by Cari Quinn
“Yes. My body is primed to respond to you as a good provider for the child I’m carrying. When I return to my non-hormonally driven state, I may smack you in the head for acting like an ass when my sister’s just trying to turn her life around. I’ll probably remind you that you too had some difficulties, but you had people who loved and supported you and that helped you get back on track. I might also say that I’ve wanted to get my sister back for the entire time I’ve known you, and having a chance with her again makes me so happy.” She licked the spot she’d just nibbled. “You know, maybe.”
He slid his hand up into her hair and pulled her face close to his. Once they were nose to nose, he bit her lower lip. “You don’t play fair.”
“Which part wasn’t fair? Offering you a thirty-minute blowjob and possibly some motorboating—” she chuckled as his eyes widened “—or the part where I said that you’d be making me really, really happy by letting my sister live with us?” She undid the top button of his shirt and caressed his collarbone. “Please specify so I don’t make the same mistake again. I’m a new wife and all, so I’m just learning how this all works.”
“Evil.” Slowly, he dragged her lower lip through his teeth. “So frigging evil.”
“Me?” She batted her lashes and laughed when he reached around to swat her ass.
“You. You’re evil and crafty.” He dropped his forehead to hers. “And right.”
“Hey, we’re all making sacrifices. I’m going baby shopping with your mother. Voluntarily.” She tried not to shudder. As much as she was hoping their upcoming bonding trip would begin to heal the rift between her and Gray’s parents, she realized it was unlikely that could be accomplished in one afternoon. Heck, it probably couldn’t be accomplished in a year of afternoons, but it was a start. “No handcuffs involved.”
“The only handcuffs going on these wrists,” he lifted Jazz’s arm and kissed the base of her palm, “are fuzzy ones I may or may have bought while we were staying in our hotel room.”
Now she was shivering for a whole new reason. Damn.
She bit her lip and forced herself to focus on the matter at hand. “So you’ll give her a chance then?”
“Yeah. I’ll give her a chance.” He kissed her softly. “For you, I’d do anything.”
“Ditto.” She reached up to stroke his eyebrow ring. The silver somehow made his eyes seemed even more steely gray. “Thank you.”
“You don’t have to thank me. It’s your home too. As will be our house when we get it. Which we have to do, soon.”
“We’ll start looking this week. I’ll check some things out online.”
He tucked her hair behind her ears, avoiding her eyes. “You’re going to have to get the ball rolling on your own. I’m sorry, honey, but I—”
“You’re going to be busy with work because you spent Dylan’s college fund on bears and sex toys.” She nodded. “I know. It’s okay. And maybe we can do some collaborations on the songwriting end of things again like old times. See if maybe our songs are a hit like yours have been.”
“I would love to.”
“And I love you for taking such good care of us.”
He grinned. “The sex toys benefitted me too. Bret, not so much.” He cupped her face in her hands, his grin fading. “I don’t understand it. Maybe I never will.”
Her heart skipped in spite of her newfound confidence when it came to all things relationship-related. She covered his hands on her cheeks. “What don’t you understand?”
“I love you so much and it just keeps growing. Every single day.”
“Now who’s evil and crafty?” she asked shakily, pressing her cheek to his.
“Not evil and crafty. Just honest. Marrying you is the best thing I ever did.”
“Maybe, but the second best thing you ever did was follow me to Nick’s that night last year.”
He groaned and sagged into his seat. “Are you serious? That night was a disaster.”
“It was the first night in way too long that made me think you really wanted me. We bungled things afterward, but that night was the start of us. Without it, I don’t know if we’d be sitting here.”
“I suppose you’re right.” He feathered his thumb over her wedding ring. “And here is a pretty damn fine place to be.”
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Lost In Oblivion
the Series
SEDUCED (intro)
ROCKED (book #1)
ROCK, RATTLE & ROLL (book #1.5)
TWISTED (book #2)
UNTWISTED (book #2.5)
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DESTROYED
SHATTERED
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ANYTHING BUT MINE
WHEN YOU’RE GONE TRILOGY
BOOK ONE
By Taryn Elliott
Rock star Logan King has come home to Winchester Falls for the annual Summer Festival. Only this time he's hauling a helluva lot more baggage than a few suitcases and vintage guitars. His closet contains more than the usual skeletons…and if he doesn't keep the door firmly locked, someone might get harmed. The specter of what haunts him forces him to turn away from anything more than one-night-stands.
Until Izzy and her topaz eyes finally give him a reason to try again.
Since moving to town Isabella Grace has found friends and a place to belong for the first time in her life. Running the Summer Festival is the perfect way to show how important her new community is. She just never planned on a whirlwind fling with a man too used to saying goodbye. Or to fall for a guy who has as many secrets as he does hit songs.
Logan is used to protecting himself, but protecting Izzy is all new territory. With everything that matters to him at risk, he refuses to let her get hurt—even if that means he has to walk away. For her own good.
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SHADOWBOXER
Book 1 in the Tapped Out series
by Cari Quinn
She’s in for the fight of her life…with the man who only wants to be her lover.
Fighter Mia Anderson has faced the dark side of life and survived. But just getting by is no longer enough. To fund her new life with her baby sister, she’s determined to beat the reigning king of the male fighters in New York’s underground MMA circuit, Tray “Fox” Knox.
Tray refuses to fight a woman, until he learns Mia’s tougher than anyone he has ever known. He soon realizes he wants more from her than blows and blood, and he’s willing to hit below the belt to get it. He’ll fight her, but if he wins, she spends the night in his bed. All night long, his rules. No tapping out.
Mia agrees, certain that he’ll lose. What she doesn’t realize is that Tray loves to fight dirty…and that this match may end up being the most important one of their lives.
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