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as they each greeted her with a hug. Josh had already popped the top on a bottle of champagne. Her father handed her a flute of the golden bubbly. Her mother laid the roses on the seat beside Zoë.

It was unbelievable. When Drew slid in beside her and wrapped an arm around her shoulders, Zoë knew it was real.

“Here, bro.” Josh handed Drew a glass of champagne, raising his high. As everyone’s glasses touched, made a tinkling sound, Josh said, “Here’s to two individuals that time could not separate. Find happiness in each other’s arms.”

There was a moment of agreement, and then silence as Zoë took a sip.

“Now, young man, when will you be settling down?” Their mother pinned her steely gaze on Josh.

Like always, Josh did his best to change the subject. “So when will there be a little Thompson running around?” The man was incorrigible. Grandchildren was a surefire way to kindle their mother’s passion. But she wasn’t falling for it.

“Perhaps you can answer that same question, Joshua Davis.” Her mother’s words faded.

Some day the right woman would cross Josh’s path. Zoë hoped she was there to see it happen.

As she sat listening to the people she loved, Zoë realized how much she needed them—needed Drew. If she had learned anything these past three years, she had learned that life was incomplete without someone to share it with.

“Happy?” Drew took her glass, setting it down before he wrapped her in a tender embrace. She tipped her chin up to receive his chaste kiss.

No words could express the depth of Zoë’s emotions. She nodded as a million sensations struck her all at once, moving beneath her skin. For the first time in three years she finally felt alive—knew she was where she was always meant to be—in Drew’s arms. Tonight she would be Mrs. Drew Thompson.

“I love you.” His eyes glistened with the truth.

“I love you too.” She sighed, cuddling closer. The moment was perfect—one worth dying for—but more importantly, worth living for.

About the Author

A taste of the erotic, a measure of daring and a hint of laughter describe Mackenzie McKade’s novels. She sizzles the pages with scorching sex, fantasy and deep emotion that will touch you and keep you immersed until the end. Whether her stories are contemporaries, futuristics or fantasies, this Arizona native thrives on giving you the ultimate erotic adventure.

When not traveling through her vivid imagination, she’s spending time with three beautiful daughters, three devilishly handsome grandsons and the man of her dreams. She loves to write, enjoys reading and can’t wait ‘til summer. Boating and jet skiing are top on her list of activities. Add to that laughter and if mischief is in order—Mackenzie’s your gal!

To learn more about Mackenzie McKade, please visit www.mackenziemckade.com. Send an email to Mackenzie at [email protected] or catch her on her Facebook (www.facebook.com/MackenzieMcKade) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/MackenzieMcKade) sites. You might want to stop by the Wicked Writers’ Facebook site (www.facebook.com/TheWickedWriters) and join in the fun with other readers and authors as well as Mackenzie.

Look for these titles by Mackenzie McKade

Now Available:

Six Feet Under

Fallon’s Revenge

A Warrior’s Witch

Lisa’s Gift

Lost but not Forgotten

Second Chance Christmas

Black Widow

Merry Christmas, Paige

Blue Moon

Irresistible

Ties That Bind

Bound for the Holidays

Bound by the Past

Bound by Desire

Bound by an Angel

Wild Oats

Take Me

Take Me Again

Whispering Cove

Wild

Bold

She’s more spice than sugar…and he has a taste for heat.

Bold

© 2012 Mackenzie McKade

Whispering Cove, Book 5

Tabatha Taylor has mooned over her brother’s best friend since childhood. For years she’s been chipping away at his cool façade, using the generous, all-grown-up assets God gave her to her advantage.

Finally she has a chance to work close to him on a project for the Fall Festival. Going nose to nose with him will prove her ideas have merit, even if she doesn’t have a degree. But she learns the cost to her heart could be bigger than she anticipated.

Tabby’s dark beauty definitely sets architect Reece McGrath’s pulse racing, but she’s an itch better left unscratched. The attraction that flares between them is hot and undeniable, but getting close means risking a friendship he values and a lifestyle he cherishes. Crossing that boundary isn’t worth the price he’d have to pay.

With one of the grandfathers of Whispering Cove pinpointing them in another matchmaking scheme, though, they find themselves inching closer to that line. And closer

Warning: This book gives new meaning to getting nailed. Nothing beats a man with a variety of tools at his disposal and a woman who is bold enough to take him on.

Enjoy the following excerpt for Bold:

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