Title: Sum of the Whole
Author: Brenda Murphy
Publisher: NineStar
Press
Release Date: June 19
Heat Level: 4 - Lots of Sex
Pairing: Female/Female
Length: 50000
Genre: Contemporary,
Contemporary, BDSM, age gap, interracial, businesswoman
Synopsis
Jaya
Pomroy falls desperately in love with Sarah while vacationing at an exclusive
BDSM pleasure house. Unwilling to become Jaya’s possession, yearning for
independence, Sarah refuses to leave with her and they part after a bitter
fight.
Six
years later they meet again. Fighting to leave her past behind, but unable to
resist her attraction for Jaya, Sarah agrees to try again. Jaya has to cope
with new rules and new roles. When a former client threatens to expose Sarah,
Jaya risks everything to protect her.
Can
their love survive in the real world filled with vengeful ex-lovers and deadly
secrets?
Excerpt
Sum
of the Whole
Brenda
Murphy © 2017
All
Rights Reserved
Jaya
scrolled through the messages on her phone, rereading the instructions from the
owner of the house. Her palms were sweaty in spite of the air conditioning. She
shifted her hips, trying to find a comfortable spot on the broad leather seats.
“Do
you wish to stop, Mistress? It’ll be at least an hour before we reach the
house.” The driver’s husky voice matched her stocky build and ruddy face. Jaya
appraised the thick hands wrapped around the wheel and the way the chauffeur’s
livery draped her broad shoulders and considered it. The woman made eye contact
with Jaya in the rearview mirror, one eyebrow raised and lips in a closed-mouth
smile. Jaya imagined saying, “Yes, let us stop somewhere and I’ll flog you
until we’re both satisfied,” but the instructions from Rowan House were
explicit and interactions with the staff were not permitted outside the house.
“No.”
Jaya kept her voice soft and let her gaze rest on the woman’s face in the
mirror. “I’m tired of people staring at me.”
“You’re
a sight, Ma’am, if you don’t mind me saying so.”
“You’d
think they’d never seen a woman in a suit before.” Jaya left out the word
“dark-skinned.”
“It’s
your height, Ma’am. And you’re fetching in that suit. I imagine out of it as
well.”
Jaya
looked down. She had not flirted like this in years and it was wonderful, even
if she knew it was not going to lead to anything more.
“Do
you always flirt with your guests?” She relaxed her shoulders and sat back in
the seat.
“Only
the ones I find—” The driver looked at Jaya in the mirror. “Stunning.” She
turned on the radio and went back to piloting the long, black town car through
roundabouts as they left Armadale. As they traveled farther from the city, she
was occupied dodging rough spots and the occasional mud-splattered sheep wandering
along the edge of the single-track road.
Jaya
sank into the soft leather seats, grateful for the distraction of the driver’s
banter and the tinted windows, dark enough to hide her face from anyone who
might try to catch a glimpse of the car’s passengers. On the ferry to Skye, she
had caught more than one mother reminding her children not to stare. The
curious faces of the children were better than the hard looks she got from the
men on the ship. Half of them looked like they wanted to fuck her; the other
half looked like they wanted to kill her. Some probably wanted to do both.
She
had not anticipated how angry she would feel under the gaze of the other
passengers. She had almost wished one of the rude men would start something so
she could finish it. She had worn this suit to her father’s funeral, to her
brother’s dismay. An orphan again at thirty-five. The high from the banter with
the driver wore off and she slumped in her seat. She sifted through her
memories of the last two years. Her father’s illness and slow death, her
brother’s anger, and Deidre’s departure blended into an oppressing melancholy.
What the hell was I thinking? Why am I looking for comfort here?
She
could have chosen another venue for her adventure, but Jaya wanted to
experience this house. The house Deidre spoke of as her home. She lied to
herself, telling herself she chose this house because it was highly recommended
as a discreet, old-school establishment dedicated to unique and personalized
experiences.
Deidre.
The woman of sorrows. Never was a woman more truly named. Jaya scrolled through
the photos of Deidre on her phone. Brutal memories of their life together
filled the emptiness of the ride. As they traveled farther into the country,
the battery on her phone quietly expired. Jaya tucked it into her bag and let
the rocking of the car soothe her as they drove past rough stone walls and
rocky pastures.
Purchase
Links
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Author Q&A
If you could travel
forward or backward in time, where would you go and why?
I would love to go back to 1931-1934 Paris so I could hang
out in cafes with Anais Nin.
We’ve all got a
little voyeurism in us right? If you could be a fly on the wall during an
intimate encounter (does not need to be sexual) between two characters, not
your own, who would they be?
Jacqueline Carey’s
Phedre and Melisande from Kushiel’s Dart.
If I were snooping
around your kitchen and looked in your refrigerator right now, what would I
find?
Milk, bread, peanut butter and jelly, and left over grilled
chicken.
If you could be a
superhero, what would you want your superpowers to be?
Invisability.
If you could trade
places with one of your characters, who would it be and why?
Mac from my next book because she gets to go to travel to
Italy and watch the Italian Grand Prix from a private suite. I loved Italy and
can’t wait to go back.
Meet the Author
Brenda Murphy writes both short stories
and novels. She is a member of Romance Writers of America. Her non-fiction and
fiction work has been published in various collections—most recently, “Whole
Again” in First: Sensual Stories of New Beginnings (Ladylit Publishing, 2015).
When she is not writing or teaching
cooking classes, she’s attempting to train an unrepentant parrot, much to her
Ohioan family’s delight. She writes about life, books, and writing on her blog,
writingwhiledistracted.com. She shares recipes and celebrates food on her blog,
quinbykitchensideshow.com.
Author
Links
Website: http://www.brendalmurphy.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quinbysideshow
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