Cooper worked as a volunteer counselor in a veterans’ therapy group. He’d initiated several self-help programs that were being emulated in other parts of the country.
Now, with their arms around each other’s waist, they walked back toward the house that was nestled in a grove of pines. It overlooked a spectacular valley. Horses and cattle grazed in the mountain pastures below the timberline.
“You know,” he said as they entered their glass-walled bedroom, “talking about that night you arrived has gotten me all hot and bothered.” He peeled off his shirt.
“You’re always hot and bothered.” Rusty peeled her sweater over her head. She never wore a bra when they were at home alone.
Eyeing her enlarged breasts, he unsnapped his jeans and swaggered toward her. “And it’s always your fault.”
“Do you still desire me, even though I’m misshapen?” She gestured at her rounded tummy.
For an answer, he took her hand and pulled it into his open fly. She squeezed his full manhood. He groaned softly. “I desire you.” Bending his knees, he kissed one of her creamy breasts. “As long as you’re you, I’ll love you, Rusty.”
“I’m glad,” she sighed. “Because, just like after the plane crash, you’re stuck with me.”
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Sandra Brown is the author of sixty-eight New York Times bestsellers, including Sting, Friction, Mean Streak, Deadline, Low Pressure, Lethal, Rainwater, Tough Customer, Smash Cut, Smoke Screen, and Play Dirty.
Writing professionally since 1981, Brown has published over seventy novels and has upwards of eighty million copies of her books in print worldwide. Her work has been translated into thirty-four languages.
Her episode on truTV’s “Murder by the Book” premiered the series in 2008. She appeared in 2010 on Investigation Discovery’s series, “Hardcover Mysteries.” Television movies have been made of her novels French Silk, Smoke Screen, Ricochet, and White Hot.
Brown holds an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Texas Christian University, where she and her husband Michael Brown, have instituted the ELF, a scholarship awarded annually. She has served as president of Mystery Writers of America, and in 2008 she was named Thriller Master, the top award given by the International Thriller Writer’s Association. Other honors include the Texas Medal of Arts Award for Literature and the Romance Writers of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2011 she went on a USO tour to Afghanistan.
Love’s Encore
Love Beyond Reason
Eloquent Silence
A Treasure Worth Seeking
Not Even For Love
Hidden Fires
The Silken Web
Seduction By Design
Tomorrow’s Promise
Shadows Of Yesterday
Heaven’s Price
A Kiss Remembered
Prime Time
Temptation’s Kiss
A Secret Splendor
Breakfast In Bed