The Struck Series
Madison "Sunny" Stone is a self-proclaimed Plain Jane; pleasantly plump, aspiring screenplay writer working in retail hell. Her love-life is as predictable as her B.O.B. (battery-operated boyfriend). Until a random night out at her favorite local watering-hole, where she is being watched by a handsome stranger in the shadows.
Gabriel Wolf is a mega-famous movie star that has lost the passion for his career and life in general. Growing up in foster-care as an orphan that never knew love and then becoming a superstar, only to be love for his status and what he can do for others. He's never felt what it is to be wanted for just being Gabriel Wolf...the man. That is until he happens across the bright, funny and modestly beautiful Sunny Stone.
Can these two lost people come together to find a love that neither could have dreamed possible? Or will the media, friends and fans turn that dream into a real-life living hell?
Come along with these two sweet charmingly damaged people in Twyla Turner's erotic romance debut: Star-Struck.
Exerpt:
Sunny chugged her beer down like a drunken frat boy, trying to calm her frayed nerves. Gabe smiled at her impressed. And then he walked back to the bar to get her another beer.
Once he came back, he set her full beer down in front of her. “Are you trying to get me drunk?” She eyed him suspiciously.
“No. I’m trying to get you relaxed enough to dirty dance with me. Since I get the feeling that you secretly were a Patrick Swayze fan.”
“Oh, it’s no secret. I am a huge Swayze fan. ‘No one puts Baby in a corner’!” She winked at him as he laughed.
They both downed the rest of their beers and Gabe pulled her onto the crowded dance floor. The bass and drums combined to pound out a sensual rhythm. Sunny swayed her hips to the beat and Gabe followed. His hands were on her hips and she slid her arms up and around his neck, plunging her fingers into the hair on the nape of his neck. He bent down and pressed his forehead against hers, staring at her a few beats before capturing her lips in a blistering kiss.
Sunny gasped as she pulled away and turned in his arms. She pressed her ass into his steel erection, making him moan in her ear. His lips were on her in an instant, in the space between her neck and shoulder. His tongue flicked out occasionally, to taste her skin leaving, a damp trail in his wake. Her head was thrown back, the curls around her face now wet and plastered to her skin. Her lips parted and gasped as he grinded into her from behind.
They were oblivious to any and everything around them. She reached her arms back to comb through his hair again. And he took advantage of the access that she made and rested his hands on the underside of her breasts. Then he stroked down her sides, all the way to the hem of her dress. He scraped his fingertips up her thighs, exposing the skin as the dress lifted with his hands. Sunny grabbed his wrists, stopping his progress before he exposed too much. He left her panting, wet and desperate for more. She turned to face him again, staring him right in the eyes as she nodded her head. She was ready.
Madison "Sunny" Stone's life was turned upside down when she unexpectedly fell in love with the world's "Sexiest Man Alive" and superstar actor Gabriel Wolf. But being thrown into the spotlight, getting ripped apart by the media and a devastating accident; Sunny isn't so sure that loving the man behind the stardom is enough.
Gabriel Wolf has never experienced a love the likes of which Sunny has shown him. Being an orphan and a loner, the light that the beautiful and plump screenplay writer has brought into his life is making it hard to let go, even after she suddenly breaks it off with him after the close call of the life-threatening accident. Gabe refuses to give up hope that they can make it through the storm, but there is someone in the shadows threatening everything he's striving to hold onto.
Will Sunny and Gabe be able to come back together, even with all of the outside forces trying to keep them apart? Can they find their 'happily ever after'? Find out in Awe-Struck the exciting conclusion to Twyla Turner's debut novel, Star-Struck.
Excerpt:
“Here, I’ll let you take your bath in peace. I brought a few scripts that I need to read anyway.” Gabe handed the salt to Sunny, then kissed her on the forehead and walked out of the room.
Sunny poured in a liberal amount of salt into her steaming bath. She toed out of her shoes and slipped her jeans and t-shirt off. She grabbed a hair clip that she had brought in with her, and piled her hair on top of her head, securing it with the clip. She turned and leaned down to swirl her hand in the water, making sure the salt was all mixed in, when she remember that the bathroom had glass walls. She quickly looked up and Gabe was sitting on the bed with the forgotten script in his hands, watching her intensely. If he wants a show, I’ll give him one.
Reaching behind her back, Sunny unclasped her bra and slowly brought the straps down her arms, and then dropped the bra on top of the pile of clothes already on the floor. Gabe unconsciously crushed the script in his hands at the sight of her little striptease. Just as slowly, she pulled down her cute pale pink with sparkly hot pink kisses printed boyshorts till they dropped at her ankles, and she stepped out of them. And facing Gabe she stepped into the tub and slowly lowered herself in, careful not to get the her cast wet as she let the hot soothing water envelope her.
Once she was fully submerged, Gabe’s hands relaxed around the pages and his jaw relaxed. She watched him look down at the crumpled script and a blush spread across his cheeks at the sight of the nearly destroyed papers. When he bashfully looked up at her again, she gave him a sassy grin and a wink. This is going to be a long night.