by Jaci Burton
And it did. Until he had her writhing and crying aloud, her legs over his shoulders and a pillow under her bottom, while he licked and nibbled and suckled, caressing and coaxing and demanding, with lips and tongue and fingers. Gods, he’d missed this, the hot musky taste of a woman’s pleasure—for him, because of him. Smiling, he sent her over for the third time. Ah, such beautiful noises she made.
When he finally worked his way inside, inch by slow, clasping inch, those long strong legs rose delightfully over his hips, her heels digging into his buttocks.
John wasn’t shamed that his eyes were wet, because Meggie was no better.
“Welcome home, love,” she said, while he drowned in her blue-gray gaze, soft and strong as a summer dusk. “Now and forever.”
The Bridal Gift of the Sister
Courage is the gift of the Brother, but love is the gift of the Sister. On the night They were wed, the Sister knelt before Him—Brother, Husband, Lord. “True love is My gift to You, Beloved,” the Sister said.
She touched Her starry eyes. She said, “True love sees what is—the good, the bad, and all that is between. Because love loves.”
The Sister offered Her wrists and cruel ropes appeared, chafing Her silky skin. “True love can bear anything, endure anything. Love goes on hoping to the edge of forever. It never gives up. Because love loves.”
The Sister touched Her sweet breast. She said, “True love is patient and kind. It seeks not to alter the beloved. Because love loves.”
Reaching out, She took His hand and placed it upon Her head. “Faith is mighty, Hope is great. But when all else is gone—sense and knowledge, and life itself, True Love alone remains.”
Rising, She clasped the Brother to Her breast and His tears dampened Her hair. “Because love loves.”
Denise Rossetti lives in Australia.
Visit her website at www.deniserossetti.com
Don’t miss her exciting new novel, The Flame and the Shadow, now available from Ace Books. Turn to the back of the book for a preview.
Riding on Instinct
BY JACI BURTON
Available April 2009 from Berkley Heat
Department of Justice agent Shadoe Grayson is out to prove she’s no rookie, and eagerly accepts her first undercover assignment at a strip club in New Orleans. Working with the Wild Riders, a government agency of bad boy bikers, her goal is to expose a corrupt DEA agent. All she has to do is learn to strip like a pro . . .
Standing in Shadoe’s way is arrogant and smoking-hot Spencer King, her new partner and one of the Wild Riders. Spence thinks Shadoe looks more like a schoolteacher than a stripper, and doubts her ability to do the job. But when he mockingly challenges her to strip just for him, he finds out there’s more to the surprisingly sexy agent than by-the-book rules and Government Issue pantsuits.
Now Spencer has to resist his baser instincts while Shadoe learns that taking off your clothes doesn’t always equal losing control . . .
Fair Game
BY JASMINE HAYNES
Available June 2009 from Berkley Heat
Josie Tybrook is holding her own—on her own—with a successful career and a bright future. She doesn’t need a man to make it brighter—unless it’s only for a night of no-strings-attached sex. After a brief erotic encounter, Kyle Perry is a perfect candidate. Except that Josie soon finds they have a professional tie that will bring them together again. And again.
Now, in business and in pleasure, Josie and Kyle engage in a battle of wills. What begins as a hot diversion of power and domination turns into an intimate game behind closed doors, where the role of slave and master shifts with each erotic move. But as the games escalate, they find themselves becoming bound by something stronger than they ever imagined—and discovering the ecstasy of what it means to really lose control.
A Witch’s Beauty
BY JOEY W. HILL
Available January 2009 from Berkley Sensation
Mina is the daughter of an unholy union—a mermaid taken by one of the malevolent Dark Ones. While helping to rescue Prime Legion Commander Jonah, she exposed herself as a potentially dangerous weapon, susceptible to the darkness in her own blood. Now, for the general good, Jonah has angels watching over her . . .
While other angels see Mina as a liability, David, the human-born angel, feels a connection to her that is undeniable. Perhaps there has never been a Dark One capable of good, but in Mina, David believes he’s found an exception.
Though Mina is resistant to being protected, her attitude begins to change when David is awarded the duty. Looking into his eyes, she can sense that he too knows what it means to fight the darkness within. But—as their passion threatens to take over—will it lead them to Heaven or Hell?
The Flame and the Shadow
BY DENISE ROSSETTI
Now available from Ace Books
Grayson of Concordia, known on countless worlds as the Duke of Ombra, is a mercenary, a sorcerer of shadows—a man whose soul is consumed by darkness. For Gray, the bleak savagery in his heart is manifest in an entity he calls Shad. He has long resisted Shad’s enticements, but when he is hired to kidnap a fire witch, he seizes the chance to restore his soul—no matter the cost.
Cenda’s heart is ash. Since the death of her precious baby daughter, life has lost all meaning for the fire witch. Slowly, she has worked to master her powers and go on living. But when she encounters Gray, her will is no match for her desire. But her love may not survive the terrible discovery of Gray’s betrayal . . .
