West Virginia.
Surfing in Hawaii.
The book I’m promoting on this blog tour is the third and
final book in the Taking Advantage series. The series follows three men, who all
sit as members on the board of directors of Advantage Insurance Company. All three guys are extremely good-looking (of
course ;)), at the
top of their game in their careers (one’s the owner of a large construction firm,
one’s partner at a law firm and one’s the owner of several car dealerships) and
single – for their own reasons. Each man
has his own book and love interest, but you will see John Dorsey, Greg Snow and
Mark Olson in all three books… in some respect. This was a tremendously fun
series to write.
When did you know you
wanted to be an author?
I knew at a pretty early age that I wanted to write. I’ve
been writing since I was able to put pen to paper… literally. When I turned
fourteen or fifteen (I can’t remember exactly) my parents bought me a Brothers
Word Processor and a few reams of paper. I spent many a late night typing up
stories.
I didn’t get serious about the idea (as in looking for a way
to get published) until a couple years ago. For a long time, I didn’t know how
to go through that process or what I needed to do. In 2012, I finally decided
to carve out some time and figure it out! I’m glad I did.
What are three things
you must have to write?
Haha! It varies. Sometimes I need complete silence – which I
assure you in a house with three children is not an easy feat. My notebook and
pen. I write miscellaneous notes about the story as I’m writing so I always
need my notebook for that story next to me. I always need a drink! I’m an avid
tea drinker and for some reason I need a big glass of tea on my table… though
I’ll admit, that has been substituted for wine or beer on occasion. Depends on
the day I’ve had and the storyline I’m writing. :)
What’s your writing
space look like?
I wish I could say I have my very own writing cave where I
can close the door and disappear. But I don’t. I either work at my kitchen
table when all is quiet or in the Ikea chair in my bedroom. I’m usually
surrounded by paper with notes from the WIP I’m currently writing.
Do you have a
favorite genre to write in?
Yes. Contemporary romance with a little spice. I love
stories that I can relate to and tend to write stories that I relate to as
well. I enjoy reading all genres, but I tend to lean more towards contemporary
for my own writing.
Do you have a
favorite among your characters?
I do. When you write fiction, you can’t help but get
emotionally attached to your characters… some more than others. Though I’m
vested in all my characters, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have a favorite. Matt
Riley from my book In Flames has sort
of held my heart since his creation.
Matt’s a fireman that was on site when his brother, Chad –
also a fireman – died on the job. Coming from a strong Irish family with loving
parents and a sister, losing his brother, to whom he was close, was
devastating. In some ways, he felt responsible for Chad’s death. Why didn’t he
break loose of his firemen brothers and storm the building? His guilt plagued
him and before too long he found himself buried in a bottle.
It was his sister-in-law, Gracelyn, who helped to pull him
out of his haze because she was in desperate need of her family while dealing
with the loss of her husband and the father to her children. Matt and his
family aided Gracelyn in getting on her feet and bringing the children’s lives
close to normal. But filling in as the man of the house became problematic for
Matt because Gracelyn’s plight did more than set him on a straight path, it
also stirred something in his heart.
Matt is definitely a raw character. Of course, he’s
attractive – what hero in a story isn’t? – but he’s so much more than his
looks. I loved writing his story. You can find it here: Evernight
Mark Olson, the hero in Board
Indiscretion – the book I’m promoting on this tour, has some similarities
to Matt and he has become another one of my favorite heroes. Mark is raw and
emotional too. He escaped a bad marriage that left him bitter on love and hungry
for sex with anything that would give him attention – something he hadn’t had
in quite some time. In walks Suzannah, who throws his single life declaration
in a tailspin. Mark struggles with his feelings. He doesn’t want to get burned
again. He doesn’t want complicated. But he also doesn’t want to lose Suzannah.
So, what does Mark decide? :)
What can we expect
next from you?
I’m working on a book with DC Stone, Lea Bronsen and Cait
Jarrod. We are each writing a story of one of four girlfriends, whose lives
intertwine. This has just started, but from the outlines of the characters, it
looks to be something amazing.
I also have several WIPs. An office romance. A best
friends-turned lovers. A younger man falls for older woman. Airport romance.
Two scarred individuals that find solace in one another. I’d like to get two of
those off my plate this year and submitted for publication. Fingers crossed. :)
I am a born and raised small town
Ohio girl, who moved to the Sunshine State after graduating from college. I
graduated with a bachelor's degree in English. What college major could
possibly be better than one that requires you to read novels and write about
them! After spending a year traveling, I
attended law school and use that knowledge wisely.
In the journey of life, became a wife
and a mother of three children. So, life is always an adventure.
I love to read and write...
obviously! I’m a huge sports fan, especially college football and the
Ohio State Buckeyes! Go Steelers! Go Rays! Go Lightning! I LOVE to travel...
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to travel. And I love sharing my love to travel with my
children. Did I say I love to travel? I love to drink coffee in the morning and
tea at night! I love a good glass of wine, especially if it comes from a bottle
made by the FOOLS wine club… yep, I’m a founding member of that crazy
group! ☺ I
love hanging out with my family and my friends!
Music makes me happy. I’m a mix between country girl and city
chic. But I love nothing more than putting on my jean shorts, tank top, cowboy
boots and hat and watching Tim McGraw or Eric Church belt it out! I’m a sucker for a cowboy hat!
Website: www.jessicajayneauthor.com/blog
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