Fatal Deception (44 page)

“Mine too.”

“Come on, you guys! It’s melting.”

The tray had three bowls of vanilla ice cream with side dishes containing all the fixings.

“I’ll make them,” Scotty said.

“Ladies first,” Nick said.

Sam considered her options. “I’ll have caramel, nuts, M&Ms, whipped cream and a cherry on top.”

Scotty made the sundae and presented it to her with a flourish.

“Thank you, sir.”

“Nick?”

“Make it a double.”

Scotty made Nick’s and then covered his own ice cream with caramel, hot fudge, sprinkles, M&Ms, nuts, whipped cream and a cherry. He brought his full-to-overflowing bowl to the sofa and plopped down between them.

“I believe this calls for a toast,” Sam said, holding up her bowl.

Scotty flashed the grin that so reminded Sam of Nick and held up his bowl, getting into the spirit of things.

“To the Cappuano family,” she said, gazing into Nick’s gorgeous eyes.

“Hear, hear,” Nick said, as he clinked his bowl against theirs. He looked happier than she’d ever seen him. Knowing Scotty would be staying for good was a big load off their minds and hearts.

“Hear, hear,” Scotty said, taking his lead from Nick, as always.

Sam hadn’t yet been able to give Nick the baby they both wanted so badly, but now he had the family he’d never had before. It was a start.

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About the Author

Marie Force is the bestselling, award-winning author of the Fatal Series from Harlequin’s Carina Press. So far, the series includes
Fatal Affair
,
Fatal Justice, Fatal Consequences, Fatal Destiny, Fatal Flaw
and
Fatal Deception,
with
Fatal Mistake
coming next year. “This novel is ‘The O.C. does D.C.,’ and you just can’t get enough.” (
RT Book Reviews,
4.5 stars for
Fatal Affair
). In its July 2010 issue,
RT Book Reviews
named Marie a “Future Star of Romantic Suspense.”

Marie is also the author of the bestselling McCarthys of Gansett Island Series:
Maid for Love, Fool for Love, Ready for Love, Falling for Love, Hoping for Love, Season for Love
and
Longing for Love,
with more books coming soon in the series. She is the author of the Treading Water Series that consists of
Treading Water, Marking Time
and
Starting Over,
with a fourth book,
Coming Home,
out soon. Marie also wrote the following contemporary romances:
Georgia on My Mind, Everyone Loves a Hero, Line of Scrimmage, Love at First Flight, True North, The Fall
and
The Wreck.

She is a member of RWA’s New England and Published Author Special Interest Chapters. She is the recipient of the Holt Medallion from the Virginia Romance Writers for
Fatal Destiny
and a Bean Pot from RWA’s New England Chapter for
Fatal Consequences.

While her husband was in the Navy, Marie lived in Spain, Maryland and Florida, and she is now settled in her home state of Rhode Island. She is the mother of two teenagers and two feisty dogs, Brandy and Louie.

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• Chapter One
  
• Chapter Two
  
• Chapter Three
  
• Chapter Four
  
• Chapter Five
  
• Chapter Six
  
• Chapter Seven
  
• Chapter Eight
  
• Chapter Nine
  
• Chapter Ten
  
• Chapter Eleven
  
• Chapter Twelve
  
• Chapter Thirteen
  
• Chapter Fourteen
  
• Chapter Fifteen
  
• Chapter Sixteen
  
• Chapter Seventeen
  
• Chapter Eighteen
  
• Chapter Nineteen
  
• Chapter Twenty
  
• Chapter Twenty-One
  
• Chapter Twenty-Two
  
• Chapter Twenty-Three
  
• Epilogue
  
• About the Author
  
• Copyright