Wrong Bed, Right Girl
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“Swing by if you have a chance after work,” Shawn said to Reed, and Reed grinned. Yeah, he could definitely make time for that.
“The things I’m going to do to you tonight,” he whispered devilishly in Talia’s ear before he headed for the door.
“I’m holding you to that,” she said, looking pointedly at the handcuffs as he snapped them around his belt loop.
“I promise,” he told her. He didn’t have to add that he was talking about more than just tonight, and more than just a little bit of fun.
He was talking about everything—about their lives together, the days and months and years to come. About how, no matter what they did or where they called home, he would always be by her side.
It was more than he’d ever have words for—more than he’d ever be able to say. But he knew she could feel it. Deep in his gut, in the part he was trying harder these days to listen to, he could feel it, too.
Maybe it wouldn’t always be safe. He knew it wouldn’t always be easy. But he finally understood how his father managed to go to his job and come home to his family, and why his mother could stand to leave that light on, waiting. It was worth it. Being in love was worth it. Not just despite the risks, but because of them.
“I love you,” he said to Talia, giving her another kiss, his hand on the doorknob, ready to go.
“I love you, too,” she said, and he knew, as he headed down the steps of their new apartment, the one they were going to fill with their laughter and their family and their memories, that he’d never get tired of hearing her say that. Every goddamn day of his lucky, incredible life.
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Acknowledgments
Huge thanks to my agent, Andrea Somberg, for her brainstorming and support, and to the whole team at Entangled for bringing this series to life. My amazing editor, Alycia Tornetta, has the uncanny ability to know exactly what a story needs. Thank you for understanding Reed and Talia so well!
Thank you Balaka Basu for always being available to read my drafts—sometimes (er, usually) at the last minute—and for her insightful feedback, warm hugs, and pep talks.
I’m grateful to Kristin Beckwith at Boston Ballet for sharing her expertise and answering my questions about the professional dance world. Kristin was my ballet teacher when I was little and now still teaches my mom! How cool is that? It made my life to be cast for three years as a party child in The Albany Berkshire Ballet’s productions of The Nutcracker when I was in elementary and middle school, and I was psyched to get to draw on my experiences as a ten-year-old for this book—not something I can say very often when it comes to writing romance. Special thanks to my mom, to whom this book is dedicated, for taking me to dance classes, curling my hair for The Nutcracker, and always supporting my writing—even if she skims the best scenes and we never. Ever. Talk. About. It.
Last but not least, thank you Robert, as always, for your love.
About the Author
Rebecca Brooks lives in New York City in an apartment filled with books. She received a PhD in English but decided it was more fun to write books than write about them. She has backpacked alone through India and Brazil, traveled by cargo boat down the Amazon River, climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, explored ice caves in Peru, trekked to the source of the Ganges, and sunbathed in Burma, but she always likes coming home to a cold beer and her hot husband in the Bronx.
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