Release Day Launch! Tripped Out (Blacktop Cowboys #8.5) by Lorelei James @InkSlingerPR @LoreleiJames

From New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Lorelei James, comes TRIPPED OUT, a new novella in her Blacktop Cowboys Series , brought to you by 1,001 Dark Nights! Be sure to grab your copy today!

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Excerpt:The first rule of being a prankster?A killer poker face.And Stirling Gradsky had that down pat.The second rule of being a prankster?Learn your opponent’s weak spots.Maybe Stirling didn’t have that rule down entirely. Her pranking prey, Dr. Liam Argent, remained as much a mystery now as he’d been when he’d waltzed into High Society ten months ago and declared himself emperor.Okay, maybe not emperor, but he definitely acted like the laboratory was his private kingdom.His appearance hadn’t been a surprise. Stirling’s brother Macon, her business partner in High Society—a cannabis operation that included a retail store, a medical dispensary, and an onsite grow house—had informed her that he’d hired a guy from California, a cannabis expert, to work in the lab.After dealing in euphemisms regarding all things cannabis related, Stirling believed “the lab” was Macon’s shorthand for the grow house. She imagined the California dude to be an older version of the iconic stoner character Spicoli from Fast Times at Ridgemont High.Turned out she had been wrong on both accounts.Macon had indeed meant he’d created a full-blown, state of the art laboratory, complete with a beefed up security system for their resident cannabis expert. And the “dude from California” turned out to be Dr. Liam Argent, stuffed shirt extraordinaire, with advanced degrees up the wazoo.The man drove her crazy.Crazy.From day one he’d refused to tell her what he was working on in his fancy-ass lab. When she’d complained to Macon about Dr. Argent’s secretive manner, he’d instructed her to leave Dr. Argent alone.Her brother may as well have waved a red flag in front of her.She’d tried being friendly…to no avail.She’d tried being bossy…to no avail.She’d tried every “employee relations improvement” tactic she’d learned in her years in the corporate world…to no avail.Hence her oh-so-mature decision to prank him until he cracked. She’d worked with men like him before. At least if you got them angry enough, they’d yell at you, which nine times out of ten led to an actual conversation.Except Dr. Argent hadn’t shown the slightest chink in his armor. In fact, he’d joined in on her prankfest and one-upped her on occasion.Which was why today’s prank ranked as one of the better ones he’d pulled on her.It was also why Stirling was massively annoyed.




Published on September 12, 2017 06:30
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