tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35324776732301221472024-02-19T05:30:23.543-08:00The Book Whore-der's DelightsThe Book Whore-der's Delights
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15045781594430811811noreply@blogger.comBlogger589125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3532477673230122147.post-86566604847992852262015-11-07T22:44:00.001-08:002015-11-07T22:44:47.809-08:00Jock By Cm Foss Blog Tour and Review<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><strong>Author: CM Foss</strong></span></span></span></div>
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Tessa Brooks is strong-willed, sassy, and determined, on the brink of dominating in the testosterone-fueled sport of horse racing. She’s spent her life avoiding the norm, staying true to herself to achieve her ultimate goals.</div>
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Her relationship with Jace Hitchen, her brother's best friend, just might be the biggest cliche of all. Over the years, he’s been her protector, her annoyance, her confidante, her crush. But giving in to what she's really wanted for the last ten years could be the very thing that destroys everything she's worked for and wanted. Can Tessa achieve her dreams for the future, but still hold on to the past?</div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black;">*****</span> </span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">5 STARS </span><span style="background-color: black; font-size: large;">*****</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Oh my, the feels....</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">my heart is about to burst at the seams from all the happy feels!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Jock is super sweet, swoony and sexxxxy!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;"> It captures a unique bond of friends to lovers, love story that is down right adorable. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">It also captures Tess's determination to not only "make it" but dominate in the male oriented, time consuming world of horse racing; the good, the bad and the ugly.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Tess aka Midge is sassy, stubborn and ambitious while </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Jace and Midge's romance will make your heart melt with</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>There is little to no drama or angst.</b> </span><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Cm easily creates a beautiful world to get lost in. </span></b><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Her </b><b>well developed</b><b> characters are so damn lovable and the plot is extraordinary.</b></span><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">The writing is engaging. It flows with such ease, I finished the book in one afternoon!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">CM Foss once again shows us why she is indeed</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">" THE G.O.A.T."</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">CM Foss is a hopeless romantic with a love for the written word. When she was little, her mom would ration her books so she wouldn’t go through them too quickly. It didn’t matter, she would just re-read. She’s always been an avid equestrian, competing in the top levels of Three Day Eventing by age seventeen. CM now resides in Northern Virginia with her husband and kids where they own and operate their own equestrian business, as well as raising grass-fed, sustainable meats. She doesn’t have this thing people call “free time”, but she does spend a weird amount of time writing, reading, playing with her kids, milking goats, and drinking wine, while avoiding bananas at all costs. Other books by CM Foss include Shiver, Swoon, and City Beautiful.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Molly Gilmore had a good life before she uttered those two stupid words. While preparing to graduate from culinary school and building up the courage to make a move on her hot, sugar-cookie-smelling pastry instructor Marco, she can't wait to finally have the GREAT life she’s always dreamed about, instead of just the good one she’s been living.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Always known as the quiet ninja, she fully intends to stay hidden in the shadows with her nut-job family, so they have no chance to embarrass her around the man she's crushed on for two years. Unfortunately, her family has other plans. When they yank her straight out of her comfort zone, she finds herself starring in the craziest train wreck she's ever witnessed.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Join the Chocolate Lovers and Chocoholics gang for one final story about love, baked goods, making poor life choices, and remembering how important family is—even if they drive you insane.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;">It is enough to break any man: watching what could have been my future slip away before it was ever in my grasp. The possibility of losing someone I loved before she was even mine is something I never would have imagined -certainly nothing I'd ever wish on anyone. I went to her every day and waited. Waited for the impossible, for a sign, for her to look at me ... hoping sinner are granted miracles, too.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;">Just one glimpse of him was all it took. In the next lane, at a stop light was the man I would fall in love with and marry. People talk about love that takes time - the kind you fall in to. We were more like a crash and burn. When our lives intertwined I knew I would never be the same. He was the man I would cherish the rest of my life, who would father my children. In an instant our life together began, and in an instant it would end. The late nights; the excuses; the lies. And in the blink of an eye, it was like we never were.</span>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><strong><span style="color: magenta;">Jamie McGuire</span></strong><span style="color: #333333;"> was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She attended Northern Oklahoma College, the University of Central Oklahoma, and Autry Technology Center where she graduated with a degree in Radiography.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;">Jamie paved the way for the New Adult genre with the international bestseller Beautiful Disaster. Her follow-up novel, Walking Disaster, debuted at #1 on the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. Beautiful Oblivion, book one of the Maddox Brothers series, also topped the New York Times bestseller list, debuting at #1. Beautiful Redemption and Beautiful Sacrifice, books two and three of the Maddox Brothers series, respectively, have also made appearances on the New York Times bestseller list.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;">Novels also written by Jamie McGuire include: Red Hill, an apocalyptic thriller; the Providence series, a young adult paranormal romance trilogy; Apolonia, a dark sci-fi romance; and several novellas, including A Beautiful Wedding, Among Monsters: A Red Hill Novella, and Happenstance: A Novella Series.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;">Jamie lives in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, with her husband, Jeff, their three children, three dogs, three horses, and a cat named Rooster. When Jamie is not writing, you can find her hiking, running, or looking for a sweater.</span></div>
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<strong>Title: Letters Written In White
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Days ago, I met with death face to face. </div>
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“It’s time,” I whispered.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Bad boy drummer Aidan Burke of Dirty B takes center stage in
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Aidan Burke is the perfect rebound guy for Jessie Law after
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">One night of fun. Hot sex. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“This,” she says, pointing to the trees curving around my
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“Home,” I answer instantly. “My house has been surrounded by
these trees my whole life. I travel so much, sometimes the only time I can
remember is when I’m on a tour bus, traveling down the interstate, brushing my
teeth. And this helps me remember.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“And these?” She lifts my shirt this time, revealing the
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“The lyrics from the first song we ever wrote. It was
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“ ‘It’s you, baby, it’s you / Your smile, your hair, your
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“Fine. I’ll just read it next time we line up.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“You’re gonna have sex with me just to read the tattoo?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“No.” She sits up and, resting her hand on the grass by the
side of my head, looks down at me. “I’m going to make you think we’re having
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“Do you have a question for it?” Her delicate brows curve
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“I have a question.” I sit up, fighting my smile, and push
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Her lips part, shock flickering in her eyes, before she
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“Well played, rocker boy. Well played.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“Yes,” she sighs, leaning forward to kiss me. She tastes
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<i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Is it really cheating if you're doing it to
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author Aleatha Romig comes a sexy, new dominant hero who knows what he wants,
and a strong-willed heroine who has plans of her own. With classic Aleatha
Romig twists, turns, deceptions, and devotions, this new epic dark romance will
have readers swooning one minute and screaming the next. Have you been
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the waves below, the man casually leaning against the rail was everything I'd
imagined and more. Despite the ocean breeze, his casual stance, the way one
hand lingered in the pocket of his pants while the other held tightly to a tall
fluted glass of light colored liquid, filled me with warmth. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that I'd insisted on wearing panties. As he stood to walk toward me, the light
gray suit coat he wore moved effortlessly accentuating his shoulders and
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grin grew and he scanned me from the top of my head to the tips of my toes.
Just like earlier at the pool, the gaze of his light blue eyes burned my skin,
sending a rush of heat and leaving goose bumps in its wake. I found myself lost
in the paleness of his eyes, like pools of liquid, I imagined drowning in their
depths, and then, they settled on mine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Aleatha Romig is a
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up in Mishawaka, graduated from Indiana University, and is currently living
south of Indianapolis. Aleatha has raised three children with her high school
sweetheart and husband of nearly thirty years. Before she became a full-time
author, she worked days as a dental hygienist and spent her nights writing.
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bestselling series with five novels and two companions released from 2011 through
2015. The compelling and epic story of Anthony and Claire Rawlings has graced
more than half a million e-readers. Aleatha released the first of her series
TALES FROM THE DARK SIDE, INSIDIOUS, in the fall of 2014. These standalone
thrillers continue Aleatha's twisted style with an increase in heat. In the
fall of 2015, Aleatha will move head first into the world of dark romance with
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It embodies everything that makes a book perfect:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Flawless, impeccable writing with such vivid detail, lovable characters that weave their way into your heart, fits of giggle snorts, a few tears, and of course more than enough romance to rev up your heart and make you <i>swoon</i>!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ivy and Patrick are EPIC!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This couple truly makes my heart happy!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My <strike>obsession</strike> love for CM Foss continues to grow...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your #1 Fan ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">I’ve never been your typical girl. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Love has never been something I could wrap my mind around, so why bother?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"> I know what I’m good at. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">I’m a great friend, have a passion for healing others, and a way with horses. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">I can be all those things at the same time without ever </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><b><i>Until him.</i></b></span></div>
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I’ve always been told I have a way with words.</div>
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It’s one reason I manage the family business so well. </div>
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I can wine and dine with the best of them, selling bloodlines and high-priced stallion services over a five-course dinner. </div>
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I’m able to talk myself into or out of just about anything and anyone. </div>
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<i><b>Until her.</b></i></div>
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Young and carefree, living worlds apart, they indulged in what seemed like the perfect fling.</div>
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Until Steph’s careful world fell apart.</div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><i><b>Until they had to decide if love was worth the fight.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><b>My girl Tina Turner says it all...</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><i>Simply the best.</i></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><i><b>Better than all the rest.</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><i><b>You speak the language of love like you know it means.</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><i><b>CM, I hang on I every word you <strike>say</strike> write!</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><b>Cm Foss has a unique talent of intertwining the lives of her characters</b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><b> into those of her readers. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><b> I easily got lost in Steph and Lawrence's world.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><b>Their</b></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><b> love is almost a case of opposites attract, if you will.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><b>Swoon if full of hilarious witty banter and romance with a hint angst.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><b>The chemistry between Steph and Lawrence is palpable, but that's</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>It's not all rainbows and butterflies for these two on their </b></span><br />
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<b style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Compromises must be made</span>.</b><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><b>Steph is hella cool, although I did want to cunt punt her a time...or two.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><b>She has a heart of gold,even without truly experiencing any form of </b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">love growing up.</span><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Her childhood was far from ideal. </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>She had to "grow up" way too fast.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><b>She's SUPER independent, compassionate, funny, sassy but terrified of love.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><i><b>Until Lawrence.</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><b>Lawrence is amazing. The epitome of perfection.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><b> Completely SWOON~worthy!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>I am infatuated with him.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><b>His loving and nurturing upbringing has made him a </b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><b>very desirable man. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><b> He is charming, patient, loving, loyal, and </b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><b>uninterested in settling down.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><i><b>Until Steph. </b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><i><b>I am so in love with SWOON.</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><b>SWOON "can be" read as a stand alone.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><b>However,I recommend reading "SHIVER" first. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><b>Not only is it reallly good,</b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><b>It gives a lot of background and insight on the characters.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 12px;">“Sweetheart, you've seen me in less. And what we've done together could never be considered decent. You’re lucky I was covered at all.”</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><b>I nodded as I walked to the living room, really just to myself since she wouldn’t look at me. Sighing heavily, I sank down on the couch and closed my eyes for a moment. I’d lied earlier. I <em>was</em> tired. Not only was I pulling long hours in the saddle, but I’d been spending most of my free time on the phone with clients from home. A couple of them were causing problems, and my dad needed me to talk them off the ledge. It’s what I excelled at.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><b>“Shut up,” I muttered as I sat up, rubbing my hands over my face. At least now she seemed infinitely more comfortable in her own skin since she had something to tease me about. “I was just resting my eyes.”</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><b>“How would you know? You’re sleeping.”</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 12px;">I shook my head. “I wasn't talking about a girlfriend.”</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><b>“No one-night stand would ever mention it.”</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">I live in beautiful Northern Virginia with my incredible husband, two awesome kids, three dogs, and two budgies. My husband and I both grew up riding and competing horses and have our own equestrian operation that we run together. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">In my spare time, I read through the hundreds of stories awaiting me on my e-reader.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">My love of books started early, and my mom used to ration my reading time so I didn’t go through them too quickly. I love all things romantic, whether it’s dark or light or silly or dirty, but I really love a happy ending!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">In my small moments of quiet time, you’ll find me sipping on wine and reading while any movie where people randomly burst into song or dance plays in the background.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>“We’re not going to have sex tonight, Blake,” he said breathlessly around my lips. Why? I wanted him so badly. Just like that. Slow and easy.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>I felt my body begin to tense for the first time since we’d arrived. The hands that had been wandering across his back stilled. The leg I had started to wrap around his waist slowly began falling to the side.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>“Hey, where are you going,” he said, as he kissed my neck and ran a hand through my hair to the nape of my neck.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>“Mmmm,” he breathed near my ear. “God, I want you.” His big right hand hitched my leg back around his hip and he palmed my ass, bringing my dress up to my waist in the process and exposing my pale pink underwear. “I’ve wanted you day and night for so long now. I don’t know how to not want you.” He spoke between kisses and rubbed his nose along my clavicle. Then he bit me gently at the crook of my neck. “But there’ve been too many times I’ve let that need for you cloud my focus.”</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>“No, Blake. Not tonight. Tonight, I’m going to make you come and then I’m going to sleep next to you. I’m going to fall asleep with you in my arms. All those nights I missed out on holding you and feeling you next to me. I stole them from both of us being scared and stubborn.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>I have to be better this time. I see all that you’re doing and I’m so damn proud of you, honeybee,” he said calmly. “But I want more than just physical things from you. It isn’t that I don’t want you. Fuck, do I want you. But I need all of you. Not just this.” He moved against my center and I knew I had to change his mind. After hearing those sweet</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>“If you knew what I was thinking about doing to you, you’d know I wasn’t.” He rolled partially over toward the center of the bed and ran his hand under my dress and up to my breast.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>The guy she’s with is a fool.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21856789-bait" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Goodreads</span></a><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">|</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="https://play.spotify.com/user/12120286539/playlist/7G3qk7W513luVF0qPAHB7K" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Casey’s Playlist</span></a><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">|</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="https://play.spotify.com/user/12120286539/playlist/2BZFCzpSArQhEM5RQlXirg" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Blake’s Playlist</span></a><span style="color: red; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div>
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<br />The Book Whore-der'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00290491550510527028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3532477673230122147.post-62291023085631026622015-02-08T06:13:00.003-08:002015-02-08T06:13:44.583-08:00Tempting BAD by M. Robinson<div style="text-align: center;">
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Author: M. Robinson<br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"> I’ve come from a privileged life and an even more privileged upbringing. My parents taught me right from wrong and everything in between… except I wanted the gray area. I wanted to live life on the edge with the possibility of falling over. I didn’t care about the consequences because I had no heart…</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"> I left that on the floor of my parent’s bedroom door, shattered.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"> And never went back to pick up the pieces.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"> Family first.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"> I learned the meaning of the word hate.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"> I learned that life is a battlefield and I stood frontline.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"> I learned that praying doesn’t work and God doesn’t listen.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"> And I learned how to be a man…</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"> All at the receiving end of my father’s fists, my mother’s tears, and my sisters screams.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"> You can’t run away from your past…</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"> It will always find you, especially when you’re asleep.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Warning: Book contains adult situations.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">I looked around the room and although it was classy and refined, it didn’t feel homey. It felt cold and detached and I made my way over to stand in front of the bay window. The view was breathtaking.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">It was then that I realized this wasn’t a place to sleep.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">It was a place to fuck.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">“This isn’t your home, is it?”</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">“No,” she murmured in my ear, behind me.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">“I see.”</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">“It’s Madam’s.”</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">“Where do you live?”</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">She handed me my drink and took hers down in one gulp, placing the empty glass on the table. She moved to stand in front of me and leaned against the bay window. The lighting made her look like an angel.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">“Don’t worry about it,” she stated, reaching up and unclasping her hair. It flowed loosely and she shook it out, making it fall right in front of her face. I knew she did it on purpose.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><em>Hiding.</em></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">I let her have her security.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><em>For now.</em></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">“I thought you want to play, Devon?”</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">I laughed. “Bambi, I couldn’t afford you,” I blurted without thinking and her eyes widened with a mixture of hurt and confusion, but just like before it was gone before it even fully appeared.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">“What if I don’t want you to pay?” she offered surprised with her own words.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">“Does it work like that? Kinda like a drug dealer, huh? Give the first sample for free and have me coming back for more?” I teased, trying to break the intensity of our stares.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Now it was her turn to laugh. “Something like that. So are you going to take me up on my offer?”</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">“What’s in it for me?”</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">“The time of your life.”</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">M. Robinson loves to read. She favors anything that has angst, romance, triangles, cheating, love, and of course sex! She has been reading since the Babysitters Club and R.L. Stein.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">She was born in New Jersey but was raised in Tampa Fl. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D in psychology, with two years left.</span></span></span><br />
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<strong>Title: Letters Written In White
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She's a music infused writer and self-proclaimed book junkie. When she isn't listening to music, writing or reading you'll probably find her watching her favorite sport, UFC.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I look very different than the girl Saint met in his office. But I don’t feel any different. My nerves are frayed to the edges as I give my name to a bouncer at the entrance and I’m allowed into the club, every part of me snug and tight in my dress as my black heels hit the floor.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My nerves eat at me as I hear that, because I know for sure they’re talking about him. Trying to breathe, I wind deeper into the club, wishing for Gina so bad I ache. The room is packed with women, some clearly on the hunt, others already paired with someone, a few hanging out with their friends. I breathe slowly, in and out, telling myself I can do this. It’s just a club. I can have some fun. It’s been a while since I’ve gone out to a club, and never a club like this, but it doesn’t matter. I can interview people, and if I’m lucky, I can do more than that.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After scanning the area and trying to find the best spy-spots, I go to the top level and that’s when I get the best look at what’s happening downstairs at the most crowded corner.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He sits with his arms stretched out behind him, a wine glass and two women vying for his attention as he chats with his friends. His masculine face is illuminated in certain angles when the lights flash—his beauty unprecedented.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A watery sensation seems to spread down my limbs as I force myself to go downstairs. I wind a path to the ladies’ room and worm myself through the throng of bodies toward a wide mirror above a set of modernist floating sinks. A group of women preen at themselves while I look our reflections. To my right, a woman pouts her red lips, and to my left, her friend pouts her pink ones. Me? I’m still me, but I look extravagant, like I was born here. I look very different than the young girl in coveralls he met. Will he even recognize me like this?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I head back into the noise and try to find a good spot for spying when I see him again. The two women won’t leave his side and now my stomach for some reason feels jumpy, annoying me. One of the blondes takes a shot from the waiter, licks the rim, and then adds salt.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saint edges back and watches her with an expression of casual boredom, but his lips are curled, as if he’s having some fun.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’m so engrossed watching—a little too fascinated and a little bit disgusted—I don’t realize a guard has walked up to me until he’s right in my face. He signals to the back of the room—to where Saint’s best friends are now watching me. Saint isn’t even looking my way. Oh no, he’s too busy being entertained, still wearing that almost-bored smile. Maybe they need to take their tops off to get him excited?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All three men fit in perfectly with the lavish surroundings, but I can’t look at the other two. Only at Malcolm. Malcolm’s dark good looks blend with the shadows like Hades in his own little corner of hell.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Suddenly he laughs over something one of the blondes does and he turns a little, his eyes landing straight on me—and stopping there.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I feel his stare like a hit of adrenaline. I want to look away, but I can’t, I feel trapped. I don’t know if I made this up but I could’ve sworn his chest jerked as if he sucked in a breath.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Does he recognize me? </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Do I want him to?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Suddenly the atmosphere is so heavy I can’t breathe. My lungs feel like rocks and I really can’t </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">breathe.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> As he rakes me in one fast, complete sweep of his eyes that makes my stomach grip nervously, he takes in my pumps up to my long blonde hair, and I become aware of my dress hugging the top of my thighs, my hips, my abdomen, my breasts and even my ass. Oh god. I force myself to follow the guard in his direction, every step accelerating my heartbeat. In that black suit and without a tie, the top button of his shirt open and his hair a bit rumpled, Saint is the embodiment of luxurious and decadent and sin. He is Sin Itself and I feel like an absolute…virgin.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He stretches his long legs out before him, his stare fixed on mine without any seeming inclination to move away.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> “Mr. Saint,” the guard clears his throat. “The gentlemen had me summon her.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Although his smile doesn’t waver, the look on his face is completely remote and unreadable.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> “Here she is, gentlemen,” the guard then tells the other two—the blond and the copper-haired men looking at me like lunch. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Tahoe,” the blonde says.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> “Callan,” the copper-haired says.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Saint merely pats the blondes on the butt and sends them on her way, then he reaches out to take my elbow somehow in an instinctive gesture that brings me a strange sense of comfort. I don’t know anybody else here, so when he tugs me to his side, I go down and sit next to him on the edge of the long booth.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And that’s when he leans his dark head over to me and murmurs, “Malcolm.” His voice is so deep and rumbling, I shiver.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> “Rachel,” I lamely offer.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He raises his eyebrow and stares at me. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What are you doing here, Rachel?</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> he seems to ask.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’m wondering what to say, when Tahoe lifts his drink and drains it. “You’re up past your bedtime.” The Texan oil baby. Oozing charm, drawling out the words.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I don’t know why but I’m acutely aware of the position of Saint’s body in relation to mine. He just straightened fully in the booth and somehow shifted so his arm is very noticeably stretched out behind me. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Like they say, no rest for the wicked,” I answer Tahoe with an extra-wide smile, my heart pounding over Saint’s nearness.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Suddenly I can smell him. Just him. Among all the mingled scents in the room, it’s Saint somehow in my lungs, in every </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">breath.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> He radiates a vitality that draws me like a magnet. It unnerves me but something in his presence, so close to me, soothes me too.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Apparently there’s a dress code—Saint had to drop his tail and horns at the door,” Callan jokes as a waiter sets a drink before me.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Oh yes.” I tug the hem of my skirt self-consciously, “I had to drop half my dress.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Did you now?” Tahoe asks.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“T.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One word, one letter, from Malcolm.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Yeah, Saint?” Tahoe returns, lifting his eyebrows.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Dibs.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I almost spit out the drink. I cough and slam my hand to my chest, and Saint calmly reaches out to take my drink from my hand and sets it aside. “Okay?” he asks, ducking his head and peering into my face.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I give one last cough and squeeze my eyes shut and nod, and when I open my eyes, Saint is the only thing I see. I find him staring at me in such a penetrating way I can feel the stare in my bones.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Did you just get to the party, Rachel?” he asks.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As he waits for my reply, he reaches for my cocktail and extends the glass out to me. His wrist is thick and looks so strong, so golden, his skin smooth, his arm dusted with a little bit of hair as I cautiously take it from him, our fingers brushing.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tahoe reaches for his coat pocket and waves whatever he extracted in the air. “Saint! May I?”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Excitement leaps in my chest when I realize it’s </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the key!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Not happening, that’s not her scene,” Malcolm murmurs besides me.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Aw! Come on, let me give her a key. She’s a dime, man,” Tahoe drawls.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’m so disbelieving, I’m not even breathing as Malcolm slowly stands. I follow him up, staring up into his face in confusion. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“What do you mean it’s not my scene?” I demand. I feel like there’s no gravity when he stands so close to me. I’m dizzy. Confused. And unexpectedly hurt. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For the first time since we met, he looks at me like he’s actually losing his temper…with </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">me</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. He leans closer and puts his lips close to my ear. “Trust me when I tell you, it’s not your scene. Go home,” he whispers. He sends me a look laden with warning and walks away, blending into the crowd.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tahoe and Callan stare at me, speechless. “That’s a first,” Tahoe mumbles and heads away.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I feel myself burn in humiliation and confusion. Worse is that, when I go outside, the same man who drove us around the day before walks over to me.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Miss Livingston, a pleasure to drive you,” he says, hanging up his phone as if Saint just called him. He is a huge man, with a bald head, an earpiece, and no expression. A second later, he’s opening the car door of the Rolls for me.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Seriously?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Did Saint call him just now and ask him to escort me home?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Aware of people staring and seeing me being led to Saint’s car, I climb into the back of the car and I murmur my thanks simply because it’s not this man’s fault.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The car smells new and expensive and, like </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">him</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. A bottle of wine and water bottles ride with me. There’s music in the background and the temperature is just right. The perfect luxury of it all tempts me to run my hands down my dress and look down at myself in confusion. What is wrong with me?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I feel as if he pulled the rug from under me and reminded me what I’m up against. The top of the species. Somebody ruthless.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>book #1 of ‘the manwhore series’</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #353535; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #353535; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is the story I’ve been waiting for all my life, and its name is Malcolm Kyle Preston Logan Saint. Don’t be fooled by that last name though. There’s nothing holy about the man except the hell his parties raise. The hottest entrepreneur Chicago has ever known, he’s a man’s man with too much money to spend and too many women vying for his attention.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #353535; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mysterious. Privileged. Legendary. His entire life he’s been surrounded by the press as they dig for tidbits to see if his fairytale life is for real or all mirrors and social media lies. Since he hit the scene, his secrets have been his and his alone to keep. And that’s where I come in.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Title:<span style="color: #b45f06;"> Worth the Risk </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Series: </span><span style="color: #b45f06;">The McKinney Brothers #2</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Author: <span style="color: #b45f06;">Claudia Connor </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <b>Release Date: <span style="color: #b45f06;">February 3,</span></b><b><span style="color: #b45f06;"> 2015</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">New
York Times</span></i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> bestselling
author Claudia Connor follows up her heartfelt debut, <i>Worth the Fall, </i>with
a novel about Matt’s brother, Stephen—and when a McKinney brother falls in
love, powerful emotion and overwhelming desire are never far behind.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">T</span>wo hearts locked away . . . </i>Hannah Walker spends her days coaching
children through injury and trauma, one therapeutic horseback ride at a time.
She knows all too well how violence can change a child and leave scars that
never heal. It’s easy for her to relate to the kids; what isn’t easy is the
thought of facing her own harrowing past.<br />
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Millionaire playboy Stephen McKinney could use a little coaching himself. Five
years ago he encountered his most horrible nightmare—and the nightmare won. No
matter what he achieves, nothing can make up for that awful night . . . or so
he believes.<br />
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<i>Both desperate for a second chance . . . </i>Stephen is used to getting what
he wants. And he wants Hannah. So when she turns him down, he’s intrigued. What
he doesn’t know is that her secrets will lead him to a place he never wanted to
go again . . . to a side of himself he’s tried to forget . . . a side that
would scare Hannah away from ever loving him. Now his only chance to win her
trust is to bare his soul, risking everything he tried so hard to protect.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Only this time around WTR has more damage and destruction to it. Don’t get me twisted; it has humor and romance as well but with a darker feel to it. There was suspense, danger, mystery, lies and secrets involved. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stephen is a broken man with issues. Damn, this broody, damaged man makes a lot of mistakes. He has been hurt. He has loved and lost. And that has made him vulnerable. Now he refuses to connect to anyone or anything because of that guilt. He is often cold and detached from life, except for work. Being an asshole and shrewd business man that makes an obscene amount of bank is all he knows.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hannah is remarkable. She is strong. She has lived through some horrendous circumstances in her life. Her upbringing has damaged her. After her mothers death, she was “smothered” by her over protective brothers. Hannah is shy, timid, has a low self-worth mindset and doesn't trust easily. But she is a survivor. She shows her true resilience by following her passion, horses and helping disabled children. Hannah has a pure, beautiful heart of gold despite her treacherous life.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stephen and Hannah are amazing together. The slow build of their relationship worked flawlessly.They balance each other out. With her, Stephen discovers love, family and the simple happiness of life again. With him, Hannah gets tender intimacy, confidence and a sense of empowerment.Their journey to love isn't all hearts,flowers and unicorns shitting glitter. It is raw, gritty and heart wrenching… Worth The RISK IS painfully beautiful.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I look forward to the next installment of the delicious McKinney Brothers! And the possibility of a spin-off ~The Walker Brothers~ ?! ;)</span></b></div>
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The Book Whore-der'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00290491550510527028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3532477673230122147.post-5918741839128735822015-01-28T10:24:00.001-08:002015-01-28T10:24:12.433-08:00RELEASE DAY BLITZ EVENT: THROB (A standalone novel) by New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Vi Keeland <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vi Keeland is a native New Yorker with three children that occupy most of her free time, which she complains about often, but wouldn't change for the world. She is a bookworm and has been known to read her kindle at stop lights, while styling her hair, cleaning, walking, during sporting events, and frequently while pretending to work.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #181818; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She is a boring attorney by day, and an exciting smut author by night!</span></div>
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The day I walked into her shop, I knew I’d found what I needed.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">When I first looked into those blue eyes I saw a depth behind them that I wanted to explore. Jason “Jay” Clarke was more than a perfectly pressed suit and dimpled smile. He was a man with a heart of gold drowning in the weight of his world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">I’m not sure exactly when I lost my balance, all I know is that he was to blame.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">Dane Winters.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">The boy who’d spent most of his life hating me for reasons I never understood.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">** ** ** ** ** **</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">It was no secret that I hated her, but only I knew why.<br />She was off-limits.<br />And then our separate worlds collided with one tragedy.<br />It wasn’t her fault, I knew that, but I wanted her to hurt the way I did, and I needed someone to blame. She was an easy target.<br />Kennedy Monroe.<br />The girl I’d picked on all our lives.<br />And the woman I barely tolerated.<br />Until the line between love and hate was no longer visible… <em></em><br /><br />*New Adult Contemporary Romance*<br />*Due to mature content this book is not suitable for readers younger than 18*</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I STOOD TO the side, watching it all unfold in the wings. Jason’s voice grew louder, and attracted the attention of the students passing in the hall. Kennedy looked around, her eyes growing frantic, her cheeks reddening in embarrassment. I played Varsity football with Jason, he was the all-star quarterback, and while I thought the guy was a complete tool, what I disliked most about him was his interest in Kennedy Monroe. He was a senior; she was a sophomore like me, and he could have his pick of any girl in the school – why did it have to be her?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Jason, please, can we go somewhere private and talk about why you’re freaking out?” Kennedy’s voice was soft, and filled with desperation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Is it true?” Asked Jason. He towered over Kennedy’s small frame, and if I hadn’t orchestrated this whole thing I would’ve told him to back the fuck off and leave her alone. But I couldn’t. Because she was the enemy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For as long as I could remember, my father had warned me about the Monroe family. He told me to stay away from them, that their family had hated ours since our forefathers had founded this town. For a while, I listened, I stayed away, and I allowed my father’s apparent hatred for the Monroe family to become my own. It wasn’t until after we returned from this past summer that it all changed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kennedy had changed. In just three short months, she went from a gangly, dorky teenager to a gorgeous, stunning girl who intruded my every thought, both in sleep and consciousness. She’d started school a year earlier, making her younger than the rest of us, and what I thought she lacked in social graces she definitely made up for in smarts. She embodied everything I wanted, but couldn’t have. And that’s what had led me here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Is what true? I don’t know what’s gotten in to you, but we can’t do this in front of the entire school.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kennedy’s voice brought me back to the present, and I straightened, leaning against my locker on the opposite side of the hallway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Open your locker, Kennedy.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I stiffened when Jason’s tone grew harder, but reminded myself that I had to watch rather than get involved and stop it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kennedy fiddled with the combination on her locker, and as soon as it popped open, the photos fell out. They consisted of pictures of Jason, close ups of his face, of him at practice, and I even managed to get a few of him at home in his room. It was all very stalker-ish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I’d outdone myself, and couldn’t help the wicked grin on my face.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“What the hell?” Jason bellowed, picking up a few of the pictures scattered on the floor. “I can’t believe it, he was right.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My grin fell slightly, and I hoped to God he didn’t mention my name.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“These aren’t mine,” Kennedy said quickly. “I swear, Jason, they aren’t.” She reached out to grab his arm, but he pulled away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“I didn’t take these!” Kennedy held a few pictures in her hands, and looked up at Jason as if he’d believe her. I knew he wouldn’t. I’d made sure of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Then why are they in your locker?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“I-I don’t know,” Kennedy replied.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With a shake of his head, Jason looked between Kennedy and her locker on last time. “Dane was right,” – <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">fuck </em>– “You’re a freak.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Students laughed, and Kennedy slammed her locker shut before running towards the girls’ bathrooms, tears glistening on her face.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was a dick move, but that feeling of morbid satisfaction uncurled itself in my stomach. It was just too easy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“You actually did it.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I looked to the side, and saw my best friend Reid standing next to me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Of course I did.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Reid sighed. “You are such an asshole.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I pushed away from my locker, and slipped the strap of my bag over my shoulder before heading towards my next class.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“I know.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">THE SOUND OF laughter echoed behind me, and finally died down when the bathroom door closed. I slipped into a stall, and closed the toilet seat before sitting down and taking a breath. My heart was racing, and my face was hot. Humiliation warmed my skin, and spurred the tears that had started falling down my cheeks. I shouldn’t have been surprised, but Dane had been quiet for the past weeks and I’d assumed his need to embarrass me on a daily basis had finally been satisfied. Apparently he’d been busy planning his latest prank.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I wiped my eyes, and took my cellphone from my bag. We weren’t allowed to keep our phones in our bags, but I always kept it on silent, and on hand in case of emergencies. If anything happened at school, they’d have to call my father, and I had to avoid that at all costs. There was only person I could call when I needed help, only one person I knew who would drop everything to be there for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I pulled up Charlie’s number, and waited for him to answer. He was coming home from college for the weekend, and I hoped he was close. I still had four hours of school, but I needed to leave<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">now. </em>I didn’t want to have to stay and deal with any more crap. I’d had my fill for the day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My brother’s voice came through the phone, and I relaxed, if only a little. “Hello? Kenny?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“C-Charlie…” My lip started trembling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Kennedy, what’s wrong?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Are you close?” I asked. “Can you come get me, please?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“I’m ten minutes out, baby girl, you hang tight.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My shoulders sagged in relief. “Okay, I’m at school. I’ll meet you in the parking lot next to the sports field.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“I’ll be there.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I ended the call, and after righting myself in the mirror, I checked the hallway to make sure everyone, including the teachers, were in class. When it was clear, I snuck out, and quietly made my way towards the back exit of the school. No one would see me, and I could cut class for the rest of the day without anyone knowing until the teachers took roll call. By then I’d be gone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I never cut class, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">ever</em>, but today I felt like I needed to. I needed to see Charlie, and waiting four more hours wasn’t going to happen. I hadn’t seen him in almost a month, and it had been unbearable without him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As soon as his blue Ford F250 stopped in the lot, he was out of the door, and had his arms around me before I could say anything.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I hugged him close, and breathed in his familiar scent of leather, and pine. The girls always ate him up, but nothing compared to having him as my big brother. He was all I really had, and had been protecting me for most of my life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“I’m here,” he breathed into my hair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I pulled away, and wiped the fresh tears that had slipped down my eyes. “I’ve missed you.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He gave me his boyish grin, his eyes bright and so alive. His hair, which was a darker shade of blond, had grown, and hung on his forehead. He was such a man now, but I still saw the little boy who always bandaged up my ‘booboo’s, and the teenager who stayed with me the first time I got my period because there was no one else who could do it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“C’mon,” he tugged my hand, and helped me into his truck. “We can grab some ice-cream, hit our favorite spot, and you can tell me what has you looking like a hot mess.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I giggled, and felt the weight of the last month drift away as Charlie drove us away from school and into town. He picked us up some ice-cream, and took me to the only spot he knew I loved more than any other place. The lake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was a ten-minute drive outside the town limits, and at this time of year it was beautiful. Warm, and sunny, and safe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I laid out a blanket from Charlie’s truck on the deck, and took a seat, dipping my toes in the water. Charlie sat down next to me, his big arm around my shoulders, and pressed me against his side.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Okay, kid. Tell me what Dane Winters did this time.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I looked up at him in surprise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Jewel called me,” he explained.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jewel was Dane’s twin sister, and while our families couldn’t stand each other, Jewel and I had managed to become close. We could never hang out like normal best friends did, but we made it work anyway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Charlie said her name with reverence, and while I wanted to know what that was about, I didn’t want to pry. He would tell me if he’d wanted me to know, and I left it at that. I had more pressing issues that needed to be cleared up, and the only way I could do that was to lay it all out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Spill it,” Charlie said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And so I did. I told him everything.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That day at the lake was one of my favorite days, and I hadn’t known until much later in my teen life that it would be one of the last memories I’d have with my brother.</span><br />
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kennedy</span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Present Day</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">THERE WAS SOMETHING truly somber about returning home after being gone for a year and a half. I’d thought about this moment more times in the last week than I’d cared to admit. I wondered if there would be someone here waiting for me, but I knew better than to wish for things like that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The cobblestone driveway was dark, and the lights that normally illuminated the towering brick face house were off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">No one was home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As I stopped my Jeep in front of the doors, I tried to squelch the disappointment and replace it with mock relief. I’d expected it, and yet I was naïve enough to hope that maybe, just maybe, it would be different this time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I inhaled deeply, and tightened my vice grip on my steering wheel, both of which were feeble attempts at gathering enough courage to go inside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">It’s just for one night, </em>I told myself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I’d be spending one night here before heading off to college tomorrow. I would’ve been happier to spend it in Georgia, but our dorms opened tomorrow and I wouldn’t have made the fifteen-hour drive fast enough.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I climbed out, and made my way to the front doors. I was surprised to find that my key still opened the lock, and the sound echoed loudly through the dark, open space.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Hello?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My voice traveled, and came back to me. I was alone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Great” I muttered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I shut the door, and went about switching more lights on as I made my way from the kitchen to the living room, and then the dining room. After grabbing my small duffel bag from my car, I walked upstairs, ignoring the family photo’s splashed across the walls. They were all used to make outsiders think we were family, and maybe we could have been. But on the night of my high school graduation that had all changed, and I found myself more alone than ever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My room was still left the same, much to my disbelief. I was sure my stepmother would have snatched up the opportunity to get rid of all my things as soon as my taillights disappeared. For the most part I’d taken the majority of my clothes, and small belongings with me when I moved, but the larger pieces of furniture had to stay. My large bed still stood against the right wall, with my desk, and dresser against the left. The floor still had the same soft carpeting, and the walls were still the light shade of pink I’d chosen when I was thirteen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It felt strange being back here. I expected it to be harder, but I was oddly detached from it all. The few good memories I did have were all faded, like an aged photograph. I’d moved on. Or at least I’d tried to. There were still a few things that had the ability to set me back, but none of them were as daunting as seeing <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">him </em>again. My mood plummeted slightly when thoughts of him popped into my head uninvited.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Kennedy?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My thoughts halted, and I turned at the sound of the voice. When I glanced at the small, elderly woman standing in my doorway I smiled wide, and ran to her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Lucy!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I enveloped her in a hug and squeezed. I pulled away, and found her blue eyes watery. Her greyed hair was tied up in a bun, and her light blue robe hung off her thin frame. She was a tiny woman, and she’d aged so much since I’d last seen her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Kennedy,” she sighed, “it really is you.” Her voice cracked, and I felt my heart constrict. I never considered how my leaving had affected her – if I had, I probably would’ve stayed. I couldn’t have that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“It’s me Luce.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Her hand shook as she cupped my cheek. “Oh sweet girl, you look so grown up. I’ve missed you.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“I’ve missed you too,” I replied honestly. It was impossible to lie to her. Lucy had been working for us since before I was born, and lived on the property in a small cottage with her husband, Frank. He’d tended to our gardens, and maintained the grounds before he passed away three years ago. Growing up, Lucy was the only constant source of love and affection I had. Well, her and my brother, Charlie.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“I saw the lights switch on,” said Lucy, walking into my room. “If I’d known you were coming home I would have gotten the house ready.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“That’s okay, Luce. I’m only here for one night. I have to pack a few more things before I move into my dorm at Brighton tomorrow.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Can I make you something to eat? I have some left-over chicken soup, and fresh bread that I can warm up for you? I made too much since it’s just me here.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“That would be great,” I replied. “I’m just going to shower, and then I’ll be down.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“I’ll put ‘Dirty Dancing’ on and we can catch up, okay?” Lucy wiped a tear away from her cheek, and then disappeared downstairs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I let out the breath I’d been holding. Turned out seeing Lucy was all it took for the feelings I’d worked hard to bury to resurface. I’d have to worry about them later though. I had some packing to do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After a quick shower, I slipped into a black tank top and cotton shorts before heading downstairs to the kitchen. Lucy had just sliced some bread, and took a bowl of her chicken soup out of the microwave.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Just in time,” she said with a smile. “Sit your butt down, and eat something. You’re too skinny.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With a chuckle I pulled out a bar chair and sat down. “Still bossy, I see.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lucy swatted me with a dishtowel and then took a seat next to me. “I haven’t changed,” she said. “But I can see you have.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I took a mouthful of soup, diverting my gaze, and groaned. It was delicious.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“We all have to grow up, Luce. I just had to take a different road to get there.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She fiddled with the dishtowel, wringing it between her aged fingers before looking back at me. The look in her eyes spoke volumes, more than any real words could say. We both knew why I’d changed, and why I’d been forced to grow up faster than most people my age. I was only eighteen, but it felt like I was twice that age.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“I’m sure if your father knew you were coming he would have been here,” said Lucy. I rolled my eyes, and took a bite of bread before replying. “We both know that’s not true. He could barely tolerate being in the same room with me as a child, and I doubt he feels any different now. Where has he taken the wicked stepmonster anyway?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lucy pursed her lips, knowing that she couldn’t deny a single word I’d just spoken. She knew better than anyone what my dear ol’ daddy was like when I was younger.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“They’re in Spain. They’re coming back in three weeks, after your father has tended to some business in Dallas.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I looked at the remainder of my food, and pushed it away, my appetite suddenly gone. Thinking about my father and his trophy wife had that effect on me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“That was delicious,” I said, squeezing Lucy’s hand. “I’ve missed your food.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She peered into my bowl, and tsk’ed. “You hardly ate anything. No wonder you’re just skin and bone.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“I’m not that skinny,” I retorted. “I’ve just lost some weight.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lucy narrowed her eyes but said nothing more as she cleaned up. What more could she say? I was in fact thinner after my year in Georgia, but I didn’t worry. Grief affected people in a variety of ways, and with me, it had robbed me of my desire to eat. And sleep.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“You want some ice-cream?” Asked Lucy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Depends. Do you still keep my favorite?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She scoffed. “Of course. Peanut Butter and Fudge.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Then yes. We’ll eat that while you swoon over Patrick Swayze.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I giggled, and made my way to the living room. Lucy joined me on the sofa, and we started chatting about what I’d been up to over the last few months. We skirted around the harder topics, and I was grateful for that. There were some things I wasn’t ready to talk about yet. With anyone.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #08b3d5;">Title:</span> Beyond The Consequences (Consequences #5)</h1>
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<span style="color: #08b3d5;">Author:</span> Aleatha Romig</h1>
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<span style="color: #08b3d5;">Genre:</span> Contemporary Romance/Dark Romantic Suspense</h1>
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<span style="color: #08b3d5;">Release Date:</span> January 15th 2015</h1>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Beyond the Consequences</span></strong></h3>
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<span style="color: #08b3d5; font-size: large;">Book #5 of the bestselling Consequences series</span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: small;">From New York Times bestselling author Aleatha Romig comes more of the suspenseful romantic thriller about secrets and deception, passion and love, choices and consequences.</span></h5>
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<span style="color: #08b3d5; font-size: large;">Secrets and deception</span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: small;">As the pieces of their puzzle come together, Anthony and Claire Rawlings continue to defy the odds. Together they overcame an incomprehensible beginning. Apart they endured unimaginable heartache. Reunited with family and friends, their journey continues as they navigate a dangerous world where secrets threaten to destroy what they hold the most dear.</span></h5>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Tony and Claire turn up the heat as sparks fly, passion rages, and love prevails. With only a dark glance or devilish grin, the fire that sparked in an isolated suite, continues to burn. Though no longer willing to be less than Tony’s equal in life, behind closed doors only one man makes the rules.</span></h5>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The safety of the Rawlings family is not debatable, and only Phillip Roach can assure that they are not disappointed. Learn how he leads old friends and new associates through the dangerous world of delusion and revenge. The choices he makes for both the family and his personal life will have consequences.</span></h5>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Beyond the Consequences is a novel that began as the novella, A Peek Beyond the Consequences, in a limited-release anthology, Breathless. Since its publication in 2014, Beyond the Consequences has more than quadrupled in length with more action, heat, and secrets to reveal. Learn once and for all the identity and fate of the sender of the Rawls-Nichols letters as you join the Rawlings for a special surprise!</span></h5>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Theirs was a long, complicated story with a monster and a knight. What made their story unique was that these two players were the same person.—Aleatha Romig, CONVICTED</span></h5>
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It was an utter delight to have Tony, MY Tony, back in my hands again...as well as Claire and the rest of the family, blood related or not!<br />
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Beyond The Consequences is nothing but pure perfection!<br />
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Tony and Claire's epic love story continues with<br />
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serenity, some drama, highs with few lows , not to forget the intriguing twists and turns as well!<br />
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I won't go into any specific detail about the plot, I wouldn't want to ruin it...<br />
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BTC <b><i>must </i></b> be experienced, up close and personal!<br />
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Maybe Phil will get his own HEA!<br />
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If your a Tony addict like me and are in need of a fix,<br />
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Don't miss out on the latest installment of the Consequences Series<br />
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<b>~Reviewed by Steph~</b><br />
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Aleatha Romig is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author who lives in Indiana. She grew up in Mishawaka, graduated from Indiana University, and is currently living south of Indianapolis. Together with her high-school sweetheart and husband of twenty-eight years, they've raised three children. Before she became a full-time author, she worked days as a dental hygienist and spent her nights writing. Now, when she’s not imagining mind-blowing twists and turns, she likes to spend her time with her family and friends. Her pastimes include reading and creating heroes/anti-heroes who haunt your dreams!</h4>
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CONSEQUENCES, her first novel, was released August 2011, by Xlibris Publishing. Then in October of 2012, Ms. Romig re-released CONSEQUENCES as an indie author. TRUTH, the sequel, was released October 30, 2012, and CONVICTED, the third in the series, was released October 8, 2013. Unexpectedly, the fourth book of the Consequences series came to life with REVEALED: THE MISSING YEARS. It is the fourth full-length novel in the series. It explores the years in CONVICTED that previously were only mentioned, as well as a complete character glossary and timeline. REVEALED was released May 20, 2014. BEYOND THE CONSEQUENCES, book #5, will be released in 2015. Yes...MORE Tony and Claire.</h4>
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Aleatha also wrote reading companions for the Consequences Series. BEHIND HIS EYES CONSEQUENCES (Book 1.5) and BEHIND HIS EYES TRUTH (Book 2.5) are currently available for those times and scenes when the readers asked, “What was he thinking?” These companions also contain never before released behind-the-scenes scenes.</h4>
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INSIDIOUS, the first released book from TALES FROM THE DARK SIDE was be released October 21, 2014. TALES FROM THE DARK SIDE will be a series of standalone, dark, erotic thrillers guaranteed to take you on a wild, hot, and dark ride. Each novel in the series will be independent of the next. The characters from one book will never be revisited. Instead, Aleatha leaves it up to her readers to imagine how each story will end while remembering that it is the journey that is the most fun. DUPLICITY, book #2, will be released in 2015.</h4>
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Aleatha is a “Published Author’s Network” member of the Romance Writers of America and represented by Danielle Egan-Miller of Brown and Miller Literary Associates.</h4>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Title: Now Leaving Sugartown </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Series: Sugartown #4</b></span></div>
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Ryan grew up the troublesome, spoiled child of a rock god. With her
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existence, to say this little firecracker is a handful would be the
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spent more than half his life saving Pepper. He’d been her strength, her
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now
twenty-three, Pepper returns to Sugartown, a failed tattoo artist with one too
many screws loose who’s down on her luck, wielding an ice cream van as beaten
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most coveted bachelor has always been content with the quiet life he leads
until Pepper, the hellion from his past, returns to test his strength, his
patience, and perhaps even his sanity. But two can play at that game, and
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hot you may need a very cold shower, and one pink-haired crazy Harajuku girl.</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I squirt a little lotion from the bottle–Pepper’s expensive
stuff that smells like cupcake batter–and run my hand over the head of my cock,
and down the rigid length as I think about her in that dress. Then I think
about tearing off that dress, and covering her tattoos with my mouth as I take
her on the bathroom sink. I slide my cock in and out of my grip, imagining it’s
her perfect, wet pussy. Pinching my nipple hard, I picture her teeth clamped
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I groan. My muscles tense, my balls shrink up close to my
body, and then my orgasm rips through me at the same time that the bathroom
door is flung wide. Pepper hobbles into the room, her hands clutching the hem
of her dress. I turn in an effort to hide the evidence from her, but my cock is
still spilling seed. Come hits the fan and flies off in all directions as I
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just like her characters, she always longed for something more. They didn't
have an Elijah Cade, though.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cora Daniels’ life has never been pretty. Actually, it's been downright ugly at times. But when you come from the trailer park, and your mother’s
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Mile after mile took us closer to reality. Closer to the time when I would have to drop her off and go back home. Alone. And why the hell did that bother
me? I’ve never had a problem being alone. Being alone meant I didn’t have to share my past. Being alone meant I didn’t have to see the pain and
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<span style="color: #38761d;">But now, it’s like everything had changed. The last several hours had been… amazing. I would never use the word on the regular, but it was the only way to
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<span style="color: #38761d;">"Cannon, look out!" The moment the words shredded her throat, I saw the small white ball of fur and jerked the wheel in the opposite direction. My heart
froze in my chest, forgetting that it needed to beat in order for me to regain control of the truck. Aiming for the median, I slammed on the brakes, and as
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<span style="color: #38761d;">"Fuck!" Fear and adrenaline pumped mercilessly through my veins. Leaning over, I assessed Cora. Thank God, she had her seatbelt on. "You ok?" I pushed her
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Nodding, she sucked back a deep breath. "I’m fine. Are you ok?"
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<span style="color: #38761d;">"I’m good. What the fuck, Cora? You can’t scream like that while I’m rolling eighty miles an hour down the damn interstate!" I shouted.
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<span style="color: #38761d;">She unfastened her seatbelt and barreled out of the truck just as an 18 wheeler flew by. "Goddamn it, Cora. What the hell are you doing?"
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Fuck me. Fuck her. Fuck the damn dog that nearly killed us.
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Spinning in place, I spotted the little shit cowering near the guard rail. The damn thing couldn’t be no more than a few months old. "Shhh…it’s ok." I
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<span style="color: #38761d;">All white with a patch of dark grey on her chest. "It’s ok, girl." She shivered in my arms.
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Completely ignoring me, she gently took the puppy from my arms. "I can’t believe someone left you out here all alone. Poor thing. I’ll take care of you
sweet baby. It’ll be ok." Cora cooed and my heart did some kind of flip flop bullshit in my chest. I found it difficult to breathe. Impossible to think.
What the hell was she doing to me?
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Back on the road, ten miles from home, she finally put it all into perspective. "My mom won’t let me keep her, Cannon. She never let us have pets growing
up." Cora’s voice was so sad and barely came in a whisper. "Can Hope stay with you until I figure out something else?"
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Raine Kendall has been in love with her boss, Macen Hammerman, for years. Determined to make the man notice that she’s a grown woman with desires and needs, she pours out her heart and offers her body to him—only to be crushingly rejected. But when his friend, very single, very sexy Liam O’Neill watches the other Dom refuse to act on his obvious feelings for Raine, he resolves to step in and do whatever it takes to help Hammer find happiness again, even rousing his friend’s possessive instincts by making the girl a proposition too tempting to refuse. But he never imagines that he’ll end up falling for her himself.</div>
Hammer has buried his lust for Raine for years. After rescuing the budding runaway from an alley behind his exclusive BDSM Dungeon, he has come to covet the pretty submissive. But tragedy has taught him that he can never be what she needs. So he watches over her while struggling to keep his distance. Liam’s crafty plan blindsides Hammer, especially when he sees how determined his friend is to possess Raine for his own. Hammer isn’t ready to give the lovely submissive over to any other Dom, but can he heal from his past and fight for her? Or will he lose Raine if she truly gives herself—heart, body, and soul—to Liam?
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<strong>SHAYLA BLACK</strong></h3>
You know what they say about curiosity and the cat...but if you still want to know, read below.
Shayla Black (aka Shelley Bradley) is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over 40 sizzling contemporary, erotic, paranormal, and historical romances produced via traditional, small press, independent, and audio publishing. She lives in Texas with her husband, munchkin, and one very spoiled cat. In her "free" time, she enjoys reality TV, reading and listening to an eclectic blend of music.
Shayla's books have been translated in about a dozen languages. She has also received or been nominated for The Passionate Plume, The Holt Medallion, Colorado Romance Writers Award of Excellence, and the National Reader's Choice Awards. RT Bookclub has twice nominated her for Best Erotic Romance of the year, as well as awarded her several Top Picks, and a KISS Hero Award.
A writing risk-taker, Shayla enjoys tackling writing challenges with every new book.
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JENNA JACOB</h3>
Bestselling Author Jenna Jacob's erotic romance comes from the heart of submission. With over twenty years experience in the dynamics of the BDSM lifestyle, Jenna strives to portray Dominance and submission with a passionate and comprehensive voice. Her stories will make you laugh, cry, and may leave you with a better understanding of the fulfillment found in the BDSM power exchange.
A married mom of four grown children, Jenna and her husband lives in Kansas. Her passions include her family, reading, camping, cooking, music, and riding Harleys. She loves to make people laugh with her outgoing and warped sense of humor. If you're looking for hot romance with a kinky twist, pick up one of Jenna's books
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ISABELLA LAPEARL</h3>
My name is Isabella and I am a new Author of Erotic Fiction. I have recently published two short stories, one a stand-alone "Connexions" and the other is the first book in a series called The Quickening and is entitled "Scandalous." The next two in the series, will be coming out in 2013 and are called "Momentum" and "Geminus" respectively.
December 4th 2012 was a WOW day of biblical proportions for me personally. My first novel was published, entitled "One Dom to Love" co-written by Best Selling New York Times Author, Shayla Black and by Author Jenna Jacob. I can't even begin to express how privileged and thrilled I was to work with both these wonderful, incredible women, and how proud I am to call them friends. "One Dom to Love" is the first book in The Doms of her Life series and for those chomping at the bit already after finishing this book, you'll be delighted to know that Book 2 is currently being written.
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“Hello, Sheldon.”
The man before me was in his forties. </div>
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I didn't begin writing until after undergraduate college.</div>
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Their meaning, the pictures they paint in the minds of those that hear them: they’re not always the same and to me at least, that makes them meaningless.
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> From what I’m told, I’m called the Black Widow because no man I've ever loved has survived.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The basis of the story is unique, intriguing, and utterly fascinating.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is dark and twisted with multifaceted characters.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">However, there was almost too much craziness to keep up with at times. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> “You are my patient and as such, you are under my control and also my protection. I will not hurt you in any way. My only job is to help you. However, any rebellion on your part will be met with equal force. Do you understand?”</span></div>
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<em><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Except bananas. Bananas are never romantic.</span></span></span></em><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Lissa was a twenty-year-old girl trying to make it in the equestrian world. She was sassy and smart, strong and a little weird. And she had no idea what she was doing.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Ethan was twenty-seven, tattooed, tall, dark, and hot. And lugging some baggage. He’d already made it in the business and brought Lissa on to help get her on her feet. And it turned out, he liked a little weird.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">But how do you draw the line when every touch makes you…shiver?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 15.3599996566772px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Captivating! From the first page.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 15.3599996566772px;">Fun and comical moments, ups and downs, the relationship between Lissa and Ethan is grasping. Nothing short of a 1-sit read will do. Page turning growth and development between these two instantly likable characters.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 15.3599996566772px;">Fantastic debut from CM. Can't wait to read more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>I am counting down the days till Shiver blows up the literary world.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Cm Foss kicks ass with her debut novel.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">“Dance with me?” Lawrence’s voice behind me pulled me from my musings.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">I turned with a smile. “Why thank you, sir.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">I followed him onto the dance floor, the orchestra playing a Frank Sinatra ballad. He swept me into his arms like, well, like the perfect gay best friend.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">“Don’t you say it.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">“Say what?” I asked innocently.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">“I am not your gay best friend. I have sisters. They took dance lessons. My mom made me partner them.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">I couldn’t help laughing loudly, drawing some disapproving glances. He quickly spun me and dipped me in playful retaliation. As he drew me back up, I stood staring straight into Ethan’s heated gaze. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">“Can I cut in?” he asked without breaking our eye contact. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">From the corner of my eye, I caught Lawrence nodding and stepping away before I was pulled flush to Ethan and we glided across the floor. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">“You look absolutely stunning.” He breathed softly into my ear, his right hand settling low, really low, on my bare back, and I shivered.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">“Cold?” I felt him smile.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">“No, I’m not cold,” I stated quietly, enjoying the feel of being in his arms, the texture of him beneath his tuxedo, and the touch of our hands. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">“Are you having fun tonight?”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">“I am.” I nodded slowly. “I didn’t know you would be here.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">“I came as a trophy.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">I pulled back to look in his eyes. “Whose trophy? And why?” I was a little irrationally angry and felt stupid that I thought we were having a kind of moment, only to find out he was here with someone else.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">“Why are you angry? You do realize you’re here with a date too, right?”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">I waved him off. “Lawrence and I are just friends. He’s my arm candy for the night. And maybe a kiss at midnight if I get tipsy enough.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">He glared at me, jaw flexing back and forth. “You’re just friends who sleep together?”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">“No. Just friends. As in… actual friends. Nothing more.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">“Why have you both been blatantly flaunting your relationship in front of me then?”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">I shrugged. “It tickled me.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">“It tickled you,” he repeated slowly, dangerously. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">“Yes. It did. It tickled me to see your mood swings every day, and I was making bets on when you were going to start your period.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Despite his irritation, he laughed out loud. “God, you’re weird.” He pulled me closer, wrapping my arms up around his neck and sliding his hands down my bare arms and then down my back, settling them there. “I don’t know what I’m doing with you,” he muttered softly.</span></span></span></div>
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The Book Whore-der'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00290491550510527028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3532477673230122147.post-5790933264472382562014-12-03T05:00:00.000-08:002014-12-03T05:00:11.212-08:00** EASY VIRTUE ** by Mia Asher Release Day Blitz with Excerpt Giveaway!<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Part I</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Mistral; font-size: 22.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Mistral; mso-fareast-font-family: Mistral;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Innocence </b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Mistral;">Past<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">What is love?</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">I don</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">t know. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">I</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">ve never had it. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Is it even real?</span><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></i></div>
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<span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">No, I don</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">t think so. I mean,
how can I believe in love when I</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">ve never witnessed it? When it seems to only
exist in books and films, or in the lives of more fortunate people than me? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><i>Trust
me, I know. </i></span><i><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Love </span></i><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">is my personal chimera.
</span><span lang="ES-TRAD"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="DE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: DE; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">I am </span><span lang="NL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: NL; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">gazing</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> at brown eyes, admiring the richness of the
color, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">the beauty of the man to whom they belong to.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">You</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">re so beautiful, Blaire</span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">…</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> </span><span lang="NL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: NL; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">so wet,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> he murmurs, his
hand going between my legs as he begins to rub me. His fingers spread me open
to their soft invasion, tuning my body to his wants and needs, preparing me to
be taken as the hot friction of his touch lights a wild fire within my body. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">It</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">s not the first
time he has touched me like this, but each time feels better and better</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">—</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">the sensations
all-consuming and heady.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: DA; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">One finger. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Two fingers. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">One finger.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Two fingers.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Over and over again.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">His invasion is fast and slow, deep and shallow.
His touch is soiled heaven.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">As I open my legs wider for him, I wonder if it
feels this good because of him or because I</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">m taking something that doesn</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">t belong to me and
making it mine. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Oh God </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">…</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> I love you,
Blaire. I love you </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">…</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> I love you </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">…”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> he pants in my ear.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Don</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span lang="NL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: NL; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">t stop </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">…</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> </span><span lang="NL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: NL; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">it feels so good,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> I breathe.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Okay, maybe it</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">s because at this moment in time <i>this
man</i> thinks he loves me and no one else but me, however false his
proclamation may be.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">I close my eyes as his lips land on mine. He
kisses me softly as if I</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">m made out of gold, kissing me with that familiar
mouth I</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">ve seen smile
tenderly at me so many times before.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> The assault of his tongue debilitates me
but doesn</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">t incapacitate me.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">“</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">It</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span></i><i><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">s four dollars, gorgeous,</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">”</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">the cute barista </span></i><i><span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: DA; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">says, smiling at me.</span><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">I</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">m about to pay for my cappuccino when I hear a
deep, manly voice say, </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">“</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Let me get that for you.</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">”</span><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">A man wearing a beige suit comes forward,
standing next to me as he hands the barista some bills. </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">“</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">I</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">ve seen you around </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">…</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">you</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">re Paige</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span></i><i><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">s friend.</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">”</span><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">I smile, licking my suddenly dry lips. </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">“</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Thank you, and yes </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">…</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> I know Paige.</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">”</span><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">The smile on his handsome face seems to freeze as
his gaze follows the tip of my tongue, the spark of hunger brightening his
eyes. Inwardly, I smile because who knew it was so easy to make men desire me,
particularly when I went without attention for so long.</span><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">“</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">My pleasure. Are
you,</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">”</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">he coughs, </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">“</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">here with someone
else?</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">”</span><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">I shake my head and look at him through
fluttering eyelashes. </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">“</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">No, I</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">m here all by myself.</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">”</span> </i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">I pause, touching
his arm invitingly, and smile. </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">“</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Would you like to join me?</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">”</span><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">He looks around the coffee shop, probably
considering if he should, if it</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">s proper to do so, but less than five seconds
later, he</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">s staring at me once again. </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">“</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Sure.</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">”</span><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Yes, just like that.</span><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">The beige walls are spinning. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">The clock is ticking. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: DA; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">The bedsprings </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">creak as the moon cries outside the motel window.
</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">And the man above me kisses me while he fingers
me, preparing me for him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><i>Gotta love such a thoughtful man.</i></span><i><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">I can taste his sweet saliva mixing with mine,
and I love it.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Please,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">I beg against his
lips, reaching for his hard cock and wrapping my fingers around it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">I</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">m ready.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">”</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">I feel his mouth leave mine as he begins to make
his way down my partially dressed body.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Are you sure, Blaire? Are you sure you want to do
this with me?</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">”</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">I open my eyes to witness what I think I want him
to do. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">No, what I</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">m <i>sure </i>I want him to do. I can</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">t help the smile I
feel playing on my lips as I see him struggling with his conscience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">He asks me
if I</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">m sure when he has
already fucked my mouth with his cock countless number of times, when his
fingers have filled every orifice of my body. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Should I laugh? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">No </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">…</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> I decide to take
pity instead. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">I</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">m sure, so sure,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> I say, letting my
arms land like dead weight on the bed, the cheap fabric rough against my skin.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">All right.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">When I feel the bed dip between my legs, I
instinctively open them for him and watch as he brings a condom package to his
mouth. As he rips it open with his teeth, I admire his perfect full lips that
emphasize how masculine he is.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">I feel pleased with myself. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">So fucking pleased because he wants me. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Mr. Callahan wants me. Me. Can you believe it? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Chubby Blaire. Ugly and awkward Blaire.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Unlovable Blaire. </span><span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">I guess I</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">m not that ugly anymore. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">My body? What was
considered fat as a child is now called boobs and ass.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> Guys want it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">They want
me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">They want to touch me, grope me, feel me </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">…</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> they want to screw me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">And it feels good
to be wanted </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">…</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> so good. It makes me feel powerful, and like a
potent drug spreading inside your bloodstream,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> I want more. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">I need more.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Hurry up,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> I say, not
bothering to be shy or coy about it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> I mean, he brought me here to have sex,
right? </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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</div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 0.5in;">“</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 0.5in;">Fuck, give me a
second, Blaire. Trying to get the damn condom on my dick.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 0.5in;">”</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 0.5in;">As he rolls the rubber on his stiff dick,
his eyes wonder over my bare chest, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 0.5in;">my face, my spread legs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 0.5in;">Shaking his head
as if trying to clear his mind, he mutters, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 0.5in;">“</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 0.5in;">You</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 0.5in;">’</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 0.5in;">re so beautiful. I want you so much.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 0.5in;">”</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></span></div>
</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">That</span>’<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">s not the first
time I have heard those words come out of a man</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">s mouth. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Josh tells me all the time how
beautiful I am, how perfect I am, how much he wants me,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> how much he loves me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">But he</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">s my friend with
benefits. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">The words kind of lose their meaning when it</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">s the same person
saying them to you </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">over and over again. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Show me.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Those two words are all it takes for him to
spread my legs wider with his hands and finally enter me with his throbbing
dick. Pain shoots through my body, and a groan escapes my mouth when he covers
my body with his.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> I feel his whole length inside me in one deep thrust. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Christ, you</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">re so tight.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">He lifts both my legs, wrapping them around his
lean waist and starts to thrust. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Hard.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> It hurts. But I like the pain. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">It sobers
me. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">And that</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">s when reality comes crashing down on me.</span></div>
<div class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> It hits
me with the speed and blinding power of a torpedo, making me realize what I</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">m doing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> What I</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">m giving away and
the man doesn</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">t even know it.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">What the hell am I doing? </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Proving that you</span></i><i> a</i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">re your mother</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">s daughter.</span><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Making her proud.</span><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">The room is filled with the noises of the man grunting
his pleasure and the wet slapping of our skin; it makes me want to gag. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">I want to throw up. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Maybe it</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">s the alcohol I
drank. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Maybe it</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">s self-disgust. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">The initial pain is gone and now I just feel
sore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> And strange. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">His beautiful face lowers, his lips about to
connect with mine, and I f</span><span lang="NL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: NL; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">eel</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> the bile rise inside my throat. I turn
my face to the side, his kiss landing on my cheek. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">My eyes watch the way the
lights in the bathroom illuminate all its used and dirty ugliness.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Oh God, I</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">m going to come </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">…</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> I</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">m going to come </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">…</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> I</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">m going to come,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> he continues to
pant in my ear, pumping in and out of my body. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Before I know what</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span lang="NL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: NL; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">s happening, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">he half-screams and
half groans, his body going tense on top of mine.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">And just like that it</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">s over. In less
than five minutes I</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">ve managed to kill a part of me.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Our breathing evens and he pulls out, moving to
stand up. I push myself up on my elbows to see him inspect his condom. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">It still
glistens. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">By the time he lifts his eyes, connecting with mine, I</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">ve already wrapped
my body with the duvet cover. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Confusion, shock, and pleasure reflect in those
brown eyes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">I-I didn</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">t know </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">…</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> I </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">…”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> His hands go to his hair as we stare at each
other. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">I didn</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">t know you were a
virgin.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">”</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">I shrug my shoulder carelessly, causing the duvet
to slide down, exposing my bare breasts to him. His eyes immediately flare with
lust. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">It doesn</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">t matter </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">…</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> I wanted it to be
you.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">”</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">And that</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">s the truth.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">But</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">—”</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">But nothing. If it
bothers you, then forget it happened. I already did,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">I say, ending the
conversation. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">This is my body. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">I will have the last word.</span></div>
<div class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> Not
him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> Not anyone. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">This is my life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">This is my decision. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Without giving myself a chance to doubt my next
words, I turn to look at him in all his naked beauty, the gold wedding ring on
his finger catching my attention. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I'm a writer, a hopeless romantic, a wanderer, a dreamer, a cynic, and a believer. And, oh yes…I might be a bit crazy - but who isn't?</span></div>
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