He turned and looked at her. “Working at Club Tahoe was exactly what I needed to push me out of my comfort zone. And it brought you into my life. If I hadn’t been working here and taken over for Hunt on the booze cruise, you wouldn’t have thrown yourself at me on the boat.”
“Thrown myself!”
Bran grinned and kissed her. “My dad gave me the best gift. He gave me you. In a manner of speaking.”
She hugged him tight. “Then I’m thankful for your dad, because you’re the best man I’ve ever met. I’ll forever be grateful I’m blessed to see the real you. The man you hide beneath your Cade stubbornness and pride.”
He frowned. “You make it sound bad.”
“What can I say? I’m a glutton for punishment. Didn’t you mention some sort of punishment at the gym?”
“I did, didn’t I?” His eyes twinkled.
Epilogue
Ireland snuggled up to Bran on their couch. “You have excellent taste in furniture.”
He snorted. “You chose the furniture.”
“Did I? I thought you helped.”
“You realize I brought you along so you’d like what I bought and visit my lair.”
“I can’t believe you’d do such a thing,” she said, but she was smiling.
He leaned over and lifted her so she lay flat. He lowered himself on top of her. “Now look where we are. You’re living with me, and we’re about to have couch sex on my new furniture.”
“Our furniture. And we’ve already inaugurated this piece like we have all our furniture.”
“We never had sex on the bedroom dresser. And you’re right, it’s our furniture. There’s nothing I don’t want you a part of in my life.”
She grinned, because Bran had so completely made that evident in all the little things he did each day to make her happy. “The reason we didn’t have sex on the dresser is because it’s physically impossible.”
His mouth twisted to the side. “What about up against the dresser? I could stand on my hands and…”
She dug her fingers into his side, and he squirmed and grabbed her hands, pinning them above her head. “Knock it off!” she said.
He kissed her. “Say you’ll try or I’m going to tickle you while you’re incapacitated.”
Ireland laughed, but she broke free because he wasn’t holding her very tightly. She protected her ticklish spots. “What if I want to stand on my hands?”
His eyes widened and he was suddenly standing and pulling her up. “Let’s do this.”
Ireland giggled all the way up the stairs and to the bedroom she shared with Bran.
The dresser sex was a no-go. Bran stood on his hands—he’d insisted—but as soon as she touched his erection, he’d nearly toppled like a tree.
He’d picked her up and carried her to the bed, where they made love over and over.
Forever together.
Dear Reader,
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I hope you enjoyed Bran and Ireland’s story in SEDUCING BRAN! Pick up the next book in the Cade Brothers, REFORMING HUNT.
Hunt Cade meets his match in Abby, a single mom whose son spends time at Club Kids. And you know what they say about players? The worse they are, the harder they fall…
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xoxo,
Jules
REFORMING HUNT
This player has met his match…
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Hunt Cade likes women. All women.
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Life is good as long as he's got his boat, the steady line of beautiful women entering his Club Tahoe resort, and cold beer nights with his brothers.
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Until a new kid enters the Club Tahoe children's program and reminds Hunt what it was like to grow up without a father. Not to mention, the effect the kid’s mother Abby has on him.
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The last time Hunt got involved with someone he shouldn’t have, it nearly ruined his relationship with his brothers, the only family he has left.
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Hunt should stay away from Abby…but he was never good at denying himself.
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Men of Lake Tahoe Series
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Rebound Roommate (Book 3)
Hookup Master (Book 4)
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Tempting Levi (Book 1)
Daring Wes (Book 2)
Seducing Bran (Book 3)
Reforming Hunt (Book 4)
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Jules Barnard is a USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance and romantic fantasy. Her contemporary series include the Men of Lake Tahoe and the Cade Brothers. She writes romantic fantasy under the same pen name in the Halven Rising series Library Journal calls ''...an exciting new fantasy adventure.'' Whether she’s writing about sexy men in Lake Tahoe or a Fae world embedded in a college campus, Jules spins addictive stories filled with heart and humor.
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