{Release Event & Exclusive Excerpt} Devoted (Vice, Virtue & Video #4) by Bianca Giovanni (@BiancaGiovanni) #VVVDevoted

James Laird was once devoted to sex, fame, and money...but now this former porn star is devoted to his lifelong best friend turned fiancée, Lola Caraway. He wants nothing more than to give her a dream wedding: white dress, long veil, and a big reception with the whole family. James' family is the only problem--he's not sure if he can deliver on that part of the dream. They haven't exactly been there for him "for better or for worse." In fact, James's parents haven't spoken to him in six years--not since they discovered his double-life as a porn star. 

As James and Lola work to build their life together, they discover mending the past could be more difficult than either of them expected. Will devotion be enough to take them one step closer to happily ever after? 

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“Oh. My. God. James.” She’s examining it closely and giggling with giddy surprise.

“I didn’t just want to get your name, and I wanted something that would make you smile,” I explain.

She’s certainly smiling right now. “You’ve lost your goddamn mind.”

“Maybe.” I shrug.

“But, I have to admit, I like it,” she says, looking at it again.

“Good. I was going to freak out if you weren’t into it.”

“It’s insane, but I’m into it. You’re this big, imposing badass with a fucking cupcake tattooed on your arm.”

“Yep. And I did it all for you.” I nod. 

“How could I not love it?” She beams at me.

“I know I call you my angel, and baby, and stuff like that, but cupcake is something that’s just for you and me. Everybody calls their girlfriend baby, lots of dudes call their girlfriends angel, but only I have a girl who’s my cupcake.”

She blushes, and I can tell she’s totally flattered.

“So now if some chick tries to hit on me, not only can I tell her I’m married, but I can show her my tattoo. Girls will be like, ‘He loves her so much that he got a cupcake tattooed on his forearm,’ and it’ll be clear that nobody else stands a chance.”

She snorts with laughter, throwing her head back.

“I’m flashing a cupcake tattoo. I’m rockin’ a beard. I’m so not porno anymore. I would not be suitable for on­camera stuff,” I continue, getting to the other reason for the tattoo. I want to show my devotion, but I also want to prove to her and everybody else that I’m done with sex on film. This is just another way to solidify it.

“Yeah, speaking of the beard,” she starts, “we’re just days away from the wedding, so I think it would be fine if you wanted to shave it.”

“You don’t like the beard?” I ask with surprise.

“I love the beard,” she backpedals adorably. “You’re so virile and sexy with it. But, babe, it’s kind of scratchy.”

I gasp and pretend like I’m outraged.

“My skin is sensitive in that region, James.” She blushes like she’s embarrassed to tell me, and it’s so cute. “You’re gentle and everything, but sometimes it can be like a fucking Brillo pad scraping against the inside of my thighs.”

I lose it, leaning onto the table as my laughter fills the room. She’s trying to look like she’s not amused, but she totally is, and she starts laughing too.

“You’ve got the tattoo, so maybe the beard can go now,” she says, trying to be persuasive.

“Or maybe I just shouldn’t go down on you so much.” I slyly grin at her.
“Well, let’s not go crazy,” she protests, giggling. “We don’t need to take things to the extreme.”

I give her a wink and then take her hand, bringing it to my lips so I can kiss her knuckles. “Hey, if the decree is that the beard must go, then the beard will go.”

“Really?” Her smile is cute and innocent.

“Of course. I’ve sworn fealty to you, Khaleesi, so I’m gonna follow your orders.”

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