by Heidi Rice
The adult promise of the evening beckoned as warm calloused fingertips edged beneath the waistband of her shorts.
‘Montserrat? Next month?’ he murmured, nipping at her earlobe. ‘I’ve got to test a new design. Figured we could rent a house...bring Ella and John along to help out with the kids while we’re working. We might even get some solo sailing time.’
She shifted and turned in his arms, until her hands were resting on his shoulders and she could see the dusk reflected in his crystal blue eyes.
‘Sounds good to me,’ she said. ‘As long as we have a decent internet connection I can handle what I need to on the Shanghai development.’
She pressed her palms to the rough stubble on his cheeks and sent him a sultry grin which made his expression darken with hunger.
‘But right now all I want to handle is you.’
His lips quirked, his challenging smile both promise and provocation. ‘You think you can handle me, huh?’
Large hands sank beneath her shorts to cup her bare bottom and drag her against the solid ridge forming in his chinos.
Arousal shot to her core, staggering and instantaneous. ‘Absolutely,’ she dared.
‘We’ll just see about that,’ he dared back, as he boosted her into his arms.
She laughed as he carried her into the house, then took the steps two at a time to get to their bedroom suite. But after he’d laid her on the bed, stripped off her clothes and his, his gaze locked on hers and her heart jolted—she could see all the love she felt for him reflected in his eyes.
‘You’re a witch.’ He trailed his thumb down her sternum to circle one pouting nipple. ‘A sea witch.’
She groaned as he cupped her naked breasts.
‘But you’re my damn sea witch.’
She bucked off the bed as he teased the tender peak with his teeth.
‘Perhaps you should use your superpower to make sure I never forget it,’ she said breathlessly.
‘Damn straight,’ he growled, before demonstrating to her, in no uncertain terms, just how thoroughly she belonged to him, while she gave herself up to the passionate onslaught and handled everything he had to offer just fine.
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Raul Di Savo desires more than Lydia Hayward’s body—his seduction will stop his rival buying her! Raul’s expert touch awakens Lydia to irresistible pleasure, but his game of revenge forces Lydia to leave…until an unexpected consequence binds them forever!
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THE INNOCENT’S SECRET BABY
Somehow Lydia was back against the wall with Raul’s hands either side of her head.
She put her hands up to his chest and felt him solid beneath her palms and she just felt him there a moment and then looked up to his eyes.
His mouth moved in close and as it did she stared right into his eyes.
She could feel heat hover between their mouths in a slow tease before they first met.
Then they met.
And all that had been missing was suddenly there.
Yet, the gentle pressure his mouth exerted, though blissful, caused a mire of sensations until the gentleness of his kiss was no longer enough.
A slight inhale, a hitch in her breath and her lips parted, just a little, and he slipped his tongue in.
The moan she made went straight to his groin.
At first taste she was his and he knew it for her hands moved to the back of his head and he kissed her as hard back as her fingers demanded.
More so even.
His tongue was wicked and her fingers tightened in his thick hair and she could feel the wall cold and hard against her shoulders.
It was the middle of Rome just after six and even down a side street there was no real hiding from the crowds.
Lydia didn’t care.
He slid one arm around her waist to move her body away from the wall and closer into his, so that her head could fall backwards.
If there was a bed, she would be on it.
If there was a room they would close the door.
Yet there wasn’t and so he halted them, but only their lips.
Their bodies were heated and close and he looked her right in the eye. His mouth was wet from hers and his hair a little messed from her fingers.
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