![]() He’s just a player in a hot suit, and I’m just a widow with three unruly sons.īecause everybody knows that Tristan Miles always gets what he wants…and what he wants is me. Still arrogant and infuriating-but this time, surprisingly charming and witty. Six months later, he was the guest speaker at a conference I attended in France. Turning him down was the highlight of my year. I would rather die than date a man like him-though I do have to admit it was good for the ego. In the shock of the century, he called me three days later and asked me on a date. He was powerful, arrogant, and infuriatingly gorgeous, and I hated him with every cell in my body. I first met Tristan Miles at a meeting where he was trying to take over my late husband’s company. He was thirty-six.” I twist my fingers together on my lap.In bestselling author T L Swan’s second hot installment to the Miles High Club series, he’s sexy, rich, and her mortal enemy. hit by a drunk driver at five fifty-two a.m.” “He was training for a triathlon.” I pause. “Five years ago, my husband was riding a bike early one morning.” I smile as I remember Wade in his full riding kit. So many readers I know have raved and gushed about this one and how much better it was than even The Stopover, so I was expecting it to completely blow me out of the water. “Start at the beginning.” Elouise smiles. The Takeover is the second book in the The Miles High Club series and I have to be honest, I had super high expectations of this one. “Little League.”Įlouise’s face falls, and everyone listens intently. “What is the hardest thing that you have had to do?” Swan I first met Tristan Miles at a meeting where he was trying to take over my late husband’s company. “Let’s talk about the hardest thing in your life,” Elouise says. The Takeover (The Miles High Club 2) by T.L. He’s not the kind of man I could ever fall in love with. I was physically attracted to him, and yet there was absolutely no chance that I could have developed feelings for him. He is uncomplicated and unavailable, the kind of man you have thoughtless sex with. And if there was ever a man whom I should have slept with as a get-back-into-the-dating-game kind of thing, it should have been Tristan Miles. being made to feel desirable.Īnd it’s not him it’s not about him. aid and done, are their lives and love completely safe Read online. But how dark are the secrets and how deep are the lies And when all is s. The reason I haven’t slept, the reason I had to get myself off while watching YouPorn last night.Īnd the reason I feel so fucking sexless today that I just want to cry. The final piece of the Stanton Puzzle.Joshua and Natasha are finally as one, so in love like never before. ![]() I hate that I wanted him, and, most of all, I hate that the opportunity to have a wild and carefree night with him is gone. I hate that I’m physically attracted to someone I don’t like. We’ve broken up into small groups of fifteen and are sitting and listening to everyone in our group. Elouise, the psychologist who is running this part of the workshop, has tailored the session to what we did yesterday morning. All of our questions are different, based on our psychological testing. “Tell me, Ariana, what is the one thing that makes you angry?” Elouise asks.Īriana frowns as she contemplates her answer, and we sit in silence as we wait. Something that apparently burns a hole in our existence. One by one we are being asked a question about ourselves that only we would know. ![]() I sit and stare into space in the truth circle. “Cold shower.” I turn the water on with force. No way in hell am I giving him one inch of power over me. I imagine him guiding me as to how he likes it, and my blood boils. I shiver at the thought of appearing vulnerable and sexually inexperienced to him. I’m into tender loving care, and he’s probably a world-renowned anal master. I’m positive the kind of sex that I’ve had wouldn’t be the same type of sex that he has. And besides, I wouldn’t even know what to do with him. The very last thing I’m about to do is have sex with that soul-sucking bastard. I need to get some distance between me and him. I turn my phone on silent, put it on the charger, and storm into the bathroom, and then I lock that door too. There are no prizes for being a good girl. I put the chain on, and I peek through the peephole to see him roll his eyes and shake his head. I’m panting, and my body is still reeling from the feeling of him so close. I fall against the back of it and close my eyes. I close the door in his face and click the lock. Taking the momentary distraction as a godsend. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Some absolute bangers for raising levies include Royal Armories, which increases the levy size for all holdings in the Duchy by 20%, and Marches, which will help you reinforce your levies after a battle more quickly. These are much more impactful and offer a great deal of benefit depending on the structure you choose. In your capital cities you can construct special buildings like Duchy Buildings. Build in your own directly-owned counties for the maximum benefit, since you’ll get all the bonuses rather than only getting a bit through your vassals. Invest in buildings for your realmīuildings stick around, and are absolutely worth investing in if you can spare the change. This’ll put them in charge of increasing your levies, and the higher the Marshal’s martial stat the better. Go to the Council menu (F4) and check how much your Marshal is helping you by selecting the ‘organise levies’ option. You can check exactly how much this is helping you by going to your character menu and hovering over the icon with two swords, just below your name and traits.Īs well as your ruler’s martial stat, your Marshal should have as high a martial stat as possible too. You can reset perks if you want to reinvest in a martial lifestyle too! Pop into the lifestyle tree and click ‘reset perks’ in the top right and you refund all your points - just be careful though - because it’ll make your leader pretty stressed out. Choosing the ‘strategy’ or ‘authority’ focuses will directly increase this, and certain perks will further help (hover over them for full info)
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