Let’s
get uncovered…
Naughty
Cupid
Deanna
Wadsworth
Release date: June 6, 2016
Blurb:
The
name’s Lio, and you may have read the beginning of my story in A Cupid’s Wager.
Well, hold on to you hats, because there’s more to tell about your favorite
cupid working in the Gay Division of the Inter-Dimensional Association of
Cupids.
Remember
Ethan? That Aztec god of the winds who busted me shooting a closeted human with
a gay lust arrow? Yeah, I haven’t been able to forget him either. Even though I
have a rule against getting it on with other supernaturals—especially ones
working for the Straight Division—my magic is drawn to Ethan and all his
tattoos and piercings in a way I cannot control.
But
after that night of mind-numbing sex, now I gotta face my evil ex-boyfriend and
a suspension by the IDAC for “misplacing” arrows. They took my quiver, and I
have to figure out how to get my arrow privileges back before they’re taken
forever.
Ethan
seems to think he can help me, but I don’t know how anybody can make this cupid
believe in love again.
Categories: Alternate Universe, Erotica, Fantasy, Humor, M/M Romance,
Paranromal, Romance
75,000 words – 178 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner
Press
Cover Artist: Paul Richmond
Excerpt:
“You know the lust arrows only work if the person’s
mind is open to it. I shot Raymond with a Class 4 gay lust arrow. They only
have a little more juice than a few tequila shooters. They can’t make a
straight man gay.”
“But that is what you are trying to do,” Ethan shot
back.
“You know it doesn’t work that way.”
To prove my point, I materialized one of my long
purple arrows.
Without warning, I stabbed Ethan in the heart with it.
“Oww!”
The arrow exploded in a burst of light and glittering
purple dust, the blast blowing our hair back.
When the magic cleared, the stunned expression on
Ethan’s face cracked me up. “Now, do you spontaneously wanna suck my cock?”
He gaped at me like I’d lost my ever-lovin’ mind.
“What did you do that for?”
“Don’t get your panties in a wad. Class 4G lusts can’t
make someone gay. You’re born that way. There’s even a Lady Gaga song to prove
it.”
His big hand rubbed where I’d hit him. “You should not
have done that, Lio. You have no idea what you just did.”
“I already shot an unauthorized arrow tonight, what’s
one more? Besides, unless you’re gay, it won’t affect you.” I waggled my brows.
“So what are you so worried about? Got sumthin’ you wanna confess?”
He actually growled at me.
“Build a bridge,” I told him. “If anyone has a right
to be pissed off here, it’s me. The gaydar says Raymond is gay, yet you asshats
over in SD decided to shoot him and a woman with true love arrows. Talk
about a douche move. Forcing the man to lie to himself and everyone about who
he is. And how is that fair to do to the girl? She’s a victim too!”
“The IDAC does not consider a gaydar to be a reliable
source of information,” he said, completely ignoring the more-than-valid
complaint.
Humans were born with a variety of sexualities, but
there were only a limited variety of arrows to complement the IDAC’s
narrow-minded ideas on sexuality. In a nutshell, there were gay arrows and the naturally more powerful straight arrows.
Don’t get me started on the complexities of targeting anybody not gay or straight. I was glad not to
be assigned to those fledgling subdivisions of GD because they often had to
work with the jerks in SD. However, both primary divisions had arrows for love
(red) and lust (purple), each with four different strength ratings—one being
the most potent. In other words, the Class 1S love Ethan had been using was the
highest strength straight love arrow—aka the most powerful of all arrows.
Hence his being so pissed at me.
“I’m not gonna sit here and argue politics with you.
We both know I’m already in trouble for an unauthorized arrow launch. Make that
two,” I amended, gesturing to his chest. “Why the fuck do you think I don’t
have love arrow privileges anymore? Hell, the sparks our collision set off will
raise questions too. I’m already busted. Fine! I’m ready to face whatever comes
my way. When I set out to do this, I knew there were risks.”
“Set out to do this?” he repeated, looking utterly
appalled. “You mean you have done this before?”
I swallowed, feeling like a child being scolded. “Only
on unattached people.”
“I cannot believe you would do that to someone! A
person’s decision to come out is deeply personal. You have no right, Lio!
None!”
Yeah, but the Fates did, I supposed. Who put those
bitches in charge, anyway?
I didn’t know what Ethan’s big fat beef might
be—besides the one in his pants—but I had to get my ass out of this sling.
“Like I said, I’m already busted. If you think Raymond isn’t gay, let’s just
follow them”—I pointed to my unauthorized mark and the guy with him, both of
them deliberately brushing hips and shoulders as they walked down the
street—“and see what happens. If he changes his mind, I’ll admit the gaydar is
inaccurate, I’ll turn myself in for interrupting your mark, and you won’t even
get in trouble.”
He glared. “And if your arrow works, I suppose you get
to walk?”
“If I’m right, and those two dudes get their freak on,
you can do what you want with me.” Too bad that wouldn’t be those full lips
around my dick. “But you give me back the gaydar and you don’t tell anyone I
have it or that I was here.”
Ethan looked at the device in his hand as if it would
explode or jump up and bite his cock off. His expression would’ve been funny if
this weren’t so serious. He seemed to be weighing something in his mind, and I
felt his anger retracting. Still, an aura of incredible danger and masculinity
wafted about him. My heart thumped wildly, both from nerves and the exotic
spiciness of his skin. Knowing his ferocious appearance was tempered with an
innate goodness made me a little hot.
Okay, a lot hot.
Though it went against every rule I made for myself, I
couldn’t stop picturing Ethan naked. Sure, I was as horny as any cupid, but
something about this Aztec amplified all of my senses far more than
usual—especially the ones below the waist.
“I cannot believe I am saying this,” Ethan said
slowly. “But I will give you one chance. One. But if you ruin that man’s
life, your ass is mine.”
“Talk dirty to me,” I purred.
He lowered dark brows. “You are not funny.”
“I think I’m a really fun guy. Especially when I’m
naked.” I couldn’t help myself and gave him a suggestive wink. “And whoever
said a little dick up the ass would ruin a man’s life? Ever try it? The orgasms
are un-fucking-believable.”
Ethan curled his lip and growled at me like an angry
cat.
“Jeesh, sorry I mentioned it.”
He seized my arm in a viselike grip. “Come.”
If I’d known going with Ethan would turn my world
upside down, I would’ve grabbed my gaydar and run, taking my chances with my
boss, the IDAC, and even the Fates. Because I wasn’t prepared for what was
coming my way.
Not at all.
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Let’s gossip about the author now…
Deanna
Wadsworth might be a bestselling erotica author, but she leads a pretty vanilla
life in Ohio with her wonderful husband and a couple adorable cocker spaniels.
She has been spinning tales and penning stories since childhood, and her first
erotic novella was published in 2010. She has served multiple board positions
at her local RWA chapter and with Rainbow Romance Writers of America. When she
isn’t writing books or brainstorming with friends, you can find her making
people gorgeous in a beauty salon. She loves music and dancing, and can often be
seen hanging out on the sandbar in the muddy Maumee River or chilling with her
hubby and a cocktail in their basement bar. In between all that fun, Deanna
cherishes the quiet times when she can let her wildly active imagination have
the full run of her mind. Her fascination with people and the interworkings of
their relationships have always inspired her to write romance with spice and
love without boundaries.
…and play a rousing game of peeping tom
also :)
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