Release Day & Giveaway: Fate Accompli by MM Jaye
Fate
Accompli
Aegean
Lovers # 1
By:
M.M. Jaye
Releasing
November 21st,
2014
Self-Published
Blurb
Monica
Mitchell flies all the way from Boston to Athens, Greece, not to get
a tan but a very specific job. Because besides an MBA, this
twenty-four-year old has a mission: to prove to Alex Argiros, the
gorgeous Greek magnate, that she has now grown out of the habit of
flashing her underwear and looking like a zombie flick castoff … in
the presence of hundreds.
The
catch? She has to hide who she is. Thankfully, not having seen him
since her early teens helps, and soon she gets all she wants and so
much more. Not only does Alex not connect his highly qualified new
assistant to the disaster magnate of his distant past, but apart from
his admiration, he also offers her his heart.
Now,
Monica has a new mission: to keep it forever. But first she has to
come clean before he finds out her connection to the bane of his
existence. Because if he does, he’ll rightfully assume she plays
the part of the Trojan Horse, and then he’ll shed the sleek
businessman exterior, letting his hot-blooded Greek nature take over.
She
knows he could destroy her.
She
knows, yet she needs just a little longer to savor his searing
kisses…
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The
sky was full of dark pregnant clouds. A wicked wind had suddenly
picked up, and Alex saw the leafy tops of the ancient oaks and elms
of Richmond Park whisking incongruously following its capricious
behest.
He’d
asked his driver to simply drive and not stop anywhere. They’d been
going around London for over two hours, but it was still hard for him
to face his empty apartment.
He had
asked her to leave.
He
knew the potential and the potency of their chemistry, and he’d
wanted more than anything to explore it to the fullest.
But
this newest development was not a mere stalling or yet another shadow
cast over the exit of the “tunnel”. This was a wrecking ball that
blasted through the tunnel, crumpled the exit and trapped him in for
good.
And
the lead ball was now sitting on his chest. He felt like Sisyphus,
the symbol of futility in Greek mythology. The man who was punished
by the gods to eternally roll a heavy boulder up a hill only to watch
it crash down just short of reaching the top.
There
was no way he would impose this on her. He knew she would try her
best to comfort him and he could see one thing leading to another,
but as appealing as that sounded he knew it would turn out to be a
selfish act. With this coiling anger already built up to a critical
point in him, there was no way he could be the tender, caring,
selfless lover she deserved to have.
He
would devour her.
Unable
to trust himself to refrain from seeing her as an outlet for his
extreme state of agitation, he’d reserved a suite at a luxury hotel
in the area and instructed her to leave his apartment.
It was
for her own good. Their own good.
But it
only added to his agitation. He decided that being cooped up in a car
for hours didn’t help either.
He
asked the driver to take him home. What was the point of avoiding his
empty apartment? As if he could feel any worse.
Ten
minutes later, he let himself in. Throwing his keys noisily on the
glass top coffee table, he grabbed the remote and switched on the TV,
increasing the volume.
He
couldn’t stand the silence.
He
switched channels impatiently. There was nothing on but incoherent
annoying mumbling. Nothing that could take his mind off his
predicament and Monica’s absence. She’d been in his apartment for
only a few hours, but he thought he could still smell her discreet
perfume, and the idea that he could not—should not—hold her in
his arms made him want to scream.
With
an impatient jerk of his hand, he switched the television off. A cold
shower could help.
Unbuttoning
his shirt, he dragged his feet to his bedroom, wondering why it was
so dark as if someone had pulled down the shades. He went for the
light switch.
“Please
don’t,” said a soft voice, “or I’ll lose my nerve.”
Alex
froze. Blinking rapidly, he managed to adjust his eyes to the
semi-darkness. And then he saw her.
Sitting
on his navy sheets, hugging herself, her long legs brought up under
her chin, Monica was watching him.
And
she wore nothing but that tiny piece of blue fabric.
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MM
Jaye’s mother claims that she spoke her first word at the age of
six. Months. As a kid she would record fairytales in her own voice,
play them back and then re-record adjusting the pitch and tempo.
Later, she used her voice to inspire young adults and teach them the
art of translation. But there came a time when life took a turn for
the worse, and her voice temporarily died out. That’s when she
turned to writing. Fate Accompli is the first book in her Aegean
Lovers series, set on the Greek island where her husband proposed. MM
Jaye lives in Athens, Greece, with her husband, daughter and Kindle.
Yes, it’s that important.
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Sounds intense. :-) How many books do you have planned for the series?
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