Caveman: A Single Dad Next Door Romance

by Jo Raven

  “Joey!” Ev sounds horrified.

  I don’t see any problem with that. “I swear.”

  “Will you respect her and belong only to her?”

  “You can count on it.”

  “Will you…” He sighs and rubs a hand over his mouth. “Will you make her happy?”

  I nod. “I’ll do my best.”

  For her. For Ev.

  “Good.” He grabs my hand and shakes it once. “Then I’m pleased to meet you, Micah. I made a mistake with Ev’s ex-boyfriend. I misjudged him. I guess I should trust her judgment better, and she told me good things about you.”

  She gives me a smile, and I grin. “She told me a few things about you, too.”

  Now he looks worried. “Don’t believe a single word. It’s all lies.”

  Ev sticks her tongue out at him, and he snorts.

  “I’ll leave you to your own devices, then.” Joel nods at Seth on his way out. “Glad to see you both on your feet.”

  Ev is looking at me, golden eyes soft with happiness. Her sweater is long but tight, hugging the slight curves of her body. I take the few steps that separate us and slip my arms around her. She fits perfectly against my body, and when she tilts up her face I think I can gaze at her forever.

  The sound of a throat being cleared breaks through my trance.

  “I’m off to work,” Seth says, hands in his pants’ pockets. He looks amused. “Be good.”

  “We are good,” Ev says.

  “Good to each other,” he intones and laughs as he leaves the room.

  Now where were we? Oh yeah. I look down at Ev’s upturned face, her hooded eyes, her parted lips, and all I can think of is taking her right there, against the wall, sinking into her and fucking her hard and fast. Her breasts press against my chest and she’s soft, so soft. A jolt goes through me and a certain part of me appreciates her softness by hardening.

  That certain part throbs when she shifts, rubbing against me, and I walk her backward until she hits the bed. Her mouth opens in a soundless cry as she falls, and then I’m on top of her, kissing her again. Can’t get enough of her taste. Can’t get enough of her.

  “I love you, Ev,” I whisper, and she gives me a brilliant smile, her eyes glistening as if she’s about to cry.

  “Love you, too, Micah Owens,” she says, and I have to kiss the lips that say those words.

  Her hands slip under my clothes, tracing the knobs of my spine, then tug urgently on the hem to get it off me. She feels it, too. It’s been a few days since we had some time alone as she was busy moving into her new apartment, and memory fails when it comes to her.

  She’s just so pretty. I uncover her bit by bit, taking off her sweater, her blouse, her bra, her pants, her panties—all that silky skin and delicious curves. I lick my way down to her breasts, tease her nipples, then lick lower to her cute belly button and lower still, parting her legs with my hand.

  “Micah…” She pants, looking down at me as I lick slowly along her seam, and I stop to grin at her before I focus on making her come.

  It doesn’t take long. A few flicks of my tongue on her swollen clit, two fingers pressing inside her, and she cries out, writhing on the bed, her head thrown back.

  Goddamn. It’s so exciting I almost come right then and there, her taste on my mouth, her cry in my ears, her hot body arching up to mine.

  Before I lose my last shred of control, I grab for the condoms and roll one on quickly. My hands are shaking. My dick is throbbing madly. I press into her.

  She moans and wraps her arms around me, pulling me down. My ribs ache, but I ignore them in favor of kissing her. I enter her in one slow thrust—soft, tight, hot, perfect—and keep kissing her as I start to move.

  It’s so good it’s like a drug. I attempt to take it slow, but she lifts a shapely leg around my hip, taking me deeper, and hell, who needs slow? I pound into her, and we’re still kissing, a desperate battle of tongues and lips and teeth as the pressure crests and breaks. I gasp and slam harder inside her, my whole body bucking with the pleasure. It’s like dying and coming back to life.

  And she’s right there with me, like always.

  -=Do you want to read MORE Damage Control? You can find the rest of the series here: Damage Control=-

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  Acknowledgments

  Every book and every story is a new world, and thank you for coming along with me to explore it. Many thanks to all my readers for your support and love – guess what, I love you, too!

  Like always I have loads of people I would like to thank for helping me to make CAVEMAN reality, and like always I will forget many. If you commented, messaged or otherwise helped me while writing and editing CAVEMAN, I thank you with all my heart. You’re incredible.

  I especially want to thank Jade West, Tracy Comerford, Sam Destiny, Sky Corgan, Kerry Fletcher, Lisa Anderson, Alison Foster, Cheryl Jarvis, Kia Zi Shiru, Cassy May, Maxine McCormick, Jayne Wheatley, Christine Indriolo, Michelle McGinty, Lainey Da Silva, M.Never, Blair Babylon and Zoe York for their friendship and support.

  Lots of love for Jo’s Ravens—my amazing readers’ group—and my review team who rock my world every day with their enthusiasm, support, and general awesomeness.

  Special thanks to the people who wrote to tell me they liked the story, and especially those who got back to me with errors to fix and replies to my endless questions.

  Like always, any remaining errors are my fault.

  As always, my gratitude to my amazing editor and to my formatter, 5 Times Chaos.

  A big shout-out to my cover artist, the amazing Letitia Hasser of RBA Designs | Romantic Book Affairs (http://www.rbadesigns.com/) for the lovely cover.

  If I forgot to mention someone, please forgive me. I am grateful to every single person who has read my books, who has messaged me and supported me on this journey. I am here because of my lovely readers. May you all be well and happy. I am truly blessed to have such amazing friends.

  Jo Says…

  CAVEMAN is a book that started with a photo… the photo on the cover (model Nick Bennett, photographer Eric Batteshell). It was a case of love at first sight, so I bought it, and then sat down to write the story of this brooding guy.

  As I thought about the story, on and off in between writing other books, it suddenly struck me that this guy was Matt Hansen, Zane’s brother in law. I’d wanted to write his story for the past two years, so things fell into place perfectly.

  You don’t need to read ZANE to understand this book. It is a true standalone. However, reading ZANE will give you a lot of backstory for Matt, and his relationship with Zane Madden. The book is added as a bonus to this one for a limited time.

  So what next?

  Well, next I will write a MM romance (Jason and Rayne’s story, a Damage control spinoff story) that I promised readers long ago.

  And then I will write ROOK (Sex and Bullets 3) to wrap up that series.

  As to what comes after… possibly an epilogue to Damage Control, and sequels to RIOT (Bad Boy Escorts). I will also write a spin-off series to Inked Brotherhood called (provisorily) Lost Boys.

  Still in line to be written are:

  Soulstain, the tattoo shop guys who visited Damage Control in OCEAN who may get their own stories.

  Colt’s story (Inked Brotherhood spinoff story – if you read RAFE you may remember Colt who also fought in the underground fight club).

  Another Hot Candy story (romantic comedy menage).

  And… these are my plans for now!

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  Have you read the Inked Brotherhood series?

  Five boys brought together by fate. Five young men trying to overcome their troubled pasts. Five tattoos marking them as a brotherhood built on tragedy. Will they find understanding and rise above the pain?

  Five girls tied by friendship. Five young women fighting their own demons. Five lives laced with sorrow. Will they be strong enough to save the men they love and make them happy?

  The series comprises five interconnected, stand-alone novels: Asher, Tyler, Zane, Dylan and Rafe.

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  After the Inked Brotherhood, comes DAMAGE CONTROL:

  The Damage Control series is set in the same world as Inked Brotherhood. The boys of Damage Control were taken in by Zane Madden and Rafe Vestri and offered apprenticeship and work in the tattoo shop Damage Control.

  The series comprises five interconnected, stand-alone novels: Micah, Jesse, Seth, Shane and Ocean.

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  Do you like romantic suspense and bad boy millionaires? How about giving my new series, SEX AND BULLETS, a try?

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