Just like the previous six days, Rhys’s hawk-like gaze zeroed in on Jo, and he smiled at her as if he didn’t know if she’d stay or get bored. As if he didn’t expect Jo to still be waiting on him while he’d been swimming his laps in the ocean. She would never get bored watching him move, especially in that tiny scrap of material.
Maybe tonight I’ll convince him to lose the trunks.
“Jo? Jo? Are you listening?” Rian’s strident tone jerked her back into the conversation.
“Sure I am, buddy. Listen, we’re headed out to see some sights so how about we Skype tonight?”
“With Rhys too?” came the anxious question.
She smiled when Rhys joined her. Lifting her hand, he laced their fingers together. “With Rhys too.”
“Okay.” Rian disconnected the call before she could say goodbye.
Chuckling, she pushed her cell into the beach tote.
“We have sights to see?” Rhys opened his bottle of water and took a sip.
“Well, I have quite a few sights I want to see. You spread out in the sand, naked, with me riding you. Me in the jacuzzi to do whatever you choose.” She rolled away from him when he lunged at her. “Oh, and I really want to have sex on the hammock again.”
He gasped as he tossed his closed water bottle into the tote. “You don’t like our hammock at home?”
“Nope, not anymore. I’m spoiled by the cloth hammock now. Especially since I’ve learned what we can do on it without killing ourselves.” She’d gotten cocky and let him get too close as she teased him.
He scooped her up into his arms and jogged to the water. Laughing, she linked her arms around his neck. “And tonight, you’re skinny-dipping with me.”
“Heck no. Have you not seen Jaws? Or any of the sequels?” Rhys dragged her under the water, and she came up sputtering.
“I’ll protect you—” she vowed.
“Pfft. You’ll be too distracted.”
She trailed her hand down his chest. “I’m distracted now. Maybe I need to be desensitized.”
His breath hitched, and his gaze turned molten. “In that case, we definitely need to get started on that.”
“We do.” Jo nodded for emphasis as she wrapped her legs around him.
“How long do you think it’ll take?” Rhys nibbled on her neck.
“A lifetime.”
Also from Soul Mate Publishing and CeeRee Fields:
GRAVEDIGGER
Hunting a killer is easy. Learning to love is hard.
Josephine 'Jo' Rayburn has no luck with love. Between the demands of her job as a homicide detective, finding the perfect yarn for her knitting projects, and her nosy family, she doesn't have time to find her happily ever after, nor does she really believe it exists. Until she's assigned to the Gravedigger task force where she meets Rhysian 'Rhys' Harrison, the sexy Coroner's assistant.
Rhys Harrison thought he had found love with the perfect woman. But his parents' deaths forced him to choose between his fiancée and caring for his brother, he chose his brother. His only regret, the medical degree he abandoned to work in the Coroner's office. When the Gravedigger leaves his latest victim at the gates of a cemetery, Rhys and Jo are thrown together, her prickly personality interests him, but it's her deeply hidden romantic side that captivates him.
After one of the task force members is shot, Rhys's fears of losing Jo, like he's lost so much already, threaten to rip them apart. Can she convince him that love is worth having no matter the risk? Or will he play it safe, leaving before his heart becomes too attached?
Available now on Amazon: GRAVEDIGGER
SKINNED
Josephine 'Jo' Rayburn's life was finally falling into place. She has a man she loves one who accepts her prickly personality, snarky attitude, addiction to knitting along with all her other quirks. Everything was going so well she is ready to take the next step in their life together.
Then bodies start dropping, and her past catches up with her.
Rhysian Rhys Harrison loves Josephine. Her porcupine-like defenses shield a warm a gooey center that only he's allowed to see. That she accepts and cares for his mentally challenged brother as well is the icing on the chocolate cake. He's ready to ask her to marry him.
But when his ex-fiancée crashes back into his life, the picture-perfect future he sees with Josephine begins to unravel.
Amidst bitter betrayal, misunderstandings, crazy family, and dodging hitmen can Josephine and Rhysian find a way to forge their path to the future they crave? Or will this case be the one that tears them apart for good?
Available now on Amazon: SKINNED
CeeRee Fields currently lives in Groningen, the Netherlands, with her husband and cat. Since she was born in Alabama and moved to the Netherlands, Dutch is not her first language which gets her into mischief in various stores around town when she tries to speak it.
She loves writing, building worlds that her characters can explore and break if they feel the need. Action, adventure, and love are her favorite things. And when stuff gets blown up, who says the guy is the only one who gets to do it?
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