Farmer Wants a Wife: Love and Friendship, Book 3

by Shelley Munro

  “That might work.” He flashed a grin. “Only one woman I want.”

  Their lips touched and immediately the air crackled with sensual tension. She rose over him and his muscles jumped beneath her touch.

  His lust-filled gaze settled on her breasts. “I want to make love to my fiancée.” He reached up and sucked her distended nipple into his mouth.

  “That feels good.” Already renewed dampness made her ready for him and arousal coiled low in her belly.

  He switched his mouth to her other breast, sucking the nipple strongly into his mouth. Each wet pull yanked a corresponding nerve ending in her pussy. Her hand wriggled between them to curl around his cock, the skin smooth and hot beneath her palm. The musky scent of sex swirled around them as she pumped her hand up and down his shaft.

  Tyler released her nipple with a wet pop, licked a path over the curve of her breast. His fingers dipped down her body and delved into her swollen labia. The touch made her catch her breath, and the wet rasp of his tongue, the drag of his stubble spiked heady sensations in her. His thumb skimmed her clit, fire whipping through her with each drag of his digit.

  “You’re very good at that,” she said.

  “Practice makes perfect. Let me get a condom.” He reached over to grab one from the box, and immediately she missed the weight of his hands on her body.

  “Hurry,” she said.

  He laughed. “We have all night.”

  “We’re making up for lost time.”

  “Touch yourself. I want to watch while I put on this condom.”

  His eyes were dark, full of love and the little smile she’d come to cherish hovered around his sensual lips. “I love you so much, Suzy. From the moment I saw you on TV, I wanted you, and the more I came to know you, the harder I fell.”

  “I love you too, Tyler. So much.” When he lay back on the bed and grinned up at her, she straddled him and slowly impaled herself with a hot, wet slide. His cock filled her, pushing the velvet tension inside her to new heights. He met each of her downward strokes with an upward surge of his hips.

  Each rise and fall packed her beautifully, gave her exactly what she needed. Her vagina flexed and rippled around his shaft, and she increased her pace, sliding a hand down to rub her clit.

  Without warning, she came in long, languorous waves, gasping and throwing her head back to better enjoy the pleasure dragging her under.

  “You look pretty when you come.”

  Her breath went shallow while her heart brimmed over with pure joy.

  Tyler moved, taking her by surprise, and seconds later, she stared up at him. He powered into her with rapid strokes and sent renewed pulses through her pussy. He froze fully embedded, his eyes squeezed shut as his climax thundered through him. She held tight to his shoulders, aware of the happiness, the rightness of being with Tyler.

  She traced patterns over his chest and waited for his orgasmic buzz to pass.

  “Hey.” His smile was a sexy twist of lips, tinged with sweetness and satisfaction. “Katey is excited about living in Auckland. Once she heard about the zoo and the museum and making new friends, she wanted to pack straight away.”

  “Does she know about me? About us?”

  “That was the tipping point,” Tyler said. “She’s fallen in love with dancing and wants to be a ballerina. You’re going to show her how.”

  “A daughter,” Susan murmured. “I never dared to dream about a child as well as a husband.”

  “We could have more, once we’re settled.”

  Susan thought about it for a few seconds and nodded. “I’d like that. Maybe in a year or two.”

  “Anything you want, Suzy,” Tyler said, and he kissed her again and they didn’t stray from the bed for a long, long time.

  About the Author

  Shelley Munro is tall and curvaceous with blue eyes and a smile that turns masculine heads everywhere she goes. She’s a university tutor and an explorer/treasure hunter during her vacations. Skilled with weapons and combat, she is currently in talks with a producer about a television series based on her world adventures.

  Shelley is also a writer blessed with a VERY vivid imagination and lives with her very own hero in New Zealand. She writes mainly erotic romance in the contemporary, paranormal and historical genres.

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  Tea for Two

  Seeking Kokopelli

  Lone Wolf

  Mistress of Merrivale

  Love and Friendship

  The Bottom Line

  Past Regrets

  Coming Soon:

  The Clare Chronicles

  Part-Time Lovers

  Enemy Lovers

  Never look back…unless that’s where your heart belongs.

  Past Regrets

  © 2013 Shelley Munro

  Love and Friendship, Book 2

  Julia Maxwell was a seize-the-moment party girl until the night she spent with up-and-coming rocker Ryan Callander. From that moment, she was a one-man woman. Pity he hasn’t kept with the program.

  Tired of the secrets that have kept her out of the press and Ryan’s fans happy, angry with mounting evidence of infidelity, Julia is older, wiser, and determined to divorce his cheatin’ ass.

  Ryan’s long European tour had more than its share of hard knocks—one of which landed on his head when he was mugged. Divorce papers waiting for him at home are a shock that fills in some of the holes in his sketchy memory. But it could be too late to salvage his marriage.

  If Ryan thinks flirtatious smiles, seductive touches, and hot-and-heavy kisses are going to smooth things over, Julia’s got a hammer with his name on it. To her surprise, he picks it up, determined to rebuild a bright future for both of them. But the past is lurking with some missing pieces that could bring their hearts crashing down.

  Warning: Contains a pissed ex-stripper turned burlesque dancer, a bunch of nosy friends and a smooth-talking rocker with one thing on his mind. Stripper poles and skimpy costumes may be involved.

  Enjoy the following excerpt for Past Regrets:

  “Are we in agreement?” Julia asked after running through the final items on the list she’d made during the day.

  “Brilliant,” Susan said with a trace of awe. “I love the idea of branching out into classes and doing hen’s nights is a stroke of genius.”

  Christina nodded. “Are you sure the burlesque will work? Are there other places that do it or are they strictly strip clubs along K’ Road?”

  “I did a bit of quick research online. There are no places offering burlesque performances in the area, but it’s big overseas. I thought burlesque might widen our appeal and get more women in the place,” Julia said. “What’s taking Connor so long?” She took two steps toward the door and came to an abrupt halt. Her pulse roared in her ears like a thundering train, shock threatening to buckle her knees. She staggered a couple of steps before reinforcing her shaking limbs enough to bear her weight.

  “Ryan?” she croaked.

  “Julia!” Ryan crossed the room in seconds flat and grabbed her into a tight embrace before she could react. His familiar scent rolled over her, masculine with a hint of spicy green and the outdoors. He pressed her head to his chest, apparently content to hold her against his trembling frame. For long seconds she let him, too stunned to react. Then her shock gave way to fury, and she lashed out with her foot, kicking him in the shin.

  “Ow!” He released her abruptly, an aggrieved scowl distorting his pretty face. “What did you do that for?”

  Cripes, she’d broken her foot, not that she’d admit it to him. She gathere
d the pain and hurled it back in harsh words. “You can’t come waltzing back after nearly a year and expect me to welcome you. Didn’t you receive the divorce papers?”

  “I don’t want a divorce.” His blue eyes bored into her. Determined. Steady. He glanced at their avid audience. “Maybe we should take this somewhere private?”

  Julia dug in her heels, feeling contrary. He had no right to burst into her life again. And as for orders—forget it. She squared her shoulders and glowered at him. “They’re my friends. They can hear anything you have to say to me.” Aw, heck. Ryan. She’d thought she’d hate him… No! She did hate him. “You cheated on me.”

  “When did Julia get married?” Susan asked.

  Curiosity buffeted Julia in waves, coming at her from all directions. Great. Just great.

  She lowered her voice, steeling herself against his charisma. One look at his dark hair, blue eyes and strong runner’s body and her willpower seeped through the soles of her favorite high-heel pumps. Go figure.

  “I can’t talk to you now. We should discuss this with our lawyers present.”

  A total contradiction of her previous words. Off-balance, surprise and a tinge of outrage ran hotly through her veins, yet she wanted to grab him and lay one on his sexy lips. She wanted to lick along the tail of the dragon winding around one biceps and explore the scaled body tattooed on his shoulder. How could he do this to her?

  “I’ve never cheated on you.” Her fault this was playing out publicly, his determined expression told her. He’d wanted to do this in private. The stubborn man didn’t move an inch, didn’t shift his intent gaze from her. “I haven’t slept with a woman since our last time together.”

  “That’s a lie.” She’d seen the pictures of him with other women, heard the gossip. Hell, the husband-stealing slut had even spoken to her on the phone. Ryan’s cell phone. Anger and betrayal pumped through her again, the wound as fresh as the day he’d broken her heart.

  “Caleb, tell her,” Ryan said, without moving his gaze off her.

  Caleb stepped forward, tall and dark and so much like Ryan they were often mistaken as brothers instead of friends. Heat suffused her cheeks, memories of the three of them cavorting in bed blindsiding her.

  Damn.

  Julia closed her eyes, hoping the two men were a fanciful mirage.

  Unfortunately, her life lacked magic. When she opened her eyes, Ryan and Caleb still stood right in front of her, silent, stubborn sentinels.

  “Why would I believe him?” she demanded. “He’s your best friend. He’d lie if you asked him.”

  “You haven’t met Neil and Jeff.” Ryan pulled out his phone and pushed speed dial. “Ask them your questions.”

  “It’s true,” Caleb said. “Ryan acted like a monk for our entire tour. Now I know why,” he added. “We had no idea you were married.”

  “Hey, Neil. It’s Ryan. I’m going to put Julia on the line. Can you answer her questions?” He paused. “You don’t need to know who she is.” Another pause. “Hell, I don’t know. It’s not multi-choice. Just answer whatever she asks you. Tell the truth.”

  Julia accepted the phone from Ryan, humoring him. “Hello.”

  “Go on. Ask them anything,” Ryan repeated.

  She glared at Ryan as she spoke. “Is Ryan a man-slut?”

  “Jesus, Julia,” Ryan snapped.

  “Where’s the popcorn?” Maggie asked the room at large. “This is better than a movie.”

  “Shush,” Connor whispered to his wife. “I don’t want to miss anything.”

  Julia glowered at both of her friends and received unrepentant grins in return. “Well? Are you going to answer my question?”

  “The truth?” a low, gravelly voice asked.

  “Of course.” She wanted to know the truth, didn’t she? The pit of her stomach seemed to fall away in the few moments she waited for Neil to speak again.

  “Before this tour, Ryan used to have a lot of women. Women are always throwing themselves at him. This tour was different. He still went to the parties, but he didn’t leave with anyone. He didn’t let any of the women drape themselves over him unless it was a publicity shot. Nothing too personal during the parties either, even before the mugging.”

  “What mugging?” Julia asked.

  Ryan reached for his cell phone. “Satisfied?” He studied her, silently enforcing his will. “Thanks, man. Yeah, I’ll explain when you get back to Auckland.” He ended the call.

  Julia stared at him for an instant longer. “Who was mugged?”

  “That’s what I want to know,” Christina said, nosy interest in her tone.

  “I have never cheated on you. Do you believe me?” Ryan’s face was devoid of his normal humor, his eyes darker and more intense. She studied him doubtfully, taking in the details she hadn’t noted due to her initial shock on seeing him. He’d lost weight, his skin bearing a pallor that was in stark contrast to Caleb’s healthy tan. When she studied him more closely she noticed his jeans hung on him and the corners of his eyes bore lines she was sure hadn’t been present during their last meeting.

  “What about the woman who answered your phone?”

  “Ryan was mugged and someone stole his phone and wallet,” Caleb said. “Maybe the thief answered your call.”

  The excuse seemed too easy, too pat, yet a streak of worry jumped into her mind. He’d been hurt? “When? What happened?”

  Ryan grimaced. “It happened about a month after we got to Europe.”

  A burst of emotion choked her throat. Around about the same time she’d lost the baby. She’d cursed him because he hadn’t been there for her when she needed him.

  Could he be telling the truth?

  Onto every diva’s backside, a little wood must fall.

  Star Struck

  © 2014 Laurelin Paige

  Lights, Camera, Book 2

  Hollywood actress Heather Wainwright was looking forward to a long, relaxing break before starting her next shoot. Except her assistant volunteered her for L.A.’s annual 24 Hour Plays.

  Nervous about doing a good job for such a worthy charity, Heather falls back on “diva” mode, a defense mechanism that always carries her through. Until she encounters something that really gets on her nerves—a lowly carpenter whose Norse god eyes pierce right through her.

  Highly sought-after production designer Seth Rafferty has little patience for A-listers with superior attitudes, which is why his attraction to Heather is absurd. Yet, sensing vulnerability beneath her screen-queen act, he lets her assumptions play out.

  After the wrap party, Heather awakens with little memory of the night before—except that Seth gave her the best orgasm of her life, then disappeared. When he shows up on the set of her next movie, she winds up to give him a piece of her mind…and Seth shows her just how stinging hot “chemistry” can get.

  Warning: Contains an outwardly snobby actress with a good heart, a delicious carpenter with a power drill, some much-deserved spanking, and an appropriately consensual—if tipsy—orgasm, as well as sex at an inappropriate time of the month.

  Enjoy the following excerpt for Star Struck:

  “It’s her!” someone called as soon as the door shut behind her, followed by a scream of recognition. Another scream followed by shouts of her name.

  Then so many voices were screaming and shouting, she couldn’t distinguish what any of them said. The crowd pressed around her, pens and napkins and body parts thrust in her direction. She pushed her shoulder through the bodies, but was stuck.

  Shit. She should have brought a bodyguard.

  She turned back to tell Lexie to stay, but Lexie had already pulled through the valet station, too far to see Heather’s distress.

  Panic rushed through her.

  The doors of the bar swung open and a hand reached through the crowd toward her. She grabbed for it before looking up to see the owner, letting the strong arm pull her safely inside.

  “I’m so sorry, Heather,” said Patrick Atlas, the execut
ive from Montblanc and the source of her rescue. “Someone tipped off the press.”

  She swallowed the anxiety that had nearly overtaken her and pasted on a smile. “No worries. I’m used to it.”

  Patrick kissed her cheek then led her farther into the bar toward the private room, holding her hand the whole time. She hated how comforting his hand felt around hers. She shouldn’t have let the crowd get to her like that.

  Heather watched the back of Patrick’s head as they walked. She’d known him for as long as she’d been involved with the 24-Hour Plays. He’d come on to her often, even though she always turned him down. Right now she was grateful for the familiar face—or familiar brown head, rather—though she normally would be more reserved around him, not wanting to lead him on. He was attractive and wealthy and powerful, but his charm was too smooth. Sweet nothings and soft caresses did nothing to fire up her libido. Truthfully, she couldn’t say what it was that fired her up, but she knew it wasn’t Patrick.

  Patrick opened the doors of the private dining room and gestured to the large rectangular table in the center of the room. “I’ve saved you a seat at the end by me,” he said. “I’m just going to let the hostess know that our party is complete and I’ll be right in. Oh, the waitress has already been by—can I put in a drink order for you?”

  What she wanted was a mug of beer, but her next movie featured her in a bikini so extra calories were out of the question. “A glass of White Zin, please.”

  “Got it.”

  She heard him shut the doors behind her as she surveyed the room that bustled with chatter and the clinking sounds of glasses and bottles. There were nearly thirty people there, many that she recognized. She spotted a few members of the Urban Arts Board of Directors at one long end of the table.

  For a long moment, she stood watching the group, unseen by anyone. Usually she was the center of attention. It was both odd and surreal to be in a room unnoticed. And also awfully nice. Like a slice of heaven.