Fall in love with the fairy tale all over again... The Cinderella Romances by Petie McCarty Book Sale & Giveaway
Fall in love with the fairy tale all over again...
Cinderella Busted
The Cinderella Romances Book 1
by Petie McCarty
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Once upon a time, in Jupiter Island, Florida . . .
Billionaire
developer, Rhett Buchanan, is forced to inspect a shipment of
priceless trees and meets the girl of his dreams instead. A bit jaded
where women are concerned—since most are gold diggers—Rhett falls
head over heels for the Jupiter Island socialite who only wants him,
not his money. Except she isn't the glamorous socialite she appears
to be.
She's the gardener . . .
The Cinderella
Romances Series. This swoonworthy romantic tale stands alone with its
own happily ever after, just like the other two books in the series.
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Betting On Cinderella
The Cinderella Romances Book 2
Once upon a time in Biloxi, Mississippi . . .
Garrett
Tucker inherits his grandfather's casino empire and steps into the
reclusive billionaire's shoes as the new "Prince of Vegas."
Discovering embezzlement in his newly purchased casino in Biloxi,
Garrettgoes in undercover. His prime suspect? The new finance
supervisor . . . a feisty brunette who stole his heart at first
sight.
Andi Ryan moves to Biloxi to take care for her
godmother. Taking a job as finance supervisor for the renovated Bayou
Princess casino, she discovers someone is skimming from the till.
Andi starts her own investigation, worried she will be blamed for the
theft when the handsome new owner discovers her godmother likes to
gamble.
Industrial espionage is afoot at the Bayou
Princess, and Garrett and Andi are soon forced to work as a team to
prove her innocence and save the casino before it’s too late.
This
swoonworthy modern-day fairy tale of billionaire romance stands alone
with its own happily ever after, along with the other books in the
series
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The Cinderella Romances Book 3
Once upon a time in Cedar Key, Florida . . .
Billionaire
Aidan Cross is at loose ends. Something feels missing from his life,
but that something isn't women. He has too many women chasing him
now. To confuse things even more, his yacht breaks down near the site
of his next golf resort project, and Aidan falls for his only
competition in the small Florida town—a woman who wants nothing to
do with him or his rakish charm.
Casey Stuart is stuck
living in Cypress Key, unwilling to abandon her uncle or the golf
course they manage together. She doesn't quite trust the stranger
Aidan who shows up in town looking for work. He knows way too much
about golf courses to be who he says he is. Unfortunately, Casey's
heart doesn't agree with her head.
Someone is out to
sabotage Casey's golf course, and Aidan wants to help, but first he
needs to earn her trust. An impossible feat once she finds out who he
really is.
This swoonworthy modern-day fairy tale of
billionaire romance stands alone with its own happily ever after,
along with the other books in the Cinderella Romances series
Cinderella Busted Excerpt – Silver
Dagger Tour
Garrett’s cell phone rang. He
checked the readout and answered, “Hey.” He smiled. “Like clockwork.” He
glanced at Lily, then away. “Peeling dry fronds off the top of two palms.”
Lily’s head snapped up. Who
was Garrett talking to?
“You bet. I’ll call you and
let you know.” He clicked off, pocketed the phone, and reached for the cart.
“Garrett?” Lily called.
He turned.
She hesitated, embarrassed
now to ask him who was on the phone.
He grinned. “That was Tammy
checking up on you.” He pushed the laden cart toward the opposite hallway from
the one Rob had pedaled through.
“Oh,” Lily said, mostly to
herself since the receptionist had gone back to her typing.
Why had Tammy called Garrett
and not her, she wondered and watched him push the cart across the lobby. She
pivoted on the top step of the ladder to resume her manicuring when the
elevator dinged and the doors parted. She jerked at the sound, only this time
she felt a small wave of panic. Garrett was here in the lobby with her, so who
had just arrived?
Her peripheral vision caught
Garrett turning toward the elevator—looking nervous—and that only fueled Lily’s
anxiety. She refused to be caught staring at the elevator occupant and pivoted
on the top step to reach for a dried frond in one continuous motion. Her
shifting weight bobbled the miniature ladder, and she felt the stubby legs lift
off the tile. Grabbing for the tall palm to steady herself, she missed and
clawed only air as the little ladder tilted up and over.
Lily flailed in midair and
awaited the inevitable crushing contact with the marble floor, praying nothing
would break. She heard Garrett yell, and her peripheral vision caught movement
as her body was miraculously snatched up and crushed against a suited muscular
frame. Her arms flew out to cling and hang on like a little rhesus monkey,
ecstatic she hadn’t slammed into the marble floor and overwhelmed by an
intoxicating scent of male and aftershave from where her face lay buried
against a shirt collar and neck.
Neither she nor her savior
moved for a several long moments. She opened her eyes and peered over a broad
shoulder to see Garrett frozen in place and gaping at her. The little
receptionist looked like a goldfish with her mouth opening and closing repeatedly.
The adrenaline rush subsided,
and Lily felt her savior slowly lower her to the ground without breaking
contact with his torso. She felt every inch of her chest and abdomen slowly
ease down her savior’s suit, and her eyes nearly rolled back in her head from
the intoxicating scent and erogenous shifting of two perfectly aligned bodies.
Her feet touched the ground,
and two strong hands cupped her elbows until she secured her balance and, more
importantly, jumpstarted her lungs to normal oxygen-seeking mode. One large and
embarrassingly noisy gulp of air did the trick. Two more deep breaths, just to
be on the safe side, and she slowly tilted her gaze upward to see who had
streaked to her rescue. She wanted to look, yet she didn’t want to look for
fear of who was holding her at this moment.
First came a strong chin,
then a sensual mouth, two intense green eyes, and Lily went deathly still.
Rhett.
Betting on Cinderella
Excerpt--Silver Dagger Tour:
“I want to make love to you.”
Andi stilled.
Garrett mentally kicked
himself. He had gone and scared her.
Too
much. Too soon.
But he couldn’t make himself
move. He could lie here forever with Andi in his arms.
She wriggled from his grasp
to sit up. “Um . . .”
“What?”
She looked too uncertain.
Not
good.
He was okay with, “Not now, but maybe later.”
“I can’t,” she whispered.
Good thing he was sitting
down. The jangle of fear that hit him could have knocked his knees out from
under him.
“Can’t or won’t?” he forced
out. No maybes on this one.
“Both.”
What
the hell? Can’t and won’t?
All his uncertainties flooded
back. Flora had said Andi and Peters were just friends. Was that friends with benefits? And what about
that damn Drakos pawing her last week? No, he wouldn’t let those doubts crowd
them here on the couch.
“Too soon?” he tried.
“Partly.” She looked away,
and his heart sank amongst the growing heap of doubts.
“There’s someone else,” he
said flatly, working to keep his expression blank and the hurt at bay.
She met his gaze square on
then, no doubt trying to muscle her courage. “There’s something I should tell
you.”
Damn.
“I’m—” She exhaled hard. “—no
good at it.”
What?
Is that all?
He fought back a grin of pure
joy. “I’ll give you lessons.” He pulled her back for another kiss.
She shoved at his chest. “No.
I don’t think I should.”
She flinched at his
expression, and he worked to smooth his scowl.
“Go ahead. Spit it out.” Even
he didn’t like his tone. “You’re sleeping with someone else, right?”
He should have done his
homework before he went off half-cocked with all the flowers and balloons,
trying to woo her.
“No, and I should slap you
for that, suggesting I’m loose enough to go out with you while sleeping with
someone else.”
“Then what the hell is it?”
he shouted, forgetting all about Flora at the back of the house.
“I’ve never done it before!”
she shouted back.
“What? Slapped someone?”
“No, you jerk. Slept with
someone.” This, she didn’t shout.
He froze, right down to his
heartbeat, and stared at her bright-pink cheeks. Could it be? Was she? A
virgin?
“Holy smokes,” he wheezed.
She stared at her untouched
glass of wine. “I’m not saying you and I will never,” she said softly.
Relief, warm and desperate,
allowed his muscles to finally move. He gently traced the line of her cheek
with his finger, a lump forming in his throat at the touch of something so rare
and priceless.
“Glad to hear that.” He
brushed his lips across hers, light as a whisper. Once. “My little sweetheart.”
Twice. “My precious—” Three times.
Always a charm.
“You’re not mad?”
Those big blue eyes stared up
at him with an innocence that made his too-experienced heart ache with emotion.
“Mad?”
Should he tell her he wanted
to go outside and howl his joy at the moon? To yell to the world what a lucky
son of a gun he was? His Andi would be his
Andi—proprietary, like his stock portfolio. All his. No one else. A primal
sense of possessiveness overwhelmed him.
“No, sweetheart, not mad.
Glad,” he managed, then tugged her close and let his kiss show her exactly how
he felt.
“When you’re ready,” he said
against her lips. “Only when you’re
ready.”
He had finally said and done
the right thing, for she grabbed his shirt and laid an eye-crossing kiss on
him.
Par for Cinderella--Silver
Dagger Tour
Silhouetted in the
outside light, Aidan looked big . . . and dangerous. Over six feet of pure sin.
Too much for her to handle, and Casey officially changed her mind. Turned
chicken.
He must have sensed her
decision to flee, like a timber wolf senses his prey. “What are you doing down
here?”
The deep sensual timbre
of his voice vibrated along her spine and created tiny pinpoints of desire
along its length. Her mouth had that dry feeling she got at the end of her tour
spiel—dry and raspy.
“I-I was just going up
to bed.”
“No, you weren’t.”
“I-I was too.”
His sexy chuckle
rumbled in the darkness, and her skin prickled with anticipation. She couldn’t
fool Aidan or herself.
Her brain taunted, Flight or fight, make up your mind.
She suddenly recalled
her earlier decision following Janie’s call—to grant herself the month with
Aidan. Better her have him than let Deedee steal him away. Casey had fully
intended to enjoy every single minute of that month with Aidan before she’d
chickened out just now. Instead of running away, she could enjoy the feel of
those broad shoulders and muscled arms filling up the doorway right here. She
could also allow herself a good long stare at that perfect butt when he turned,
and maybe even enjoy that kissable mouth with those please-never-take-them-off-me lips.
“Stop looking at my
mouth,” Aidan growled, “or you’ll be sorry.”
Her heart ended her
dilemma. Go for it.
She could feel his
unseen eyes track the movement of her chest, rising and falling with each
hard-won breath. Time to force the issue for them both.
“K-Kiss me,” she
whispered. Frozen in place, she left the outcome up to Aidan.
He didn’t move a muscle
for three lifetime-lasting heartbeats.
One . . . he doesn’t want me.
Two . . . he’s still angry.
Three . . . my own fault.
She turned for the
stairs, and he had her in two strides. His arms snaked around her waist and
yanked her tight to his chest as his mouth took hers. This was no tender,
make-up kiss. This was all need and desire and maybe a little punishment too.
She didn’t care. Her
fingertips had gotten their Christmas wish, and Casey buried them in the silky
hair at his collar, luxuriating in the soft texture and wanting to keep him
close. Even that didn’t stop the tingling in her fingertips.
Aidan’s tongue teased
her lips apart, then swept inside and tangled against hers. She grew
lightheaded as she reacquainted herself with the moist sweetness of his mouth,
tinged with a hint of beer. A joyful reunion after the fear of separation, and
she intended to savor every sexy nuance of flavor.
He growled low in his
throat and turned his head to deepen the kiss. Casey just prayed he wouldn’t
stop kissing her. Aidan had to care about her. He didn’t, couldn’t kiss another
woman like this. Could he? An image of Deedee flashed behind her eyelids.
She pulled back, but
her fingers refused to relinquish their hold on his soft curls.
“What was that for?” he
asked, his voice rough with desire. “Not that I’m complaining, mind you.”
“I don’t want to be just friends,” she whispered.
“Thank God.”
Petie spent a large part of her career working at Walt Disney World—"The Most Magical Place on Earth"—where she enjoyed working in the land of fairy tales by day and creating her own romantic fairy tales by night, including her new series, The Cinderella Romances. She eventually said good-bye to her "day" job to write her stories full-time. These days Petie spends her time writing sequels to her regency time-travel series, Lords in Time, and her cozy-mystery-with-romantic-suspense series, the Mystery Angel Romances.
Petie shares her home on the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee with her horticulturist husband and an opinionated Nanday conure named Sassy who made a cameo appearance in No Angels for Christmas.
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