Under the Hood

By Shady Grace

Andi Thomas has a problem. These days her boyfriend seems distant, and selfish in the bedroom. Add on the fact that he doesn’t respect her job as a mechanic because she’s a woman. To make matters worse, a gorgeous stranger moves in next door, and he’s everything her boyfriend isn’t. What’s a woman to do when she’s had enough?

When Darren Holloway discovers the fiery vixen next door is the very person he’s been looking for, he’s caught between his need to strike a business deal, and the immediate urge to have her. He finds himself falling for Andi fast . . . and finding interesting ways to convince the beautiful grease monkey that he’s the one thing she’ll never have to fix.

PUBLISHER NOTE: M/F Erotic Contemporary Romance. Short Story. 11,700 words.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Luminosity Publishing LLP
• Release date: Jul 30, 2020
• ISBN: 9781005325428

Shady Grace

Shady Grace makes Northern Ontario her home, where the bush is so thick you can’t see two feet past the tree line.Perhaps the mystery of the woods was what initially sparked her need to write. She adores strong alpha males who fall for fiery, independent women, in settings with humorous dialogue and action-filled plots.Shady believes love and sex should be exciting and unforgettable. Being able to write about it is better than cheesecake.Shady Grace is the new pen name to mutli-published erotic author, BL Bonita, who received a starred review from Publishers Weekly for her Interracial Western, Dark Sun Rising.

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UNDER THE HOOD

SHADY GRACE

Andi Thomas has a problem. These days her boyfriend seems distant, and selfish in the bedroom. Add on the fact that he doesn’t respect her job as a mechanic because she’s a woman. To make matters worse, a gorgeous stranger moves in next door, and he’s everything her boyfriend isn’t. What’s a woman to do when she’s had enough?

When Darren Holloway discovers the fiery vixen next door is the very person he’s been looking for, he’s caught between his need to strike a business deal, and the immediate urge to have her. He finds himself falling for Andi fast . . . and finding interesting ways to convince the beautiful grease monkey that he’s the one thing she’ll never have to fix.

PUBLISHER NOTE: Erotic Contemporary Romance. Short Story. 11,700 words.

UNDER THE HOOD

SHADY GRACE

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UNDER THE HOOD

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PROLOGUE

Come on, Eric. Just try it. Andi grasped Eric’s shoulders, tried to flip him beneath her, and ended up knocking her head against the shelf above the bed. Ow, fuck!

I told you this bed isn’t meant for you to be on top, Eric grumbled. You should’ve bought the other model, the bigger one. He braced one hand against the paneling that separated the bathroom from her bedroom in the twenty-four-foot motor home. The place had barely enough space to sleep never mind fuck properly.

He continued thrusting without finesse, or passion, his face contorting in pain and pleasure, before he stilled with a loud shout, and ended the race before it even started.

Andi couldn’t believe she allowed her sex life to remain in the hands of a man who cherished his own satisfaction above hers. Of all the useless things to do, pretending she was fine with it topped the list, and she was more disappointed in herself for that.

She gripped his shoulders and focused on the lines in the ceiling of her seasonal home, frustrated, knowing she could ease her tension with her fingers in a matter of minutes. Eric could barely bring her to orgasm at all.

With a low growl in the crook of her shoulder, Eric jerked above her. She didn’t give him a chance to enjoy it—why should she?—and pushed him away. He scowled at her while beads of sweat slid down his forehead as if he’d just stepped off a treadmill, or actually pleasured a woman.

What’s your problem? He crawled off the bed which spanned wall-to-wall at the very back of the motor home, and stood in the narrow hallway. He peeled the condom off and mumbled something about women. I’m sorry . . . it’ll happen next time.

Don’t worry about it. She snatched up her robe and shoved past him. He cursed behind her. It was high time Andi felt even the smallest amount of satisfaction in their sex life, and now that she thought about it, she wasn’t happy at all. If he couldn’t at least try to please her,