Romance set in the near future
The
fiery gaze of a total stranger across a crowded subway station fuels Rae
Browning's overactive imagination. Drop-dead gorgeous, he could have stepped
out of one of her favorite novels. After he breaks into her apartment, Rae
stops longing for excitement and adventure. She wants her quiet life back.
Thaddeus
Julius Light, TJ to his associates, is a spy in the deep cold, his cover
compromised, his life in danger. Rae Browning holds the key to what's going on
and she doesn't even know it. Retrieving the data chip from Rae is easy,
keeping her safe might not be. TJ is forced to continue his deceptions,
enlisting her help to prove his innocence and complete his mission.
Keeping his mind on business isn't
easy with Rae at his side. TJ has but one question - what will it take for Rae
to bed a spy?
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EXCERPT from To Bed a Spy
“Let me get this straight. You need food. You need help.
What else would you like, Master?”
A slow grin spread across his face. “I’d like to get some
sleep tonight, but I’m afraid to close my eyes for fear you’ll crack my skull
with that wrench under your pillow. That is unless you sleep with me.”
Infuriated, Rae rolled from his grasp, off the far side of
the bed, and stood glaring at him. He sat, unmoving, a smug look on his face as
he shrugged his shoulders.
“Babe, you don’t know what you’re turning down.”
“You’re a conceited…egotistical…ass!”
“Don’t forget arrogant. Now, who’s cooking?”
Rae reined in her temper before it got her in any deeper.
She rubbed the dull ache in her temples and decided that if feeding that man
proved the fastest way to get rid of him, she’d give in and do it. Without a
word, she turned and stepped toward the bedroom door. He had her in an instant,
pulling her against his chest, holding her in a steel embrace. She glared up at
him.
“You’re shooting daggers at me again, babe. Pretty eyes like
yours should be all soft and misty when a man’s holding you. Like this.” His
mouth came down on hers, boldly claiming rights she hadn’t ceded him. Rae
forgot to be outraged. How could she be when her insides promptly turned to
jelly and she had to be careful not to fall over in a heap? Her nipples tingled
and peaked. It took all her self-control not to rub them while he watched.
His lips pressed to hers, his hand slid down her back and
cupped her bottom, pulling her against him. Her pulse quickened as she realized
his arousal grew with every second that ticked past. Thaddeus pulled away and
looked down at her with eyes gone black and strange. Deep inside, her womb contracted,
startling her with the unfamiliar sensation. He brushed his knuckles along her
cheek in a gentle caress.
“What’s wrong, Rae?” he asked, his voice soft and tender,
that of a man who for some unknown reason actually cared about what troubled
her.
“I don’t know what you mean?” She really didn’t, other than
his very uninvited presence in her apartment was wrong. She refused to let this
man play on her emotions.
“Don’t you like to be kissed?”
She rubbed the bridge of her nose nervously and looked away.
“It’s okay. I haven’t done a lot of it.”
“The men in this town are falling down on the job.” Thaddeus
tipped her chin up, forcing her to look at him again. “I swear. I’m only going
to kiss you right now. Just relax and enjoy it, Rae.”
Her heart fluttered. Oh, how she wanted to do just that! Kissing
had been such a disappointment to her and in her heart, she knew it shouldn’t
be. It seemed to her that every boy who had ever warmed up to her enough to
kiss her just slobbered all over her face. The tingling that spread out from
her nipples promised more from this man. The sensation promised a taste of what
she’d read about in her treasured collection of romance novels that dated from
a century and a half ago. She closed her eyes, pushed aside the fact that he
was a fugitive, and hoped.
Thaddeus’ lips brushed hers, the barest whisper of a touch,
so fleeting, she wondered if she’d only imagined it. She opened her eyes.
Victory flickered in the dark depths of his intense gaze. His mouth came down
on hers with bruising force, hot and full of demand that stripped her will to
protest.
His clever tongue teased at her mouth while his strong arms
tightened around her. She opened her lips to draw a breath and he boldly thrust
his tongue past her teeth. Something within her, low down in her belly, shifted
and coiled. Heat swept her from head to toe, raising gooseflesh in its wake.
The thing inside her loosened and gave her the impetus to reach for him.
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