him to want to listen because I’m going to say what he needs to hear most. “Let me rephrase that. Spend the rest of your life with me.”
He stops the truck in the middle of the road and whips his stare over at me. “What?”
“I don’t need twenty-four hours to know what I’m feeling or thinking. I need you. I want you. I love you. Spend the rest of your life with me.” When he gapes at me, looking speechless and unsure, I lean in to kiss him. “I dare you.”
“You can’t do that.”
“I just did. I’m sorry I messed up your perfect proposal and that I made you doubt—”
“You don’t have to marry me to prove to Thom you’re over him. Your knee in his balls did it.”
“He deserved that, but he has nothing to do with the reason I’m saying yes. I want to marry you for you. Because you’re the other half of me.” I look into his dark eyes, willing him to understand and believe me, willing him to love me the way I see so clearly now I’ve loved him since almost the beginning. “Say yes. Please…”
He hesitates.
“If you don’t, I’ll have to double-dog dare you.”
He gives me a short, acidic laugh. “Well, that is serious. You must really mean it, then.”
“With every beat of my heart,” I assure him softly, then prop my chin on his shoulder. “You have a ring for me, don’t you?”
“Yeah.” He digs into his pocket. His hands are shaking as he reaches for mine and slips the simple white-gold band with the oval diamond on my finger. “You’re really going to marry me, honey?”
“Yes! Happily.” I’m so sublimely ecstatic, I beam a smile his way and press my lips to his.
With this man is where I belong.
Behind us, brakes screech and horns start honking. Trace tears his mouth away. “Shit.”
“We should probably get out of the middle of the road.”
“Yeah.” He presses his foot to the gas pedal and the truck lurches forward. “And I guess we should call everyone we know and give them the good news.”
“Starting with your brother and my best friend so they can keep Ranger tonight. After that…well, everyone else can wait, because I want to lick you from the tips of your toes all the way to those lips I can’t wait to kiss for the rest of my life. And I promise I’ll focus on all the best parts in between until you scream for me.”
He cocks his head. “You can’t use my own lines against me.”
“I just did. What do you say to that?”
“I dare you to love me forever.”
“You know I can never resist a dare.” I smile—and drop my hand to his thigh. “You got it.”
Read on to see how sexy bodyguard Tanner melts the icy walls around single mom Amanda’s heart…
Can I keep the gorgeous, gun-shy single mother safe—and prove I’m the man for her?
MORE THAN PROTECT YOU
More Than Words, Book 6.5
by Shayla Black
Coming October 6, 2020!
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I’m Tanner Kirk—Certified firearms instructor and mixed martial arts enthusiast. When I filed for divorce at the end of an empty marriage, all I wanted was a vacation in paradise, not another woman in my life. But how can I possibly say no to Amanda Lund, a young single mom desperate to learn self-defense? Or refuse the banked desire on the guarded beauty’s face?
I can’t.
So I seduce Mandy until we’re burning up the sheets…and soon find my heart entangled with her bruised and battered one. But when a nemesis from her past tries to destroy our future by unearthing my secret, will she understand and forgive me—or give up on us forever?
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FORBIDDEN CONFESSIONS
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SEDUCING THE INNOCENT
Is she willing to give her secret crush everything to make him stay?
SEDUCING THE BRIDE
Can he persuade his best friend’s daughter that she belongs to him?
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Will a hot night with a stranger spark more than she ever imagined?
SEDUCING THE ENEMY
Once he takes his pound of flesh from her, will she steal his heart?
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ABOUT ME:
Shayla Black is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of roughly eighty novels. For twenty years, she’s written contemporary, erotic, paranormal, and historical romances via traditional, independent, foreign, and audio publishers. Her books have sold millions of copies and been published in a dozen languages.
Raised an only child, Shayla occupied herself with lots of daydreaming, much to the chagrin of her teachers. In college, she found her love for reading and realized that she could have a career publishing the stories spinning in her imagination. Though she graduated with a degree in Marketing/Advertising and embarked on a stint in corporate America to pay the bills, she abandoned all that to be with her characters full-time.
Shayla currently lives in North Texas with her wonderfully supportive husband and daughter, as well as two spoiled tabbies. In her “free” time, she enjoys reality TV, reading, and listening to an eclectic blend of music.
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Other Books by Shayla Black
CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
MORE THAN WORDS
More Than Want You
More Than Need You
More Than Love You
More Than Crave You
More Than Tempt You
More Than Pleasure You (novella)
More Than Dare You
Coming Soon:
More Than Protect You (novella) (October 6, 2020)
WICKED & DEVOTED
Wicked As Sin
Wicked Ever After
THE WICKED LOVERS (Complete Series)
Wicked Ties
Decadent
Delicious
Surrender to Me
Belong to Me
Wicked to Love (novella)
Mine to Hold
Wicked All the Way (novella)
Ours to Love
Wicked All Night (novella)
Forever Wicked (novella)
Theirs to Cherish
His to Take
Pure Wicked (novella)
Wicked for You
Falling in Deeper
Dirty Wicked (novella)
A Very Wicked Christmas (short)
Holding on Tighter
THE DEVOTED LOVERS (Complete Series)
Devoted to Pleasure
Devoted to Wicked (novella)
Devoted to Love
FORBIDDEN CONFESSIONS (Sexy Shorts)
Seducing the Innocent
Seducing the Bride
Seducing the Stranger
Seducing the Enemy
DOMS OF HER LIFE
(by Shayla Black, Jenna Jacob, and Isabella LaPearl)
Raine Falling Collection (Complete)
One Dom To Love
The Young And The Submissive
The Bold and The Dominant
The Edge of Dominance
Heavenly Rising Collection
The Choice
The Chase
Coming Soon:
The Commitment (Early 2021)
THE PERFECT GENTLEMEN (Complete Series)
(by Shayla Black and Lexi Blake)
Scandal Never Sleeps
Seduction in Session
Big Easy Temptation
Smoke and Sin
At the Pleasure of the President
MASTERS OF MÉNAGE
(by Shayla Black and Lexi Blake)
Their Virgin Captive
Their Virgin’s Secret
Their Virgin Concubine
Their Virgin Princess
Their Virgin Hostage
Their Virgin Secretary
Their Virgin Mistress
Coming Soon:
Their Virgin Bride (TBD)
STANDALONE TITLES
Naughty Little Secret
Watch Me
Dirty & Dangerous
Her Fantasy Men (novella)
A Perfect Match
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Misadventures of a Backup Bride
Misadventures with My Ex
SEXY CAPERS (Complete Series)
Bound And Determined
Strip Search
Arresting Desire (novella)
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
(as Shelley Bradley)
The Lady And The Dragon
One Wicked Night
Strictly Seduction
Strictly Forbidden
BROTHERS IN ARMS (Complete Medieval Trilogy)
His Lady Bride
His Stolen Bride
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