by Lush, Tamara
"Jess? I want to thank you. For not running away from me. For giving me another chance. For pushing me toward healing. For forgiving and being honest." I cleared my throat. Damn, this was harder than I thought. What was that lump near the back of my tongue? Why were my eyes burning?
"I know we're still young, but..." I opened the box, and she gasped when she saw the diamond. "I've wanted to ask you this since I was eighteen, since I first met you, because that's how long I've loved you. I wanted it then, and I want it now. More than ever. Will you marry me?"
She laughed and cupped my face. "Yes. Leo, yes!"
I slid the ring on her finger, then stood to take her in my arms. All I'd ever wanted was right here, on this beach made of sand so white and fine, it looked like powdered sugar. Some palm trees and the blue water. Silence. My dog and a fiery sunset that made the whole world look gold and pristine.
And my girl. Jessica.
This was life and love and my purpose.
Love was my purpose. And it was something I'd never run from again.
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DIRTY GAMES
A tech celebrity. A good girl with a streak of bad luck. Can they overcome their problems online and find something real — together?
Diego Rodriguez was an adorable geek in high school, but now he’s all grown up, handsome and a rich e-sports player. When his his ex-girlfriend Catalina walks into his house while delivering a pizza, he’s willing to risk everything for a second chance.
Catalina Richardson is out of a job and back home on Palmira Island. She runs into the one person she’s tried to forget, and he’s giving her all those incredible butterflies in her stomach again.
But someone is trying to thwart Diego’s success and his fragile relationship with Catalina. Will she trust him to make everything right, or keep running away?
Dirty Games is a standalone contemporary romance in The Burning Secrets Series. If you like dirty-talking geeks, low-angst tales, and snarky heroines, then you’ll love Tamara Lush’s story of first love and second chances.
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* DIRTY GAMES was originally published in 2016 under the title HOT FIX. This new version has undergone significant edits and changes.
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Tamara
About the Author
Tamara Lush writes steamy and emotional contemporary romance stories set in tropical locations. Her recent book, Constant Craving, was a 2018 RWA RITA® finalist in erotic romance.
She's married to an Italian and lives near a beach in Florida. For many years, she was an award-winning newspaper journalist. In 2017, she was one of 24 writers chosen by Amtrak to ride around the United States on a train and write fiction.
Tamara's a fan of vintage pulp fiction book covers, Sinatra-era jazz, 1980s fashion, tropical chill, kombucha, gin, tonic, seashells, iPhones, Art Deco, telenovelas, coloring books, street art, coconut anything, strong coffee and journalism.
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