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Chapters (50)
  1. Also by
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. CHAPTER ONE
  5. CHAPTER TWO
  6. CHAPTER THREE
  7. CHAPTER FOUR
  8. CHAPTER FIVE
  9. CHAPTER SIX
  10. CHAPTER SEVEN
  11. CHAPTER EIGHT
  12. CHAPTER NINE
  13. CHAPTER TEN
  14. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  15. CHAPTER TWELVE
  16. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  17. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  18. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  19. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  20. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  21. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  22. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  23. CHAPTER TWENTY
  24. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  25. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  33. CHAPTER THIRTY
  34. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  35. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  36. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  42. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  43. CHAPTER FORTY
  44. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  45. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  46. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  47. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  48. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  49. EPILOGUE
  50. Teaser Chapter

His interest—among other things—was piqued. He climbed up onto the big four-poster and sprawled on his stomach. Ellie pulled off the towel, leaving him naked and more than a little aroused. Tossing her robe on the foot of the bed, she climbed up beside him in a short, silky lavender nightgown that barely covered her fine little ass.

He hadn’t noticed the bottle of lotion she’d brought with her. He’d mostly been trying to control his building lust. He felt the cooling moisture as she leaned over him, ran her palms across the muscles in his shoulders, began to knead away the tension in his neck.

“Close your eyes,” she said, spreading the lotion over the tired muscles in his back.

“If I do, I’ll see Frank Keller’s dead body.”

“Not for long. I promise.” Her hands never stopped moving, digging into tendons and sinews, smoothing over his skin, moving lower, gently easing away some of the fatigue. He closed his eyes and, little by little, began to relax.

Ellie massaged his thighs, his calves, spent extra time on his feet. He wasn’t sure when he drifted off or how long he slept, but it was a deep, untroubled slumber.

It was midnight when a sound in the house awoke him, and his eyes slowly opened. Rain on the roof, he realized, nothing to worry about. For a moment, he couldn’t remember why he was lying facedown on the quilt on his bed.

Then he remembered. Ellie. He glanced around in search of her, but she was gone. He felt better, just as she’d promised, his mind refreshed and back in control, his focus returned. He wished she had stayed.

The thought unsettled him. She’d come to help him. She had given him what he needed in a manner he hadn’t expected. Not sex, though he thought that she would have responded to him if he’d wanted.

Instead she had sensed a different sort of need. Relief from the burdens he carried, the chance to ease his troubled mind, if only for a while. Ellie had given him a valuable gift.

In his mind’s eye, he saw her in her silky lavender nightgown, all soft, welcoming woman. Kade tossed off the covers, grabbed his jeans off the chair, and slid them on. Barefoot, he headed for the stairs.

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

SOFT GRAY, EARLY DAWN LIGHT FILTERED THROUGH THE CURTAINS AT the bedroom window as Ellie slowly opened her eyes. She came fully awake to find herself in a tangle of arms and long, muscular, hair-roughened legs. Curled around her, Kade slept soundly. He had never come to her room before.