The Job (Auctioned) by Cara Dee (highly illogical behavior txt) 📕

I lifted our clasped hands and kissed his fingertips.

He sighed contentedly. “I love you.”

“I love you too.”

I flicked my gaze from one celestial body to the next and folded my free hand under my head.

It could be overwhelming up here. On the one hand, I’d never felt stronger. My future had never looked this bright. I had my family. Ace. She owned my sorry ass. Boone, my brother, my partner in crime, the father of my daughter, the love of my fucking life. Mom. Her patience… Friends. My health. A home. Then on the other hand, underneath the stars and surrounded by my desert, I was tiny and insignificant. I was nothing in the grand scheme of things. No one would tell stories about me in a thousand years. I wasn’t gonna end up in history books or leave a mark on this earth.

So I had the present. I had right now.

I had the rest of my life to show Boone and Ace that at least my devotion to them was eternal.

Boone gave my hand a warm squeeze. “Are you thinking existential things?”

“Like you wouldn’t believe.” I tilted my head and looked at him. “Are you thinking about what’s for dinner tomorrow?”

He rumbled a drowsy chuckle and turned on his side. “No… I’m just…blissed out.”

Good word for how I felt too. “Same here.”

He inched closer and kissed me softly, and it didn’t go unnoticed how he slipped a hand down my sweats. “Do you think the Airstream can handle a fucking?”

I grinned lazily and shifted against his touch. “I think it’s our responsibility to find out.”

He hummed. “It’s possible I brought lube.”

I exhaled a chuckle, and damn, he was getting me hard too fast. Too easily. “I’d be disappointed if you hadn’t. How do you want me?”

“Behind me. Buried deep until you fill my ass with your come.”

Yeah, okay, we were done stargazing.

Pssst. Keep reading.

A Quick Question

Do you want more of Case and Boone?

As Darius Quinn’s cousins, Casey and Boone are part of a much bigger operation, and if you’re curious about Darius’s mission and seeing the O’Sullivan boys again, the Auctioned Series might be for you. The Job takes place between the third and fourth books in the Auctioned Series, and Casey and Boone will make appearences in both Played and Finished.

The Auctioned Series is a five-book journey packed with action, nail-biting suspense, family, and love.

#1 Auctioned | #2 Stranded | #3 Deserted | #4 Played | #5 Finished

Gray Nolan is just another happy-go-lucky college dude when his ordinary existence gets interrupted and he becomes a human trafficking statistic. Darius Quinn is a restaurant owner who has vowed never again to find himself in a situation like this. His days as a private military contractor are over. No more missions, no more risks, no more personal attachments. Yet, here he is, searching for a small town’s favorite son.

Their story begins with a brutal auction out at sea, when Darius steps out of the shadows and comes face-to-face with the broken young man he’s just bought.

In Gray and Darius’s fight for freedom and a future where they aren’t haunted by the ghosts of their pasts, they’ll make you laugh, cry, swoon just a bit, and possibly yell at your e-reader.

More from Cara

Cara freely admits she’s addicted to revisiting the men and women who yammer in her head, and several of her characters cross over in other titles. If you enjoyed this book, you might like the following.

Auctioned

MM | Suspense Romance | Hurt/Comfort | Trauma

At twenty-one, Gray Nolan became a human trafficking statistic. He and seven other young men were taken aboard a luxurious yacht where they would be auctioned off to the highest bidder. Tortured, shattered, and almost defeated, he watched his new owner step out of the shadows in a swirl of his own cigarette smoke.

Breathless

MMM | The Game Series, #3 | BDSM | S/M | Daddykink | Standalone

“Will you beat me without knowing why I want it?”

I’m used to rejection by Sadists at this point. No one wants to beat me or skip aftercare; they wanna talk and get all up in my business—where they don’t freaking belong. But I give it one more try when I spot River and Reese Tenley at a kink party. The only thing bigger than them is their reputation as hardcore Sadists and former military. To the memories of grief and why I’m seeking punishment, I ask them to hurt me.

“Sure. It’s your funeral.”

Aftermath

MM | Kidnapping Drama | Suspense Romance | Hurt/Comfort | Standalone

Austin Huntley and Cameron Nash are like night and day. One is a wholesome family man and works in a nice office. The other is an antisocial car mechanic on the spectrum with a short fuse. But after being kidnapped and spending five months together in a small cell, life will never be the same, and they can’t go a day without seeing each other. This is their aftermath.

This Life I

MF | Mafia Romance | Arranged Marriage | Comedy | Loyalty

Finnegan O’Shea’s plan was to get rid of the Sons of Munsters’ gobshite boss, the man who’d murdered Finn’s grandfather. A family man had more to lose and was generally less likely to take any risks, so that was who Finn would become. A family man. A top earner. He’d get close to the inner circle and… Okay, now wasn’t the time to get ahead of himself. First he had to find a damn wife. Someone sweet and compliant who wouldn’t get in the way. Emilia Porter seemed perfect—until her claws came out and Finn realized he’d met his match.

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About Cara

I’m often awkwardly silent or, if the topic interests me, a chronic rambler. In other