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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

Big hands settled at her waist. “We got it out, and it wasn’t arson. Lightning strike from the other night. Hit a tree and been smoldering in the trunk. Wind finally whipped it into a blaze. Out now, and everyone’s safe.”

Relief trickled through her. “That’s really good news. I was worried about it.”

“So was I.” He bent his head and softly kissed her. “Want to help me celebrate?” His skillful hands slid over her wet skin to cup her breasts, shaping and molding, turning her nipples hard and her knees weak.

Ellie moaned as his mouth moved down to replace his hands, his tongue licking over her skin, circling her nipple, then pulling the fullness between his teeth. Desire washed through her, and an ache settled between her legs.

Her fingers slid into his wet, dark hair. She loved his hard, workingman’s body, loved the masculine taste of him, the lips that were softer than they appeared, the way they molded so perfectly with hers.

Kade crouched in front of her. Cupping the cheeks of her bottom, he trailed kisses over her stomach and ringed her navel with his tongue. Ellie tipped her head back against the tile as his wicked mouth moved lower and pleasure burned through her. Her limbs trembled, her bones melted, and the world spun away.

Ellie thought that she had never known a man who understood her the way he did, as if he knew every secret her body possessed and exactly how to please her.

Kade lifted her up and wrapped her legs around his waist, his heavy arousal pressing against her, setting off little flares of heat that curled low in her belly. Kade took her, sliding deep inside, moving in a steady rhythm that drove her up again. No matter what happened, there would never be another man who could touch her the way he did, who could know the deepest needs of her body and satisfy them the way he could.

She was in love with him. More every day. But Kade was Kade, and she was a woman who valued her independence above all things. Every day she spent with him would only make their parting more painful.

Ellie clung to him as he moved inside her, carrying her once more toward the peak. In the end, she would have to give him up, but for now Kade was hers. Ellie intended to enjoy every moment.

CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT

CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT

AFTER THEIR EXHAUSTING NIGHT OF FIREFIGHTING, THEY SLEPT LATE into the day. It was early afternoon. Ellie was buttoning her plaid flannel shirt, Kade pulling on his jeans, when her cell phone rang. Recognizing Anna’s number, she pressed the phone against her ear.

“I got your message,” Anna said. “I meant to call sooner, but one of the neighbors stopped by, and it just slipped my mind.”