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  She was unable to deny him anything. When he lowered his mouth to hers, her nipples rubbed against his chest. He thrust deep and hard and she felt herself coming again.

  Her fingers dug into this thick shoulders and she clung to him. He stiffened and groaned, his cock rippling as his orgasm rocked through him. He kept pumping his hips long after they were both spent. Finally, she couldn’t take any more and begged him to stop. Only then, did he collapse beside her, his arm slung over her torso to keep her close.

  They stirred a short time later and Marshall tugged the sheet over them. He rolled onto his side, propping himself on one arm. “We can make this work. You can come here between missions.”

  She still couldn’t believe Marshall was trying to plan her life for her. She knew it was because he thought what he was doing was for the best. She shook her head. “Not going to work. I don’t want to be away from you for that long.” She absently threaded her fingers through his damp chest hair.

  He covered her hand, flattening it against his heart. The beat was strong and steady, like the man himself. “What do you want to do? I can move to wherever you’re stationed if you don’t think me living here would work.”

  Love swelled inside her and pushed away the last remnants of pain. Marshall was willing to do whatever it took to make this happen. She couldn’t hold out on him any longer. “That won’t do either since I’ll be living here with you. That is, if you want me to?”

  He rolled on top of her, pinning her to the bed. He kept most of his weight on his arms, to keep from crushing her. She caressed the hard edge of his jaw.

  “What are you saying, Tabby?”

  “I quit. I retired. However you want to put it, I’m out of the business.”

  “Why?”

  She shook her head and ran his fingers over his harsh features. She loved him so much it made her heart ache. “I couldn’t stay. Not after what happened to you. Not after the betrayal from within. That’s part of the reason it took me so long to get here. It’s not the sort of job where you can give two weeks’ notice.”

  “I’m surprised they let you go.”

  “Yeah, well, I told them that ferreting out Craver was my last job when I dumped the evidence on their desk.”

  His eyes narrowed. “That was dangerous.”

  “Calculated. I told them they owed you, owed our entire team. I told them I would be of no use to them because I was moving to Texas to raise horses or cattle or whatever the heck it is you do here. We can grow tumbleweeds for all I care. They got the message.”

  Marshall started to laugh. It was infectious and she soon joined him. His mouth curved upward into a huge smile when he finally stopped. “My family is going to love you.”

  “I hope so.” That was one thing she was nervous about, but come hell or high water, she was staying.

  “Marry me.”

  “What?”

  “Marry me, Tabby. If you’re staying, I want to marry you. I want to wake up with you each morning and go to bed with you each night.”

  This was more than she’d expected when she’d tracked him here, but it was everything she’d ever wanted. “Yes.”

  Marshall kissed her then, a deep, tender kiss that touched her soul. It was filled with love and tinged with passion. He rubbed his nose against hers. “Now I’m going to take you. Again and again, until neither of us can walk.”

  She looped her arms around his neck and laughed. “Sounds like a plan to me.”

  Marshall lowered his mouth to the curve of her neck and kissed her and did exactly that.

  About the Author

  N.J. Walters worked at a bookstore for several years and one day had the idea that she would like to quit her job, sell everything she owned, leave her hometown and write romance novels in a place where no one knew her. And she did. Two years later, she went back to the same bookstore and settled in for another seven years.

  Although she was still fairly young, that was when the mid-life crisis set in. Happily married to the love of her life, with his encouragement (more like, “For God’s sake, quit the job and just write!”) she gave notice at her job on a Friday morning. On Sunday afternoon, she received a tentative acceptance for her first erotic romance novel, Annabelle Lee, and life would never be the same.

  N.J. has always been a voracious reader of romance novels, and now she spends her days writing novels of her own. Vampires, dragons, time-travelers, seductive handymen and next-door neighbors with smoldering good looks all vie for her attention. And she doesn’t mind a bit. It’s a tough life, but someone’s got to live it.

  N.J. welcomes comments from readers. You can find her website and email address on her author bio page at www.ellorascave.com.

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  Also by N.J. Walters

  Amethyst Dreams

  Amethyst Moon

  Anastasia’s Style

  Awakening Desires: Capturing Carly

  Awakening Desires: Craving Candy

  Awakening Desires: Erin’s Fancy

  Awakening Desires: Jackson’s Jewel

  Awakening Desires: Katie’s Art of Seduction

  Beyond Shadows

  Dalakis Passion 1: Harker’s Journey

  Dalakis Passion 2: Lucian’s Delight

  Dalakis Passion 3: Stefan’s Salvation

  Dalakis Passion 4: Eternal Brothers

  Dalakis Passion 5: Endless Chase

  Drakon’s Treasure

  Ellora’s Cavemen: Dreams of the Oasis IV anthology

  Ellora’s Cavemen: Jewels of the Nile IV anthology

  Ellora’s Cavemen: Legendary Tails IV anthology

  Ellora’s Cavemen: Seasons of Seduction III anthology

  Entwined Hearts with Nicole Austin, TJ Michaels & Ciana Stone

  Jessamyn’s Christmas Gift

  Lassoing Lara

  Out of Shadows

  Project Alpha 1: Embracing Silence

  Project Alpha 2: Have Mercy

  Project Alpha 3: Sweet Charity

  Seeking Charlotte

  Summersville Secrets 1: Annabelle Lee

  Summersville Secrets 2: Heat Wave

  Summersville Secrets 3: Lily Blossoms

  Tapestries 1: Christina’s Tapestry

  Tapestries 2: Bakra Bride

  Tapestries 3: Woven Dreams

  Tapestries 4: Threads of Destiny

  Tapestries 5: Embroidered Fantasies

  Tempting Tori

  Three Swords, One Heart

  Unmasking Kelly

  Print books by N.J. Walters

  Candy Caresses anthology

  Dalakis Embrace

  Ellora’s Cavemen: Dreams of the Oasis IV anthology

  Ellora’s Cavemen: Jewels of the Nile IV anthology

  Ellora’s Cavemen: Legendary Tails IV anthology

  Ellora’s Cavemen: Seasons of Seduction III anthology

  Enticements

  Erin’s Fancy

  Feral Fixation anthology

  Katie’s Art of Seduction

  Overtime, Under Him anthology

  Summersville Heat

  Tapestry Dreams

  Three Swords, One Heart

  White Hot Holidays Volume 3 anthology

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