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“I mean three. I’m betting your dad would agree with me.”

“Doubt it. It’s his bride you started this war of beautiful words with.”

“Speaking of beautiful, I have something for you.” I reach into my pocket and pull it out slowly. I hold up the luminescent string of pearls, and they catch the moonlight and trap it in their orbs.

“Oh my God.” Scarlett’s chest expands with her next breath as she rides a finger along the edge of the beads. “Rex! What’s this?”

“Your dowry.” I land the delicate string of beauty over her neck and secure the clasp. “Stunning.” A smile curls on my lips. “But you always are. The pearls are nice, too.”

“I don’t know what to say.” Her voice breaks. “Thank you.” Her fingers fumble for it as she bumps over the rim of the necklace. “I suppose the horses and llamas are on backorder.”

“I’ll have them shipped to Cutler Tower in the morning if they’ll make you smile.”


You
make me smile.” She laughs as her mouth covers mine. Her fingers fumble with the buttons on my shirt, and she glides her hand over my chest. “You came into my life and shined your warmth over me. It was under your love that my heart finally bloomed.”

A thousand like sentiments try to break free, but a lump the size of this wild summer has lodged in my throat. Instead, my palms clasp over her soft face, and I feel the fire exuding from her like only Scarlett can.

I clear my throat in an effort to pull it together. “You ready for a magic carpet ride that ends with you screaming?”

Scarlett takes my hands and lands them over the curves of her chest. “I’m ready to take you wonder by wonder,
Goober
.”

I wince. “That’s not really going to stick, is it, Muffin Top?”

She groans as I drop the moniker. “Fine. I’ll revert to your original nickname—Sexy Rexy.” Her chest ripples as she giggles. “Cassidy might have coined it, but I totally agree.”

“Well, if Cassidy coined it, it’s completely acceptable.” I contemplate my next move. “
Bambi
.”

“What?” She swats me over the chest three times fast. “Bambi is sexist and belittling and all the way wrong for me.”

“All right, all right. Hold off on the beatdown. I was just teasing—
Kitten
.”

“No.” Her body jolts, and she lands square on the hard problem brewing in my boxers.

“Yes.” My hand slips up the back of her dress, and my fingers curl around her lace panties, riding lower to that sweet, sticky place I long to bury my tongue in. “You happen to be the owner of my favorite”—my finger glides into home, and she gasps.

“Kitten!” She jumps a little when she says it. “Kitten it is. Thank you for keeping it G.”

“Thank you for keeping it warm and wet.”

She falls over me, and our mouths lock tight, our tongues wrestle out our affection. My lips edge their way to her ear, and I take in her soft lilac scent a moment. “Take my heart, Scarlett. Don’t give it back.”

“I couldn’t if I tried. It’s stitched to mine.”

Scarlett and I lose our clothes, lose our minds, and lose track of time, loving one another as the night gives birth to a brand new day.

Scarlett has had my heart for an entire year already whether or not she knew it.

Our love is only destined to grow.

The best is yet to come.

We just get better.

A Note from the Author

T
hank
you for reading
Forbidden Kisses (3:AM Kisses 9).
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Winter Kisses (3:AM Kisses 2)

Sugar Kisses (3:AM Kisses 3)

Whiskey Kisses (3:AM Kisses 4)

Rock Candy Kisses (3:AM Kisses 5)

Velvet Kisses (3:AM Kisses 6)

Wild Kisses (3:AM Kisses 7)

Country Kisses (3:AM Kisses 8)

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Stolen Kisses (3:AM Kisses 11)

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Toxic Part Two (Celestra Series Book 8)

Elysian (Celestra Series Book 9)

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Evanescent (The Countenance Trilogy 2)

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Season of the Witch (A Celestra Companion)

Celestra Forever After (Celestra Forever After 1)

The Dragon and the Rose (Celestra Forever After 2)

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Acknowledgments

A
huge shout-out
to my street team angels and the Reader Corner angels for all of your love and support. I always find it a wonder that I finish a book and a miracle that you’re always willing to read them. Thank you for the book love from the bottom of my heart.

To my beta, Lisa Markson, who always has an encouraging word to say. Thank you for being a valuable set of eyes and an invaluable friend on this winding writing journey. You always know how to brighten my day. Big hugs for that.

A special thank you to Tabby Coots for taking the time to read my ARCs and combing through them. I know you have a million other things to do, so I am always so thankful that you take some time out for me. Hugs, girl!

A huge thank you to Kaila Eileen Turingan-Ramos for taking the time to read through the book on your vacation! Gah! I can never repay you for that. I’m beyond grateful.

To the amazing Kathryn Jacoby who is on this twisted roller coaster with me. I hope you’re hanging on tight, girl! You are a rock, my right hand, and I appreciate every single thing you do.

To the masterful Paige Maroney Smith, editor extraordinaire! You never cease to amaze me. I thank you with every cell in my body for putting up with all of my crazy! Thank you for shining your light on my work and making my books gleam. I’m so thankful to have you in my life. Thanks for being awesome!

And last, but never least, thank you to Him who sits on the throne. Worthy is the Lamb! Glory and honor and power are yours. I owe you everything.

About the Author

A
ddison Moore is
a
New York Times
,
USA Today
,
and
Wall Street Journal
bestselling author who writes contemporary and paranormal romance. Her work has been featured in
Cosmopolitan
Magazine. Previously she worked as a therapist on a locked psychiatric unit for nearly a decade. She resides on the West Coast with her husband, four wonderful children, and two dogs where she eats too much chocolate and stays up way too late. When she's not writing, she's reading. Addison’s Celestra Series has been optioned for film by
20
th
Century Fox.

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