Sparks fly when Vi Martin hires Clarkson Dale, a professional butler for her swanky Miami retreat. Work turns to play when they break all the rules.
Vi Martin, successful multi-millionaire businesswoman, is in for a surprise when the domestic agency sends her a new butler for her swanky Miami penthouse. Drop dead gorgeous Clarkson Dale is the consummate professional butler…until he meets his new employer. The sparks fly and their attraction is undeniable when they break all the rules. She knows it's wrong to have sex with the hired help but the woman is used to getting what she wants and she can't resist temptation.
Clarkson is conflicted by his professional role and his flagrant attraction to Vi. They strike a compromise, work is work and play is play. Strictly professional by day and all bets are off at night when they explore their fantasies. Vi likes it when a man takes control and she's open to new experiences. Clarkson has just the man for the job. Michel, Vi's personal chef, has other talents, and joins Clarkson and Vi in exploring her deeper sexual tastes. Clarkson takes control of a night of passion and guides Michel on how to properly pleasure their employer. Michel has no problem rising to the occasion.
Publisher's Note: This story has been previously released as part of the At Your Service anthology by Totally Bound Publishing.
General Release Date: 26th July 2013
Clarkson Dale rose to his full six-foot-four frame as he rode the private elevator in the swanky new high rise to the penthouse. He’d been out of work for a month and had been grateful to finally get the call from the agency for his new posting. The elevator zipped along silently until a loud ding announced he had arrived at the forty-first floor.
Stepping out on the top floor, he found himself in a private lobby with two impressive carved wood doors, and behind those, his new employer. The agency had provided him with a brief bio. He recognised his employer’s name from the newspapers and People magazine, as she was a leading fashion designer and had recently purchased the largest condominium in Miami.
Vivienne Martin heard the door chime echo across her vast penthouse. She put the phone down and impatiently called for Marie to answer it. The bell chimed again but still no Marie. Just where had her maid got to? And how was Vi supposed to get any work done around here if she had to answer both the phone and door at the same time? A reminder of just why she had let the agency know she was desperate for a butler for her new sprawling Miami retreat. Exasperated, she left her office, her Ferragamo spiked heels clicking as she strode quickly across the marble foyer.
Smoothing her skirt, she opened the front door widely and smiled.
"Ms Martin?" Clarkson asked, with surprise.
"And you are?" she asked of the hunky well-dressed man before her. Damn the media, he was probably a reporter looking for the newest scoop on her Miami retreat.
"Clarkson Dale," he stammered slightly, his eyes lingering on her silk blouse, unbuttoned to reveal ample cleavage. "The agency sent me. You requested a butler."
"Clarkson, last name or first?" she said crisply, relieved that he was the new butler. He could deal with the snooping press from now on—he was tall enough and built well enough to take them on.
He just stared at her. He probably wasn’t used to an employer answering her own door. That made two of them. "Clarkson, first name, madam," he said politely.
"Madam," she snorted, and she saw a smile flicker across his chiselled face. "No one’s ever called me that. Now come on, Clarkson, I don’t have all day to stand here. The sooner you get to work the better. I’ll give you a quick tour—I don’t know where Maria got to. She’s the maid and she should really show you around, but I guess I’ll have to."
"Yes, madam," he said, following her into the lavishly decorated surroundings.
"Vivienne," she said, "but I prefer you address me Ms Vi. Definitely not madam."
"Of course, Ms Vi."
She glanced back to catch him eyeing the sashay of her pencil skirt. It was one of her own designs and she was well aware that it accentuated her pert ass. But she also knew that as a professional butler, he knew better than to think of his employer in anything but a professional sense.
She smiled, sensing his gaze boring in-to her as she led the way, and paused in the middle of the grand room, with its unobstructed wall to wall view of the ocean. She turned to look at him. "This is the living room. I like the bar stocked at all times. I drink Lillet on the rocks," she said, gesturing to the wall that housed fine art as well as a substantial bar. "Sometimes G&T, Bombay Sapphire, lots of ice and slivers of lime." She was uncharacteristically self-conscious as he stood close to her, aware of the rise and fall of his broad chest. Clarkson was the sexiest damn butler she’d ever seen. Here, she had thought she’d be getting some old fogey, but no, Clarkson Dale looked more like a GQ model than any butler she’d ever employed or had met at any of her friends’ houses. And that Italian designer suit fit him like a glove. She’d like to be a suit of his.
Kate Deveaux is a contemporary erotic romance writer and die-hard romantic. A former wedding planner, she has always been “in love” with love! Kate is currently working on several fictional stories—each filled with sexy romance, heroines who are no shrinking violets and heroes who make your heart skip a beat. She currently resides with her husband in the U.S. When Kate is not busy writing, she can be found on the tennis court—yes, there’s even ‘love’ in that game too.
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This erotic tidbit puts a new spin on the phrase "personal service"...quite the sexplosive powerhouse...The chemistry between these two is so strong that readers can't help being swept up in it's lust-filled...
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From start to finish, this short story has more steam than some of the romance novels I've read in the past...HOT STUFF...The characters in this story are what you'd expect beautiful, arrogant...
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You are a former wedding planner so please tell us about some of your most memorable experiences doing this.
After a few years, I began to specialise in Tropical wedding planning in holiday destinations; mostly in Hawaii, the Caribbean and Mexico. I wasn’t usually present for the actual weddings, however, one time I was in Maui when my clients wed. Now that had to be the most memorable! To witness a bride and groom married on the beach at sunset, with the sound of the waves and the tropical music — it was just so romantic it still makes my heart skip a beat…
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