Lord's New Year's Caress

By M.R. Kelly

Luna Alvarado loves her life. She runs a tea shop in the French Quarter of New Orleans that’s been in the family for years and is named after her grandmother. She’s developed a relationship with her customers and neighbors and built a beautiful life full of friends and exotic tea blends.

When a predatory corporate chain tea shop moves in just across the way, it undercuts her prices, steals her customers, and reduces her profits. When she’s approached with an offer to buy her out, she reluctantly agrees and schedules a business closing party for New Year's weekend.

When the party is crashed by Niall Lord, the owner of the chain of shops, things get awkward, but the alcohol continues to flow. Luna discovers a new definition of awkward when she wakes up in bed with Lord and he propositions her...become his fiancé and shield against man-hungry women around him. In exchange, he will return her shop and become a silent partner.

Can Luna keep the lie going long enough to save her shop? Can she stay in a phony arrangement without losing her heart?

Lord’s New Year's Caress is an erotic romantic comedy with everything at stake.

• Language: English
• Publisher: eXtasy Books Inc
• Release date: Jan 12, 2020
• ISBN: 9781487427610

M.R. Kelly

Melinda Kelly (Melliar) works as a Nursing Instructor at the local community college. Began reading at an early age and soon put pencil to paper for her first story at age 6. After years of working as a nurse and telling her stories to children in the Pediatric ward, she penned a child's book for her granddaughter Tori "Victoria Bee." Melinda spends the year divided between her home in Scotland, El Paso, Texas and wherever internationally her husbands job transfers him. She is a confirmed romantic and gets her inspiration from the love of her life John. Caulbear's Stone is the first of a four part series that will take place in locations around the world. Come join her on her journey with her favorite hero's.

Book preview

Love... it can begin in the most unusual of circumstances. At least that’s what Luna Alvarado finds out when her friend’s roofie places Niall Lord in her bed.

Luna Alvarado loves her life. She runs a tea shop in the French Quarter of New Orleans that’s been in the family for years and is named after her grandmother. She’s developed a relationship with her customers and neighbors and built a beautiful life full of friends and exotic tea blends.

When a predatory corporate chain tea shop moves in just across the way, it undercuts her prices, steals her customers, and reduces her profits. When she’s approached with an offer to buy her out, she reluctantly agrees and schedules a business closing party for New Year’s weekend.

When the party is crashed by Niall Lord, the owner of the chain of shops, things get awkward, but the alcohol continues to flow. Luna discovers a new definition of awkward when she wakes up in bed with Lord and he propositions her... become his fiancé and shield against man-hungry women around him. In exchange, he will return her shop and become a silent partner.

Can Luna keep the lie going long enough to save her shop? Can she stay in a phony arrangement without losing her heart?

Lord’s New Year’s Caress is an erotic romantic comedy with everything at stake.

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Lord’s New Year’s Caress

Copyright © 2019 M.R. Kelly

ISBN: 978-1-4874-2761-0

Cover art by Martine Jardin

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Lord’s New Year’s Caress

Caresses Book 3

By

M.R. Kelly

Dedication

Special thanks to John Kelly, my Scottish Warrior, for the long nights of keeping me company while I read and reread my manuscript, and to everyone who encouraged me to go after my dreams.

Sam, my son and anchor, who actively promote my works. Thanks for having the patience and not blushing when reading my books. I also want to thank eXtasy editors for helping me refine my created worlds through the chaos.

Chapter One

Cecelia Luna Alvarado, Luna to her friends, squinted against the harsh light beating against her half-closed lids. Her head lay on a thick arm, and another arm had her enclosed and pulled flush against the hard planes of a strong chest snuggled tightly against her waist. Luna flexed her fingers and spanned them across a muscular lower back, feeling the warm skin beneath her palm. She struggled to open her eyes again, but the pounding inside her head was like hammers banging against the inner walls of her skull, making her close her eyes against the pain.

Yep, dreaming, she moaned and turned over. Luna’s stomach gurgled, rumbled, churned, and burned with a sharp, radiating pain. Nausea slowly crept up her throat, threatening to spew from her lips. Her throat was rough and scratchy, like a cactus in need of wet, cool relief. Luna moaned. Her head was one big throb, and as she tried to raise it, the pain exploded. Luna’s eyes refused to focus and she felt as if she had