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Release Date 06\/01\/2014<\/strong><\/p>\n ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n You know how it ends, now see how it all began\u2026<\/p>\n “It doesn’t matter how many women touch this body, only one woman has ever touched this soul.”<\/p>\n Ryan Pierce doesn\u2019t come from much, doesn\u2019t ask for much, and doesn\u2019t expect much. And he’s come to accept that, until, Alana Remington. Alana is the girl who struck the match that lit his world on fire. She’s the girl who opened his eyes to more. Who made him believe that just because you have nothing, doesn’t mean you are nothing. And he loves her fiercely for it. But, just because you come together, doesn’t mean you stay together. One fateful decision rips Ryan and Alana apart and neither of them are ever the same again.<\/p>\n For five years he’s regretted that decision, but the deep seeded anger, shame and resentment has kept him from reaching out. And over those five years, a series of moments have spun Ryan’s world in a direction he never saw coming. A world ruled by endless nights, infinite women and the name Jack the Stripper. A world, unbeknownst to him, that may just let two severed hearts collide.<\/p>\n Purchase Stripped From You:<\/strong><\/p>\n ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/strong><\/p>\n Marissa Carmel’s Bio:<\/strong><\/p>\n ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/strong><\/p>\n Marissa Carmel’s Web Tracks:<\/strong><\/p>\n Website<\/a> | Facebook<\/a> | Twitter<\/a> | Goodreads<\/a> | Amazon Author Page<\/a> | Pinterest<\/a><\/p>\n ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/strong><\/p>\n Marissa Carmel on All The Things Inbetween:<\/strong><\/p>\n ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/strong><\/p>\n Stripped From Me Excerpt:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cDo you trust me?\u201d ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/strong> (Follow all the updates for this blog by visiting and liking the All The Things Inbetween<\/a> Facebook page.)<\/strong><\/p>\n All The Things Ali Web Tracks:<\/strong> Google+<\/a> | Twitter<\/a> | Pinterest<\/a> | Instagram<\/a> | Shelfari<\/a> | Goodreads<\/a> | Last.fm<\/a> | Stumbleupon<\/a> | LinkedIn<\/a> | Camp NaNoWriMo 2014<\/a> …And I am always looking for new friends on Bingo Blitz, everyone but kittens need apply.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Release Date 06\/01\/2014 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6132,"url":"https:\/\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/14\/mug-shots-two-more-sutherlands-griffin-and-jaxson\/","url_meta":{"origin":2796,"position":0},"title":"Mug Shots: Two more Sutherlands; Griffin and Jaxson","date":"2016-03-14","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm slowly making my way through the anthology because I've had a crazy few weeks. 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Marissa Carmel has been writing since a young age and although it has always been for personal enjoyment, she finally decided breakout and share her imagination with the world. She hopes that her universe is as fun and intriguing to her readers as it is to her. Marissa Carmel is originally from NJ but moved to Maryland several years ago, she enjoys reading, writing, and catching up on her ever growing DVR library. She is currently working on the sequel to iFeel, Gravitational Pull and the third and final installment of the Vis Vires trilogy, Constellation.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cOf course not, I just met you.\u201d
\n\u201cThen how about giving me the benefit of the doubt?\u201d
\nShe raises an eyebrow at me, and before I give her a chance to respond I slam the shot then\u00a0pull her face to mine. And as my mouth covers hers, heat rapidly spreads through my body.\u00a0She\u2019s momentarily stunned. Her body is rigid against me, but then she relaxes, parts her lips\u00a0and lets the tart liquid slide into her mouth.
\nI can\u2019t believe I just did that.<\/em>
\nI can\u2019t believe she just let me.
\n<\/em>After she swallows, she lets her lips linger, sucking up the taste of the sweet shot, causing my\u00a0nervous system to shift into hyper-drive. We break apart slowly, but I refuse to let go of the\u00a0nape of her neck. She just stares up at me with these enthralling eyes I know I\u2019ll never be able\u00a0to resist.
\n\u201cDo you always break the rules?\u201d she asks.
\n\u201cNo, not usually, but you seem to make me want to do crazy things.\u201d
\n\u201cWas that crazy?\u201d
\n\u201cLet\u2019s do it again and find out.\u201d
\nI lick my lower lip, tasting the sweet remnants of her lip gloss before I drop another shot. I\u00a0pause for just a beat before I lean down and press my mouth back to hers and let the alcohol\u00a0flow between us. I flick my tongue against her teeth right before I pull away. I shouldn\u2019t like this so much, but I do. I like the way she looks, the way she feels, the way she smells. There\u2019s\u00a0something about her, something ventilating; like she oxygenates the atmosphere.
\nI catch the cool beats to a song I recognize pumping though the air. \u201cDo you want to dance?\u201d I\u00a0ask her.
\n\u201cYou can dance?\u201d
\n\u201cThere\u2019s only one thing I can do better.\u201d I smirk.
\nAlana cocks her eyebrow suggestively.
\n\u201cDraw.\u201d I fire back. \u201cThe only thing I can do better is draw. Dirty girl.\u201d I tease as I grab her hand\u00a0and lead her out to the dance floor knowing Mac will look after our drinks.
\nOnce we find a comfortable spot, I start to move to the smooth rhythm, leaving a little room\u00a0between us so it doesn’t feel like I\u2019m forcing myself on her. Drake sings coolly about hot love\u00a0and affection as we move in sync to the beat, our bodies brushing and grazing as the music\u00a0plays on, then finally coming together in a comfortable unison. I wrap one hand around her\u00a0waist as I roll my hips into hers, pressing our bodies as close as they can possibly get. Alana\u00a0runs her hands up my chest and hooks her arms lightly around my neck keeping tempo with the\u00a0music. She moves lithely against me, inducing my heart, thoughts, and pulse to race. Fuck, I\u2019m\u00a0drowning in want for this girl<\/em>. I slide my hands up under her shirt and caress the smooth, soft\u00a0skin of her lower back as she nuzzles her face into my neck, her warm breath skating across my\u00a0collarbone, making me instantly hard.
\nDamn.
\nShe lifts her head and meets my stare, which I know is filled with lust and unrepentantly\u00a0wanton. She bites her lower lip, our bodies still jiving to the slow seductive music. In a brazen\u00a0move, I slip my hand up the back of her bare thigh and cup her ass cheek under the hem of\u00a0her short shorts. She gasps as I work my fingers against her, massaging the fleshy part of her\u00a0bottom. I\u2019m absolutely aching being this close to her, touching her, stroking her, grinding\u00a0against her.
\n\u201cAre you sure drawing is the only thing you can do better?\u201d she pants in my ear.<\/p>\n
\nIf you are an Indie author and you would like to be part of the All The Things Inbetween Weekly Indie Word Slinger Project 2014<\/a> I\u2019d love to hear from you! Contact me via email<\/a> after reading the requirements and details on the Just The Facts, Ma\u2019am<\/a> post. All dates are scheduled on a first collected, first claimed basis. Get your packet into me early to claim your slot to be a Word Slinger!<\/strong><\/p>\n