The Bonk Squad (36 page)

Eloise Thomas received an email from
London requesting the rest of Johnno’s book. She ‘accidentally’
deleted it.

Then she answered a phone call from a
different publisher in New York, also asking for the rest of
Johnno’s book. Sensing a pleasing addition to his woodwork
teacher’s salary might be possible after all, she morphed into
promotional mode, retrieved the email from her deleted file, and
presented Johnno with both options after a good dinner.

Tigger Thomas returned to a chilly UK
spring to find Tank Hardy in their bed with his guitarist, Blue
Smith. Three months of Tigger’s Amazon checks were mysteriously
missing.

Meg Josephs gave up her librarian’s
job and now spends four days each week employed at the garden
center, and every Monday writing. Ian Haroldson stopped working
huge hours and often lazes late in bed with Meg.

Vi Mayberry holidayed for another
fortnight with her son and daughter-in-law in Australia. They
introduced her to their new neighbor, Tom, and her Standards
Slipped Substantially.

Nurse Mandy Nicholson emailed her full
manuscript away, hoping it would avoid the publisher’s Spam file.
Might be many months before she hears back from them. Or
never.

Ben Josephs is bonking his way through
university, breaking hearts, and having his own heart broken in
return. His girlfriends appreciate Tigger’s rigorous
training.

Neill crashed Romy’s car while taking
it for a Warrant of Fitness check. Someone called the police and
ambulance. His medical records were searched for. Romy finally
learned the truth.

Liz McKenzie realized The Bastard did
have his good side. She has let Marcy loose on Al.

Dan Carpenter’s grandmother eventually
died, leaving him her money. He and Sarah bought a house just
outside town where Auric and Miss Sweetie’s barking can’t annoy the
neighbors.

Leah Walls and Ric Banks went into
partnership in more ways than one. They had no luck finding a Ms.
Bloom or Mr. Ponds, but joined forces with John Border when Leah
took maternity leave. Banks, Border, and Walls became leading
landscapers.

Hugo the Laird was so inspired by his
lovely model that his paintings were eventually exhibited at the
Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh and the Tate in London.
Elizabeth’s standard of accommodation and clothing both improved
dramatically.

Curtis and Anouska escaped from Cairo
and are still in the espionage game.

Sophie spent so much time exploring a
willing Ryan that she never wrote a single sentence.

Kris Pearson, however, is
writing well. Her new project is BONKING ON—the sequel to THE BONK
SQUAD. Sign up for her newsletter at
http://www.krispearson.com
and she’ll let you know when it goes live.

(These first five books are her ‘Wicked
in Wellington’ novels.)

Seduction on the
Cards

When journalist Kerri is assigned to
interview a seriously rich anti-gambling crusader, she imagines a
grandfatherly tycoon with a comb-over. But hunky Alex Beaufort has
plenty of hair—and enough of everything else to make her mouth
water.

Irrepressible Kerri decides to find
out exactly how much, and a sizzling game of strip-poker soon has
them both peeling off their layers of self-protection.

Seduction is definitely on the
cards—but who’s seducing who? And what are the odds? Good enough to
take a chance on?

Warning: contains sexy Frenchman,
tropical heat, and enthusiastic outdoor fun and games

Out of Bounds

Jetta Rivers has inherited half a
house. Big problem: she has to share it with co-owner Anton
Haviland, and her past has left her terrified of men.

Gorgeous Anton is a confident sexy
architect, and he might be exactly who Jetta needs to put her
crippling fear to rest. But can she allow him near enough? And
would he even want to try? A midnight disaster leaves her no option
when he drags her off to the only bed left in the now-damaged
house.

She’s appalled to find how much she
craves the man who plans to smash her inheritance to pieces. Anton
is equally shocked when his sharp-tempered housemate attempts to
seduce him.

Warning: contains one ambitious man
with a tender heart and a body to die for. And one unlikely
temptress with an ancient copy of The Joy of Sex.

The Boat Builder’s
Bed

A windy day...a flyaway signboard...a
hideous crunch. Sophie Calhoun can’t imagine how she’ll pay for the
damage to the luxurious car. Already cash-strapped, she’s
struggling to launch her new interior design studio and make a home
for her daughter. She’s only days away from disaster.

Out of the sleek black Jaguar storms
super-yacht tycoon Rafe Severino. Steaming mad. Totally gorgeous.
And desperately in need of a top-line decorator for his spectacular
new harbor-side mansion.

Sophie fears her dream contract comes
with strings that tie her to the boat-builder’s bed. No matter how
she tries to escape, he’s always there—implacable and irresistible.
She knows he doesn’t want a preoccupied single mother, but
concealing her daughter’s existence from the man she’s falling in
love with is getting harder and harder. If he discovers her lies,
she’ll instantly lose everything.

Warning: contains one determined
golden-skinned man who knows his way around boats, bodies and
bed-sheets.

Resisting Nick

Nick Sharpe owns a chain of fitness
centers. He has money, ambition, and a body honed to perfection,
but he’s just discovered he was adopted and never told. To make
matters worse, his P.A. has walked out at short notice. His
business and personal lives are suddenly in disarray—and then fate
hands him Sammie.

Sammie Sherbourne only needs a
temporary job until her passport arrives, then she’s off to see the
world. The last thing she wants is to become one of Nick’s many
conquests. But Nick’s hot and he’s hurting, and Sammie knows she
might hold the key to his identity. That’s a lot of temptation for
a girl with a tender heart.

Warning: contains sexy games in beds,
bathrooms, and on balconies.

The Wrong Sister

Fiona Delaporte has an impossible
assignment—to care for her newly widowed brother-in-law and his
tiny daughter. (The newly widowed tall, dark and delicious
brother-in-law she’s secretly wanted for five long, frustrating
years.)

Christian Hartley would rather spend
time with anyone except the tempting woman who reminds him so much
of his cherished wife. But she has six weeks leave from her
cruise-liner job on the other side of the world, and seems
determined to do her family duty. How can craving the wrong sister
feel so right?

Warning: contains one hot man who
always gets what he wants—in bed and out.

Taken by the
Sheikh
—the first of the ‘Sheikhs of Al
Sounam’ series

Abducted. Seduced. Purring. Laurel de
Courcey is captured by terrorists, chained up in a disgusting
bunker, and videoed for a ransom demand which is shown worldwide.
Ooops - wrong hostage! Who’d expect a shy Kiwi nanny to be worth
anything?

Laurel’s soon tied up in Sheikh
Rafiq’s bed instead, because he rescues her and appoints himself
her personal bodyguard. Very personal. But she has good reason to
distrust men.

Imprisoned in his old royal hunting
lodge deep in the desert ‘for her own protection’, Laurel rebels.
Spectacular fireworks, dangerous escape attempts, and an impossible
love affair follow.

Warning: contains one red-hot Sheikh
with a wicked tongue and unlimited stamina.

Five Short Romantic
Reads

An anthology of short stories, all
with romantic themes. All have already been magazine-published or
broadcast, and most have been contest winners or
finalists.

Meet Anthea and her handsome truckie,
stuck in a traffic jam together...Luke with his unexpected holiday
stopover guest...read how broken concrete paths brought Paul a
second chance...how a twenty-dollar birthday gift led to sumptuous
wedding dresses for Liz...and how twenty-five bananas nearly
wrecked Jan’s chance of meeting Greg.

Kris always appreciates reviews of her
books, and she loves to hear from her readers.

There’s an email link on her
website -
http://www.krispearson.com