Authors: Dakota Trace
His Just Desserts (12 page)
Oohs and aaahs filled the room as wait staff gathered around the tables. Within moments, the smell of dark rum, bananas, and vanilla teased his nose. Sliding back into his seat, he pressed a kiss to Isaiah’s temple. “Thank you, baby.”
“It was nothing.” Isaiah lit their dessert and served it to the head table. “Kaeli and the rest of the staff at Nonlia’s wanted to make your night special.” Isaiah leaned over to feed him a bite. “But you just earned yourself one helluva punishment. This was supposed to be your day, Counselor.”
He closed his fingers around Isaiah’s hand, licking the ice cream and caramelized bananas off the fork. “It’s our special night, baby. Together, remember?” He couldn’t resist reminding his lover of the promises they’d exchanged nearly four months ago when they’d moved into together.
Isaiah’s eyes narrowed. “But don’t think for a minute it’s going to save your ass.”
Sean licked his lower lip. “Of course not. Just try to wiggle your way out of it.”
Isaiah chuckled. “Not a chance, Counselor.”
Dakota is a simple Midwest girl, who has found her passion in storytelling at a young age. Her father always said she made up the craziest stories. Most remained unwritten though as writing wasn’t Dakota’s strong suit. That all changed in junior high when she took her first typing class. Problem solved for the dyslexic Dakota. There was no stopping her after that. She wrote her first novel her freshman year about a girl who could speak to animals on an old electric IBM typewriter her dad found at a garage sale. Now writing in several different genres, she is a published author with multiple books under her belt. When she isn’t writing, she’s the crazy mom of three wild Indians who are posing as her children, a loving wife to the man of her dreams and a full time Web Design Major at IADT.
You can visit with Dakota at
www.dakotatrace.net
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A blind woman and a scarred fire-jumper should be a match made in heaven, but will Nate and Xaviera manage to leave their baggage at the door and find love all in one night.
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Could something truly beautiful come out of this accidental meeting? Or was it really not an accident at all?
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Paul is a ladies’ man from way back, always making jokes, never being serious about anything but his job as a fire fighter. But after many years of friendship, he is surprised to find himself watching Rex cross a room and imagining him naked, under him. But does he really want to make love to a man? Or will he make a fool of himself?
A 1Night Stand in the beautiful Caribbean may hold the answer to both their questions.
