Alice Shepard needs one thing: a date
for her sister's wedding. And not just any date. A hunk who will make her
fiancé rue the day he left her for her best friend. Her drop-dead gorgeous
neighbor fits the bill—even if he is a bit quirky and never comes out during
the day—and Alice has downed just enough appletinis to ask him. But she makes
it quite clear that there will be no funny business.
Spending a week on a cruise ship
full of humans while sleeping close to his sexy next-door neighbor sounds like
a helluva bad idea to vampire Noah Thorpe. But his friends need time to get him
out of a shotgun wedding—a vampire bonding that will tie his fate to a female
vampire he's never met. And Alice's offer comes at just the right time.
What could possibly go wrong?
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“That sounded like
it hurt,” he said, kneeling in front of her and taking her foot into his hand.
“It’s fine. I’m just
a klutz.” Her toe throbbed slightly, calling her a liar with every beat of her
pulse.
He grinned at her
red toe. “You didn’t seem like a klutz on the volleyball court today. I think
you were trying to hide your blush. No doubt, terribly perverse thoughts about
me were flying through your head.”
She gaped at him.
“Your toe is fine,”
he announced, but he didn’t release her foot. He looked up and met her eyes,
and the intensity of his gaze swept over her. Desire hit her like a bag of
bricks, a swift blow that robbed her of her breath and made her whole body
ache.
“Liar.”
“We aren’t right for
each other. And what happened last night isn’t happening again.” It wasn’t. It
couldn’t. There was no way she’d be able to stop things again like she did the
night before. Not if he kept looking at her like that. And he was a vampire,
just like Olivia. And she’d run off after swearing to love her brother forever.
What would stop Noah from doing the same? Vampires weren’t normal people. She
had to remember that.
“You’re right. We
aren’t right for each other.”
Anger flashed
through her, fanning her desire in a most annoying way. The greatest defense is
a good offense. “We’re not. In fact, I can’t think of anyone less suitable for
me.”
“Oh?” He quirked an
eyebrow at her and she ignored it. How could he look so scrumptious and be so
annoying at the same time?
“No. Besides, I’m
not looking to be tied down.”
A feral grin
blossomed on his face. “Don’t worry, Miss Shepard, if I tied you down I’d be
sure to untie you in the morning.”
CPA-turned-romance-author Tiffany Allee
used to battle spreadsheets in Corporate America, and now concentrates on her
characters’ battles to find love. Raised in small-town Colorado, Tiffany
currently lives in Phoenix, AZ, by way of Chicago and Denver. She is happily
married to a secret romantic who tolerates her crazy mutterings.
She writes about ass-kicking heroines
and the strong heroes who love them. Her work includes the
suspense-driven From the Files of the Otherworlder Enforcement Agency series
which revolves around a group of paranormal cops solving crimes and finding
love, and Don’t Bite the Bridesmaid, a lighthearted paranormal
romance (Entangled Publishing).
Tiffany has an MBA in accounting and
nearly a decade of experience in corporate finance. All super useful stuff for
a writer who spends far too much time trying to figure out fun ways to keep her
characters apart, and interesting ways to kill people (for her books—of
course!).
Tiffany is represented by Jill Marsal
of Marsal Lyon Literary Agency and you can find her on the following social media sites:
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