Title: Worth the Fight
Author: Vi Keeland
Age Group & Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance
Expected release: October 3, 2013
It didn’t matter that
the ref called it a clean hit. Nico Hunter would never be the same.
Elle has a good life. A
job she loves, a great apartment, and the guy she’s been dating for
more than two years is a catch and a half. But it’s boring…and
she strives to keep it that way. Too many emotions are dangerous.
Her own past is living proof of what can happen when you lose
control.
Then Nico walks into
Elle’s office and everything changes…for both of them. But what
can the tattooed, hard-bodied MMA fighter and the beautiful and
always steady attorney have in common? A lot more than they
bargained for.
*Standalone, HEA
Worth the
Fight
Excerpts
Meet
Elle & Nico
Elle
on Nico
I’ve
never seen a body like his so close before. It just doesn’t seem
real. Both of his arms are covered in tattoos, it looks like he’s
wearing colorful sleeves, only he has no shirt on. They intertwine
and wrap around his bulging biceps and I get the urge to trace a path
from the first splat of ink to the last with my tongue. My body’s
reaction to him is unlike anything I’ve ever felt before. These
aren’t feelings that I’m used to, they seem to come out of
nowhere and are uncontrollable.
One
side of his lip curls up slightly, as though he is amused at my
staring. He hands me a glass of wine without asking if I want one
and I take it because I need it to calm my nerves. I’m here
staring at this bigger than life man, and suddenly I’m speechless.
The wine can’t seep into my bloodstream quick enough. Half the
glass is gone in one long, unladylike gulp.
“Thirsty?”
I look up at him and find a glimmer of amusement in Nico’s eyes,
mixed with something else. I think he knows I’m trying to calm
myself and I fidget in my seat on the couch as he stands there
looking so unaffected.
Nico
on Elle
I’m
up at five a.m. every morning. Well, every morning except today. I
slept like shit, my body a mass of pent-up frustration. I kept my
word all night. Even though all I wanted to do was pick her up,
carry her into my bedroom, and ram myself into her to claim her as
mine. Then she kissed me. I know I could have taken it further
after that kiss. But I don’t want one night with Elle. I want
more. I have no idea why, but I do. A lot fucking more.
By
the time I drove back home last night, I’d gotten myself under
control. I’d reasoned with my hard-on until it finally saw my way.
Who knew you could reason with a fucking hard-on. I guess I never
tried. I just took care of it, did what it wanted me to.
But
then I walked into my loft and I smelled her. And all reasoning went
out the window. I couldn’t sleep with a steel pipe in my pants, so
I took a cold shower. It didn’t help. Then I was wide awake with
a hard-on. I tossed and turned with a picture of Elle smiling at me
in my head. Taunting me for being such a sap.
About the Author
Vi Keeland is a native New Yorker with three children that occupy most of her free time, which she complains about often, but wouldn't change for the world. She is a bookworm and has been known to read her kindle at stop lights, while styling her hair, cleaning, walking, during sporting events, and frequently while pretending to work. She is a boring attorney by day, and an exciting smut author by night!
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