by Julie Leto
Like Marisela, Julie was born and raised in West Tampa and still lives close enough to the old neighborhood to visit her old haunts from time to time. Most often, though, her life is busy with writing, homeschooling her daughter and catering to the needs of her spoiled dachshund and haughty lynx-point Siamese. Like the intrepid heroine of the Dirty books, Julie also has a wide range of relatives all within driving distance—but that's about where the similarities end.
Readers can find excerpts of her current and backlist books at www.julieleto.com/ or visit her both on Facebook and as @JulieLeto on Twitter.
Contact Information
Website: www.julieleto.com
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: www.facebook.com/readjulieleto
Twitter: www.twitter.com/julieleto
Blog: www.plotmonkeys.com
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Writing this book came about because of inspiration from several sources, including a few of my writer friends who had the cojones to pursue their dreams and write the kind of heroine who can take care of herself—and anyone else she deems worthy. Special thanks to Diana Peterfreund, Kathy Carmichael, Beverly Brandt (a.k.a. Jacey Ford), arid Katherine Garbera for pushing me in the right direction—even if you didn’t realize that’s what you were doing.
Special thanks to Anita Durand, Caridad Ferrer, and Mireya Orsini for checking and double-checking all the Spanish in the book to make sure I didn’t screw it up too badly. I know I at least got the curse words right. Those I remember firsthand.
I also had the courage to take a chance and do something different with this book because of the encouragement and confidence of my amazing agent, Helen Breitwieser, a true kick-ass heroine in her own right, though her style is classier than most. And of course, to the awesome editorial team at Simon & Schuster (where this book was first published,) particularly publisher Louise Burke, senior editor Amy Pierpont, and Megan McKeever, for believing in my vision and doing all you could to make sure the magic came through on the page.
And to the founders and creators of Google, without which this book could never have been written.
Copyright
First published by Pocket Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Print Copyright by Book Goddess, LLC, 2005
eBook Copyright Bookgoddess, LLC, 2011
eBook Published by Bookgoddess,LLC, 2011
eBook Cover Art Patricia Ryan Graphics, 2011
eBook Cover Photo RomanceNovelCovers.com
All right reserved. No part of this may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. All rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without permission in writing from Author.
Table of Contents
Main Menu
Dedication
Dear Reader
Acknowledgements
Copyright
Other Works by Julie Leto
Dirty Little Lies
Dare Me
Phantom Pleasures
Phantom’s Touch
Kiss of the Phantom
About the Author
Contact Information
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-one
Chapter Twenty-two
Epilogue
Afterword
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Table of Contents
Main Menu
Dedication
Dear Reader,
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Sixteen
Seventeen
Eighteen
Nineteen
Twenty
Twenty-One
Twenty-Two
Epilogue
Afterword
Other Works by Julie Leto Dirty Little Lies
Dare Me
Phantom Pleasures
Phantom’s Touch
Kiss of the Phantom
About the Author
Contact Information
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Copyright
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