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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>By J.L. Vallance</b></span></div>
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I lived a life tainted by mental illness and the stigma that came with it. That illness almost claimed my life once and I had a promise to keep¬¬, a promise that I would live, no matter how much it hurt. All I craved in life was marginal happiness, a little success, and an unfractured mind. I longed for the normalcy that the rest of the world thrived on while fearing the intimacy that could snap the thin thread with which I held onto sanity.</div>
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I may not have had it all, but I was close...until he crashed into my world.</div>
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He turned everything upside down and shifted the scales of my balanced world. He was charming and charismatic with a healthy dash of trouble and volatility rolled in. He was completely and perfectly damaged. I tumbled hard and fast.</div>
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I fell in love with Rory O’Neill and our world was little more than madness....and it was fucking beautiful. </div>
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<span style="background-color: clear;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 120%;">“What do you want from me, O’Neill?”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: clear;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 120%;">Rory released a heavy sigh, leaning back
in the chair. He studied me carefully, as if he were attempting to solve a
puzzle. He could try for the rest of his life; I was one jigsaw he’d never be
able to solve.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: clear;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 120%;">“To date you,” he replied simply, and I
belted out a laugh.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: clear;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 120%;">“Why?” I asked, continuing without
allowing for an answer. “You are the type that goes on dates to get the prize
at the end. You got the prize, buddy. You didn’t even have to work for it. If
you are coming back because you think I’m a big skank-bank and you can get a
withdrawal whenever you want, you’ve got the wrong girl.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: clear;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 120%;">It was his turn to laugh. It was an
erotic sound that put my already frayed nerves on a higher, more precarious
edge than they had been. I followed his posture and leaned back, but instead of
holding my stomach in gut busting laughter, I crossed my arms over my chest.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: clear;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 120%;">“Is that what you think this is?” he
gasped. “Christ, I could have slept with at least seventy women since you.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: clear;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 120%;">“Yes,” he answered seriously. “I have no
problem picking women up.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: clear;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 120%;">I didn’t doubt that. Hadn’t since the
night I’d met him. It was the charisma, the mega-watt smile, the sultry
sex-filled voice. His body, smile, voice, and touch promised a good night in
the making if one simply took his hand.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: clear;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 120%;">I want to
take his fucking hand. . .</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: clear;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 120%;">“Good, then you won’t be alone tonight,”
I replied, moving to rise from the table when he reached out and grabbed my
arm, stopping me.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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want you,” he said, the smile missing from his face.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: clear;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 120%;">“I’ve wanted nothing but you since
November.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: clear;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 120%;">I shook my head.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: clear;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 120%;">“I’m not like other women, Mr. O’Neill.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: clear;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 120%;">“Please, call me—”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: clear;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 120%;">“Rory, it doesn’t matter what I call you.
The message will remain the same.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: clear;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 120%;">“Didn’t you ever stop to think that maybe
that’s what I like about you?” he countered.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: clear;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 120%;">No, no I didn’t. Being different is what
set me apart—in a bad way. That’s what makes people <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">dislike </i>me. Not that I mind that—being disliked. I’ve spent the
majority of my life being <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">different</i>,
being an outsider. I am the woman that I am, with the issues I have, and that
fact will never change. I’m proud of the obstacles I have overcome and look
forward to defeating the ones that are waiting in the wings.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: clear;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 120%;">“You don’t know me to know whether you
like me or not,” I argued. My dad had always told me I’d be great for the
debate team.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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vagina. Go find some Cuervo and a willing participant and repeat.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tequila barely touched me. Quit trying to downplay what happened between us.
Take a little responsibility.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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mouth. “Listen, we had a really great time. But I don’t date, I don’t do
romance or happily ever after. That’s not written in my stars.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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J. L. Vallance is a wife, mom, and nurse by day, while posing as a writer by night. Plagued with an overactive imagination, a lover of all things supernatural in nature, she has an extraordinary flair for the dramatic that adds flavor to life. There’s little in her world that Otis Redding and buttercream icing can’t fix. And of course, coffee always helps too. True story.</div>
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I never wanted to fall in love.</div>
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I lived a life tainted by mental illness and the stigma that came with it. That illness almost claimed my life once and I had a promise to keep¬¬, a promise that I would live, no matter how much it hurt. All I craved in life was marginal happiness, a little success, and an unfractured mind. I longed for the normalcy that the rest of the world thrived on while fearing the intimacy that could snap the thin thread with which I held onto sanity.</div>
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I may not have had it all, but I was close...until he crashed into my world.</div>
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<span style="background: clear;">I’d been blessed with more than ample amounts of
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happiness. Never, in all my years of adulthood, especially after my break, had
I wanted that. I was happy with my life the way it was--simple and ruled by my own
wants and desires. I lived by my own failures and triumphs. The last thing I
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<span style="background: clear;">Stupidly, I waited until the most unstable and
volatile man in the state came into my life to decide that just maybe I should
give <i>romance</i> a whirl. I was a moron for thinking I was falling in love
with him--this man that was quite nearly a stranger. But that was exactly what
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<span style="background: clear;">Lukas was strong, a superior on too many levels to
keep track of. He was good to me, treated me with respect and adoration. But
Rory, he was a different animal altogether. He was suffering, drowning in his
own grief and illness that he couldn't see the life buzzing around him. He was
the kind of animal I could easily recognize and associate with. I’d seen it in
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<span style="background: clear;">There was something in the way his eyes drew me in.
They drank in every ounce, savored every last morsel, and they never held any
judgment. They held fascination and wonderment; they burst with lust. But they
never held pity. It’s been well over two years since anyone looked at me that
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J. L. Vallance is a wife, mom, and nurse by day, while posing as a writer by night. Plagued with an overactive imagination, a lover of all things supernatural in nature, she has an extraordinary flair for the dramatic that adds flavor to life. There’s little in her world that Otis Redding and buttercream icing can’t fix. And of course, coffee always helps too. True story.</div>
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When a series of bombs go off in a Therian youth center, injuring members of THIRDS Team Destructive Delta, and causing a rift between agents Dexter J. Daley and Sloane Brodie, peace seems unattainable. Especially when a new and frightening group, the Order of Adrasteia, appears to always be a step ahead. With panic and intolerance spreading and streets becoming littered with the Order’s propaganda, hostility between Humans and Therians grows daily. Dex and Sloane, along with the rest of the team, are determined to take down the Order and restore peace, not to mention settle a personal score. But the deeper the team investigates the bombings, the more they believe there’s a more sinister motive than a desire to shed blood and spread chaos.</div>
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Discovering the frightful truth behind the Order’s intent forces Sloane to confront secrets from a past he thought he’d left behind for good, a past that could not only destroy him and his career, but also the reputation of the organization that made him all he is today. Now more than ever, Dex and Sloane need each other, and, along with trust, the strength of their bond will mean the difference between justice and all-out war.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Hobbs put a finger to his lips and cocked his
head to one side. That’s when Dex heard it too. Faint sniffling. Hobbs walked
to a medium sized toy chest filled with stuffed animals and got down on his
knees. He picked up two bright bears with numbers on their tummies and smiled.
Putting the bears on the floor, he tapped his name badge, his smile making
wrinkles form at the corners of his green eyes as he held his gloved hand out.
A second later, a small chubby hand slipped into Hobbs’s much larger one. A
small boy with big brown eyes, an Iron Man T-shirt, and paint-spattered jeans
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later, a Therian agent from Beta Ambush came running and Hobbs handed the boy
over. With a nod, the agent was off, disappearing through the stairwell. Dex
tapped his earpiece. “Sloane, agent Simmons is heading down with the last one.
We’re going to do one last sweep of the floor, but I think we might be clear….”
His voice trailed off when Hobbs stopped to study the vent up near the ceiling
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toes, and peeked in. The rest happened so fast, Dex barely had time to register
what the hell was going on. Hobbs sped straight for Dex, shoving him so hard he
went stumbling through the fire doors. The last thing he heard was the slam of
metal and an explosion that shook the floor beneath him when he hit it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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helmet as the blast reverberated around him, debris, ceiling panels, chunks of
plaster, and brick falling on him, banging against his helmet as a cloud of
heavy smoke and dust threatened to choke him. He rolled onto his side, coughing
and hacking, his body covered in a layer of gray dust. When he inhaled, his
lungs burned, and sitting up made him wince. His left thigh stung. Checking his
leg, there was a long gash where a piece of something sharp had sliced through
his tac pants, but lucky for him, it wasn’t deep. When his ears stopped
ringing, he could hear Sloane shouting through his earpiece.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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You’ll have to make your way down the stairs on the other side of the building.
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">“That son of a bitch!” Dex slammed his fist
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classroom.” There was silence on the other end of his earpiece until Sloane
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">“Can you see the room?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Part of the corridor collapsed in front of it.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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No. That bastard was not dead. “Hobbs, if you’re in there, you better answer
me, or I swear I will kick your ass.” One of the doors had been blown off its
hinges and was lying like crumpled paper to one side; pieces from the corridor
walls, cement blocks, bricks, and clusters of wires blocked the only way into
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<b><b>(Seven Series, Bk #3)</b></b></div>
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<b>By Dannika Dark </b></div>
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Izzy has always loved the freedom and adventure of life on the road, but she’s recently decided to settle down—as much as a rogue wolf can. When her boyfriend gets her a job working at a hot Shifter bar, she runs into the last person on earth she expected to see again.</div>
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Jericho isn't the famous rock star he once was, though he still plays in a local band and loves to party. Beautiful women come and go, but music is his only passion—until a sassy redhead named Isabelle Monroe shows up unexpectedly.</div>
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Fate reunites two former friends living with one foot in the present and the other in the past. But will they have a future when one of them is forced to choose between life and death? Old habits die hard, and sometimes the toughest addictions to shake are the ones that control our hearts.</div>
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As the men dispersed, a warm feeling slid over my body when I looked up at Jericho. His eyes were hooded and low, but when he melted me with a possessive gaze, my feet cemented to the floor.</div>
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He moved toward me with the grace of a panther—slow and predatory. The external noise from the bar faded away, and all I heard were his silken words as he caressed the ends of my hair, looking at it between his fingers.</div>
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“What do you mean by that?”</div>
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Jericho bent down and his mouth brushed against my ear. “Still sexy as sin and making me protect you.”</div>
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Goose bumps erupted over my arms. “No one said you had to protect me. I’m not the shy girl you once knew.” My heart raced. The inflection in my tone wasn't as harsh as I’d planned it to be, my words breathy and unsure.</div>
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His warm body pressed against mine and when I stepped back, I bumped into a wooden post that pinned me to him. Tingles raced through my body uncontrollably, and I lost the ability to think rationally when I smelled his cologne. Men <i>never</i> had this kind of effect on me. His power slid down my body like hands against my naked flesh.</div>
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Or maybe it was the way his callused fingers lightly stroked the back of my neck, as if I were an instrument. As he played me, memories flooded my mind, and I shoved him away, panting and trembling.</div>
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“How’s my sexy man?” she asked, tucking her fingers possessively in his jeans and nipping on his arm. “You want to go have some fun?”</div>
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His eyes stayed locked on mine as he circled his arm around her waist and pulled her against him. She moaned playfully as he squeezed her hip, testing if I had my temper under control.</div>
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Maybe he was right. All that connected us were five amazing years, and that was a lifetime ago. Seeing him made me raw again. Those feelings caught up with me like a shadow that had never let go. Part of me wanted to squeeze him tight and tell him how much I’d missed him—because I had. Jericho had shown me the private side of himself he never gave to others, and I’d done the same for him. Another part of me wanted to hate him for the anguish he’d put me through. And yet, I couldn't help but feel elated knowing that despite his insolence, Jericho wasn't lying in a grave as I’d imagined. He’d somehow assembled his life into something meaningful and gotten a grip on his demons.</div>
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When I'm not writing (which is all the time), I'm hunting down Indie music, watching movies, reading, eating Tex-Mex, discovering new ways to humiliate myself bowling, and burning up my laptop battery on the Internet. I have a relaxed, easy-going personality and don't like drama. I live with a cat who thinks she is a dog, or a goat (she eats plastic, so I'm not sure which).</div>
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Throughout my life, I've had insomnia. Counting sheep never worked and eventually I would imagine those sheep were the sole source of food after an apocalyptic battle where only thousands survived. I made up stories in a futile attempt to bore myself to sleep. The problem was, I got so wrapped up in my "head stories" that I would continue them through the following nights, changing it up each time to make it more exciting. Eventually, I started writing my ideas down - creating short stories, and then I discovered my love for poetry.</div>
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It's almost embarrassing how many spiral notebooks and stacks of paper I have of poetry and lyrics.</div>
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Another passion: digital art. I design all my book covers, marketing, and series art. I'm a very visual person and pursued photography as an avid hobby for many years.</div>
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I am not a YA author (I feel like I have to state this only because I've had a few people ask), but I think it's wonderful there are so many books available to teens in Urban Fantasy and Paranormal.</div>
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I am finally doing what I have always wanted to do: giving my characters a pulse through writing full time. I focus on adult urban fantasy romance, but I don't like labels and I enjoy blending genres to break out of the confines of predictability.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">(The Darkmore Saga, Bk 1)</span></b></div>
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On the Coastal Bend of Texas, a hidden kingdom called Darkmore lies in ruins, and King Sevon Maraté is trapped. Using Sevon as a mouthpiece and a scapegoat, Lord Dominic rules from the shadows. Born of royal verkolai blood and as beautiful as he is lethal, Sevon possesses the ability to part the Veil separating his world from hundreds of others. His gift is his chance to escape, but Dominic refuses to relinquish his tool for power. Dominic forges an ambitious plan to invade the prosperous land of Priagust. Only a select few know the mythic kingdom of shifters exists. Sevon is out of options for his people’s survival, and cooperating with Dominic is his only chance.</div>
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On their foray into Priagust, Dominic's men kidnap and interrogate a shifter named Jack. Even under torture, Jack's loyalty to his kind never wavers. But as Jack’s knowledge about Darkmore’s king and its history unsettles Sevon, a curious bond begins to form. Despite Sevon’s mistrust, Jack is determined to tame Sevon’s wild heart and perhaps earn his freedom. As invasion looms, Sevon wonders if trusting Jack will lead him into another trap or if he should forget about chasing the sunrise and remain Dominic's compliant prisoner.</div>
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shackles. The iron cuffs held him upright, and his arms were stretched tight
over his head. Gravity pulled him sloping forward painfully against his bonds.
His umber hair swayed in sweat-slicked strands and clung to his face. The
humidity hung like milky fog visible against the gray stones. He could smell
the herbal traces of algae glazing the walls. No moans, no cries for release,
not even a rattled chain sounded throughout the dungeon. He deduced he was the
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It had happened so fast. He was at the shoreline of the lake when
two figures shot from the water. Shrouded in black, the demonic men yanked him
into the lake. Jack had expected his end. But he didn’t expect a dungeon, and
not just any, but Darkmore’s dungeon. He knew it as well as any ghost story. He
had teased Sevon mercilessly for crossing his fingers and turning in a circle
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for Jack when he was a cub to have a special friend outside of Priagust. One
who was not a shifter at all, but something different. He was Jack’s treasure,
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to be a mistake. Darkmore was Priagust’s sworn protector. King Louis would
never wrongfully imprison a shifter. Jack spit a speck of grit. Was Louis
alive? Did he survive the storm? What of Anna Maria? Surely she’d know.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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die, and all childhood memories were fallible. He could only hope it was a
misunderstanding. He squinted with the painful pull in his shoulders, and the
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Winter Mother’s snow and with a brilliant bloom of golden curls to rival Father
Sun’s rays, the woman captivated him. Dressed in layers of the midnight sky and
coal, her skirts swirled in a trail of goldfish fins behind her. The unusual
ladybird settled at the cell door, tossing a lock of spun gold over her
shoulder. She waited.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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decided that whatever the case, he had to be on guard. Jack sniffed and
mentally discerned a more masculine scent under the perfumed oils. But there
were two masculine scents, this beautiful man’s and someone else’s. He licked
the salt on his lip and smirked. He had nothing left to lose.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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his back. He focused on the curious little meadowlark shrouded in flimsy
frippery. He had never seen such an unusual hue of hair before, but he knew one
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remembered her. Perhaps her son? Perhaps Sevon? Jack swallowed. He had to keep
it to himself. He had to find out what he was dealing with first, if he
survived that long. He thought of his brother, Kaltag, back in Priagust,
probably wondering where he was and if Jack was still staring over the lake,
waiting for the day Sevon would appear.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Jack’s heart thumped.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Louis is gone. I am the king now, and you will answer to me. My
sources tell me you’re a spy from the shifter land of Priagust,” he said. The
accusation did not bode well for Jack.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Jack took his stand against his captor. He strained against his
shackles and grinned through the searing pain in his shoulder blades. “Your
sources are clearly mistaken. I was only fishing when your men emerged from the
lake and tried to drown me. Which—” He glanced around, and his shackles
rattled. “This is some level of hell, correct?” Jack watched him, still
puzzling his way through recollections. It wasn’t possible he was Sevon. Why
would Sevon become this? He hissed a laugh and kept up a brave face. Jack
turned his gaze up. He smirked when the king leaned away from the hammered iron
bars of Jack’s cell in disgusted horror. “You are a very fussy bird. You’re no
more than a chick, peeping for nourishment.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“You will answer my questions, shifter…. Or you will be forced to
answer them.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“What kind of king do you think you are?” Jack asked. “Do you
understand the scope of what you are doing by holding me like a criminal?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Pardon me for not rolling out the red carpet and most lovely
courtesans,” he said sarcastically.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“A little bird that pecks. I like that.” Jack chuckled.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Crossing his willowy arms in irritation, the king nodded to the
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The guard loped forward on his gnarled legs and slipped the heavy
key in the iron padlock. With a protesting shrill, the bolt popped from its
moorings with a loud echoing<i> clank</i>.
The cell door swung open with an antiquated creak, and colorful bird of a man
slipped into the cell.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Jack’s heart thumped, and his face heated. It was Sevon. <i>His</i> Sevon. He had never been so sure. In
the twenty-two years between then and now, the boy Jack had so longed for no
longer existed. Confusion swirled through him, but Jack had to keep it within.
More parts of the puzzle would fall into place if he just gave it time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">His heart wouldn’t stop racing; all the while he maintained his
arrogant grin.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“I’d curtsey, but as you can see, I’m a little tied up,” Jack
apologized.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This new Sevon cocked his hip in irritation and snorted. “For a
vicious animal, you don’t look like much.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The term hit Jack hard, but he wouldn’t cower.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Funny.” Jack chuckled. “For a king, you present yourself quite a
bit like a whore.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Before he could blink, Sevon was upon him. He yanked Jack by the
scruff of his hair, tilting his neck painfully backward on its stalk to meet
him eye to eye. Jack’s eyes rolled wildly to focus on the glacier blue of
Sevon’s. His scent stabbed into Jack’s nose, jabbing cruelly into his brain.
The delicate floral became an unrelenting assault on his mind and body. The
damning confirmation sank into Jack’s stomach. It was a matter of survival not
to show fascination or fear.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Listen to me, you worthless shit-eating maggot!” Sevon snarled in
his face. “You don’t get to call me a whore! Do you understand? I will leave
you here to rot in this dank cell until even the rats find you too foul and
putrescent. You will be thankful we don’t outright kill you. You will be <i>appreciative</i> of your accommodations.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sevon relaxed his grip and his harsh tone eased. “You will be
eager to answer our questions. You <i>will</i>
make yourself very helpful. Or I will have you skinned alive and your flesh
made into jerky.” Sevon snorted a breath through his nose, and Jack’s hair
fluttered. The beautiful blond man smiled like a content feline. “Now, do we
have an understanding?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Channeling the bravest parts of himself, and locking away the heartbreak,
Jack laughed with a crooked, toothy grin. If this was the game, then he would
play it until he was the last one standing. Finally, he had sorted the second
male scent, and his thoughts sparked with devious delight. “Did I ruffle your
feathers, meadowlark? Does the <i>man</i>
whose scent you’re slathered in get to ruffle more than your feathers?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sevon shoved him away with a wail of disgust. Jack’s head bounced
against his chest, and his manacles creaked at the added pressure. Sevon’s
offended squeal was the only warning as a hard, echoing slap cracked across
Jack’s cheek so forcefully that his vision blew out into whiteness for a
moment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">With several flustered breaths, Sevon sharply pivoted and then
stormed out of the cell. He nodded to the stocky guard. “Have him questioned
about the nature of his people and land. I don’t care how you do it, or to what
ends. Use any means necessary to milk him dry.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The guard bobbed his head and bowed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Turning back, Sevon regarded Jack one final time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Jack noted the confusion mingled with a semblance of fascination.
He forced a smile through his blood-tinged teeth. “See you soon, Your Majesty,”
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<b>Witch Hunter Olivia</b></div>
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<b><b>By T.A. Kunz</b></b></div>
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In the town of Piedmont Pointe, where paranormal is the norm, a girl can easily get herself in over her head with a single wrong move. Unfortunately for Olivia Adams, she’s about to make several.</div>
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Starting over is never easy, but it seemed like the only option to Olivia. The decision to turn her back on the Guild of Witch Hunters, the very group she devoted her entire life to, was one of the hardest things she ever did. It meant leaving her family, her friends, and her old identity behind forever. Coming to terms with what caused her to abandon her duties in the first place was even harder.</div>
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While trying to lay low and stay off the Guild’s radar, Olivia finds herself thrust back into her old ways after unknowingly interrupting an assassination hit on a powerful witch. What follows is the last thing she ever thought she’d agree to do—protect the very thing she was groomed to hunt.</div>
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To complicate things even further, Olivia begins to develop feelings for a tattoo artist who also happens to be half warlock, and no matter how hard she tries to fight it, she can’t resist her inescapable draw to him. Olivia’s forbidden relationship isn’t her only issue though, because once the mystery behind the assassination attempt starts to unravel, she’s forced to choose sides when the loyalties still tied to her past life are tested again.</div>
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So much for the idea of a fresh start.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">He takes my hands in his before standing up. I feel him pull up slightly, and before I know it, I’m on my feet. My legs wobble and I stumble into his arms. Our faces float near one another and I feel his mouth break into a grin next to my forehead. I pan my eyes up to meet his, and he steadies me again by wrapping his arms underneath mine so I have a chance to catch my balance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">“Whoa, easy.” His breathy whisper has me looking up at him again. “Maybe you should sit back down.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">“No, I’m okay. Really,” I reply, finally able to stand on my own without having to brace myself with the assistance of his strong, muscular arms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">I find myself unable to take my gaze away from his baby blues, and we stand here staring at each other. It’s like I’m seeing Heath for the first time. My heart pounds within my chest, and my palms begin to moisten—both classic signs of attraction. We’re standing here chest to chest, and what I initially thought was my own heartbeat hammering furiously in my ears is actually Heath’s.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">He begins to say something, but I interrupt him by bringing my hands up to his razor-sharp jawline and draw his mouth down to mine. The first contact is soft and smooth, like Heath’s lips. He seems hesitant, so I pull back to look at him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">“Not at all. It’s just I told myself the next time we kissed, it’d happen after an actual date.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">I gently guide him toward his father’s tattoo chair while maintaining our secure lip lock. When we bump into the chair, Heath laughs softly into my mouth, which only makes me kiss him harder. He eases himself down onto the chair and allows me to straddle his lap, one leg on either side of his hips. His hands run up and down my back underneath my blouse, and the intense heat almost becomes too much to handle. It feels like the sun is beating down on my skin, leaving me slightly burned, but in the best way possible.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;"><br /></span></div>
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Surrender to sinful pleasures and forbidden passions with Masters of Seduction, the sizzling new paranormal romance novella series from <i>New York Times</i> and internationally bestselling authors Lara Adrian, Donna Grant, Laura Wright and Alexandra Ivy.</div>
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In the realm of the Incubi Masters, pleasure is to die for and love is the deadliest game of all . . . </div>
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<b>MERCILESS: House of Gravor</b></div>
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<b>by Lara Adrian</b></div>
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Seeking vengeance for the murder of his brother, Incubus Master Devlin Gravori demands justice from the high court of the Nephilim. But fury and retribution are no match for the consuming desire he feels for Nahiri, the beautiful Nephilim warrior he claims as his hostage.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nahiri
awoke in the middle of a large bed in a strange room.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She
shot upright the instant consciousness dawned, her hands reaching automatically
for her weapons.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">They
were gone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
leather sheaths that crossed her torso were empty.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">No. That meant her nightmare hadn’t
been just a dream. It was reality.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Incubus in the temple…Devlin
Gravori. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He really had taken her.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nahiri’s
eyelids snapped open in panic. Sunlight poured in from an open window across
the room, blasting her vision.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Momentarily
blinded, she squinted through her lashes, struggling to take quick stock of her
new surroundings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Creamy
stucco walls. Dark hardwood floors and masculine-looking furnishings. Thick
timber beams high above her head.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And
beneath her, a massive bed. The mattress was as cushiony as a cloud, the cotton
sheets and silken coverlet calling to mind all manner of sins.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">All
around her was the scent of intriguingly exotic spices and something even more
enticing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Him.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She
sensed his presence even before she swung her head in his direction and found
him seated in an upholstered chair beside the bed. No, not seated in it,
exactly. Dominating it. The same way he seemed to dominate every space he
occupied.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">His
big body lounged negligently where he sat, his powerful thighs spread, one arm
draped over the side of the chair, the other propping his head up, fist curled
loosely under the square line of his jaw.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He’d
shed his suit jacket at some point, and now wore just his gray tailored pants
and white business shirt. The collar was opened even farther than she recalled,
just one more button loosened, but exposing enough of his tawny skin to make
her mouth water with a sudden, unholy urge to taste him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She
wanted to dismiss the impulse as one he planted in her mind, but she could tell
from the casual way he regarded her that any curiosity she felt in that moment
was hers alone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nahiri
scrambled off the bed. She backed into the farthest corner of the room, eyeing
him warily. “Where am I? Where have you taken me?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“You’re
at Gravori House.” He cast a nonchalant look around the room. “More
specifically, you’re in my bedroom.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even
though she could have guessed as much, her heart still climbed into her throat.
Since she’d gone to the temple to train at eighteen years old, she hadn’t left
the sanctuary grounds even once. Let alone spent so much as a minute in a man’s
bedroom.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She
might be a virgin, but she had never been a wilting little girl. She was a
grown woman. A skilled warrior. She refused to let him intimidate her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“It
was a bad idea to abduct me from the temple,” she informed him. “The Three will
see you punished for this, Incubus, regardless of what you mean to do to me.
And with or without my weapons, I am still a Blade. I will fight you every step
of the way.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The
same way you did in the High Chamber?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Her
cheeks flamed with heat at the reminder. With humiliation. Her weakness had
shamed her in front of the other Blades, in front of the three priestesses
who’d entrusted her with their lives. With their faith that she was the best,
the strongest, of her peers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And
this demon had disproved all of that in a moment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He
would do it again if he wanted to. He could do anything he wanted to her.
Nahiri could see it in the hard glint of his golden eyes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">No,
for all her skill—for all her dedication to the teachings and training of the
temple—Devlin Gravori could destroy her at his whim.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I’m
not interested in fighting you,” he murmured, as if he could read the troubled
direction of her thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She
swallowed, watching the way he stared at her from across the room. He didn’t
move, and yet her body trembled as though his hands were already on her, as hot
and roaming as his gaze. All the wicked, deviant things she’d ever heard about
Incubi appetites poured over her in a rush of dread and terrible anticipation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“In
case you’re worried about it, I’m not interested in raping you either,” he
drawled, the corner of his mouth curling around the sensual growl of his deep,
rumbling voice. “Forcing a woman isn’t the Incubus way. Never been my way, at
any rate.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nahiri
hiked up her chin. “No, you’ll just bend my will until I submit. Or make me
your Thrall so you can siphon my life’s energy for your own. Maybe you’ll
manipulate my mind until I beg you to drain me completely. I suppose that would
be more your way.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He
grunted, dark amusement in his tone. “I have plenty of women more than happy to
slake my needs—<i>all</i> of my needs.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As
reassurances went, his did little to relieve her. He steepled his hands beneath
his chin, his citrine gaze locked on her. Nahiri could hardly breathe. His dark
energy was gathered about him, pulsating and vivid, but not the way she’d felt
it in the temple.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He
was holding his demonic allure in check now, despite the heat she felt licking
along her limbs and putting a flame to her blood. He intrigued her as much as
he unsettled her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Heaven
save her, but he tempted her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even
as he terrified her, infuriated her…he stirred a dangerous longing in her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And he knew.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
way he studied her, he knew she was struggling against an attraction she wanted
desperately to deny. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One
raven brow quirked nearly imperceptibly. “If I wanted to take you as my lover,
Nahiri, or feed from you as my Thrall, I wouldn’t need force or Incubus magic
to do it.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
combination of her name on his lips and the terrible truth he spoke made her
heart stumble in her chest. It beat shallowly, accelerating in time with her
breathing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And
she tried not to notice how his gaze tracked every inch of her body, settling
on her breasts as they rose and fell with each rapid squeeze of her lungs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> He got out of the chair and stood in place for
a long moment. When he finally moved, his steps were measured, unrushed. So
confident, as if doubt was something he never had to trifle with when it came
to women.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Of
course, he’d told her as much, so his arrogance shouldn’t surprise her now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nahiri
stood, frozen, as he approached, his thick-muscled thighs carrying him in a
slow prowl across the room. He paused an arm’s length away from her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Why
did you bring me here?” she asked, grateful that the tremors of her body hadn’t
found their way into her voice. She could not forget for an instant that she
was dealing with a demon. “What do you want from me?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">His
sensual mouth twisted in contemplation. “I haven’t decided yet. But let me be
clear about one thing, little Blade. You may be pledged to the Three and their
precious temple, but in this House, I am Master. So long as I have you under
this roof, you will obey me. As of now, your well-being, your life—<i>everything</i>—belongs to me.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> She bristled, outrage shooting through her
like fire. She welcomed the anger. It helped eclipse the desire that was still
simmering inside her, unwanted and never to be admitted—especially to this
overbearing heathen of a man.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Devlin
Gravori was mad if he expected her to think of him as anything but her captor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Her
enemy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And
he might as well realize that now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nahiri
peeled her lips back from her teeth in a furious smile. She squared off against
him, ready to do battle even without the benefit of her weapons. “I would
rather die before I give anything to you. Willingly or by force. I would see
you dead before that day.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He
scowled as she hissed the words into his face. When he raised his hand, she
thought for certain he would strike her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Instead,
his broad, warm palm came around the back of her neck. He held her in a firm
grip, and brought his face terrifyingly close to hers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When
he spoke his voice was raw, as rough as gravel in his throat. “Be careful with
your threats, Nahiri. Those are dangerous words. Particularly when my kin are
already grieving the loss of one brother to your kind today.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She
stared up into his fierce golden eyes, transfixed by the power she saw there.
By the pain and fury that hardened his handsome features and tightened the lush
line of his mouth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“On
the other side of this bedroom door, I have a dozen Incubi brothers and cousins
who might be tempted to take your threats against me to heart. They might be
tempted toward other things too. But not so long as you’re under my watch. No
one takes what belongs to me.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As
he spoke, his gaze drifted to her mouth. It lingered there, and suddenly Nahiri
could hardly swallow for the lack of moisture in her throat. Her lips tingled
under his gaze, aching for contact. Her temples pounded with her heartbeat, a
rising, steady thrum that seemed to echo in the small space between her body
and his.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Everything
female in her was fixed on this man—this dark, deadly demon—and the unholy need
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will obey me,” he muttered, the command like velvet on her senses when it
should grate like sharp stones. “As of right now, Nahiri the Blade, you belong
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Incubus Master Canaan Romerac is focused solely on revenge against those who betrayed him and put him in the Oubliette for five hundred years. That is until he sets eyes on Rayna. Can the beautiful Nephilim heal Canaan’s wounded soul before it’s too late?<br />
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 190%;">It took less than a day for Canaan to
realize he had to get accustomed to the world much more than he had
comprehended. It had taken a lot for him to walk away from the beautiful Rayna,
but walk away he had.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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might be a sex demon, but no was no. The next block over he found just the
woman he needed to feed off of and restore some of his strength.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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usual, people were eager to share useless information, but he did manage to
glean facts he did need. Like the name of the town - Traders Hollow – and that
New York City was five hours away by car.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 190%;"> Canaan
had expected the human race to make advancements, but he hadn’t expected such
bold leaps as the computer, cell phones, and weaponry. Then again, the humans
were rather gifted in killing themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the day faded to night, Canaan knew he </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 27.866666793823242px;">couldn't</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 190%;"> leave Traders Hollow just yet, even though he was more than ready to begin his trail of revenge. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the human world had changed so much, what of the Incubi and Nephilim? </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 190%;">He needed
to know every detail before he set out for the city. There would be no
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">She was born and raised in Texas but loves to travel. Her adventures have taken her throughout the United States as well as to Jamaica, Mexico, and Scotland. Growing up on the Texas/Louisiana border, Donna’s Cajun side of the family taught her the “spicy” side of life while her Texas roots gave her two-steppin’ and bareback riding.</span></center>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Her childhood dream was to become a professional ballet dancer and study under the amazing Mikhail Baryshnikov. Though she never got to meet Baryshnikov, she did make it to New York City and performed in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Later, Donna’s love of the romance genre and the constant stories running through her head prompted her to sit down and write her first book. Once that book was completed, there was no turning back.</span></center>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Donna sold her first book in November 2005 while displaced from Hurricane Rita, a storm that destroyed portions of the Texas Gulf Coast. Since then, Donna has sold novels and novellas to both electronic and print publishers. Her books include several complete series such as Druids Glen, The Shields, Royal Chronicles, Sisters of Magic, Dark Sword, Dark Warriors, and her new series, Dark Kings.</span></center>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Despite the deadlines and her voracious reading, Donna still manages to keep up with her two young children, four cats, three fish, and one long haired Chihuahua. She’s blessed with a proud, supportive husband who loves to read and travel as much as she does.</span></center>
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Scarus Vipera, Master of the House of Vipera, was growing weaker by the day.</center>
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But not just any female would do. If he was to gain back his strength, he needed one of the Immortal Nephilim of the Harem.</center>
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He exited his private plane and moved down the steps toward the waiting limousine. The heat of the desert clime invaded his custom gray suit and attacked the skin, muscles and bones beneath. He despised the weakness spreading unchecked inside of him. Despised that it forced him to revisit the place that had, only five years ago, caused him both stunning pleasure and the deepest pain.</center>
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Walking out those ancient doors framed in the finest gold, he’d sworn never to return. He would find his pleasure, his power, his repast, elsewhere. He would forget. About the Nephilim who’d birthed his son—his only child—then run away. He’d forget how he’d bonded with the boy. </center>
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Watched as his mother nursed him. Oh, he’d been a strong little male. Scarus should’ve seen how the Nephilim was doting on him, how she’d held him all through the night as though she hated to be parted from him. It wasn’t something he’d ever seen before. Normally, if the child was male the Nephilim would be only too happy to be rid of it. But not Daya. She’d taken the boy and run, both of them meeting with an accident just two days later.</center>
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The pain that had swarmed Scarus like a thousand angry wasps was both surprising and debilitating. He hadn’t been able to forget, and had lost any good nature that he’d been blessed with. Barking orders at his servants, not attending any celebrations or holidays with his family, refusing to meet with the Masters of the other Houses. He could not care for what was happening outside his palazzo in Ravello. Whether it was how the Sovereign was closing in on the end of his reign and had not been seen in far too long. Or how Devil Gravori believed that the Three were destroying all human/Incubus pregnancies to ensure that the Succubi remained extinct. He only cared about staying alive and strong for his House, and for all of those within it who relied on him.</center>
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As he approached the sleek black car, whose doors carried the Vipera House sigil of a coiled serpent, the desert wind whipped around him. To regain his strength he needed the power of the Harem.</center>
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Unlike many of my peers in the writing world, I wasn't a writer or a reader until I left high school. During my youth I was into theater, song and dance, commercials and boys. I loved romance surely, but I had never read a romance novel until my late teens. With that said, I remember the day I did like it was a moment ago - my aunt gave me the Jude Deveraux novel, Knight in Shining Armor and I couldn't put it down until the very last word. Then I went straight to the library and got another – then another until I’d read everything she’d ever written. After that, it was McNaught, Howard, Schone, Kleypas, and the Silhouette line, Desire. I instantly loved those emotional, sexy reads, so much so that I began to carve out ideas for my own stories, themes that were unique to me and moved me. In 1997 I enrolled in UCLA extension writing classes, met my mentor and critique partners and since have never stopped writing. I was committed then and I still am now; the need to tell my own romantic stories a full on obsession. My first manuscript was rejected, and though the second one was as well the editor who’d rejected it wanted to see something else from me. I had something (note to authors; always keep working, even after you've sent in a proposal) and sent it right away. The day I got the call telling me Desire wanted to buy Cinderella and the Playboy was the best day of my life. That is until I married my husband, and had my two beautiful children. But I must say, writing is much like motherhood – tough, grueling, surprising, delicious and for me, a dream come true.</div>
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I was born and raised in Minnesota. It’s where my love of all things green, wet and grown in the ground comes from. As you read above, before writing I was an actor, singer and dancer, specifically a BALLROOM dancer - an instructor and competitor as well. That work took me to many places like New York, Ohio and Wisconsin. I live in Los Angeles now, but I’m always thinking about greener pastures – literally.</center>
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When a series of bombs go off in a Therian youth center, injuring members of THIRDS Team Destructive Delta, and causing a rift between agents Dexter J. Daley and Sloane Brodie, peace seems unattainable. Especially when a new and frightening group, the Order of Adrasteia, appears to always be a step ahead. With panic and intolerance spreading and streets becoming littered with the Order’s propaganda, hostility between Humans and Therians grows daily. Dex and Sloane, along with the rest of the team, are determined to take down the Order and restore peace, not to mention settle a personal score. But the deeper the team investigates the bombings, the more they believe there’s a more sinister motive than a desire to shed blood and spread chaos.</div>
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Discovering the frightful truth behind the Order’s intent forces Sloane to confront secrets from a past he thought he’d left behind for good, a past that could not only destroy him and his career, but also the reputation of the organization that made him all he is today. Now more than ever, Dex and Sloane need each other, and, along with trust, the strength of their bond will mean the difference between justice and all-out war.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">“It is exceptionally important for you to know
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Dex arched an eyebrow at the instructor. “Which
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">“Both.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">“You want me to piss him off?” What kind of
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">“In a matter of speaking. Yes.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">“Great.” Okay. How could he piss off his
partner without losing a limb? What he needed to do was annoy Sloane, <i>really</i> annoy him. Shouldn’t be too
difficult. Dex had annoying down to an art. He thrust a finger in Sloane’s
face, knowing how much his Felid partner hated that. Then he started singing. Nothing annoyed his partner like Hall and
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dancing around him, his voice going high-pitched for certain lyrics while he
snapped his fingers. Sloane pawed at him, and Dex spun on his heels, avoiding
getting smacked. His partner hissed, baring his fangs before he took off after
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">“Shit!” Dex bolted, weaving through the rows of
agents who were either laughing or watching him in disbelief while their instructor
narrated as if this was nothing more than some nature video. Dex could see the
title now. National Geographic presents <i>Predatory
Partners</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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or she behaving in such a fashion?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">“Because I pissed him off?” Dex called out over
his shoulder, dashing back toward the instructor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">“Very good. Thank you, Agent Daley. You may now
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Clearly, Dr. Eldridge didn’t personally know
Sloane Brodie. Dex put his hands up, walking backward slowly as he spoke to his
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">“Hey, buddy. Just following orders, you know?
You heard him. <i>I</i> wasn’t the one who
wanted to piss you off.” Dex crouched down and held a hand out. <i>Please don’t bite me. Please don’t bite me</i>.
Sloane blinked before jumping up on his two back paws, his front paws pushing
against Dex’s shoulders and knocking him onto his back. Sloane pinned him, and
Dex braced himself. When Sloane started licking his face, Dex shut his eyes
tight. “Okay, I get it. Payback. Take notes people.” Dex pointed at his partner.
“This is what I meant about payback.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with his sleeve before returning to his spot. He was never more grateful not to
have ended up partnered with Ash than he was at this moment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">“Once you have assessed your partner and
deduced he or she is irate, you will want to give your partner space. If you
feel it’s safe to approach, you will do so with caution. Deal with what’s
causing the issue. For example, Agent Fuller, please approach Agent Daley.
Slowly.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The moment Agent Fuller got to his feet,
Sloane’s ears twitched. “Um, I don’t know if that’s a good idea,” Dex said,
watching Agent Fuller creep toward Dex, as if Sloane hadn’t noticed. The Human
rookie was clearly unaccustomed to dealing with Felids. “My partner’s a little
on the grumpy side and poking the sleeping jaguar with a pointy stick might not
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prowl, while Sloane resumed his grooming of Dex, his heavy tail thumping
against the floor. Uh-oh.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">“As you can see by Agent Brodie’s movements,
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cautious, Agent Daley is his, and he will not take kindly to any aggression
toward his partner.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">“Please stand, Agent Daley.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Dex did as asked, and Sloane released a huff at
having his grooming session interrupted. This was going to end badly. Dr.
Eldridge had no idea what he was about to unleash. Sloane Brodie chewed rookies
for breakfast and spit them out. Dex should know.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">“Agent Fuller, please advance with the
intention of striking Agent Daley.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Dex didn’t bother taking a stance or prepare
for a blow that would never land. His fellow rookies looked at him as if he was
crazy, but soon they’d understand. Poor Agent Fuller. The guy pulled back a fist
and the moment he took a step, Sloane’s roar echoed across the field. Ears
flattened, fangs bare, Sloane leapt toward Agent Fuller who screamed like a
preteen at a Bieber concert and made tracks across the field, Sloane on his
heels looking mighty pissed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">“Thank you, Agent Brodie,” the instructor
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Agent Brodie wiped his ass with their
instructor’s polite orders and chased Agent Fuller down the length of the
grassy pitch. Dex glanced around. “So which of you is a medic?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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In his quest to destroy the Dark Fae—his nemesis—the Dragon King known as Kiril goes to Ireland as a spy. When a gorgeous, mysterious woman tries to seduce him, Kiril instantly sees through her glamour to the Dark Fae beneath. Shara isn’t just any Dark; she’s from one of the most powerful bloodlines—and despite the dangers, Kiril can’t stay away from her. He’s enthralled by her smile, enslaved by the undeniable passion…</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">Four Highlanders whose bond of brotherhood finds each of them cursed. It'll take special women willing to break the curse - and bet on love.</span></h2>
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<b>Cowboys & Kisses</b><br />
<b>(Teens of Black Falls Texas, #1) </b></div>
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<b>By Sasha Summers</b></div>
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Allie had big plans for the future. Falling for a cowboy wasn't part of it.<br />
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1. Get out of Black Falls Texas - aka Redneck Hell<br />
(Graduation was eight months away. After that, she was out of there.)<br />
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2. Avoid Wyatt Holcomb at all costs.<br />
(Except he was everywhere and kind of hard to ignore since he was hot-and a really nice guy.)<br />
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3. Avoid her parents.<br />
(Shouldn't be too hard to do since her father hated her and her mother pretended nothing was wrong.)<br />
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4. Stop thinking about Wyatt.<br />
(Which would be a lot easier if he wasn't so sweet... and he'd keep his shirt on.)<br />
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5. Decide what she really wants.<br />
(Instead of holding onto the past and the guilt.)<br />
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Wyatt was carrying me. <i>I
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I’m glad I <i>was</i> sleeping. If I
wasn’t, I’d have to wake up. He’d put me down. I’d have to get pissy with
him—because that’s what I did, acted pissed. Right now, I didn’t want him to
put me down. And I was way too warm and comfortable to get pissy. </div>
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The front door opened. We were going inside, up the
stairs… </div>
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I burrowed in a little, to breathe against his chest. His really strong,
no-give chest. <i>God, he smells good. </i>Really
<i>really</i> good. </div>
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I turned, pressing my cheek against him. His heartbeat picked up…a lot.
And his arms tightened, holding me more surely. Something about that, the way
he was holding me, made my heart thump. Maybe I should admit I was awake? </div>
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I heard the floorboard
creak. We were almost to my room. Which was good. So why was I feeling panic? </div>
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<i>Because he’ll put me
down and leave… </i></div>
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My hand gripped his shirt front. I needed…wanted to hold on to him, to
keep him here, protecting me, holding me. And for some new and bizarre reason,
I felt sort of…frantic about it. “Allie?” His voice was soft, his breath
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I didn’t say anything. What was I supposed to say? <i>I’m awake but don’t put me down? You smell really good…and you feel
even better?</i> Yeah, that wouldn’t go over very well. </div>
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Or would it? What if he was cool with it? What if he stayed? Did I want
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I was being lowered, slowly. I felt the muscles in his chest and arms and
shoulders move against me and felt…breathless and hot and confused and… <i>I’m so in trouble. </i></div>
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My bed was soft beneath my
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<b>Book One: The Girl</b><br />
<b>(The Sanctum)<br />By Madhuri Blaylock<br /><br />Blurb:</b></div>
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The Sanctum, an all-powerful governing body founded by ten families, entrusted to maintain the peace amongst Magicals and ensure the ignorance of humans, has been corrupted by greed and savagery for generations, but is all Wyatt Clayworth has ever known.</div>
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Dev, the hybrid demon prophesied to bring an end to The Sanctum and destroy the world for Magicals and humans alike, is not what Wyatt expected to find when sent out on his latest mission. Believed to be hunting a killing machine, Wyatt finds little more than a broken girl with haunted eyes and a bit of a death wish. Drawn to one another for reasons they cannot begin to explain to themselves, much less anyone else, Wyatt is determined to protect Dev and help her realize her mission to avenge the deaths of her family at the hands of The Sanctum.</div>
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Set against the backdrop of New York City, THE GIRL is described as "outstanding, original, complex, deep and intoxicating", a "well written, unique...fast-paced read" that begins as one girl's simple quest for revenge and evolves into a complicated tale of trust, friendship, honor and love.</div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Without making a sound, Wyatt quickly found the exact place he was seeking. Ducking under some low-hanging tree branches, he ventured into the dark, partially-hidden lair only to be met with a less-than-welcoming blade at his throat. Dev had moved slightly from the hiding place Wyatt left her and although the lower half of her body remained immobile, her arms were functioning just fine, as evidenced by the blade drawing a thin trickle of blood from Wyatt’s neck. One wrong move and she would certainly kill him. </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 32px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Wyatt slowly brought his hands up to Dev’s, wrapped his fingers around hers and painstakingly maneuvered the blade away from his neck. Only then did he dare make eye contact with her.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 32px;">“You </span></span><span style="line-height: 32px;">didn't</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 32px;"> really think I was just going to leave you here, did you?” Wyatt asked as he moved to retrieve his blade from Dev. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 32px;">She </span></span><span style="line-height: 32px;">wasn't</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 32px;"> quite ready to give it up and slashed at Wyatt’s outstretched hand, managing to nick his wrist.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 32px;">“Crap!” Wyatt sat back on his heels, holding his wrist, and laughed, “fair enough. I deserved that. I should have told you I was coming back, but I </span></span><span style="line-height: 32px;">couldn't</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 32px;"> risk Ryker overhearing or suspecting anything. Trust me, if he thought I was coming back for you he would have spent all night watching me like a hawk. So I left you and walked away and it worked. Now get over it and give me back my blade.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 32px;">Despite the laughter in his voice, Wyatt </span></span><span style="line-height: 32px;">wasn't</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 32px;"> playing. He wanted his blade. Her name was Odara and she had been handed down the Clayworth line since the witnessing of The Code of Ten. She was sharper than any Raven blade and fit his hand like a glove. Many had fought and died at his hand thanks to Odara. She was his protector and he wanted her back where she belonged, safely strapped to his hip.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 32px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"Kill me," Dev offered the blade at a price.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 32px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Wyatt stood up tall and glared down at Dev, clenching his jaw in irritation. </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 32px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"Kill me," Dev challenged him again, taunting him with her smug stare and grim request.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 32px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With blinding speed, Wyatt landed on Dev, knocking her to the ground. Before she even realized what was happening, he locked down her arms and liberated his blade from her grasp. Wyatt hovered above Dev, inches from her face, momentarily tempted to slice her throat and end all of this drama. She couldn’t move a muscle. </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 32px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"You are in no position to bargain with me," Wyatt angrily whispered, never taking his eyes off of hers. "I am faster and stronger than you. So don’t even think about toying with me like that again.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 32px;">Wyatt pushed himself off of her, replaced Odara at his hip and grinned mischievously. “For the record, my blade </span></span><span style="line-height: 32px;">isn't</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 32px;"> worth your life. I just want it back. And I asked nicely the first time.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 32px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dev remained in her prone position, staring up at Wyatt, uncertain of her next move. She didn’t have the strength necessary to pull herself into a seated position and she definitely was not going to ask for help. </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 32px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“What?” Wyatt stared down at Dev, knowing she needed help to get up but determined to make her ask for it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 32px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Even in the darkness, Dev could see Wyatt’s eyes sparkling with amusement. He was thoroughly enjoying this little moment between the two of them. His pleasure made her wish she had slit his throat when she had the chance. Rather than requesting his assistance, Dev focused every ounce of her energy on rolling over onto her stomach. If she could do that, she could easily pull herself into a sitting position, Wyatt be damned. She closed her eyes and focused every fiber of her being on the task at hand but nothing happened. Her body failed to react. It didn't even twitch. The body that had so beautifully saved her from certain death at the hands of those Sanctum fools just hours earlier now couldn't even roll over. She shook with frustration, wanting to scream to the heavens in rage, knowing such action was futile and beneath her. So she took a calming breath, opened her eyes and glared at Wyatt.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 32px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"Ahhhh, you're back. I was starting to miss your charming scowl," Wyatt bent low and absentmindedly pushed some of Dev’s hair out of her eyes, “was getting worried there for a second."</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 32px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dev grabbed his hand in her vice-like grip. She hated him and his snarky comments.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 32px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"I realize you don’t like me," Wyatt pulled his hand out of her grasp and gently placed his arms around Dev, helping her to sit, unable to look at her lying helplessly on the ground for another second, "but I'm all you've got so by all means, continue simmering in your hatred for me but do so with the understanding that I'm on your side. </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 32px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"All this stabbing and cutting nonsense has got to end. If you want to hurt me, just imagine it, okay? Pretend. Don't actually do it. I heal quickly but it still hurts like hell."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 32px;">For an instant, Wyatt thought he saw a spark in Dev’s eyes and just as quickly, it was gone. At that moment, for reasons unknown to himself, Wyatt resigned himself to a one-sided relationship with her, one completely based upon his will to help her. He stood up and reached for her, praying she </span></span><span style="line-height: 32px;">didn't</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 32px;"> have a blade hidden somewhere, knowing that if she did, this time she would definitely kill him. To his surprise, Dev wrapped her arms around his neck and allowed Wyatt to scoop her up and into his arms, but he thought nothing more of it, knowing full well she was merely using him to further her agenda. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have one word for you....AWESOMENESS!! And my next question is how do I get my hands on number two!! Holy smokes I absolutely could not put this book down. The story was amazing and the characters where addicting....I must have book two!! This is a must read, great for a young reader....nothing but great reading!!</span></span>
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Madhuri Blaylock is a lawyer by day, writer and avid shoe and dress buyer at all other times. She lives in Jersey City, but her heart remains firmly planted in Brooklyn via Snellville, Georgia. Her husband, Henry, is also a lawyer, and only a lawyer because he actually likes being a lawyer (go figure), probably always wanted to be a lawyer and is really, really good at all things lawyerly. He's also pretty hot. <br />
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She’s got a big kid, Miss Sydney, and a little kid, the one and only Dash. They're awesome and fierce and supremely cool and able to make her laugh at the strangest things. She would love to add a dog, some chickens, a goat and a burro to this crew. Everyone needs a burro. <br />
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Some of her favorites, in no particular order: ice cream, Kill Bill, four-inch heels, Matt Damon, tattoos, Laini Taylor, scotch on the rocks, The Sanctum trilogy, Martha's Vineyard, "The Girl" aka her Mini, Rihanna, Doc Martens, tulips, Coach and Tami, photo booths and dancing like a fool. <br />
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One day she plans to grow up. Right now, she’s enjoying the adventure.<br />
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<b>Hold On To Me</b><br />
<b>(Against All Odds Series, bk #2)</b><br />
<b>By Elisabeth Naughton</b><br />
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He thinks he’s finally found the one.<br />
Mitch Mathews never believed in love—at least not the happily ever after kind. Then he met Simone Conners. Just one night with the sexy lawyer made him reevaluate his priorities and look toward a future he never planned. The only hang up is making her see it too.<br />
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She’s almost ready for a second chance.<br />
What started out as a casual hookup with a rugged geologist has turned into something a whole lot more. Simone’s on the verge of handing over her heart, but fear over what Mitch will say and do when he learns who she used to be holds her back.<br />
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The past could destroy their future...<br />
Just when Simone is about to take a chance on forever with Mitch, the mistakes of her past catch up with her. Suddenly it’s not just her safety on the line anymore, it’s his too. Forced into hiding, Mitch demands answers, and Simone realizes the only way to protect everything she holds dear is to delve into a past she’s spent fourteen years trying to forget. As they search for the truth, they discover secrets, lies and a rekindled passion that burns hotter than before. But they also uncover a conspiracy that threatens the very fabric of society. One that could cost them more than just their future…it could cost them their lives.<br />
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Get out of my way.”</div>
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“Why?” Mitch’s eyes narrowed to
thin points, and a vehemence Simone had never seen before reflected in their
depths. “You came all the way over here in the middle of the night to tell me
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her—anger, heartache, disbelief—but the one that won out was betrayal, even if
a tiny voice in the back of her head said she had no right to feel that way.</div>
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She whirled on him. “You have no <i>idea</i> what I was willing to do for you.
You have no <i>idea</i> what I’ve been
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She ducked under his arm and rushed
down the hall toward the door and freedom. Somewhere deep inside she knew she
was being irrational. <i>She’d</i> broken
things off with <i>him</i>. Whatever and
whoever he’d done since had nothing to do with her, and yet even though her
head understood that, her heart was having a really hard time accepting it.
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“Hold on. <i>What you’ve done for me</i>?” He grasped her by the arm and swung her
around to face him in the entry hall. Moonlight spilled in through the
sidelights by the front door, illuminating his enraged features and
disbelieving eyes, the t-shirt molding to his muscular chest, the loose-fitting
jeans and his gorgeous, bare feet against the hardwood floor. “You’re the one
who ended things. You’re the one who said you didn’t care. As I recall, your exact
words were, ‘I don’t love you.’ So why the fuck would I believe you’d do
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She wanted to lash out, to make him
hurt the way she was hurting, to tell him he was right, that she really did no
longer give a shit. But before she could get the words out, the glass in the
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Simone screamed. Mitch threw her to
the ground face first and covered her with his body. Pain echoed through her
hipbones and hands and anywhere she hit the hardwood. But the sound of
something small and hard digging into the siding, the door, shattering windows
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I loved this book....I thought <em>Wait For Me </em>was good as I cried, laughed and sat on the edge of my seat....but Elisabeth has out done her awesome self with this one!! Simone and Mitch's story is breath taking. I love her characters and the struggles they face, the choices they make. I could not put this book down....again I laughed, cried and sat at the edge of my seat!! WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR....ORDER YOURS TODAY!</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOkBLFDQ15EkVvGn_WL35s9EwSQnX4LSOQ67ekWLW-1AlDdgJ7ayKifTdhGDdJLmzrrPq6Rer4GVQ2XS7f8MzG-X6OUR61xgFechpjcU_ALhP9KWXLSo62ZNDQn8weu8Wl7KtcU5XtxP2U/s1600/Elisabeth+Naughton+-200x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOkBLFDQ15EkVvGn_WL35s9EwSQnX4LSOQ67ekWLW-1AlDdgJ7ayKifTdhGDdJLmzrrPq6Rer4GVQ2XS7f8MzG-X6OUR61xgFechpjcU_ALhP9KWXLSo62ZNDQn8weu8Wl7KtcU5XtxP2U/s1600/Elisabeth+Naughton+-200x300.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">I was never one of those people who knew they wanted to be an author at the age of six. I </span>didn't<span style="font-family: inherit;"> have imaginary friends. I didn’t write stories in my journal or entertain my relatives by firelight after Thanksgiving dinner. For the most part, I was just a normal, everyday kid. I liked to read, but I </span>wasn't<span style="font-family: inherit;"> exceptional at it. And when my teachers complimented me on my writing abilities, I brushed them off. I did, however, always have a penchant for the unique and absurd. And as my mother told me all throughout my childhood, I should have been an actress—I was a drama queen before my time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Years ago, my husband bought me Scarlett: The Sequel to Gone With The Wind. If you ever saw the book, you know it’s a long one. I sat and read that thing from cover to cover, and dreamed of one day being a writer. But I </span>didn't<span style="font-family: inherit;"> actually try my hand at writing until years later when I quit my teaching job to stay home with my kids. And my husband? After that week of reading where I neglected him and everything else until I finished Scarlett, he vowed never to buy me another book again. Little did he know I’d one day end up sitting at a keyboard all day drafting my own stories.</span></div>
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<b>Sins of the Father<br />(Perception Series, Bk 3)</b></div>
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<b>Melina Brooks</b> thought she had put the past behind her. Jilted by the love of her life, the exotic beauty shuns romantic relationships to concentrate on work — earns a doctorate in psychology, has a thriving clinical psychology practice, and after only three years of teaching college, she is the newly appointed Chair of the Psychology Department at Addington College. With everything in her life organized and running smoothly, what could go wrong?<br />
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<b>Grant Drake</b>, the gorgeous hunk who vanished from her life ten years ago, is named the new President of Addington College. Bound by a promise he made ten years ago, he cannot explain the reason for his abrupt disappearance, but he hopes to regain Melina’s trust and love.<br />
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Grant’s return turns Melina’s life upside down when she discovers the attraction between them is alive, well and hot. Struggling with the undeniable desire he awakened, Melina fights to keep him at bay and her desire under control. With her focus on recapturing normalcy and control over her life, she never notices the menacing stalker lurking nearby.<br />
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In the midst of their investigation of the disappearance of several young women in the past few months, Dallas Special Detectives P. J. Burdette and Max Fabiani search for a link between the missing women. Then a sixth woman disappears and P. J. believes Melina may be in danger.<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">“My car! My
beautiful car!” Her horrified screams were muffled by the wind as the storm
raged around her. Someone had slashed the tires and shattered the windshield of
the Viper.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">“He must have
done this. Damn him!” Melina felt the bile rise in the back of her throat. She
was stranded with a deranged student chasing her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">In that moment
of terror and despair she thought of Grant. “I’ve got to reach Grant. He will
help me. Grant will protect me!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">A quick glance
over her shoulder eased her panic because she didn’t see her pursuer. Did he
leave? But that fleeting bit of hope was crushed when she saw a dark pickup
truck bearing down on her. Melina ran behind a nearby dumpster. The truck
skidded and slammed into the dumpster.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hoping that the
truck was stuck or damaged enough to give her a head start, Melina crawled away
from her hiding place, her knees aching and her clothes soaked. Just as she
reached the tall Photinia shrubs bordering the parking lot the truck’s engine
revved and it backed up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Snow swirled
around Melina’s trembling body as she climbed to her feet and saw the truck
headed her way once again. Diving behind the bushes, she squeezed her eyes shut
and heard the squealing tires. She held her breath, expecting to be hit. But
nothing happened.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Her eyes flew
open. Melina squinted trying to see what made him swerve away. Then she noticed
that the bush she hid behind was planted in front of a light pole. No wonder he
swerved.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">A sob caught in
her throat as the truck turned and headed away from the parking lot. Was he
giving up? She prayed that was the case.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Terrified and
half-blinded by her tears and the blowing snow, Melina ran in what she hoped
was the direction of Campus Corner, a group of shops near the Addington campus.
Her hands and feet were cold and raw from crawling and running on the rocks and
debris hidden under the snow but she had to keep moving.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Suddenly the
truck came after her from behind a building she just passed. Melina tried to
avoid him by running a zigzag pattern, but he swerved back and forth with
surprising ease, mirroring her movements.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Cold, wet and
terrified beyond reason, Melina wondered how much longer she could last before
the cold steel of the truck’s bumper hit her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Then, as if
tiring of his game of cat and mouse, he gunned the engine and raced toward her.
Melina’s only hope was to reach the snow bank to her right. She broad jumped
for the bank with power and agility born of desperation and sank into the deep
snow gasping for breath.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The truck
skidded but continued moving toward the snow bank where she had taken refuge.
Expecting to feel the impact of the truck at any second, Melina felt herself
scream; the sound lost in the howling wind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Then the door of
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Her heart was
pounding so hard that her chest hurt as she searched for a store that might
still be open. Then, out of the corner of her eye a dim light caught her
attention. “A grocery store.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The truck door
slammed sending Melina over the edge. Screaming hysterically, she scrambled
toward the safety of the store. Slipping and sliding, she pushed the door open
and stumbled inside.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>One Week<br />(HaleStorm Series, bk #1)</b><br />
<b>By Elisabeth Staab</b><br />
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<b>HE HAS A LEGACY TO SAVE… </b><br />
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Michael Hale's company is in jeopardy. In the wake of his father's death and transitioning to CEO, projects are circling the drain and that may cost him everything. Come to find out, the consultant hired to fix things is the "one who got away" many years ago. This time he's playing for keeps, and he intends to win.<br />
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<b>SHE SHOULD NEVER SAY NEVER… </b><br />
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Elise Jackson swore she wouldn't come near Michael Hale again. He sucker punched her professionally, and he broke her heart. Still, a job’s a job, and they can both be adults. But high emotion and late nights working lead to passion neither of them can deny.<br />
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They have one week. Can the two of them pull Michael's company out of the fire and heal their old wounds?<br />
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Another amazing book by Elisabeth. Elise was my favorite....the strong, goal oriented women who sidetracks her family life and dives into work. Michael dealing with major life transitions hires Elise even though they have a history....late nights, hard deadlines and a snake in the midst makes for a great read!! I highly recommend this be added to your TBR!!!</div>
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“I should have looked for you.” He wrapped his arms
around her and groaned aloud at the warmth and softness of her skin against
his. The rough texture of her nipples against his chest, the dampness of her
hair on his shoulder. “Just touching you makes me crazy. My God, Elise. I
should have known. Fuck, I did know, and I ignored it. I’m so goddamned
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“I am stupid.” Michael
gripped her hips—fucking luscious, curvy hips—and ran his hands up that amazing
hourglass arc in her waist and over her shoulders, reveling in the magic of
Elise’s hands giving him the same treatment. “I’m stupid because I thought I
could push you away all those years ago and I’d forget and find someone else
who turned me on as much as your hand bumping my knee under a cubicle desk.
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April Frost is a compassionate young woman with a steady job and ambitious goals. But the harder she runs away from her past, the more it threatens to destroy her. When three strangers enter her life, April is forced to face her demons and it’s a battle she may not win.<br />
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Private investigators in the Breed world are men who take risks, and Reno Cole is no exception. As a Shifter, he’s expected to control his inner animal. But lately his wolf has been venturing dangerously close to the city, and he’s about to discover why. When Reno is reintroduced to a family friend, the attraction is immediate. April captivates him with her secretive eyes and resilient spirit. She’s also in trouble, and despite the fact she’s a human, Reno can’t turn his back on her.<br />
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April is caught between two worlds: One that threatens to bury her dreams and another that could fulfill them. Can she trust the wolf at her door and find the courage to overcome her demons?<br />
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There’s a buzzing sensation when
you have chemistry with someone. It’s like there are invisible threads
connecting your bodies and igniting into sparks, and the residual pulse bounces
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I felt that with Reno. He stepped
so close to me that I remembered how good it felt when he’d held me in his
arms. The animalistic look in his eyes captured me like he was a predator and I
was prey. He felt it too. I could tell by soft breath he took before he spoke.</div>
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“I've always liked hazel eyes,” he
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I hit pause. This was a scene I’d
be replaying in my head for weeks to come, and I didn't want to ruin the moment
by saying something inane. I let him graze his thumb across my mouth. He pulled
my lower lip down just enough that his thumb glided across the fleshy inside.
Then he rolled his wet thumb across my lip, making what seemed like a casual
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Staring into Reno’s chocolate eyes
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I waited for him to make another
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I whirled around and he captured my
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When I'm not writing (which is all the time), I'm hunting down Indie music, watching movies, reading, eating Tex-Mex, discovering new ways to humiliate myself bowling, and burning up my laptop battery on the Internet. I have a relaxed, easy-going personality and don't like drama. I live with a cat who thinks she is a dog, or a goat (she eats plastic, so I'm not sure which).</div>
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Throughout my life, I've had insomnia. Counting sheep never worked and eventually I would imagine those sheep were the sole source of food after an apocalyptic battle where only thousands survived. I made up stories in a futile attempt to bore myself to sleep. The problem was, I got so wrapped up in my "head stories" that I would continue them through the following nights, changing it up each time to make it more exciting. Eventually, I started writing my ideas down - creating short stories, and then I discovered my love for poetry.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">My Heartache Cowboy</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">(Cowboy Series, Bk #2)<br />By Z.A. Maxfield</span></b></div>
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<b>Can love conquer all?</b><br />
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Jimmy Rafferty and Eddie Molina go way back at the J-Bar ranch. They’ve worked together, bunked together, camped out, and drank together. So how has Jimmy failed to notice that Eddie is gay? Eddie has not failed to notice that his friend has a serious drinking problem, and he’s determined to help Jimmy kick the booze cold turkey.<br />
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Taking him up to a snowbound cabin to detox, Eddie is confronted with Jimmy’s fierce denial. But the pains of withdrawal are nothing for Jimmy compared with the heartache of denying his true feelings and his deep longing…for the one man who cares for him more than anyone else on earth.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When I woke, I was alone and the truck wasn’t moving.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Who the hell did Eddie think he was, leaving me asleep by
myself in a truck outside in the freezing cold? My pa and my older brother,
Jonas, used to do that. We’d be on the road, and when I fell asleep, they’d
leave me in the parking lot of some dive bar or motel—just leave me asleep
outside in the dark. I’d wake up with no clue where I was, no idea if they were
coming back or if I should go in and try to find them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My first useful thought was to look for the keys, because I
hadn’t forgotten what Eddie said. I hadn’t forgotten the plans him and boss
Malloy made for me behind my back. It would serve them right if I up and
hightailed it back to the J-Bar with Eddie’s truck and no Eddie.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">No keys.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Not like that was going to stop me. Where the hell did
Eddie get the idea I’d go quietly? I slid over and tore the wiring out from
under the dash. Found what I needed without hardly even looking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I hated waking up alone like that. Unwanted. Abandoned.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">One twist. Two. Touch the wires together and the engine
should . . .</span></div>
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<span class="ITAL"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Fuck.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Nothing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">What the hell? I checked I got the proper color-coated
strands and tried again. I was frowning down at the mess of tangled wire when
someone tapped on the window behind me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I glanced up and saw Eddie frowning down, no doubt pissed
at what I’d done to his truck. <span class="ITAL"><i>Serves you right for leaving me
like that, you prick.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“You need a working engine for that,” he told me as he
opened the door. “One that has a battery.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Fuck you.” I spilled out of the car ready for a fistfight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“What?” Eddie jumped back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Why did you have to leave me like that? What did I <span class="ITAL">ever</span> do to you?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Eddie shook his head at me. “I don’t have a clue what
you’re talking about. You were sound asleep and I thought maybe you needed it.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I took a swing at him. “I hate waking up alone in a car
like that.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ed plucked my fist from the air and peered at me like he
was trying to see through my skin. “I didn’t know.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“I hate that. Left behind in the car like a damn dog. Like
a fucking duffel bag. You can’t be bothered to even wake me up and take me in
out of the fucking snow.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now Eddie frowned like he was thinking about it. Now, after
the fact. “I’m sorry, Jimmy. I didn’t think how you’d feel waking up alone like
that. I won’t do it again.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Would have served you right if I took your truck and left
you up here to walk back to civilization, wherever the hell that is. Would have
served you right if I’d died out here.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“All right, all right. Simmer down now.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I glared at him. “Fuck you.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“It’s pretty civilized inside. How about you come in with
me.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“How about you suck my fucking—”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“That’s enough.” He turned and headed toward the cabin’s
welcoming front door. “I almost didn’t bother to disable the damn thing, but I
thought on the off chance you knew what you were doing and could—”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Which I did,” I pointed out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Come inside.” He jerked his chin toward the cabin like I
was a dog and I was supposed to just follow along and yip around at his heels.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I debated making a run at him, but frankly, Eddie was a
tough buzzard. He wasn’t too much older than me, just forty-two compared to my
thirty-eight. But I was a lover, not a fighter, or at least that’s how I
thought of myself. Back there on the road, Eddie had proved he wasn’t above
using violence to get his way in this, so I went along.</span></div>
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<span class="ITAL"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>You’re going to have to sleep sometime.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Eddie led me into a rustic-looking cabin that seemed awful
nice for the middle of nowhere. There was a place for us to hang our hats just
inside the door, over a table with a passel of pictures on it. There were old
time black-and-whites of families and framed pictures of a good-looking man, a
pretty woman, and some kids. There were some of the kids alone, and <span class="ITAL">holy cow</span>, there were probably a dozen pictures of Ed. He
looked so young in a couple of them, they must have been from before we met.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">One of Ed and the unknown man caught my eye. Something
about the difference in height, the casual way they leaned together, the way
they looked at each other, made me think this was Ed’s friend from the road,
Don. Even though they’d both aged some since it was taken, I was almost sure of
it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">No knobby hands, no weathered angel, this Don was good
looking, without a doubt. He was lanky and chiseled. He had an intelligent face
and a smile that drew the eye. He seemed sure of himself and charming. Whatever
I’d seen in the darkness outside the car had to be a trick of the light.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ed looked so young and earnest next to him it took my
breath away. Brawny and tan, he wore a yoked Western shirt with the sleeves
rolled up past well-muscled forearms and he eyed Don like he would fo<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2222909167306279707" name="_GoBack"></a>llow him anywhere.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And that Don, he looked like he could appreciate a guy like
Ed, as well.</span></div>
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Z. A. Maxfield started writing in 2007 on a dare from her children and never looked back. Pathologically disorganized, and perennially optimistic, she writes as much as she can, reads as much as she dares, and enjoys her time with family and friends. Three things reverberate throughout all her stories: Unconditional love, redemption, and the belief that miracles happen when we least expect them.<br />
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If anyone asks her how a wife and mother of four can find time for a writing career, she’ll answer, “It’s amazing what you can accomplish if you give up housework.”<br />
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<b>(Tales of the Harker Pack Series)<br />By Tara Lain<br /><br />Blurb:</b><br />
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Cole Harker, son of an alpha werewolf, is bigger and more powerful than most wolves, tongue-tied in groups, and gay. For twenty-four years, he’s lived to please his family and pack—even letting them promise him in marriage to female werewolf Analiese to secure a pack alliance and help save them from a powerful gangster who wants their land. Then Cole meets Analiese’s half-brother, panther shifter Paris Marketo, and for the first time, Cole wants something for himself.<br />
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When Analiese runs off to marry a human, Cole finally has a chance with Paris, but the solitary cat rejects him, the pack, and everything it represents. Then Cole discovers the gangster wants Paris too and won’t rest until he has him. What started as a land dispute turns into World War Wolf! But the bigger fight is the battle between cats and dogs.<br />
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“I didn’t come here for you at all. I remembered that you
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“Not for me?” He wanted to scream and he wanted to cry.
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“You son of a bitch!” Paris leaped out of the chair and
hurled himself across the room at Cole with his fingers extended like claws. He
hit the wolf like a missile and scratched at his face. “You bastard. You sucked
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“Wait. Hold on.” Cole wrapped a huge arm around his middle,
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Paris kicked his feet, which was humiliating. “Let me go.” </div>
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He had to stop this. Heat pushed behind his eyes. Damn. What
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For a second Cole said nothing. “You said you didn’t want
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Paris frowned. “That’s right. I don’t.” </div>
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Cole loosened his grip just a little and let Paris’s feet
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“The nine-inch steel rod sticking in my butt?” </div>
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A big hand slid down the front of Paris’s robe. “Oh, like
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Cole’s fingers brushed the silk robe aside and closed around
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“I don’t.” But his hips were thrusting his cock into Cole’s
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Oh hell. He was burning up! He turned in Cole’s loosened
embrace and grabbed his face, pushing his mouth hard against those carved lips.
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Cole’s eyes widened. “Linds? He’s just my friend. But
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This is a great shifter story, I loved Cole and Paris! Cole the wolf that is bound by his duty and obligations to the pack. The cat, Paris, the dancer who captivates the wrong admirer. I truly could not put this book down, it was such an amazing journey of love in so many ways!!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;">North Jamenson has always held his wolf closer to the
surface then others. He’s the quiet one, the one no one really knows about yet
he holds the darkest secret. He’s watched his brothers find their mates and
start families, and now it was his turn. He knows Lexi could be his and her son
could be part of his family, but he doesn’t know if he’s ready to share the
darkness that’s entwined with his soul.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;">Lexi Anderson is a mother, a sister, a latent wolf, and a
new member of the Redwood Pack. She’s also holding secrets so close to her
heart she’s not even sure she knows the truth anymore. When North takes another
step closer to wanting to cement their bond, Lexi must come to grips with her
past and what it means for her future. The Centrals’ war isn’t over yet and
Lexi’s life is on the line as the paths they’ve chosen takes a drastic turn.<span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<a href="http://carrieannryan.com/hidden-destiny/"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://carrieannryan.com/hidden-destiny/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 14px; text-transform: uppercase;"><b>EXCERT</b></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Where is he?” Lexi said from behind
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the triad’s home. She wasn’t breathless because she was a wolf and could run
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eyes made North want to bring her into his arms.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fuck it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">USA Today Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan never thought
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to graduate school in chemistry. Yes, she read as a kid and devoured teen
fiction and Harry Potter, but it wasn’t until someone handed her a romance book
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">(Mageri Series, Bk #5)<br />By Dannika Dark</span></b><br />
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<b>Love is infinite.</b><br />
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In the short span of a year, Silver has gone from becoming a Mage to discovering the truth about her unique genetics. Logan Cross went from her mortal enemy to her immortal lover, but a threat is fast approaching like an inevitable storm. Attacks are underway against the Mageri and one man is behind it—an elusive foe who is an unstoppable force. Nero is not Silver’s only concern as someone close to her is arrested for treason. In the midst of chaos, Silver discovers she cannot protect everyone from the wrath of fate, including her own Ghuardian.<br />
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Justus finally opens his heart, but an unexpected turn of events could darken his soul forever. Secrets are revealed that will leave you reeling from one twist after the next. Would you sacrifice everything for love?<br />
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Destiny has set sail and once she alters her course, no one’s life will ever be the same in this explosive conclusion to the Mageri Series.</div>
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The book was amazing. I could not put it down, I immediately bonded with Silver and Logan and their struggle to be together. I fell in love with Finn and want him for my brother!! The story was amazing from beginning to end....every character was amazing and vivid. The story line was very intriguing, so much that I read the whole thing in a day!! <br />
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A deep vibration rose from his chest. Logan backed me up and the next thing I knew, I was lying on the hood of Justus’s sleek Porsche. What was once a vast collection of exquisite cars was now a collection of three, aside from the Ducati, which he rarely drove.<br />
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Logan’s ravenous tongue found a sensitive spot on my neck that made me crave his skin against mine. I slipped my hands beneath his shirt, scratching at his strong back. I loved the way his body felt. The taut muscles along his abs, the baby-fine hair on his arms and legs, the masculine cut of his jaw, and especially right now, the thick press between my legs. The hood of the car dented from our weight and Logan’s heated breath stirred a voice within me that wanted to say “to hell with it” and have sex right on top of my Ghuardian’s one-hundred-thousand-dollar Porsche.<br />
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“Wait, Logan. We’re going to mess up his car.”<br />
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When his tongue entered my mouth, the complaint was forgotten.<br />
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Until the garage door lifted up.<br />
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When I'm not writing (which is all the time), I'm hunting down Indie music, watching movies, reading, eating Tex-Mex, discovering new ways to humiliate myself bowling, and burning up my laptop battery on the Internet. I have a relaxed, easy-going personality and don't like drama. I live with a cat who thinks she is a dog, or a goat (she eats plastic, so I'm not sure which).</div>
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Throughout my life, I've had insomnia. Counting sheep never worked and eventually I would imagine those sheep were the sole source of food after an apocalyptic battle where only thousands survived. I made up stories in a futile attempt to bore myself to sleep. The problem was, I got so wrapped up in my "head stories" that I would continue them through the following nights, changing it up each time to make it more exciting. Eventually, I started writing my ideas down - creating short stories, and then I discovered my love for poetry.</div>
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It's almost embarrassing how many spiral notebooks and stacks of paper I have of poetry and lyrics.</div>
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Another passion: digital art. I design all my book covers, marketing, and series art. I'm a very visual person and pursued photography as an avid hobby for many years.</div>
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I am not a YA author (I feel like I have to state this only because I've had a few people ask), but I think it's wonderful there are so many books available to teens in Urban Fantasy and Paranormal.</div>
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I am finally doing what I have always wanted to do: giving my characters a pulse through writing full time. I focus on adult urban fantasy romance, but I don't like labels and I enjoy blending genres to break out of the confines of predictability.</div>
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Michael Hale's company is in jeopardy. In the wake of his father's death and his transition to CEO, projects are circling the drain, and that could cost him everything. Come to find out, the consultant hired to fix things is the "one who got away" many years ago. This time he's playing for keeps, and he intends to win.</div>
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Elise Jackson swore she wouldn't come near Michael Hale again. He sucker punched her professionally, and he broke her heart. Still, a job’s a job, and they can both be adults. But high emotion and late nights working lead to passion neither of them can deny.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“You called me innocent back there in that parking lot. I
dressed conservatively that summer because I was supposed to. You thought I was
some kid who had just fallen off the turnip truck?” Elise stepped forward. From
the rise and fall of his chest, his breath had deepened, and she struggled to
keep her focus on his hard, dark eyes. Still a little beer buzzed, she put
herself up in his face and laid it all on the line. “You tried to protect me
because you’d heard rumors about Scarborough? What about the rumors I heard
about you?”</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">His jaw hardened.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“What, you thought I wouldn’t have heard? Every woman at
HaleStorm with a pulse and proper vision had your name written on their
vibrators.”</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This time she ignored the warning from her shoes when she
clicked forward. “I didn’t let those rumors stop me, either. I’d been trying
damn hard to get your attention that summer.”</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He didn't move except to blink. “The trouble with rumors is
they're half-true at best if true at all.” Then he did move, pressing into her
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She hardened her gaze and met his stare, but there in the dim
light of his apartment his eyes had turned the color of dark amber. And
holy cow, those lashes could make any supermodel cry with envy. “Okay,” she
said. “So what's your truth?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">His fingers danced up and down her spine, setting off shivers
all over the place. He bent toward her, his stubble scraping her cheek. “The
truth is, you were probably right when you said that this was a bad idea.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She had said that, hadn’t she? His palm skimmed her waist and
she damned herself for being sensible. “That… that probably is true.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“And.” The heat of his hands and his breath licked along her
neck and shoulders. Maybe she should have worn her coat over. “You have no idea
what’s fact and what’s fiction about me.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What Elise <i>did </i>know was the way he touched her
now might well fry her brain. She needed to back away while she still had some
semblance of her dignity. She managed one step. “Maybe I don't. My point is,
neither do you.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Other than a slight raise of his eyebrows, he didn't reply.
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Another step. “Whatever. Thank you for trying to protect me. It
was a misguided, unnecessary effort, but thank you for being concerned.”
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Cole Harker, son of an alpha werewolf, is bigger and more powerful than most wolves, tongue-tied in groups, and gay. For twenty-four years, he’s lived to please his family and pack—even letting them promise him in marriage to female werewolf Analiese to secure a pack alliance and help save them from a powerful gangster who wants their land. Then Cole meets Analiese’s half-brother, panther shifter Paris Marketo, and for the first time, Cole wants something for himself.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Cole took hold of a
branch a few feet from Paris. “Do you think the alliance will stand?” He
shrugged. “Hard to say. I know everyone hopes so, so I hope so too.” Cole
pulled his eyebrows together. “But you don’t really care.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Paris looked up
sharply. “Yes, I care. I care about my parents. They’ve been good to me and I
owe them a lot. I’m a freak by wolf standards, and my father has never abjured
me. I honestly believe he kept me separate for my well-being more than his own.
He acknowledges me as his son even though I remind him of his greatest sorrow.”
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“Your panther mother.”
He nodded. “And Trixie isn’t a brave female. My existence is difficult for her,
but she’s been nothing but good to me. She had to stand against the combined
disapproval of a lot of other females for me. They didn’t know what I was, but
they knew I was Merced’s first wife’s son. They weren’t kind. She was. I value
her and want the best.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Cole glanced up. Look
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The cat danced around
his tree, unfastening buttons on his shirt with intricate skill. “You want the
alliance and I want you. Isn’t that an Aristotelian principle? If A equals B
and B equals C, then Paris wants Cole to have his alliance so Paris can have
Cole’s big yummy cock in his ass. An ass, I might add, that’s been throbbing
like a voodoo drum since I first looked in your silver eyes, wolfman.” He
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Wow. Even knowing what
was coming, that sight was hard to believe. The cat’s skin glowed in the
moonlight like so much alabaster formed into a work of art. If you liked bulky,
you wouldn’t like Paris. But if the look of a black leopard stealing along a
branch stilled your heart, this sight would do it for you down to the ground.
Not really slim. More like lean, with muscles just where they should be, but as
if they were made of silk rather than stone. Fluid. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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wood on his belly. Flip. He circled and came up to sitting, his upper body
glowing and long legs dangling. He spread his arms out for a second as if
balancing on a tightrope. Then he reached in and started to unfasten his belt.
Slowly, he slipped it from his trousers, then swung it over his head until it
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> He pulled himself to standing and used one
hand to slowly lower his fly. White showed in the gap. Oh my. Not white
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<i>We walk among you. Wherever your lives take you within this world, we are there, and we are many. We are not superior, we simply know more... far more... and none of you are safe.</i><br />
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Sam has always had the gift of reading auras and seeing future events. But since beginning college, her gifts are strengthening - becoming more foreboding. Dark visions she can't explain haunt her daily. She senses danger but doesn't know why. Meeting gorgeous Olympic swimming star Trin Kosolov, who shares her extra sensory abilities, only seems to intensify the imminent peril.<br />
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Sam climbed out of the shower
and dried off. She was confused, even angry. Never before had she sensed such
conflicted energy in another person.<i> </i>What was wrong with him? Wrapped in a towel, she raced over to
her dresser and began digging for clothes. Bra, underwear, jeans—she tossed it
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Sam had never been in love
before, but this surpassed anything she had ever even heard of. Opening
the closet door she found a shirt, pulled it from the hanger, and tossed it on
the bed with everything else. She reached in the back, grabbing a jacket and
threw it on the bed as well. Tossing the towel aside she began dressing with
lightning speed, confusion and unanswered questions running through her head
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She
didn’t know how much longer she could take this. She pulled her underwear on,
then grabbed her bra. She let out an exasperated breath as she slipped her arms
through the straps and reached back to fasten the hook. If something didn’t give soon—she stopped. Lifting her head
toward her bedroom door, she focused. A familiar security swept through
the room. Eyes still on the door, she grabbed for her robe and pulled it on.
The short hemline and thin satin material didn’t conceal much, but her thoughts
lay elsewhere, captivated by the glorious energy filling the room. Why was he
back? <o:p></o:p></div>
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She crossed her room, following
the energy to its source, the dormitory hall. Tying the sash, she moved to the
front door, stopping in front of it. Heart hammering in her chest, she
placed her hand on the doorknob and turned it. As the lock disengaged she
cracked the door. <o:p></o:p></div>
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He stood, beautiful, frustrated,
and still wet. One arm rested on the door jamb, head bowed as if he had been
arguing with himself. His shirt clung to his muscled body, sun streaked hair
damp and shaggy around his tanned face. At the sound of the door his thick
black lashes lifted. He froze. His conflicted energy swept through her as his
electric blue eyes scanned her body. Sam’s fist tightened around her sash,
biting down on her bottom lip, barely able to breathe as his eyes traced every
curve, revealing angst of unexpected erotic desire—and he found her eyes. <o:p></o:p></div>
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He had nothing left. Caught
completely off guard, his strength broke, conflict won out. In all the moments
leading up to this one…when she thought she needed <i>him</i>, he now realized
how much <i>he</i> truly needed <i>her.</i> <o:p></o:p></div>
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Self-preservation flooded
through him. His restraint, will power, every device he had ever used to
control or extinguish his own needs and desires came crashing down around him
before he even had a chance to engage them. <o:p></o:p></div>
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His initial reason for coming
back vanished. Shoving the door open, he wrapped an arm around her, pulling her
to him. He slammed the door shut. His lips pressed against hers, ravenous,
taking what he needed. Nothing else mattered to him. Nothing. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Drawing him in, Sam’s fingers pushed
through his hair, repressed desire set free, building with every touch, every
caress. She molded to him as he lifted her against the wall. Liberating
release flooded his veins, as if he were experiencing sunlight or truly
breathing for the first time. Decadent power flowed unlike anything he had ever
experienced. His lips left hers as he hungrily searched every aspect of
her neck, his labored breath hot against her skin as he crushed her to him. She
gasped, trying to find air—the way this felt—<i>indescribable.</i> <o:p></o:p></div>
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Sam grabbed his dampened shirt,
pushing it up his sculpted back, his powerful muscles moving beneath her hands
as he helped her pull it over his head. Wanting more, hearts racing, blood
pumping, her craving fingers explored his powerful chest, pushing past his
naked shoulders, caressing his neck and lacing her fingers into his hair—she
pulled. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Trin gasped, responding to the
erotic pain, arousal flooding his body. He found her lips again, pursuing,
pushing. Reason and reality had disappeared. Trin was taken, lost in the
seduction of the woman he loved. Wherever her ravenous fingers went the
tension, stress, and pressure melted away beneath them, erasing the pain, the
doubt, and the crushing fear of defeat. He welcomed it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A few broad strides to her room,
back to the bed he had forced himself to leave only ten minutes earlier. His
powerful body covered her, his soft lips moving passionately against hers. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A measurable physical science
erupted within the room, elements working together in a feeding frenzy as
preparation set in to ignite a power that had not been alive for a
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Trin’s strong hand slid down the
side of Sam’s body, his large fingers wrapped around her thigh pulling it up
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Annoyed by the distraction he
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Sam’s fingers pressed into his
back, her breath sweet and inviting on his neck, the exhilarating warmth of her
mouth tracing the length from his collar bone to his jaw line, then pulling his
face back to hers, erotic softness of her lips molding to his over and over
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<i>Stop. Not yet</i>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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His hand moved to the sash on
her robe, pulling at the knot, loosening the tie.<i> <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>You have not earned her yet!</i> <o:p></o:p></div>
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Trin flinched—pausing, the words
rattled him. His pumping heart forced labored breath as conflict and truth
wrestled for his attention. She was his Goddess, his sacred prize, yet he had
given her nothing. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Sam’s hand slid beneath the
waistband of his jeans, pulling at the buttons. The sensation of her fingers
yanked him back to her. A throaty groan escaped him as his lips covered hers. He
pulled the sash loose, the warmth of her skin flooding him like a drug and he followed
its beckoning pull. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Searing gold hummed around her,
energy of living intelligence full of life and light—all elements positioned
and ready to accomplish their reason for being: to ignite the Oracle power. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>You will lose her!<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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“Sam,
wait—” Trin stopped, catching her hand in an iron fist at his lower torso.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lost: one dog and
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RV resort
security chief Ringo never believed in love at first sight . . . until he saw
Gavin playing his sax on the beach for the tourists. But their on-again,
off-again affair—even counting all the great makeup sex—doesn’t come close to
the relationship he wants. All he really wants for Christmas is a commitment
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Instead he
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relationship ultimatum while Gavin recuperates. Complicating matters even more,
Gavin’s beloved dog Bird runs away, and Gavin blames Ringo for the
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While Ringo
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Gavin—how hard it is for him to trust and how little faith he has in love.
Maybe if Ringo can find Bird, he can salvage Gavin’s faith. Maybe this
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Ringo had knocked on Gavin’s door plenty of times. This time he had his heart in his throat. He could feel the cold chill of trouble coming same as he could feel the thunderheads that gathered out over the ocean, ready to pound the Newport Sands Resort with relentless rain.</div>
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Strings of Christmas icicles fluttered in the breeze along the edge of the RV’s awning. At night, they were pretty, but right now, in the weak afternoon light, they were cheap bits of dirty plastic Gavin kept up all year round.</div>
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“Bird? He’s inside.” Gavin opened the door the rest of the way, but didn’t come down the steps.</div>
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“He wasn’t inside an hour ago when he ran into someone’s RV after their cat.” Ringo shook his head. “Goddamn it, how many times do I have to tell you? You can’t just let that dog out to wander around.”</div>
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Irritation played over Gavin’s features. “What’s your damage, Ringo? So he pees on the grass. If he shits, I’m sorry. I’ll pick up some other dog’s shit sometime, as penance.”</div>
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Ringo folded his arms across his chest. “Some lady from the As said Bird scared her grandkids. She was hysterical.”</div>
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“Oh, well. If she’s from the As then—”</div>
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“Aw, Gav. Cut me some slack here, will you?” Ringo leaned in. He wasn’t above pleading a little. Gavin had more than once insinuated that the resort had different rules for people with better rigs or bigger wallets, which was bullshit. Everyone had to behave like they paid for a spot in the As. Ringo didn’t ride Gavin for half the shit Bird got up to, but he was forced to respond when Bird caused a mess. “This isn’t a trailer park, it’s the Newport Sands Resort. These RVs are multimillion-dollar land yachts and the people expect to be able to open their doors without your dog charging inside. If Bird leaves this rig, you have to go with him. You take him out on his leash from now on, or you keep him in.”</div>
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“Sir. Yes, sir.” Gavin saluted smartly. “No letting Bird out off leash.”</div>
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“It’s nothing personal. Management gets on me if they think I’m not doing my job—and they won’t hesitate to have your ass and your rig hauled out of here.”</div>
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“You couldn’t just leave the form letter I normally get when someone from your security team sees Bird off leash?”</div>
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Ringo was too embarrassed to meet Gavin’s eyes. “Don’t you just throw those away?”</div>
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“But nothing personal, right?”</div>
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Christ, there was everything personal between them. Ringo felt it in his gut and his heart and his empty goddamn bed. They hadn’t spoken in over a month and he’d missed Gavin every single day. But that’s not why he was here today. “No. Nothing personal.”</div>
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“If that’s all then, I’ll just haul my ass into my rig and—”</div>
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“Look.” Ringo raked a hand over his buzzed hair. “I don’t know why you gotta be like this. You never heard anyone say, ‘You can’t fight city hall’?”</div>
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“I hardly <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ever </em>let Bird run, only when it’s absolutely necessary. And with it being Christmas, the park is half-empty anyway. You know people only say that city hall shit when the government is taking advantage.”</div>
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“You signed the lease. You know the rules. How is asking you to walk your own dog taking advantage?”</div>
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“Never mind. Message received and noted.”</div>
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Ringo sighed. “Why should the rest of us deal with Bird if you’re too fucking lazy to do it? While you’re wallowing, he’s scaring off the tourists.”</div>
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“Is that what you think?” Gavin eyed him sourly. “I’m wallowing?”</div>
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“I <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">think</em> you need to walk your dog on a leash, like everyone else around here. What if you let Bird out and he eats something bad? Even a<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> lick</em> of antifreeze could kill him. What if he gets into a fight with another dog? You need to think what your neglect could cost Bird, too.”</div>
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Ringo was about to turn away and leave when Gavin reached out and caught his arm. “Wait.”</div>
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“What?” Ringo took a step up toward Gavin. Even with another step between them, he was taller, especially since Gavin had a way of slouching lazily against his doorframe. His posture now was relaxed, and yet closed off. <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Typical</em>.</div>
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Gavin sighed. “I did let him go out alone this morning. I couldn’t take him, so—”</div>
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“What do you mean, you couldn’t take him?” Ringo looked Gavin over closely and realized he didn’t just look tired, he appeared to be in pain.</div>
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Gavin grimaced. “Look, it’s nothing. Right now, I can’t take him out, is all.”</div>
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“Wait. What?” Ringo asked. “Did something happen? Are you sick?”</div>
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“No, I’m not sick. I finally had to have my knee repaired. I stepped in a hole on the beach the other day and tore it again. The doc said I didn’t have a choice anymore.” Gavin looked anywhere except into Ringo’s eyes. “I figured I had some time off between Christmas and New Year’s, might as well get it taken care of. But I just got home, and it’s been tougher than I thought, and I—”</div>
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“Jeez.”<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> That’s</em> why Ringo had seen Gavin come home in a cab the day before. <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Christ</em>. <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Alone and hurting and you still won’t ask anyone for shit.</em> “You couldn’t have told me that?”</div>
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“Why should I?”</div>
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“Because I’d have helped you. I’d have taken Bird out for you, for one. At least I can ask one of the interns—”</div>
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“I had that Jules kid take care of Bird yesterday, but I thought—” Gavin chewed his lower lip “—I don’t know what I thought.”</div>
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“Jules is a good kid, but he’s gone home until after New Year’s. Do you want me to see if I can get a couple of the other kids to take shifts? They can walk Bird until you’re well enough to do it yourself.”</div>
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Gavin gave a reluctant nod. “I’d appreciate that.”</div>
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Ringo sighed. “Goddamn it, Gavin. I’m only a phone call away. We’re not seeing each other anymore, but that doesn’t mean you can’t ask me for help if you need it.”</div>
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“I don’t know why you’re surprised I didn’t. We didn’t work out because you always tell me I don’t ask for enough.”</div>
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Ringo frowned at him. “I thought it was because I wanted to give you too much.”</div>
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They stood nearly nose to nose. Ringo could smell the warm, smoky campfire scent of Gavin’s skin, could feel desire building between them, even from that brief contact. But he couldn’t make Gavin meet his gaze.</div>
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He sighed. “I didn’t come here to autopsy us.”</div>
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“Not much left to dissect, is there?” Gavin wrapped his arms around himself. Maybe he was cold, and maybe he needed holding. Ringo had a lousy habit of wondering what Gavin needed, as opposed to just giving him what he asked for, and Gavin hated it.</div>
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God, Ringo wanted to hold him. He wanted to wrap himself around Gavin and never let go. How did everything between them always go to shit?</div>
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Instead, Ringo said, “Go back inside, you look like hell. I’ll ask around, or I’ll come back and walk Bird myself.”</div>
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“Ringo—”</div>
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“Don’t get your panties in a wad. Everybody has to learn to ask for help, just like every so often people ought to seek out someone who needs help and give it. It takes your mind off shit to look outside yourself for a change.”</div>
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Gavin snorted. “The Gospel According to St. Ringo.”</div>
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“Right.” A gentle tease, instead of Gavin’s customary porcupine spines. That was better. “Yeah. Well. Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it.”</div>
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“I’ve tried it.”</div>
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Ringo ignored that. “I’ll be back later. I’m assuming you have pain meds. What about food?”</div>
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“I’m fine.”</div>
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“I’m going to infuriate you by checking on you every so often, and I’m going to do it with hot meals. Just warning you ahead of time.”</div>
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“Ringo, don’t make this a big deal.” Gavin started back inside.</div>
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“Gav—” Ringo reached for him, but he jerked away. “Don’t make me pull information out of you like this. I need to know. Please, if you need me, call me.”</div>
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“And then what?”</div>
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Ringo shifted his weight from his right leg to his left. “What do you mean, and then what?”</div>
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“What would happen if I needed something?”</div>
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“I’d get you what you need. What do you mean what would happen?”</div>
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“What if I need to be left alone?”</div>
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“Do you really need to be left alone?” Ringo asked. “’Cause the Gavin who plays his sax at midnight because he knows I’ll have to come and tell him to knock it off <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">loves</em> my company. It’s the Gavin who pushes me out of his bed before dawn the next morning and tells me I’m—”</div>
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“Smothering,” Gavin snapped. “<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hovering</em>. Blocking the exits and taking up all my <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">space</em>.”</div>
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God, Ringo’s shoulders ached. “Just tell me what you need, Gav. What can I do for you?”</div>
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“Nothing. I’ll be fine.”</div>
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“Sure you will.” Ringo sighed. “I’ll see you later.”</div>
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Gavin lobbed him his slow-pitch softball smile, round and a little wobbly. Ringo guessed that was the best he was going to get. “See you.”</div>
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Ringo’s square one was the very first time he’d seen Gavin playing saxophone for the summer crowd at the picnic tables. He’d looked like a young Carlos Santana in shades, with a mustache and a highly kissable soul patch. He’d worn a weathered fedora.</div>
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Gavin always wore a hat, but that was mostly because his hairline was receding. Ringo went along when Gavin pretended his hats were some kind of fashion statement. They were that too, from skull caps to stingy-brimmed straw fedoras to out-and-out wool felt mafioso lids, but Gavin kept his hair buzzed short and his head covered because he was vain about going bald.</div>
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Ringo drove back toward his office, five miles per hour, waving at the tourists. Trying to look strong and silent. Reassuring, as if he were “the law” in this here town.</div>
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His sister had warned him musicians were dogs, but Ringo had never listened.</div>
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God knew, Gavin was a musician. To paraphrase Ringo’s mother’s favorite poem, music was the thing with strings that perched in Gavin’s soul. Wherever Gavin went, he had to blow his horn or pick at his guitar or drum on the park benches and the trashcans with chopsticks. He bought instruments whenever he could, and he always had a half a dozen or so on his patio undergoing repairs. He was constantly tinkering with some broken guitar or refurbishing a brass instrument that needed a little TLC. He sold some on eBay, and some he got attached to.</div>
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Ringo stopped to bag up some garbage that had blown off a picnic table, and even that reminded him of Gavin: give Gavin a milk carton, a plastic fork, and a couple of rubber bands, and you’d get an entire symphony orchestra.</div>
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Gavin had warm golden skin and cold brown eyes, and he lived in a crappy camper because it made him feel free. He didn’t have to live like that; he <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">liked</em> it.</div>
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He drank too much, and he laughed too loud, and when Ringo got near the cracks in the shell Gavin had built around himself, Gavin chased him away like a junkyard dog. Gavin had a miserable fucking temper. He could lash out.</div>
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It hurt a lot to love a man like that.</div>
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Especially when Gavin was always the center of attention and could pick and choose from any man around. He never kept any of his lovers for long; he didn’t know how. He always seemed lonely to Ringo, even if he was rarely alone.</div>
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Ringo had pried his way into Gavin’s life through persistence and the judicious application of alcohol, and although they’d washed out, they still kept company sometimes. Lots of times.</div>
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Ringo always said that if he had it to do over again, he’d do it over again.</div>
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He pitched the trash he’d policed into the Dumpster as he rode by.<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Hole in one.</em></div>
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That was probably his entire quota of “win” for the day, the rest of which would be spent filing incident reports and making sense of client complaints. He was responsible for <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">lost or stolens</em>, and there was one case of employee pilfering at the snack bar to deal with.</div>
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When he got back to the office, he shut himself inside for the better part of the morning, until a knock sounded at his door.</div>
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“Yeah?”</div>
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Jurgen, one of the interns, a college kid from Germany, entered and stood nervously in front of Ringo’s desk.</div>
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“You wanted to see me, sir?”</div>
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Ringo took off his reading glasses and rubbed his eyes. He was only thirty, but he couldn’t read without glasses for shit. It made him wonder if he was going to be like his nana, with her bottle-bottom trifocals, when he got old.</div>
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“You know the guy who lives in the Cs over by the laundry room, Gavin Lopez?”</div>
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“The musician?” Jurgen nodded. “Is there a problem?”</div>
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“Little bit. He’s out of commission for a few days because he had to have some knee surgery. Would you mind walking his dog? I’ll pay you, but don’t tell him I said anything about money.”</div>
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“I can do that.” The kid spoke English well, with little to no accent, and he was respectful and polite. The smile he gave Ringo was unforced.</div>
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“Maybe if you went first thing when you get to work, at lunch, and before you leave?”</div>
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“The dog’s name is Bird. Let him run in the fenced off-leash area by the volleyball courts while you’re at lunch. Otherwise keep him on a leash at all times. Give him some exercise; he’s an energetic, curious pooch, so if he gets loose he’s likely to wander into people’s rigs.”</div>
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Jurgen smiled wryly. “I can see how that might create concerns.”</div>
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“I’ll let you know when to stop—just a few days probably. You’ll be here over the holidays, right?”</div>
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“Yes, I’ll be here. Is that all?”</div>
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“Yes, thank you.”</div>
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Once dismissed, Jurgen left. Ringo wondered what his story was, if he was studying for a career in hospitality, or if he just wanted to work in America for a while. The resort always had foreign interns as part of an exchange program with the local university. Whether they had aspirations to stay in the States, or just wanted a chance to work where they could surf and go to Disneyland and tour the beaches where <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Baywatch</em> had been filmed, they came and went.</div>
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Jurgen seemed like a nice kid. He’d be good for Bird, and maybe Bird would be good for him.</div>
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When Ringo made his rounds later, he saw Jurgen and Bird on the beach together, Jurgen running along the water and Bird bounding happily along beside him in puppylike high spirits when he wasn’t busy chasing after sea birds. The sight warmed Ringo’s heart. A boy and a dog could be a beautiful thing.</div>
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He watched Jurgen play tug of war with Bird for a while, and then he continued on his rounds, making sure everyone was in their proper space. He liked to greet the campers and check in with the groundskeepers. He needed to make sure the empty cabins were locked up tight.</div>
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Since the economy was still in the shitter and the price of gas was at an all-time high, some of the resorts streets echoed with emptiness. The holidays hadn’t brought crowds to the resort the way they usually did, but they still had the die-hard snowbirds.</div>
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The size of the population didn’t matter, though. He had to keep security tight, and his crew had to stay dialed in to any potential problems so they could prevent mishaps or react quickly if they were needed.</div>
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A case of illegally dumped trash was the most he had to deal with before he sat down at his desk again after lunch to write up incident reports. His security detail for the day, Gunn and Frisbo, patrolled the grounds together while he caught up on paperwork.</div>
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Most days, their lives revolved around a series of small, inconsequential matters and the paperwork that went with them.</div>
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Most days were dead boring, but it went with the job.</div>
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What a fantastic story!! I think we can all relate to Ringo and Gavin's relationship.....Ringo has fallen for the bad boy that really wants love but does not quite know how to accept it if it is offered freely. Gavin is down on his luck and then his dog, Bird goes missing....ok my heart sunk!! </div>
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Samira McAllister, an aspiring writer working for The Seasoned Traveler magazine is offered an opportunity. She takes advantage of the chance to jump start her career, hoping to make a mark in the writing industry.<br />
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In the short span of a year, Silver has gone from becoming a Mage to discovering the truth about her unique genetics. Logan Cross went from her mortal enemy to her immortal lover, but a threat is fast approaching like an inevitable storm. Attacks are underway against the Mageri and one man is behind it—an elusive foe who is an unstoppable force. Nero is not Silver’s only concern as someone close to her is arrested for treason. In the midst of chaos, Silver discovers she cannot protect everyone from the wrath of fate, including her own Ghuardian.</div>
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Justus finally opens his heart, but an unexpected turn of events could darken his soul forever. Secrets are revealed that will leave you reeling from one twist after the next. Would you sacrifice everything for love?</div>
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When I'm not writing (which is all the time), I'm hunting down Indie music, watching movies, reading, eating Tex-Mex, discovering new ways to humiliate myself bowling, and burning up my laptop battery on the Internet. I have a relaxed, easy-going personality and don't like drama. I live with a cat who thinks she is a dog, or a goat (she eats plastic, so I'm not sure which).</div>
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Throughout my life, I've had insomnia. Counting sheep never worked and eventually I would imagine those sheep were the sole source of food after an apocalyptic battle where only thousands survived. I made up stories in a futile attempt to bore myself to sleep. The problem was, I got so wrapped up in my "head stories" that I would continue them through the following nights, changing it up each time to make it more exciting. Eventually, I started writing my ideas down - creating short stories, and then I discovered my love for poetry.</div>
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It's almost embarrassing how many spiral notebooks and stacks of paper I have of poetry and lyrics.</div>
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Another passion: digital art. I design all my book covers, marketing, and series art. I'm a very visual person and pursued photography as an avid hobby for many years.</div>
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I am not a YA author (I feel like I have to state this only because I've had a few people ask), but I think it's wonderful there are so many books available to teens in Urban Fantasy and Paranormal.</div>
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I am finally doing what I have always wanted to do: giving my characters a pulse through writing full time. I focus on adult urban fantasy romance, but I don't like labels and I enjoy blending genres to break out of the confines of predictability.</div>
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But it's what I love to do.</div>
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