His Curvy Temptation
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Melanie's expression wrinkled as Cammie disappeared down the hallway.
"Did that make sense to you?" Declan asked, his lips against Melanie's ear.
"Not in the least," she answered.
The warm breath against her skin and Declan's gentle tone made her want to drift off to sleep. She'd been up before sunrise, Declan, too. She had the whole of wardrobe to run and Iola to get ready. He had his added role of director, which put him on the set at the same time the cameras and props were getting set up, which was always too damn early.
It was the last week of filming and, physically, they were both hanging on by a thread at the end of each day.
"Is Mommy getting sleepy?" he cooed as he left off toying with a thick strand of Melanie's hair to slide his hand beneath the scarf and stroke the back of his finger against Iola's cheek.
"I'm not the only one," Melanie said as the baby sleepily sucked at her lunch.
Cammie returned, trying and failing to tiptoe on the castle's stone flooring in her high heels.
"Is she awake?" she whispered, drawing near with her hand behind her back.
"Yes, but barely," Melanie confirmed. She angled her head, trying to see what Cammie was hiding. "That's not another gift, I hope. You can't have had any room in your suitcase for clothes as it is."
"Nope, just something I was supposed to return almost three years ago."
Bringing her hand forward, she held out a black baseball cap with a stylized red B at its front.
"Sorry," she blushed. "Things have a tendency to get misplaced when you move twice in two years. I could have sworn I'd gone through every box and bin in storage."
"No worries," Declan said, taking the cap. "There should be a black Sharpie in that vase on the worktable. Can you get it for me?"
Mouth puckering in confusion, Cammie complied with his request. Taking the pen, Declan wiggled behind Melanie and then she felt the brim of the cap against her back, his wrist moving against her shoulder blade.
Capping the pen, he handed it and the baseball hat to Cammie.
The blonde read what Declan had written, her mouth stretching in a broad smile as her eyes misted. Shoving the hat in Melanie's direction, she wiped a careful line beneath each eye to stop her mascara from smudging.
"Here, love," Declan said, taking the hat and holding it so that Melanie could see what he’d just written.
Keep the cap,
I got the girl.
-- Declan Bain
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with more coming this fall
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the Far Too Tempting collection
Tempted Beyond Reason (Wake & Lacey)
Tempted Beyond Relief (Wylie & Rhea)
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the Untouchable Curves collection
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Curvy Seduction (Owen & Gemma)
Curvy Perfection (Cayce & Ashley)
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the Irresistible Curves collection
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Claiming Her Curves (Blake & Pippa)
Capturing Her Curves (Shane & Velda)
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Book 3: Every Last Look (Barrett)
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Book 5: Every Last Reason (Emerson)
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Christa Wick has been hybrid publishing since 2012 (yep, she’s one of the O.G. indie authors). She’s written 50+ romances starring curvalicious heroines and alphalicious heroes whose stories span the spectrum of: steamy & sweet, steamy & emotional, steamy & suspenseful, steamy & paranormal, steamy & dark, and…well, you get the idea. She also writes sci-fi thrillers and suspense novels under other pen names.
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