Dark Secrets

Professional Reviews

4.5 TEACUPS: "Jan Bowles has a fluid way of writing that keeps you glued to the pages. Dark Secrets is a complex story of love, loss, and “dark secrets”. I enjoyed the sprinkling of suspense throughout the book. The romance was sweet, and the sex scenes hot! Dark Secrets had an emotional, character-driven plot. The ending had me smiling long after I read the book. If you enjoy a classic, well written, contemporary romance…Dark Secrets is a great choice. Jan Bowles makes her characters so multi-dimensional, who could help but believe they knew them? I’m looking forward to more novels by this author. She puts heart and soul into her words." --LynnMarie, Happily Ever After Reviews

4 BOOKMARKS: "In Dark Secrets by Jan Bowles we have the most wonderful erotica I have read in quite some time. I read this book within a couple of hours as it read so well that I couldn’t put it down. For those who love Adult Romance/Erotica stories this is the book for you. The scenes are hot and steamy, not to mention ones that would have you finding yourself immersed in the same feelings that the characters are experiencing. A great adult novel for erotic fans every where! I’d like to encourage any adult fiction reader to pick this up and dare you not to find yourself as immersed in this story as I have been reviewing it." -- Mind Fog Reviews

4 RAVENS: "Dark Secrets is an intense read as it deals with Megan’s dramatic and emotional “secret”. She spends her life trying to be with the one man she’s always loved, but previous events end up keeping them apart. While Dark Secrets is not a “candy and roses” type romance, it is a roller coaster ride of emotional ups and downs, filled with heavy sexual tension. Megan and Sam let their attraction finally take control, but past secrets try to destroy the relationship they have worked so hard to establish. I think Dark Secrets by Jan Bowles was well written and everything unfolded at a steady pace to make a great story. The sexual tension led up to some can’t-possibly-wait-any-longer sex that’s worth the wait!" -- Ashley, Black Ravens Reviews

Excerpt

ADULT EXCERPT

Since Sam had returned, all her cares had simply disappeared. With both of them seated at the kitchen table, she watched him drain the last of the coffee from his cup. He placed it back on the saucer, and then stared at her for a moment.

He held out his arms. “Come here. I’ve missed you.”

A warm glow spread down into her centre, as she moved across to join him. Smiling down at him, she stood by his chair, teasing her fingers through his hair. “I’ve really missed you, too, Sam.”

Putting his arm around her waist, he hugged her to him. He chuckled. “This reminds me of another encounter we had in this very kitchen.”

“Oh, yes, as if I could forget the spanking you gave me.”

“Hmm, I did give you a spanking, didn’t I, but I really wanted to do something else.” He looked up at her as he raised one hand to brush under her skirt, and then pressed his face to her stomach. He breathed in. “You smell so feminine.” With splayed fingers, he caressed her inner thigh. The merest touch, they barely brushed across the sensitive skin.

The breath sharpened in her lungs. Gripping her fingers into his strong, warm shoulders, she adjusted her stance to stay upright.

“So, you liked the spanking then?”

“You know I did.”

His fingers reached the elastic of her knickers, and hooked underneath. “It wasn’t just the spanking, it was the fact that I was under your control. You could do with me as you wished.” She paused as his thumb grazed over her clit. Her voice raised an octave. “It turned me on.”

“Really?” He sounded interested, and slightly amused. “When’s your housekeeper coming back?”

“Not until tomorrow.”

He smiled. “Then take your panties off. Now.”

The warmth spread deeper as she followed his instructions. She pulled her panties off her legs and then threw them at him. “For your trophy drawer.”

He caught the lacy underwear, and then held them over his mouth and nose. Closing his eyes, he breathed in heavily. “Mmm, I should have had a pair of these with me in China.” He paused as he put them into his jean pocket, then said in a deliberately, rough voice, “Now stand there.”

She moved in close, her breathing more erratic as his hand slipped under her skirt again. His fingers splayed as he smoothed them to the very top of her leg.

“Now, I’ve had a very trying time this past month. I’ve not had a fuck, or even a wank. I’ve saved it all up for you. I’m desperate for your pussy, but I want to savour it. So, you’re going to do as I say. Do you understand?”

She nodded, and swallowed. “Yes, Sam.” With each word he spoke, desire pooled from her. She had never felt so desirable and sexy in her life. Her heart hammered in her chest, and her pussy flowed with her feminine juices.

“Now take the rest of your clothes off. I want to see what I’m about to enjoy.”

With trembling hands, she removed her blouse, then unclipped her bra. His gaze rested on her breasts, then focused back on hers. “Now step out of your skirt, and come back here to my side.”

Slightly shocked by his rough commands, she did as he told her. Being dominated turned her on far more than she had thought possible. She knew Sam would never hurt her.

“Closer, until your breast is in my mouth.”

With one arm around her waist, he pulled her towards him. He took her nipple into his mouth, suckling on the areola, and drawing it into a peak. Each time he suckled, she felt herself tighten at her core.

He pushed a hand between her legs. “Open your legs wider.” Bracing a hand to his shoulder, she did as he demanded. A tight whimper escaped her mouth as he slipped his finger into her moistened folds.

“This is what I really wanted to do, but I couldn’t do this, and give you a spanking. You understand, you had to be disciplined.” His breathing had become heavy, and he pressed his head against her abdomen. His tongue grazed over her stomach.

“Yes, Sam.”

“You see, this is for pleasure.” He slid one finger deep into her pussy. Then he withdrew and inserted two fingers, as high as they would go, lifting her slightly. As she whimpered, he murmured against her naked stomach. “Mmm, so pleasurable, don’t you agree?” His breath blew warmly across her bare skin as he spoke.

Unable to answer, she gripped her fingers into his shoulders and bit down on her lower lip.

“You see, there’s pleasure, and pain.” As he said the word pain, he slapped her bare bottom. The shock waves rippled through her, making her inner muscles tighten around the fingers deep inside her. He did the same again. “Pleasure, pain.” An incredible pressure began to build at her core. The noise of the loud slaps echoed around the kitchen.

Her head fell forward as he continued to stroke and spank her. “Mmm, so wet, but not wet enough. I want you dripping your juices all over my hard cock.” He kissed her stomach, his fingers still gliding into her tight pussy.

“Now, take off my sweatshirt.” She pulled his sweatshirt over his head, and flung it away. Her eyes greedily absorbed the taut muscles of his chest, and the dark, masculine hair. She liked his present mood, with his unfathomable eyes. So far, this new slant on their relationship had simply turned her on far more than she could have imagined. He looked at her, and commanded, “Now straddle me.”

Her breathing became more erratic. She braced her hands on his shoulders, as she stood over him. Her legs spread wide, gripping tightly onto his thighs.

“Have you been a good girl, Megan, while I’ve been away?”

“Yes, Sam.”

“Are you sure you’re telling me the truth, Megan, because if you’re lying, I’ll have to discipline you again.”

“Yes, Sam, I’m telling you the truth.”

“Hmm, I don’t believe you.” Once again, he slapped her bottom as he inserted two fingers into her wet channel. Then he slapped her bottom again, as pulses of desire began to flow from her. She squirmed with pleasure, as her body tightened around his fingers. “Have you pleasured yourself whilst I’ve been away.”

“No, Sam,” she lied.

He must have sensed her hesitancy because her bare bottom was slapped again. “Tell the truth, or I won’t allow you to come.”

She whimpered as a spasm convulsed and gripped onto his fingers. “Yes.”

“How did you do it?”

“I rubbed my clit, thinking of you deep inside me, Sam.”

“Show me.”