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Life in the Lucky Zone (The Zone #2)

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by Patricia B Tighe


  I squeezed his shoulders. “No, you haven’t mentioned that,” I said, mimicking him.

  “Well, I do,” he said, taking my face in his hands and bringing it down to his. How could a kiss be both searing and tender at the same time? Because that’s what it was. I melted against him, and for several seconds there was nothing in the world but his lips and his warmth.

  But I couldn’t wait any longer. I had to tell him. I broke off the kiss with a gasp. “I love you, too.”

  He traced my lower lip with his thumb. “Oh, good. That’s convenient.”

  I chuckled, then wriggled against him.

  He made a deep noise in his throat. “As much as I’m enjoying this, you need to get off me so I can read this poem to you.”

  “I don’t need the poem. I have you.”

  He smiled. “Trust me. You want to hear this.”

  Oh, well. This probably wasn’t the best position to be caught in anyway. I rolled off. “All right.”

  We crawled back toward the lamp and sat cross-legged in the grass, facing each other. He flipped through the pages of the book until he found what he was looking for. “Okay, you ready?”

  “Yeah,” I whispered.

  “‘Love’s Philosophy’ by Percy Bysshe Shelley,” he said, reading slowly, as though he wanted me to take in every single word.

  “‘The fountains mingle with the river

  And the rivers with the Ocean,

  The winds of Heaven mix for ever

  With a sweet emotion;

  Nothing in the world is single;

  All things by a law divine

  in one spirit meet and mingle.

  Why not I with thine?’”

  He twined the fingers of one hand with mine.

  “‘See the mountains kiss high Heaven

  And the waves clasp one another;

  No sister-flower would be forgiven

  If it disdained its brother;

  And the sunlight clasps the earth

  And the moonbeams kiss the sea:

  What are all these kissings worth

  If thou kiss not me?’”

  He looked up from the book, his face a mixture of expectation and uncertainty. Warmth flooded my chest. I slid my fingertips across his cheek. “I think,” I whispered, “I want you to read that to me every day.”

  He smiled. “Be happy to, Drama Queen.”

  I kissed him. “Thank you, Dragon Boy.”

  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

  Thank you to everyone who supported me during my mad dash to write this book.

  To Georgia McBride and the entire publishing team at Swoon Romance, thanks for having faith in me. A special shout out to copyeditor extraordinaire Annie Cosby for going beyond the call of duty in answering my questions.

  To my critique partners/beta readers/fabulous writers: Emilie Bishop, Danielle Hinesly, Sara Lyon, Kate Martin, and Daphne Riordan. Thank you for providing feedback so quickly on this book. Your input was invaluable!

  To Steven, David, Megan, and Topher: Thanks for your love, encouragement, and support. You’re the best family a writer can have! And thanks again, Topher, for helping with the video game scene. Any mistakes there are totally mine.

  And, as always, I want to thank God, for making all this possible.

  PATRICIA B. TIGHE

  The mother of two grown sons, Patricia B. Tighe lives in El Paso, Texas, with her husband and two dogs. Her love of the written word caused her to get a journalism degree from Texas A&M University in 1980 and an MA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University in 2008. When not writing, Patricia can be found walking the dogs or yelling at the TV during an NFL game. Or, if she’s really lucky, exploring a foreign country with her extended family.

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  Table of Contents

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Chapter Twelve

  Chapter Thirteen

  Chapter Fourteen

  Chapter Fifteen

  Chapter Sixteen

  Chapter Seventeen

  Chapter Eighteen

  Chapter Nineteen

  Chapter Twenty

  Chapter Twenty-One

  Chapter Twenty-Two

  Chapter Twenty-Three

  Chapter Twenty-Four

  Chapter Twenty-Five

  Chapter Twenty-Six

  Chapter Twenty-Seven

  Chapter Twenty-Eight

  Chapter Twenty-Nine

  Chapter Thirty

  Chapter Thirty-One

  Chapter Thirty-Two

  Chapter Thirty-Three

  Chapter Thirty-Four

  Chapter Thirty-Five

  Chapter Thirty-Six

  Chapter Thirty-Seven

  Chapter Thirty-Eight

  Chapter Thirty-Nine

  Chapter Forty

  Chapter Forty-One

  Chapter Forty-Two

  Chapter Forty-Three

  Chapter Forty-Four

  Chapter Forty-Five

  Chapter Forty-Six

  Chapter Forty-Seven

  Chapter Forty-Eight

  Chapter Forty-Nine

  Chapter Fifty

  Chapter Fifty-One

  Chapter Fifty-Two

  Chapter Fifty-Three

  Chapter Fifty-Four

  Chapter Fifty-Five

  Chapter Fifty-Six

  Chapter Fifty-Seven

  Acknowledgements

  About the Author

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