An Inconvenient Lover

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Details

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Winner: RWAustralia’s Emma Darcy Award.
(Previous edition)

  • Now Available
  • MF contemporary romance
  • Pages: 268 in PDF
  • $2.99 in all electronic formats, and at all retailers.
  • $12.73 in all paperback formats, and at all retailers.

This story was original released in 2009 as “Eyes of a Stranger“. This current edition has been revised, with additional wordage, plus special features at the front and back of the story, including an explanation of how this special edition came into being: It is the “Author’s Edition.”

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Outline

When Anastasia’s fiancé’s best friend, David, returns to Seattle after years of living overseas, her nice, stable, orderly life is turned upside down.  In denial about her own nature and the truth about her parents’ notorious and flamboyant marriage, Anastasia shuts down her attraction toward David.  It would be too inconvenient to like him.

Even though digging up her family history will cause pain, David is determined to coax Anastasia’s true nature out of dormancy. But if Anastasia reverts to her real character, marriage to Hugh will become impossible, and David’s best friend will be hurt. And if David doesn’t succeed in setting Anastasia’s soul free, he will lose his own chance at winning her heart.

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Reviews

For the original edition:

I just finished this book. I read several nights until my eyes begged me to stop. I just about phoned in and played hookey from work. I loved this book! When you read emotional scenes between two people and your heart turns over, you know, that queer little ache in the region of your heart, then you know the author has got it right!

Reader Review from Bonnie Kyle

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But beyond a satisfying love story, it is a well-written book. The descriptions are rich and layered, adding texture to the story. The pacing wasn’t rushed or abruptly truncated. There is attention to craft, an awareness that the words matter. It reminded me of the way books used to be, when authors were allowed to tell their stories, not just fit some arbitrary page count. And it reminded me of why I fell in love with reading in the first place.

M.M. Gwynn for eBookConnections

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This book was a wonderful read. The emotions that Ms. Cooper-Posey wrung out of her characters were enough for me to keep turning pages to the very end. She dangled the happy ending like a carrot until the very last page.

Kathy Boswell for Romantic Times Magazine.

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Excerpt

An Excerpt From: AN INCONVENIENT LOVER
Copyright © TRACY COOPER-POSEY, 2012
All Rights Reserved

They could have remained balanced at that point for aeons, except that Anastasia knew she would be the first to break. So, deliberately, while she was still in control, she put her hands to his wrists and lifted them away from her. She could feel the tendons and bones beneath her fingers. “You had better go.” Her voice was a rough parody of her normal tone.

David nodded. “Yes.”

She moved toward the door.

A muffled groan sounded behind her. “No,” David muttered. His hand caught her arm and turned her back to face him and before she could protest his mouth came down upon hers, hard and insistent. She was gathered up into his arms.

“No…” It was a hollow protest, for her breath had locked in her chest, fighting with her heart, which had leapt into her throat.

His lips trailed down the long curve of her throat to the opening of her blouse. “You challenged me. Cool, calm and collected, not a moment of discomposure…” He grasped her waist and lifted her easily and turned and sat her on the desk, shoving files and paper aside.

“What are you doing?” she said, alarmed. He ran his hand along her leg and under the hem of her skirt. He pushed the skirt back to display the delicate lace edging of her slip and caressed the warm satiny silk. “You move with the grace of a dancer, did you know that? And I catch glimpses of this, mere glimpses and it makes me want to see more. I can imagine…” He reached up to unbutton her shirt and Anastasia shivered as he slid her loosened shirt off one shoulder, revealing the thin coral pink strap of her camisole.

“Ah,” he murmured. “You’re driving me slowly insane, Anastasia.” He lowered his head and kissed her bare shoulder, his thick dark hair brushing against her cheek and throat. His hand pushed the silky slip higher, revealing the sensitive bare skin of her thigh above her stocking top. She shivered again as he caressed the skin.

“David…” she whispered achingly. She half closed her eyes as he stroked his hands along the length of her legs.

“I know,” he replied, answering her unspoken plea. He lowered her to the desk, one hand pushing aside everything on the desk top, the other lowering her down onto the leather inlay. He kissed her again, his heavy body pressed against her, his lips hot and hungry against her skin.

As his hands loosened her clothing and explored her body she struggled to hold onto the vague worry of being discovered but the contest of will-sapping lethargy and the thrill of his lovemaking drove it from her mind. She found herself responding with no coherent thought, her hands and mouth encouraging him.

He pulled her thigh up tight against his hip, allowing her to feel his arousal against her. His eyes glittered as she looked up at him. She moistened her lips, feeling their bruised tenderness with the pointed tip of her tongue.

He closed his eyes. “Heaven help me,” he groaned. He lowered his head to the tender skin at the base of her throat, sank his lips and teeth into the gentle slope at the top of her breasts. His hands fumbled with the tiny pearl buttons on the camisole and she could feel their trembling. Then, impatiently, he tugged and the buttons popped and slid undone, the filmy lace giving way with a soft rip.

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