Reckonings : A Steamy Star-Crossed Romance

Book 3: Allie Styles Romance

by Sydney Campbell

Genres: Romance; Contemporary Romance; Erotic & Steamy Romance; contemporary romance

Synopsis

Just when it seems everything is going smoothly for lovers Allie and Matt, Allie's ex-boyfriend, Josh, reappears. He's looking for a second chance. Uncomfortable with the way things ended between them, Matt encourages Allie to explore her feelings while he leaves for another extended work trip. Will Allie return to the man who originally captured her heart, or take a chance on a new life with Matt?

The third book in the Allie Styles Romance series takes readers through the streets of Montreal and Israel as Allie and Matt work their way around the new obstacles in their path. As usual, the heat is full force when these two get together, leading to some epic, out-of-this world adventures.

Release date: October 1, 2020

Publisher: JAM Contemporary Romance

Print pages: 150

Sample

 

It was an early February morning in Montreal, the sky clear, cloudless, and endlessly blue. It was easy to imagine just how freakishly cold it was outside. Looking out the window from my cozy bed, I shivered and pulled the duvet up to my chin. 

For once, I had woken up before the alarm, and I was enjoying the scenery, both outside my window and beside me in bed. Fast asleep, Matt made for endless visual entertainment. Every time he took a breath, I’d watch his chest rise and fall, the exhale defining every muscular feature. He opened his eyes and smiled.

“What’s up?” he mumbled, rolling over and wrapping his arm around me.

“Looks cold out there,” I said.

“So don’t get up,” he said. “Lucky you, you have that luxury.”

It was true. I did have that luxury. Working as a freelance writer afforded me all sorts of perks, especially now that I’d found a niche in erotica writing—a niche that paid very well. And allowed for some exquisite research, not to mention some questionable tax write-offs.

Matt and I had recently returned from four months in Amsterdam. I’d flown out to meet him on a whim while he was there on a consulting contract. The crazy part was we’d only known each other a few weeks before he left, and my getting on that plane had been a huge gamble. Luckily, it paid off. 

We’d been home a few days, reluctant to leave the confines of the apartment. We were enjoying this artificial extension of our adventures abroad and I, for one, was not looking forward to returning to business as usual. I hadn’t even told Lynn, my best friend, that I was home yet.

Matt worked as a network architect, often spending six months at a time in foreign locations on consulting gigs. He was due back at work on Monday, but it was only Friday, so I wasn’t sure what he was going on about.

“And where do you have to be, exactly?” I asked.

“I need to get my house in order. Literally. I’m back in the office on Monday and all my shit is still back at the apartment. I’m going to have to go over there today and clear it out.”

I rolled over onto my side and propped myself up on my elbow, studying him for a moment.

“Have you spoken to Dave yet?” I asked.

“No.”

“So, just, ‘Surprise!’?” I asked.

“Something like that.”

I nodded.

“Are you going to keep paying rent?”

“Of course I am. I’m not going to renege on that. And don’t worry. I’ll pay you rent, too.”

“I’m not worried,” I said. “I’ll come with you.”

Matt looked at me.

“You sure?” he asked.

I nodded.

“I’m not ready to let you out of my sight just yet. Let’s walk Loki and we’ll go.”