by Dani Collins
When did anyone ever feel their blood moving in their arteries? She did. Right now. Her whole body came alive with subtle throbs and a generation of heat that would embarrass her to death when it hit her cheeks.
“Paige.” His expression smoothed to something more neutral and polite while his gaze took in the hood that she’d pulled over her hair and the way the oversized hoodie hung off her narrow shoulders so much more loosely than it did on her fifteen-year-old nephew.
“I’ve seen Grady. We can leave now,” Walter urged.
Paige heard the tension in Walter’s voice and understood his impatience stemmed from Sterling being this close to Paige.
Because she was so irresistible to him.
Slapping the lid on the box, she stood, being careful to keep her hand over the broken end.
“Always a pleasure to see you, Sterling,” she said as he rose in front of her. She punctuated with a brilliant smile that she conjured purely to annoy his father.
It died on contact. Sterling wasn’t easy to lie to. His gaze traveled from her to his father and back.
Then he returned her killer smile with his own, letting his gaze linger as he surveyed her face as if he had every right to take a long perusal of her lack of make-up and dismayed scowl.
“Likewise,” he said, super friendly and edging toward charismatic, punishing her, she supposed, for daring to attempt to use him in a power play.
Rich and good-looking wasn’t enough for him. He had to be perceptive, too. Jerk.
He hadn’t changed much from the few times she’d spotted and avoided him, when they’d both been in town over the last fifteen years. He had filled out the way some men did in their thirties, from lanky to perfect, but he still had the celebrity air that made him the alpha-male just by showing up.
While she felt like the ultimate scullery maid, standing here with her broken board game, tongue-tied in the presence of the Homecoming King.
“No time to catch up,” she said with an edge of mockery. “I’m just saying ‘bye to Dad before I get on the road back to Seattle. Nice to see you.” Die.
“I hope he recovers quickly.” Sterling was better at sounding sincere than she was. “Let me know if there’s anything I can do.”
Sarcastic ass. She wanted to show him her finger.
He looked to his father as a signal they leave.
She turned toward the corridor that would take her to her father’s room, but she hadn’t gone two steps before she heard, “Whoa, there.”
Seriously?
And why was part of her oddly pleased he was calling her back?
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Afterword
I hope you enjoyed L.C. and Mercedes’s story. Please consider leaving a review at the retailer where you purchased this book or on your favorite social media site.
I write lots of different types of romance as you’ll see from my backlist that follows. Check my blog for excerpts or visit my Books Page to browse all my titles.
Other Titles by Dani Collins
MONTANA BORN – Love In Montana Series:
Similar to ONLY IN HIS SWEETEST DREAMS, my Love in Montana titles are big stories in a small community. Marietta, Montana is a fictitious town filled with sexy heroes, smart heroines, heat, angst, wit and tons of heart. If you like to read in order, they go like this:
1) Hometown Hero
2) Blame The Mistletoe
3) The Bachelor’s Baby
4) His Blushing Bride
5) His Christmas Miracle
Note: Scorch takes place in Glacier Creek, but is linked to books 4 & 5
HARLEQUIN PRESENTS
Do you love alpha men, intense passion, drama and emotion against glamorous settings? Allow me to sweep you away with my Presents titles:
New in 2017!
The Sauveterre Siblings – two sets of twins, a kidnapping, and the four people who help them heal
1) Pursued By The Desert Prince
2) His Mistress With Two Secrets
3) Ramon & Isidora, Oct 2017
4) Trella & Xavier, Jan 2018
Also look for: Xenakis’s Convenient Bride, June 2017
Book Two, The Secret Billionaires Trilogy
Makricosta Dynasty:
Book 1 & 2: No Longer Forbidden? and More Than A Convenient Marriage? (2in1)
Book 3: An Heir To Bind Them
Book 4: Seduced Into the Greek’s World
The Wrong Heirs (Baby Swap!) Duet:
The Marriage He Must Keep
The Consequence He Must Claim
Loosely linked (character cross-overs):
Proof Of Their Sin (RT Book Reviews Reviewer’s Choice Award Winner!)
A Debt Paid In Passion
Bought By Her Italian Boss
The Russian’s Acquisition
The Secret Beneath The Veil
Read as stand alone, or part of multi-author themed series:
The Ultimate Seduction (21st Century Gentleman’s Club – Book Two)
The Sheikh’s Sinful Seduction (Seven Sexy Sins – Lust!)
Vows Of Revenge
HOT!
Some like it hot! Do you? Check out:
Mastering Her Role
Playing The Master
Taken By The Raider
The Secret In Room 823
About the Author
Dani Collins is the USA Today Bestselling Author of more than thirty books for Harlequin Mills & Boon, Tule Publishing, and herself. She lives in BC, Canada with her high school sweetheart and is adjusting to becoming an empty-nester. Dani hopes this means she’ll add a line about travel to her biography very soon. Learn more about Dani on her website.
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