My face burns hot and I give him a sheepish smile. "Um...I sent the email."
"What?" he exclaims in astonishment.
I nod and scrunch up my nose as if I can't even believe I'd stoop to something like that. "It's true. I was so scared and I didn't want to marry Owen, but I didn't have the guts to stop it. I guess it was a last desperate attempt to have someone save me."
Marek just stares at me with wide blinking eyes. "You really sent that email?"
I now not only feel foolish but feel guilty as hell for dragging him into this. I open my mouth to apologize, but nothing comes out, as I'm being picked up in a bear hug and then swung around and around in circles so fast I get dizzy.
I laugh and put my hands to his shoulders when Marek stops. His hands drop to my hips and he grins at me. "You really sent that email?"
"Yes." My chuckle is earnestly nervous. "Are you mad?"
"Are you fucking kidding me? Did you not hear that it really was the best thing that ever happened to me, Gracie? I'm glad it was you who had the guts to bring me back into your life."
"I'm so embarrassed," I say as I push my face back into his chest. "And I'm horrible and rotten."
"You're wonderful and I love you," he says as he pushes me back. He leans in, smacks a kiss to my mouth, then winks. "But this will be our secret, okay?"
"Okay," I say with a grin.
Then he turns me back toward my parents and we head to our new life together, hand in hand.
To Sue and Gina: Thank you for believing in the Cold Fury and helping me to make this such an amazing series.
BY SAWYER BENNETT
Cold Fury Hockey Series
Alex
Garrett
Zack
Ryker
Hawke
Max
Roman
Lucas
Van
Reed
Marek
Arizona Vengeance Series
Bishop (coming soon) Erik (coming soon)
Sugar Bowl Series
Sugar Daddy
Sugar Rush
Sugar Free
Love Hurts Series
Sex in the Sticks
Jilted
Wicked Horse Series
Wicked Fall
Wicked Lust
Wicked Need
Wicked Ride
Wicked Bond
Off Series
Off Sides
Off Limits
Off the Record Off Course
Off Chance
Off Season
Off Duty
Last Call Series
On the Rocks Make It a Double Sugar on the Edge With a Twist Shaken Not Stirred
Legal Affairs Series
Legal Affairs Confessions of a Litigation God Friction
Clash
Grind
Yield
Sexy Lies and Rock & Roll The Pecker Briefs
Wicked Horse Vegas Series
Wicked Favor Wicked Wish
Wicked Envy
Wicked Choice Wicked Knight
Standalone books
The Hard Truth About Sunshine If I Return
Uncivilized
Love: Uncivilized Finding Kyle Atticus
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Since the release of her debut contemporary romance novel, Off Sides, in January 2013, SAWYER BENNETT has released multiple books, many of which have appeared on the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists.
A reformed trial lawyer from North Carolina, Sawyer uses real-life experience to create relatable, sexy stories that appeal to a wide array of readers. From new adult to contemporary romance, she writes something for just about everyone.
Sawyer likes her Bloody Marys strong, her martinis dirty, and her heroes a combination of the two. When not bringing fictional romance to life, Sa
wyer is a chauffeur, stylist, chef, maid, and personal assistant to a very active daughter, as well as a full-time servant to her adorably naughty dogs. She believes in the good of others and that a bad day can be cured with a great workout, cake, or even better, both.
Sawyer also writes general and women's fiction under the pen name S. Bennett and sweet romance under the name Juliette Poe.
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Read on for an excerpt from
Bishop
Arizona Vengeance
by Sawyer Bennett
Available from Loveswept
Chapter 1
Bishop
I see her and it's all over for me.
At least for tonight, anyway.
"I'll be back," I mutter to Dax as I push away from the bar, snagging my beer as a last-second thought.
Shouldering my way through the crowd filled with twenty-something yuppies here to take advantage of the last few minutes of happy hour, I keep my eyes locked on her. How could I not, when those full, wet lips wrap around a straw sticking out of her fruity-looking cocktail, prompting wild images of those same lips wrapping around my cock.
Before I can reach her, another man--who I'm sure is having the same lewd thoughts as I am--steps up to her and blocks my view. An involuntary growl rolls up out of my chest and I grip my beer bottle harder than necessary. More images swamp my brain and I can see myself cracking the bottle over the fucker's head. I figure at that point, I'll just drag her off to my lair like a caveman.
"No, thank you," I hear her say as I pass behind her.
"You're going to turn up a free drink?" the man asks incredulously.
"I can buy my own drinks," she purrs at him before taking another long pull from her straw. Her cheeks hollow slightly and my dick twitches.
Stepping to her other side, I set my beer on the bar and lean an elbow right beside it. Her neck twists and her gaze locks with mine. Fuck me but those eyes are incredible--a golden, amber color that I'd noticed earlier from across the bar. Even in the soft light provided mostly by neon beer signs, they almost glowed. Noticed that along with her gloriously long chocolate colored hair flowing down her back that was practically bare given the sexy halter top she's wearing. Long ass legs and curves everywhere. Tits, hips, ass...all fucking spectacular.