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His Obsession Next Door

Cathryn Fox

Excerpt

What the hell did she think she was doing?

Night blanketed the city as Cole stood near his living room window,  watching Gemma mill about her condo through the crack in her curtains.  His condo might be the only one with a direct view into her place, but  if someone passed by on the street, they could easily see her barely  clad body moving from one room to another.

Dressed in a silky little piece of nothing that had his passion-rattled  mind urging him to go over there and fuck some sense back into her, he  fisted his hands, drove them into his pockets and rocked back and forth  on his heels.

A slow tremor worked its way through his body. His cock, still hard  since setting sight on her four days ago, when she'd answered her door  in a silky nightgown, was ready to break through its zippered barrier  and rise up for a front row seat. Seeing her standing there looking all  warm, soft, sexy and sleepy, had him aching to capture her in his arms  and carry her straight back to her bed. Once he had her where he wanted  her he'd climb between those long legs of hers and bury his mouth in the  apex of her thighs-something he'd been dreaming of doing for far too  long now. Christ, what he wouldn't have done to spend the rest of that  day making her scream for him. And scream she would. He growled, and on  the floor near his feet, Charlie, who had healed up quite nicely since  his surgery, thumped his tail.

Cole gave a hard shake of his head in a failed effort to clear it. He'd  been watching her for three long nights now, going into his fourth, and  he was pretty sure the girl next door-one who suddenly seemed more  seductive than sweet-was up to her old tricks, teasing and tormenting  him to the point of distraction.

"That girl is going to be the death of me," he said to his dog, and  Charlie gave a whimper, like he was fully aware of Cole's discomfort.

The light in her living room flicked off. Cole shifted, about to grab a  cold beer to help tamp down the heat inside him when her bathroom light  came on. Jesus, with her curtains parted he could see her standing in  front of her mirror, her hands gripping the hem of her camisole. He  swallowed, hard, and tried not to look. He really did. But by God, even  though ogling the half-naked beauty across the street was all kind of  wrong, there was nothing he could do to tear his gaze away from the  woman who'd become the object of his obsession. After all, he was a man,  and a man only had so much willpower.

She peeled her top off to expose the most luscious breasts he'd ever set  eyes on. As lust settled deep in his groin his cock throbbed, aching  for attention. Working to summon a modicum of control as she wiggled, he  gripped the windowpane and swallowed down the saliva pooling in his  mouth. He couldn't see below her waist, but from the way her breasts  were swaying, her long dark curls flaring around her face, he could only  guess she was shimmying out of her panties.

Fuck.

She turned her back to the window and reached into her shower to turn it  on. If he wasn't mistaken she shot a sassy glance his way before  climbing in. Son of a bitch. She really was fucking with him





FEVER

Cathryn Fox

Excerpt

The shrill of their special phone pulled him from his musings and helped  marshal his thoughts. "I got it." Welcoming the distraction, he jumped  to his feet and pushed away from the card table. Without haste, he made  his way across the room.

Fuck. Maybe tonight he'd take the call. Although it had been a long time  since he'd participated in the Hot Line, perhaps a soft bed and an even  softer woman would help take the edge off and get his mind off Sara.

When he glanced at the caller ID, his heart raced, his blood pressure  soared. Jesus H. Christ. Everything in him reacted to the name displayed  in the small glass window. Tension rose in him as his cock urged him to  answer the phone, along with the sexual demands of his body.

What the fuck was he supposed to do now?

Despite his rock hard cock screaming at him to pick up that phone and  give Sara exactly what she wanted, he took a measured step back, but not  far enough that he still couldn't reach it. If he wanted to. But he  didn't want to. Okay, he wanted to, but he wasn't going to.

He was not going to pick it up.

No way.

No how.

Walk away, Mitch. Just walk away.

Before he could stop himself, his fingers closed over the receiver and squeezed until his knuckles turned white.

Just then Dean poked his head around the corner. Grinning like the  crazy, intuitive son-of-a-bitch he was, he asked, "You want me to get  that?"

"I got it," Mitch growled and ripped the phone from the cradle. He pressed it to his ear and said gruffly, "Hello."

Sara's soft, sexy voice sounded on the other end. "Mitch?"

"Yeah?"

Forgoing pleasantries and getting right to the point, she said, "My kitty stopped purring. I think it needs to be resuscitated."

Sweet Mother of God! Mitch slapped his hand to his forehead and drew a  steadying breath, working overtime to tamp down his roaring libido. He  failed.

Lust ripped through him like a raging forest fire, making him tremble  with pent-up need. He growled low in his throat, unable to tame the  primal animal rising up inside him, crumbling his resolve to keep his  distance. Despite knowing better, he had every intention of breathing  life back into her kitty, over and over again, using every means  possible, if he had to.

If she expected anything less, she'd called the wrong guy on the wrong night.

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Accidental Abduction

Eve Langlais

Fall in love? Never! An alien assassin turned pirate has no use for an  emotion he can't sell, but that doesn't stop him from falling for the  human he captures.

Copyright 2014 Eve Langlais

Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Epilogue

About The Author

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Chapter One

Maybe drowning won't be so bad. Megan's numb arms and legs agreed. Yet,  despite the fact her whole body wanted her to stop moving-screamed it  actually-she kept fluttering, moving her hands and feet just enough to  keep her face above the waves. Every now and then she got a mouthful of  salty water that made her choke and did nothing to cure her thirst. At  least she didn't have to contend with the burning sun. Chances were  she'd succumb to fatigue before the dawn arrived with its warming rays.  Her sarcastic side-which was begging for a slap-piped in that she should  also show thanks that she'd stopped shivering a while ago, her body  acclimatizing itself to the Pacific waters she floated in.

Megan never intended to go for a swim when she set out for an evening  cruise. She had her boyfriend-stupid, freaking jerk-to thank for her  situation. And to think, she'd thought Cameron was "the one." He'd  certainly said and done the right things in his wooing of her and she'd  enjoyed his company well enough, most of the time anyway, a rarity for  her where men were concerned. She should have smelt something fishy when  he'd immediately pushed for them to make everything joint soon after  they moved in together-the whole cohabiting thing again, his idea. His  claimed, "Don't you trust me?" should have rung warning bells.

There was nothing as foolish as a woman in love, though, or in her case,  like. She'd fallen into the trap he laid, and not just the trap of a  con man, but a death trap. I wonder if my grave stone will say "Here  lies Megan, screwed by a man, yet again."

In her defense, no woman ever expected the man she loved-or liked-to  betray them-even if in her case, her track record with men should have  provided a clue. She'd blithely agreed to go on a nocturnal jaunt with  him, the moonlight cruise a celebration of sorts, the anniversary of  their six month dating mark. A record for her. It would now also mark  the date of her death. At least the bastard toasted her with champagne  before hip checking her off the boat with an exaggerated "Oops." Then,  he'd had the nerve to laugh when she'd asked him for help as she tread  water, incredulity not making her see the obvious at first.         

     



 

It didn't take her long to clue in, and then she unleashed a litany of  curses that would have made most seamen blush. Of course, the way she  screamed in glaring detail the way she'd maim him when she got her hands  on him might have factored in Cameron's decision to go through with his  deadly plan-or precipitated it? She should have probably left off the  gruesome details about how she'd emasculate him. But still, what other  reaction did he expect given his action?

Megan heard his derisive laughter for a long time after he steered the  yacht away in the dark with only the stars to guide him. Hours later-or  so she assumed given the numerous scenarios she'd had time to run  through her mind where she survived and got her revenge-she floated at  the ends of her endurance and strength, fighting to live even though she  knew she had no hope of surviving.