Mating
Call
BA
Tortuga
Genre: Menage Paranormal Romance
Publisher: All Romance eBooks
Date of Publication: June 1, 2016
ISBN: 978-1-943576-95-1
Number of pages: 101
Word Count: 22165
Cover Artist: Erin Dameron-Hill
Book Description:
Some rules are meant to be bent.
Stephanie has three rules when it
comes to her relationship with werewolves Shaw and Jordan—keep their lusty
encounters casual, never invade each other’s space, and no biting. The boys
have always seemed perfectly fine with all that, leaving her plenty of time to
do her magick and keep her shop going.
When the local pack leader gives
Jordan and Shaw an ultimatum—find a mate or find another city to live in—she
finds she must rethink her rules or lose her lovers forever.
Jordan and Shaw hate having to
ask their best friend Stephanie to help them find a mate, especially because
she’s the hottest lover they’ve ever had, and they want her for themselves. The
boys will have their hands full convincing Steph that rules are made to be
broken, before it is too late.
Excerpt:
The smell of
burned sage never got out of robes.
Never.
Stephanie shook
the heavy ceremonial robe, the fabric soft in her hands, and sighed. Maybe it
was time to take it to the dry cleaners. Obviously Woolite wasn’t doing it. She
hung it over the back of her grandmother’s rocking chair. Tomorrow she would
worry about the robe. Tonight the boys were coming over.
Tonight she’d be
coming, over and over, if she was lucky.
Jordan and Shaw
were worth shaving her legs for. They were worth all the fancy lotion she
smeared on her body. They were...well, they were a force of nature.
She grabbed her
broom and swept the floor, picking up the little bits of herb and candle wax
and fur. Pyewacket was already in her spot atop the big wardrobe in the dining
room that held Steph’s supplies, black tail hanging down.
A soft yowl
sounded as she came close and she reached up, tweaked Wacky’s tail. “I know,
sweet lady, but it’s almost the full moon, and Goddess knows I’m not getting
any hot, hunky loving outside of the two of them.”
Wacky’s yellow
eyes glowed in the dim light, seeming to tell her what an idiot she was. That
cat was expressive, almost magically so.
“Two years and I
get about four orgasms per full moon. That’s not bad for one night a month?” It
was close to perfect, really. She got her freedom to work, update the website,
create her spell kits and ship them out. The day before the full moon she saved
for her best boys.
They were horny
then, and they put aside their worries about the pack to come to her. They
worried about their pack a lot, apparently. She was like their mother confessor
a little.
Which, okay,
whoa. Not sexy, with the holster hips and the penguin-outfit thing.
No, today was
tight jeans and a tank top, a see-through shimmery top in the same color as her
eyes, deep and dark. Hrm…but they loved her in green, though she teased them
about dogs being color blind. Oh, the green sundress. She loved that and it was
easy access.
Wacky yowled
again and she chuckled, stroking the puffy tail on her way by. “I’m making them
steaks, of course. They’re bringing dessert. You, lady, are getting tuna so you
can hide in the library.”
Tuna for her
cat, a nice long shower for her, then sizzle the steaks on either side for her
boys.
It was a good
plan.
* * * *
“Do you think
she’ll help?”
Jordan stared at
the dessert case, trying to decide between spice cake and those eclair
thingees. He ignored Shaw’s question as best he could, not wanting to think
about what they were about to ask Steph to do.
“Are you
listening to me? Do you think she’ll do it?” Shaw was one hell of a puppy some
days, bouncing and moving constantly. Jordan wanted to snap at Shaw’s ear.
“I don’t know.
Eclairs?” They were going to ask their lover to find them a mate who wasn’t
her. Why would she help?
“I like eclairs.
She likes the ones with chocolate.” Shaw looked closer. “Can I have pecan
pies?”
“Only if you
don’t pass out after we all fuck and leave me to talk to her alone.” Such. A.
Pup.
“I won’t!”
The little girl
behind the counter gasped, turned bright red, and Shaw’s head ducked.
“Sorry, honey.”
Jordan smiled a little, not wanting to bare his teeth. “We need two eclairs, a
spice cake and two of the pecan pies.”
“Sure. Do you
want any cookies? We have snickerdoodles.”
Snickerdoodles.
Wow.
“No. No more
sugar for this one.” He jerked his thumb at Shaw.
“Hey!” Bright
green eyes flashed up at him from under the unruly shock of big red hair.
“I’m getting you
pies.” He popped Shaw’s ass, loving that squeak.
They got another
wide-eyed look from the little girl behind the counter. Wow. Wow. He had to
watch his damn mouth. He was just so fucking horny, this time of the month. He
could just toss Shaw down and fuck him raw. Thing was, that wouldn’t sate him.
He needed Steph, too.
There was
something about the pair of them—her sweet body, wrapped around his cock while
Shaw took her mouth. Or Shaw’s ass working him while he watched his lover lick
Steph’s creamy...
He groaned, and
Shaw stared at him, sporting an amazing hard-on and a look of pure lust. Damn
it.
They were never
going to manage to just talk to her. Never. They needed her help, though.
“We need to go.”
Shaw’s voice was pure rumble, very little human.
“Get it
together, baby.” It was just stress. The moon coming. That shit.
“Here you go.”
The girl handed over the bag with the pastry, pulling her hand back as though
they might bite her.
He didn’t even
bother handing her the cash, leaving it on the counter to give the poor girl
space. “Keep the change, honey.”
“Thanks.” Jordan
grabbed Shaw and dragged him out.
“Teasing
asshole. Fuck, I smell you.”
“Hush.” They
needed to stop revving up, at least until they got in the truck. They were
going to embarrass themselves.
“Uh-huh.” Shaw
bounced a little bit, the shithead. Jordan had to wonder whether Nyla had given
him espresso this morning.
“I mean it,
Shaw. I’ll tie you up when we get to Steph’s.” That made his pup crazy, being
forced to be still.
“You won’t.”
Shaw groaned, almost rubbed against him.
“I will, baby.
I’ll make you scream.”
As crazy making
as Shaw was, his sweet mate could make his mouth dry, make him ache for it. He
loved that boy to distraction. He reached over and touched Shaw’s thigh.
The lean muscles
jerked and jumped, shifted under his fingers, even the cloth of Shaw’s jeans
not hiding the movement. Shaw’s cock pressed hard against the zipper, and
Jordan had to fight the urge to open those jeans and take that hardness into
his hand.
“I hope she’s
ready for us.” Shaw panted, licked his lips. “I want you.”
“I want you,
baby. I want both of you. I can’t wait to strip you down and do you while you
lick her.” He wanted to just grab Shaw by the hair and fuck that pretty mouth.
Christ, his hands were shaking.
“I could suck
you, now, before we get there. I so could.”
“No.” No, they
had to wait. It was important not to dilute the sex magick. Steph had taught
them that. They would need every drop, so to speak.
“Asshole.” Shaw
gave him a low, pouty growl.
“You want this
to work, baby?” He finally handed the bag of pastry to Shaw and got the truck
going.
“I don’t
know...” Shaw sighed, fastened his seat belt, eyes facing out the window,
watching the Rockies. “I don’t want to lose her. I like Steph.”
“I know, baby.”
He didn’t want to end their friendship with Steph, either, but the pack was
breathing down their neck. They were supposed to be good little wolves and
settle down.
“If we find her,
our mate I mean, it’ll be good, right? We won’t care that we’re losing Steph?”
Well, Steph had
always made it clear that this was just fun and games, hadn’t she? Three buds
hanging out, drinking beer, sharing orgasms? They even watched football
together. Besides, she knew what they were, knew they couldn’t mate with
someone for life who wasn’t one of them.
He smacked
Shaw’s shoulder, just a little too hard. “It’ll be cool. We’ll be stupid in
love and wanting to make puppies.”
Right?
Right.
Review:
This was a fun read. I liked the characters and it made me smile.
4/5
Review:
This was a fun read. I liked the characters and it made me smile.
4/5
About
the Author:
B.A. Tortuga Texan to the bone
and an unrepentant Daddy's Girl, BA Tortuga spends her days with her basset
hounds, getting tattooed, texting her sisters, and eating Mexican food. When
she's not doing that, she's writing. She spends her days off watching rodeo,
knitting, and surfing Pinterest in the name of research. BA's personal saviors
include her wife, Julia Talbot, her best friend, Sean Michael, and coffee. Lots
of coffee. Really good coffee.
Having written everything from
fist-fighting rednecks to hard-core cowboys to werewolves, BA does her
damnedest to tell the stories of her heart, which was raised in Northeast
Texas, but has heard the call of the high desert and lives in the Sandias. With
books ranging from hard-hitting GLBT romance, to fiery menages, to the most
traditional of love stories, BA refuses to be pigeon-holed by anyone but the
voices in her head.
For more information on other
books by B.A., visit her official website:
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