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Our spotlight is shining on the fabulous Audrey Carlan with her new release WILD BEAUTY! Check out the excerpt below… 

Killian came over to me and stopped a couple feet away. “You doin’ okay?” 
I nodded and pushed a lock of hair behind my ear suddenly feeling shy. “Everything is a little awkward but I’m rolling with it. Thank you for sharing your space and willingly shooting in your home. This can’t be fun for you.” 
He smiled softly. “Why wouldn’t having something unearthly beautiful to photograph in my home not be fun for me?” 
I bit down on my bottom lip and looked at the floor, trying to hide how much his compliment lifted my confidence. 
“I’m still scared.” 
“Of the guy who hurt that girl?” He clarified. 
I shook my head. “No…actually, yeah, that too. It’s just… This is my first shoot back after the other thing and now it’s blowing up again. I just want to apologize in advance if I randomly stare off into space or have one of my moments.” 
He stepped so close I could almost feel the heat of his larger frame cocooning mine, reminding me that there was someone perfectly capable of protecting me. Him. 

“Last time when you paused during the shoot, you went somewhere. What happened then?” he asked. 
“I…uh, went back to that horrible place where I was kept. The guy, he took pictures and video of me. Sometimes the sound of the flash or a picture being taken can send me back there.” 
He lifted up a finger. “I’ve got an idea. What if we drown out the sound?” 
I tilted my head. “How so?” 
“Music, of course. What do you like?” 
I shrugged. “Most everything, but I’m really into Lana Del Rey right now.”
“She’s awesome. Why don’t you go get your hair and makeup done while I set up and get some music on? I need to choose the first outfit and props to see what we’re working with.” 
Without any preamble, I closed the space between us and wrapped my arms around his neck. I lifted up onto my toes so I could whisper against his ear while hugging him. “Thank you. For making me feel safe. For giving me a private space. For understanding my issues…” 
He wrapped his arms around my body, bringing me flush against his hard frame. I relaxed into his return hug. 
“When I say it’s my pleasure, I really mean it, Addy. There’s something about you. About your beauty. About your body. About your entire package that calls to me, unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before. I have to capture your beauty on film. It feels…important somehow.”
I trembled in his hold, not because I was afraid, but because the things he said turned my insides to mush and my body to nothing but liquid desire. 
I wanted him. 
Badly. 
“We’re going to break all the rules about models and photographers getting mixed up with one another, aren’t we?” I whispered against his thick, manly neck where I scented a light cologne mixed with a heady, earthy musk that had to be all Killian. 
“I sure as hell hope so.” He ran his hand up my back and cupped my cheek, his thumb tracing my bottom lip in a feather-light caress. His gaze seared straight through to the heart of me.

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