Adam & Evil

By Jaid Black

Julia Cameron wants to settle down with a sensitive, New Age soul of a man—one not afraid to show his emotions. Her father's protégé, the dominant and coldly calculating Samuel Ian Adam, is everything she doesn't want in a husband. When a plane crash leaves Julia stranded on a deserted island with the man her father wants her to marry, she discovers there's more to the business powerhouse than meets the eye.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jaid Black
• Release date: May 7, 2020
• ISBN: 9781370281695

Jaid Black

Jaid Black is the founder and driving force of Ellora's Cave Publishing, the award-winning online source for erotic literature. She is also the founder and publisher of Lady Jaided, a sexy new magazine for women. Her novella "Hunter's Right" appears in the collection Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down, and her novel Deep, Dark & Dangerous is forthcoming from Pocket Books in March 2006. Vistit her on the web at www.jaidblack.com.

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Copyright © 2005 by Jaid Black.

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Adam & Evil

By Jaid Black

Chapter One

May I be blunt?

Can I stop you?

No.

Then by all means…

Julia Cameron’s gaze narrowed thoughtfully as she deigned to engage in eye contact with her father’s protégé. Forty-year-old Samuel Adam was the man her father wanted her to date and, as he’d told her in no uncertain terms, eventually marry. It was just like the old goat to attempt to force someone into her life who was so much like himself.

A rigid, unsmiling, tyrannical, emotionally frigid robot who no doubt bled oil in lieu of blood.

Thanks, Dad, but no thanks.

At thirty-one, Julia was unlikely to change. If she ever settled down—a very tentative if—it would be with a sensitive soul of a male. The sort of guy who didn’t cower away from his feelings, worrying that such a show of vulnerability was emasculating. He would be everything that, God love him, her father had never been.

I’m waiting, Samuel murmured, his voice measured.

A feral smile enveloped her face as she chose her words carefully. Everything about the man was even keel and firmly in control. His dark hair was perfectly cropped just above the ears, his suit impeccable wool and cashmere herringbone. He’d probably never raised his voice to anyone in his entire life. He didn’t have to. Those intense green eyes and that stoic face innately commanded respect. The son of a bitch needed to be rattled.

You are, without a doubt, the biggest jackass I’ve ever had the displeasure of sitting next to on an airplane, Julia told him.

A lie, perhaps, but better to make him hate her and leave her alone than lead the guy on. Pointing to a bottle of Samuel Adams brand beer that a passenger an aisle over was drinking, she batted her eyelashes.

Furthermore, your name is one S away from being appalling. Samuel Adam? You sound like a drink, for heaven’s sake! She waved a hand magnanimously in the air between them. I wouldn’t date you if you were the last man on earth. No offense.

None taken.

Julia frowned at the casual amusement in his tone. That wasn’t the reaction she’d been going for. Men tended to become angry and feel aggrieved in such a situation. She’d been