“Carly’s Sound is a great romance, with some wonderfully hot sex, but it is more than that. It is also the tale of a woman rising from the ashes of grief and finding new love and a new life. Vali has surrounded Julia and Poppy with a cast of great supporting characters, making this an extremely satisfying read.”—Just About Write

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By the Author

Carly’s Sound

Second Season

Love Match

The Dragon Tree Legacy

The Romance Vote

Girls with Guns

Beneath the Waves

Beauty and the Boss

Blue Skies

Stormy Seas

The Inheritance

Face the Music

One More Chance

Call Series

Calling the Dead

Answering the Call

Forces Series

Balance of Forces: Toujours Ici

Battle of Forces: Sera Toujours

Force of Fire: Toujours a Vous

Vegas Nights

Double-Crossed

The Cain Casey Saga

The Devil Inside

The Devil Unleashed

Deal with the Devil

The Devil Be Damned

The Devil’s Orchard

The Devil’s Due

Heart of the Devil

The Devil Incarnate

Acknowledgments

Thank you, Radclyffe, for the opportunity to tell one more Cain and Emma story, and thanks to Sandy for all you do for everyone in the BSB family.

A big thanks to my editors, Victoria Villaseñor and Ruth Sternglantz. Victoria, thank you for your ongoing lessons that make me think of new ways of doing things. Ruth, as always, you’re a treasure. I appreciate you both. Thank you, Sheri, for another great cover.

Thank you to my beta readers, Cris Perez-Soria, Lenore Benoit, and Kim Rieff. You can’t know how much I appreciate you all.

To the readers, you know every word is written with you in mind. Thank you for all the encouragement to keep going. These characters are like old friends, and it was nice going back for a nice long visit.

Thanks to my quarantine partner, C. You do make every adventure fun. Verdad!

Dedication

For C

and

For the Readers

Chapter One

“Ah, ah…Jesus…ohhh…don’t stop,” Emma Casey said, exhaling into Derby Cain Casey’s ear. “I’m coming…Harder, baby…I’m coming.” Her body arched, and then she went still. “Good Lord, mobster,” Emma said, opening her eyes lazily when Cain pulled her fingers out. “You do give new meaning to good morning. That was fantastic.”

Cain moved to lie on her back and opened her arms to her wife. She loved these early mornings after Emma fed Billy and he went back down for a few more hours. It’d been four months since the birth of their third child, and they were enjoying the routines that revolved around the baby. Watching Emma with him made her thankful for all they had.