Title: His Turn
Series: Turning #3
Author: JA Huss
Genre: Dark Erotic Suspense
Release Date: July 4, 2017
Blurb
I look her
body up and down as I circle her.
Mine?
I smile a
devious, deviant, I’m gonna make you
sorry you ever started playing this game with me smile.
And then I
take her hand.
I lead her
to the elevator.
We go up to
my apartment.
I tie her
wrists together with rope.
Raise her
arms above her head.
And chain
her to the ceiling.
It’s my
turn.
“Why are
you so nervous?” I ask Jordan. We’re sitting in Smith’s bar. The table is
elaborately set for a nice dinner, our glasses are full of expensive alcohol,
and our cocks are happy. Why does he look like shit is about to hit the fan?
“She had a good time,” I say, sipping my brandy.
“Yeah,”
Jordan says. His eyes are glued to the elevator doors, just waiting for her to
come downstairs. “But it was sneaky, ya know?”
“What was
sneaky about it?”
He shoots
me a look that says, Come on.
“She gave
in, Jordan. We didn’t make her do anything.”
“Right.” He
sighs. “But you’re what, just pretending we didn’t have that conversation this
morning? You know, the one where you said, ‘I’m gonna fuck with her head so
bad, she’ll spin like The Exorcist?’”
“It was a
joke.” I laugh. “All we did was make her feel good tonight. She loved every
fucking minute of it. Even when I choked her with my cock. She couldn’t get
enough.”
“That’s
because she was drunk on your dick at the time, Bric. But that feeling is gonna
wear off and she’s gonna run the entire night through her head, and then—”
“Then she’s
gonna realize we know what the fuck we’re doing. That’s all.”
“No,” he
says. “She’s gonna realize you’re just playing with her emotions. Like you do
with every fucking woman you’ve ever been with.”
“So?”
“So then
she’s gonna up her game, Bric. And this is gonna turn into a mind-fuck
shit-fest. I like her,” he says. “Maybe more than like her, OK? I don’t want
her thinking I’m like you.”
“You are
like me,” I say, getting pissed off. Why the fuck is he sharing her with me if
he likes her so much?
But I don’t
ask that question.
Because I
like her too. Just not in the same way.
“See,”
Jordan says.
“See what?”
I ask
“That
fucking evil grin you’ve got on your face. I know you well enough, Bricman.
Well enough to see the Machiavellian wheels turning inside your head. Do not
play with her emotions.”
“Why?” I
ask, my temper rising. “Is she some kind of fragile flower?”
But then I
realize this intrigues me.
“Stop it,”
Jordan says. “She’s not a puzzle, OK?”
“Then why
are we even playing?”
He huffs
out some air. Runs his fingers through his still-wet hair. “Because she’s not…”
He trails off.
“She’s not
what?” I ask. What the fuck is wrong with him tonight?
“She’s not
my type.”
“OK,” I
say, not really understanding.
“I mean I’m
not really her type.”
“Hmm,” I
say. “Do you love her?”
“No,” he
says. “Definitely not. But I like her. I could see myself playing with her for
a long time. And if you fuck it up, that won’t happen. You, of all people,
understand how fucking hard it is to get a girl you can trust in this game. One
who just gets you, ya know? We get each other, Bric. I realize it’s only been a
few weeks, but we know each other. I just like her. And we have an
understanding. I get to boss her around and be a dick, but she knows I’m not a
dick, right? She knows I’ll show up the next day and treat her nice and give
her a gift. She knows I’m just playing. We’re playing.”
“It’s a
game. Same as this,” I say.
“Dude, come
on,” he says, almost fully exasperated now. “You are a sick motherfucker, OK?
You know this, right?”
“Then why
am I even here?”
“Because
we’re good together, ya know. Not great. Yet,” he adds. “Not what you had with
Smith and Quin, obviously. But we understand each other. We work well as a
team. She liked that up there.”
“So what’s
the problem?”
“The
problem is you’re in a weird place right now and I’m afraid you’re gonna take
it out on Nadia. Don’t do that, OK?” He stares at me. “Just be…”
“Just be
your back-up?” I ask, huffing out a laugh.
He shrugs.
But that’s it. That’s what he wants. Don’t overpower him. Don’t take her away
from him. Don’t make her rethink her strategy. Just help him keep her.
It takes me
a minute to decide if I’m angry or not.
I decide
I’m not. I don’t give two fucks about this Nadia girl. And my goal really was
to break her. So I shrug. “Fine,” I say. “You want a wingman. Fine. I’ll help
you out, Jordan. But when I need a favor, I’ll expect the same in return.”
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JA Huss is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than twenty romances. She likes stories about family, loyalty, and extraordinary characters who struggle with basic human emotions while dealing with bigger than life problems. JA loves writing heroes who make you swoon, heroines who makes you jealous, and the perfect Happily Ever After ending.
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For some reason, I am having a really difficult time coming up with the right words for this review without spoiling the heck out of of the book. I will assume that most who read this book have read Taking Turns (Turning #1) and Turning Back (Turning #2) and any mention of those story lines will not be spoilers. I wasn't sure where this book could go. Yes, we wanted Bric's story. Yes, we know the other players have found THEIR happily ever afters. The premise of the series from the get go was so darned intriguing. Three very different men, one woman, many different relationships and situations. What happens when two players are no longer in the game? What happens to the lone survivor of the game? What happens when all he knows is how to play with people the way he has for the last 10 years?
Elias Bricman is really an enigma. NOBODY really knows anything about him other than what he puts out there for everyone to know. Now that Smith, Chella, Quin and Rochelle are out of the game and for all intents and purposes out of his life (in his mind at least), who IS Bric? He thinks he knows himself and he thinks he knows what he needs but he is reeling at his loss, a loss that no one else would ever believe that he feels. Jordan, a member of the club and someone Bric has played with in the past sees pain and is doing everything in his power to bring Bric back online. He gives Nadia, who he has been training, to Bric as a gift, so they can get back to playing the game. Bric doesn't like her and she doesn't seem terribly fond of him either. But there is so much more to our Nadia than meets they eye. Bric (and Jordan I think) may have met their match. She is everything they ever wanted and nothing they think they need. Her payment request may be what opens everything wide open. Does she win? We finally learn what makes Bric tick...what secrets he has always held so dear. These two may be a match made in heaven, or a pair bound for hell. When we get to the end of the story, I'm not sure if it is actually the end...or the the beginning of another epic story
REVIEWED BY SUE
5 SEXY HEELS
Elias Bricman is really an enigma. NOBODY really knows anything about him other than what he puts out there for everyone to know. Now that Smith, Chella, Quin and Rochelle are out of the game and for all intents and purposes out of his life (in his mind at least), who IS Bric? He thinks he knows himself and he thinks he knows what he needs but he is reeling at his loss, a loss that no one else would ever believe that he feels. Jordan, a member of the club and someone Bric has played with in the past sees pain and is doing everything in his power to bring Bric back online. He gives Nadia, who he has been training, to Bric as a gift, so they can get back to playing the game. Bric doesn't like her and she doesn't seem terribly fond of him either. But there is so much more to our Nadia than meets they eye. Bric (and Jordan I think) may have met their match. She is everything they ever wanted and nothing they think they need. Her payment request may be what opens everything wide open. Does she win? We finally learn what makes Bric tick...what secrets he has always held so dear. These two may be a match made in heaven, or a pair bound for hell. When we get to the end of the story, I'm not sure if it is actually the end...or the the beginning of another epic story
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