tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67848450358775627322024-03-04T23:07:01.519-08:00I'll Be Reading"No two persons ever read the same book.." - Edmund WilsonMarisa from I'll Be Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13359287442857085142noreply@blogger.comBlogger702125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784845035877562732.post-74247570608898409812014-11-04T08:00:00.000-08:002014-11-04T08:00:11.197-08:00*COVER REVEAL* "Chasing Reese" by Imy Santiago <div style="text-align: center;">
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Title: <i>chasing Reese. a SAFELIGHT novel</i></div>
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Author: Imy Santiago</div>
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Date of Publication: January 5, 2015</div>
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About <i>chasing Reese</i>:</div>
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Everything in life is not permanent but it was perfect. Catalina Pardo had a career in journalism most people could only dream of, a hot, sexy fiancé to call her own and a brilliant future ahead of her. When tragedy struck, the life she once knew fell apart. Four years later, traumatized by the events that ultimately changed her existence, Catalina sets herself on a punishing work schedule, preventing herself from facing the demons of her grief-stricken past. Emotionally shut down, she’s alive but not living because everyone she ever loved leaves her.</div>
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Fate intervenes in Catalina’s life in the form of a last minute assignment to a snowy mountain lodge in Whistler, B.C. Sent there to cover the life of the infamous Jackson Reese; an Olympic Snowboarding Champion, she is faced with many challenges bringing to surface the raw emotions of her past. Compelled to work alongside Stryder Martynus, an award winning photographer brought in to document the Reese press tour, tensions and denial run high forcing Catalina to accept the past and face the present with zero regrets.</div>
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*Adult Contemporary Romance - <i>Due to strong language and sexual content, this book is not suitable for readers under the age of eighteen (18+)</i>.*</div>
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Excerpt One:</div>
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<i>“You don’t get to disrespect me like this. You don’t get to behave like a pompous child. I believed you were better than that,” I pause to catch my breath and gather my thoughts. Placing my hands on my hips I continue. “I’m not fucking anyone here for a story. Oh, if Blake were here now… But if the thought that Jackson Reese is parading inside my panties makes your dull lives exciting, well eat it up you sick fucks.” I pointed out, as fat, silent tears stream down my cheeks.</i>
<i>Everyone looks onto me stunned. When I dropped Blake’s name, everyone was taken aback in memory of him. Watching me cry unsettles them, their discomfort etched across their faces. I’m not known to be emotional yet here I am, upset, crying over the stupid words of a jealous colleague.</i>
<i>I feel Stryder’s arms pull me closer to him, but I won’t have it. Shoving him aside, I try to run away, but my damn heels won’t let me. I kick them off and run down the long corridor, desperately holding the sobs that threaten my chest. Having my colleagues think I’m less than professional is very upsetting to me. I have forged this career with blood, sweat and tears. I never cut corners or slept my way to the top. The more I think about it, the harder I cry.</i>
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Excerpt Two:</div>
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<i>Lifting her high heels, I explain the reason for my visit. “I stopped by to return your torture devices you so recklessly abandoned.” Admiring the stilettos one last time, I place them in her hands.</i>
<i>“Thank you,” Catalina replies appreciatively. Playing along, she puts them on, one foot at a time with such grace I swear it’s unfair. With a raised eyebrow and a wicked gleam she says playfully, “you’re right, they’re torture.”</i>
<i>The way those words slipped from her tongue and rolled against her lips took all of my willpower away. My eyes connect with hers and like always, the energy between us becomes palpable, seemingly electric. Catalina regards me with lust filled eyes, the roundness of her cheeks flushed. She’s turned on alright.</i>
<i>“Oh but what a sweet torture,” I admitted seductively, hoping she caught the double entendre behind my words.</i>
<i>Without thinking, I move towards Catalina with the force of a freight train. My hands grab her luscious waist and pull her flush against me. The sound she made when I took hold of her body made me harder than I was two minutes ago. Catalina quivers in my arms, an obvious confirmation that my actions are welcomed. Catalina’s head nestles sweetly against my chest. I’m sure she can hear those riotous heartbeats as much as I can feel hers pulsing against my abs.</i>
<i>Allowing one of my hands to roam the expanse of her back, I tuck my fingers underneath the hem of her t-shirt, tracing the small of her back, and another whimper escapes her lips. Raising that palm I tilt her chin upwards, beckoning Catalina to look at me. My voice, hoarse and fueled by desire commands her attention.</i>
<i>“I’m going to do something I have wanted to do since the moment I first laid eyes on you.”</i>
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<b>©2014 Imy Santiago – ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</b></div>
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About Imy Santiago</div>
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I love to read stories about loss, heartache and redemption so it didn't shock me when I ended up writing stories of my own revolving around those themes. I write with my heart, using my life experiences and emotions to dictate the tone and path in which my fictional characters embark. I believe in the power of friendship and to always have hope because life is always full of pleasant surprises. If you were to ask me if I consider myself an author, I would tell you no, I am not. I'm just a girl who loves to write a good story that makes you consider life choices and the darkness that envelopes a broken heart. My stories are about loss, friendship, hope and love.</div>
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I hope to continue writing more books in the not so distant future. It could be said that writing keeps me sane and brings a smile to my face. When I’m not writing Adult Contemporary Romance novels, I’m enjoying a quiet life with my family on Long Island New York.</div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Alexis Noelle lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with her husband, three kids, and two dogs. On top a writing career, she is a full-time student and a full-time mom. She loves spending time with her kids, although she has to hide the computer from them when she is writing! She love being active and being outdoors, especially if it involves any kind of shopping.</span></span></div>
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events, and now Mia and Quinn are not only running for their lives, but also, for
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Monica James spent her youth devouring the works of Anne Rice, William Shakespeare and Emily Dickinson.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">When she is not writing, Monica is busy running her own business, but she always finds a balance between the two. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">She enjoys writing honest, heartfelt and turbulent stories,<b> </b>hoping to leave an imprint on her readers, and her inspiration comes from every day life. She is an Amazon best selling author in the US, UK, Canada and Australia.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">When Ava Thompson met the cerulean eyed rock god, Jasper White, her whole world was tipped on its axis, and nothing has been the same ever since.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Thankfully, life for Ava has settled, and that includes being in a healthy, stable relationship with Jasper at long last.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Their turbulent love has withstood many obstacles, but when not one, but two bombshells are dropped at Ava’s doorstep, will she and Jasper be able to survive? Will the cunning ex and bothersome mother rock the stable foundation they have built together?</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Will Ava get her happy ending? And will that happy ending be with the man everyone desires?</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">I feel ridiculous. And I bet I look ridiculous.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">My ingenious plan isn’t so genius now that I’m actually acting it out. I’m a tad chilly and am getting a slight cramp, but I have no time to chicken out because the front door downstairs has just closed.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">My plans of escape are long gone.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Rearranging myself, I shuffle up the bed quietly, listening intently.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">I can hear bottles in the fridge rattle as Jasper opens the door, no doubt standing in front of it, the dim light inside bouncing off his perfect features as he grabs a beer.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">I hope he’s not hungry, as I can’t remain in this position much longer without losing face.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Thankfully, I hear his heavy footsteps trudge up the stairs, and my insides do a tiny flip-flop in excitement, and trepidation.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">This is it, Ava. You’re a strong, powerful sexy woman. My goals are more important than my fear. I am the lioness of the jungle, ready to pounce.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Who the hell uses these positive affirmations, because they are so not helping right now!</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Taking a deep, steady breath as Jasper opens his bedroom door, I can see he’s taken aback when confronted with the millions of candles I have laid around the bedroom, trying to set a mood, and hopefully, not setting the house on fire in the process.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">“What the…” he gasps, and then his eyes land on his bed.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Well, they land on me.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">I am lying on his bed, in the most seductive pose I can muster, without looking like a total dweeb.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">“Ava?” he asks as he steps into his bedroom, slightly stunned to see me sprawled on his bed like a Playboy Bunny.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">“Happy birthday,” I reply softly, giving him my best attempt at ‘bedroom eyes.’</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">I practiced in the mirror for about twenty minutes, so it better come across as sexy, and not like I’m severely cross-eyed.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">He strolls over to the end of the bed, looking down where I lay, propped up on one elbow with a knee bent, gazing up at him.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">“Th-thanks,” he stutters while eying my body not so discreetly.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Win for me! Jasper, who is usually so eloquent, is lost for words.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Smoothing out my black chiffon nightgown, which scarcely covers my bare skin, Jasper watches intently as my hands glide over my flesh. I demand the blush about to creep over my body to keep away, because now is not the time for modesty.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">He licks his bow lips and runs a hand through his hair, fisting it into a messy peak. He looks amazing. Even at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2095474722" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">2a.m.</span></span>, after working all night, he looks as if he’s stepped off a runway in his grey sleeveless hoodie and faded blue jeans, which are tucked into his loosely tied, scuffed combat boots.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">“Are you my birthday present?” he asks, his eyes lingering on the sheer material at my breasts.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Monica James spent her youth devouring the works of Anne Rice, William Shakespeare and Emily Dickinson.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">She enjoys writing honest, heartfelt and turbulent stories,</span><b style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"> </b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">hoping to leave an imprint on her readers, and her inspiration comes from every day life. She is an Amazon best selling author in the US, UK, Canada and Australia.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Monica James resides in Melbourne, Australia, with her wonderful family, and menagerie of animals.</span></div>
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Marisa from I'll Be Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13359287442857085142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784845035877562732.post-56346274827095279322014-08-13T03:00:00.000-07:002014-08-13T03:00:02.318-07:00*CHAPTER REVEAL* "Owned" by M. Never<div style="text-align: center;">
Today we're revealing the prologue for Owned, a dark erotic novel from Author M. Never. Owned will be released October 3rd 2014. </div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"I like you collared, baby. I like you naked, I like you mine.” </span><span style="font-family: Monotype Corsiva; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Ellie Stevens has lusted over Kayne Roberts since he first walked into the import/export company she works for a little over a year ago. As Expo’s most important client, Ellie has always kept a safe distance from the man with the majestic blue eyes - until temptation finally gets the better of her. In a brass move, Ellie invites Kayne to one of Expo's infamous company parties her flamboyant boss is notorious for throwing. Unbeknownst to Ellie, the god in the Armani suit isn’t just the suave entrepreneur he portrays himself to be. Underneath the professional exterior is a man with a secret life, dark desires, and nefarious contacts. <o:p></o:p></div>
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In a hidden corner of a trendy New York City lounge, the spark kindling between the two of them ignites. Unable to resist the sinful attraction, Ellie agrees to leave with Kayne, believing she is finally bedding the man of her dreams. Little does she know when she walks out the door, she’s about to be Owned.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Owned is a dark erotic romance. Please pay close attention to the use of the words dark, erotic, and romance. It has intense sexual situations, a Master/slave relationship, mild abuse, and some violence. Reader discretion is advised. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Owned (A Decadence after Dark Novel)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Prologue<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<i><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kayne</span></b></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I like you collared, baby. I like you naked. I like you mine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i>Ellie </i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I hurry out of the subway.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Of all days for me to be late. I choose this one. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My phone rings, and I know exactly who it is. My boss, Mark. My anal retentive, no nonsense, perfectionist boss who I adore. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">He drives me nuts, but he is the most supportive man I have ever met, so I'm giving him a pass this morning. I know why he's wound tight. His biggest client is coming in for a meeting and everything needs to be just right. Which is part of the reason I'm late in the first place. I couldn't decide what to wear! Every time Kayne Roberts walks into the building my pulse races, my heart rate spikes, and my knees go weak. He's a walking god in an Armani suit. My mouth goes dry just thinking about him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Hello?" I answer as I turn the corner, picking up the pace. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Where are you?" Mark snaps. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"I’ll be in the office on five minutes."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Three minutes. Roberts will be here any second. The conference room needs to be prepped and coffee needs to be made."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I sigh. "I prepped last night, and the coffee is on a timer." Okay, so maybe I knew I was going to be late. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"You're magic glitter in high heels," he says then hangs up. Did I mention Mark is flaming gay? Makes him that much more fun to work for. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There's a pedestrian traffic jam right outside my building entrance. Of course. I push through the mass, making my way to the double doors I have in sight. I emerge from the throng, but not before my heel gets caught in a crack in the sidewalk, and I fly face first onto my hands and knees. Shit. Everyone saw that. I allow myself to feel humiliated for just a second, then proceed to pick myself up. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Okay down there?" A thick, masculine voice vibrates through my limbs. I look up to find Kayne Roberts himself hold his hand out to help me. I’m stuck. Kneeling at his feet as my brain forgets how to command my body. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">He frowns. "Ellie, are you hurt badly? Do you need me to carry you inside?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Carry me? <i>Yes please!</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"No." I finally find my wits. "I’m okay." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Kayne plucks me up, and I’m caught staring into his beautiful crystal blue eyes. Well one beautiful crystal blue eye. His right has a large patch of brown that looks like a lightning bolt is striking his pupil. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">He smiles down at me, then drops his gaze a little lower smirking wickedly. I look down immediately to find the top button of my shirt popped open, and my cleavage fully exposed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I want to crawl into a hole and die of embarrassment, mortification, and shame. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Nice," Kayne quips.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Thank you." It's the only thing I can think to say and makes my embarrassment burn brighter, right on the apples of my cheeks. I right myself as Kayne opens the door for me, and we walk to the elevator together. Him haughty, me abashed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As we ride to the tenth floor in silence, I pull my black pencil skirt up and check my knees. Kayne watches with entertained eyes as I expose more leg. I feel claustrophobic under his gaze. One of them is scraped and stings slightly. But I don't notice the pain. All I can think about is that old expression you should be careful what you wish for. Because ever since he strolled into this company, I have lusted after him. Wishing that just once he would notice me. Well today he did. And all I want to do is die. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Mark is waiting by the elevators when we arrive. I swear if he could stick his whole head up Kayne's ass instead of just his nose he would. I guess I can't blame him. Kayne is his number one client. Expo is an import/export company and Mark’s baby. He hired me straight out of high school and I have worked my way from novice secretary to irreplaceable personal assistant during that four year time. My family couldn't afford to send me to college, and I didn't want to rack up one hundred thousand dollars’ worth of debt by going to the top ten school of my dreams. So I decided to forgo college until I could save up enough to attend. Mark has been overly generous with my paychecks and bonuses ever since he found out I had half a brain. Coming from the poor family I did, I learned quickly I am the master of my own destiny. If I want something out of life, the only person who can afford it to me, is me. My upbringing wasn't all bad though. Contrary to the bottom line of their bank account, my family had a wealth<span class="MsoCommentReference"> </span>of love to give. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Mark is wearing his power suit. A dark grey jacket and matching pants with a bright purple shirt and printed tie. Despite the way Mark dresses, he is brilliant, and I have learned an abundance since he took me under his wing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Kanye." He and Mark shake after we walk out of the elevator. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Mark."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I suddenly flush. Whatever he needs? My mind races with erotic images. I'd tend to <i>anything</i> he needs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Yes, Mark," I answer dutifully. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Kayne gazes down at me with vigilant eyes. His glare heats my skin. It's as hot as the sun. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I walk Kayne to the conference room with him trailing slightly behind me, and if I didn't know any better, I'd swear he's stealing glimpses of my ass. It turns me on and makes me uncomfortable all at the same time. I guess that's what I get for wearing the tightest pencil skirt I own. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"It will be fine. I'll tend to it after you’re settled." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Coffee?" I ask. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Yes, please." He smoothes his ties. "Milk-"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"You remembered." He smiles brightly, and I almost dissolve. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"It's my job not to forget." Jesus is that even my voice? It sounds husky. Thick with desire. <i>Can I be any more desperate?</i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Rare quality. Attentiveness," he muses.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"I guess." I shrug back pedaling toward the door. "I'll be right back." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">By the time I return with Kayne's coffee, tea for Mark, and the spread of baked goods he likes to put out, the meeting is already under way. I hand Kayne his coffee first. He winks at me, and our fingers brush during the exchange. The contact feels like an electrical current. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I shakily place Mark’s tea in front of him as he reads through the agenda, then set the silver platter of muffins, scones, and miniature cupcakes in the middle of the table. After that, I leave the room, stealing a glance at Kayne right before I exit. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"I see your boyfriend's back." Susie, one of Mark's logisticians bumps my hip. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"I don't know what you're talking about," I say with huge smile. Everyone in the office knows how bad I have it for Kayne. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Yeah right." She laughs with her throaty voice. "You're standing there with your tongue unraveled."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Am I that obvious?" I scrunch my face. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"You're like a white dot on a wall of red."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Is the red because I heat up every time in see him?" I ask chewing my lip and twirling the end of my light brown hair compulsively.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Not just you, honey. The building."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"I'm a desperate loser." I drop my face into my hands. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Don't beat yourself up about it. That man is walking sex with a side of pheromones. No one blames you." She stirs her coffee with the thin orange plastic stick. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"He'll never notice me," I sigh as I eye him through the glass. He's engrossed in whatever Mark's talking about. I'm engrossed by his body, and his face, his hands, and his hair. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I finally look back at Susie. She's smiling, chewing on her coffee stirrer. "You want him to notice you? Give him something to look at. You'll never know if he's interested if you don't put yourself out there."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"He's Mark's most important client. I wouldn't want to mess anything up for him by mixing business with pleasure."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">She throws her stirrer in the trash. "See if he's going to the party tonight. If not, invite him," she advises before she saunters away. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I glance up to find the meeting coming to an end. Everyone is slowly but surely clearing out of the conference room. Except Kayne. He's still sitting, jotting notes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Ellie. Can you clean up in there? I'm heading to lunch," Mark calls. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Yes, Mark." I once again dutifully respond, and Kayne looks up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">His stare makes my cheeks heat. Get a grip!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I head into the conference room, stealing my nerves. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"How was the meeting?" I ask Kayne sweetly as I begin to collect the information folders left behind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Excellent. Mark is a genius at logistics. He found an alternate flight route out of Mexico that will save a few hundred thousand over the next year. I'm pleased."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Kayne utilizes Expo to import limes and his own personal brand of tequila out of Mexico. He's making a fortune right now on that little green fruit. Because of weather conditions and poor crops the price per bushel of limes has quadrupled. Mark sees dollar signs every time we have margaritas after work. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"I have another meeting in an hour. I'll be having lunch then. Mark said I could utilize the conference room to do some work to kill time." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"I see," I say as I pick up the last folder. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"What about you?" He tracks my movements with his majestic blue eyes. They remind me of a wild jungle cats. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"My lunch is sitting right in front of you. I'll be dining on miniature cupcakes."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"I know, but they're little. So...Iess calories?" I shrug playfully. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"I guess that's one way to spin it." He smiles, pulling the silver tray towards him. "Which flavor is your favorite?" Kayne looks up at me like I'm a confection sweet enough to eat. I swallow hard. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"It's a toss-up between the red velvet and lemon drop." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Well I'm a red velvet man myself." He picks up the lone red velvet cupcake on the plate. "Would you mind sharing your lunch with me, Ellie?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Of course not. It's only polite to share." I fiddle with the collar of my dress shirt. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Kayne pulls the wrapper off the dyed cake, then splits it in two. "Sit."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I take a seat next to him, still clutching the file folders in my hands. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">He offers me one half of the cupcake, and I take it with trembling fingers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Do I make you nervous, Ellie?" he asks as he lightly licks the cream cheese frosting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"No." I try to play it cool. "Just too much coffee." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"I see." He stares at me intensely as he laps the top of the cupcake clean. I think I just came watching his tongue work the icing. "Aren't you going to eat?" he asks enticingly right before he stuffs the naked cupcake into his mouth. I just sit there frozen, trying not to squish the dessert still in my hand. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This man can write a handbook on seduction. Chapter one: Cupcakes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Kayne looks at me expectantly. Without even thinking, I shove my half into my mouth. Not seductively at all. I'd be the first one to buy that handbook. Kayne smirks, his eyes alight. Then he brushes a crumb off my bottom lip. I nearly pass out. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Did you decide what school you're going to attend in the fall?" he asks as he lounges back in his chair. I can't believe it. We had that conversation over three months ago, the last time he was here. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"You remembered?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"I'm in the business of not forgetting." He skims his tie between his thumb and index finger. Lucky tie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I can't stop the smile from spreading across my face.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"It's between the University of Miami, NC State or Hawaii."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Inclined to warm weather." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I pout my lip. "I've never been away from the East coast. I wanted a change. I plan to visit Europe next summer."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Ambitious." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">His responses are so simple, so controlled, yet so inveigling it feels like I'm falling into a trance. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"I want more than a two bedroom apartment shared by four people," I divulge meekly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"I admire your aspirations. Do you know what you’re going to study?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Logistics."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Thinking about starting your own import/export? I'd hire you." His gaze his heavy, probing almost. Is it suddenly hot in here? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Well thank you for the vote of confidence. But I'm not sure what I want to do yet. I just know it's an open field. And it's something I've come to learn."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Do what you know?" <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Something like that."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Kayne nods, glancing at his watch. "Crap, Ellie I have to go."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"I understand." We both stand up, our chests landing an inch apart. I stop breathing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Kayne stares down at me with those mesmerizing eyes. "Thank you for sharing your lunch with me."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Anytime," I breathe. Inhaling the scent of his expensive cologne. The smell is heady.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Kayne?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Mmmm hmmm, Ellie?" He leans a little closer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Are you going to Mark's party tonight?" I ask a little lightheaded from his scent and his proximity. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A smile plays on his lips. "I was invited."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"And are you going?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Will you be there?" he counters.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"It depends."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"On what?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"If I'll be spending the evening alone or not." I stare straight up at him, trying not to waver. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Are you asking me out, Ellie?" <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Am I?</i><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Maybe." I bite my lip. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Then maybe I'll be there."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Did he just accept? </i><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">With that, Kayne picks up his phone from the table and drops it into his pocket. I just watch him like a dumbstruck fool. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Until tonight," he says, then steps away from me and starts for the door. "Oh, and Ellie." He stops next to me so we are shoulder to shoulder. "The next time you want to get my attention. Bend over. Your tits are nice, but I'm more of an ass man." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">He then leaves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">With me nailed to the floor. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b><u>Kayne </u></b></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I should have said no. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I should've just blown Ellie off then apologized for it the next time I saw her. Blaming it on a business issue that needed my immediate attention. But I didn't. Because right now I'm standing at the bar in the middle of a trendy downtown restaurant waiting for Ellie the way a dog would wait for a bone. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'll give it to Mark. He knows where to throw a party. You had to walk through a pawn shop to get into the place. The first floor is a lounge. The second is where dinner is served. The diners can look down over the railing at the patrons mingling on the white leather couches shrouded in florescent light. Like a legal peep show. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Only in fucking Manhattan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I've already said hello to Mark and some other employees of his. I was introduced to some of his other clients as well. Very kissy kissy, shaky shaky business shit. It goes with the territory. Now I'm sucking down bourbon like a drain in a distillery, regretting that I'm here. I regret even more I told Ellie she has nice tits. Good going. Then, just to add fuel to the fire, I told her I was an ass man. If she only knew how true that was. It's exactly why I shouldn't be here. Ellie is too sweet. Too playful. I would never want to take those traits away from her. She reminds me of a frisky kitten tangled in a strand of yarn. She has no idea how tangled she'll be if she gets involved with me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I slug some more bourbon. If she's not here by the time I finish this drink, I'm out. I suck down the last drops of alcohol in the glass and get ready to jet. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">That's when I spot her. I stop dead in my tracks as she walks toward me. She's wearing a scrap of material I think she's trying to pass off as a dress. It's all skin tight, long sleeved and super short. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Hi," she greets me with a bright smile. "Are you leaving?" <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I jingle the keys in my hand. I should say yes. I should bolt out of this room and never look back. But instead I say, "I was beginning to think you stood me up." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Never. I'm a woman. We're always fashionably late." She bats her eyelashes flirtatiously. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Not if you were my woman. </i><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Buy you a drink?" I ask as I greedily ingest every sexy inch of her in that skin tight dress. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Yes please, a vodka and tonic with a lemon."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Lemon?" I curl my lip.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Yes." She giggles. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Most people drink it with a lime."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ellie shrugs. "I'm not most people."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>You certainly are not. </i><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I order our drinks just Mark appears from the masses. "There she is. My magic glitter in high heels." He holds out his arms like she’s a Broadway diva who just game the performance of her life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">He’s definitely a little trashed. It's only when Ellie turns to kiss Mark hello I notice the back of her dress; a huge oval cut out is exposing her bare skin. Holy shit. It's provocative as hell. I nearly choke.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"So glad you could make it Kayne." He shakes my hand and tells me again—for the third time. "Take care of my little Ellie here. She's leaving is soon, and I won't be able to find my ass without her."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Aww," Ellie coos. "That is the sweetest thing you've ever said to me."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Hold onto your knickers kid. If you’re even wearing any under that dress. It barely covers your bottom," he muses. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And I love it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Mark pauses, looking between us with his bloodshot eyes. "What was I saying?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Goodbye," I chime in. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">He lifts his glass to cheers us and goes on his merry way. I shake my head as he gets lost in the crowd. He is a character. Brilliant, but still a character. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"When do you start school?" I ask Ellie as the bartender serves us our drinks. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"September. I finally made my decision."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"And where are you going?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Hawaii. I mailed the deposit check on my way here." She’s practically glowing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Definitely the school I would have picked," I say excited for her, yet at the same time I suddenly feel sad. I shake the odd sentiment off. Maybe the bourbon is going to my head. I raise my glass, "To rainbows, surfing, and getting lei'd."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ellie laughs freely. Clinking my glass. "To getting lei'd." Our eyes linger long after we take a sip of our drinks. I feel the heated stare radiate through the whole room. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Do you want to sit?" I finally ask her. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Sure." She bites on her little red straw enticingly. <i>Don't look at me like that Ellie.</i> I want to tell her. I want to warn her. It will only get you into trouble. Who am I kidding? Just by me being here, she's in trouble. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's putting us both in trouble. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"I like your dress." I lean into her, glancing down at her barely covered ass. She smells sweet. Like cotton candy. "Did you wear it to get someone's attention?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Yes." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Who's?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Yours." She looks straight into my eyes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"You've got it," I murmur in her ear. "Undividedly."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Aww, shit. If I'm going to hell I might as well have some fun getting there. Presently in the form of a playful little kitten named Ellie. I take her hand and lead her to the darkest, most hidden corner of the room. We sit on one of the white leather couches, and she snuggles into me as the catchy tune of <i>Sing</i> by Ed Sheeran resonates around us. It's the perfect match for the trendy atmosphere and flirtatious vibe. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Trouble. So much trouble. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ellie and I talk about this and that. Nothing of utter importance. I forgot the last time I had a mundane conversation. She tells me how much she hates spiders because one crawled into her shirt when she was child and scared her half to death. I tell her how I hate cinnamon but can chew an entire pack of Big Red gum. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">By our second drink my hand is on her knee. By the third it's on her thigh and we're both having trouble denying the inhibited attraction kindling between us. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Kayne?" Ellie sighs as I stroke her with my thumb right under the hem of her scarcely there dress.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I lean into her, my face an inch away from hers. "Ellie. Do you really want this with me?" I give her one chance for an out. If she consents, I'm taking her back to my penthouse and fucking her till morning. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Yes." Her voice doesn't waver. Then she spreads her legs a little wider and allows my hand to move further up her thigh, a whisper away from the sweet spot I have been fantasizing about for over a year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"There's something you should know about me." I brush my lips against hers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"What's that?" She returns the affection by sliding her tongue into my mouth. Little lioness. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>I like to dominate. I want submission. I'll tie you up like a pretzel and have my way with you until you beg me to stop. </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Kayne?" She breathes my name, and I nearly combust. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">It took one life shattering moment for her to realize her ex-boyfriend is not the man she believed him to be. Returning home to Los Angeles was never going to be easy for Ava, as her heart has been shattered to smithereens and she’s convinced it’ll never heal. Or, so she thought.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">The attraction is instantaneous, which troubles Ava, who has sworn off men indefinitely. Yet, she is finding resisting Jasper—with his tousled bedroom hair and piercing cerulean eyes—harder than she ever imagined. That’s because Jasper knows what he wants … and he wants her.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Our faces are inches apart and I’m still sitting submissively, too afraid to make the first move. Jasper rests his forehead against mine, inhaling softly. He slides his nose against mine, backwards and forwards, and I take a steady breath before I pass out.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">“You smell like lilacs,” he whispers hoarsely, his mouth fluttering over my chin.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">He unhurriedly moves to my neck, his nose gliding over my skin, inhaling my scent. I detonate as the tip of his tongue slowly sashays along my collarbone, but before I can demand more, his tongue retreats and he begins kissing my cheeks delicately. I wish in this moment I looked nicer or had on more makeup. But under his passionate gaze, I feel like a queen. His tranquil blue eyes take in my impassioned face and he rewards me with a dimpled smirk.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">“You look so beautiful, looking at me with those big brown eyes,” he says, and a low moan escapes me as he passes his thumb softly along my bottom lip. I purr with desire and close my eyes involuntarily, because the scene playing out before me is too much.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Monica James spent her youth devouring the works of Anne Rice, William Shakespeare and Emily Dickinson.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">When she is not writing, Monica is busy running her own business, but she always finds a balance between the two. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">She enjoys writing honest, heartfelt and turbulent stories,<b> </b>hoping to leave an imprint on her readers, and her inspiration comes from every day life. She is an Amazon best selling author in the US, UK, Canada and Australia.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Monica James resides in Melbourne, Australia, with her wonderful family, and menagerie of animals.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">I Surrender (Book 1 in the I Surrender Trilogy)</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">It took one life shattering moment for her to realize her ex-boyfriend is not the man she believed him to be. Returning home to Los Angeles was never going to be easy for Ava, as her heart has been shattered to smithereens and she’s convinced it’ll never heal. Or, so she thought.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Unbeknown to Ava, he will change her life forever.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">The attraction is instantaneous, which troubles Ava, who has sworn off men indefinitely. Yet, she is finding resisting Jasper—with his tousled bedroom hair and piercing cerulean eyes—harder than she ever imagined. That’s because Jasper knows what he wants … and he wants her.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Can Ava surrender to her feelings for the one man who compels her to love again? What happens if love isn’t enough? </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Surrender to Me (Book 2 in the I Surrender Trilogy)</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Ava Thompson left her one true love, Jasper White, to unearth her destiny. It was the only way for Ava to grow into the woman she’s always wanted to become. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Sadly, that destiny has led her back to the place that broke her … Singapore.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">And more importantly, it has led her back to the man who broke her … Harper.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Ava is no longer the scared, lost girl she once was. She is stronger and determined to accomplish her dreams in order to find happiness. Hopefully, at the end of it all, she will return into the loving arms of Jasper White. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Six months later, Ava travels back to Los Angeles for an event that embraces the true meaning of love. Sadly for Ava, her meaning of true love has been lost. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Los Angeles is not how Ava left it. Things have changed. People have changed. She has changed. However, what has remained untouched is her passionate love for Jasper White. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">But does Jasper feel the same? </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Surrendered (Book 3 in the I Surrender Trilogy)</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When Ava Thompson met the cerulean eyed rock god, Jasper White, her whole world was tipped on its axis, and nothing has been the same ever since.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Thankfully, life for Ava has settled, and that includes being in a healthy, stable relationship with Jasper at long last. </span></div>
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Their turbulent love has withstood many obstacles, but when not one, but two bombshells are dropped at Ava's doorstep, will she and Jasper be able to survive? Will the cunning ex and bothersome mother rock the stable foundation they have built together?</div>
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Will Ava get her happy ending? And will that happy ending be with the man everyone desires?</div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Monica James spent her youth devouring the works of Anne Rice, William Shakespeare and Emily Dickinson.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">When she is not writing, Monica is busy running her own business, but she always finds a balance between the two. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">She enjoys writing honest, heartfelt and turbulent stories,<b> </b>hoping to leave an imprint on her readers, and her inspiration comes from every day life. She is an Amazon best selling author in the US, UK, Canada and Australia.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Monica James resides in Melbourne, Australia, with her wonderful family, and menagerie of animals.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">She is slightly obsessed with cats, chucks and lip gloss, and secretly wishes she was a ninja on the weekends.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Mia Lee has a secret… </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">A secret she’s kept hidden since she was eight years old, however, Mia will no longer allow that secret to define her. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">An irrevocable decision has left Mia Lee a fugitive and on the run—a circumstance that should leave her weak and scared, yet Mia has never felt so alive.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Under the pseudonym of Paige Cassidy, Mia is ready to live the life she’s never had, and she’s determined not to allow her tainted past dictate her promising future. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Paige is on a Greyhound bus heading from L.A. to South Boston, Virginia, to start a new life. A life that includes finding her mother, who abandoned her at age three. But what she finds, is four people, who will change her life forever.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Yet no one can outrun their past…</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Especially one filled with bitter memories, which refuse to remain hidden.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: start;">Mia Lee has a secret… </span><br style="text-align: start;" /><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">A secret she’s kept hidden since she was eight years old, however, Mia will no longer allow that secret to define her. </span><br style="text-align: start;" /><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">An irrevocable decision has left Mia Lee a fugitive and on the run—a circumstance that should leave her weak and scared, yet Mia has never felt so alive.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Under the pseudonym of Paige Cassidy, Mia is ready to live the life she’s never had, and she’s determined not to allow her tainted past dictate her promising future. </span><br style="text-align: start;" /><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Paige is on a Greyhound bus heading from L.A. to South Boston, Virginia, to start a new life. A life that includes finding her mother, who abandoned her at age three. But what she finds, is four people, who will change her life forever.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Yet no one can outrun their past…</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Especially one filled with bitter memories, which refuse to remain hidden. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">We stay hugging for a few moments, and as I nestle closer to his chest, surrounded by his smell, I know that I’m in trouble. I have feelings for someone who is going to be really, really hard to say goodbye to when the time comes. But when did this happen? When was the exact moment my world got tipped on its axis, and shaken up beyond repair?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">The sound of Quinn’s heart beating steadily against my ear is comforting, and if I close my eyes really tight, I can pretend that I’m just a normal girl, being wrapped up in the arms of her normal…boyfriend? But make believe is for dreamers, and I’m a realist. I will enjoy the here and now because I don’t know what tomorrow holds.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Monica James spent her youth devouring the works of Anne Rice, William Shakespeare and Emily Dickinson.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">When she is not writing, Monica is busy, running her own business, but she always finds a balance between the two. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">She enjoys writing honest, heartfelt and turbulent stories,</span><b style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"> </b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">hoping to leave an imprint on her readers, and her inspiration comes from every day life. She is an Amazon best selling author in both the US and UK.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Monica James resides in Melbourne, Australia, with her wonderful family, and menagerie of animals.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">She is slightly obsessed with cats, chucks and lip gloss, and secretly wishes she was a ninja on the weekends.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">What is your favorite word? Yes</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">What sound or noise do you love? A cat’s meow</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">What sound or noise do you hate? Traffic</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">What is your favorite curse word? F#ck! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Ballerina </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">What profession would you not like to do? Deep sea diving </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">What are you reading right now? Beautiful Stranger by Christina Lauren </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">What book(s) do you urge readers to read? Dr. Seuss </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">What is your favorite piece of clothing? White slouchie beanie </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">What is your favorite ice cream flavor? Chocolate</span></div>
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Dealing with the loss of the one she called a friend.. While Willow tries to balance her life as well as the lives of others, it proves to be more than her young heart can take. Braving each day she sets out to find a glimmer of peace, trying to fall back into some sort of familiarity as she searches for the one who has captured her heart. Parker, once a ladies man, puts all that he is used to behind him in search of her heart. Her body drives him. His eyes capture her. But like most good things, they come to an end, as Willow and Parker's past comes crashing into their futures. Can they fight their past demons and move forward? Or will their pasts forever hinder their happiness?</div>
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Nicky Jayne, was born and raised in the UK. Shortly after meeting her soul mate,her biggest fan and number one supporter, they married and moved to Las Vegas with her two boys. Always having a passion for numbers she received her bachelors degree in business and finance, but after her long affair with numbers, she decided to take another path.</div>
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Money, sex, secret desires. Welcome to Club X, Tampa's exclusive club dedicated to making fantasies come true. Meet the owners, tattooed, pierced, and built to please, they're three of the city's most eligible bachelors.</span></span></h3>
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Cassian March, the public face of Tampa's most exclusive nightspot, Club X, loves his life. Women, sex, and money are his for the taking, and no man indulges his desires more. He lives by only one rule—never let a woman get close.</span></span></h3>
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Olivia Lucas needs a job, and if that means working at a club that specializes in making fantasies come true, then that's what she'll do. A girl's got to pay the rent, right? She never expected to fall for the gorgeous owner of Club X, though, but a man like him would never go for someone like her. Or would he?</span></span></h3>
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K.M. Scott writes erotic contemporary romance and thinks she has the best job in the world! A New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, she loves to write sexy Alpha heroes and the strong women they fall hard for, giving them stories that keep her readers turning the page until the very end. When she's not writing, she can be found reading or feeding her TV addiction, always with a tall glass of iced tea (or a martini) by her side. Fans can find her on Facebook, Twitter, her blog, or through email, which she loves to receive.</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Today is the day we FINALLY get to see the cover to Marissa Carmel's, Stripped From You. Stripped From You is the prequel to her hit, Strip Me Bare. It will release June 1st 2014. Scroll down for a look at the cover, an excerpt, teasers & the playlist!</span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">*Author Note- Stripped From You can be read as
a stand-alone novel, but the author suggests reading Strip Me Bare first. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You know how it ends,
now see how it all began… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"It doesn't matter
how many women touch this body, only one woman has ever touched this
soul."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Ryan Pierce
doesn’t come from much, doesn’t ask for much, and doesn’t expect much. And he's
come to accept that, until, Alana Remington. Alana is the girl who struck the
match that lit his world on fire. She's the girl who opened his eyes to more.
Who made him believe that just because you have nothing, doesn't mean you are
nothing. And he loves her fiercely for it. But, just because you come together,
doesn’t mean you stay together. One fateful decision rips Ryan and Alana apart
and neither of them are ever the same again. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For five years he's regretted
that decision, but the deep seeded anger, shame and resentment has kept him
from reaching out. And over those five years, a series of moments have spun
Ryan's world in a direction he never saw coming. A world ruled by endless
nights, infinite women and the name Jack the Stripper. A world, unbeknownst to
him, that may just let two severed hearts collide. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">She raises an eyebrow at me, and before I give
her a chance to respond I slam the shot then pull her face to mine. And as my
mouth covers hers, heat rapidly spreads through my body. She’s momentarily
stunned. Her body is rigid against me, but then she relaxes, parts her lips and
lets the tart liquid slide into her mouth. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I can’t
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After she swallows, she lets her lips linger,
sucking up the taste of the sweet shot, causing my nervous system to shift into
hyper-drive. We break apart slowly, but I refuse to let go of the nape of her
neck. She just stares up at me with these enthralling eyes I know I’ll never be
able to resist. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Do you always break the rules?” she asks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“No, not usually, but you seem to make me want
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Let’s do it again and find out.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I lick my lower lip, tasting the sweet
remnants of her lip gloss before I drop another shot. I pause for just a beat
before lean down and press my mouth back to hers and let the alcohol flow
between us. I flick my tongue against her teeth right before I pull away. I
shouldn’t like this so much, but I do. I like the way she looks, the way she
feels, they way she smells. There’s something about her, something ventilating;
like she oxygenates the atmosphere. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I catch the cool beats to a song I recognize
pumping though the air. “Do you want to dance?” I ask her. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“You can dance?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“There’s only one thing I can do better.” I
smirk. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Draw.” I fire back. “The only thing I can do
better is draw. Dirty girl.” I tease as I grab her hand and lead her out to the
dance floor knowing Mac will look after our drinks. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Once we find a comfortable spot, I start to
move to the smooth rhythm, leaving a little room between us so it doesn’t feel
like I’m forcing myself on her. Drake sings coolly about hot love and affection
as we move in sync to the beat, our bodies brushing and grazing as the music
plays on, then finally coming together in a comfortable unison. I wrap one hand
around her waist as I roll my hips into hers, pressing our bodies as close as
they can possibly get. Alana runs her hands up my chest and hooks her arms
lightly around my neck keeping tempo with the music. She moves lithely against
me, inducing my heart, thoughts, and pulse to race. <i>Fuck, I’m drowning in want for this girl.</i> I slide my hands up under
her shirt and caress the smooth, soft skin of her lower back as she nuzzles her
face into my neck, her warm breath skating across my collarbone, making me
instantly hard. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">She lifts her head and meets my stare, which I
know is filled with lust and unrepentantly wanton. She bites her lower lip, our
bodies still jiving to the slow seductive music. In a brazen move, I slip my
hand up the back of her bare thigh and cup her ass cheek under the hem of her
short shorts. She gasps as I work my fingers against her, massaging the fleshy
part of her bottom. I’m absolutely aching being this close to her, touching
her, stroking her, grinding against her. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Are you sure drawing is the only thing you
can do better?” she pants in my ear. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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she met her husband and a multitude of interesting people. When she’s not
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move changed all that. Turns out the good girl doesn’t save the bad boy.
My story goes from cliche to risque to mind blowing. My story is
different from all the others because the events of my story led me to
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him comes in dreams and flashbacks that I can't control. I tell myself
it’s time to let go...but moving on from him is impossible when I still
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year of trying to forget or rather move past it has taught me that you
can't. Its an impossibility to move on from that kind of horrific form
of betrayal. If you you’re too selfish or scared for suicide, like me,
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Lifeless. Haunted. Loving him was like the sun on a summer day. Living
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Objective. Myyyy godddd. This book is everything I love wrapped up in
one amazing little package. If you've been following me for a while, you
know my biggest weakness is crime and mystery with a twist, combined
with a little bit of romance. Objective NAILED that. It's got suspense,
mystery, and some super crazy CRAZY twists. It was one of the hardest
books to put down that I've read in a LONG time.<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">
"If I drink enough, I pass out. If I pass out, there's a fifty-fifty
change I'm unable to dream. If I'm unable to dream, I don't have to wake
up daily with the weight of the guilt."</blockquote>
So there's not a lot about the actual book that I can write without
giving major plot points away, but I will say this. It's about a girl,
Magnolia, running from one hell of a messed up situation. It's watching a
girl go from a pretty normal life, to a life on the run, watching her
back during every move.<br />
It's about a guy, who was born into a situation that he couldn't easily get out of.<br />
It's about a new group of friends, who have their own secrets, that we meet along the way.<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">
"This game is going to end badly for everyone, and I'm okay with that."</blockquote>
I immediately felt connected to the characters in this story. Magnolia
draws you in and makes you curious about her from the second she is
introduced. I wanted more of her as soon as I heard the first bit of her
story, and I got it. Along the course of the book, you start
questioning everyone, and their intentions. How they all got to where
they are, what their actual motives are.<br /><br />
This isn't a happy little love story. This is a story about survival. A
book about doing what you have to do to move on and live, while creating
an entirely new life. But everyone knows, that eventually your past
will catch up with you, and things will all come crashing down around
you. Not to mention, this IS a Bloodlines Series Novel, and if you've
read "Tug Of War" you know that the Happily Ever After is always a
little bit bittersweet. Everything may end up in a good place, but
there's still that teeny bit of sadness to it. Why? Because it's real.
And not everything can end up like a fairytale.<br /><br />
Objective can absolutely be read as a standalone. Although it does have
ties to Tug Of War, it is about new characters that are introduced. The
next book in the series, Resistance, will combine the characters of Tug
Of War and Objective. So if you've read Tug Of War, read Objective, and
read it NOW. If you haven't read Tug Of War, you should read it anyway,
but it isn't essential to read Tug Of War before Objective. <br /><br /><span style="color: #e06666;">Favorite Quote:</span><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">
"What do you see?" I grind out, holding both her palms on the counter so she can't move.<br />
"A mess," she whispers.<br />
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<span id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389137765230_21982" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The arrangement had been simple. Clara and I sleep together if and when we wanted too. We were always best friends first. We raised Allie together with love. Four years into it did people assume we were married- yes. Did people assume I was Allie's father- sure. Did I love every second of that- most definitely.</span></span></div>
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Virginia. Spending the summer in the country, away from Joel, is the last thing
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<b><i><a href="http://sarahdaltry.com/flowering-series/orange-blossom-coming-april-2014/" target="_blank">Orange Blossom</a>, </i>the penultimate title in <a href="http://sarahdaltry.com/" target="_blank">Sarah Daltry</a>'s bestselling New Adult romance series, <i><a href="http://sarahdaltry.com/flowering-series/" target="_blank">Flowering</a>, </i>is available now! The reading order and information about the other titles follows.</b>
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<i>"I’ve never understood a year. A year was always a measurement of something bad for me. A year in my father’s prison sentence, a year since my mom’s death, a year left of school before I could get far, far away from here. Now, as I look down the end of my college career, with only a little more than a semester to go, a year seems like something magical. It has been a year since Lily chose me, since she sat with me on the old swing set and made a decision that I was worthy of her. And every minute of the entire year has been better than the last."</i>
<b></b>You already know their stories: Lily, the perfect princess, always living someone else's life. And Jack, the broken boy, who had stopped believing in hope. Somehow, though, they found each other and what was one night blossomed into a love story.
Now, a year later, Jack and Lily are dreaming of the future. Despite all of his promises to himself that he would never be indebted to anyone, Jack makes a new promise - this time to Lily - that he will be there for her forever. But when life unravels for them, he starts to pull away, and Lily worries he's out of reach for good.
When Jack does the unthinkable, Lily is left destroyed. Is it possible to have a happily ever after? Does love ever really save anyone?
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He’s smiling. Not that smirk he gets when he’s bitter but also pleased about something. It’s not the smile that says that he knows happiness is temporary. When he lines up his Skee-ball shot, there is a smile on his face that is pure. Genuine. It’s like taking a step back and seeing Jack in a photograph. One from years before his life went crazy. He’s just a dorky kid playing Skee-ball and he’s so happy when he nails the shot. He does an awkward little dance and it’s the kind of thing about Jack that makes me love him. He’s gorgeous and sexy and aggressive yet sweet. He’s kind and considerate of me, both sexually and in general. But I don’t love Jack for that. I love him because there is light in the world in the space he takes up. I know he doesn’t see it, but he’s inside himself. From the outside, all I see is the absolute electricity and fire that fills the air around him.
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“That’s how it’s done,” he tells me when he finishes his game, wrapping up his ridiculous stack of tickets. I’m so going to lose, but I don’t care. He’s happy. I just almost wish I was better at this, so we could stay here longer, so that Jack could be this part of himself for as long as he needs.
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“I think you’re perfect,” I say.
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“Because I’m good at Skee-ball? Shit, that’s all it takes?”
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I shake my head. “No, but you tell me all the time. I don’t think I ever say it to you. I don’t like the idea of perfection. It’s too much of a standard to live up to, but I don’t think you even understand. It’s cheesy and probably cliché, but I just can’t imagine how I could breathe without you. How did I exist before this?”
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He looks down, uncomfortable because it’s one thing to tell Jack he’s hot or sexy; he can handle that and he gets cocky and ridiculous when I tell him that. But this part of him, this vulnerability, he buries it so deep that drawing attention to it makes him want to disappear. But I don’t want that. I want him to embrace it, because it’s sweet and beautiful.
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“Don’t look down,” I say and I lift his face to look at me. His eyes explode with light, the way fireworks do on New Year’s when the sky is like ink and then it’s suddenly on fire. I lean in and kiss him, feeling his hands tighten on my arms and his lips opening against mine. He’s scared. I can feel it in the way he kisses me today; he feels himself falling and he’s trying to hold on and I need to figure out how to be steady enough to hold him. “Trust me,” I plead. “Let me take some of what you’re feeling. I can handle it, Jack.”
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He nods. “Another day. Today, I just want to stay here, to be here with you, where it’s safe and comfortable and my entire world is this. Where strawberries and popcorn and Skee-ball and shitty plastic toys are the entirety of what exists.” He pauses. “I promise, Lily. I will. Soon. But let me hide from it. Just for a little longer?”
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“I’ll try,” he offers and it’s okay that he can’t promise. He’s honest and I would rather he is than say something he knows is a lie. I’m not fragile. I won’t break if he hurts me. I just don’t want him to worry about doing it. I never signed up for it to be easy. I knew from the start that it wouldn’t be. “Now, stop distracting me. Unless you want to concede defeat?”
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“Never gonna happen,” I say and I settle in to play more Skee-ball. I don’t really care about winning since whatever the prize ends up being is going to be more of him, regardless. But I try my best and actually win two games in a row. Of course, that’s as long as it lasts.
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When he beats me, by eight games, he gloats in his victory, but he ends up using his tickets to get me a green plastic piggy bank. The options are pretty bad, but I love that he picked the bank, because it’s hideous and cheap and we spent far more than we could even fit in the bank. I love it because I’ll never use it, but it will always be like this day – something that doesn’t really belong but needs to exist because the world is simply better for it being there.
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<b style="font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">Series Reading Order:</b><i style="font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.625;"> <a href="http://sarahdaltry.com/flowering-series/forget-me-not/" target="_blank">Forget Me Not</a>, <a href="http://sarahdaltry.com/flowering-series/lily-of-the-valley/" target="_blank">Lily of the Valley</a></i><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">, and</span><i style="font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.625;"> <a href="http://sarahdaltry.com/flowering-series/blue-rose-alanas-story/" target="_blank">Blue Rose</a> </i><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">can be read in any order. There is some crossover in scenes between the titles, but each stands alone as one character's story. </span><i style="font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.625;"><a href="http://sarahdaltry.com/flowering-series/star-of-bethlehem/" target="_blank">Star of Bethlehem</a> </i><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">is a direct continuation from </span><i style="font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">Forget Me Not </i><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">and </span><i style="font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">Lily of the Valley</i><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">. </span><i style="font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">Orange Blossom </i><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">and </span><i style="font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">Ambrosia </i>(releasing June 6, 2014)<span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.625;"> assume readers have read the other four titles and read as sequels. In essence, the first three are #1, </span><i style="font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">Star of Bethlehem </i><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">is #1.5, </span><i style="font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">Orange Blossom </i><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">is #2, and </span><i style="font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">Ambrosia is #3.</i>
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<b></b><b><i>This is a coming of age story, but it isn't always sweet and innocent. If dirty talk, bedroom toys, and threesomes offend you... this is not your book. </i></b>
<i style="font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">"No one tells you when you start school just how homesick you will be, or how hard it will be to start life over with no direction and no friends or family. No one says that becoming your own person is terrifying."</i>
I never wanted anything but Derek, my brother's best friend. When I chose a college, it didn't seem to matter that he would be an hour away. We could survive it. After all, we were in love. But almost immediately, things change between us. I blame myself. Maybe I'm just not sure how to be a girlfriend and independent.
Life seems to be getting away from me - and then there's Jack, the guy down the hall. He's rude and vulgar and my parents would be shocked by him, yet every single time I see him, I feel like I'm being pulled toward him. It's physical, sure, but there's something in Jack's eyes - and I want to know him.
I know I don't always make the right choices, and I'm the only person at fault when everything falls apart. How do I tell Derek, the guy who was supposed to be everything, that I don't feel like fighting for him anymore? And do I run to Jack, when I know his past is way too much for me to handle when I've just turned 19? Finally, where do I end up in all of this? Can I be more than just someone else's idea of what I should be?
<b></b><b><a href="http://hypster.com/hypsterPlayer/MPL?media_type=playlist&playlist_id=6674015&us_id=4993560" target="_blank">Listen to the Playlist</a> or <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLltge6vnWg" target="_blank">watch the Trailer</a>!</b>
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<b>18+ New Adult contemporary romance</b></div>
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<b></b><b><i>Jack's story isn't pretty. He's suicidal, depressed, and he uses meaningless sex and alcohol to survive. However, the story is about finding light in the darkness, but sometimes the road there isn't always easy to walk.</i></b>
<i>"No one tells you about pain. They tell you that it hurts, that sometimes it's consuming. What they don't tell you is that it's not the pain that can kill you. It's the uncomfortable numbness that follows, the weakness in your body when you realize your lungs may stop taking in air and you just can't exert enough energy to care. It's the way taste and color and smell fade from the world and all you're left with is a sepia print of misery. That's when the shift starts - the movement from passive to active. I fall asleep, hoping that the morning will bring back the pain. At least the pain is a thing."</i>
I'm a plague, a cancer. My mom is dead - and my father is in prison for it. I survived high school because college was my way out. I needed to escape, to get away from my family and the people who tortured me, but it hasn't grown any easier.
I don't pretend that I'm a good person. I drink far more than I should, and I use my best friend, Alana, because together, we thrive on destroying each other - as well as the parts of us we hate. I don't believe in love, but sex is fun and it also makes me feel <i>something</i>.
The morning I see Lily, the beautiful princess who smells inexplicably like strawberries every time I see her, I realize I'm in trouble. I should hate her. I <i>want </i>to hate her, because the alternative terrifies me. However, as she continues to crash into my life (often literally), I can't avoid feeling something that is the one thing I swore I would never feel. I can't fall in love, because people like me don't live in a world where love saves anyone.
She just won't go away, though, and I don't know if I can keep running. The voices and the darkness hover over me and they threaten to bring me back to the safety of my hate, but the stupid scent of strawberries lingers on the horizon, as something like hope.
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<b style="font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">Warning: This book deals with topics of abuse and may trigger reactions in people who have experienced those things in their own lives. It remains a story about healing, but it's not always an easy journey.</b>
<i>"Four. My life has been shaped by four people. Four men, to be more specific. My father, my stepfather, my best friend, and my boyfriend. The first two shaped it in horrible ways, but what I am, who I am, is all because of four men."</i>
Over the last twenty years, I've learned how to keep secrets. It doesn't really matter, since everyone already seems to think they know everything about me. So I hide. I avoid confrontation, I treat Xanax like a magic pill that will make it all go away, and I become everything they think I am. A slut. A whore. Nothing but trash.
I can only name two guys who have ever made me feel like I was more than that. Jack is my best friend and I've loved him since I met him. Now, though, he's in love... with someone else, and I guess I need to get over him. Somehow.
And then there's Dave. The guy I never gave a chance. The guy I used almost as much as people used me, because I wanted to pretend I was someone worth loving. Two years have passed since we last spoke, but I don't know how to stop thinking about him.
My new therapist is making me face my past, and she tells me that life inevitably changes without our permission. I believe it, but I know what I am. I hear what she's saying to me, and I want to try again with Dave, to help Jack find joy, to love myself, and to move on. I just wonder if anyone can do that, really.
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<b style="font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">This is a holiday novella-length story that follows <i>Forget Me Not</i> and <i>Lily of the Valley</i>.</b>
<i>"With you, Jack, it was the first time I ever felt real. It was the first time anyone looked at me and saw substance. It was the first time I wanted to make someone see me."</i>
<b>Jack: </b>New Year's Eve. I've somehow managed to get here, and now I'm wearing a hideous and unreasonably itchy sweater, because I want to impress Lily's family. I want to do anything for this girl who has made me believe in second chances.
<b>Lily: </b>The house is beautiful and shining with light, but it feels empty. At least until Jack gets here. I know how desperately he wants this - a family, love, a home. If I can be the person who can give it to him, it's all I need, but I hope I can keep him from seeing how hollow it all really is.
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Sarah Daltry writes about the regular people who populate our lives. She's written works in various genres - romance, erotica, fantasy, horror. Genre isn't as important as telling a story about people and how their lives unfold. Sarah tends to focus on YA/NA characters but she's been known to shake it up. Most of her stories are about relationships - romantic, familial, friendly - because love and empathy are the foundation of life. It doesn't matter if the story is set in contemporary NY, historical Britain, or a fantasy world in the future - human beings are most interesting in the ways they interact with others. This is the principle behind all of Sarah's stories.
Sarah has spent most of her life in school, from her BA and MA in English and writing to teaching both at the high school and college level. She also loves studying art history and really anything because learning is fun.
When Sarah isn't writing, she tends to waste a lot of time checking Facebook for pictures of cats, shooting virtual zombies, and simply staring out the window.
Sarah has also written <a href="http://sarahdaltry.com/edens-fall-series/bitter-fruits-1/" target="_blank"><i>Bitter Fruits</i></a>, an urban fantasy romance, and <a href="http://sarahdaltry.com/standalone-novels/backward-compatible-a-geek-love-story/" target="_blank"><i>Backward Compatible</i></a>, a gamer geek romantic comedy.
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1395279226030_7339">He spins around, and before I know it, he has backed
me against the wall. He slams his hands on either side of my head, trapping my
hands with them, and then crushes his mouth to mine. I let out a gasp of
surprise and he takes advantage, slipping his tongue into my mouth. His kiss is
so frenzied and urgent, so full of need. It’s unlike anything I have ever
experienced in my life. I’m not innocent—I’ve been kissed by plenty of guys—but
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1395279226030_7408">He’s taking complete control over me and dominating
every sense of my being. He pulls back a little, biting down on my lower lip,
causing me to moan with a mix of pleasure and pain. I open my eyes to see him
staring at me with such desire that my insides warm. Before I know what’s
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the most soul shattering and mind-altering kiss I have ever experienced. When I
finally catch my breath, I smooth out my hair and clothes, and then make my way
back to the crowd. Shawn Matthews is the kind of guy that my dad had warned me
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husband, two kids, and two dogs. On top a writing career, she is a full-time
student and a full-time mom. She loves spending time with her kids, although
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bobby Beckerson was the American All-Star hockey player--he
was the spitting image of perfection to his family. Goofy, sweet and undeniably
gorgeous, he had everything but the one girl he wanted: River Ahlers.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">River Ahlers is successful in everything but love. She's been in love with Adam
Beckerson since they were kids. Worst of all she's stuck right in the middle of
the brother's dueling over everything and anything, and she doesn't even know
she's the ultimate prize.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Adam Beckerson was a boy with a guitar, a smile that sunk girl's hearts and a
stone wall around his own. He was anything but perfect, and no matter how hard
he tried he was nothing compared to Bobby. Sweet, damaged, with boyish
good-looks, nobody thought Adam loved anyone but himself.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bobby loved River, River loved Adam and Adam only loved himself--or so everyone
thought. Then one night everything changes, and as it threatens to destroy
everyone involved a tragedy strikes that will break them all...</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>GENRE: New Adult Contemporary Romance</b></span></span></div>
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fix. The relationship I had with Mom was one of those things. In truth, it had
never been that great. I always just agreed, held my tongue and was respectful
to her attitude and opinions. </span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="usercontent">I closed my eyes.</span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="usercontent">As a child and even now as an adult, I wondered if s</span><span class="textexposedshow">he could love me for who I really was, and now— now I
knew. No. My chest tightened with the thought, and then my mind went to Bobby.
The thought tightened my chest so much I had to take a deep breath.</span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="textexposedshow">Bobby knew. He knew how it was! Yet his own anger
at his multiple losses had driven him to say something he’d regret forever. </span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="textexposedshow">Something I’d regret forever.</span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="textexposedshow">I looked over at Adam as he parked the car and
placed his hands firmly on the steering wheel. His fingers paled with the
pressure as his lips moved, air whishing out, but the words seemed to escape
him.</span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="textexposedshow">He squeezed his eyes as he released the steering
wheel and scratched his chin. </span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="textexposedshow">Finally he spoke, “How do you feel about me living
with you?”</span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="textexposedshow">Adam continued to look ahead, his eyes flashing
over something in the distance.</span></span></span></div>
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character's stories through their dialogue and actions instead of just telling
the reader what is happening. In 2012 she became a published Young Adult
author, releasing <i>In Between Seasons (The Fall, #1)</i>
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New Adult Contemporary Romance, <i>Beautifully Flawed</i>.
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">What would you do if the one fate chose for you vanished into thin air? What would you give up? Who would you become to stay with that person?</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Krista Bell finally knows what it's like to be free. The torture she endured at the hands of her psychotic father have unleashed the monster her mother tried so hard to help her suppress. The only thing she wants to do is be the shadow in the night that everyone is afraid of.</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Taser is barely holding it together. He lost Kris once to her father and now he's losing her to the monster she is becoming. He's also barely containing his own monster since Krista decided she didn't need her mates anymore. Nathan is still near but he may not be enough.</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nathan is on the verge of losing not one but both of his mates. One vanished without a trace. The other is avoiding him. He has run out of patience with them both.</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">But when the monster that Krista has become comes to them with a proposal will they take her up on it and possibly lose themselves or will they try to talk her down and get the beast to put back on her chain?</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Krista made her way down the hall and into the office she knew her mates would be. They were not going to like what she had to say but right now it was about her. She was tired of putting others before herself. Tired of pretending to be someone that she wasn’t. She paused for a moment in the doorway to look at her mates one last time. They were rung tight from her self-imposed seclusion and she knew this was only going to be the beginning of their heartache.</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">She took a moment to really look at her mates. They were total contrasts to each other. Where Taser was standing at only five-foot-five-inches and weighing one hundred and seventy five pounds. He had dirty blonde hair that stuck out all over the place and hazel eyes. On the other hand, Nathan stood at just less than seven feet and weighted over three hundred pounds of pure muscle. He had black hair with the most mesmerizing green eyes flecked with gold, belaying his paranormal status. They were both handsome. Any girl would be lucky to have just one of them as a mate.</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yet her she was ready to give them both up. It couldn’t be helped so no use in delaying the inevitable. Without preamble Krista spoke the words all men dread.</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">“We need to talk. Now.”</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">“Now you’re ready to talk,” Nathan said with an arched eyebrow.</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">“It’s about damn time,” was Taser’s reply.</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Krista saw where this conversation was going to go before it started. Both her mates were upset and yet she still couldn’t bring herself to care, much. She knew what she had to do and she didn’t plan on changing her mind.</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">“Are you both going to be assholes or listen to what I have to say?” Krista asked.</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">“Fine. Speak,” Taser barked.</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Speak! What was she a damn dog? Krista was fuming and she could feel the air around her zinging with her anger.</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">“Careful how you speak to me,” she threatened in a low voice. “I am not some common animal that you can issue commands and receive obedience in return. You will do well to remember who and what I am.”</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">“Let’s all calm down and take a seat. We have just been worried. Taser didn’t mean anything by it. Let’s not fight but instead have a civilized conversation,” Nathan said. He didn’t need anyone losing their cool right now. Emotions were already running high as it was.</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">“Before the rudeness was introduced, what I was trying to say is I will be leaving here today and never returning. I’ve given this a lot of thought and there is just no way I can continue this existence how I was. I am no longer that person. I have changed. There is no point in a discussion because nothing you say will change my mind. The both of you will also not be joining me,” Krista stated.</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Was she serious with this shit? She walks in here like she owns the world and decrees that she is leaving not only the pack lands but also her mates behind. Did she think we were supposed to be okay with it? Nathan was utterly speechless. Never in all his years would he have expected this shit when he found his Nyhiya. He could feel the rage building and getting ready to burst free.</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">“Come again?” Taser asked. “I think I may have misheard what you just said. I could have sworn it sounded like you were abandoning your mates.”</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">“No need to be dramatic. It’s not like you only have one mate. Nathan will keep you company but unfortunately I have things to do. Mates would only hold me back from my destiny. I don’t need any weaknesses my enemies could exploit. Now if you both will excuse me, I have preparations to make.”</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">With those parting words, Krista got up and walked out of the office. She didn’t have time to waste. She had to gather the few things she had here and leave to begin her hunt. She wasn’t sure where she was starting but she was sure she was leaving here tonight and by any means necessary.</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Shakuita Johnson is a 29-year-old Psychology major. When she isn’t going to school or working, she is doing what she loves most. Writing. She started writing in middle school. Starting with poetry. Then short stories in a creative writing course her senior year. Her love for paranormal and supernatural started with R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and TV show, Anne Rice Vampire Chronicles, and Christopher Pike books. She is an avid reader with over 100 books on her bookshelf and 1000 plus on her iPad. This is her second novel. Visit her online and read her poems and one attempt at songwriting on her blog.</span></span></h2>
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For Savannah Rae, the thought of living in her picture-perfect world was almost too much to comprehend. With her dream job, a family she could finally call her own, and the beginnings of the best chapter of her life, she still couldn't shake the unnerving feeling that it was all too good to be true.</div>
The thought of a life without Savannah was incomprehensible to Tate Connors. Never in his wildest dreams did he think he would find his girl in the form of a sassy, stubborn, beautiful Australian. Finally he had the girl and life he so desperately wanted, but he still couldn't ignore the fear that it would crash around him.
When Tate’s past becomes his present and Savannah’s present becomes her past, the possibility of a future together collides head-on with reality.
In her darkest days, the words Just Breathe provided a peaceful comfort to Savannah from the heavens above. Now as she and Tate go down the path of new beginnings, brutal endings, and the constant craving of a happily ever after, they are anxious to learn how to Breathe Again.
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Rachel Brookes is from a coastal town on the east coast of Australia where beaches, kangaroos and surfers roam free. She writes angsty love stories with a pinch of craziness, a dash of drama, a cup of romance and a spoonful of sexiness… oh and the main ingredient hot guys.
Rachel sometimes forgets to eat, sometimes forgets to sleep and sometimes can’t remember the last time she cleaned her apartment but that’s because she is in a long term relationship with her laptop and is constantly writing.
When she does step away from her laptop she can be found taking too many photos, making scrumptious cocktails, laughing at Adam Sandler movies and spending her time with her amazing family and friends.
With her first novel, Just Breathe, due to be released in July 2013, her dream of releasing a book will become reality. With another three books already taking up her mind, she cannot wait to start this crazy ride.</div>
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<b><span style="color: black;">Teaser</span> </b></h5>
As a standoff of epic proportions began between Chelsea and me. My hackles rose, and I knew I would never back down from her. I wasn’t a revengeful person, but as soon as someone starts hurting the people I care about and throwing around half-arsed accusations, they will see the wrath of Savannah. This could be the very reason I chose to have limited female friends. It was easier than having to deal with the bullshit games girls were notorious for starting, and clearly this was why I never hid my intentions when it came to men in the past. Be clear as day and no feelings came to the surface. I felt Mr. Davenport sigh beside me and I swallowed hard. <i>Professional, Savannah. For him. </i>
I still didn’t back down as I spoke. “So I am assuming the—”
“Um, excuse me? I was told that I needed to be here.”
Our heads snapped to the door opening slowly, and I couldn’t believe who I was looking at, could this day get any weirder? Blake freaking Ryan had just walked through the door looking all rock star-ish. This was the first time we had seen each other since he had left New York for London.
His eyes widened to the size of saucers as he took everything in. Dressed head to toe in black, he was wearing a shirt that sat snug against his body, and his tattoos were glistening under the boardroom lights. He was born to be a rock star.
His eyes bounced between Tate and me and dropped to my hand gripped tightly in Tate’s and a smile tugged at his lips. Tate’s body stiffened against mine and his hand squeezed mine to the point of hurt like he was making his claim on me.
“Stop it,” I hissed and shot him a pleading look.
“Sorry, just habit,” he whispered then peppered my jaw with a kiss.
“Thanks for coming in, Blake.” Mr. Davenport shuffled papers on the large conference table and looked towards Blake, holding out a pen and what looked to be a contract. “So you have been booked for the shoot next week and we are now just finalizing details. Savannah will be running the shoot on behalf of Beautify and Chelsea will be the female model for the campaign. If you can just sign here, we are good to go.”
Blake shook his head and shot a disgusted look at Chelsea. “Are you serious? I can’t work with her.”
“See? I told you, Savannah. Even Blake doesn’t want to work with you in your pathetic little fairytale world you are supposedly living in,” Chelsea spat before she threw her straw-looking hair over her shoulder and strutted towards Blake. I watched Blake closely; the look sweeping over his face was priceless.
“I wasn’t talking about Savannah, you idiot. I cannot work with you, Chelsea. I tend to not want to associate with fucked-up, conniving bitches.”
I couldn’t hide the smile of victory tugging on my lips. <i>Blake Ryan, you genius.</i> The look of utter devastation Chelsea was wearing made me feel like a million bucks. I still had no clue of the history that Chelsea and Blake shared.
“Well isn’t this going to be a fun shoot,” Mr. Davenport mumbled under his breath.
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<i><span style="font-size: 16px;">Daisy “Little Flower” Anderson has lived her entire life on the sidelines of the Renegade Sons MC. Her father is a member, and her mother a club whore turned old lady. Not wanting to follow their footsteps, she chose a different path; one that keeps her close to the biker family she loves, but out of the club.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 16px;"> Struggling to keep it together, she never thought she would have anything of her own, until she met Preach. He is everything she swore she didn't want in life. One night of passion leads to unexpected consequences, and she knows, now more than ever, it’s time to move forward.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 16px;"> Garrett “Preach” Austin lived his life caught in his father’s iron fist. He never thought he would want anything more than freedom from his past, until he met his “Little Flower”. She shows him there is more to life than pain. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 16px;"> When Daisy moves on, Preach realizes what he’s lost. Can he prove that he’s the man for her, or is he too late?</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #333399; font-size: 18px;"><b><b><a href="http://rockstarlit.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Emily-Minton.jpg"><img alt="Emily Minton" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-291" src="http://rockstarlit.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Emily-Minton-300x300.jpg" height="300" style="margin: 15px;" width="300" /></a></b></b></span><span style="font-size: 16px;">Emily is a Kentucky native. Raised in Missouri, her family returned to Kentucky when she was a teen. She is proud to call the Bluegrass State home. She claims she bleeds blue--Wildcat Blue!</span>
<span style="font-size: 16px;">Emily has been married to her husband, David, for over twenty years. They share two lovable but irritating teenagers, Jess and Bailey. She is also the proud mom of a feisty terrier mix, Rae Rae. </span>
<span style="font-size: 16px;"> Emily loves to read and has more books on her kindle than most people could read in a life time, but she intends to read every single one. Nope, no hoarding problem here! Her favorite author is Kristen Ashley, and she swears Kristen’s book Sweet Dreams changed her life.</span>
<span style="font-size: 16px;">Emily has co-authored two books with Dawn Martens, Whiskey Lullaby and Renegade Lady. She has also written one solo book, Windows. Many more are floating around in her head, and she hopes to get them all on paper before long. She loves sharing her dreams with her readers. </span>
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<span style="color: navy; font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: #d60000;"><b><b>☆</b></b></span><b><span style="color: #d60000;">✮</span><b> </b></b><b><span style="color: #333333;">About Dawn Martens</span> <span style="color: #d60000;"><b>✮<b>☆</b></b></span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 18px;"><b><b><a href="http://rockstarlit.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Dawn-Martens.jpg"><img alt="Dawn Martens" class="alignleft wp-image-572" src="http://rockstarlit.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Dawn-Martens-254x300.jpg" height="240" style="margin: 15px;" width="203" /></a></b></b></span><span style="font-size: 16px;">Dawn Martens is a young, spunky Canadian Author, who is widely known for her best-selling “Resisting Love” series that she co-authored with Author Chantel Fernando. Being a wife to Colin, and a mother to two (soon to be THREE!) beautiful little girls (Sarah (6), Grace (3), Ava on the way!) hasn’t stopped this Canadian Firecracker from pursuing her dreams of becoming a writer! She has also co-authored “Whiskey Lullaby” (book one in the Love Songs series) with her friend and fellow writer, Author Emily Minton; on top of serving as a mentor and support system for many Authors in the Indie community over the past few years. 2014 is shaping up to be a phenomenal year for Dawn, as the highly anticipated book two in the Love Songs series titled “Broken”. She will also be releasing a brand new gritty MC series, “Renegade Sons MC,” with Emily Minton, that will for sure take their avid readers on yet another mind blowing journey. Dawn’s number one passion in life is the written word, and she’s extremely thankful that she has to ability to share the ramblings from the characters inside of her head with the rest of the world! She also may or may not have the hugest girl crush on Author Kristen Ashley, who is her personal idol and helped inspire Dawn in the beginning of her Indie career.</span>
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Marisa from I'll Be Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13359287442857085142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784845035877562732.post-51764919628849473442014-03-26T17:38:00.002-07:002014-03-26T17:38:22.377-07:00*COVE REVEAL* "Vision of Love" by S. Moose<div style="text-align: center;">
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You can say I had it all. The fancy house, top of the line car, lots of friends and more money than anyone could ever imagine. On the outside, we were the perfect family. No one knew about my abusive father and my mother who drank herself into oblivion every night. My name is Karly and I have scars, deep scars that no one knows about, and when my parents died I was left alone and on my own, to fight through life with no help.
When it came to life and happiness, I had it all until my world was turned upside down. My name is Nicholas and my wife, the love of my life, left me and our new baby girl without as much as an explanation. I didn’t want to accept it, but after our divorce was final and four long years passed, I started to lose hope that she’d ever come back. Emma was growing so fast and I needed help. My sister recommended that I hire her friend, Karly, as Emma’s nanny. I took a chance on bringing another woman into my little girl’s life. Did I do the right thing?
As many days and nights are spent together, feelings can no longer be denied and a relationship is formed.
Life is about taking chances and learning how to fall, but when the past comes back, will they be strong enough to fight through and trust each other? Or will all they worked for fall apart?
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<b>Release Date:</b> March 25, 2014<br />
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<i>Seth is back.<br /><br />
When he walked back into my life, it almost felt like the pieces of my broken heart could be fixed. I thought we could go back to being best friends, but then I started to feel what I had been blocking out for years. I tried. Boy, did I try! But once I started to let him in, I wanted nothing more than to cross that line from friendship into something more…<br /><br />
Just when I think I can move on and let myself be happy, an ugly reminder from my past comes storming in and threatens to destroy the sliver of hope that's been growing since Seth came back. <br /><br />
Do I even deserve to be loved? <br /><br />
<b>“I’m not asking to fix your heart. I’m not asking to mend you. I love each and every shattered piece of you. I’m asking that you let me love you. Let me love each piece of your broken heart, and I swear to you I will make up for every heartache you have ever experienced.”</b><br /><br />
I came back for Josie. <br /><br />
I knew I'd have to fight for her, but with the loss of her dad and the truth about what happened with her and Blake, I quickly realized that making her mine was going to be a lot harder than I first thought. The problem is, I can’t pretend like she’s just my best friend. I can’t pretend I don’t want more.<br /><br />
I'm willing to do anything to get her to admit she has the same passionate feelings for me, because I know once she opens up and stops lying to herself, I can show her what it really means to be loved. It's a battle of wills, but my love for her is stronger than her will to stop me. <br /><br />
So I fight for her. I fight because I know she deserves it.</i>
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Victoria Klahr (pronounced like “Claire”) lives in Elizabeth City, North Carolina with her husband and daughter, Stephen and Alexis. She loves her chug (Pug/Chihuahua), Bandit, and three year old to pieces. She loves to stay home and take care of them, even if they do drive her insane at times. She is a huge and proud book nerd who looks at her bookshelf in admiration daily. She has her Associate’s degree in Business Administration, but her passion has always been the stories that talk to her in her head. One day she decided to take a chance and let the voices write her story. She has never felt more certain or comfortable about who she is than when she writes. <br />
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Marisa from I'll Be Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13359287442857085142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784845035877562732.post-48158712110542633292014-03-24T07:31:00.000-07:002014-03-24T07:31:08.806-07:00*COVER REVEAL* "Strip Me Bare" by Marissa Carmel<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b> </b>“I may have had more lovers than you, and I may take my
clothes off for countless women, but you are the only one who can strip me
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Do you ever stop loving someone just because
they’re gone? Five years ago Ryan Pierce disappeared from Alana Remington’s
life without leaving so much as a post-it note behind. He was the one she gave
her heart to, her soul to, and her virginity to. So imagine her surprise when she finds him
dancing at one of NYC’s hottest male revues as Jack the Stripper. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Ryan never stopped loving Alana, and now that she
serendipitously dropped back into his life, he’s vowed never to lose her
again. But being together has its costs,
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">She finally has Ryan back; but how in the world is
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I walk under an orange spotlight, into a small space with a white
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Ryan steps in behind me and presses his body flush
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Is he really going to do this? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Can I even handle this? Five minutes ago he was
with another woman. Quite possibly in this same room doing God only knows
what. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“Why do you do this Ryan?” I expel. I know he
explained it in words, but I need to experience it to truly understand. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">He ambles around me so close; the only thing
separating us is a whisper of air. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“I told you, the money,” he says as he unbuttons
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“You said women too,” I watch him cautiously, my
gaze jumping between his eyes and his chest. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“That was before you walked back into my life.
You’re the only woman I want to touch now. The others, like you saw before,
it’s just an act. A business transaction. It’s what I have to do to get what I
want.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“Doesn’t it make them feel used?” I flick my eyes
up at him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“It mustn’t. They always come back.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“You like it. I saw your face. That wasn’t an
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Ryan stands right in front of me, his shirt
unbuttoned and dangling open. “I won’t lie to you Alana, I’ll never lie to
you,” his tone is hard, but seductive. “I do like the attention. But it’s not
real. It’s my job to sell attractiveness and fantasy, and I do it well. But
that’s all it is, fantasy and I know it. When I’m with you, that’s my real.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">My breath catches when he says the word real. I
can’t help but find the irony in his words; I’m exactly to him what he is to
me. Two people one and the same, both living a double life to get what they
want; a future and each other. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">And that is what I want. A future, with Ryan. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I go to put my hands on his chest, but he steps
away shaking his head no. “In this room, it’s all about you,” he walks around,
stopping right behind me. “You have to tell me what you want Alana,” he
whispers in my ear and I almost go limp, the sound of his voice is erotic as
hell. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I swallow hard, but can’t utter a single word,
because truth be told, I have no freakin’ idea what I want. At least, not in
this scenario. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Ryan starts to rub my shoulders. I think he can
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“Why are you so tense? This is supposed to be
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Okay, let’s have some fun. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I turn around to face him and our eyes lock. “Show
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“Show you what?” his tone dripping with
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“Show me Jack the Stripper.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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writing classes in college as she could. She spent most of her twenties
bartending, which is where she met her husband and a multitude of interesting
people. When she’s not reading or writing, she’s hanging out with her family,
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">Lynsie Fox has what she considers to be a perfect life. Married to Lincoln, a military pilot, she's living the Army life she's always loved. Being a sucker for great love stories, Lynsie makes it her mission to find Lincoln's best friend and co-pilot, Dax Adams, a good woman. </span> <span style="color: black;"> Losing the one woman he's ever loved, Dax attempts to be a good sport by playing along in Lynsie's match-making scheme. However, Dax is certain he will never get the woman of his dreams. </span> <span style="color: black;"> But life doesn't always fly smoothly. When turbulence strikes, Lynsie watches her world crash and burn around her, leaving her empty with broken wings. Despite her grief, can she mend the pieces back together and learn to fly again?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">“You know what I love most?” Lincoln asks as his tongue dances across my bare stomach.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">“Hmm,” is all I can manage as I lift my back, pressing myself closer to his mouth of goodness.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">“The way you taste.” He licks circles around my navel, teasing my body in a way only he knows best. “The way you taste, baby, it puts every rainbow to shame.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">“Taste the rainbow,” I moan as his mouth continues its path down my waist.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">“I plan on licking my way to your pot of the gold.” His hot breath against my inner thigh shoots a jolt of electricity through my body.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">I giggle and moan all at once. “All yours, baby,” I gasp as I turn to putty beneath him.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">“Say it again,” he demands as he nips and licks, teasing my skin.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">“I’m yours. Only yours. Always yours,” I manage to pant before he swipes his tongue right where I want him most. My hands are firm against his head pulling at his short locks, holding him in place as he licks and fingers me until I come undone around his mouth. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">He kisses his way back up my body and slides between my legs. I feel him at my entrance, but he stays put until he’s face to face with me. Grabbing me by my chin, he tilts my face up to look him square in the eyes.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">“And I am yours. Only yours. I will always be yours,” he breathes against my lips before claiming them. His lips against mine are firm, needy, and full of passion as he pushes himself inside me.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">I moan into his mouth as our tongues battle for control. He’ll win. He always does, but in cases such as this, I gladly accept defeat. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">Being born an "Army Brat", Erika Ashby has been residing in Oklahoma the last 10 years finally putting an end to the nomad tendencies she had grown accustomed to. She's a happily married woman who has 5 kids between her and her husband. She has an insane passion for music and embraces her Inner Groupie any chance she has. It wasn't until the age of 29 that she realized she also had a hidden passion for reading; before then she claimed to have hated it. Six months after unlocking that deep desire she never knew she held, she turned the key to another chapter of her life which has become the desire to write. And the rest is still history in the making.</span></span></span></div>
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