Mail Order Tiger Bride Wars

WILL I EVER GET MARRIED?

That's the question plus-sized Ellen Moss has been asking herself lately. Maybe, in addition to her (over)weight, it's because she has a tendency to babble senselessly when she's nervous in front of a guy - which is all of the time. Or maybe it's because she's one-quarter tiger shifter, and nobody wants that muck in their genes.

When her bitchy younger sister, Terry, gets engaged, Ellen decides to respond to an ad in the shifter classifieds:

TIGER SHIFTER WIFE WANTED URGENTLY. MUST BE WILLING TO LIVE IN AFRICA

Africa! Seriously?

Soon enough, Ellen is booked on a first class flight to Africa, with just one complication. When Terry sees the ruggedly handsome Cole Devereaux's photo and profile, she wants to tag along too.

Cole Devereaux, prominent archeologist, is desperate. His father has threatened to pull away funding from his African dig unless he marries a tiger shifter to "carry on the dynasty". When Ellen responds to his ad, he is surprised when he gets two sisters for the price of one.

But who is he attracted to? The sweet, anxious and plump Ellen, or her slim and sexy sister, Terry, who is doing everything she can to get into his pants?

MAIL ORDER TIGER BRIDE WARS is a sweet and sexy and humorous shifter romance which reads exactly as good as its title.

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The Alpha Men's Secret Club 4: Intrigue

The Alpha Men's Secret Club 4: Intrigue

Rust O’Brien’s world is falling apart. He is accused of murdering the heir to one of the richest men in the country . . . and he is not completely sure he is innocent.

Very troubling are his lapses of memory. What happened on the night of the murder? Rust remembers his ravenous blood lust for Kate’s curvy body and fleeing from her before he can harm her. But what happened afterward? Did he in his blood lust kill Teddy Mitchell?

As Rust and Kate try to piece together the mystery, salvation comes in the guise of a reporter who has evidence that may absolve Rust. But she has a calculative demand. She threatens to expose the secret shifter community to the world unless Rust gives her what she wants.

Rust and Kate have to make a terrible choice.

 NOVELLAS IN THIS SERIES

The Alpha Men’s Secret Club
The Alpha Men’s Secret Club 2: Desire Games
The Alpha Men’s Secret Club 3: Fallout
The Alpha Men's Secret Club 4: Intrigue


EXCERPT

Rita found herself taking three quick paces back to hide behind the tree again. She fumbled in her jacket for her gun. She might have to defend herself if things got rough.

The tiger shuddered, sighed, and then went back to sleep again. Rita heaved a sigh of relief. She really, really didn’t want to have to use that gun on anyone or anything tonight.

Then something weird happened.

That was the only way Rita could describe it. Weird.

The tiger began to transform, like in all the legends of old. Its fur withdrew and melted into pale flesh. Its limbs lengthened and became human-like. Its ears retracted. What he became in a span of seconds totally floored Rita, and her hand shook as she trained the aperture of the cellphone camera on the whole scene.

She was so glad she was recording this, because she sensed no one would believe her otherwise. And even then, they were bound to question the validity of the video footage.

The sleeping human form which appeared at the end of the metamorphosis was a strikingly handsome man. Rita held her breath as she studied the smooth planes of his beautiful face, the mild flutter of his closed eyes as his eyeballs moved in REM phase sleep and his long, naked body. His body was marvelously sculptured in all the right places, and his front was turned towards her – offering her a sumptuous view of his impressive genitals.

She recognized him as Rust O’Brien, whom she had never met in the flesh.

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The Alpha Men's Secret Club 3: Fallout

The Alpha Men's Secret Club 3: Fallout

 

So close and yet so far.

 Rust O’Brien – esteemed Professor, secret sex god – is in trouble. He has been accused of violating the terms of his employment by having sex with a college student.

 Dismissed and disgraced, Rust returns to his home in New York. But what of innocent Kate Penney, who loves him more than she can ever love anyone? Bereft and desperate, she goes after him. But does he love her the way she loves him? And can he control his blood lust for her which simmers under his flesh – a lust that goes beyond the merely sexual?

 Unbeknownst to them, other factors and jealousies are at play. The shifter Gathering in New York looms, Rust’s old lover returns, and a new suitor plays for Kate’s hand. There is only one thing certain – that everything will all play out unexpectedly and devastatingly for all concerned.

 WARNING: This story ends in a cliffhanger.

 NOVELLAS IN THIS SERIES

The Alpha Men’s Secret Club
The Alpha Men’s Secret Club 2: Desire Games
The Alpha Men’s Secret Club 3: Fallout


EXCERPT

Kate clung to Rust, feeling out of her depth.

“Take off your shoes,” he said.

“What?”

“Take them off. Feel the power of the land through the soles of your feet.”

To demonstrate, he took off his shoes and threw them into some shrubs. After a beat, she followed. He was right. She could feel something thrumming on the soles of her feet. She looked up at him, her face shining.

He smiled down at her, and she caught the expression of undisguised hunger in his eyes again. Could he desire her so much? she marveled. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see some of the guests disrobing. They were all wearing as much – or as little – as she was wearing underneath her coat.

“This is when you shed all your inhibitions,” Rust said, his fingers at his shirt buttons.

He undressed slowly, letting her take in his gleaming body. She would never tire of watching him undress – that slow revelation of silky skin encasing taut muscles. His nipples were very erect. As was his thick cock.

He was now completely naked. Unadorned. With not even a single decoration or accoutrement to enhance his glorious body. Not that he needed any. He was magnificent as he was.

She wondered if she was allowed to touch him.

“Just follow my lead, Kate,” he said, sliding the mink coat off her shoulders.

The sensuous fur caressed her bare skin as it dropped to her ankles. The sudden chill struck her skin and gave her instant goose bumps. She stepped out of the heap, feeling very naked, feeling as though all eyes were on her. But of course, they were not. The guests were in the throes of their own revelry.

Rust’s eyes burned as he took in her curves, which were enhanced – not hidden – by the coy strings of her micro-bikini. He took in her plump and erect nipples, her ample breasts, the way her engorged pussy lips were encircled by the tight straps. His hands trailed down her shoulders, her arms, her waist. He stroked the mounds of her breasts and scissored her nipples in between his thumbs and forefingers.

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THE ALPHA MATING GAME: A BBW SHIFTER ROMANCE

THE ALPHA MATING GAME: A BBW SHIFTER ROMANCE

“I wouldn’t have sex with you if you were the last man on Earth.”

That’s what larger-than-life Felicity Marks would like to say to her hated college rival, Oliver Greene, if he had even noticed she was a woman in the first place. But Oliver is tall, brilliant and gorgeous with killer abs and blue eyes to die for. Guys like him don’t go for girls like her, except to ridicule.

Then it literally happens. The world as they know it literally goes to shit. A pandemic spreads, turning everyone they know into corpses or mutants. For reasons unknown to them, they are the last man and woman left standing. Or are they?

The trouble with being the last woman on Earth is that every male left alive now wants to mate with her. Felicity is thrust into the unenviable position of suddenly being the most fought over female on the planet. Unfortunately, her suitors are alpha and feral and not fully human.

Then there’s Oliver, whom she doesn’t hate quite so much anymore. Ditto for him. Can they surmount their obstacles together and will he defend her against all odds?

THE ALPHA MATING GAME is a standalone book which follows the culmination of events in THE ALPHA DATING GAME. However, you can read it on its own without reading the latter.

  

EXCERPT

Oliver turned a tap on in a sink and bent over to splash his face.

Felicity said, “Excuse me, you’re still in the wrong toilet.”

“Chill, OK? I’m leaving.”

“Well, leave faster.”

“Don’t get your panties in a twist. You know what your problem is, Marks?” Oliver’s skin was still glowing from a post-orgasmic flush.

“My intuition says you’re about to tell me.”

“You’re not getting laid yourself, and so you come down hard on people who actually do get laid.”

Felicity’s jaw dropped. “Excuse me? I’m not the one getting banged in a toilet, which is frankly disgusting, if you ask me.”

“As if that will ever happen to you.”

“And I’m not the one banging somebody else’s girlfriend. If anyone has issues here, it isn’t me.”

“I don’t have any issues.”

“Oh, I think you do, Greene. I think you have issues when you lost out to me every year for the past three consecutive years. I think your ego is dented.”

“I don’t have to try as hard as you do, Marks,” he said mildly. “I don’t have to spend all my time burying my nose in books because I don’t have to.”

“Says the one who came in second best.”

“Oh, really? We’ll see who aces the year when it’s through.”

“You’re on.”

“It’s a bet then. What will you be giving to me when I come in top at the end of the semester?” Oliver flashed his trademark heavenly smile.

“You better think of what you’re going give me.”

“I will, and it sure ain’t the fuck that you’ve been craving from me. A thousand dollars.” Oliver wiped his hands on a paper towel. “You game for it, Marks?”

A thousand dollars? She didn’t have a thousand dollars. Still –

“You’re on,” she said with more bravado than she felt.

I will win this.

“Great,” he said. “And now if you’ll excuse me, I have a life to go back to. Unlike some people we know.”

She refused to retort to that, and so she could only glower as he walked out of the door. After a moment’s hesitation, she grabbed her bag and left too.

She caught up with him at the elevators. The elevator doors were just opening when she ran up. He glanced at her and then entered. At first, she debated whether or not to wait for the next cab. But then she decided that she was not going to let her dislike for him dictate her life.

So she entered the elevator with him. He pressed the lowermost button.

“Miss me already?” he said.

“You wish.”

“How many tables do you have to wipe to tote that thousand dollars up, do you think, Marks?”

“Not at all of us are born rich and conceited, unfortunately.”

“You think I’m rich?”

“Yeah. The way you flaunt it, anyone would think you’re rich.”

They had four floors to go because the chemistry library was on the top floor. Just then, the elevator shuddered and stopped abruptly. Felicity almost lost her balance. She grabbed the wall.

“Woah,” Oliver said. He was juddered off his feet too.

She looked up at the display. They were stopped at the third floor. Or maybe it was somewhere between the third and fourth.

Now great. She was stuck in an elevator with Oliver Greene.

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The Alpha Men's Secret Club 2: Desire Games

You feel like heaven to touch.

It has been a month since plus-sized Kate Penney hooked up with the man of her dreams, her phenomenally handsome college Professor, Rust O’Brien. An incredible month in which all her physical needs and wanton hungers are fully satisfied and realized.

But now Kate wants more.

She wants Rust to gaze into her eyes lovingly, like he really means it. She wants to belong to him – body, mind and soul – just as she wants him to belong to her. But is she reaching? How can a man as obscure as he is ever belong to anyone?

Nevertheless, tonight is the night which marks a new threshold in their physical relationship. Tonight is the night he wants to do it raw with her.

But there are complex psyches at play here. Her classmate, Carlo, is in lust with her because of what she is to Rust. Rust himself is conflicted, though for reasons Kate would never have fathomed.

And when desires are stoked and games are played, it all must come crashing down.

NOVELLAS IN THIS SERIES

The Alpha Men’s Secret Club
The Alpha Men’s Secret Club 2: Desire Games

EXCERPT:

It was 6.05, and she was starting to panic. What if he had forgotten about her? What if he decided not to turn up because she was too needy? She shouldn’t have hung around in the lecture hall for him. She had probably frightened him away. I don’t want an emotional relationship, she could almost hear him saying.

Then a black limousine drew up. It stopped right in front of her. It had one of those automatic doors which slid open.

The driver slid his window down. “You Kate Penney?”

“Uh, yes.”

Where was Rust?

“I’ve been sent to pick you up by Professor O’Brien. Please step in.”

Oh. He was giving her the first class treatment now. This was unexpected. Kate was both astonished and pleased.

She stepped into the back. Rust, of course, was nowhere to be seen. The door slid shut behind her. The driver stepped on the gas pedal and they drove off.

Are we going somewhere nice? Kate wondered.

They were barely two minutes into the ride when the driver half-turned back and handed her an envelope.

“This is for you, Ms. Kate.”

She took it. It was an embossed white envelope with a white tiger upon it. There was no doubt who it was from.

“Am I supposed to open it?” she asked.

“Yes.”

With trepidation, she tore the envelope open. She was afraid it might say: ‘I’m sorry I can’t join you tonight, but have one on me.’

She was afraid of being stood up.

There was a note inside the envelope. It said:

‘DARLING KATE,

LET’S SEE HOW WELL YOU CAN FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS.
ARE YOU WEARING PANTIES? IF YOU ARE, TAKE THEM OFF NOW.

RUST.’

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New Release ~ The Alpha Men's Secret Club 2: Desire Games

You feel like heaven to touch.

It has been a month since plus-sized Kate Penney hooked up with the man of her dreams, her phenomenally handsome college Professor, Rust O’Brien. An incredible month in which all her physical needs and wanton hungers are fully satisfied and realized.

But now Kate wants more.

She wants Rust to gaze into her eyes lovingly, like he really means it. She wants to belong to him – body, mind and soul – just as she wants him to belong to her. But is she reaching? How can a man as obscure as he is ever belong to anyone?

Nevertheless, tonight is the night which marks a new threshold in their physical relationship. Tonight is the night he wants to do it raw with her.

But there are complex psyches at play here. Her classmate, Carlo, is in lust with her because of what she is to Rust. Rust himself is conflicted, though for reasons Kate would never have fathomed.

And when desires are stoked and games are played, it all must come crashing down.

NOVELLAS IN THIS SERIES

The Alpha Men’s Secret Club
The Alpha Men’s Secret Club 2: Desire Games

EXCERPT:

It was 6.05, and she was starting to panic. What if he had forgotten about her? What if he decided not to turn up because she was too needy? She shouldn’t have hung around in the lecture hall for him. She had probably frightened him away. I don’t want an emotional relationship, she could almost hear him saying.

Then a black limousine drew up. It stopped right in front of her. It had one of those automatic doors which slid open.

The driver slid his window down. “You Kate Penney?”

“Uh, yes.”

Where was Rust?

“I’ve been sent to pick you up by Professor O’Brien. Please step in.”

Oh. He was giving her the first class treatment now. This was unexpected. Kate was both astonished and pleased.

She stepped into the back. Rust, of course, was nowhere to be seen. The door slid shut behind her. The driver stepped on the gas pedal and they drove off.

Are we going somewhere nice? Kate wondered.

They were barely two minutes into the ride when the driver half-turned back and handed her an envelope.

“This is for you, Ms. Kate.”

She took it. It was an embossed white envelope with a white tiger upon it. There was no doubt who it was from.

“Am I supposed to open it?” she asked.

“Yes.”

With trepidation, she tore the envelope open. She was afraid it might say: ‘I’m sorry I can’t join you tonight, but have one on me.’

She was afraid of being stood up.

There was a note inside the envelope. It said:

‘DARLING KATE,

LET’S SEE HOW WELL YOU CAN FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS.
ARE YOU WEARING PANTIES? IF YOU ARE, TAKE THEM OFF NOW.

RUST.’

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New Release ~ Burn 5

It is two years later. Abby Holt is a fugitive in Mexico City, running from an overzealous FBI agent who is determined to see her back in prison. Above all, she only desires one thing – to find Devon Fisher, the love of her life, who disappeared inexplicably off the face of the Earth.

Devon, on the other hand, still has amnesia. He is living it up in Australia, blissfully unaware of Abby’s existence. He is married to Claire. They have a baby on the way.

But the time must come for everything to collide. Devon will have to face the mind-bending truth and choose one woman – the mother of his child, or Abby, the love of his life.

This is the fifth and final book in the BURN series.

BOOKS IN THIS SERIES

Burn

Burn 2

Burn 3

Burn 4

Burn 5

EXCERPT

The pretty house drew up at the end of the lane. It was painted a pastel yellow, with blue roofs and it had a swimming pool with a gazebo.

Taylor said, “Your wife isn’t home, is she?”

Devon didn’t want to disillusion her. Just yet.

“Wouldn’t you like to find out?” he said with a secret smile.

“How long have you been married?” She indicated the ring on his fourth finger. It was a simple gold band, inscribed with their wedding date.

“Just about a year and a half.”

“Oh, newlyweds.”

He glanced at her quizzically. “Not really.”

“Where did you meet?”

His wife had filled him in on the details. Otherwise, Devon wouldn’t have remembered it.

“In America. We are both Americans. We met at Starbucks.”

“Starbucks! Not at a bar?”

“Nope. Apparently, we share the same cappuccino tastes, and so we started to talk and exchange notes on the mocha caramel latte. One thing led to another, and here we are.”

There was a lot in between, Devon knew. He had been trying to catch up on all the times in the past two years.

“That’s it? No torrid sex stories? No skeletons in the closet? No jilted lover in the wings?”

Apparently not.

“Nope. Just a normal, boring courtship.”

Actually, the sex was pretty torrid.

“You don’t strike me as the type to get married.”

“Oh, really? Why not?”

“You’re too young, for one. And – ” Her hand strayed to his crotch again.

He laughed as he put the car in park. Taylor looked up apprehensively.

“Are you sure your wife isn’t at home?”

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New Release ~ The Alpha Men's Secret Club

THE ALPHA MEN’S SECRET CLUB: A SCORCHINGLY HOT BBW SHIFTER ROMANCE

My eyes adored you.

For a while, it seemed that was all plus-sized Kate Penney would ever do to her strikingly handsome, extremely enigmatic and unknowable college Professor, Rust O’Brien. She can only admire him from the darkness of a crowded lecture hall, steeped in the knowledge that he would never, ever look at someone like her.

And why should he, right? First of all, she is a student. Second, she is far from being the tall, willowy blonde most guys seem to prefer.

Then her best friend, Michaela, chances upon a secret fraternity the Professor appears to part of: THE ALPHA MEN’S CLUB.

On first glance, the club simply doesn’t exist. Then Kate trails Rust O’Brien to this club one night. What she encounters is a scorchingly hot adventure of domination, mystery and alpha males who all seem to want only two things: her body and her absolute surrender.

This is a standalone 18,000 word paranormal romance novella.

EXCERPT
He stared at her flushed face. Her breasts. Belatedly, she tried to tuck them into her bra cups, but it wasn’t easy. The cups were too small and even Rita had required some expertise to ease her large tits into them.

“Don’t bother doing that,” he said.

Her trembling hands paused. What did he mean, exactly?

He took two strides towards her. She tensed. She should be afraid of him, really. He was so intense, and he was a shapeshifter. He was an exotic paranormal being. She should run out of here and never look back, and yet . . . she was strangely excited. More excited than she had ever been in her brief life.

Her pussy clenched, contracting painfully. Contracting with want, with need.

He seized her arms. Her breasts heaved. Oh, she so badly wanted him to touch them. He did not disappoint her. He grabbed them – those sleek, big globes of flesh. His grip was painful, and so tears came into her eyes. He was touching her – her Professor. The man she desired more than anyone else in the world. She was elated, exhilarated, terrified and in the height of anticipation all at the same time.

She could only stare into his lovely green eyes as his hands kneaded her breasts, tweaked her nipples. Blood rushed into her areolas, giving them a red tinge.

“Is this want you want?” Hs voice was still harsh. There was glittering desire in his eyes, nevertheless. And conflict. Why was he conflicted? Because she was his student?

Did he even know who she was – the wallflower who stood in the fringes of his crowd, who never said a word? She was confused and unsure. His words suggested he had an inkling of who she was, and yet, she still wasn’t sure. She could only play this out.

“Y-yes,” she gasped.

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New Release ~ Strange Moon Part Two

WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT ‘STRANGE MOON’  

“Oh, wow! This book had me on the edge of my seat. I didn't know what was going to happen next. And the twist at the end has me hungering for book two!!” June Le Claire, Amazon

“I couldn't stop reading to the end and just when I started to think I had the story figured out, a twist throws me back in the dark.” Terry, Amazon

“The author brilliantly crafted a story that was mysterious and kept up a level of suspense and intrigue that had me madly turning the pages. The developing romance between the main characters was very well done.” Lexi, Amazon

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The threats to them have been made real. Ada and Dylan wake up in their beds with ropes around their wrists and no memory of what happened the previous night – just like all the other victims of Sonequa, that strange little town where time stands still.

But Ada’s self-confidence has been shaken after the ‘attack’. She has always been a strong woman, and now . . . she isn’t so sure. She has a sudden fear of intimacy with Dylan, and it is too soon into their newfound relationship to weather that. To top it off, she has just lost her job due to her failure to return within her crazy boss’s stipulated time.

Her world is crashing down around her.

Unless . . . she does something about it, together with Dylan, and finds the man or men who did this to them.

This 33,000-word paranormal romantic suspense mystery is Part Two, which is the final part of ‘Strange Moon’.

BOOKS IN THIS SERIES
Strange Moon: Part One
Strange Moon: Part Two (complete)

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New Release ~ Strange Moon: Part One

For a while, Ada Munro thought her estranged sister, Alice, was going crazy. Why would Alice claim that she woke up with blood stains on her nightgown, and then offer no evidence to suggest that she had been attacked?

But then, the werewolf town of Sonequa is equally strange. Isolated from the rest of the modern world, they live a religious and medieval but peaceful existence.

Until another woman delivers the same story. And another. And another.

Why do the victims have no recollection of being attacked? Why does a woman dream of a demon in a field, and then wake up in her bed with grass in her hair? Why have the other people in the house not awakened when these strange crimes were supposedly committed?

When her sister is accused of having a 'flight of feminine fancy', Ada takes it upon herself to uncover the mystery before the perpetrator strikes again.

Enter Dylan McCoy, a handsome Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who is sent to write a piece on Sonequa. He strikes up an immediate kinship with Ada, the only other outsider in town. But when a woman accuses him of being the perpetrator of the crimes, everything unravels, and Dylan and Ada must fight for his innocence and, indeed, his very survival.

Loosely based on true events, this 40,000-word paranormal romantic suspense mystery is Part One of 'Strange Moon'. Part Two will be released on March 20th, 2014.

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New Release ~ Burn 4

It is six months later. Everything is bleak in Abby and Devon’s world. Devon is in a coma, and Abby has been hauled off to prison to serve time for manslaughter.

Then Devon wakes up.

But the world he wakes up to is not the one he left behind. For starters, he doesn’t remember anything or anyone from that previous world. The bleeding in his brain has ravaged more than he thought possible. It left him without memory.

Thank goodness for his best friend, Richard Krieg, who takes him in and nurses him. There is no better man than Richard, who can only have Devon’s best interests at heart.

Abby is in prison, but her nightmares and premonition tell her something is terribly wrong out there. Devon is in danger. And if she wants him to live, she must do the only thing she can.

Escape.

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New Release ~ The Alpha Dating Game

All Jessica Dent wants is for someone to love her the way she is – every luscious ounce of her big, beautiful frame, the way her super-thin best friend, Lyla, seems to love her. But the college boys are picky and unkind.

Then Lyla registers Jessica on a website called BIG BEAUTIFUL DATING. Jessica is terrified, until she gets ONE response: from gorgeous, too-good-to-be-true Kyle. It’s impossible to the low self-esteemed Jessica that he seems to want her, but he does!

Handsome Kyle is poised to take over his father one day as the Alpha of his proud werebear clan. But he must prove himself first by selecting and indoctrinating an innocent Rubenesque girl into the most sacred of his clan’s rituals. It is a mysterious, erotic and yet deadly ritual which must be performed or the repercussions will be dire.

But Kyle is rapidly falling in love with the radiant Jessica, who has been marked by his father. He must now make an awful choice: Jessica, or the continuation of everything his family holds dear.

This is a complete novel without cliffhangers!

Excerpt~
Kyle made sure he arrived early at Spago’s. He had booked a private table for two which was nestled to the side, overlooking the garden. Very romantic. It was lit by a single fat candle in glass cup and decked with white napkins folded in the shapes of swans.

He kept looking at the entrance. Some irrational core of him hoped she wouldn’t show up. Couple after well-dressed couple came in were shown their tables by the effusive hostess, who now and then glanced over at him. She was checking him out, he knew. He grimaced. He had that effect on women and not all of it was welcome.

Then at eight sharp, Jessica Dent showed up. He recognized her immediately from her photo. Only now he was even more stunned.

She was gorgeous.

Her black dress was the type which flowed over and caressed her body in feminine swirls. And yes, she wasn’t the type of girl Sports Illustrated would feature on their swimwear edition, but too many people in this world had the wrong feminine ideal of a perfect woman. He was thankfully not one of them.

The hostess seemed surprised when she asked for his name. She glanced over and then back again as she gathered two menus. Kyle stood up as the hostess made her way over with Jessica, who seemed nervous. His own pulse was rising.

I can do this.

When they were within earshot, he smiled broadly and held his hand out.

“Hi, I’m Kyle.”

“Hi. I’m Jessica.”

She appeared quite flustered to see him. And also surprised. She probably didn’t expect him to match his photo profile. What was the point of lying about these things, right? You’d only be exposed on the first minute of your first date.

Her hand was quite cool when she took his. Still, he felt a little electric tingle from her touch and a very strong sexual charge which she probably was not aware she was giving off. He was pleasantly surprised. He didn’t expect this type of reaction from his own body.

He found that he could not take his eyes off her. Nor she him. In the periphery of his vision, he saw the hostess walk away in a polite huff.

Her eyes. They were swimming with swirls of color and emotion. He thought he could read hesitancy and hope and angst and delight all simmering within. Or maybe it was because he had underestimated his reaction to her. But they were lovely eyes. Beyond lovely, in fact. They were the type of eyes he could drown in forever.

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