Acting Lessons (Off Guard)
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“Lock the door,” he ordered.
She could only nod, giving him a dorky half wave as she backed into her apartment and gently closed the door. She twisted the deadbolt and let her weight sag against the painted metal, feeling as if she hadn’t taken a breath in the past fifteen minutes.
“Oh, boy,” she sighed. Her knees quivered and she sank to the floor. If this was her reaction to a simple touch on the hand, what would she have done if he’d kissed her? A grin stretched across her face at the thought. Shaking her head, she pushed herself to her feet.
It was official. She really, really needed to get out more.
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Katie Allen is the fabulously filthy-minded alter-ego of romantic-suspense author Katie Ruggle. She lived in an off-grid, solar- and wind-powered house in the Rocky Mountains until her family lured her back to Minnesota. When she’s not writing, Katie rides horses, shoots guns (target shooting only, since killing anything other than paper makes her ugly-cry), cross-country skis (badly) and travels to warm places where she can scuba dive. A graduate of the police academy, Katie is a self-professed forensics nerd. A fan of anything that makes her feel like a badass, she has trained in Krav Maga, boxing and gymnastics. You can connect with Katie at katieruggle.com, Facebook.com/katierugglebooks, or on Twitter, @KatieRuggle.
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ISBN-13: 9781488081118
Acting Lessons
Copyright © 2017 by Katie Allen
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