Parallel Desire (33 page)
Authors: Deidre Knight
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"Congratulations, man," Dillon told him once he'd stopped carrying on. "To both of you. Shelby's a great match for you."
"Just our type," Jake added, reaching to cup one of Shelby's fabulously large breasts.
Having Scott in his life was like having an identical twin, one you didn't remotely resemble, yet who had the entire universe in common with you.
Scott laughed low across the line. "Agreed completely. Possessing all the right attributes."
Jake squeezed Shelby's breast to underscore the point.
"I heard that, Dillon," Shelby said, leaning close to the phone.
"I meant for you to, Tyler," Scott replied.
Jake shook his head. "Whatever. Put Hope on the line, stat. Shelby wants to talk to her."
After some shuffling around, both couples had engaged their speakerphones, and Hope had shrieked joyously for both of them. Then, never taking her eyes off him, Shelby said, "So Hope, doll, I need a little advice since I'm marrying this guy."
"Anything."
Shelby cleared her throat. "You might want to take it off speakerphone for just a hot second. Girl talk, you know?"
"Uh-oh," Jake said as Shelby walked to the far side of the room. He heightened his hearing, determined not to be left out of this particular conversation.
As it turned out, he didn't need to enhance his senses at all because in an overly loud, overly exaggerated voice Shelby asked, "Well, if there's one thingâany one particular thingâthat drives him crazy in bed, what would it be? You know, the sort of thing that you can use as bribery when you need it or to level the playing field if he's just too damned sexy to handle at any point."
Shelby's pale eyes grew wide and round. "Really? Now that I'd
never
have guessed. Uh-huh. Oh, trust me, I already know. I
know
! Yeah, it's insanely high. Just off the charts, but that's a great thing ⦠yep. Got it. We'll let you know when the ceremony's going to be ⦠not that Scott can actually attend, but we'll work out something."
They clicked off the phone, and Jake stared up at Shelby, his face burning hot. "Did you just tell her I have an insanely high libido? I swear to gods, if you did, I'm going to extract punishment from you in the bedroom."
"No, I didn't say that."
He lifted an eyebrow. "Sounded like it. â¦"
"Hope was the one who said it. I just agreed with herâand she gave me the Kama Sutra 411 that I was after."
He had a pretty good idea of what Hope had told her, but he braced himself nonetheless. "What did she say?"
"I think it's more a matter of demonstration, Jakob."
He groaned, hiding his face. Oh, gods. Hope
had
told her, he thought, his cock doing an urgent lift-and-jump maneuver inside his jeans. Which meant she'd just given his future wife the one sure way to keep him whipped for the rest of their natural lives.
With a roaring growl of anticipation, he leapt to his feet and almost knocked her fiat in his eagerness to get at her. "To. The. Bedroom!" he roared, swinging her up into his arms. "Now!"
Shelby slid her thighs about his waist, locking tight around him with her calves. She was light and easy, both arms wrapped about his neck, her curvy little hips flat up against him. She even began a crazy rocking motion as he tightened his grip on her ass.
"She gave me another hint, too," Shelby murmured in his ear as he backed her toward his room. "A sort of runner-up."
He swallowed hard, pausing to kiss her throat, her collarbone, her ear. "Yeah?"
"Well, let's just put it this way. ⦠Your wall or mine, cowboy?"
Oh, eternity wasn't going to be nearly enough time, not with this wild girl of his, he thought, pushing her up against his bedroom wall. That was okay, because they'd already defied time itself in finding each other.
Surely All would help them a little bit more along the way.
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THE PARALLEL SERIES:
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Parallel Attraction (Book One)
Finding a mate is the last thing on Jared Bennett's mind. But the exiled alien king can't deny the primal desire to claim Kelsey Wells as his own, even as a war rages around them.
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Parallel Heat (Book Two)
Lieutenant Thea Haven was meant to be queen, but her would-be king chose another. While still reeling from the loss, she meets a man that promises to cure her heartbreak â but at what cost?
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Parallel Seduction (Book Three)
Time traveler Jake Tierny must keep his true identity a secret. But he can't deny the urge to reveal all to Hope Harper, the woman who is both his greatest joy and most dangerous weakness.
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Parallel Fire (A Novella)
Soldier Anna Draekus firmly believes in business before pleasure. But when an accident leaves her stranded with superior Nevin Daniels, keeping her hands to herself proves to be her biggest challenge yet.
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GODS OF MIDNIGHT SERIES (Immortal Spartan Warriors):
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Red Fire (Book One)
Red Kiss (Book Two)
Red Demon (Book Three)
Red Mortal (Book Four)
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Red Blooded: A Gods of Midnight Novella
“Red Angel,” short story in the On the Hunt anthology
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Deidre Knight is a
New York Times
bestselling author, literary agent, mom, wife, novelist, and Southern woman, and proud to answer to all of those titles. She began her writing career at age nine, when her award-winning essay on Barbie was published in her hometown newspaper, and since that time has always written in one form or another. Her women's fiction novel,
Butterfly Tattoo
has won numerous awards, and both of her paranormal series are fan favorites, and have won prestigious awards.Â
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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
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Copyright © 2013 Deidre Knight
Original version released in 2007
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