From Hard Reboot:
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Blurb:
Two years ago, Sean O'Neill's wife, Caitlin—the ace net-runner called Irishgirl—was stolen from their bed. Now, he knows where she is, but getting her back is only the first step in a long journey.
Caitlin has been trained as a sex slave, her former skills as a net-runner and cyber-thief totally stripped from her, along with her identity and most independent thought. Powerful and wealthy social elites, playing their own dangerous high-stakes games, have hired Sean to retrieve her and again make her what she once was.
But two years is a long time to be out of the net and out of normal society. A lot of new programming has been laid down. Now, giving Irishgirl a hard reboot may take everything Sean has in him, and more...
A brief personal note: My co-author for this book was murdered on Sept 5. He was deeply proud of the work and always liked it when I featured it on a blog post. This one's for you, love, and our Bad Romance.
Your Seven Sexy Paragraphs:
He stroked her, his wide hands gentle on her naked skin, learning her curves all over again. She smiled, letting him explore. He would stop if she said to. The thought was powerful and heady,
but alien. She could control her own body again. She nearly shook from the intensity of the idea.
“Sean, stop.”
His hands froze in the instant, one on the small of her back, one on her thigh. Carefully, he lifted them away from her skin and laid them on the bed, making sure she could see them. She smiled at
him.
“Is everything all right?” he asked, almost afraid.
She loved him and in that moment she knew it. The big gray eyes that looked at her as if she was the most precious thing in the world stared deep into her own and she broke the gaze with a laugh and a kiss.
“Better than all right, Sean darling. So much better.” She pushed on his shoulders and he rolled onto his back at her urging. “But I think I need to be in charge tonight. Irishgirl is home.”
“Yes, yes!” Sean helped her straddle him and pulled her down for a kiss.
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2 comments:
First, I am so sorry for the loss of your friend and co-author, Angelia. It's so hard to lose someone close and there are no words that will make it better. Sending you cyber hugs.
And thanks for the sexy snippet. This story looks very interesting and will be put in my To-Be-Read stack. Thanks for sharing and being part of My Sexy Saturday.
@Lynn, Thank you. We're slowly finding our feet after this shock. The funeral is next week. We were talking about writing a second book in this universe. I don't think I'll try it alone.
If you like _Hard Reboot_, check out the related short stories, Swimming through the Net (a standalone at Amber Quill) and "Chained to the Wheel" in Storm Moon Press' _Tall Dark and Wriggly_ anthology
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