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Thursday, April 25, 2013
Blog Tour: "More Than Friends" by Jessica Jayne (Promo/Giveaway)
Welcome to our stop on Virtual Book Tour of "More Than Friends" by Jessica Jayne brought to you by Bewitching Book Tours.
More Than Friends
by: Jessica Jayne
Publishing Date: 11/15/12
Publisher: Cobblestone Press, LLC
Genre: Contemporary Erotic Romance
ISBN: 978-1-60088-800-7
ASIN: B00AQKM5LG
Number of Pages: 45
Word Count: 14,000
Cover Artist: Fiona Jayde
Description:
Jeni Acerna’s longstanding sexual relationship with her best friend, Brian Hamilton, is both blissful and troublesome. She’s been unable to commit herself to another relationship because no one compares to Brian in or out of bed.
Prior to attending a friend’s wedding together, they place a wager…the first to beg for sex owes the other $500. After a tortuous night, their passion erupts and their sexual relationship picks up where it left off…hot and heavy. However, this time, Brian wants Jeni… and not just in his bed. Can he convince her the risk is worth taking?
CHAPTER ONE
Staring out the
tiny airplane window, Jeni Acerna watched as the vehicles below transformed
into matchbox cars and the slight cityscape of Tampa soon became a miniature
play set. She was on her way to Cleveland for her college roommate Bethany’s
wedding…alone.
Jeni had
recently ended yet another relationship. Stephen Weller. He was a corporate
attorney at a large firm in Tampa, Florida, working his way to senior partner.
Handsome. Intelligent. And addicted to his work. He had to actually
schedule time for Jeni on his Outlook calendar. Even when they had some time
together for dinner or such, she had to regularly battle for attention with his
iPhone. Jeni did not consider herself high maintenance. She was a small town
Ohio girl, who moved to Florida like many northerners. She did not need
constant attention. But she never expected to have to call her boyfriend’s
secretary in order to arrange a dinner date with him. Stephen was reluctant to
let the relationship go. He told her he truly enjoyed their time together, even
if it was minimal. Jeni had some reluctance as well. She was twenty-eight years
old and several relationships deep. But she wanted a relationship that involved
spending time together and allowed for some spontaneity. At this point in
Stephen’s career, that was not going to be possible. They went their separate
ways.
It looked as if
Jeni would be attending Bethany’s wedding solo. Not a big deal. Several of
their college friends would be there, so Jeni would know more than enough
people to keep her from feeling lonely. But a part of her dreaded the thought
of going without a date. Many of her college friends were either married or
engaged. Weddings were a great reminder that she was still so very far from
having one of her own.
Instead of
sulking to the wedding single, Jeni did what she inevitably did every time she
traveled back home to Ohio—she called Brian Hamilton. Brian and Jeni grew up
together. They had been best friends, but Brian had always been more than a
friend. He was Jeni’s sex addiction and perhaps one of the big reasons none of
her romantic relationships seemed capable of succeeding. She either compared
her boyfriend at the time to Brian or could not keep herself from fucking Brian
when she saw him.
“Hey, Jeni,”
Brian said. He answered the phone in his usual cheerful manner.
“Hey, Bri,”
Jeni replied. She was grateful to hear his voice, even though it had only been
a couple weeks since they had actually spoken. “How are you?”
“Usual. Busy
and bored,” he said with a laugh. Brian still lived in Canton Falls, Ohio,
their small town about an hour south of Cleveland. He was a CPA working for his
dad’s accounting firm, which consisted of Brian, his dad, and his older
brother, Phillip. Brian enjoyed the work itself. He was always a numbers kind
of guy. But living in Canton Falls could be suffocating. And Brian had made his
way through most of the local attractive female population.
“Maybe I can
brighten up your day and add some excitement. Would you want to meet me in
Cleveland this weekend and go to Bethany’s wedding with me? I’m flying in on
Friday evening.”
“You’ll be in
Ohio next weekend and I am just hearing about this now?” he asked, pretending
to be hurt. “Oh, wait! You must have broken up with dreamy Stevie, and now you
need a date for the wedding.”
“Cute, Brian.
And yes, I did.” He knew Jeni so well. Too well.
“Ha-ha,” he
said with a laugh. “I knew it wouldn’t last. Jeni Acerna does not take well to
being second fiddle. He’s a fool!”
“Thanks for the
positivity,” Jeni said. “So, you’ll come with me?” To be honest, Jeni could not
think of another person with whom she would rather spend the weekend.
“This is kind
of short notice,” he said. “You know my social calendar is jam-packed.” He
laughed. In their last conversation a couple weeks ago, Brian told her he had
taken Samantha Franklin out on a date. She was the much younger sister to one
of their high school classmates. Sam had had a crush on Brian since she was a
little girl. When asked how the date had gone, he chuckled and said there was
zero chance of them getting serious, but that it was fun to date a
twenty-one-year-old again.
“You already
have plans?” Jeni tried to disguise the disappointment in her voice.
“Tentatively,”
he said. “Besides, it would be nothing but trouble for us to see each other.”
“Why would you
say that?” she asked.
“Didn’t you say
you wanted to ‘cool things off’ between us?” he asked.
“I suppose I
did,” Jeni replied. She had made that request when she thought she and Stephen
might have a chance at a real relationship. Brian always complicated things,
because Jeni had an almost impossible time resisting him, and Jeni made regular
visits to Ohio to see her parents, siblings, and friends. Brian had not been
overly thrilled with the request, but he respected her and agreed to her
“cooling off.” Jeni could kick herself now for ever suggesting that to Brian.
There was little she wanted more than a dose of Brian Hamilton.
“Jeni, you know
you are to me what alcohol is to an alcoholic. When I am around you, I can
never get enough…no matter the situation.”
Jeni’s heart
skipped a beat at the fact that she still had such a profound sexual effect on
him. He, of course, still made her knees weak and her panties wet.
“I’d never be
able to keep it cooled off spending the weekend with you. You should know
that.”
And she did
know it. They had seen each other only twice since the cooling off began
several months ago, and both times were planned with many of their friends
around them so as to avoid the one-on-one time. Even then, they had a difficult
time keeping their hands off each other. She found his hand at the small of her
back or on her thigh during dinner. She couldn’t stop from ruffling his silky,
brown hair or nuzzling into his neck when they said goodbye.
They had had a
secret love affair or rather sex affair for years. But she knew that it had
never actually been a secret to anyone. They had known each other since they
were born. Their parents were good friends and had gone to high school together
in Canton Falls too. Since Jeni and Brian were fifteen, they had a magnetic
attraction to each other. Their sexual relationship started in high school,
continued through college, and carried on even after Jeni moved to Florida five
years ago for warmer weather and a job in hospitality marketing at a large
resort in Clearwater. Anytime she returned home to Ohio to visit her family and
friends, she and Brian found a way to be together. And when she saw Brian, Jeni
had an extremely difficult time not fucking him.
When they were
in high school, they had tried the boyfriend-girlfriend thing. At the time,
neither of them wanted a serious relationship, so they agreed to be friends
with benefits. Since then, they never approached the subject of a
“relationship” so as not to ruin the good thing they had. And it was good. Very
fucking good!
“Are you
turning me down because you might not be able to fuck me?” Jeni asked. Brian
laughed.
“Might not? I’m
turned on just thinking about being in the same room as you,” he said. “There
is no way either of us would get out of that hotel room not completely sated.”
“Maybe the
cooling off period can be over,” she teased. “Could we make a game out of it?”
A thought popped into her head that could make it a challenge. Brian could
hardly resist a challenge, especially against her.
“What kind of
game?” Brian asked, intrigued.
“Every time we
meet up, we are fucking within ten minutes,” Jeni said.
“It’s one of
the many pleasures of getting together with you.”
“I’m not saying
I don’t enjoy that aspect, because, of course, I do. But it might be fun to
restrain from our natural instinct even if just for a little bit. Let’s agree
not to have sex for the first twenty-four hours I’m in town. That still leaves
about forty-eight hours to play.”
“That’s such a
waste of twenty-four hours,” he said. “What do I get out of this?”
“The
challenge,” she replied. “I know you can’t last that long being in a hotel room
with me with nothing but our clothes separating us.” She heard him snicker on
the other end of the phone. Brian could never pass on a challenge. He was way
too competitive. “Whoever begs to be fucked first owes the other five hundred
dollars. So make sure you bring cash when you pick me up from the airport.”
Jeni knew they would not likely make the twenty-four hours, and she did not
mind coming home with a little extra cash.
“You know me
too well, Jeni,” he said. “I’m always up for a challenge. I’ve got you on this
one! You’ll be begging me to fuck you well before that twenty-four-hour period
is over. Keep the money in your bra. I’ll find it!”
I am a born and raised small town Ohio girl, who moved to the Sunshine State after graduating from college. I graduated with a bachelor's degree in English because I could not imagine doing anything else but reading and writing. It is such a pleasure to be able to share all the stories in my head!
In the journey of life, I also became a wife and a mother of three children. So, life is always an adventure. But the love of writing has never died.
My favorites: I love to read and write... obviously! But I also enjoy all sports, especially college football and the Ohio State Buckeyes! Go Steelers! Go Rays! I LOVE to travel... LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to travel. And I love sharing my love to travel with my children. I love to drink Teavana teas! I love a good glass of wine, especially if it comes from a bottle made by the FOOLS wine club… yep, I’m a member of that! ☺ I love hanging out with my family and my friends! Big fan of music, but love nothing better than putting on my jean shorts, tank top, cowboy boots and hat and watching Tim McGraw belt it out! I’m a sucker for a cowboy hat! ☺
Favorite quote: “If nothing ever changed, there would be no butterflies.”
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17 comments:
Thanks to Book Lovin' Mamas for hosting me today! I appreciate it! Jessica
Looks like an interesting book!
Interesting description of the story.
Thanks, Min a! It was a fun story to write.
Thanks, Olga!
That was good - thank you.
Thanks, Victoria.
ilike t he page the contest is on and then i love the info on the book thank you for it
Thanks for stopping by! :)
Love the excerpt! Can't wait to pick this one up :)
Thanks!!
Thanks, Stacey. Would love to hear your thoughts.
Wonderful excerpt! Can't wait to read the book.
Thanks, Sherry! Let me know what you think.
looks like a great read!
Thanks for the giveaway!
Thanks, Kathy for swinging by and visiting! When you get a chance to read More Than Friends, let me know what you think.
And thanks, Mimi, for stopping by! :)
Thank you so much!