{"id":64626,"date":"2016-10-07T12:44:29","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T01:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/?p=64626"},"modified":"2016-10-07T12:57:28","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T01:57:28","slug":"craving-obsession-possession-ready-steamy-excerpt-bestselling-steel-brothers-saga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2016\/10\/07\/craving-obsession-possession-ready-steamy-excerpt-bestselling-steel-brothers-saga\/","title":{"rendered":"Craving. Obsession. Possession: read a steamy excerpt from the bestselling Steel Brothers saga"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sorry Christian and Gideon, there\u2019s a new heartthrob for you to contend with. Meet Talon. Talon Steel.<\/p>\n

As all our favourite heroes, he\u2019s broken, having never fully recovered from a horrific childhood drama. He simply goes through life taking from women what is too often freely proffered, yet offers nothing in return. Until, of course, Jade enters his life.<\/p>\n

Jade\u2019s sweet and beautiful and giving and yes, once he sets eyes on her, he desires her with a craving he fears he\u2019ll never be able to satisfy.<\/p>\n

As the two become lovers, long-buried secrets from their past threaten to destroy their all-consuming and passionate love affair. Will their relationship survive?<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve ever been a fan of E.L. James\u2019 Fifty Shades of Grey<\/a> series, Sylvia Day\u2019s The Crossfire <\/a>series or of Sadie Matthews, Natasha Walker, Indigo Bloom or Meredith Wild, then you\u2019re bound to love Helen Hardt\u2019s The Steel Brothers<\/a> saga. Begin with Craving<\/em>,<\/a> follow with Obsession<\/a><\/em> and end with Possession<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Read an excerpt from Craving<\/em>, book 1 in the Steel Brother saga:
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His words crept under my skin, and my hackles rose. Why did everything he said cut through me like an ice pick?<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, you hardly know me. Why are you being so judgmental?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI know you more than you think, blue eyes. I know you\u2019ve had a life so full of privilege that the worst thing in the world that has ever happened to you is you got humiliated on your wedding day.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor your information, my life has not been full of privilege. I had a modest upbringing\u201d\u2014I did a one-eighty around his gourmet kitchen, Viking stove and all\u2014\u201cwhich clearly you did not.\u201d<\/p>\n

He chuckled again, and goddamnit, my dander rose.<\/p>\n

\u201cBlue eyes, there are some things money can\u2019t buy. Modest upbringing or not, you had a college education. You had a law school education. Once you pass the bar, you\u2019ll be able to get a job that pays decent money. And with your looks and that luscious body of yours, you\u2019ll have no problem attracting another guy in no time. So don\u2019t tell me you don\u2019t have privilege.\u201d<\/p>\n

I had to think to understand his last words. I was stuck on the \u201clooks and luscious body\u201d part. Was he attracted to me? This western god? Attracted to me?<\/p>\n

I opened my mouth to speak, but before any words came out, he grabbed my arm, pulled me toward him, and crushed his mouth to mine.<\/p>\n

The kiss was raw. He forced his tongue between my lips and took, just took.<\/p>\n

My legs quivered. Oh, God\u2026<\/p>\n

Seven years of kissing Colin\u2026and it had never been like this.<\/p>\n

He devoured me, and I melted into him. He grabbed the back of my hair and yanked on it as he continued to plunder my mouth. Electric jolts arrowed straight to my pussy. No man had ever yanked on my hair before, and oh my God\u2026 I returned his kiss with greed. Such a soothing salve for my shattered ego. This man\u2026found me attractive\u2026 Was kissing me\u2014<\/p>\n

He ripped his mouth from mine and sucked on my neck, trailing tiny kisses up to my earlobe.<\/p>\n

\u201cGod, blue eyes\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

My legs nearly gave way, but he steadied me.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat guy you almost married,\u201d he whispered into my ear. \u201cDid he ever kiss you like this, blue eyes?\u201d<\/p>\n

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About Helen Hardt:<\/strong><\/p>\n

New York Times<\/em> and USA Today<\/em> Bestselling author, Helen Hardt\u2019s passion for the written word began with the books her mother read to her at bedtime. She wrote her first story at age six and hasn\u2019t stopped since.<\/p>\n

In addition to being an award-winning author of contemporary and historical romance and erotica, she\u2019s a mother, a black belt in Taekwondo, a grammar geek, an appreciator of fine red wine, and a lover of Ben and Jerry\u2019s ice cream. She writes from her home in Colorado, where she lives with her family.<\/p>\n

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Sorry Christian and Gideon, there\u2019s a new heartthrob for you to contend with. Meet Talon. Talon Steel. As all our favourite heroes, he\u2019s broken, having never fully recovered from a horrific childhood drama. He simply goes through life taking from women what is too often freely proffered, yet offers nothing in return. Until, of course, Jade enters his life. Jade\u2019s sweet and beautiful and giving and yes, once he sets eyes on her, he desires her with a craving he fears he\u2019ll never be able to satisfy. As the two become lovers, long-buried secrets from their past threaten to destroy their all-consuming and passionate love affair. Will their relationship survive? If you\u2019ve ever been a fan of E.L. James\u2019 Fifty Shades of Grey series, Sylvia Day\u2019s The Crossfire series or of Sadie Matthews, Natasha Walker, Indigo Bloom or Meredith Wild, then you\u2019re bound to love Helen Hardt\u2019s The Steel Brothers saga. Begin with Craving, follow with Obsession and end with Possession. Read an excerpt from Craving, book 1 in the Steel Brother saga: His words crept under my skin, and my hackles rose. Why did everything he said cut through me like an ice pick? \u201cYou know, you hardly know…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":64629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[9,62,73],"tags":[7042,1869,7040,7041,4332,4577,7043],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/SocialMediaImage-7.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64626"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64626"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64658,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64626\/revisions\/64658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}