The Surprising Catch Series by Alexa Wilder

Introducing Book One of The Surprising Catch, the long-awaited follow-up to The Stubborn Suitor and The Reckless Secret. If you’ve been waiting for Ashley's story, this is it! Ashley Woodsen has sworn off all men. The love of her life walked out on their marriage over a year ago, for a slimmer, younger version of Ashley. She couldn't forget his hurtful parting words, and it was just easier to go it alone... moreIntroducing Book One of The Surprising Catch, the long-awaited follow-up to The Stubborn Suitor and The Reckless Secret. If you’ve been waiting for Ashley's story, this is it! Ashley Woodsen has sworn off all men. The love of her life walked out on their marriage over a year ago, for a slimmer, younger version of Ashley. She couldn't forget his hurtful parting words, and it was just easier to go it alone. So why does she feel her heart flutter and her insides tense every time someone mentions…him? Preston Alcott has always been a playboy. Wealthy, successful, and as alpha as they get, he’s never had a woman say no to him. So why is this gorgeous curvy nurse constantly turning him away? It seems like she’s looking for any excuse to keep from getting close to him. If Ashley’s reluctance to be with Preston wasn’t enough, fate puts them together in a small ski resort, cut off from the rest of the world by a blizzard…and surrounded by a few people who may have played part in a murder. As they try to unravel this mystery, they may just figure out what can finally bring them closer to each other. Preston is the only person Ashley knows she can trust here. Will she be willing to take a risk with her heart? BOOK ONE EXCERPT: “I’m on the rebound,” she said, and it was mostly true, but she wasn’t telling him because she wanted him to know she was vulnerable. She was telling him because she wanted to hide her vulnerability, and have a cushion for the morning, for when he saw her in the light of day. “It wouldn’t be anything except—” “I get it.” He said it a little too quickly, like he expected it. Or like he was willing to say anything right now, if it meant he could have her. She pulled back to look at him. “Okay,” she said, even as her heart leapt into her throat. His eyes were heavy lidded and dark, his cheeks carrying a hint of flush. There was an edge to his voice when he spoke. “So how about it?” “Yeah,” she said after a beat, after a dry swallow, after a brief but thorough pep talk with herself. “Guess I’m due a little…fun.” His smirk was just the right side of filthy. Release Schedule Book One: March 17, 2016 Book Two: March 24, 2016 Book Three: March 31, 2016 Book Four: April 7, 2016 Book Five: April 14, 2016 less

Introducing Book Two of The Surprising Catch, the long-awaited follow-up to The Stubborn Suitor and The Reckless Secret. If you’ve been waiting for Ashley's story, this is it! Ashley Woodsen has sworn off all men. The love of her life walked out on their marriage over a year ago, for a slimmer, younger version of Ashley. She couldn't forget his hurtful parting words, and it was just easier to go it alone... moreIntroducing Book Two of The Surprising Catch, the long-awaited follow-up to The Stubborn Suitor and The Reckless Secret. If you’ve been waiting for Ashley's story, this is it! Ashley Woodsen has sworn off all men. The love of her life walked out on their marriage over a year ago, for a slimmer, younger version of Ashley. She couldn't forget his hurtful parting words, and it was just easier to go it alone. So why does she feel her heart flutter and her insides tense every time someone mentions…him? Preston Alcott has always been a playboy. Wealthy, successful, and as alpha as they get, he’s never had a woman say no to him. So why is this gorgeous curvy nurse constantly turning him away? It seems like she’s looking for any excuse to keep from getting close to him. If Ashley’s reluctance to be with Preston wasn’t enough, fate puts them together in a small ski resort, cut off from the rest of the world by a blizzard…and surrounded by a few people who may have played part in a murder. As they try to unravel this mystery, they may just figure out what can finally bring them closer to each other. Preston is the only person Ashley knows she can trust here. Will she be willing to take a risk with her heart? BOOK TWO EXCERPT: He grinned, wickedly pleased with himself, and started kissing a slow path along her jaw to her ear while she panted and keened, awash with the most blissful frustration. “Problem?” he murmured, and she grabbed his wrist, trying to make him move his hand against her. “Please…” “Please what?” He leaned down to take an earlobe between his lips, flicking his tongue over it, sending down more electric shocks of pleasure. “Please touch me.” “Mm, I am touching you.” God, she could actually kill him—before he killed her with this torture. Release Schedule Book One: March 17, 2016 Book Two: March 24, 2016 Book Three: March 31, 2016 Book Four: April 7, 2016 Book Five: April 14, 2016 less

Introducing Book Three of The Surprising Catch, the long-awaited follow-up to The Stubborn Suitor and The Reckless Secret. If you’ve been waiting for Ashley's story, this is it! Ashley Woodsen has sworn off all men. The love of her life walked out on their marriage over a year ago, for a slimmer, younger version of Ashley. She couldn't forget his hurtful parting words, and it was just easier to go it alone... moreIntroducing Book Three of The Surprising Catch, the long-awaited follow-up to The Stubborn Suitor and The Reckless Secret. If you’ve been waiting for Ashley's story, this is it! Ashley Woodsen has sworn off all men. The love of her life walked out on their marriage over a year ago, for a slimmer, younger version of Ashley. She couldn't forget his hurtful parting words, and it was just easier to go it alone. So why does she feel her heart flutter and her insides tense every time someone mentions…him? Preston Alcott has always been a playboy. Wealthy, successful, and as alpha as they get, he’s never had a woman say no to him. So why is this gorgeous curvy nurse constantly turning him away? It seems like she’s looking for any excuse to keep from getting close to him. If Ashley’s reluctance to be with Preston wasn’t enough, fate puts them together in a small ski resort, cut off from the rest of the world by a blizzard…and surrounded by a few people who may have played part in a murder. As they try to unravel this mystery, they may just figure out what can finally bring them closer to each other. Preston is the only person Ashley knows she can trust here. Will she be willing to take a risk with her heart? BOOK THREE EXCERPT: She kissed him with deep, languid intensity, licking into his mouth and tasting his tongue, her eyes shut and her breathing slow, arms locked around him like she didn’t want to let him go, and she didn’t—in that moment, in that embrace, with the taste of his desire for her on his tongue, she wanted to hold onto him for as long as he’d have her. She brought hands up between them to unbutton his shirt, letting the whole world fade into the background as her fingers met skin and hair, as she felt the thunderous beat of his heart in his chest. It hadn’t been long since she’d last felt his skin, let him touch her, but she didn’t care, and she didn’t think he did, either. She needed him right now, all of him. Needed him to claim her as the woman he wanted. Release Schedule Book One: March 17, 2016 Book Two: March 24, 2016 Book Three: March 31, 2016 Book Four: April 7, 2016 Book Five: April 14, 2016 less

Introducing Book Four of The Surprising Catch, the long-awaited follow-up to The Stubborn Suitor and The Reckless Secret. If you’ve been waiting for Ashley's story, this is it! Ashley Woodsen has sworn off all men. The love of her life walked out on their marriage over a year ago, for a slimmer, younger version of Ashley. She couldn't forget his hurtful parting words, and it was just easier to go it alone... moreIntroducing Book Four of The Surprising Catch, the long-awaited follow-up to The Stubborn Suitor and The Reckless Secret. If you’ve been waiting for Ashley's story, this is it! Ashley Woodsen has sworn off all men. The love of her life walked out on their marriage over a year ago, for a slimmer, younger version of Ashley. She couldn't forget his hurtful parting words, and it was just easier to go it alone. So why does she feel her heart flutter and her insides tense every time someone mentions…him? Preston Alcott has always been a playboy. Wealthy, successful, and as alpha as they get, he’s never had a woman say no to him. So why is this gorgeous curvy nurse constantly turning him away? It seems like she’s looking for any excuse to keep from getting close to him. If Ashley’s reluctance to be with Preston wasn’t enough, fate puts them together in a small ski resort, cut off from the rest of the world by a blizzard…and surrounded by a few people who may have played part in a murder. As they try to unravel this mystery, they may just figure out what can finally bring them closer to each other. Preston is the only person Ashley knows she can trust here. Will she be willing to take a risk with her heart? BOOK FOUR EXCERPT: After dinner, when the topic came up of who was doing what tomorrow, Preston pulled Ashley aside and murmured, “You’re coming up with me,” and she had just enough wine in her that she didn’t even pretend to consider it. The last hour or so of the meal had left her aching, throbbing, with his hand sitting on her upper thigh, fingers stroking the sensitive skin there, steadily driving her insane with how much she needed him to drag that hand up, just two or three inches, the slightest touch to relieve the ache. But he didn’t, and she’d caught the gleam in his eye, the mischief mixed with lust. She needed him to finish the job now, and by the looks of it, he knew it. Release Schedule Book One: March 17, 2016 Book Two: March 24, 2016 Book Three: March 31, 2016 Book Four: April 7, 2016 Book Five: April 14, 2016 less

Introducing Book Five of The Surprising Catch, the long-awaited follow-up to The Stubborn Suitor and The Reckless Secret. If you’ve been waiting for Ashley's story, this is it! Ashley Woodsen has sworn off all men. The love of her life walked out on their marriage over a year ago, for a slimmer, younger version of Ashley. She couldn't forget his hurtful parting words, and it was just easier to go it alone... moreIntroducing Book Five of The Surprising Catch, the long-awaited follow-up to The Stubborn Suitor and The Reckless Secret. If you’ve been waiting for Ashley's story, this is it! Ashley Woodsen has sworn off all men. The love of her life walked out on their marriage over a year ago, for a slimmer, younger version of Ashley. She couldn't forget his hurtful parting words, and it was just easier to go it alone. So why does she feel her heart flutter and her insides tense every time someone mentions…him? Preston Alcott has always been a playboy. Wealthy, successful, and as alpha as they get, he’s never had a woman say no to him. So why is this gorgeous curvy nurse constantly turning him away? It seems like she’s looking for any excuse to keep from getting close to him. If Ashley’s reluctance to be with Preston wasn’t enough, fate puts them together in a small ski resort, cut off from the rest of the world by a blizzard…and surrounded by a few people who may have played part in a murder. As they try to unravel this mystery, they may just figure out what can finally bring them closer to each other. Preston is the only person Ashley knows she can trust here. Will she be willing to take a risk with her heart? BOOK FIVE EXCERPT: It was the gentlest kiss he’d ever given her, a tender cling of lips, a prolonged moment of nothing and everything. It was their first kiss in this new chapter, in accepting that they were real and they would exist beyond this bubble of private bliss, and it tasted like home. “This is—” he said as the kiss broke and he leaned his forehead against hers, eyes closed. There was a hitch to his voice that made her stomach flip over. Because she understood—she felt it too. There was something different about this, something charged and heavy in this moment. She couldn’t put her finger on what it was, but it felt raw and exposed, like her heart laid out for him to touch. less

Ashley Woodsen has sworn off all men. The love of her life walked out on their marriage over a year ago, for a slimmer, younger version of Ashley. She couldn't forget his hurtful parting words, and it was just easier to go it alone. So why does she feel her heart flutter and her insides tense every time someone mentions…him? Preston Alcott has always been a playboy. Wealthy, successful, and as alpha as they get, he’s never had a woman say no to him... moreAshley Woodsen has sworn off all men. The love of her life walked out on their marriage over a year ago, for a slimmer, younger version of Ashley. She couldn't forget his hurtful parting words, and it was just easier to go it alone. So why does she feel her heart flutter and her insides tense every time someone mentions…him? Preston Alcott has always been a playboy. Wealthy, successful, and as alpha as they get, he’s never had a woman say no to him. So why is this gorgeous curvy nurse constantly turning him away? It seems like she’s looking for any excuse to keep from getting close to him. If Ashley’s reluctance to be with Preston wasn’t enough, fate puts them together in a small ski resort, cut off from the rest of the world by a blizzard…and surrounded by a few people who may have played part in a murder. As they try to unravel this mystery, they may just figure out what can finally bring them closer to each other. Preston is the only person Ashley knows she can trust here. Will she be willing to take a risk with her heart?EXCERPT: “I’m on the rebound,” she said, and it was mostly true, but she wasn’t telling him because she wanted him to know she was vulnerable. She was telling him because she wanted to hide her vulnerability, and have a cushion for the morning, for when he saw her in the light of day. “It wouldn’t be anything except—” “I get it.” He said it a little too quickly, like he expected it. Or like he was willing to say anything right now, if it meant he could have her. She pulled back to look at him. “Okay,” she said, even as her heart leapt into her throat. His eyes were heavy lidded and dark, his cheeks carrying a hint of flush. There was an edge to his voice when he spoke. “So how about it?” “Yeah,” she said after a beat, after a dry swallow, after a brief but thorough pep talk with herself. “Guess I’m due a little…fun.” His smirk was just the right side of filthy. less