IGNITING DESIRE - BURNING FOR YOU SERIES

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mouth in a way that was both maddening and irresistible. "I'm

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to half the building projects in the city. The client

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turned on her heel before she did some

a storm about to crack open the sky. He didn't talk. He just watched her, and she felt it-every slow, sweepin

to stay co

stepped inside. The moment the doors

e enough she could feel the warmth of his body. Smell h

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trying to kill s

line. "Tell me, Callie, are you alw

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to the quiet luxury of the penthouse floor. She walked him to the do

alone they were on this floor. "Everything's been prepare

d some

look

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know if you

ked. "Ex

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ips p

ff. Tell me you're not interested. And I'

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t and danger and want. Her breath caught as his lips pressed into hers-soft at first, testing, teasing-

surged between her thighs. She forgot who he was, why she shouldn't be doing this. All she knew wa

crashed down

ack, breathl

hard, his hands st

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l have to pretend

m, heart poundin

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ark had lit some

matter of time before i