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brought up Barrett’s number. The business card he’d left in my hotel suite had his work and private cell numbers on it, which I had taken as an invitation to use them. 
    Since he was on my mind, and he’d left me in quite a state that morning, I decided to give him a dose of his own medicine.
Me – For dinner tonight, I’ve decided it’s my turn to treat you. My suite, seven p.m. Clothing optional.
    With a smile, I slipped my phone in my pocket and made my way down the short corridor where the ladies’ bathroom was, only to stop when I heard a phone chime to my right. Turning my head, I stopped when I saw—and heard—Gavin talking loudly to a man I couldn’t see because his back was turned away from me. 
    “You’re supposed to be working, not sleeping with her.”
    “How do you know what I’ve been doing?” the man asked in an angry, accusatory voice.
    “I protect my investments and since you’re costing me a pretty fucking penny, I did my own investigation into you and your work practices. You do whatever you have to in order to get the job done. If that involves Alyssa, then so be it. Show me why you’re known as Bullseye.”
    The last thing I heard was a familiar voice growling, “I'm not a fucking rent-a-cock, Gavin.”
    Unable to comprehend what I’d just heard in that moment, and not wanting to even consider the possibility of what it might’ve meant, I called out to Gavin. I pulled my shoulders back and stood ramrod straight and watched him look at me, his eyes wide with shock and maybe guilt when it dawned on him what I’d heard.
    Then, as if in slow motion, the man with him turned toward me, and I was once again face to face with Barrett Matthews.
    “Alyssa . . .” he said, taking a step toward me. He didn’t get any further because I immediately spun around and got my ass out of there.
    When I was in the back of a taxi on my way to anywhere but the Sovereign, I finally felt like I could breathe again. My mind still raced from everything I had heard, struggling to work out what it meant and what I had missed. Relief from leaving led into shock, and then tears stung my eyes. I wasn’t sure why I cried, but driving away from that hotel, it felt like I was running away from something bigger than me.
    And if I had heard their conversation right, my man from the plane, the man I’d almost begged to take me to bed last night and again this morning, had been paid by Gavin—the man my mother had just agreed to marry—to do whatever it took to do precisely that.
    Whatever that was.
    Pulling up my phone contacts, I scrolled down and made a phone call I never thought I’d need to make.
    “Hello?”
    “Aiden, I need you to run that police check.”
    End of Part One.

    Continue reading for an excerpt from
    Taste – Part two of the Sovereign Series
     

Coming January 13 th 2016
     

Taste – Part Two of the Sovereign Series
    ~ Coming January 13 th 2016 ~
     
    He came, he saw and he almost conquered, but she had the last laugh—or did she?
    Back home in Seattle, Alyssa Jacobs—haunted by the thought of what could’ve been—buries herself in her work, determined to never become a target for anyone ever again. Then, as if right on cue, Barrett Matthews storms back into her life, muddling her mind and teasing her heart, determined to win her over.
    Unable to trust him with anything other than her body, she vows to protect herself and what she has now discovered is her biggest vulnerability.
    What happens when the tables are turned and the hunted becomes the hunter? And with deception and greed taking center stage, where will Alyssa turn in her time of need?
     
     

Excerpt from Taste – Part two of the Sovereign Series
     
    Chapter 1
     
    I checked into another hotel under my mom’s maiden name a few hours after leaving Barrett and Gavin in the restaurant corridor. I’d called the Sovereign reception desk from the taxi, asking them to collect my things and check me out. The last thing I