by Susan Fox
Then she gazed up at her husband. “Oh, Will, I’ve done some serious thinking today. I’ve been taking you for granted, but no more. You’re the best, best husband a woman could wish for. Darn, if my arms weren’t full of dog I’d give you a big hug.”
“I can take care of that.” He wrapped his arms around her, wriggling pup and all. “And you’re the best wife, Carol. I wouldn’t have made it through the last year without you. You’re beautiful and strong and wise. I love you, sweetheart. More now than ever before.”
Again her eyes grew damp. But this time the tears were tears of joy and she let them fall as she stretched up to kiss her husband.
The puppy gave a yip of protest and Carol pulled back in the circle of Will’s arms. “Let’s open the retsina,” she said, “and toast our undying love. Then let’s think up a name for the newest member of our family.”
Who’d have thought that, at the ripe old age of forty-five, she’d be experiencing the most romantic evening of her life?
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Author Bio
Award-winning author Susan Fox, who also writes as Savanna Fox and Susan Lyons, writes “emotionally compelling, sexy contemporary romance” (Publishers Weekly).
She is published by Berkley (Penguin) Heat and Kensington’s Zebra, Brava, and Aphrodisia lines. Her books have won the HOLT Medallion, the Booksellers Best Award, the Book Buyers Best, the Aspen Gold, the Golden Quill, the More Than Magic, the Lories, the Beacon, and the Laurel Wreath, and she was nominated for the RT Reviewers Choice Award. Publishers Weekly gave His, Unexpectedly a starred review and ranked it as a Top 10 Romance. Sex Drive was a Cosmopolitan Red-Hot Read.
Her short stories have been published in women’s magazines in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, and by Harlequin, The Wild Rose Press, Quarry Press, and Freya’s Bower.
Susan is a Pacific Northwester with homes in Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia. She has degrees in law and psychology, and has had a variety of careers, including perennial student, computer consultant, and legal editor. Fiction writer is by far her favorite, giving her an outlet to demonstrate her belief in the power of love, friendship, and a sense of humor.
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Other Titles by Susan
(writing as Susan Fox, Savanna Fox, and Susan Lyons)NOVELS
Finding Isadora
He’s the worst man in the world for her. So why can’t she resist him?
Finding Isadora by Susan Fox; Susan Lyons Books
Caribou Crossing Series
Welcome to Caribou Crossing, a western community made for love, adventure, and second chances.
1. Caribou Crossing by Susan Fox; Kensington Zebra
2. Home on the Range by Susan Fox; Kensington Zebra
3. Gentle on my Mind by Susan Fox; Kensington Zebra
Dirty Girls Book Club Series
Don’t you wish your book club read “dirty” books? Each time this club does, one of the members embarks on a sexy romance that in some ways parallels the one in the book.
1. The Dirty Girls Book Club by Savanna Fox; Berkley Heat
2. Dare to be Dirty by Savanna Fox; Berkley Heat
3. Bound to be Dirty by Savanna Fox; Berkley Heat
Classic Bodies Series
Because sometimes reality can be even better than your wildest fantasies!
1. Body Heat by Susan Fox; Kensington Brava
Wild Ride to Love Series
A sexy “planes, trains, automobiles, and a cruise ship” series. Three older sisters travel home for their baby sister’s wedding, and each of their journeys is a wild ride to love!
1. Sex Drive by Susan Lyons (planes); Kensington Aphrodisia
2. Love, Unexpectedly by Susan Fox (trains); Kensington Brava
3. His, Unexpectedly by Susan Fox (automobiles); Kensington Brava
4. Yours, Unexpectedly by Susan Fox (cruise ship); Kensington Brava
Destination Wedding Series
At exotic destination weddings, it’s not only the brides and grooms who find the love of their lives!
1. Sex on the Beach by Susan Lyons (Belize); Berkley Heat
2. Sex on the Slopes by Susan Lyons (Whistler); Berkley Heat
3. Heat Waves by Susan Lyons (Greek islands); Berkley Heat
Awesome Foursome Series
Four girlfriends laugh, cry, bond—and find their own very sexy romances! Think Sex And The City, set in Vancouver, BC.
1. Champagne Rules by Susan Lyons; Kensington Aphrodisia
2. Hot in Here by Susan Lyons; Kensington Aphrodisia
3. Touch Me by Susan Lyons; Kensington Aphrodisia
4. She’s on Top by Susan Lyons; Kensington Aphrodisia
NOVELLAS IN ANTHOLOGIES
“Hot Down Under” by Susan Lyons in The Firefighter (firefighter antho with P.J. Mellor and Alyssa Brooks); Kensington Aphrodisia
“Unwrap Me” by Susan Lyons in Unwrap Me (holiday antho with Melissa MacNeal and Melissa Randall); Kensington Aphrodisia
“Too Hot to Handle” by Susan Lyons in Men on Fire (firefighter antho with Rachelle Chase and Jodi Lynn Copeland); Kensington Aphrodisia
“Private Eyes” by Susan Lyons in Some Like It Rough (antho with Kate Pearce and Anne Rainey); Kensington Aphrodisia
“Tattoos and Mistletoe” by Susan Fox in The Naughty List (holiday antho with Donna Kauffman and Cynthia Eden); Kensington Brava
SHORT STORIES
“A Forever Cowboy” in Northern Heat: Best Canadian Erotic Romance Stories
(edited by Opal Carew); Quarry Press
Erotique Series: at the classy sex club Erotique, anything goes!
Erotique: Carrie by Susan Lyons; Harlequin Spice Briefs
Erotique: Jillian by Susan Lyons; Harlequin Spice Briefs
Erotique: Alex by Susan Lyons; Harlequin Spice Briefs
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