Tell him that I was definitely scared enough. It was a menacing statement, and I wanted to deny it as well. I barely fought the shiver that begged to stutter through my body. He glanced up at me, amusement in his features.

Or why I was anxious that he might mean good riddance to me when that was probably exactly what I should be wishing he meant. Though I wasn’t sure why I was defending myself. “I’m not a coward,” I managed to say defensively. It’s not really anything to fret over, losing those connections.

They certainly won’t let themselves be seen with you. “Most people are frightened of you,” he said as his hand stroked up my shin. No speech that started with murder had a happy ending. “It’s interesting,” he said, his thumbs doing that amazing thing on the bottom of my foot, “how people respond to you when they believe you’ve gotten away with murder.” So I propped myself up again and gave him as much of my attention as I could. And I’d listen, whether I wanted to or not. I was too agitated.īut without him spelling it out, I knew that was the terms of this arrangement. Whatever he had to say, I couldn’t possibly listen. Chatting was definitely not the direction I wanted to go in from here. Because we need to have a chat.”Īpprehension fluttered in my belly. When she’s forced to choose where her loyalty lies, how will she decide between saving Amber and saving her heart? But as she finds herself more entangled with him, she finds she’s drawn to Reeve for more than just his connection to Amber, despite her growing fear that he may be the enemy. Now, in order to find Amber, Emily must seduce Reeve to learn his secrets and discover the whereabouts of her friend. And what’s more chilling than the voicemail: it turns out that Amber has gone missing.ĭetermined to track down her friend, Emily follows a chain of clues that lead her to the enigmatic billionaire Reeve Sallis, a hotelier known for his shady dealings and play boy reputation. Although the message might sound benign to anyone else, Amber uses a safe word that Emily recognizes, a word they always used to get out of sticky situations during their wild days. Though the two were once notorious party girls, they haven’t spoken in years. When Emily Wayborn goes home to visit her mom while on hiatus from her hit TV show, she receives a voicemail from her former best friend, Amber. REEVE IS COMING! Meet Reeve & Emily in First Touch releasing December 29th!

First touch a novel laurelin paige