Once a week leading up to the release of Bare Facts on January 29th I’m going to post a teaser excerpt. In case you haven’t seen anything about this book click here to check it out at BN.com.

Dana from Romance Junkies says “BARE FACTS is an exhilarating and suspense ridden read. It is filled with dark, deep secrets involving both characters. The sexual tension and romance in this book are very steamy which compliments the twists and turns to the story’s plot. Katherine Garbera’s style of writing flows well and is easily read. This is the first book I have read by this wonderful author, and I hope there are many more books to be published! I highly recommend this book to all romance fans!”

This book is part of a series that features three women who work for man they’ve never seen. It was inspired by my childhood memories of Charlie’s Angels. What’s not to like about a woman who can look good, kick butt and win a guy!

On the books pages of this site you can read an excerpt from the opening of the book. The teaser from this pages is a bit sexier its from when Charity and Daniel kiss for the first time.

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“As much as I trust anyone,” he said.

“You’re not Confucius so stop talking in riddles. This room is secure as long as you stay away from the window. I’ll check out this Mr. Jenner and then escort him in here.”

“You’re not in charge,” he said. “And I’ve got it all over Confucius.”

“So says you and until Sam pulls me off the job, I am in charge.”

He crossed the room like he owned it which she guessed he sort of did. His stride long and his body language aggressive. He didn’t stop until barely an inch separated them. His aftershave was outdoorsy and spicy and she tried to pretend she didn’t like it but lying went against the grain. Even white lies to herself.

She wished she could say that meeting him in person had made him seem less attractive. In person he exuded an animal magnetism that made her very aware of her femininity and angry that he didn’t want her on the job because she wanted to be with him. Not necessarily to work.

He put both hands on the door on either side of her head and leaned in. “I don’t take orders.”

“You give them?” she asked, trying to keep her wits about her. He was a distraction that she didn’t need. The sheer physicality of him was so different than the urbane smoothness that Perry carried himself with. Daniel was raw, masculine, delicious she thought. She put her hand on his sternum and pushed he didn’t budge. She could force the issue but she didn’t, wanting to see how this would play out.

Instead he leaned closer sinking his lower body against hers. “If you want to stay with me, alternative arrangements can be made.”

“That’s sexual harassment,” she said.

His left hand caressed the side of her face, following the line of her neck the base where he rested his thumb over her pulse.

“Only if I said you could have the job if you sleep with me. I’m saying don’t work for me but be my lover.”

“I’m not really into being a rich man’s play thing.”

“Why not?”

“Because I have to look at myself in the mirror every morning,” she said, bringing her hand up to capture his wrist. She did the same thing with his right hand, fingering the nub of his missing finger before drawing both wrists down to waist level.

“You like to be in control,” he said, glancing at his wrists bound in her fists.

“Yes, I do,” she said, moving her right foot and widening her stance. The only way Daniel was going to take her seriously was if she proved she was more than a pretty face. And the aikido move she had in mind should do the job nicely.

She pulled her left foot inward and brought her right arm across his chest, keeping her left arm fully extended forward, forcing Daniel to bend backward as her arm came down across his neck. She twisted her hips, following the movement through and throwing Daniel off balance and stepping away from him.

Daniel caught her wrists as she tried to step away. Pinning her arms to her side and stepping in close behind her. “I didn’t realize you were familiar with aikido.”

“Are you?” she asked.

He moved his right arm above his head, dragging her arm up with his, pulling her off balance. He wrapped an arm around her waist.

“Yes,” he said. The easy way he held her told her that in one-on-one combat he could hold his own.

“Is this why you don’t want a body guard?” she asked.

He swiveled his hips and she felt his erection nudged the small of her back. “No, this is.”

“You’re attracted to me,” she said, so very tired of having men be turned-on by her looks and not her skills or her brain.

“That’s an understatement.”

“You don’t even know me,” she said, bringing both of her hands to the arm around his waist and trying to subtly move her stance so that she’d be able to gain the advantage and throw him over her shoulder.

“I’m not going to let you gain the advantage here,” he said, moving his stance so that they were back to where they’d been before.

She had a few other moves that she could use but they were down and dirty street fighting ones and would really hurt Daniel. Something she was oddly reluctant to do.

“I’d love to really spar with you,” she said.

He laughed. “I think I’d like that too. The next time I’m in D.C. I’ll call you.”

“So you still want me out?”

He dropped her arms and stepped away from her. “Yes. I think you’ll prove to be more of a hindrance than a body guard.”

“That’s insulting,” she said.

“I don’t mean it to be,” he said.

“Then how should I have taken it?”

He shrugged and straightened his suit coat. “Just that I want you and right not that could be a huge disadvantage for both of us.”

“I’ve been in this business long enough to keep personal feelings out of the equation,” she said, not sure what he was getting at.

He closed the distance between them again, cupping her jaw and tipping her head back. His mouth came down on hers, not hard like she’d been expecting, but so softly that she melted. He brushed his lips over hers repeatedly until she wanted to relax her guard and sink into him. To have his big strong arms come around her. That freaked her out big time because she wasn’t distracted by men. Not even Senator Perry Jones who she’d thought she’d marry.

COPYRIGHT 2008 Katherine Garbera

Happy reading!!!

Kathy : )