the hospital shop sells puke-preventing bracelets.” He glared at Shaye, but the corner of his mouth twitched with the beginnings of a smile. “And maybe see if a doc will prescribe something to scrub this image outta my head.”
After Piper and Ben left, Shaye turned back to Del. His eyes were warm with laughter. It was so good to see him smiling again. The worry and stress that had gathered over the last couple of weeks over this upcoming surgery had faded.
She cupped his jaw, gently scratching her fingernails down the scruff on his cheeks. “Maybe this wasn’t one of my better thought-out plans.”
“Oh, I dunno.” His voice, gruff with desire, sent a delicious shiver skating down her spine. “We’ve still got at least thirty minutes before we’re disturbed again, even if you did forget one crucial step.”
“What step would that be?” Removing the hideously uncomfortable tiny pink panties would be a great start.
Del gestured with his chin behind her shoulder then ripped the coat out of her hands and tossed it over the other side of the bed. The warm affection in his gaze turned to blazing hunger, and Shaye clenched her thighs together. She knew that look well.
“Pull the privacy curtains, Nurse Harland,” he said with a panty-melting grin. “And I’ll give you another Valentine’s present.”
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Read Shaye & Del’s full story…
Ready To Burn (Due South Book 3)
Take one sassy Harland girl…
Shaye Harland, sous chef de-awesome, desperately wants the role of Due South’s head chef. Though a little out of her depth, she can totally cope with the extra demands if she can resist her future brother-in-law when he muscles in on her kitchen. The Hollywood wannabe is nothing but a troublesome distraction and he fries her sex-ometer to a crisp. But as far as romance? Forget it. Love, when she finds Mr. Perfect, will be as sweet as her to-die-for cookies.
Add a bad-boy from LA…
Del Westlake swore he’d never again set foot on the island he calls the “ass end of New Zealand.” With his reputation as a sous chef in one of LA’s hottest restaurants trashed, and his estranged father’s restaurant needing a head chef, Del wants nothing more than to go in, get the job done, and get out. Except his feisty second-in-command carves herself a spot in his heart and completely incinerates his plans.
Watch the sparks fly as they burn it up in the kitchen…
Winning a spot on a TV reality show is just what Del needs to jumpstart his career back in the States. Nothing can get in the way of him winning—not even the woman whose trust he’d destroy if she discovers his secrets. But with a film crew capturing the explosive kitchen chemistry between them, will his bad-boy ways rear up and ruin his shot at becoming Shaye’s Mr. Perfect?
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Piper & West
Helluva way to spend Valentine’s Day.
Piper hung onto her porcelain throne as the Mollymawk wallowed into a trough and then rolled up the other side. Her stomach lurched again and she hung her head. Goddamn it. She’d be writing the manufacturers of the so called seasickness-preventive bracelet a nasty, nasty letter, since the stupid thing had apparently just stopped working.
Another wave of nausea churned through her. Piper brushed an arm across her sweaty forehead and gripped the toilet bowl edge with the other hand.
During the first few hours of the morning’s shark dive tour, she’d been fine. Put her in a wetsuit and lower her into the ocean in a metal cage with a couple of Great Whites cruising around, and she was in her element. Nothing scared her or made her want to puke underwater.
Part fish, was Piper Harland.
But none of that bravado helped once the sea around Stewart Island got choppy. Not even the fun of catching Del and her sister fooling around could distract her from her current misery.
No, only West could do that. Closing her eyes, she pictured her