Title: The Tycoon’s Wager
Publisher- Crimson
Romance
Release Date: 23
March 2015
Blurb
To boost ratings and save her radio
show, agony aunt CJ Stratt has no choice but to agree to a publicity
proposition from London’s renowned playboy Jack Harper. They’ll go on eight
dates, which she’ll tweet about to prove he’s not the unreliable wastrel he’s
been painted as in the press.
Jack’s desperate to squelch his
irresponsible image to insure that the business deal that could make or break
his career goes smoothly. He’s willing to do anything, including dating this
quirky DJ with pastel-colored hair and a sassy mouth.
Jack knows seduction, but he has no idea
how to love. Love is CJ’s business, yet she has never been seduced.
Somehow, this business just got
personal …
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Author Information
Olivia Logan lives in the ever sunny UK
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Excerpt
Clearing her throat, CJ pushed her glasses further up her nose,
swiveling around to face her guest. “So, Mr. Harper ...”
“Jack, and you, I take it from your show’s introduction,
are CJ. Short for ...?”
Short for none of your business, but she pasted a
saccharine smile on her face. “Well it’s nice to meet you, Jack, and it’s just
CJ. So are you telling us, London that is, that Ms. Shoes was wrong and you are
a loving, devoted guy after all?”
Ha! That got him. She smiled victoriously, pleased to see
his mouth open then shut firmly again. “And just so I’m not accused of missing some
facts, how long did you and Ms. Shoes date?”
“One month.” This time the smooth drawl belied his
tightening jaw.
“So let’s say four weeks in a month, average that to
about one date a week ... that is a reasonable enough time to get to know
someone.”
Her
heart skipped in her chest as his eyes, a deep navy she could see now,
narrowed.
“In this
busy, modern world of dating, I believe that is the only time people have available. In addition to which,
Ms. Stratt, in that one sentence, you have solved the dilemma for anyone
wondering if they should get married or not.”
“And by that you mean?”
“If they don’t know them after four dates, they never
will.”
“I never meant that,” she replied. Grrr. If she could,
she’d give her whole monthly paycheck to wipe that smirk off his face!
“So what did you mean? Just for the clarification of your
listeners,” he prodded, moving forward. The rough softness of his trousers
grazed the bare skin of her knee through the ripped denim, sending sparks of
electricity shooting through her, and she pushed the creaking chair back, its
soft clunk against the desk mobilising her thoughts out of the physical and
into action.
She knew what he was trying to do. He was trying to
discredit her on air. She could feel the blood thunder through her body at the
victorious look on his patrician features.
“People can fall in love after four dates as well as they
can after forty,” she began, hurrying on quickly at his raised sandy blond
eyebrow. “Depending on the individuals involved. Don’t you agree?”
“No.” She pressed her lips together tightly at his
laconic answer. “However, let’s run with your idea of knowing true love after
four dates. What then is your professional opinion of passing judgement on an
individual based on a 140-character tweet from a third party and, in your own
words, based on roughly an average of one date per week for a total of one
month, each date lasting only a few hours?”
Grrr! Darn him and his quick comeback. She was going to
have to be quicker than she thought with this one.
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