Synopsis: Silver-tongued Lexi Mandalay is celebrating her 18th birthday with no job, no future, and her only hope of making it after graduation is to use her wits and her looks to make it big in her dream career in fashion design. Her parents leaving to travel abroad isn’t helping matters either, and Lexi has to stay with her crazy Aunt Freddie until she starts Junior College, or its off the another country for good... moreSynopsis: Silver-tongued Lexi Mandalay is celebrating her 18th birthday with no job, no future, and her only hope of making it after graduation is to use her wits and her looks to make it big in her dream career in fashion design. Her parents leaving to travel abroad isn’t helping matters either, and Lexi has to stay with her crazy Aunt Freddie until she starts Junior College, or its off the another country for good. Lexi hears the babysitting biz is booming and her best friend Gillian sets her up with a gig to sit for the daughter of aging TV actress Lucy Deschannel. Everything is copacetic until Lexi is caught snooping by Lucy’s hunky ad exec brother John Oliver. John and Lexi share an instant chemistry as John tempts Lexi to explore her secret fantasies about pleasure—and pain. Excerpt: Lexi stepped to the side of John as she tried to ignore the heat that simmered when they were close. She felt the same as she had the night after she had discovered the photograph of John, naked, and bound. The night that followed, Lexi had planned to forget all about her 18th birthday. John stood beside Lexi. He had one arm wrapped around by the waist. Passersby might think the two were a casual couple. John knew he and Lexi were so much more. Lexi looked up and melted when she met John’s gaze. He looked at her the same way he had more than month ago. “John, I’m so embarrassed. What we did—” “I’m not,” said John. John looked over at the table where Lexi sat. “You didn’t finish your chocolate,” he stated. “I’m kind of addicted,” Lexi replied shyly. less
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