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Authors: Elle Kennedy

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He wasn’t even sure when the first spark of jealousy had appeared. Not that it mattered, because it was a ful -on blaze now. The only question left unanswered: Could he real y choose between the love of his life and his best friend?

Loose ends have a way of tripping you up…

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Years ago, a law school graduation weekend in Vegas had been part of Lily MacPherson’s plan.

Waking up next to a naked Adonis with a ring on her finger was not. After a quick annulment, she relegated Caleb Anderson to her late-night fantasies—and very short list of mistakes—until his voice on the other end of the phone asks a favor that could shake the foundations of her neat and tidy future.

Caleb is stil haunted by Lily’s horrified expression that morning in Vegas. At least it had made it easy to set her free…except they aren’t. The papers were never filed. And when the nosy patroness who could launch his painting career insists on meeting his

“wife”, does he confess, or cal Lily? He cal s Lily.

When she steps off the plane, Caleb’s determination to play tour guide disappears in the San Francisco fog. Lily thought she could keep up the pretense for one weekend, cut the last tie to her past, and move on. But their chemistry stil pops and sizzles, final y exploding into passion at Caleb’s studio.

It’s everything they remember…but so is the yawning chasm of differences that, in the end, could once again drive them apart.

Warning: Contains balmy ocean breezes, coffee
as seduction, the creative use of melted chocolate,
and naughty shower lovin’ that gives new meanings
to the term “shower head”.

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Creative License: Lily swal owed. A predatory light had come into Caleb’s green eyes. Her fingers paused on a button.

What was she doing? “Caleb, I…” She breathed in as his lips brushed the skin above her col arbone. His breath warmed her flesh. Her legs trembled and she knew without his support, she’d sink to the ground.

And isn’t that where she wanted to be? On the floor with Caleb thrusting inside her?

His lips found hers again, possessing, demanding.

A surge of heat traveled through her body, leaving an ache of hunger. She made a noise low in her throat as Caleb finished unbuttoning her shirt and dropped it to the floor. They were adults, consenting adults. Hel , they were married adults.

Caleb trailed kisses down her neck to nuzzle behind her ear. Her body sizzled from the contact. Her skin absorbed his caress, his feather light touches driving her to a fever pitch need for more. She leaned against his hard body, the length of his erection unyielding against her hip. She wanted to feel his skin, run her hands along the smooth length of him.

Caleb searched her face as she lowered her zipper and tugged her jeans down her hips. “No strings, no regrets, just me and you?”

He nodded, but something shifted in his eyes before they closed when her hand brushed his erection. In a heartbeat, she was in his arms. He carried her to the couch and laid her on the cushions.

He stared at her body for a moment. “You are so damn beautiful.”

Before she could respond, his lips descended. She opened her mouth, welcoming his tongue, knowing it was only a taste of things to come. Lily reached for his shirt, tugging it over his head, revealing his smooth, golden skin. The nerve-endings in her fingers hyper-charged as she explored hard muscle under the warm, satiny flesh. Wild, he delved deep, stroking her mouth with his tongue and fueling the desire already raging through her body. He kissed down her throat to the lace of her bra, his breath hot and moist against her skin.

With care, he unclasped the bra and released Lily’s breasts. His sharp intake of breath cooled her skin before his mouth descended, licking and kissing around her nipple but not touching it. Arching her back, she urged him to take the hardened nub in his mouth. Caleb smiled against her flesh and flicked her nipple with the tip of his tongue. A surge of moisture further dampened her panties. She threaded her fingers around the back of his head and pul ed his hair free of its queue. It spil ed around his face and she buried her fingers in its silky strands and guided his mouth back to her breast. Caleb took the nipple in his mouth and suckled. His hands roamed her body, leaving her skin heated and aching for more. The coil of pleasure deep inside her tightened. Lily moaned.

Caleb gently blew on the puckered nipple and shifted to the other one. His hands snaked down her stomach and he ran a finger over her moist panties.

“Mmm, this seems rather uncomfortable.” His voice rumbled against her skin.

“Terribly.” The word turned into a gasp as he reached the lacy edge and ran a finger under it, down between her legs.

“Poor baby. Should I take them off for you?” Caleb’s hand disappeared further under the pink lace and his forefinger slipped inside her wet core.

She arched her hips and moaned. “Please.” His soft gasp tickled her breast and sparked a series of involuntary shudders. She was so close.

“Take them off,” Lily demanded.

Caleb kissed slowly down her stomach, lightly dragging his teeth over her hip bones, taking his time as though she weren’t about to explode beneath his touch. When his lips reached lace, he pul ed them down her hips. “I live to serve.”

The Heat is On

Elle Kennedy

It’s al about the thril ...

Out of Uniform, Book 6

As a Navy SEAL, Matt O’Connor specializes in Bad Boy. At least, that’s what he thinks…until he finds himself face down on the floor during a bank robbery, arguing with a sexy, bad-girl blonde who wields her sharp tongue with surgical precision.

Just like that, Matt begins to wonder if maybe the idea of settling down with one woman isn’t as crazy as he thought.

Savannah Harte is addicted to first kisses and whirlwind romances. Once the thril is gone, though, she’s outta there. She’s eager to fol ow the adrenaline rush she feels with Matt into the nearest bed, but when tangled sheets begin to feel like tangled heartstrings, her first instinct is to cut him loose. There’s only one problem: Matt’s not going anywhere. And not even a steamy threesome seems to dul her growing feelings.

Which leaves Savannah having to decide what she wants more. The casual thril of now…or the scary thril of forever.

Warning: This title features a hot threesome with explicit sex, a bad-girl heroine, and two Navy SEALs guaranteed to make you sweat.

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The Heat is On

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