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“Really?”
“Yes.”
He smiled. “God, Eve. This is all moving a little fast.”
She shoved him hard enough that he had to take two steps backward. “You’ve asked me three times already!” she complained. “Always after you’ve made me come, I notice.”
“I know when you’re at your weakest,” he drawled. He reached for her and tugged her close again. “Yes, I want to move in with you. Now. Today. This minute.”
“This minute?” she repeated, sliding her hands behind his neck and into his hair to tug him down for a kiss. She moaned as his tongue slid against hers.
“Well...” he murmured, breaking the kiss to taste her neck. “In thirty minutes, maybe.” He backed her toward his truck, then growled when she dropped to her knees beside it. “Or ten. Ten minutes.”
“I think you’re overestimating your stamina, big guy.”
“I think...you’re right.”
Five minutes later, they were speeding back toward town, windows open to the cold and her laughter chasing away on the breeze. But Brian was still complaining.
“Because,” she answered his latest plea, “I’m pickier than you, and I’d rather come in a cozy bed than in a cold truck.”
“I said I’d turn the heater on.”
“I want to stretch out. I want you to kiss me. Everywhere. For an hour or so.”
He shot her a scorching look. The truck surged forward as he pressed the pedal harder. “All right. Deal. I guess I’ll just have to make it worth the wait.”
She drew his hand up to her mouth and kissed his knuckles. “You always do,” she whispered.
“What?” he asked over the wind.
But she just shook her head and turned to watch the trees slide by. The wind whipped her silly tears away. And Eve smiled.
* * * * *
About the Author
Victoria Dahl lives with her family in a small town high in the mountains. She’s been reading romance since the age of twelve and started her first manuscript at the tender age of twenty. Occasionally, on dark and stormy nights, she bravely posts excerpts of that original story on her blog for the entertainment of her readers. Her first published novel won a Golden Heart award. Since then, she’s published over seventeen books and novellas, including three USA TODAY bestsellers, and several of her books have been nominated for the prestigious RITA® Award for excellence in the romance genre.
Find out more about Victoria and her books at www.VictoriaDahl.com or write to her at [email protected] .
Also available from Victoria Dahl and Harlequin HQN
Too Hot to Handle “Too Fast to Fall” ( Be Mine anthology) Close Enough to Touch
Real Men Will
Bad Boys Do
Good Girls Don’t
Crazy for Love
Lead Me On
Start Me Up
Talk Me Down
ISBN: 9781459250796
STRONG ENOUGH TO LOVE
Copyright © 2013 by Victoria Dahl
All rights reserved. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical,now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of publisher, Harlequin Enterprises Limited, 225 Duncan Mill Road, Don Mills, Ontario, Canada M3B 3K9.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental. This edition published by arrangement with Harlequin Books S.A.
® and ™ are trademarks of the publisher. Trademarks indicated with ® are registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the Canadian Trade Marks Office and in other countries.
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“Yes.”
He smiled. “God, Eve. This is all moving a little fast.”
She shoved him hard enough that he had to take two steps backward. “You’ve asked me three times already!” she complained. “Always after you’ve made me come, I notice.”
“I know when you’re at your weakest,” he drawled. He reached for her and tugged her close again. “Yes, I want to move in with you. Now. Today. This minute.”
“This minute?” she repeated, sliding her hands behind his neck and into his hair to tug him down for a kiss. She moaned as his tongue slid against hers.
“Well...” he murmured, breaking the kiss to taste her neck. “In thirty minutes, maybe.” He backed her toward his truck, then growled when she dropped to her knees beside it. “Or ten. Ten minutes.”
“I think you’re overestimating your stamina, big guy.”
“I think...you’re right.”
Five minutes later, they were speeding back toward town, windows open to the cold and her laughter chasing away on the breeze. But Brian was still complaining.
“Because,” she answered his latest plea, “I’m pickier than you, and I’d rather come in a cozy bed than in a cold truck.”
“I said I’d turn the heater on.”
“I want to stretch out. I want you to kiss me. Everywhere. For an hour or so.”
He shot her a scorching look. The truck surged forward as he pressed the pedal harder. “All right. Deal. I guess I’ll just have to make it worth the wait.”
She drew his hand up to her mouth and kissed his knuckles. “You always do,” she whispered.
“What?” he asked over the wind.
But she just shook her head and turned to watch the trees slide by. The wind whipped her silly tears away. And Eve smiled.
* * * * *
About the Author
Victoria Dahl lives with her family in a small town high in the mountains. She’s been reading romance since the age of twelve and started her first manuscript at the tender age of twenty. Occasionally, on dark and stormy nights, she bravely posts excerpts of that original story on her blog for the entertainment of her readers. Her first published novel won a Golden Heart award. Since then, she’s published over seventeen books and novellas, including three USA TODAY bestsellers, and several of her books have been nominated for the prestigious RITA® Award for excellence in the romance genre.
Find out more about Victoria and her books at www.VictoriaDahl.com or write to her at [email protected] .
Also available from Victoria Dahl and Harlequin HQN
Too Hot to Handle “Too Fast to Fall” ( Be Mine anthology) Close Enough to Touch
Real Men Will
Bad Boys Do
Good Girls Don’t
Crazy for Love
Lead Me On
Start Me Up
Talk Me Down
ISBN: 9781459250796
STRONG ENOUGH TO LOVE
Copyright © 2013 by Victoria Dahl
All rights reserved. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical,now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of publisher, Harlequin Enterprises Limited, 225 Duncan Mill Road, Don Mills, Ontario, Canada M3B 3K9.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental. This edition published by arrangement with Harlequin Books S.A.
® and ™ are trademarks of the publisher. Trademarks indicated with ® are registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the Canadian Trade Marks Office and in other countries.
www.Harlequin.com
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