Reader's Edyn: Feature: Gaming The System (Series) by Brenna Aubrey

**At Any Price by Brenna Aubrey**

Good Morning! Once again, I have been fooled! I thought I was featuring a book called Gaming The System – Ha! Nope. Turns out, after reading what I was supposed to do, I am featuring a series! There are several books in this series, but I have excerpts for 3 of them, including a few teasers. I tried to keep things organized so you could sample the series, but still know hic book you were reading about. The blurb for the first book is what caught me originally, so I guess it’s a good thing because if I like it, I’ll have more where that came from. Am I right? Exactly! So my mistake turns out to be a bonus – plus you get more excerpts – and I just love excerpts! So let’s read on and find out more about Brenna Audrey’s GAMING THE SYSTEM series!

A Whole New Look!

Same “stunningly addictive” story, but with a whole new look!

The new Adam & Mia covers were over a year in the making! Over the period of ten months, photographer Lindee Robinson followed the life journey of real life couple, Marcus and Elena.

When it came time for me to choose a new “face” for Adam & Mia, the beloved couple featured in five of the Gaming The System books, I knew Marcus and Elena would fit the part. I contacted Lindee for her assistance in the new look and she was thrilled, informing me that Marcus and Elena, both professional models, had so much natural chemistry together, they’d be perfect!

So we contacted them soon after their own real life fairytale wedding, but were informed that timing would not be on our side for a little while… they were thrilled to learn that they were expecting their first child. Instead of searching elsewhere for new models, however, Lindee came up with a wonderful idea. Why not document their pregnancy, the early infancy of their child and launch an epic project fit for an epic super couple?

So we did just that...over the course of ten months and three different photo shoots, we collected enough images for the new look for the Gaming The System books. Elena was eight months pregnant during their first shoot, their child, six months old at the second. For the third, Marcus and Elena recreated their own wedding, complete with Elena’s wedding dress for the cover of Adam & Mia’s wedding book. All the pieces fit into place. Lindee had taken over a thousand photos of them over the course of many hours in photo shoots. Now it was time for a new design.

I had no question that I’d go back to Sarah Hansen of Okay Creations to give the books a fabulous new look. After all, she’s the one who created their original, amazing brand four years ago when I went to her with At Any Price. And as with her previous covers, they are compelling, eye catching, classy and colorful. Covers fit for Adam & Mia.

I hope you all enjoy the new look as much as I enjoyed working on this project when I got the idea over two years ago! I’m glad they are finally ready to reveal--well….almost all of them...but I’ll be talking more about those other ones later!

~Brenna Aubrey

**Brenna Aubrey**

**BIO**

Brenna Aubrey is a USA TODAY Bestselling Author of contemporary romance stories that center on geek culture.

She has always sought comfort in good books and the long, involved stories she weaves in her head. Brenna is a city girl with a nature-lover's heart. She therefore finds herself out in green open spaces any chance she can get. She's also a mom, teacher, geek girl, Francophile, unabashed video-game addict & eBook hoarder.

She currently resides on the west coast of the US with her husband, two children, and two adorable golden retriever pups.

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**AT ANY PRICE**

Series: Gaming The System #1
Publication date: December 9^th 2013
Genres: New Adult, Romance

**BLURB**

Achievement Unlocked: Geek Virgin

When Mia Strong, proud geek-girl and popular gaming blogger, auctions off her virginity online, she knows she’ll make waves. But what she will not be making is a love connection. Her rules are set in stone: One night. No further contact.

It’s a desperate step, but it’s the only way she can go to medical school and pay her mother’s mounting hospital bills.

Difficulty Level: Millionaire CEO

Adam Drake, the enigmatic auction winner, is a software prodigy who made his first million at seventeen. Now, in his mid-twenties, he’s sexy, driven and–as CEO of his own gaming company–he’s used to making the rules. Before Mia knows what’s happening, he’s found the loophole in the rules of her auction. Every stipulation she’s made to protect her heart gets tossed by the wayside.

She can’t tell if he’s playing her…or if he’s playing for keeps.

This New Adult book is intended for readers over the age of 18 due to adult language, sexual content and adult situations.

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**EXCERPT**

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There was only one shower in the master bathroom and two of us. Adam grabbed two monogrammed terry bathrobes, handing one to me. “I’ll go shower in a guest bathroom.”

“You don’t have to,” I said in a shaky voice.

He froze and turned back to me.

“You could shower with me. I saw the place. It’s huge.”

His eyes lit up but I could tell he thought I was kidding. Likewise, the thought excited me, too. The image of spreading soap across his abs with my bare hands was making my heart pound a little harder.

“Emilia, if I shower with you we will never get up to the top deck.”
Instead of replying, I dropped my towel and then shucked off my wet swimsuit in two smooth, quick moves. Then I shot him a grin and backed into the bathroom. “You’re going to have to show me how this damn thing works anyway.”

A cold thrill thrummed in my throat as his hungry eyes traveled down my naked body. I felt daring, bold, empowered, desired.

By the time Adam took off his swim trunks, he was fully aroused. I tried not to look—much—but I have to admit that curiosity got the better of me. His body was beautiful, magnificent and—well, I tried not to let the size of him terrify me.

I backed into the hot spray. The shower had dual heads, one on each side, so we each got our own. And for the first few minutes, we stood on opposite sides of the shower, awkwardly cornering our own spray, warming up while cautiously watching the other.

I lathered my hair before offering the bottle to him. Once he reached for it, I poured shampoo into my own palm and then put it on top of his head, setting aside the bottle to lather his hair. He watched me with a longsuffering, tolerant expression, but his eyes were dark with desire. His slick, hot, naked body was only inches from mine and I shook with anticipation, with the blood pumping through my veins at five times its normal speed.

Moving closer, I swallowed in a tight throat. I stood on my tiptoes to reach the top of his head, and he steadied me by placing hands on my waist. Then he ducked his head for my attention. His hands, where they held me, touched me lightly at first, but as I continued to massage his scalp, his hold on me tightened, fingertips pressing into my flesh. Thrill danced across my skin. I wanted to press my body to his. But I remembered his warning, about not making it to the top deck. Did I want our first time to happen in here?

I pulled away and turned back to my side of the shower to rinse my hair, my eyes closed. But he came up close behind me.

He picked up the bottle of shower gel and poured it into his hand and I twisted to look back at him, ready to feast on the vision of this gorgeous man lathering his abs.

He said, “Stand still. I’ll wash your back.”

I took a deep breath and did as he told me. His warm hands slicked down from my shoulders, across my deltoids and trapezius muscles to the small of my back. Every inch that he touched sprang alive and I trembled. The soap allowed just the right amount of give and the sensation of his strong hands gliding over my skin set my insides aflame with impossible heat. Then he reached around and smoothed soap across my belly, my hips. His hands skirted my pubic region before slipping up to my breasts—and apparently he must have thought my breasts in extra need of washing because his hands lingered there for quite some time. My nipples were erect and sensitive under his touch, each stroke of his hands piercing my core with lancets of desire.

I was panting, leaning against him. His erection pressed into the small of my back, hot and hard. His head came down to take my ear in his mouth. Shower spray pelted us. “Emilia, if I wasn’t a gentleman, I’d pin you to that wall right now and fuck you.”

My breath hitched. “Who said you had to be a gentleman?”

**EXCERPT ~ At Any Moment**

Our bodies moved together. The tango was a sexy dance. Much like the sexual act itself, it was our bodies in close proximity, moving together, our hands holding each other, our eyes, fastened to one another. Our breath coming quicker. Our hearts beating faster.

Yeah, I’ll admit it was turning me on. Between the alcohol, the kiss on the tower and now this dancing, it was going to be hard to resist her.

But then she pulled out the big guns—because I was well aware of what she’d been doing all night. She’d enacted a studied, careful campaign to seduce me. And I’d played dumb and let her do it.

“Don’t twirl me so fast next time. My dress will fly up too high.”

“What, you don’t want the old goats in here to see your underwear?”

“I wouldn’t care about them seeing my underwear, if I was wearing any,” she said with an impish grin on her face. “Happy birthday.”

I stumbled midstep. “You aren’t wearing any underwear?”

She paused for a beat and I dipped her, holding her there until she answered me. She looked up at me, hooking a leg around mine as I bent into a deeper dip. “Nope. Not a stitch. Full commando.”

Fuck me. I was hard immediately at the thought.

I pulled her up and stood absolutely still. “You are a very naughty girl.”

Her gorgeous, puffy lips formed a pout and her eyes, all doe-like and innocent, grew wider as she said, “Mmm, hmmm. I should be punished.”

I pulled her closer, her feminine body felt like heaven pressed to me. “You should,” I whispered.

She pressed her face to my ear, took my lobe in her hot mouth and dragged her teeth over it. Hot lust streaked through me. God, she was a siren. And there was little holding her off tonight. My blood was on fire for her. She must have felt my erection pressing against her, because she undulated against it, eliciting a gasp of surprise from me.

And before we started doing anything indecent, like fucking right there in front of everyone, I grabbed her hand and pulled her off the dance floor. With a laugh swallowed in a gasp of surprise, she trotted along behind me as I strode with purpose to the elevator that led directly up to our suite. I wasn’t even sure I’d make the elevator ride without committing some sort of lewd act.

The minute the door closed, she turned to me and I had my hands up her skirt, confirming the absence of her panties.

“You see? Nothing for you to rip off of me.”

I pressed her against the wall of the elevator. “I’m going to push this dress up right now and fuck you.”

She let out a breathy moan that cut right through me. “Yes, please.”

“You want it,” I said, my hand stroking up the inside of her silky thigh.

Her lids drooped. “Yes, I do.”

“But I shouldn’t give you what you want, naughty girl. I should punish you.”

When the elevator dinged and the door slid open to the suite, I gave her a light push out in front of me, turning back to press the lock button on the elevator so we wouldn’t be interrupted. She cast a wary glance up at me and then turned away from me, facing the wall.

“Punish me, then.”

**EXCERPT ~ Worth Any Cost**

She shrugged out of her sweater then unbuttoned her jeans, dropped them onto the floor, and stepped out of them. My eyes glided down the long stretch of bare leg, and that familiar pressure of arousal rose up. In a few minutes, those mouthwatering legs would be wrapped around me, and every part of my body enthusiastically readied for it.

"Take a picture—it lasts longer." She smirked then stuck her tongue out at me.

"If you didn't want me perving on you, you would have gone and changed in your closet. If you're changing out here, that means you want me to watch you."

She reached around and unhooked her bra. The straps retracted, but she didn't pull it off. Turning around, she demurely gazed at me over her shoulder, slowly sliding one side off her arm and then the other. "I don't want to inflame your lust any further…"

"Yeah, you do." I grinned, rolling onto my side and propping my head up on my bent arm to continue enjoying her show. To be extra obnoxious, I smacked my lips together. "My underpants are starting to feel tight."

She laughed as she wiggled out of her panties. "Someone wants a bonus tonight? After that fun little nooner?"

"The nooner was the bonus. Tonight's the regular."

She wrinkled her nose at me. "I think you're getting spoiled. You might have to work for it tonight to convince me."

"Maybe I'll finally follow through on that threat to tie you up."

She turned around, fully naked now. "Or maybe I'll walk around here and torment you for a while and not give in."

"Not give in? That never happens." I ran my eyes over her from head to toe. She was gorgeous…her body curving in all the right places. Delectable, smooth skin. Even her nipples were perky, all ready for my tongue to taste them. Perfect.

"Come here." I relished the feel of the blood pressure rising in my veins. Though I'd never in a million years admit it to her, I loved when she teased like this.

She mock-frowned. "That wasn't very convincing."

"Come here, you tease. I'll make you feel good."

"I'm sorry…I didn't mean to inflame your desires. It was completely accidental." Her eyes gleamed with amusement.

"You inflame my desires just by breathing," I said. She crawled across the bed toward me, shoulders flexing like a cat's. But I was the one who sprang without warning, flipping her onto her back and pinning her down. "Surprise. Desires inflamed beyond control."

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How cool is that story about the new cover reveals for the series? Love it! And aren’t they pretty? So what are your thought s about the books that you were able to sample? I feel like they have potential and, based on the blurb and excerpts, I would read them. But no matter what my feelings are, I always want to hear what all of you think. I am one and the rest of you make up so many more – you could all provide some great insight. So what did you think? Yes or no? Why or why not? Your feedback is always wanted. I hope you all enjoyed your time here today. A thanks to Xpresso Book Tours for putting all of the info together. And a special thank you to Ms. Aubrey for allowing us to feature her books today!

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