What happens when a marriage is not made in heaven but in a contract?

I love writing about tortured heroes. They are always so flawed that there's plenty of room for the heroine to redeem them. And of course, they are always alpha, hot and so yummylicious. So meet Cole Cassidy, the flawed hero of The Bargain. Life has dealt him a terrible blow and he's chosen a strange way to deal with it. For Tara McKee, who has sworn never to marry again, the contract with Cole is an excellent idea, giving ehr the ebst of all worlds. But little did these two people realize they were sharing erotic dreams and that living together was a ticking time bomb.
Blurb:
Lara McKee‘s life came to a crashing halt the night her husband was killed in a carjacking and she lost their unborn child. Now she channels all her energy into her job as assistant to Cole Cassidy, sexy CEO of Alamo Construction. Cole’s own life is a mess. A shotgun marriage based on a lie and the fiery death of his wife on the highway have left him with a child to raise that’s a constant reminder of his first wife’s lies and deceit. Both of them have written marriage out of their future.
But Cole desperately needs someone to mother the child and take charge of his personal life. When he proposes a marriage of convenience to Lara, who still yearns for motherhood, she shocks herself by accepting. And so these two people, carrying a van load of emotional baggage, begin to build a life together under almost impossible circumstances. Conflict builds over the child, whom Lara falls in love with at once and Cole ignores.
Beneath the daily conflict, love unexpectedly begins to grow. But at the moment they dare to explore their feelings, anger over the child erupts and the night turns into a disaster that nearly destroys the marriage. Slowly, bit by bit, they begin to re build their relationship, carefully nurturing these new feelings. But it takes another near-tragedy before they can finally get past the hurdles to complete happiness and truly become a family.
Excerpt:
“You’re so beautiful.” In her dream, he was lying beside her, his hand mapping her body with gentle strokes. “I love your nipples, the way they feel when I put my lips around them.”
She felt the familiar flutters in her pussy, the surge of liquid inside the swollen, pink folds. His fingers danced through the curls surrounding her sex then dipped into her slit, finally probing at the entrance to her wet channel.
“Spread your legs for me.” His voice was hoarse, thick with lust.
She complied, but at the same time reached for his shaft, its thickness burning against her thigh. When she wrapped her fingers around its length, his breath hissed through his teeth.
“Do that too much, and we’ll be over before we start.”
She slowly slid her fingers from root to tip then raised her hand and moved it across his chest. She loved the soft feel of the fine hair covering his hard muscles, and she twisted her fingers through it.
“You feel so good,” she murmured, heat building inside her like a fire spiraling out of control.
“So do you. And you taste good, too.”
He shifted his position and dipped his head between her thighs, his tongue lapping the trail his fingers had traced on her slit. When he reached her clit and rasped back and forth across the tip, her body began to shake with need. He teased her with his tongue, tormented her, while one hand reached for a breast and fingers lightly pinched a nipple.
Her orgasm gathered deep inside her, and she pushed at his head.
“Inside me,” she whispered. “I want you inside me.”
He gave her cunt one last lick then reached for the condom on the bedside table. Sheathing himself, he moved into position, lifted her with his hands and plunged inside her with a swift stroke. The first flutters of orgasm clutched at him, drawing him deeper inside her. Tara wound her legs around him, locking them at the base of his spine and arching herself to ride his pulsing cock.
“I can’t last.” His breathing was harsh, uneven.
“I’m there.” She moaned his name.
His eyes, dark with lust, bored into hers. “Now, Tara. Now.”
He thrust one last time, a powerful movement, and they exploded together, shudders racking her as his body stiffened. She felt him spurt through the thin latex sheath and pressed his rigid body harder against her.
He rode her through the aftershocks, gasping for breath himself and…

Tara sat up in bed, heart racing. Once again she’d fallen into an erotic dream. Her body was covered with perspiration, her hand again between her legs. Panicked, she leaped out of bed and raced for the bathroom, turning the shower on and stepping into it. As she let the cool spray beat down on her body, she was thankful she’d closed her door. In her own home, she slept with it open, but here, she wanted the privacy. She could just imagine Cole’s reaction if he stumbled on her little performance. The bargain would be ended before it even began.

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