Ulterior Designs (House of Evans Book 1)
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Authors: Ella Dominguez
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First Edition: January 2016
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Dedicated to my daughter, husband, and family—the most precious people in the world to me.
Thank you to my fans and loyal readers for their continued support, kind words and encouragement. Your personal emails and messages have touched me deeply and given me the oomph to keep going. No words can describe how I feel about you, but I will try: grateful, appreciative, thankful, adoring of you, sappy, happy, and overwhelmed by your kindness.
To the best beta readers a person could ask for. No. Seriously.
The Best
. Amy, Dorothy, Yvonne, Becki, April, Lynde, Crystal, Jodee, Jillian and Nikki.
Authors Rosemary Rey and Anita Cox for their support, encouragement, listening to my absurd rants and feedback.
Terri T. for her suggestions.
Yann Vouloir for his French translations.
To the haters who have motivated me to keep writing. They will NOT kill my spirit.
Quotes from
101 Things I Learned in Architecture School
by Matthew Frederick:
"EAST: youthfulness, innocence, freshness. SOUTH: activity, clarity, simplicity. WEST: aging, questioning, wisdom. NORTH: maturity, acceptance, death."
"Any aesthetic quality is usually enhanced by the presence of a counterpoint."
http://www.tantrachair.com/tantra-sex-chair/
http://www.balastudio.com/adela/
http://www.balastudio.com/projects/erotics/barbarella.html
On the Wire by
Air Traffic Controller
:
https://youtu.be/OrPbG-j91Kg
Sweetest Taboo by
Sade
:
https://youtu.be/kcPc18SG6uA
I Put a Spell on You by
Nina Simone
:
https://youtu.be/ua2k52n_Bvw
Feeling Good by
Nina Simone
:
https://youtu.be/oHs98TEYecM
Adventure of a Lifetime by
Coldplay:
https://youtu.be/UsrpTrQ1x5Y
Flower Duet from Lakmé by
Léo Delibes
,
William Haviland
:
https://youtu.be/4dvFA5G6vac
Full version
https://open.spotify.com/track/1OgFsm5NVq1MmFAArZoU8Y
Your Design by
Grace Mitchell
:
https://youtu.be/6y13xsGuos4
The Touch by
Kolaj
:
https://youtu.be/1m70j2iLdZo
Mistakes Like This by
Prelow
:
https://youtu.be/AdyAeGk0stM
Chloe by
Grouplove
:
https://open.spotify.com/track/24JrpbEPeXdCMxntso0rpQ
Hypnotic by
Zella Day
:
https://youtu.be/pySSdwwx204
Learn to Love by
W. Darling
:
https://youtu.be/A7OYkPg8aNQ
Like a Virgin—Original Film Version Moulin Rouge 2:
Jim Broadbent, Richard Roxburgh, Anthony Weigh
:
https://youtu.be/ij4VO6x-17Q
Make It Up As We Go by
Jason Derulo
:
https://youtu.be/0TxgHKhB2hQ
Ten Feet Tall by
Wrabel
:
https://youtu.be/V7PswYgcFkw
Colors by
Tritonal, Paris Blohm & Sterling Fox
:
https://youtu.be/-_65t46eYJQ
Sway by
Blue October
:
https://youtu.be/AO_Iy5f0whc
Should I Stay or Should I Go by
The Clash
:
https://youtu.be/xMaE6toi4mk
Here Comes the Sun by
Nina Simone
:
https://youtu.be/gHt9OxdT6B0
Just Wanna by
Filter Freq (ft. Phone Sex Operators)
:
https://open.spotify.com/track/7dbkzGqHRQIiGbdH8hemUU
Decisions by
Taylor McFerrin ft. Emily King
:
https://youtu.be/MbIFP9fchIg
Fire N Gold by
Bea Miller
:
https://youtu.be/kjWHpTkH7pA
Fugue in D minor, BMV 565 by
John Mortenson
:
https://youtu.be/EoiFnDoDwnk
Sex on Fire by
Alex Cornell
:
https://youtu.be/PInOJYoH8j8
Slow it Down by
Jill Baylon
:
https://open.spotify.com/track/3fmWwG6V4pbAvOZv6sDzSZ
Improvisation on Invention No. 4 by
Bach, Michael Silverman
:
https://youtu.be/IpaqvpJ7HJA
La Belle Femme by
HUNNY
:
https://open.spotify.com/track/7uWO2t2c9xn2NaUPi5ByZI
Rush of Blood by
Coasts
:
https://youtu.be/RPMRVimj2qA?t=38s
Control by
Kevin Garrett
:
https://youtu.be/yP9y-4Xl9CU
Distance by
Hannah Gill
:
https://open.spotify.com/track/3AP7sxvBCkonZ04lg5YZ8P
Au Coucher Du Soleil by
Michael Silverman
:
https://youtu.be/xNHn64pJfnI
I Think I Like You by
SirenXX
:
https://youtu.be/Ij5e83eu9Bg
Every Little Thing by
Louisa Wendorff
:
https://youtu.be/FYkYHhlXH9U
Nights Like This by
W. Darling
:
https://youtu.be/sdljggqhl-Y
Gymnopedia by
Michael Silverman
:
https://open.spotify.com/track/0hnnLwFBJ7GYpjYNk7RZTI
Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48, No. 1:
https://open.spotify.com/track/3U901vTsG4a3JcLF3aVDQr
Pluvio by
Michael Silverman
:
https://open.spotify.com/track/1sZ5NXAqs03kwiiBWsu4GB
Solfeggietto in C Minor, Wq 117/2 by
Micheal Silverman
:
https://youtu.be/iRZLba2gGiA
Ava Maria by
Michael Silverman
:
https://youtu.be/WnmYbGXox4g
For the entire playlist and all of Ella D.’s music selections, follow her on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/user/12146676013/playlist/1YJIS0PejiqTUo2vxnCeOe
Chapter Two: Curiosity & Arousal
Chapter Three: Down to Business
Chapter Eight: Newton’s Third Law
Chapter Eleven: The Food of the Gods
Chapter Thirteen: Designed to Please
Chapter Fourteen: Designed to Tease
Chapter Fifteen: Offer Expired
Chapter Sixteen: Creative Inspiration
Chapter Seventeen: The Right Girl for the Job
Chapter Twenty-One: Honorable Blue
Chapter Twenty-Two: Good Things Come
Chapter Twenty-Three: Slow Down
Chapter Twenty-Four: Learning to Improvise
Chapter Twenty-Six: Recollections, Reunions & Renditions
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Like a Dog in Heat
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Awkward Introductions Aside
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Out of Sorts
Chapter Thirty: Perky Eyeballs
Chapter Thirty-One: Clear as Mud
Chapter Thirty-Three: Fugue State
Chapter Thirty-Four: As Needed Basis
Warning: This book is designed for readers 18+ due to language and graphic sexual content.
A blueprint for desire.
With a shared passion for breathing life into an unconventional dream home, the attraction between a struggling new grad of interior design and an award-winning architect with eclectic sexual tastes is irresistible. But with a cloud of lies and loss hanging over him, the only arrangement Logan wants is one of indulgence and pleasure. However, fate seems to have another design plan in mind for them—a plan that ultimately leads them down a path of desire and discovery.
When the man obsessed with creating his unusual home sets his sights on the woman who keeps unknowingly navigating her way back to him, lust clouds his judgment and he makes an inappropriate proposition. After nearly blowing his chances with the talented and alluring beauty, he readjusts his plans, because it just so happens that his sexy ulterior motives go hand-in-hand with her expertise in interior design.
Though Chloe may be young and naïve in Logan's eyes, she sees him for who and what he is: a man with severe commitment issues. But she's optimistic—maybe too optimistic. And she isn't easily deterred or scared away either, not even by the unusual nature of his design plans or his eclectic sexual tastes. In fact, she's intrigued by them. Faced with a man who can give her not only the experience she needs to propel her career, but everything she's ever fantasized about, she hopes that their physical and intellectual compatibility can prevail over his fears. And more importantly, that they can move forward to become not only design collaborators, but partners on a deeper level.