Jill Shalvis

Are you okay?" "Fan-fricking-tastic. Only way today could get better is if I were scheduled for an appendectomy. Without drugs. In a third-world country.

Apparently it'd been too long since her last social orgasm...

I can't think in your presence." "Why not?" "Because looking at you is like..." She tossed up her hands. "It's like walking down the chips and cookie aisle at the grocery store. I can't resist you, and then I'll forget why you're bad for me.

Doesn't everyone deserve their own version of a happily-ever-after?

He slid his fingers over her jaw and tilted her face up to his. "You're smarter than hell, sexier than hell, and I like you way more than I should," he said.

I__ not a lot of trouble,_ she said.His gaze slid to her mouth. __ou sure about that?___ompletely._ And then she flashed him an indeed trouble-filled smile.And that__ when he knew. He was the one in trouble. Deep trouble.

You promise not to fall for me," she said seriously. "No matter how lovable I am?" He wanted to smile at that but didn't want her to think he was making fun. She wanted his word, and he could give it easily enough, confident that as adorably sexy as she was, he could refrain from falling for her, since his heart felt dead in his chest. "I promise.

I wasn__ finished with you, Pru,_ he said softly. __ had plans.__h boy. __aybe I had plans, too.___eah?_ Closing the gap between them, one of his hands went to her hip, the other slid up her back to anchor her to him. __ell me. Tell me slowly and in great detail.

He stared at her. __ow is it that you__e cute, sexy as hell, and smarter than anyone I know?__he gave him a small smile. __t__ a gift.

He stepped closer. "Lily---" "No. Stay back," she said, pointing a finger at him. He went still. "Why?" "Because when you come close I do stupid things." "Like?" "Like let you kiss me." "Let me?" He laughed ruefully. "Lily, you just about crawled up my body to get at these lips." She narrowed her eyes. "Like I said. Stupid.

Finn?___eah?___emember how you said the ball was in my court?__e pressed his forehead to hers for a beat, like he was working on control. She knew she should be as well but she didn__ want him to leave, didn__ want to be alone in this. __on__ go,_ she whispered softly.

Yes. This. It was just what she needed, because here, held by him like this, her guilt, her regret, her fears . . . all of it gave way to this heady, languid sensation of being desired and she didn__ want it to stop.Any of it.

Okay, time to play doctor.__er entire body quivered, sending __es please_ vibes to her brain. Luckily her mouth intercepted them. __ure, if I can be the doctor.__is mouth curved. ____ willing to take turns, but me first.

Finn smiled and blew half her brain cells. __ou going to teach me how to have fun, Pru?_ he asked in that low, husky voice.

Trying to cool his jets, trying to let her stay in charge, he attempted to hold back, but she let out this breathy little whimper like he was the best thing she__ ever tasted.

I'm good at a lot of things," he murmured.

Pru had gotten under his skin, and like her, he wanted more. So much more. He wanted to know her secrets, the ones that sometimes put those shadows in her eyes. He wanted to know what made her tick. And more than anything, he wanted to taste her again.Every inch of her.

Feel free to kiss it better.