Only Skin Deep

ONLY SKIN DEEP

All
Woman

Flaws and All

Against All Odds

Mahalia
Levey

Erotic Romance

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Erotic Romance

Only Skin Deep

Copyright © 2012
Mahalia
Levey

E-book ISBN: 978-1-61885-377-6

All Woman Second E-book Publication: September 2012

Flaws and All Second E-book Publication: September 2012

Against All Odds First E-book Publication: September 2012

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Dedication

To Rhonda and Tina my
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thank you so much for your support
and advice. To my family, thank you for allowing me to have me time to write.
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ONLY SKIN
DEEP

Mahalia
Levey

Copyright
© 2012

All
Woman

Chapter One

Every year, St. Bartle’s Armored Services threw an annual
theme party. Last year’s theme was famous couples throughout history. Taleena
loved the concept but didn’t like the idea of showing up alone, so she opted to
stay home. This time, however, Taleena planned on attending. This time she
wouldn’t hide in the shadows, watching everyone go after what he or she wanted.
Sheer willpower, coupled with a desire to be seen as a woman, pushed her to go
that extra mile. When she arrived at Club Mist, the man she craved wouldn’t
know what hit him.

Now, she needed to shop for just the right look.
Sweet damn.
Taleena
slid her designer shades from her eyes to the top
of her head and entered her cousin Deja’s store, Craze.
Craze. The store housed two in one.
Accessories and
boutique clothing in one room, a party surplus in the other
.
Organized racks stood before her.
Each one held a category, and each category had sizes tagged for easy access.
Looking at so many different articles of clothing and props instigated a
migraine. The kaleidoscope of nauseating colors stole her concentration, not to
mention made her want to yak.

How in the hell am I going to choose something,
Taleena
wondered even as she prayed for a godsend. She
peeked over the bulky costumes in search of a sales clerk or someone, anyone to
help her navigate. Where the
frack
was her fairy
godmother? She clicked her heels—damn it no, that was Oz, not Cinderella. Come
to think of it, had there ever been a black Cinderella?

I need a
transformation.
Riffling through a rack, she took out a wench outfit. The
bustier, gilded in sliver and etched with lace, dropped into a full black
skirt. She had the bust, although you’d never know it with the asexual uniform
she’d been forced to work in. She tossed the dress over her arm as a maybe and
picked up a breathalyzer costume. Laughter bubbled from her mouth. The garb
gave a whole new meaning to the phrase “blow me.”

“Can I help you?” A young woman popping bubblegum appeared at
her side.

“I’m looking for a costume.”
Taleena
slid articles of clothing out of her way to find a piece so
hawt
,
Officer Jason
Treadway—a.k.a
. her lead officer and
longtime crush—wouldn’t be able to tear his eyes from her body. Maybe then
she’d have a chance to live out the fantasies that had been plaguing her dreams
for the past two years.

“If you could be more descriptive, I could help you cut down
time on looking.”

Taleena
read her nametag.
Barbie
. She cocked her head to the side
to study the
punked
-out teen and blinked. “Barbie,
I’m looking for something to make a man’s jaw drop open. The
kind
of open he can’t force closed or avert his eyes from.”

“The adult ones are in the far corner. We have everything
from XXX
Heyyy
Nurse to Let Me Be Your Doctor.
There’s also our best seller, the popular dominatrix set made of all leather,
complete with a riding crop, leash and collar for props or not, depending on your
pleasure. The boots come separate,” Barbie said.

She shook her head to dispel the image of having Jason on a
leash. Somehow the thought of him submitting to her didn’t fit. No. Jason
Treadway’s
personality clashed with the ludicrous thought.

Taleena
swallowed hard. “This is a
company-sponsored event with a Western theme. I’m thinking less porn, more like
BAM, how’d I ever miss that?
”