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Off the
Beaten Track by Lucy Felthouse
When workaholic Libby Strong’s friends and family
make her take a long overdue holiday, she’s not impressed. A week of lounging
by a swimming pool and doing nothing is not her idea of fun. In an act of
rebellion, she books a day trip, touring in a jeep. When her guide arrives,
Libby’s astonished to discover she’s the only patron going on the trip. But as
hunky Demetrio takes her off the beaten track and deep into the beautiful
Portuguese countryside, she soon leaves her worries behind and hangs on tight
for the ride of her life.
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Libby huffed
and puffed as she made her way up the steep slope leading to the rear exit of
the hotel complex. She swore the builders had had secret CCTV cameras installed
so they could watch people suffer their poor planning for years to come. At
least it was early. Had it been lunchtime, she’d surely have passed out with
the heat.
Ah well,
Libby thought as she finally reached the road, it’ll be worth it. This trip is
going to be amazing.
As she stood
on the mercifully flat pavement and got her breath back, a thought niggled at
her. Nobody else was here. Panicking, Libby wrenched open her bag and pulled
out her paperwork. She examined it, then a glance at her watch confirmed she
had both the right date and time. So where was everyone? Yes, she was ten
minutes early but surely the others should be here by now? Looking down the
slope she’d just ascended, Libby frowned as she saw it was deserted. Everywhere
was deserted.
Fuck, she
thought, perhaps they were all here earlier and they’ve gone without me!
The rumble of
an engine distracted Libby from her worries. Turning, she saw a jeep trundling
down the road towards her. She watched hopefully as the driver pulled the
vehicle up beside where she stood and reached into the passenger seat.
Picking up a
clipboard, the man glanced down, then at her, and said, “You are Libby Strong?”
She nodded.
The man
grinned widely, revealing dimples in both cheeks, and hopped out of the jeep.
Walking around the vehicle to where she stood, he held out a hand.
“I am
Demetrio. Your guide for the day.”
Libby took
his hand and shook it. It was warm and strong. Much like the rest of him, she
suspected, as she gave him a subtle once over. He was tall, with black curly
hair to his shoulders, luscious brown eyes and olive skin. A white t-shirt bearing
the holiday company’s logo covered his top half—though without obscuring his
impressive biceps—and he wore longish tan colored shorts on the bottom. A pair
of non-descript white-ish trainers and faded red cap completed his outfit.
“I’m Libby,”
she said, even though he already knew her name. She was just being polite.
“Pleased to meet you.”
They broke
off the handshake and Demetrio smiled again, then moved to the passenger side
of the jeep and pulled open the door.
“Please,” he
said, gesturing she should get in.
Libby did as
she was told, but couldn’t help asking the burning question.
“Where is
everyone else?”
Demetrio
waited until she was safely in the passenger seat, closed the door and made his
way to the driver’s side. He got in, then turned to her.
“There is
nobody else. You are only person on this trip. You get best views!”
He laughed then,
the flash of white teeth against olive skin resulting in an unexpected jolt in
Libby’s nether regions. She studied his profile for a few seconds, then grudgingly
admitted to herself that Demetrio was, in fact, very attractive. Despite the
fact she was a red-blooded woman, she rarely noticed such things.
Like most
people, she’d come on this holiday to recharge her batteries. Unlike most
people, she’d been practically forced into it. Libby was somewhat of a
workaholic, which left her little time for anything else. It was this fact
which had cost her last relationship. The long working hours, frequent rain
checks on their dates and her lack of interest in any kind of affection, let
alone sex, had finally caused James to walk away.
Libby had
barely noticed. She’d just carried on working, and working…until her friends
and family had finally intervened. They’d booked the holiday to Portugal,
arranged with her boss for her to have the time off, and basically given her
little choice but to go.
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Lucy
is a graduate of the University of Derby, where she studied Creative Writing.
During her first year, she was dared to write an erotic story - so she did. It
went down a storm and she's never looked back. Lucy has had stories published
by Cleis Press, Constable and Robinson, House of Erotica, Noble Romance,
Ravenous Romance, Resplendence Publishing, Summerhouse Publishing, Sweetmeats
Press and Xcite Books. She is also the editor of Uniform Behaviour and Seducing
the Myth.
Find out more at http://www.lucyfelthouse.co.uk.
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