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“I cannot wait,
corazón
.” He tugged the bra downward over her breasts, an animal needing to get in. She loved him like this. He nuzzled and kissed her breasts, tender and rough and whiskery out there in the sunshine.

“Yes,” she whispered, holding onto him tightly.

She loved this man more than anything in the world. And beyond him, at the far edge of the terraced fields, the savincas bloomed in all their wild, blood-red glory.

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Behind the Mask.
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Acknowledgments‬

I want to deeply and profusely thank my critique partners – Joanna Chambers, Carolyn Jewel, Jeffe Kennedy, Mark Powell, Katie Reus, and Skye Warren – for their smart, generous feedback and ideas, and for reading this book when it was in various states of chaos. You guys are so amazing—I would be lost without you. Deb Nemeth did the beautiful developmental edit and copy edit, and Carrie Smoot seriously delivered with the proofreading! Author Penny Watson (who also happens to be a trained botanist) spent tons of time helping me brainstorm the botany aspects of this book—her expertise really made this plot pop. Marcela of
thebookaholiccat.blogspot.com
acted as my Spanish language and Latin American culture virtual assistant, helping me to bring this beautiful setting to life (any Spanish mistakes in the final edition will be mine and not hers). Kisses to my Facebook page gang, and a special shout out to Facebook pals Dena Howard Embree,‪ Debi Murray, Kacy Flowers,‪ ‬‬‬Debbie Oxier, Prue Dwyer,‪ ‬‪Robin Driscoll, and‪ ‬‬‬‬‬Natalie Bookloverslife for the idea for using Jelly Bellies this past winter! It worked really great, guys!! BookBeautiful perfectly captured the mood of Hugo on this lovely cover, and this amazing formatting job was done by bbebooksthailand.com. Gratitude and kisses to you all!‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

About Carolyn Crane

Lucky for Carolyn Crane, romance novels have given her a safe outlet though which to work out her not at all insane fascination with tortured killers, dangerous secret agents, and kinky bank robbers. Today she is a RITA
^®Award-winning author of romantic suspense, urban fantasy, and other steamy tales adventure; she’s been published by Random House, Samhain, and now her own indie self. She is married to her best friend, and they live in Minnesota with their two adoring cats. Her dirty-writing alter ego is NYT bestselling author Annika Martin.

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