“Missy.” He said nothing more but her name. But he didn’t have to. There was so much love and need in that one word. Her heart expanded to fill her chest. His mother had accepted her. She was going to marry T.S. and have a family of her own.
This was better than anything she’d ever planned. She would change her last name to his. Rid herself of all remnants of her past and start anew. “Missy MacNamara has a nice ring.”
“You would do that for me? Change your name?”
She shook her head. “I’d do it for me. For us.”
He pulled her close and kissed her like she was the most important thing in his world. It felt good. It felt right. And it was fair, considering he was the most important thing in her world.
“Dinner’s ready,” his mother called from the kitchen.
He broke the kiss and stroked the side of her face. “Later.”
“Later,” she promised.
About the Author
N.J. Walters worked at a bookstore for several years and one day had the idea that she would like to quit her job, sell everything she owned, leave her hometown and write romance novels in a place where no one knew her. And she did. Two years later, she went back to the same bookstore and settled in for another seven years.
Although she was still fairly young, that was when the mid-life crisis set in. Happily married to the love of her life, with his encouragement (more like, “For God’s sake, quit the job and just write!”) she gave notice at her job on a Friday morning. On Sunday afternoon, she received a tentative acceptance for her first erotic romance novel, Annabelle Lee, and life would never be the same.
N.J. has always been a voracious reader of romance novels, and now she spends her days writing novels of her own. Vampires, dragons, time-travelers, seductive handymen and next-door neighbors with smoldering good looks all vie for her attention. And she doesn’t mind a bit. It’s a tough life, but someone’s got to live it.
N.J. welcomes comments from readers. You can find her website and email address on her author bio page at www.ellorascave.com.
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Also by N.J. Walters
Amethyst Dreams
Amethyst Moon
Anastasia’s Style
Awakening Desires: Capturing Carly
Awakening Desires: Craving Candy
Awakening Desires: Erin’s Fancy
Awakening Desires: Jackson’s Jewel
Awakening Desires: Katie’s Art of Seduction
Beyond Shadows
Dalakis Passion 1: Harker’s Journey
Dalakis Passion 2: Lucian’s Delight
Dalakis Passion 3: Stefan’s Salvation
Dalakis Passion 4: Eternal Brothers
Dalakis Passion 5: Endless Chase
Drakon’s Treasure
Ellora’s Cavemen: Dreams of the Oasis IV anthology
Ellora’s Cavemen: Jewels of the Nile IV anthology
Ellora’s Cavemen: Legendary Tails IV anthology
Ellora’s Cavemen: Seasons of Seduction III anthology
Entwined Hearts with Nicole Austin, TJ Michaels & Ciana Stone
Jessamyn’s Christmas Gift
Lassoing Lara
Out of Shadows
Project Alpha 1: Embracing Silence
Project Alpha 2: Have Mercy
Project Alpha 3: Sweet Charity
Seeking Charlotte
Summersville Secrets 1: Annabelle Lee
Summersville Secrets 2: Heat Wave
Summersville Secrets 3: Lily Blossoms
Tapestries 1: Christina’s Tapestry
Tapestries 2: Bakra Bride
Tapestries 3: Woven Dreams
Tapestries 4: Threads of Destiny
Tapestries 5: Embroidered Fantasies
Tempting Tori
Three Swords, One Heart
Tracking Talia
Unmasking Kelly
Print books by N.J. Walters
Awakening Desires: Enticements
Awakening Desires: Erin’s Fancy
Awakening Desires: Jackson’s Jewel
Awakening Desires: Katie’s Art of Seduction
Candy Caresses anthology
Dalakis Embrace
Ellora’s Cavemen: Dreams of the Oasis IV anthology
Ellora’s Cavemen: Jewels of the Nile IV anthology
Ellora’s Cavemen: Legendary Tails IV anthology
Ellora’s Cavemen: Seasons of Seduction III anthology
Feral Fixation anthology
Overtime, Under Him anthology
Summersville Heat
Tapestries: Tapestry Dreams
Tapestries: Woven Dreams
Three Swords, One Heart
White Hot Holidays Volume 3 anthology
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