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Just Curious

by Ariella Talix

Just Curious - Ariella Talix
Editions:Kindle: $ 3.99
ISBN: 978-1-7320768-9-1
Pages: 267

Secrets, curiosity, and passion.

Fantasy becomes reality with little encouragement.

Willa Camden, a successful author of steamy novels, becomes entwined with Jackson Mitchell, a brilliant billionaire, and his best friend Casey Melrose. Their love is shared equally, and Willa is not always in the middle.

Craving excitement, they embark on international adventures in the style befitting a billionaire.

Cyber threats, blackmail, and theft turn their world upside down. Their careers are jeopardized, and lives are in danger.

Fair warning: They curse a little and have sex a lot, so please don't be shocked. Join them for a wild ride.

If you're ready for a book that will have you on the edge of your seat and grabbing for a fan, this story is for you.

Excerpt:

 

Willa Camden squinted at the television.  She was trying to figure out how she knew the woman giving her acceptance speech at the Oscars for Best Original Screenplay.  Willa recognized the grating tone of the woman’s voice and the fake smile with overly whitened teeth.  She appeared to be in her early to mid-thirties.  The woman simpered at the audience and clutched the statuette to her chest.  Her angular face was covered in gaudy makeup.  It was too bad, Willa thought.  If she hadn’t been so made-up, she might have been attractive.  Unfortunately, her brassy-blond hair had a terrible case of dark roots.

“There is something so familiar about her…” Willa muttered to herself.  She was certain they’d met.  Her name appeared on the screen: Deb Abbey.  It didn’t ring any bells; she certainly wasn’t one of the screenplay writers Willa knew.

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“I’m so proud of this work,” Deb enthused nasally to the audience.  “It started out as a novel, but I just saw everything in my head so vividly, I changed the work over to a screenplay about a quarter of the way through.  Thank you to the Academy and to the actors, director, and the entire crew who brought my words to life so wonderfully.  I can’t name you all, but you know who you are.  And thank you to the people who inspired me.”  Music played, and Deb turned to head offstage.

Huh, not much of a speechespecially for a writer.  Dying of curiosity, Willa grabbed her laptop and Googled the movie—which was apparently new—to see if that would give her any clue about the writer’s identity.

Within seconds, she had the trailer booted up.  Her face went scarlet, and she began to shake.  Like a ton of bricks, the memory of meeting “Deb Abbey” came back in a rush and settled in her chest, crushing her.

“Fucking bitch!” she hollered at her laptop as her world blew apart.  Willa jumped up and thundered around her house, finally deciding she needed to get outdoors before she broke something in her rage.  She went to the fireplace where they’d always kept a bowl of smooth beach stones.  She loaded up her pockets and ran for the door where she kicked off her shoes.  Thoughtlessly, she flicked on the backyard lights and stomped down the stairs to the beach, where she ran to the water’s edge.  Hot tears poured unchecked down her face.  She hadn’t even locked the door behind her.

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Reviews:BP34 on Goodreads wrote:

Triple Delight
Willa, Jackson and Casey are great characters in this story and are well developed and likable. They all seem to really have fun with each other inside and outside the bedroom. They all are successful and rich with Jackson being a billionaire. Willa was a romance author who really hadn't tried many of the things she wrote about. Jackson and Casey were lifelong friends who held special feelings for each other. The trio made one hot threesome. No shortage of steam or sexy scenes. Guaranteed to set your Kindle on fire. Plenty of MMF action. The book was a good read that was well written and hard to put down once you begin. A romantic thriller with some bad guys in the picture. Follow them as they travel the world and face threats, blackmail and career-altering events. A steamy read that I read as an advance copy via Net Galley and voluntarily chose to review.


About the Author

Ariella Talix is the nom de plume of a bestselling author who lives in America's Heartland.

Her goal is to preserve the dignity of family members who would rather not be associated publicly with a woman who writes such scandalous and stimulating novels. She's not going to stop writing them though.