Showing Behind Iron Lace by Mercy Celeste

Author’s Note: I published Behind Iron Lace almost four years ago with a publisher who was less than honest. I call this book ‘the cursed book’. In all these years, I’ve been asked if I will ever revisit Caleb and Darcy. Now that the rights for this story have once again reverted me, I am happy to say that I did revisit the story that started it all for me. I am taking back this book. I made it mine again.
In my part of the world we have a saying, a little something extra, a gift, a thank you for all that you’ve done…we have lagniappe, pronounced lan yap. After nearly four years, I am giving you a bit of lagniappe as a thank you for everything. Lagniappe in the form of a thirty thousand word addition to Behind Iron Lace. Thank you for buying the original, stay after the end for the new.
And now, for the rest of the story….

Mercy


Hot and steamy in the Big Easy isn’t the life Darcy Butler wants, until he meets a smooth-talking bad boy…

Darcy Butler is a fish out of water and is suffocating in the humid New Orleans heat. Dissatisfied with his career, his life, he is homesick and heartbroken. Above all Darcy is straight. Or so he believes until he meets the drop-dead gorgeous photographer he wants to revamp the art department of his e-magazine.

Caleb Mitchell, bad boy extraordinaire, lives life on the edge. He’s been around the world covering murder and mayhem. Back in New Orleans to tend his dying mother, Caleb is worn down by grief. He seeks the diversion of working at a local e-magazine to help keep him sane. He doesn’t expect the instant attraction to the bright-eyed editor/owner. That Darcy is probably straight doesn’t matter to Caleb. Because when Caleb wants something, nothing will stand in his way.

Will Darcy be his salvation or his undoing?