“I want you, too.” He caressed her ribs, his hand straying close to the underside of her breast.
“Then what are you waiting for?”
His eyes narrowed, his gaze piercing. “Just this.” Liam reached over to where he’d dumped his jacket and pulled a slim box from out of the inside pocket, handing it to her. “This belongs to you.”
Kate already knew what was inside but was too choked up to open it. Liam raised the lid of the box for her. Upon seeing the shimmery strand inside, her tears spilled over. Her mother’s pearls lay inside.
He took the choker out of the box and fastened it around her neck. “Vaughan left a trail. It wasn’t hard to follow it. You didn’t think I was going to leave your mom’s necklace in some grubby pawn shop, did you?”
She covered her trembling lips with her hand.
“Hey.” Liam smiled and wiped her tears away, holding her until her breathing calmed. “No more tears, okay?”
She nodded. “No more tears.”
Within seconds, their outfits lay scattered all over the floor. As soon as he revealed the tantalizing planes of his abdominal muscles, she dropped to her knees and smoothed her tongue over each ripple. His stomach clenched and he buried his fingers in her hair.
“God, Kate.”
She gripped him, teasing him further. He swore and lifted her off the floor, then dropped her on the bed. He stood over her, running a hand down her calf.
“Mine,” he said as he lowered himself over her, mystified by their connection.
And he was hers, all hers.
He traced her eyebrow with his thumb. “Forever.”
Kate nodded. “Forever.”
After worrying they’d never be joined again, he found his way inside her, moving with such aching slowness that she cried out. Letting out a long sigh of ecstasy, she dug her fingernails into his broad back and held on.
Perfection.
Each thrust pitched her higher and his heat warmed her like the sun over the desert.
Their love wasn’t wrong after all. They could be good for one another. Would be good. In losing everything, they’d gained the only thing that mattered. Each other.
He rose up on his elbows to gaze at her. He drove them both toward an incinerating climax, and Kate realized she no longer feared his passion. She shared it.
Their bed was no longer a home to vice, to addiction or fear. Instead, she saw promise in the familiar lines of his face, and hope. As they came together, swallowing each other’s sighs, she felt Liam smile against her mouth and her heart soared.
Wherever they went, whatever they did, they would be home.
Acknowledgements
So many wonderful people played a part in helping me bring this story to life. Thank you to everyone at Samhain Publishing for accepting this romance and starting this journey. I’d like to also thank my editors, Noah Chinn and Patricia Kot, for helping to clarify my thoughts.
Many thanks to my friend Monette Michaels, the talented author who first read this book and shared her opinions. Moni, I appreciate your honesty and kindness. I would be remiss if I didn’t mention my readers, the people who cheer me on and share their enthusiasm on a regular basis. I am lucky to have you. This story is a personal one for me and although I haven’t led Kate’s life, I understand her choices. It’s my hope that anyone dealing with compulsive gambling receives the help they deserve.
About the Author
Rosanna Leo is a multi-published, erotic romance author. Several of her books about Greek gods, selkies and shape shifters have been named Top Picks at Night Owl Romance and The Romance Reviews.
From Toronto, Canada, Rosanna occupies a house in the suburbs with her long-suffering husband, their two hungry sons and a tabby cat named Sweetie. When not writing, she can be found haunting dusty library stacks or planning her next star-crossed love affair.
A library employee by day, she is honored to be a member of the league of naughty librarians who also happen to write romance. Rosanna blogs at rosannaleoauthor.wordpress.com.
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