by Diana Downey
I’ve already started a new business, so I can afford to take her out, but the feds are in the way. I need to work this out, and I will.
My assistant pokes her head into my office where the shades cover the windows looking into it. “Some man is here to see you. Timmons? He’s kind of an asshole.”
I’ve known my assistant Tanya for years. She’s a perky single mom whom I completely respect. “Thanks. Send the asshole in.”
She grins. “Yes, sir boss.”
Federal Special Agent Timmons waltzes into my office, like he owns me. He picks up and plays with my wooden desktop puzzle ball. “We’d like for you to up your game with Nikita Harper. If you have sex with her, your relationship will seem more legit.”
I can’t even bring myself to kiss her. She pretended to love me to get at my millions from my first company, which the feds believe she siphoned out of my accounts.
“You want me to do what?” I ask, gaping at the cheaply suited fed. My ripped jeans don’t look much better, at least according to the only girl I crave, Cynthia Diaz. What in the hell is that pain in my ass up to anyway? God I want her.
After killing and skinning the bear that took my brothers’ lives in Alaska and bringing to justice Cyn’s kidnappers and her mother’s killers, I’ve been back in Austin for barely a month. Due to my new business venture that took off like a rocket I’ve worked long hours to keep up with bug fixes and upgrades, not to mention I still haven’t hired an accountant to pay my disgruntled employees. If I don’t get them paid this week, they’ll quit, and I don’t know shit about doing payroll. Most of my programmers are happy to work until I hire an accountant because I gave them a mil each when I sold my last company. They’re hedging their bets that I’ll make them multi-millionaires.
The fed sits on my desk. “Nikita is a beautiful woman. You shouldn’t have any problem doing her. Hell, I’d do her.”
“Be my guest.” If I fuck Niki, I’ll permanently lose Cyn, not that I have a ghost’s chance in hell of ever seeing her again because I’m starting to believe prison is better than sucking up to my ex-fiancé and this asshole. After Niki screwed me over and prior to Cyn and I hooking up, it had crossed my mind to bend Niki over my desk and fuck her so hard I’d paralyze her.
Most people, like me, don’t go to prison for evading taxes, but usually we’re only talking about thousands. I owe the government close to 200 million—not chump change.
Not once have I seen Cyn at the usual hangouts, but she is no longer living in the sorority house and has taken over the care of her younger sister Willa. A few times, I’ve stalked by her new townhouse, quite a step-down from the sprawling ranch she grew up in.
I just want her in my bed. My need for her is out of control.
My fingers impatiently tap on my keyboard. “Can’t you just arrest your suspects and grill them? I can’t live like this for much longer.” If I have to look into Niki’s lying blue eyes one more time, I’ll throw myself out my office-building window, which probably won’t kill me. Unlike my last company, I could only afford second floor rent instead of the higher floors in the tower.
“You were engaged to this girl, so what’s the big deal?” he asks, screwing with my other puzzles, which pisses me off. It’s like the feds have moved into my home, and their operation is supposed to be a sting. How could any of my employees not notice them?
“Because…” I’m in love with Cyn, and I should’ve told her.
Books by my alter ego Chris Myers
Ripsters Series
A group of unlikely teens come together to form Ripsters, ghost hunters for hire. The series is teen fiction for ages 12 and up.
Date with the Dead
Dead and Missing
Buried in New Orleans
Lennon's Girls Trilolgy
Lennon's Girls Trilogy is New Adult, Contemporary Romance. The second and third books contain explicit sexual content and are meant for ages 17 and older.
Lennon's Jinx
Lennon's Rain
Lennon's Hope
Lennon's Girls Trilogy
Lost Girls Series
The Lost Girls Collection contains standalone New Adult Romantic Suspense/Thrillers about young women in trouble. Steamy thrillers for 18 and up. The next book Bitter Blue will be available in 2016 under Diana Downey.
Blackout
No restraining order will stop Dare from protecting Teal.
The Confetti Killer
The Confetti Killer is a gritty thriller set in the near future for ages 17 and older.
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Acknowledgements
I would like to thank all the bloggers and readers encouraging me to continue writing with all the wonderful reviews and comments they have provided. Give Me Books, ATOMR, and Literati Lovers were instrumental in garnering reviews and publicizing several of my books.
I would like to thank the critiquers of this manuscript: Bonnie Hagan, Carol Nugent, Lynde Iozzo, Denise, and my copy editor.
Author’s Note
First off, no wolves or bears were hurt in the creation of this book. The Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Refuge is one of the few charities I donate to. I did take liberties in the georgraphy of Alaska and New Mexico to meet the needs of the book. Though all landscapes exist in both states, I rearranged both. I have met several women who did not achieve orgasm until they were married, so Cyn's experience is based on those facts.
I spent a great deal of time researching Alaska and hunting. Any error in the book is solely my fault and not the fault of the inidividuals, including my husband, I interviewed about the book.
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