Secret Pleasure
She’s sweet as sin…and he’s twice as wicked!Bombshell burlesque performer Kaylee Whitfield has perfected the art of the tease—especially when deliciously gorgeous Aidan Beckett is watching. Of course Aidan has no idea that she’s his ex-bestie’s little sister, or that he broke Kaylee’s teenage heart. It was supposed to be one sexy—and secret—tryst. But Kaylee has a few things to learn about searingly hot temptation…and risking her heart.
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Sheâs sweet as sin
...and heâs twice as wicked!
Bombshell burlesque performer Kaylee Whitfield has perfected the art of the teaseâespecially when deliciously gorgeous Aidan Beckett is watching. Of course Aidan has no idea that sheâs his ex-bestieâs little sister, or that he broke Kayleeâs teenage heart. It was supposed to be one sexyâand secretâtryst. But Kaylee has a few things to learn about searingly hot temptation...and risking her heart.
TARYN LEIGH TAYLOR likes dinosaurs, bridges and spaceâboth personal and the final frontier variety. She shamelessly indulges in clichés, most notably her Starbucks addictionâgrande six-pump whole milk, no water chai-tea latte, aka: âthe usualâ, her shoe hoard (I can stop any time I⦠Ooh! These are pretty!) and her penchant for falling in lust with fictional men with great abs. She also really loves books, which was what sent her down the crazy path of writing in the first place. Want to be virtual friends? Check out tarynleightaylor.com, Facebook.com/tarynltaylor1 and Twitter, @tarynltaylor.
ISBN: 978-1-474-07151-2
SECRET PLEASURE
© 2018 Taryn Leigh Taylor
Published in Great Britain 2018
by Mills & Boon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF
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For Tinaâthis book would not be without you.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
And for Crystalâalpha consultant, proof-reader,
sanity-restorer, best friend. I donât know how you do it all, but I sure am glad you do. I hope this one lives up to pineapple-shorted expectations.
Contents
âLADIES AND GENTLEMEN, put your hands together for the one and only Lola Mariposa!â
The rush of that moment, the split second before anything happened, hit like a freight train. Nervousness, excitement, fear, anticipation, all toppling over one another, crowding her chest, grappling for dominance.
The curtains whooshed open. The spotlight beat down. She could feel their gazes on her.
It thrilled her to her core.
The music started, the old song sounding a little tinny and scratchy in the top-of-the-line speakers, and just like that, Kaylee Whitfield disappeared completely into her braver, sassier, sultrier alter ego.
The blond wig, blue contacts, and stage makeup helped, of course, but there was something magical that happened when she was out on the stage. Anonymous. Free.
She sat at the prop vanity set, her back to the club, pretending to brush her hair and apply blush. Then the incomparable Ella Fitzgerald launched into the first verse of âBei Mir Bist du Schönâ and Kaylee threw a coy glance over her shoulder, careful to keep her sight line just over their heads as she placed her index finger between her ruby-red lips. In a practiced move, she tugged her black satin glove off with her teeth before twirling it over her head and tossing it aside.
She never made eye contact while she was onstage. Because her performances werenât for the crowd.
