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Primed To Pounce

Primed To PounceEllora’s Cave
Genre : Shape-shifter / Paranormal
ISBN (eBook): 1-4199-0651-8
Release Date: June 14, 2006

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Astin Pharmaceutical and Biotech has its share of mad scientists. Someone is using the facility to develop and experiment with unauthorized synthetic substances.

Delaine Jeris, a top investigator for the highly secretive Aegis Group, is tasked with getting the goods on this crackpot who is using his scientific genius to create his own personal harem. Delaine’s Lakota spirit guide, a sleek, black mountain lion named Sapa, aids her in the investigation. After her heartbreaking split from the man she was married to for eighteen years, Delaine is in no hurry to love anytime soon. But when the great lioness meets Justin Cooley, the cat is convinced he is their mate. Delaine isn’t so sure.

The first time Justin Cooley lays eyes on Delaine, he’s dying to get next to her. She is a beautiful, cocoa skinned woman with an enticing mix of strength, class, and feminine grace. There’s one problem - he’s seen her walking around in a secret part of the Astin Pharmaceutical and Biotech facility that she had no clearance to enter. What was she doing down in those labs? Is she in league with the corrupt scientist he’s tailing? Or is she a mole who could blow his case, or worse, his cover?

When Delaine discovers the man she’s given her heart to is undercover D.E.A., she is beyond livid. Has the great lioness, who has guided Delaine since she was a child, been wrong about Justin? Should she kick his butt for not being honest about his undercover status, considering he’s been working her case? Or should she simply shoot him for sleeping with her best friend?


Reviews

Four Stars from Romantic Times
Brava to aged heroines who are single moms in this erotica tale, which deals with not only hot sex but also with a woman who has a secret life and isn’t afraid to be herself. Move over, Secret Agent Man, Michaels’ heroine, Delaine, is a spy queen. Her moves on the sheets and off make this a page-turner.
Faith V. Smith, Romantic Time BOOKreviews

Four Stars from Just Erotic Romance Reviews
In the beginning, PRIMED TO POUNCE was slow, but once the world building was accomplished, it got very good, very fast. Delaine and Justin endear themselves to the reader without effort. They fall in love quickly but our heroine denies herself because of past experiences. That only means the seduction and the sex are really great, while Justin convinces her they belong together. Baker is the consummate evil villain; so much so, he is almost laughable, but he does serve to keep the suspense going and the action moving. The writer’s voice seemed a little amateurish to me at times, but the story is so good it is easy to overlook. All in all, PRIMED TO POUNCE by T. J. MICHAELS is a fun and delightful story with spicy sex and great suspense both in the love story and the plot. I recommend it to every fan of paranormal and romantic suspense.
Karen H., Just Erotic Romance Reviews

Five Star Blue Ribbon Review from Romance Junkies
I highly recommend this book and thoroughly enjoyed reading it from beginning to end. TJ MICHAELS has a wonderful future in the erotic genre and her books are sure to become popular in the future. The characters are enthralling and the plot is action packed. Delaine is a spunky heroine that readers will love while Justin is everything a hero should be and will capture your heart instantly. The love scenes are charged with sensual tension and plenty of passion to keep the reader eagerly turning the pages. This book is definitely going on my keeper shelf and I can’t wait to see what the future will bring for TJ MICHAELS.
Angel, Romance Junkies


Excerpt

Note for Readers: You must be over eighteen to read this excerpt.

Delaine showed Justin to the kitchen and ran upstairs to change. She trotted back downstairs in a big tee shirt and pair of jean shorts to find him already busy cooking.

“What’s that smell?” she asked, striding into the kitchen. He stuck a pot under her nose and she pulled her hair back and stuck her nose into the saucepan while he continued to stir. She sighed in appreciation, “Mmmm, now that smells really good.”

“Homemade teriyaki sauce. I’ve got this covered, but do you mind helping me with the rest of this?”

“Sure. What do you want me to do?” she replied with a smile.

The twinkle in his eyes should have told her it was a set up. She gladly accepted the task to wash a head of lettuce and cut a few tomatoes for a salad. It took her forever to do those two simple things. And it was all his fault.

While Delaine washed the lettuce, Justin came up behind her to rinse green onions for the stir-fry. Then he needed to rinse the carrots and bell peppers, one at a time. Then he filled a pot with water and rinsed off the rice before setting it on the stove to steam. And each time he needed to use the sink, he came up behind her, pressed his chest against her back and reached underneath her arms to get to the spigot. The crook of his elbow teased the sides of her breasts as he moved whatever he was rinsing back and forth under the flow of water. Before he moved away to his side of the counter, he took a moment to breath in the scent of her hair while pressing his stone-hard erection into the curve of her butt. Oh lord, she should have expired from his teasing at least twice over.

Her pulse pounded and a fine sheen of sweat broke out over her brow. Her fingers trembled and her hands were damp, and not from rinsing the stupid lettuce. By the time she was done with her small task, her breasts tingled unbearably, and she was uncomfortably wet between her legs. Here she was in an industrial sized kitchen, with gourmet everything, and more counter space than every display at Home Depot combined. But it was too small for just the two of them? She was so hot and bothered she could have skipped dinner and just had Justin for desert.

Even with her arousal at a constant hum just beneath her skin, Delaine actually enjoyed their meal of chicken teriyaki stir-fry, and fresh tossed salad with fresh balsamic vinegar dressing. Afterward, she led him into the living room where he left her sitting while he ran to the garage and hauled in a few logs for a fire. With a blaze in the hearth, they sat on the floor in front of the couch. Delaine paid no attention as “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” played on the flat screen plasma TV mounted over the mantle. She’d smiled when Justin pulled the DVD out earlier, but now she couldn’t care less that Angelina Jolie was in the middle of laying some whoop ass on Brad Pitt.

Delaine sat sideways in Justin’s lap, toes curled into the carpet as she snuggled into his big body. Her shoulder leaned lazily against his chest as he reclined against the couch His masculine scent filled her lungs, enticing her to nuzzle into the crook of his neck while his fingers traced tiny circles up and down her arms.

Justin pressed light kisses on the top of her crown, then dipped his head to plant light kisses over her forehead, her temples, her cheek. Her stomach flipped over when his soft lips traced the shell of her ear, blowing lightly. His fingers strayed to her shoulders and massaged the tense muscles there. Her breathing deepened at the insistence of his hard cock pushing up against her butt through his jeans.

His touch was tender and often, as if he savored caressing and arousing her. She took delight in the affection he lavished on her, even as her body heated and her blood simmered. His touch was magic. A deep, needy groan traveled up her throat when one of his large, strong hands traced the line of her neck, teasing each individual vertebrate as he worked his way down. His free hand slid across the quivering planes of her stomach, and around to her waist to hold her tightly to him.

His growing erection told her how much he enjoyed touching her. It royally turned her on to feel him harden and stretch underneath her. Slowly, so slowly, her hips began to writhe, seeking more of the hardness pressing against her. Her eyelids drooped closed as body and mind accepted his sweet attention on a sigh.

Her breasts swelled and ached, the tips so tender she gasped with an erotic shiver when Justin’s forearm accidentally scraped against them on the way to wrap around her body.

Oh please, please touch my breasts, she willed him silently with each tormented breath pulled from her chest. As her body reached out for him, Delaine felt Sapa slip completely away from her. On the verge of panic at the sudden emptiness in her mind, the bond vibrated softly. Sapa was giving her privacy. Privacy to mate.

Delaine lifted her head from beneath his chin. Her tongue flicked out and tasted the sweet muskiness of his skin, salty from the sweat she hadn’t realized was there. His skin felt hot against her lips. She opened her mouth against his throat and allowed her tongue free reign. Licked and tasted with wild, carnal slides of her tongue along the column of his throat, smiling against the taut muscles of his neck when he leaned his head back with a moan and ground his hips up against her ass.

Justin leaned forward and whispered in her ear. “You feel so good in my arms, Delaine. You’re driving me crazy, baby. I can smell your heat and I’m trying really hard to keep my hands to myself.” His breathing deepened with each word.

She stretched sensuously against him and said, “I don’t want you to keep them to yourself.” Delaine reached for his hand splayed across her hip and placed it boldly on her breasts. She closed her eyes on a swift intake of breath as Justin proved he could more than take it from there.