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Release Me

Chasing Fire #2

By: Ann Marie Walker & Amy K. Rogers

Releasing July 21st, 2015

Berkley/Intermix

Blurb

The second in the "seriously sexy and sinfully steamy"* Chasing Fire series, about a pain too deep to forgive and a passion too hot to forget...

Alessandra Sinclair knows that Hudson Chase is the last man she should want. The boy from the wrong side of the tracks has grown into a man who would do anything to get ahead, even if it means breaking Allie's heart. But whenever she's near him, the attraction between them is undeniable. And now that they're working together, keeping her distance from Hudson is almost as impossible as keeping her feelings in check... Hudson already lost Allie once and he refuses to lose her again. He's determined to use their new business partnership to rekindle the spark he knows is still there. Only the closer he gets to winning her over, the clearer it becomes there are still secrets that could tear them apart for good...

"Casting Our Novel"

by Ann Marie Walker & Amy K. Rogers

Hudson Chase

Age: 29

Eyes: blue

Hair: unruly dark brown waves

Occupation: CEO, Chase Industries

“Tell me you what you want,” he said, his voice tight with restraint. A second later the blindfold lifted away. “Open your eyes and tell me that you want me.”

Alessandra "Allie" Sinclair

Age: 27

Eyes: hazel

Hair: soft blonde curls

Occupation: Director of Fundraising, Better Start

“It doesn’t change anything.” Allie’s eyes drifted shut. “You have to let me go, Hudson. Release me.”

Harper Hayes

Age: 25

Eyes: green

Hair: red

Occupation: Assistant Director of Fundraising, Better Start

“What are friends for if not to binge on Chinese food and borrow your designer handbags?”

Nick Chase

Age: 22

Eyes: brown

Hair: unruly dark brown waves

Occupation: None

“Yo, dude, you have eighty rooms in this joint. Get one.”

Julian Laurent

Age: 32

Eyes: Green

Hair: Light Brown

Occupation: Sole heir to the Laurent family fortune

"They’d find more than just this skeleton if they start to dig,” he said. His words reeked of condescension. “The brother alone could fill an entire tabloid.”

Excerpt

When Allie turned to the mingling crowd her smile slipped from her face. Her breath caught and her steps faltered.

Hudson.

She stood motionless, unable to look away as he entered the reception area and shook hands with several people. The expression on his face was all business, and yet there was something so inherently sensual about the way he moved. He wore a black tuxedo, Ralph Lauren if she wasn’t mistaken, that fit the contours of his body in a way that made it impossible not to imagine the hard planes of muscle that lay beneath. But it wasn’t the sight of Hudson Chase in a tuxedo that caused an unwelcome tightness in Allie’s chest. It wasn’t even his dark wavy hair, perfectly messed with that sexy, just-rolled-out-of-bed look that made her fingers flex with an instinctive desire to touch it. It was the voluptuous brunette draped on his arm.

Sophia.

Allie recognized her immediately from the event at the Field Museum the night she and Hudson had first become reacquainted. She looked as stunning as she had that night. Her dress wasn’t red this time, but instead a champagne color a few shades lighter than her flawless bronze skin. And her long dark curls were piled loosely on top of her head, not cascading over her bare shoulders, but the effect was no less devastating. The woman had the curves of a centerfold and a face worthy of the cover. Hudson had insisted they hadn’t been seeing each other, but Allie got the distinct impression their arrangement was more than just a few casual dates. It was obvious the way Sophia’s hand stroked Hudson’s forearm, she was under that impression as well.

He flicked his gaze briefly to her hand, then back up. When he did his eyes met Allie’s and he stilled. A crowded ballroom stood between them, but in that moment it felt as though they were the only two people in the room.