This week's RIVA hero is my very own Ethan from DATING AND OTHER DANGERS. Ethan is one of my favourite heroes--he's so outrageous he makes me laugh. But underneath the swagger a heart of gold is buried...
Name: Ethan
Age: 30
Occupation: Lawyer
Vital Stats: tall, dark and you guessed it… handsome. Here’s
Nadia’s first impression of him:
Sharp tailored suit, even sharper eyes, and a smile
on the face that went with the prime male body. Nadia had never seen anyone with
such perfect features in real life—that kind of symmetry was the domain of
airbrushed aftershave ads. Only this guy had an edge that was never in those
ads…
White Lie or Absolute Honesty: In the business environment it’s brutal
honesty… but for a reserved few—those nearest his heat (his sisters and his
mother) –he will do anything to protect them from hurt and yes, that might
include a lie or two.
Order In or Dine Out: Oh dine out for sure! Ethan knows how to have a
good time.
Boxers or Briefs: those inbetween knit boxers that cling in all the
right places!
Best known for: Being ‘internetorious’—named as Mr 3 Dates &
You’re Out on Nadia’s WomenBWarned forum…
We’d want to date him because… he’s outrageously good fun—sexy,
confident and charming. He’s also sharp and calculating and not one to turn
away from a challenge!
In his words…
“Gotcha,” he ground out through teeth clenched in
masculine victory. “No one’s come to your rescue Nadia.” His words slurred as
all his predatory instincts celebrated, shutting down his brain and firing up
his body. He kept his hand over her mouth. Tried not to enjoy having her at his
mercy too much. But he failed on that one.
Beneath his tense bicep, her breasts rose and fell
quickly.
“It’s the middle of the damn day and you’re mine to
do what I want with. In the morning, when you skate through here, there are
even fewer passers-by. You’d have no chance.”
He felt the ripple in her body again, watched the
green in her eyes deepen, some emotion welling up in her. But it wasn’t fear.
Oh, hell.
It swamped him too, obliterating all those
intentions. He tried to hold in…meaning to prove that point. But he couldn’t
remember what the point had been now… He knew what he wanted but he was not
going to—not going to…
He lifted his hand and quickly kissed her—hard.
And he groaned as quick became long and slow. He
dived into the sensations—the hungry, soft mouth, the sweet slide of her
tongue. His brain shut down completely as he was immersed in searing, delicious
heat. For ever and a bit later he lifted his head and looked at her. Her tee
had rucked up a bit when he’d tumbled her down, baring her midriff. Now he ran
a single finger just above the snug waistband of her black leggings, loving the
satin feel of her smooth, warm skin. Loving the catch of her breath even more.
He watched her reaction—the increase in her pulse,
the liquidity of her eyes—and went bolder still, firmly pressing the palm of
his hand against her belly, feeling the response ripple through her. Oh, man,
she had fire.
He slid his hand beneath that waistband and watched
her mouth open in a silent oh. For a
brief moment her eyes closed as he went lower, brazenly sliding his fingers
right down into her pants.
Her whole body spasmed.
He paused, breathing hard as he felt her
instinctive rocking up to meet his hand. She wanted him.
“Don’t be too pleased with yourself,” she panted,
defiant to the end. “I’m always hot after exercise.”
Here’s the
blurb for the US version:
Nadia Keenan’s
first date Do’s and Don’ts:
1. Do boost your confidence by looking hot
2. Don’t put out until at lease date two
3. If the man is trouble (however sexy!) do
report all on www.WomanBWarned.com
After being
trashed on Nadia’s website, serial dater-and-dumper Ethan Rush is about to put
Nadia’s rules to the test. He’s determined to change her mind about him. She’s
determined to prove him for the cad he is.
Let the battle of the dates begin…
While here’s
the blurb for the new look Riva:
Could
two players both win the dating game? Nadia Keenan is corporate HR by day,
web-dating warrior by night – she runs WomanBwarned.com, where bad-date stories
are aired and shared to help other women avoid the same pitfalls. Ethan Rush,
serial dater-and-dumper and utterly, gorgeously lush, has just found out he’s
been trashed – repeatedly – on Nadia’s website and he’s…um…not happy. Both know
they’re in the right. Neither is ready to back down.
Let the battle of the dates
begin!
Dating and Other Dangers is on the shelves in stores in
North America in October and you can also grab it online from Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other booksellers.
If you’re in the UK, it’s also
just been rereleased in digital form and you can grab it from Amazon UK.
And if you're on Goodreads you can enter to win a signed copy right here!
And I'm touring round the net a bit with Dating and Other Dangers - come say hi here:
I'm interrupting the RIVA hero blog-a-thon this week for a GIVEAWAY HOP!!! Thank you so much to Close Encounters of the Night Kind for organising this hop! Now all the linky codes for the other participants are below (and there are a LOT of them!) and note this is a wicked blog hop and there are some seriously hot, sexy and erotic stories to be had, so if that's your thing get clicking!
