Rumor by Skye Jordan - Excerpt & Multiple Giveaways tour-wide & Grand Prize!

RUMOR by Skye Jordan

About the Book

Title:                Rumor (Renegades Novella)

Release:          November 4, 2014

Genre:                         Contemporary Erotic Romance

Blog Tour:       November 10, 2014 – November 14, 2014

Buy Links:        Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iTunes / Kobo

Book Summary:

Former Navy SEAL Josh Marx thinks he has it all figured out. He’s living the bachelor lifestyle in southern California, running risk assessment for the Renegades, but most importantly, he’s finally gotten over the unrequited love he’s harbored for his former teammate’s ex wife. Then his buddy calls from overseas, worried because he hasn’t heard from his ex, and asks Josh to check in on her. Josh doesn’t want to get involved, but the same code that urged him to walk away in the first place is suddenly pushing him to change his Christmas plans.

Grace Ashby doesn't appreciate the sexy SEAL trying to step in and take over. He thinks she’s hit rock bottom by working at a strip club, but she knows differently. She could set him straight, but he’s already rejected her once, and she doesn’t need one more man judging her.

She tells him to butt out of her business and her life. But Josh’s conscience won’t let him walk away this time. 

Excerpt:

Stephie showed up with his drink. Josh didn’t even give her time to set it on the table, he took it straight from her hand and tipped it back, taking the whole thing in one swallow.

“Ooooh-kay,” Stephie said in a half-laugh. “I assume that means you’d like another?”

“Please.”

The older man moved his hand up her back and kissed Grace on the temple, before wandering off through the club. Grace made her way to a dancer straddling a customer’s hips near the stage. With a very friendly stroke of her hand over the man’s shoulder, Grace glided around behind the dancer, put her hands on the woman’s waist, her chin on her shoulder and let her body follow the movement.

“What in the fuck...?” Josh murmured, unable to pull his gaze from the erotic sight.

Grace’s hands slid lower, gripped the woman’s hips and urged them into a deeper, sexier roll. She spoke to the client as she thrust, easing the dancers hips into a deeper, more rhythmic thrust. He nodded, eyes big, mouth open like a drooling puppy, and Grace smiled, a sultry, seductive smile Josh had never seen before.  The dancer dropped her head back to Grace’s shoulder, raised her arms to wrap them around Grace’s neck and turned her face against the skin of Grace’s throat.

Patrons sitting nearby cheered their approval of the girl on girl action, and the heat simmering in Josh’s body rocketed through his groin and up his chest. He fought to search out the what, the how, the why of this, but his mind floated in distracting titillation.

“Here you go.” Stephie set Josh’s second drink down.

“Thanks. Keep ‘em coming, will you?” he asked.

“Who are you?” Stephie asked. “Her new bodyguard or something?”

Josh’s gaze broke from the erotic sight of Grace getting it on with two others and focused on Stephie. “Why? Does she need one?”

“I personally think we all need one after what happened last week. But, no one’s springing for any service, so I guess we’re relying on our monkeys in suits.”

“Stephie!” Someone called from close by. “Need another drink over here, sweetness.”

She glanced at Josh again. “I’ll bring you another in a few.” Then she darted through the shadows to another table.

When Josh returned his gaze to the lap dance, Grace was gone, the original dancer still going at it with her customer.

He scanned the area and found Grace weaving through the club, greeting men, group by group, stopping to talk for a moment, then moving on. No lap dances. No running to get drinks. Josh couldn’t figure out the setup.

Josh downed the next drink in two swallows, but the first was already hitting his blood stream, making him bolder, braver, and—he knew from experience—far more stupid.

When the song changed and the women on stage transitioned once again, Grace watched closely, then scanned the club, like an overseer, her gaze pausing on every girl as they worked the room. And Josh could only compare her behavior to a lion watching over her cubs.

He was trying to figure her out while fighting complex emotions he was sure colored his perspective when her gaze passed over him. Then her eyes jumped back and held on his face with a spark of shocked disbelief. A sizzle broke out across his ribs. No turning back now. She’d seen him. She knew he didn’t belong here. She knew this wasn’t a coincidence.

About the Author

Skye Jordan is a pseudonym for New York Times bestselling romantic suspense author Joan Swan. Skye’s novels are about enjoying that little wild streak we don’t let out often enough. About those fantasies we rarely get the opportunity to indulge. About stretching limits, checking out the dark side, and maybe even acting a little naughty. They’re about escape and fun and pleasure and romance.

And, yes, even love, because while wicked-great sex is good, happily ever after with wicked-great sex is even better. Skye (aka Joan) lives on the central coast of California in the heart of wine country with her husband and two daughters. As often as possible, she retreats to a hotel with critique partners for a power-writing week where much drinking, laughing, and yes, even working, ensues. When she’s not writing, Skye goes to breakfast with her hubby, attends her daughters’ barrel races, and spends a lot of time with her own horse, Riddle…while her two dogs, Paxton and Indie, tag along. She also loves to read, knit, craft, row, ride, and dabble in photography.

Author Links: Website / Facebook / Twitter / Goodreads / Pinterest / Newsletter

Giveaway Details

There are two sets of Giveaways on this tour! 

The first one is the grand prize and will be included in the Rafflecopter provided. 

The second is a giveaway for each blog stop. 

Tour Grand Prize (Rafflecopter):

·         6” Kindle Tablet (1 winner from the entire tour – US/Canada only)

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Each Blog Stop 

·         Winner’s choice of Reckless, Rebel or Ricochet AND a $10 gift card (1 winner at each blog stop – US/Canada only)

·         3 Swag Bags (3 winners at each blog stop – US/Canada only)

To enter to win for this stop

please leave a comment below and tell me if you have had a chance to read any of the Renegades books yet, if so who has been you favorite so far? 

I know who mine is....

Blog Tour Stops

November 10, 2014

Smut Book Club (Excerpt 1)

http://www.smutbookclub.com

Same Book Different Review (Excerpt 2)

http://samebookdifferentreview.blogspot.com/

So Many Reads (Excerpt 2)

http://www.somanyreads.com

November 11, 2014

I Am A Book Addict (Excerpt 3)

http://romanceinthehighlands.blogspot.com

Just The Write Stuff (Excerpt 4)

http://justthewritestuff1.blogspot.com/

November 12, 2014

Cricket’s Chirps (Excerpt 5)

http://www.cricketschirps.com

TBQ’s Book Palace (Excerpt 6)

http://tbqspersonalbookpalace.blogspot.com

November 13, 2014

Becky on Books (Excerpt 7)

http://www.beckymmoe.com

Books-n-Kisses (Excerpt 8)

http://www.books-n-kisses.com

Maldivan Book Reviews (Excerpt 9)

http://www.maldivianbookreviewer.com

Ms. Romantic Reads (Excerpt 9)

http://msromanticreads.wordpress.com

November 14, 2014

Smut Book Junkie Reviews (Excerpt 10)

http://smutbookjunkie.com