With His Kiss. Laurey Bright

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      “Excuse me, I’d like to go back to the house.”

      For a long second or two, she thought he wasn’t going to move. In a dire need to get away, she pushed through the narrow space he’d left her, miscalculated and felt her breasts brush against his shirt as she tried to pass him.

      Steve straightened a little too late. Triss stumbled over his foot, and his hands closed about her upper arms.

      For a moment they stood together in the stone doorway, bodies touching, Steve’s chin only an inch from her temple. She could hear—even feel—the harsh intake of his breath, smell clean clothing and soap and a faint, frightening seductive male skin-scent.

      In irrational panic she clenched her fists and raised them, thumping his chest. “Let me go!”

      He swung her to the outside of the doorway with easy strength, then released her, saying, “Glad to, but are you sure that’s what you want?”

      Dear Reader,

      We’ve been busy here at Silhouette Romance cooking up the next batch of tender, emotion-filled romances to add extra sizzle to your day.

      First on the menu is Laurey Bright’s modern-day Sleeping Beauty story, With His Kiss (#1660). Next, Melissa McClone whips up a sensuous, Survivor-like tale when total opposites must survive two weeks on an island, in The Wedding Adventure (#1661). Then bite into the next juicy SOULMATES series addition, The Knight’s Kiss (#1663) by Nicole Burnham, about a cursed knight and the modern-day princess who has the power to unlock his hardened heart.

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      I guarantee these heartwarming stories will keep you satisfied until next month when we serve up our list of great summer reads.

      Happy reading!

      Mary-Theresa Hussey

      Senior Editor

      With His Kiss

      Laurey Bright

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      Books by Laurey Bright

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      LAUREY BRIGHT

      has held a number of different jobs, but has never wanted to be anything but a writer. She lives in New Zealand, where she creates the stories of contemporary people in love that have won her a following all over the world. Visit her at her Web site, http://www.laureybright.com.

      Contents

       Chapter One

       Chapter Two

       Chapter Three

       Chapter Four

       Chapter Five

       Chapter Six

       Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

      Chapter One

      Steve knew the moment Triss Allardyce saw him, across her husband’s grave as the coffin was lowered into the earth.

      The glazed look disappeared from her clear blue eyes that held no hint of tears, and they widened with shock.

      Steve felt a savage kick of satisfaction. One black brow rose a fraction in involuntary acknowledgment, and a muscle in his tightly clenched jaw twitched a corner of his mouth into a grim semblance of a half smile.

      Triss made a tiny movement, as though she would have recoiled