Bad Influence

Bad Influence
Kristin Hardy

Interior designer and ambassador's daughter Paige Favreau has never been what you'd call reckless, wild, or even mildly daring.Always the good girl, now Paige finally has something to divulge at the club's regular dinnertime dishing—Zach Reed.Zach: a hot guitar player whose every sensual word and movement are just the things Paige has stayed away from her entire life. But this time she can't. With only each other on the menu, Paige and Zach may never get enough!

Bad Influence

Kristin Hardy

To Teresa, for the Les Paul

And to Stephen—the fundamental things apply.

Contents

Acknowledgments

Cast of Characters for Sex & the Supper Club

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Coming Next Month

Acknowledgments

To Beatriz Ramirez of the Planning Division, City of Santa Barbara, for answering my bazillion questions, and to Lieutenant Paul McCaffrey of the Santa Barbara Police Department for helping with the details.

CAST OF CHARACTERS FOR

SEX & THE SUPPER CLUB

Book 1—TURN ME ON

Sabrina Pantolini m. Stef Costas

Book 2—CUTTING LOOSE

Trish Dawson and Ty Ramsay

Book 3—NOTHING BUT THE BEST

Cilla Danforth m. Rand Mitchell

Book 4—BAD INFLUENCE

Paige Favreau and Zach Reed

Book 5—HOT MOVES

Thea Masterson and Brady McMillan

Book 6—BAD BEHAVIOR

Delaney Phillips and ?

Coming April 2007

1

“W HAT ’ S SO WRONG WITH missionary?” Paige Favreau looked around the restaurant table and shook her head, the smooth strands of her blond bob settling perfectly. “If you’ve got to spend ten minutes staring at a book and half an hour getting into position, it’s too complicated. The Kama Sutra ’s for people who like gimmicks.”

Sabrina Costas’s dark eyes glimmered with fun. “Yeah, but there’s something to be said for variety with the simple stuff. Like doggy-style, say.”

“Arf,” put in Delaney Phillips, putting up her hands like paws and panting happily.

“No way.” Trish Dawson tucked a strand of red-brown hair behind her ear. “You do it doggy-style and you’ve got your butt sticking up in the air right in front of the guy. Not flattering.”

“Are you kidding? It’s all just cushion for pushin’,” disagreed Cilla Danforth, resplendent in the latest Prada. “Besides, Ty worships your butt every bit as much as the rest of you, at least judging by the way he was staring at it at Sabrina’s party last week.”