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All Things Pretty
by
M. Leighton
M. Leighton
| Release Date: September 30, 2014 |
~ Synopsis ~
Pretending to be something they’re not, afraid to trust anyone completely, destined to tear each other apart– this is the story of unlikely love and unbearable consequences.
Sig Locke is a cop. He was raised by a cop and all his brothers are cops. He bleeds blue, believes in right and wrong, and sees in black and white, never in shades of gray.
But that was before he met Tommi.
Tommi, with her long legs and bright green eyes, she captured Sig’s interest from the moment he saw her. Even after he discovered who she was–the girlfriend of a drug dealer, the beauty behind a criminal–he still found her utterly irresistible. What Sigdoesn’t know, however, is that she has a secret even a cop can’t uncover.
Tommi Lawrence hasn’t had an easy life, and it only got more complicated the day she met Sig. She learned long ago that she can’t trust anyone. Her gut tells her that Sig is no exception, her heart tells her that he is. But that was before she found out his real identity.
Can love be forged in a fire of lies? Or will the truth destroy them both?
~ Excerpt ~
Her lips are
still curved when she turns her attention back to me. Something about the
moment hits me like a punch to the gut. I think for a second that I could stand
here and stare at her, just enjoy her smile and her happiness for hours. Days,
maybe. But I can’t. We can’t.
So, instead, I brush a clump of mud from the end of her nose. “Have fun?”
“I did. Thank you. This was so good for
him.”
“And you.”
“And me,” she concedes.
“You
can be the real
you around me
anytime. I won’t tell a soul.”
“So you prefer this?”
“Oh, hell yeah! I don’t need glamorous.
Or proper.”
“I’m not proper.”
“You
forget that I heard your…expressiveness
that day on the side of the road. And it didn’t consist of ‘darn’ or ‘golly
gee’. But I haven’t heard anything like that come out of your mouth since
then.”
“Ladies aren’t supposed to talk that
way, according to Lance.”
“I don’t want a lady. I want a woman.
One who knows her own mind. One who wears what she’s comfortable in, one who
says what she’s thinking.” I take a step closer. I can’t help myself. Her scent
draws me in. Even covered in mud, she smells like sexy sunshine. “I want the
woman who kisses like she’s on fire and makes me feel like I’m the only one who
can put her out.”
“Sig,” she begins.
I break in to cut her off. I know her
objections. And I know how much I don’t want to hear them. “I’m just being
honest. I’m not even touching you.”
Her eyes are glued to mine, a damn near
irresistible gravity pulling us together. “It’s not like you can anyway. I
mean, we’re in public. With my little brother. What could you possibly touch?”
I reach down and smear my hand in mud.
With her eyes locked on mine, I reach between us and flatten my palm on her
chest, right over her heart. “This. I’d touch this.”
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~ About the Author ~
M. Leighton is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Wild Ones and The Bad Boys romance trilogies. She is a native of Ohio, relocated to the warmer climates of the South, where she lets her mind wander to romantic settings with sexy Southern guys much like the one she married and the ones you'll find in her latest books. When her thoughts aren't roaming in that direction, she'll be riding horses, swimming in ponds and experiencing life on a ranch, all without leaving the cozy comfort of her office.
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