Burn for Me (11 page)

“On a date.” He reached out, hoping she didn’t see how his hands were shaking, just a little. “What do you think, guys? Can I take your mom out? You two?”

They didn’t even blink. “Yeah! Let’s go!”

They whooped and darted into the house while Ali continued to look at him, bemused. “A date,” she murmured, while he moved up and caught her hips in his hands.

“A date.”

He pressed a kiss to the corner of her mouth, sighed as her scent, warm and sweet, flooded him. The remnant ache in his heart faded.

“Tate, you’re going to get me all wet again. You know that?”

“Yeah.” He lifted his head and stared down at her. He frowned and stepped back, looked down.

She caught him, looping her fingers in his belt loops. “I don’t care. So … tell me, what are we doing on this date of ours?”

“I have absolutely no idea.”

She laughed and pressed her mouth to his. “That sounds absolutely wonderful.”

Find out what’s next in the Secrets & Shadows series with e-novellas

Break for Me

Long for Me

And the first print novel in the series

Deeper than Need

Coming soon from St. Martin’s Press

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Shiloh Walker is an author of romantic suspense and paranormal romance. She has been writing since she was a kid. She fell in love with vampires with the book
Bunnicula
and has worked her way up to the more … ah … serious vampire stories. She loves reading and writing anything paranormal, anything fantasy, and nearly every kind of romance. Once upon a time she worked as a nurse, but now she writes full time and lives with her family in the Midwest.

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

“Burn for Me” copyright © 2014 by Shiloh Walker.

All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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Cover design © by Kerri Resnick

Cover digital illustration© by Tricia Schmitt (picky me)

Author photo © Ayrica Bishop

eISBN 978-1-4668-5813-8

First eBook Edition: April 2014