Happy Monday, people! Did you know I have a book out today? The second book in The Essien Trilogy is finally here. Thank you to my lovely editor +Zee Monodee and her help with tightening the story.
Making Scandal follows Mark Essien, the second Essien brother. As the middle son, you'd think his story would be simple to write. But he was a hard nut to crack at first. While he doesn't have "Felix's sentimentality," to use his own words, he displayed an emotional depth that I found surprising and refreshing too. He is a man who thinks he has everything, until he meets Faith.
Faith Brown is a strong character. She's had to be to get to where she is in a very male-dominated environment. But beneath the hard shell, she is also vulnerable. She is a woman who doesn't want anything, that she hasn't merited. But in her heart, all she wants is to belong, to be part of a family.
Without further ado, I give you...
Making Scandal
Kiru Taye
Kiru Taye
The Essien Trilogy, Book 2
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Multicultural
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Sassy, successful Faith Brown has earned her place in the boardroom
through hard work and sheer ambition. Making family is not on her agenda when
there are businesses to develop and competitors to outdo. So when a casual
affair with smooth and irresistible tycoon Mark Essien leads to an unplanned
pregnancy, she’s determined not to make the mistakes her mother made by living
with a man just for the sake of her child.
For Mark, personal matters have no place in the boardroom. Spotting the
perfect opportunity, he ruthlessly launches a takeover bid for Faith’s Investment
Brokerage firm. Finding out he’ll soon be a father, he knows he can’t let the
indomitable and sexy Faith go through with her plans of single parenthood. All
gloves are off. He’ll seduce her by any tactic necessary if it means his child
doesn’t suffer the same stigma he did as a child.
With the media dogging their affairs in the boardroom and the bedroom,
they find that making family is harder than making scandal.
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EXCERPT
She sucked in a
startled breath at the sight of a man standing underneath the archway leading
back to the dancehall.
Mark Essien.
His shoulder propped
against the wall in a casual manner, his legs crossed over at the ankles, and
his hand holding a smart phone which he shoved in his back pocket.
For a moment, she
stood there and just stared at him, lean and unquestionably sexy, in grey
pinstripe trousers and a black silk shirt, the sleeves rolled back over
forearms liberally spread with fine, dark hair, two buttons undone at the collar
so that she got a sneak peek of a muscular chest.
"Oh," she
said, her voice a little squeaky as her mouth suddenly dried out. "Hi...Where
you looking for the gents’ toilet? I think it’s on the other side of the hall."
She wasn’t even sure
why she was talking to him except that she suddenly couldn’t control her mouth.
"No. I don’t
need the gents’," he said, his voice low and disturbingly sensual, spiking
her nerves. "I was looking for you."
"Me?" Faith
couldn’t hide the surprise from her voice. What could he want with her?
"Yes...you,"
he agreed, with a smile that gave his words a disarming intimacy. "I think
we should both get out of here. You don’t want to be here any more than I do."
Faith blinked at the
rate of a machine gun and turned away to gather her thoughts.
Wumi wouldn’t be
pleased if she could hear him. She’d spent the whole day talking about meeting
up with him and then the entire evening following him around like a puppy.
"Admittedly—"
She swallowed to clear her throat and tried again. "—I'm tired and was
thinking of going up to my room. But we certainly don’t have to leave together."
Winged creatures
fluttered low in her belly as she struggled to believe he had come out here
especially to see her. For heaven’s sake, he didn’t appear the kind of man who’d
be interested in someone so ordinary. Attractive enough for a young woman, she
didn't have Wumi's runway-model body, or Stella's pretty face.
Mark smiled—sensually
curled lips, dimpled cheeks and eyes glinting with delightful mischief. Her
insides melted. "There’s nothing that says we can’t."
Warmth radiated
through her body and she couldn’t help smiling even as she shook her head. "I
think Wumi, your girlfriend—" She had to force the word out of her mouth.
"—and my friend, will have something to say about that, don’t you think?"
He rested his head
against the frame of the door for a moment, studying her with eyes that she now
saw were as dark as the midnight sky. Framed by thick, black lashes, they
caused a shivery feeling inside her.
Just her luck. The
first man she'd been attracted to in a very long time had to be involved with
her friend.
He straightened and moved
into the hallway.
Prey. She was being
stalked. Hunted.
The rush of blood
thundered in her ears, and her eyes
widened, half in apprehension, half with a sense of anticipation she’d never
felt before. Pull yourself together, Faith. There must have been way too much
vodka in her mixer.
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That’s the dilemma facing Felix
Essien when he wakes from a coma to find he is married to the most beautiful
and sensual woman he’s ever known. He cannot remember her or their wedding. He
who had sworn never to get married or to give his heart to another. Yet he
feels an intense bond with her that he intends to explore fully.
Ebony can’t believe her good
fortune when her paper husband wakes not remembering the temporary marriage
arrangement with no intimacies he’d proposed but is now the adoring husband
she’s always dreamt of. She plans to make the most of the passion blossoming between
them. However would he still feel that way when he regains his memory and
realises she’s been keeping secrets and their marriage is not what he thinks it
is.
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BOOK TOUR
Today see the start of the Making Scandal book tour. Follow the tour, read excerpts, teaser, see the dream cast and learn a few facts about the book and series.
Today see the start of the Making Scandal book tour. Follow the tour, read excerpts, teaser, see the dream cast and learn a few facts about the book and series.
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GIVEAWAY
I am running a contest during the book tour and giving away a $20
Gift card, one Making Scandal T-Shirt, one Essien Trilogy cap and a
signed copy of A Valentine Challenge. For your chance to win, complete
the rafflecopter entries. This contest is open internationally to
eligible entrants over 18 years or as applicable in their country of
residence.
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