Party of Three: A H.O.T. Cops Novel
Praise for the Novels of Lacey Alexander
What She Needs
Winner of the HOLT Medallion Award
“Lacey Alexander has created a book which literally ‘wows’ the reader. Buckle up and hold on tight. Impossibly hot!”
—Fallen Angel Reviews (5 Angels)
“One very hot, sexy, and erotic book. Full of sexual fantasies that will have you flipping the pages to see what will happen next!”
—Fresh Fiction
“Prepare to be swept away on an erotic journey of sexual awakening … very sensual, erotic, and will open your mind to infinite possibilities!”
—The Romance Studio (5 Hearts)
“An ultraheated erotic romance. The heat is on.”
—The Best Reviews
“This book sizzles …. Ms. Alexander explores the spectrum of the human sexual experience without embarrassment or ridicule.”
—Erotic Romance Writers
“Each sex scene is more varied—and hotter—than the last in this delightful read. Fans of heroes with tragic pasts will swoon over Brent.”
—
Romantic Times
(4 Stars)
The Bikini Diaries
Write Touch Award Winner and Colorado Award of Excellence Finalist
“Hot, sizzling, and sexy! Lacey Alexander definitely will scorch your senses.”
—Romance Junkies (5 Blue Ribbons)
“Ms. Alexander sweeps away her readers in a sinfully erotic yet surprisingly nongratuitous manner.”
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Sacramento Book Review
“With intriguing characters, [a] fast-paced story line, and tight writing, plus a host of naughty sexual adventures, Ms. Alexander delivers a powerful story.”
—Love Romances & More (4½ Hearts)
“Truly a phenomenal book. Lacey Alexander is a remarkably gifted author who writes exactly what I want to read, pushing boundaries with titillating sexuality, but never going beyond what’s tasteful …. Do yourself a huge favor and buy everything Lacey Alexander has ever written. You won’t regret it.”
—TwoLips Reviews (5 Lips)
“[The] most erotic book I have read. Lacey Alexander has written a no-holds-barred romp of sexual delights … a profound book.”
—Joyfully Reviewed
“I loved this book. Each sexual act was well written and done extremely well.”
—Night Owl Romance (5 out of 5, Lifetime Keeper)
“I was completely swept up in Wendy’s journey …. Lacey Alexander is certainly the queen of what I fondly call ‘romantic kink’!”
—Wild on Books (5 Bookmarks)
Seven Nights of Sin
Write Touch Award Winner
“Lacey Alexander’s books bring out the good little bad girl in all of us. Unforgettable in an ‘oh, yeah, do that again, please’ sort of way.”
—Michelle Buonfiglio,
myLifetime.com
“Thoroughly tantalizing, with magnetic characters, a sizzling plot, and raw sensuality, this book will have you fanning yourself long after the last page!”
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Romantic Times
And for Lacey Alexander
“Ms. Alexander is an exceptionally talented author who, time after time, takes us on extremely erotic journeys that leave us breathless with every turn of the page …. This author pens the most arousing sexual scenes that you could never imagine.”
—Fallen Angel Reviews
“Lacey Alexander has given readers … hot, erotic romance with no holds barred.”
—Romance Junkies
“Ms. Alexander is probably one of the most talented, straightforward, imaginative writers in erotic romance today.”
—The Road to Romance
“Lacey Alexander just ‘wowed’ me! Incredibly hot!”
—Romance Reader at Heart (Top Pick)
“Lacey Alexander is a very talented writer.”
—The Romance Readers Connection
“Lacey Alexander is an intoxicating erotic writer using sensual and sexual prowess to embrace your inner passions and desires. Sexual discovery at its best.”
—Noveltown
“Lacey Alexander’s characters … are so compelling and lifelike.”
—Coffee Time Romance
“Sooo romantic and sexy!”
—Cupid’s Library Reviews
“Lacey Alexander takes blissful hedonism to a whole new level in this blazingly brazen, passionately erotic love story!”
—Ecataromance
Also by Lacey Alexander
H.O.T. Cops Novels
Bad Girl by Night
Voyeur
Seven Nights of Sin
The Bikini Diaries
What She Needs
Party of Three
A H.O.T. COPS NOVEL
Lacey Alexander
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA:
Alexander, Lacey.
Party of three: a H.O.T. cops novel/Lacey Alexander.
p. cm.
ISBN: 978-1-101-58004-2
I. Title.
PS3601.L3539P37 2012
813’.6—dc23 2011046535
Set in Centaur MT
Designed by Alissa Amell
Printed in the United States of America
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ALWAYS LEARNING
PEARSON
Party of Three
“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
“H
appy birthday, honey. Ready for your present?”
Mira lifted her cheek from where it lay resting on Ethan’s shoulder in the hammock they shared. “My birthday’s not until tomorrow,” she reminded him with a playful smile.
“Yeah, but … don’t you want your present
now
?” His blue eyes sparkled as he tilted his head to one side in the netting, and something in his look made the juncture of her thighs spasm, just slightly. Then again, it had been doing that a lot lately. In anticipation of this weekend.
“I thought my present was
this
,” she said, motioning around them. He’d brought her to a secluded cabin in the woods on the north shore of Michigan’s upper peninsula for her thirty-second birthday. To make up for some things. To start treating their relationship differently. And, of course, for some hot sex, which her body currently hungered for.
“It is,” he confirmed. “But … there’s more.”
Hmm. “More? Really?”
He nodded, yet added nothing.
So she leaned closer, lacing her voice with flirtation to ask, “Well, don’t you want to save it until my actual birthday?”
“Can’t,” he told her simply.
And she narrowed her gaze on him. Her boyfriend wasn’t usually a man of so few words, so this conversation was beginning to feel downright cryptic. “Um, why not?”
That’s when he began to look more hesitant, his expression transforming into a mixture of hope … and uneasiness. It was the look a man wore when he’d worked hard to find you the perfect gift but was still waiting to see your reaction when it was opened. Only Mira didn’t see any sort of gift bag or box anywhere. “I can’t save it,” he told her, “because it’s sort of …
starting
tonight.”