Tangled Up in You by Rachel Gibson

her hand up his chest and her fingers through his hair.
    Do you know what Id do to you if I had more time? His hands grasped her waist and he drew her against him. She felt the swell beneath his button fly, and she had a pretty good idea.
    She swallowed hard as he lightly bit her earlobe. Try to get another look at the master bedroom?
    He raised his head and his sexy blue eyes had gone all sleepy with desire. Who needs a bedroom?
    That was true. Her hand slid across his shoulder and up the side of his neck. Perhaps it had been a mistake to go without sex for so long. The press of his body felt so incredible she didnt want him to stop. But he had to, of course. In a minute.
    Youre a beautiful woman, Maddie. He brushed his lips lightly across hers. If I had more time, Id untie your dress for you.
    I can untie my own dress.
    One side of his mouth lifted at the corner. Its more fun if I do it. Then he kissed her, a soft and tantalizing press of his mouth. He teased her, drawing out the kiss until her fingers combed through his short hair to the back of his head and her lips parted. His tongue entered her mouth, wet and so good; he tasted like whiskey and lust. Liquid heat pooled between her thighs, and she slid her free hand up his flat stomach, feeling the hard contours of his chest. It had been so long. So long since shed touched a man like this. Kissed him. Wanted to glue herself to him. Since her skin felt itchy and tight and made her want to tear at his clothes and feel the press of naked skin. It had been a long time. Partly because shed given up on this, and partly because no man had tempted her like Mick.
    His hands slipped up the sides of her waist. His grasp tightened and his thumbs pressed into her stomach just below her breasts. He tilted his head to one side and lightly sucked her tongue into his mouth, where he was warm and slick. Her fingers curled in his hair and she pressed herself against his hard body. Her nipples tightened against his hard chest and he groaned deep in his throat. This was quickly spinning out of control. A whirling cyclone of need and greed and long-denied pleasure, building deep inside and working its way out. Growing and threatening to overpower her.
    She pulled back. Stop.
    He looked as dazed as she felt. Why?
    Because She took a deep breath and let it out slowly. Because you dont know who I am and when you find out youll hate me. Because you have to go have dinner with your sister.
    He opened his mouth to argue, but then his brows lowered as if hed forgotten. Damn. His grasp on her tightened a fraction before he took a step back and dropped his hands to his sides. I didnt mean to start something I cant finish.
    I didnt mean to start anything at all. Maddie licked her lips and debated whether to come clean. Right there. Right now. Before he heard it from someone in town. This is definitely not a good idea.
    Youre wrong about that. He reached for her hand and pulled her along with him toward the front door. The only thing wrong is my timing.
    But you dont know me, she protested as she moved beside him to the entry.
    Whats the rush? He opened the door, but stopped in the threshold. He looked down into her face and let out a heavy breath. Okay, what do I need to know?
    And she chickened out. Or rather, decided that telling him while her body still craved his wasnt the best timing. Instead she chose another approach. Im kind of sexually abstinent.
    Kind of? He looked down into her face. How can you be kind of sexually abstinent?
    Yeah. How? I just havent had sex with a man in a very long time.
    His brows drew together. Are you a lesbian?
    No.
    I didnt think so. You dont kiss like a lesbian.
    How do you know?
    One second she was looking up into his blue eyes, and in the next she was up against his body. His mouth closed over hers and he fed her kisses so hot she felt it in the pit of her stomach. He pulled the oxygen from her lungs and made her dizzy. Lord, she couldnt breathe or think. She was