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He settled his hand against her stomach. “Thirty-three weeks? You’ve known how long?”
“Just a little over a week. We’ve been so busy that I didn’t even notice I missed my period. But, I woke up about a week ago and thought I was going to die.”
Then it hit him what they did earlier. “You should have told me before tonight. I could have hurt you.”
She rolled her eyes and slipped her hands behind his neck. “I talked to my OB about that. She said we’ll just have to be careful. And most play will have to be toned down. We’ll talk about that later. Don’t worry so much, Daddy.”
He smiled at the name. “I like hearing you call me that. I like it a lot.”
She sniffed, and he worried she was going to start crying again. Dee must have seen the look of panic in his eyes, and she sighed. “Better get used to the emotions, babe. We have a long haul in front of us.”
He gave her a hug. “We need to call the family.”
She smiled. “Let’s do that, and first on the list needs to be my brother.”
He grunted, but she ignored him. Her brother and Micah had finally come to an understanding, but neither of them really trusted the other. The only thing that kept them civil was their love for Dee.
“Then we’ll call Evan and May.”
She nodded, her eyes still brimming with tears as she pulled out her phone.
“Devon. Yes, I know what time it is, but I have no idea where you’re at.”
There was silence.
“Well, I was just calling to tell you that I’m pregnant.” Silence again. “Of course Micah’s the father. If you’re not nice, I’m going to hang up on you.”
Micah chuckled. Even though Devon was a pain in the ass, putting up with him was worth it. He got Dee in the bargain. He sat back and listened to the love of his life yell at her brother.
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Dee hung up the phone with a frown.
“What’s up?” Micah asked as he slipped his arms around her waist. “What did Dillon have to say?”
“I didn’t talk to him. I talked to his sister, Moira. Apparently, he was rushed to the hospital today.”
And she couldn’t forget the fear she heard in the younger woman’s voice. Dee could understand it. Conner Dillon was Moira’s only family.
When she turned to face Micah, he was frowning. “Something happen on the job?”
It was a logical question because former FBI agent Conner ran a security agency. “No. That’s the odd thing. Moira said he had chest pains. It turned out to be nothing, but they kept him overnight.”
“I’m sure he’s getting good care. Remember, he is in Miami. They’ve got to have some good heart doctors there with all the retirees.”
She smiled. “That’s true. He apparently was stressed out.”
Micah raised his eyebrows. “Interesting. Of course, he is kind of uptight.”
“I’ll call back in a couple of days.” She stood on her tiptoes. “So, still feeling good?”
He smiled at her, and she felt as if she owned the world. She did, in her opinion. “Yeah. In fact, I think I need to show you how good I feel.”
“Yeah?”
He bent down and lifted her into his arms. “Yeah. Let’s go back to the bedroom and I’ll demonstrate.”
She sighed and settled her head against his shoulder. He took her to their bedroom and laid her on the bed. She smiled at him.
“You don’t have to be so gentle.”
“But I want to show you just how I feel,” he said as he inched her shirt off.
As he joined her on the bed, she felt tears well up in her eyes again. He leaned down to kiss her.
“I love you.” He slipped his hand down to her stomach. “Both of you.”
She smiled as her heart burst full of love. As he kissed his way down her body, gently loving her, she realized that now everything in their world was perfect.
It was her last coherent thought for hours.
You can read how Micah and Dee first fell in love in their book now out in print and digital from Samhain Publishing.
A Little Harmless Lie
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Falling for her might be easy, seducing her may be damned hard, but keeping her alive might just be deadly.
A Little Harmless Lie
Harmless Series Book 4
Coming from nothing, Micah Ross now has more than he knows what to do with. His Hawai’i BDSM club is flourishing, and he has his pick of women. Except one. Dee Sumners is cute, sexy, feisty…and, since she’s on his payroll, off-limits. Plus, she insists she isn’t into the life. Until one heated kiss hints that his head bartender secretly hungers to be his sub.
Life on the run doesn’t allow Dee to indulge in long-term relationships. Still, Micah manages to work his way through her tough armor and under her skin. Yet even as she succumbs to his skilled seduction, her survival instinct forms a plan to leave the island she has grown to love—and the man she’s in danger of loving.
When Dee disappears, Micah’s anger turns to fear when he realizes she didn’t leave willingly. Calling on his skills as a former bounty hunter, he tracks her to the mainland only to discover she is entangled in a web of lies and deceit that not only threatens their love, but her life.
Warning: The book contains more Hawaiian settings, a Native American Dom who always thinks he’s right, a woman on the run, sexy kisses, murderous relatives, a trip to Sin City, and a seduction that is sweet and hot and everything in between. Ice water and a towel are recommended while reading.
And coming in late February, Conner Dillon, the FBI agent who helped Dee, will have his own story in
A Little Harmless Fascination
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Wanting her is to be expected, but falling in love with her could prove to be deadly for both of them.
A Little Harmless Fascination
Book 7
Conner Dillon is in a world of trouble. Or, at least that is what his doctor says. After a near miss on a particularly stressful day, Conner is ordered to take off a month from work. His sister has the perfect solution: Hawaii. Her old college roommate lives there and has a guesthouse that would be perfect for Conner. His only problem is Conner’s unbelievable attraction to a woman who is completely wrong for him.
Romance author Jax Bentley doesn’t normally go for the “always in control” type. In fact, she despises them. Still, there is something so appealing about a man who likes to take control, in and out of the bedroom. After one particularly steamy kiss, they dive headfirst into an affair that is more than either of them expected.
When a series of accidents turn almost deadly, they realize protecting their hearts is now secondary to staying alive.
WARNING: This book contains an Alpha male with control issues, a heroine who knows just how to push all his buttons, a trip or two to our favorite Honolulu BDSM club, old enemies, one crazy family, and more scenes which will require ice water and towels. Yes, it is explicit, and yes, it could melt your computer, but I promise, it’s worth it. It’s a HARMLESS book, so you know your favorite characters will appear and we all know, it isn’t all that harmless.
About Melissa Schroeder
Born to an Air Force family at an Army hospital Melissa has always been a little bit screwy. She was further warped by her years of watching Monty Python and her strange family. Her love of romance novels developed after accidentally picking up a Linda Howard book. After becoming hooked, she read close to 300 novels in one year, deciding that romance was her true calling instead of the literary short stories and suspenses she had been writing. Since her first release in 2004, Melissa has had over 30 short stories, novellas and novels released with multiple publishers in a variety of genres and time periods. Those releases include the Harmless series, a best-selling erotic romance series set in Hawaii. A Little Harmless Sex, book 1, was one of the top 100 bestselling Nook Books of 2010.
Since she was a military brat, she vowed never to marry military. Alas, fate always has her way with mortals. Her husband is an Air Force major, and together they have their own military brats, two girls, and two adopted dog daughters, and they live wherever the military sticks them. Which she is sure, will always involve heat and bugs only seen on the Animal Discovery Channel. In her spare time, she reads, complains about bugs, travels, cooks, reads some more, watches her DVD collections of Arrested Development and Seinfeld, and tries to convince her family that she truly is a delicate genius. She has yet to achieve her last goal.
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Other Books by Melissa Schroeder
Harmless
A Little Harmless Sex
A Little Harmless Pleasure
A Little Harmless Obsession
A Little Harmless Lie
A Little Harmless Addiction
A Little Harmless Submission
A Little Harmless Military Romance
Infatuation
The Harmless Shorts
A Little Harmless Fling
Free on Website
A Little Harmless Kalikimaka
Free on Website
A Little Harmless Surprise
A Little Harmless Gift
Once Upon An Accident
The Accidental Countess
Lessons in Seduction
The Spy Who Loved Me
Leather and Lace
The Seduction of Widow McEwan
Leather and Lace
Print anthology
Texas Temptations
Conquering India
Delilah's Downfall
Hawaiian Holidays
Mele Kalikimaka, Baby
Sex on the Beach
Bounty Hunters, Inc
For Love or Honor
Sinner's Delight
The Sweet Shoppe
Tempting Prudence
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Her Wicked Warrior
Connected Books
Seducing the Saint
Hunting Mila
Saints and Sinners
print of both books
The Hired Hand
Hands on Training
Cancer Anthology
Water
print
Stand Alone Books
Grace Under Pressure
The Last Detail
Her Mother's Killer
A Calculated Seduction
Telepathic Cravings
Coming Soon
Getting Lei'd
Hawaiian Holidays
The Cursed Clan: Callum
Falling in Love Again
A Little Harmless Fascination
A Little Harmless Fantasy
A Lethal Woman
Going for Eight
Writing as Kiera West
exclusively for Siren Publishing
The Great Wolves of Passion, Alaska
Seducing Their Mate
The Alpha's Fall
Convincing Ethan
Shane's Need
Rand's Craving
Coming soon
Jason's Salvation
Max's Need
Claiming Their Mate
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To prove her love and save her man, she has to go above and beyond the call of duty.
Infatuation
A Little Harmless Military Romance 1
Francis McKade is a man in lust. He’s had a crush on his best friend’s little sister for years but he has never acted on it. Besides that fact that she’s Malachi’s sister, he’s a Seal and he learned his lesson with his ex-fiancé. Women do not like being left alone for long months at a time. Still, at a wedding in Hawaii anything can happen—and does. Unfortunately, after the best night of his life, he and Mal are called away to one of their most dangerous missions.
Shannon is blown over by Kade. She’s always had a crush on him and after their night together, it starts to feel a little like love. But, after the mission, Kade never calls or writes and she starts to wonder if it was all a dream. Until one night, her brother Mal drags him into her bar and grill and Shannon gets the shock of her life.
Kade isn’t the man Shannon knew in Hawaii, or even the last few years. Twelve hours of torture changes a man, especially one who had never felt so vulnerable. He still can’t shake the terror that keeps him up at night. Worse, he is realizing that the career he loves just might be over.
Shannon is still mad, but she can’t help but hurt for the man she loves. He is darker, a bit more dangerous, but beneath that, he is the Kade she’s known for so many years. When he pushes her to her limits in the bedroom, Shannon refuses to back down. One way or another, this military man is going to learn there is no walking away from love—not while she still has breath in her body.
Warning: This book contains two infatuated lovers, a hard-headed military man, a determined woman, some old friends, and a little taste of New Orleans. Of course, there is a Dom who wants to be in a charge and a sub who wants to challenge him. As always, ice water is suggested while reading. It might be the first military Harmless book, but the only thing that has changed is how hot our hero looks in his uniform—not to mention out of it.