In a Bind. Stephanie Bond

      

      Three women. Three fantasies.

      Years ago Gemma, Zoe and Violet all took the same

       college sex-ed class, one they laughingly referred to as

       Sex for Beginners. It was an easy credit—not something

       they’d ever need in real life. Or so they thought…

      Their professor had them each write a letter, outlining

       their most private, most outrageous sexual fantasies.

       They never dreamed their letters would be returned

       to them when they least expected it. Or that their own

       words would change their lives forever…

      Don’t miss Stephanie Bond’s newest miniseries:

      Sex for Beginners

      WATCH AND LEARN

       (October 2008)

      IN A BIND

       (November 2008)

      NO PEEKING…

       (December 2008)

      Sex for Beginners

       What you don’t know…might turn you on!

      

      Dear Reader,

      Have you ever run across an old childhood diary or a note you wrote in high school or college? It can be fun, and even revealing, to see what you were thinking when you were younger, what things were important to you.

      The seniors at Women’s Covington College who took the Sexual Psyche class (dubbed by the students as “Sex for Beginners”) were given an assignment to write down their innermost sexual fantasies in the form of a letter to themselves. Their letter was to be cataloged with a code for anonymity and remain sealed for ten years, then mailed to them.

      When international flight attendant Zoe Smythe reads her letter, she’s headed to Sydney, Australia, for a leisurely layover before returning to America to be married. The naughty words she wrote years ago spur her to embark on a last-chance torrid fling with a hunky Aussie…. But will she ever want to leave?

      I hope you enjoy In a Bind, the second book in the SEX FOR BEGINNERS trilogy. Please tell your friends about the wonderful stories you find between the pages of Harlequin novels! And visit me at www.stephaniebond.com.

      Happy endings always,

      Stephanie Bond

      STEPHANIE BOND

      In a Bind

      TORONTO • NEW YORK • LONDON

       AMSTERDAM • PARIS • SYDNEY • HAMBURG

       STOCKHOLM • ATHENS • TOKYO • MILAN • MADRID

       PRAGUE • WARSAW • BUDAPEST • AUCKLAND

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      Stephanie Bond credits romance novels with teaching her world history and geography and for giving her a case of wanderlust. It seemed only natural that she would someday be writing romance novels herself. To date, Stephanie has written more than forty romance and mystery novels, and doesn’t plan on slowing down anytime soon at what she considers to be “her dream job.” Stephanie lives in midtown Atlanta with her hunky architect/artist/hero husband.

      Books by Stephanie Bond

      HARLEQUIN BLAZE

      2—TWO SEXY!

      169—MY FAVORITE MISTAKE

      282—JUST DARE ME…

      338—SHE DID A BAD, BAD THING

      428—WATCH AND LEARN

      MIRA BOOKS

      BODY MOVERS

      BODY MOVERS: 2 BODIES FOR THE PRICE OF 1

      BODY MOVERS: 3 MEN AND A BODY

      HARLEQUIN TEMPTATION

      685—MANHUNTING IN MISSISSIPPI

      718—CLUB CUPID

      751—ABOUT LAST NIGHT…

      769—IT TAKES A REBEL

      787—TOO HOT TO SLEEP

      805—SEEKING SINGLE MALE

      964—COVER ME

      For Brenda, of course,

       for throwing aside the reins

      Contents

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      Chapter 10

      Chapter 11

      Chapter 12

      Chapter 13

      Chapter 14

      Chapter 15

      Chapter 16

      Chapter 17

      Chapter 18

      Chapter 19

      Epilogue

      1

      “JUST THINK—THIS IS YOUR LAST trip as an unmarried woman.”

      Zoe Smythe kept nodding and welcoming aboard first-class passengers on the Atlanta flight bound for Sydney, Australia, trying to ignore her friend Erica’s comment. “Welcome aboard…. Good evening…. May I take your coat?”

      Erica leaned in. “Are you going to do something wild and outrageous during your layover in Sydney after I leave?”

      Zoe gave a dry laugh. “Hardly. I brought a stack of things that have to be finalized for the wedding.”

      “That doesn’t sound like fun,” Erica said, then elbowed Zoe. “Welcome to married life.” Erica cackled at her own joke. “Well, for the two days that I’m there, I propose that we ingest large amounts of alcohol and take up residence in the hotel spa.”

      “Sounds good,” Zoe agreed.

      “Maybe we’ll get lucky and our masseuse will be a big, strapping Aussie.”

      “Maybe.” Zoe bit back a smile. Erica’s marriage was sex-starved.

      “Seriously, though, I’m going to miss having you on this route, Zoe.”

      “Thanks, but a domestic route will allow me to be home more.”

      “You’ll be changing back after a couple of years,” Erica said drily.

      Zoe frowned good-naturedly, then turned her attention back to the passengers.

      “Welcome aboard…. Good evening…. May I take your coat?”

      “Yes, thank you.”

      At the sound of the thick Australian accent, Zoe tipped up her head to meet the gaze of the clearest, greenest eyes she’d ever seen, slightly hooded and set off with straight, sun-tipped lashes. The man behind them was tall with coarse blond hair cut close to his head and a five o’clock shadow on his square jaw. Zoe sucked in a breath. The stranger exuded raw masculinity. The leather duster he shrugged out of was the color of baked