Secrets: Volume 17

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INTIMATE RENDEZVOUS - CALISTA FOX A thief darkens the doorstep of Cassandra Kensington’s exclusive dating service and nightclub, Rendezvous, and sexy P.I. Dean Hewitt arrives on the scene to help. One look at the siren who owns the club has Dean’s blood boiling, despite the fact that his keen instincts have him questioning the legitimacy of her business. But when Cassandra’s life is in danger, Dean will do everything in his power to save her…if only she’ll let him. To My Readers: Intimate Rendezvous is my second Secrets novella. Following my first release in July ’06, I discovered how devoted Secrets fans are, and I have enjoyed meeting so many of you online and in person. You are the reason why I strive to make each story better than the last one. But I hope you feel the love Dean and Cassandra share, and I hope you enjoy their story. ROCK HARD CANDY - KATHY KAYE Jessica Hennessy, the great, great granddaughter of a Voodoo priestess, decides she's waited long enough for the man of her dreams to see her as more than the girl behind the coffee counter. A dose of her ancestor's aphrodisiac slipped into the gooey center of her homemade bon bons ought to do the trick. But when the effects don't seem to be wearing off, Jessica wonders if she may have served up more than she can handle. To My Readers: Let your imagination run wild while you ponder what a desperate woman would do to lure the man of her dreams into her life--and her bed. Now imagine she's the great- great-granddaughter of a voodoo priestess. I did! I hope you enjoy ROCK HARD CANDY. New Orleans is one of my favorite cities. Its majestic grandeur touches my soul with wispy reminders of times past and promises of wondrous things not yet revealed. Hurricane forces may have momentarily staggered this great lady of a city, but not even Mother Nature can keep her down for long. FATAL ERROR - KATHLEEN SCOTT Jesse Storm must make amends to humanity by destroying the computer program he helped design that has taken the government hostage. But he must also protect the woman he’s loved in secret for nearly a decade. Soran Roberts is an accountant who has become annoyed by the government’s strong-arm control of the citizenry. Though the secret crush she had on Jesse in college was unrequited, she will never forget his intensity. When their paths cross again, the passion that always simmered below the surface ignites and threatens to burn them alive, even as they attempt to save the country. To My Readers: Some stories are crafted through blood, sweat, and frustrated tears. Others write themselves. For me, Fatal Error was the latter. I hope you enjoy Jesse and Soran’s story as much as they enjoyed telling it to me. BIRTHDAY - ELLIE MARVEL Jasmine Templeton decides on her thirty-third birthday she's been celibate long enough. Will a wild night at a hot new club with her two best friends ease the ache inside her or just make it worse? Well, considering one of those best friends is Charlie and she's been having strange notions about their relationship of late... It's definitely a birthday neither she nor Charlie will ever forget. To My Readers: Sometimes we write from the imagination, and sometimes we write from the heart. The best stories happen when we combine to two, which I hope I've done with "Birthday". Publishing this story will always give me a special zing because my oh-so patient husband (moosh alert, moosh alert!) was my best friend for ten years before I woke up and smelled the hottie. He waited...and waited...and waited...and I guess he bought new cologne or something because one day I realized he was more than my best friend, he was my really hot, sexy best friend, and I should probably marry him. So I did. "Birthday" is about the rush of what it's like to strike out in all the wrong places and find your someone right beside you. Sincerely, Ellie Marvel