Sucking Candy: A Bad Boy Romance: Man Candy Series, #4

By Kylie Parker

Dylan Hawke 

Rich, bad boy, relying on daddy's money to play, travel and womanize. Black hair, blue eyes, tall, muscular, smartass. Deep down he is actually a nice guy who is insecure and therefore always does the leaving before he can be left. His dad threatens to cut him off if he doesn't marry a "good girl." Dylan loves fast cars and secretly dreams of racing stock cars, but his father forbids it because it isn't a worthy job. Dylan rebels at every turn against his father's strict ways. He owns a large mansion that is sparsely furnished because he is rarely there. He is set to inherit his father's massive real estate holdings and has completed a business degree at Harvard, although he skated by and didn't pay attention. 

Alexa Jenkins 

Is attending law school after getting her bachelors. She is working her way through law school. It is taking her longer than the typical seven years because she must work full time as an assistant to a high powered lawyer to pay her way through school. Alexa is petite, blonde hair, blue eyes, pretty, but hides it in frumpy clothes and little makeup most of the time. She is smart. She has no family in the world, having come up in the foster care system. She likes cooking in her free time. Has never been anywhere due to a lack of funds. She has had few boyfriends because she is focused on her career. Tends to be shy unless provoked and then she can be very opinionated. 

Dylan runs into Alexa at a coffee shop. He has already dated several women, none are worthy of marriage. He offers to get Alexa an interview with a high powered law firm if she will go out with him. They go on a couple of dates—he explains his need to get married ASAP. He offers to pay for her education as well as her first year of living expenses if she will marry him and remain married for at least three years. After that, they divorce, he inherits and they can go on their merry way. They fall in love, but neither are willing to admit it.... 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kylie Parker Romance
• Release date: Apr 7, 2019
• ISBN: 9781386308072

Book preview

Dylan

Iknow wooing is generally a little more suave than what I have managed to pull off in the last 24 hours, but I promise, I'm working on it. Even a man of the cloth would have struggled to deny that temptation. Alexa is the most desirable woman I have ever had the good fortune to run across.

From this moment forward, I will be the perfect gentleman. I will pour on the charm and convince her I am the man for her. She won't deny me by the time I show her what it is like to be with me.

I reach for my phone, step outside and close the French doors.

Blake picks up on the first ring, We are so fucked! he shouts in the phone.

Good morning to you too, Blake, I say in a flat tone.

You don't understand. We are losing ground very quick here. The tabloids have taken the story and embellished it to the point I don't even remember what it was about! he shouts again.

I take a deep breath. Blake is losing his shit. While he does tend to be a little dramatic, even this is a bit much for him.

Calm down, I say with more force in my voice than intended. What the hell has happened now?

There is a long exhale of breath, Your reputation is being completely smeared. One tabloid has an inside source that claims you are into some pretty kinky shit. Like kinkier than normal whips and chains. The source says you pick up women, like Alexa, take them to your special room and abuse them. They are forced to sign waivers before you set them free.

I don't say anything. What can I say? It is the most asinine thing I have ever heard.

The blogosphere claims you picked up Alexa yesterday and took her to your, and I quote, dungeon of delight.

I chuckle. If they only knew how close to the truth they really were. Blake and I are very close, but we don't discuss every sordid detail of our sex lives. It's for the best he doesn't know. Plausible deniability is the term, I believe. I like a little bondage. Big fucking deal. Any woman who has participated has been willing.

Hire a PR specialist. When you find one that works miracles, make this go away. I will do what I can on this end, I say, having a flash of being on that speeding train again.

Your end? Blake asks.

I sigh in frustration. He wants me to say it, I will do what I can to convince Alexa I am not a total piece of shit. I will wine and dine her and hopefully, she will agree to be my wife.

I can hear Blake smile, That will certainly help matters. We may need to have you and her give a few interviews, help clear up the rumors.

No, I say immediately. I am not dragging her into this.

She's already in it, Dylan. By the end of the day the press is going to have her chained to a wall in your basement somewhere, he says, not joking in the slightest.

Hire the PR person. I am going offline today. Don't call me. Have Daniel bring over some clothes for Alexa. Actually, have Mrs. Daniels pick up some things, in a size two. She'll know what to do, I say before ending the call. I don't have to sneak a peek at the tag on her skirt to know what size she is. I do have plenty of experience with ladies and I know a size two when I see one, even if it is buried under a mountain of fabric.

My head is spinning. Alexa has blown my world up. She owes me the way I see it. I'm a catch. She has to see that. A marriage to me would be great for her career and her finances. My mind whirs as I think of the prenup stipulations. I