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"I thought it would be for the best. You got what you wanted."
"Oh? I did?" She stepped close to him and jabbed a finger at his chest. "What's that?"
"Luther. He wants to be with you. The plan worked."
Mel reached for his hands and threaded her fingers through his. "Is that what you think? You're wrong. It backfired."
"Luther doesn't want you?" Sebastian frowned.
"No. I don't want Luther. I want you. Sebastian, I love you."
"But..."
"But nothing. I love you, Sebastian. I can't believe with what we've been sharing lately, you wouldn't know that. Kiss me."
Sebastian looked uncertain, but pulled her close and leaned down to meld his mouth with hers.
"Doesn't that tell you how I feel?" Mel asked, stroking his jaw.
He smiled, just a little. "I love you, Mel. I do. I don't think your family is going to like us together."
"Maybe not. But they'll get used to it. To us. They want me to be happy. And I want you." She hugged him. "Don't scare me like that. If you need to talk to me, if you have any doubts, talk to me. Okay?"
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"Okay. I guess I need to get my job back."
She laughed. "Yes, you will."
He kissed her again, even more urgently. Heat pooled between her legs. He leaned his forehead against hers. "The truth is, you're the woman I've wanted, Mel. Not some made up waitress. It's always been you. It was never make-believe for me."
And that deserved another kiss, a thorough, curl-your-toes kiss.
When they came up for air, Mel asked, "Do you think before you talk to Wallace about getting your job back we could spend some time making up?"
Sebastian gave her a saucy wink. "Most definitely."
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Shawn Lane believes love and passion know no boundaries. Shawn writes both erotic love stories involving men in historical or contemporary settings and interracial romances between men and women. Shawn is always looking for new stories and new characters to create while holding down life in California.
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Isabel Warren wouldn't dream of defying the morality statutes that forbid women over forty from ever making love again. As a medical practitioner, she understands the need for laws preventing "dirty love." The S.O.S. virus of 2030 left most of the male population infertile and turned human DNA into something resembling a microscopic jigsaw puzzle. The virus itself is undoubtedly dangerous, but older women are perhaps the most significant threat humanity has ever faced.
Yet knowing what's forbidden and keeping her feminine urges under lock and key are two different things. Especially when Isy's most recent assignment requires her to run intimate tests on Connor Flynn, a man sixteen years her junior, who seems determined to prove she's not the monster everyone else thinks she is. And if such delicious temptation 71
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Exhausted and angry about the needless deaths he has to investigate, Brady worries that the killers he's looking for aren't even human. Those fears are compounded by an unexpected visitor, the battered and nearly broken Cole Singer, the lover he'd long ago given up for dead. When Cole offers to trade information on the killers in exchange for sanctuary, Brady realizes he doesn't have a choice. He just can't turn his back on the face of the only man he's ever loved. Even if he's a vampire...
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Cutting Quint out of his life is the best thing Max can do.
So why does it feel like Max might never be able to breathe again? It doesn't help that Quint's every bit as heartbroken and miserable. So maybe Max's view of Quint was skewed by the media. But can he separate the ruthless CEO from the gentle, caring man who loves him? And can he trust either one?
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Zach Jones never forgot Sergeant Harvey Kramer. Though he made it through the Second World War uninjured, he bears the scars of a love he thought he lost forever. Using the new holiday as an excuse, he tracks down his old friend in hope of a sweet reunion.
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