Asking for Trouble (19 page)
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Authors: Tessa Bailey
Tags: #officer off limits, #cops, #erotic, #kristen ashley, #protecting what's his, #his risk to take, #contemporary romance
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a Halloween anthology featuring four of Brazen’s bestselling authors!
Mystery and intrigue surround Halloween night as friends surrender to long-hidden desires, lovers relinquish control, and the heat of passion threatens to consume them all…
Danielle has a plan—use the company Halloween party to seduce the sexy mail guy who works a few floors up who she’s been meeting for coffee for the past few months. The only problem? He’s not who she thinks he is, and he has seduction plans of his own.
Kindergarten teachers aren’t known for breaking the rules, but Steph is ready to go undercover—and get under the covers—to work her magic on her best friend, Landon. Sexy costume necessary, multiple orgasms crucial, real identity optional.
When Stacy discovers her sex-on-a-stick ex at her Hollywood Halloween blow-out, she decides to show the cocky homicide detective exactly what he’s been missing. But she’s not the only one plotting revenge, and Ian’s the only one who can save her.
Lieutenant Derek Tyler and Ginger Peet have overcome every seemingly impossible hurdle on the path to happiness, but when they each receive life-changing news on the same day, will their hard-won trust stand up to the test? Or will their attempts to shield one another drive them apart?
Enjoy your tricks
and
treats in this sexy anthology featuring bestselling authors Katee Robert, Cari Quinn, Samanthe Beck, and Tessa Bailey.
Acknowledgments
To my husband, Patrick, and daughter, Mackenzie, whom I adore beyond words…
To Heather Howland for loving these characters as much as I do…
To Liz Pelletier for providing such valuable insight on the “enemies to lovers” trope…
To Tahra Seplowin for being a rock star and an excellent brunch companion…
To my cousins J & J for teaching me that an insult can be the most sincere expression of love…
To all the amazing readers of the Line of Duty series and my fabulous Babes…
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
About the Author
Bestselling author Tessa Bailey lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and young daughter. When she isn’t writing or reading romance, she enjoys a good argument and thirty-minute recipes.
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