Caribou Crossing (15 page)

Award-winning author
Susan Fox
(who also writes as Susan Lyons and Savanna Fox) writes “emotionally compelling, sexy contemporary romance” (
Publishers Weekly
). Susan is a Pacific Northwester with homes in Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia. She has degrees in law and psychology and has had a variety of careers, including perennial student, computer consultant, and legal editor. Fiction writer is by far her favorite, giving her an outlet to demonstrate her belief in the power of love, friendship, and a sense of humor. She was thrilled when
Cosmopolitan
excerpted her book
Sex Drive
as a Red-Hot Read
,
and even more excited when
Publishers Weekly
selected
His, Unexpectedly
as one of its Top 10 Romances for spring 2011.

 

Visit her on the web at
www.susanfox.ca
.

 

Maura Mahoney expects to spend her thirtieth birthday the way she's spent so many others. She'll work at the Cherry Lane retirement community, have a quiet dinner with her parents, and end the evening with a solo hot chocolate before turning in early. Sedate, but safe. Then Jesse Blue turns up at Cherry Lane, ready to do community service to avoid jail time. And suddenly, prim, by-the-books Maura can't stop thinking about a sexy, motorcycle-riding bad boy who seems wrong for her in almost every way.

 

But beneath his gruff exterior, Jesse is a man of surprises. He's filling the once drab community center with color and life. He's bonding with the residents. And he's prompting scorching, wild dreams Maura would never be bold enough to act on. Or would she? Because the way Jesse looks at her, Maura could swear that this heated, smoldering attraction runs both ways . . .

 

At thirty-one, Kat Fallon's luck with men shows no sign of improving. But when she asks her best friend Nav Bharani to be her date at her younger sister's wedding in Vancouver, she has no idea that she's about to get on board the most surprising ride of her life . . .

 

Nav has been secretly in love with Kat ever since he moved in next door. When she reveals that she loves taking train rides, especially the meeting-strangers part, Nav devises a plan to win Kat's heart. On every leg of her trip to Vancouver, he shows up disguised as a different sexy stranger. Stunned by Nav's daring, Kat finds herself succumbing to his inventive transformations. But what starts out as an innocent adventure soon becomes much more for Kat as she is forced to choose between her long-held fantasies of the perfect mate—and the prospect of something far more real . . .

 

Shying away from commitment of any kind, Jenna Fallon's rules in life are to have none. So when her car breaks down en route from California to Vancouver—and she's forced to hitch a ride with a sexy stranger—she's thrilled to discover they share the same no-holds-barred views . . .

 

As a globe-trotting marine biologist, Mark Chambers is used to changing locations—and women. Yet as he and Jenna make their way up the Pacific coast, camping, skinny dipping, and having scorching hot sex, Mark's not so sure he wants to say good-bye. But is Jenna brave enough to meet the challenge of a man who may be perfect for her?

 

Merilee Fallon has been planning her wedding to Matt Townsend since she was seven, and now the big day is only two days away. But suddenly she has an unexpectedly serious case of cold feet. So she shocks both Matt and herself—and calls off the wedding.

 

They may not get their happily ever after, but both Merilee and Matt agree they shouldn't let their nonrefundable honeymoon go to waste. So they take the Mexican Riviera cruise—as friends. It's Merilee's chance to be adventurous, and maybe even put her newfound freedom to the test. But she's about to discover that sometimes there's nothing more arousing than first love—especially on a cruise ship where there are no rules and anything goes . . .

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Copyright © 2013 by Susan Lyons

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ISBN: 978-1-4201-3336-3

ISBN-10: 1-4201-3336-5

 

First Electronic Edition: July 2013