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“Which is?” The way her heart hammered in her chest and her knees went weak, it had better be the best thing of all because the bottom line was she wanted this man for way more than a night or six and the only place he appeared to be walking was toward her.
He held out his hand. The one, she couldn’t help but notice, without the knife, which just proved he wasn’t stupid. “I love you, Deelie Jacks.”
No poetry. No hesitation. He just said it right there at the bar, with half Strong hanging on his every word. In thirty minutes, the rest of the town would know he’d professed undying devotion. How fucking sexy was it that he didn’t care who heard him? A little more public than she liked, but… this was Luke Dawson. He didn’t believe in holding back.
He looked at her, waiting for her to make up her mind. “So now you know what I want. You tell me what you want.”
“And then what?” Okay. She could do this. She put her hand in his. See? That felt right.
His fingers closed over hers. Squeezed gently. “Then we can make a plan.”
“You and your plans.” Yeah. She didn’t sound like she particularly minded. Nope. Her heart was singing a happy, happy song, and she had a feeling she was wearing the biggest, goofiest grin on her face.
“Planning’s not such a bad thing. For example…” The look on his face was pure mischief. “Tonight, when I’ve got you back in our bed, I’m going to lick my way down—”
Oh. My. God. She slapped her free hand over his mouth. “We’re in a public bar,” she hissed.
He pressed a kiss against her palm and lifted it away from his mouth. “Chicken. There’s just one little thing you’ve got to do for me first.”
“What’s that?” The man seemed to have more hands than an octopus, because he pulled her over the bar. Closer and closer, her brain shutting down as her free hand landed on his shoulder.
“Say that you love me too.”
You know what? She could do that.
“Nah. I love you best.”
And then, while she beamed at him because, holy wow, she’d got the words out and it felt good, he was somehow lifting her over the bar and into his arms.
“Deelie’s done for the night,” he said to Mimi, who was laughing her ass off watching the two of them. And then, as they left together, Deelie tugged Luke’s head down to hers and kissed the man she loved with all her heart.
The End
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Author Bio
Anne Marsh writes sexy contemporary and paranormal romances because the world can always enjoy one more alpha male. She started writing romance after getting laid off from her job as a technical writer—and quickly decided happily-ever-afters trumped software manuals. She lives in Northern California with her family and six cats.
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The Strong, Silent Type by Elle Kennedy
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Her Next Breath by Delilah Devlin
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SEAL’s Defiance by Elle James
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Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Boxed Set Contents
Fall Dark
Foreword
About This Book
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Other Books from the Author
About the Author
Hot SEAL
About This Book
Prologue
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
Epilogue
The Hostile Operations Team Books
About The Author
SEAL’s Heritage
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
Author’s Note
The Guardian
About This Book
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
Chapt
er Thirty-Four
Chapter Thirty-Five
Chapter Thirty-Six
Epilogue
More Books by Kimberley Troutte
About the Author
A SEAL’s Duty
About This Book
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Other Books by Jennifer Lowery
About the Author
The Strong, Silent Type
About This Book
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Epilogue
Other Titles by Elle Kennedy
About the Author
Her Next Breath
About This Book
From the Author
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Author’s Note
About Delilah Devlin
SEAL’s Defiance
Author’s Note
Dedication
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Epilogue
About the Author
A SEAL’s Chance
About This Book
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Epilogue
Author’s Note
Other Works by Cora Seton
One Hot SEAL
About This Book
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Other Books from the Author
Author Bio
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