Excerpt Reveal: Switch by Adriana Locke
Title: Switch
Series: Landry Family #3
Author: Adriana Locke
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Release Date: February 20, 2017
Mallory Sims is late for her first day
of work.
After spilling her tea, she discovers
she has no gas in her car. Add that her arm keeps sticking to her
dress from syrup left on the console of her car, flustered feels like
an understatement.
Then she sees her new boss.
Graham Landry is the epitome of NSFW in
his custom-fit suit, black-rimmed glasses, and a look so stern her
libido doesn’t stand a chance. Being flustered is just the start of
her problems.
Her punctuality is only the start of
his. With a pink slip in hand, he’s been waiting on his new
secretary to show up only to let her go. Then she rushes in with her
doe eyes and rambling excuses, smelling like bacon and lavender. The
termination paper falls to the side as she falls in his arms.
This is a disaster in the making. Not
because of his pinpoint exactness or her free spirit, but because
when they’re together, the sparks that fly threaten to burn the
whole place down.
Switch will be available in Kindle
Unlimited
on release day
We both know we aren’t just talking
about a moved stapler or a mishmash of files. As that really sets in,
the air around us gets heavier. Hotter. Hazardous.
“Those things always lead to
dangerous situations,” he says, his eyes trained on me.
I shift in my seat, the throb between
my legs growing stronger by the second. “People do it every day and
survive.”
“They may survive, but don’t things
get messy?”
“Only if they do it right.”
His chair flies backwards and he’s to
his feet and next to me before I know what’s happening. He doesn’t
ask that I stand, but he doesn’t have to. It’s implied and my
body reacts accordingly to his silent command.
We stand face-to-face, our breathing
ragged. Our chests heave with the anticipation, the possibility, of
what might come next.
“You are, quite possibly, the most
dangerous of them all,” he says, his voice rough.
“Why is that?” I breathe.
“There’s no plan for you.”
“But you’ve already penciled me in,
haven’t you, Graham?” I ask, finding the courage to play this
little game with him. Being strictly professional is incredibly hard,
and this is way too easy.
I can flirt with the best of them in a
bar or on a college campus. But here, with him, it’s a game all its
own. A level I had no idea I’d ever be a contender in. Maybe I’m
not, but I’m going to play the hell out of it while I’m here …
even though if I keep it up, I might not be here for long.
“What do you want, Mallory?”
“I want to do all the things you ask
of me and do them better than you ever expected they could be done.”
A rumble emits from his throat as his
eyes darken. My knees go weak and I grab the table with my left hand
to ensure I don’t fall.
He licks his lips and flips his gaze to
my mouth. I think I whimper as I lift my chin, waiting to see what he
does next. My entire body is on fire for this man, my heart thumping
so hard I’m sure he can hear it.
He moves so my back is pressed against
the table, our food long forgotten. His hands are on either side of
me, caging me in. Our eyes locked together, he leans in, a slow smirk
spreading across his gorgeous face.
“Excuse me, Mr. Landry. Ford is here
to see you,” Raza chirps through the line.
We exhale simultaneously, a giggle
escaping with mine. There’s nothing funny about this, but the
energy has to come out in some way.
“Mr. Landry?” she asks again.
“I’ll be right out. Thank you,
Raza.”
“Oh, you’re so welcome, sir.” The
line clicks off and Graham marches across the room and punches a
button. The light on top indicates he’s not to be disturbed.
I busy myself with cleaning up our
lunch, and before he’s at my side again, I have everything bundled
up.
“Thanks for lunch,” I say like
nothing just happened.
“Mallory …” He runs his hand
through his hair, leaving one lock sticking up. Knowing what that
will look like if we walk out together, I reach up, hesitating for a
split second, before smoothing it out.
His hair is silky against my fingers.
He jumps when I touch him at first, but doesn’t back away. “What
are you doing?”
“Nothing went on in here. I refuse
for it to look like something did. That’s the way rumors get
spread, Mr. Landry.”
“Mallory, I …”
I get a final look at his face, reach
up and straighten his tie as his eyes go wide, then turn towards the
door. “I’ll send Ford in.”
“Mallory!”
“Yeah?” I turn to see him over my
shoulder. He’s standing by the table, his hands in his pockets
looking frazzled. When he doesn’t respond, I place my hand on the
knob. “I’ll have that file back to you before I leave today.
Thanks again for lunch.”
I walk out before I can change my mind.
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USA Today Bestselling author Adriana
Locke lives and breathes books. After years of slightly obsessive
relationships with the flawed bad boys created by other authors,
Adriana has created her own.
She resides in the Midwest with her
husband, sons, and two dogs. She spends a large amount of time
playing with her kids, drinking coffee, and cooking. You can find her
outside if the weather's nice and there's always a piece of candy in
her pocket.
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