Parallel Fire by Deidre Knight

bottom playfully. “Let’s go to bed, Lieutenant. I’ll share all my secrets there.”

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    Butterfly Tattoo

Is Emma ready for a bite?
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    The Wallflower
    Â© 2008 Dana Marie Bell
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    A Hunting Love story
    Halle Puma Series Book 1
    Emma Carter has been in love with Max Cannon since high school, but he barely knew she existed. Now she runs her own unique curio shop, and she’s finally come out her shell and into her own.
    When Max returns to his small home town to take up his duties as the Halle Pride’s Alpha, he finds that shy little Emma has grown up. That small spark of something he’d always felt around the teenager has blossomed into something more—his mate!
    Taking her “out for a bite” ensures that the luscious Emma will be permanently his.
    But Max’s ex has plans of her own. Plans that don’t include Emma being around to interfere. To keep her Alpha, Emma must prove to the Pride that she has what it takes to be Max’s mate.
    Warning: This title contains explicit sex, graphic language, loads of giggles and a hot, blond Alpha male.
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    Enjoy the following excerpt for The Wallflower:
    Emma realized Max had stopped moving. Looking up at him, she found him staring down at her with a quizzical look. “Well?”
    Emma blushed. She’d been rubbernecking in Max’s house, trying to take in everything at once. “It’s incredible.”
    He smiled with satisfaction. “If there’s anything you want to change, you’ll have to let me know.” Gently he placed her on the quilt. “This is now as much your house as mine.”
    Emma’s mouth fell open as he toed off his shoes and socks. “You’re kidding me, right?”
    Max began unbuttoning his shirt, diverting her attention from his whole “ Mi casa es su casa ” attitude. “I was in Simon’s shop when you called about the Madonna, you know.”
    â€œOh. Really?” she replied absently. She could barely speak as Max unveiled the finest chest it had ever been her privilege to see. It was lightly sprinkled with light brown hairs, trailing down his stomach to point directly into his pants. Dark brown nipples peeped out from the hair, tempting her into some very sinful thoughts.
    â€œYes, I was. And you know what?”
    Emma didn’t know her own name; Max was unbuttoning his jeans. “Um, nope.”
    â€œYou live up to your voice,” Max purred as he slipped his jeans down his legs.
    â€œUrgh,” Emma choked, “naked.” She could feel her eyes bugging out of her head. Max went commando. A sinful buffet of man-flesh was laid out before her in one single sweep of his hands. She didn’t know whether to sigh or to sob.
    â€œYes, I am.” Max laughed huskily. “Now it’s your turn.”
    Emma bit her lip, a sudden attack of shyness nearly paralyzing her. Max didn’t know it yet, but he’d be her first, and from the look on his face she’d better tell him soon.
    â€œMax?” Emma sat there, her hands clenched in her lap, her gaze riveted to his cock. The thing looked huge, all veined and red, and pointed straight at her. A small drop of liquid seeped from the slit. It twitched a salute to her rapt attention.
    â€œYes, Emma?”
    Her gaze lifted to his; unknown to her, they’d turned pure, molten gold. “You remember the talk of other men?”
    He growled low in his throat and crawled onto the bed.
    â€œEep,” she whispered, lying down as he prowled up her body.
    â€œYou were saying?” he whispered huskily as he settled his naked body between her thighs. He brushed against her cheek with his lips, a caress so soft she barely felt it. It sent a shiver down her spine. Those same lips continued their incredible journey, trailing down the side of her neck to settle on the bite he’d given her outside the