Aurora's Promise (37 page)

She jerked her head up. “But you said I had to be quiet
because he would hear.”

“I’m sure he did hear.”

A hot blush of embarrassment stained her face. “But the
rumors—”

“Will not start with Matthew.”

“Then why—”

His wicked grin had her narrowing her eyes. “You did it
on purpose just to make it harder for me,” she guessed. Pushing on his
shoulders she started to rise, but he grabbed her hips and settled her back
down.

“Are you complaining?”

Lifting her chin, she propped her hands on her waist and
tilted her head, running her eyes over his gorgeous face. “Oh no,” she said
with a smile of her own. “I’m planning.”

His hands stilled from where they were stroking her skin.
“Planning what?”

Sylph-like, she wound her arms around his neck and
instead of answering his question, asked one of her own. “So, how much longer
is this little carriage trip?” she purred next to his ear.

“Matthew has instructions to drive until I tell him to
turn for home.”

“That’s good,” she said and then traced the outer edge of
his ear with the tip of her tongue. A thread of pure female satisfaction wove
through her as she felt him start to harden inside her again. “Plenty of time
to exact my revenge.”

He groaned and nipped her shoulder. “Woman, you’re going
to be the death of me.”

She kissed him softly. Remembered the words he’d spoken
months before that had shaken her world to the ground with her disbelief and
then put it on a firm foundation once she had accepted them. Whispered them
back to him. “Not for at least fifty years or more, my love.”

I can’t recall a time when I wasn’t making up stories. As
long I can remember, they’ve played like movies in my mind and I love seeing
what will happen next.

Why did I decide to become an erotic romance writer? Easy. I
didn’t.

One day I was minding my own business, writing a nice sweet
story, and suddenly this incredibly sexy, all-things-fantasies-are-made-of man
just jumped out of my pen. He smiled at me, winked and told me to follow him.
What could I do? My feet were moving before my brain had a chance to lodge any
reasonable objections. Thank goodness!

I’ve been on this journey with my muse ever since. And I
gotta tell you, I’m loving it! He’s introduced me to some gorgeous alpha heroes
and take-no-crap, sassy heroines and the adventure has just begun. I can’t wait
to introduce you to them and hope you’ll have as much fun reading their stories
as I have writing them.

Besides being whisked away by my muse, traveling, hiking and
reading are in my top ten favorite things to do with a day, along with eating
Mexican food and the most decadent chocolate dessert I can find. Drop me a
line, I’d love to hear from you.

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