Susan Connell: Reese: The Untamed

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Excerpt Biting Off A Tiny Portion Of The Strawberry, Beth Held Up What Remained, Playfully Jiggling It In Front Of Him. “Would you like a taste?” she asked. Reese looked past the fruit to her eyes. “I would.” All her best intentions of keeping herself emotionally distanced from him disappeared in a white-hot wave of desire. Placing her fingertips against his chest, she brought the half-eaten strawberry to his lips. “Take it,” she whispered, and he closed his lips over the fruit. The air was scented with strawberries, his rain-wet hair and pure male essence. When he pulled her hips against his firm length, she took a deep breath. “I want more than a taste,” he said. “I don’t want this to be a game anymore.” “It’s not,” he said, before he drew her into his arms.

Dear Reader Dear Reader, We all know that Valentine’s Day is the most romantic holiday of the year. It’s the day you show that special someone in your life—husband, fiancé…even your mom!—just how much you care by giving them special gifts of love. And our special Valentine’s gift to you is a book from a writer many of you have said is one of your favorites, Annette Broadrick. Megan’s Marriage isn’t just February’s MAN OF THE MONTH, it’s also the first book of Annette’s brand-new DAUGHTERS OF TEXAS series. This passionate love story is just right for Valentine’s Day. February also marks the continuation of SONS AND LOVERS, a bold miniseries about three men who discover that love and family are the most important things in life. In Reese: The Untamed by Susan Connell, a dashing bachelor meets his match and begins to think that being married might be more pleasurable than he’d ever dreamed. The series continues in March with Ridge: The Avenger by Leanne Banks. This month is completed with four more scintillating love stories: Assignment: Marriage by Jackie Merritt, Daddy’s Choice by Doreen Owens Malek, This Is My Child by Lucy Gordon and Husband Material by Rita Rainville. Don’t miss any of them! So Happy Valentine’s Day and Happy Reading! Lucia Macro Senior Editor Please address questions and book requests to: Silhouette Reader Service U.S.: 3010 Walden Ave., P.O. Box 1325, Buffalo, NY 14269 Canadian: P.O. Box 609, Fort Erie, Ont. L2A 5X3

Title Page Reese: The Untamed Susan Connell www.millsandboon.co.uk

About the Author SUSAN CONNELL has a love of traveling that has taken her all over the world—Greece, Spain, Portugal and Central and South America, to name a few places. While working for the foreign service she met a U.S. Navy pilot, and eight days later they were engaged. Twenty-one years and several moves later, Susan, her husband, Jim, and daughter, Catherine, call the New Jersey shore home. When she’s not writing, her part-time job at a local bookstore, Mediterranean cooking and traveling with her family are some of her favorite activities. Susan has been honored by New Jersey Romance Writers with their coveted Golden Leaf Award. She loves hearing from her readers.

Dedicated This book is dedicated to CINDY GERARD & LEANNE BANKS, my very own Thelma & Louise. You took the leap and sprouted wings! And an extra special bow to Jim, Cathy, Linda and Candy

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“Would you like a taste?” she asked.

Reese looked past the fruit to her eyes. “I would.”

All her best intentions of keeping herself emotionally distanced from him disappeared in a white-hot wave of desire. Placing her fingertips against his chest, she brought the half-eaten strawberry to his lips.

“Take it,” she whispered, and he closed his lips over the fruit.

The air was scented with strawberries, his rain-wet hair and pure male essence. When he pulled her hips against his firm length, she took a deep breath.

“I want more than a taste,” he said.

“I don’t want this to be a game anymore.”

“It’s not,” he said, before he drew her into his arms.

Dear Reader,

We all know that Valentine’s Day is the most romantic holiday of the year. It’s the day you show that special someone in your life—husband, fiancé…even your mom!—just how much you care by giving them special gifts of love.

And our special Valentine’s gift to you is a book from a writer many of you have said is one of your favorites, Annette Broadrick. Megan’s Marriage isn’t just February’s MAN OF THE MONTH, it’s also the first book of Annette’s brand-new DAUGHTERS OF TEXAS series. This passionate love story is just right for Valentine’s Day.

February also marks the continuation of SONS AND LOVERS, a bold miniseries about three men who discover that love and family are the most important things in life. In Reese: The Untamed by Susan Connell, a dashing bachelor meets his match and begins to think that being married might be more pleasurable than he’d ever dreamed. The series continues in March with Ridge: The Avenger by Leanne Banks.

This month is completed with four more scintillating love stories: Assignment: Marriage by Jackie Merritt, Daddy’s Choice by Doreen Owens Malek, This Is My Child by Lucy Gordon and Husband Material by Rita Rainville. Don’t miss any of them!

So Happy Valentine’s Day and Happy Reading!

Lucia Macro

Senior Editor

Please address questions and book requests to:

Silhouette Reader Service

U.S.: 3010 Walden Ave., P.O. Box 1325, Buffalo, NY 14269

Canadian: P.O. Box 609, Fort Erie, Ont. L2A 5X3

www.millsandboon.co.uk

has a love of traveling that has taken her all over the world—Greece, Spain, Portugal and Central and South America, to name a few places. While working for the foreign service she met a U.S. Navy pilot, and eight days later they were engaged. Twenty-one years and several moves later, Susan, her husband, Jim, and daughter, Catherine, call the New Jersey shore home. When she’s not writing, her part-time job at a local bookstore, Mediterranean cooking and traveling with her family are some of her favorite activities. Susan has been honored by New Jersey Romance Writers with their coveted Golden Leaf Award. She loves hearing from her readers.

This book is dedicated to CINDY GERARD &

LEANNE BANKS, my very own Thelma & Louise.

You took the leap and sprouted wings!

And an extra special bow to

Jim, Cathy, Linda and Candy

“You have to do it, Beth.”

“No, I don’t have to do it. The idea is ridiculous, desperate and sleazy…even for you, Eugene.”

“I can see where you find the task questionable. But we have to look at what’s at stake here. You’re being called upon to do something for your country.”

“Eugene, volunteering at this homeless shelter is doing something for my country.” Reaching across the cot, she stripped the sheet from it in one deft move. After tossing the rumpled material toward the growing heap in the aisle, she pointed to the next cot. “Want to help me here?”

Ignoring her request, the neatly dressed man clutched his portfolio to his chest, leaned closer to the smiling blonde and whispered, “For the president, Beth. Come on, think about what this could mean if you succeed. You want him reelected, don’t you?”