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“Aw, that’s sweet. You bring me flowers, Benny?” Mal asked, rubbing a hand up and down my back.
“Hell no. I bought your hot girlfriend flowers.” He handed the heavy bunch over to my waiting arms.
“Thank you, Ben.” I smiled, charmed.
“Well, your hot girlfriend and her equally hot little sister.”
I narrowed my eyes at him.
The big man smiled. Such a shit stirrer.
“Where’s the rest of them?” asked Ben. He scooped up Killer and then settled himself in the corner of the couch, turning on the TV. With one hand he flicked through channels, with the other he proceeded to rile up my puppy. Soon crazed baby-sized barks, snapping, and growling filled the air. Killer adored Mal, but Ben wasn’t too far behind in his doggy affections.
“They’ll be here soon,” said Mal.
“You heard Lena quit?”
I just about jumped. “What? No. When?”
“Couple of days ago. Jimmy is not pleased.”
Mal gave a low whistle but otherwise didn’t comment. His gaze went to the hallway, where Mom and Lizzy were winding up their tour on account of them running out of places to look.
“Quick,” Mal said, bringing his face close to mine.
“What?”
“This.” He covered my mouth with his, sliding his tongue into my mouth. Generally kissing me stupid. Whatever mocking statement Ben made, I missed it. Only kissing Mal mattered. His hands cupped my ass, fingers kneading. My toes curled and my senses went wild. By the time he pulled back, my lips were wet and most definitely so were things downstairs. It took a long minute for me to catch my breath.
“Can’t make out in front of your mom,” he explained. “Oops. I kinda fucked up your lipstick. More than last time even. Sorry.”
“It was worth it.”
“Was it?” he asked, heat and affection and a hundred other things shining in his beautiful green eyes.
“Oh, yeah. You’re the best.” I grinned back at him.
“Pumpkin, hello. Of course I a
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Any lyrics come courtesy of Soviet X-Ray Record Club. You can learn more about the band here:
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Many thanks to my awesome agent Amy Tannenbaum, my beyond wonderful editor Rose Hilliard at St Martin’s Press, Cate, Haylee, Danielle and everyone at Macmillan Australia (you rock), everyone at Macmillan UK, and to Joel, Mark and Tara at Momentum. Also, thank you to Chas and everyone at Rockstar PR and Literary Services for all your hard work.
Big thanks to my beta and crit queens: Jo (you’re not quite as bad as I make you out to be, mostly), Sali Benbow-Powers, Kendall Ryan, and Hang Le. The time you spend and care you invest in giving me your honest opinion is always appreciated.
Thanks to my friends, Joanna Wylde, Kim Karr, Katy Evans, Kim Jones, and Renee Carlino for being the wealth of sanity and support that they are.
Thank you to all the bloggers and readers, especially to Dear Author, Jen and Gitte from Totally Booked, Aestas, Natasha is a Book Junkie, Maryse, The Rock Stars of Romance, Smut Book Club, Shh Mom’s Reading, Up All Night Book Blog, Smexy Books, The Book Pushers, Twinsie Talk, Book Chatter Cath, Katrina, Dawn, Under the Covers, Kaetrin, Amber, Angie, Lori, and all of my Groupie Girls. Without a doubt I’ve forgotten important people who have been kind and supportive. My apologies and thank you very much. I wish I could give you all your own rock star for Christmas.
Kylie is a long-time fan of erotic love stories and B-grade horror films. She demands a happy ending and if blood and carnage occur along the way then all the better. Based in Queensland, Australia, with her two children and one wonderful husband, she reads, writes, and never dithers around on the internet.
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