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Pure Wicked: A Wicked Lovers Novella (1001 Dark Nights)

Pure Wicked

A Wicked Lovers Novella

By Shayla Black

 

 

1001 Dark Nights

 

 

 

Pure Wicked

A Wicked Lovers Novella

Copyright 2015 Shelley Bradley LLC

ISBN: 978-1-940887-60-9

 

Foreword: Copyright 2014 M. J. Rose

 

Published by Evil Eye Concepts, Incorporated

 

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission. Please do not participate in or encourage piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author’s rights.

 

This is a work of fiction. Names, places, characters and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination and are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or establishments is solely coincidental.

 

Book Description

Pure Wicked: A Wicked Lovers Novella

 

During his decade as an international pop star, Jesse McCall has lived every day in the fast lane. A committed hedonist reveling in amazing highs, globetrotting, and nameless encounters, he refuses to think about his loneliness or empty future. Then tragedy strikes.

 

Shocked and grieving, he sheds his identity and walks away, searching for peace. Instead, he finds Bristol Reese, a no-nonsense beauty scraping to keep her business afloat while struggling with her own demons. He’s intent on seducing her, but other than a pleasure-filled night, she’s not interested in a player, especially after her boyfriend recently proposed to her sister. In order to claim Bristol, Jesse has to prove he’s not the kind of man he’s always been. But when she learns his identity and his past comes back to haunt him, how will he convince her that he’s a changed man who wants nothing more than to make her his forever?

 

About Shayla Black

Shayla Black is the
New York Times
and
USA Today
bestselling author of more than forty novels. For over fifteen years, she’s written contemporary, erotic, paranormal, and historical romances via traditional, independent, foreign, and audio publishers. Her books have sold well over a million copies and been published in a dozen languages.

Raised an only child, Shayla occupied herself with lots of daydreaming, much to the chagrin of her teachers. In college, she found her love for reading and realized that she could have a career publishing the stories spinning in her imagination. Though she graduated with a degree in Marketing/Advertising and embarked on a stint in corporate America to pay the bills, her heart has always been with her characters. She’s thrilled that she’s been living her dream as a full-time author for the past seven years.

Shayla currently lives in North Texas with her wonderfully supportive husband, her teenage daughter, and a very spoiled cat. In her “free” time, she enjoys reality TV, reading, and listening to an eclectic blend of music.

 

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Also from Shayla Black/Shelley Bradley

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EROTIC ROMANCE

 

The Wicked Lovers

Wicked Ties

Decadent

Delicious

Surrender To Me

Belong To Me

“Wicked to Love” (novella)

Mine To Hold

“Wicked All The Way” (novella)

Ours To Love

Wicked and Dangerous

“Forever Wicked” (novella)

Theirs To Cherish

Wicked All Night

His to Take

Coming Soon:

Pure Wicked (e-novella)

Wicked for You (October 6, 2015)

 

Sexy Capers

Bound And Determined

Strip Search

“Arresting Desire” – Hot In Handcuffs Anthology

 

The Perfect Gentlemen (by Shayla Black and Lexi Blake

Scandal Never Sleeps

Seduction in Session (January 5, 2106)

Big Easy Temptation (May 3, 2016)

 

Masters Of Ménage (by Shayla Black and Lexi Blake)

Their Virgin Captive

Their Virgin’s Secret

Their Virgin Concubine

Their Virgin Princess

Their Virgin Hostage

Their Virgin Secretary

Their Virgin Mistress

Their Virgin Bride (spring/summer 2016)

 

Doms Of Her Life (by Shayla Black, Jenna Jacob, and Isabella LaPearl)

One Dom To Love

The Young And The Submissive

The Bold and The Dominant

The Edge of Dominance (winter/spring 2016)

 

Stand Alone Titles

Naughty Little Secret
(as Shelley Bradley)

Watch Me
(as Shelley Bradley)

Dangerous Boys And Their Toy

“Her Fantasy Men” – Four Play Anthology

 

PARANORMAL ROMANCE

 

The Doomsday Brethren

Tempt Me With Darkness

“Fated” (e-novella)

Seduce Me In Shadow

Possess Me At Midnight

“Mated” – Haunted By Your Touch Anthology

Entice Me At Twilight

Embrace Me At Dawn

 

HISTORICAL ROMANCE (as Shelley Bradley)

 

The Lady And The Dragon

One Wicked Night

Strictly Seduction

Strictly Forbidden

 

Brothers in Arms

His Lady Bride, Brothers in Arms (Book 1)

His Stolen Bride, Brothers in Arms (Book 2)

His Rebel Bride, Brothers in Arms (Book 3)

 

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE (as Shelley Bradley)

A Perfect Match

 

 

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Table of Contents

 

Book Description

About Shayla Black

Also from Shayla Black

Foreword

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Also From 1001 Dark Nights

An excerpt from Wicked for You by Shayla Black

Special Thanks

 

One Thousand and One Dark Nights

Once upon a time, in the future…

 

I was a student fascinated with stories and learning.

I studied philosophy, poetry, history, the occult, and

the art and science of love and magic. I had a vast

library at my father’s home and collected thousands

of volumes of fantastic tales.

 

I learned all about ancient races and bygone

times. About myths and legends and dreams of all

people through the millennium. And the more I read

the stronger my imagination grew until I discovered

that I was able to travel into the stories... to actually

become part of them.

 

I wish I could say that I listened to my teacher

and respected my gift, as I ought to have. If I had, I

would not be telling you this tale now.

But I was foolhardy and confused, showing off

with bravery.

 

One afternoon, curious about the myth of the

Arabian Nights, I traveled back to ancient Persia to

see for myself if it was true that every day Shahryar

(Persian:
شهریار,
“king”) married a new virgin, and then

sent yesterday's wife to be beheaded. It was written

and I had read, that by the time he met Scheherazade,

the vizier's daughter, he’d killed one thousand

women.

 

Something went wrong with my efforts. I arrived

in the midst of the story and somehow exchanged

places with Scheherazade – a phenomena that had

never occurred before and that still to this day, I

cannot explain.

 

Now I am trapped in that ancient past. I have

taken on Scheherazade’s life and the only way I can

protect myself and stay alive is to do what she did to

protect herself and stay alive.

 

Every night the King calls for me and listens as I spin tales.

And when the evening ends and dawn breaks, I stop at a

point that leaves him breathless and yearning for more.

And so the King spares my life for one more day, so that

he might hear the rest of my dark tale.

 

As soon as I finish a story... I begin a new

one... like the one that you, dear reader, have before

you now.

 

Chapter One

May - Austin, Texas

 

Wasn’t regret a bitch? In fact, Jesse McCall couldn’t remember another time in his life when it had come off its leash and humped his leg so thoroughly.

As he emerged from the modern, mostly glass hotel, flashbulbs burst in his face, blinding him. He paused as reporters shouted questions his way. Beside him, his shark of a publicist, Candia, barked “no comment” in a nonstop loop as she led him to the waiting limo at the end of the crowded walk.

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