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  Table of Contents

  Prologue

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Chapter Twelve

  Chapter Thirteen

  Chapter Fourteen

  Chapter Fifteen

  Chapter Sixteen

  Chapter Seventeen

  Chapter Eighteen

  Chapter Nineteen

  Chapter Twenty

  Chapter Twenty-One

  Chapter Twenty-Two

  Chapter Twenty-Three

  Chapter Twenty-Four

  Chapter Twenty-Five

  Chapter Twenty-Six

  Chapter Twenty-Seven

  Chapter Twenty-Eight

  Chapter Twenty-Nine

  Chapter Thirty

  Chapter Thirty-One

  Chapter Thirty-Two

  Epilogue

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Chapter Twelve

  Chapter Thirteen

  Chapter Fourteen

  Chapter Fifteen

  Chapter Sixteen

  Chapter Seventeen

  Chapter Eighteen

  Chapter Nineteen

  Chapter Twenty

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Chapter Twelve

  Chapter Thirteen

  Chapter Fourteen

  Chapter Fifteen

  Chapter Sixteen

  Chapter Seventeen

  Chapter Eighteen

  Chapter Nineteen

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Chapter Twelve

  Chapter Thirteen

  Chapter Fourteen

  Chapter Fifteen

  Chapter Sixteen

  Chapter Seventeen

  Chapter Eighteen

  Chapter Nineteen

  Chapter Twenty

  Chapter Twenty-One

  Chapter Twenty-Two

  Chapter Twenty-Three

  Chapter Twenty-Four

  Chapter Twenty-Five

  Chapter Twenty-Six

  Chapter Twenty-Seven

  Chapter Twenty-Eight

  Chapter Twenty-Nine

  Chapter Thirty

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Chapter Twelve

  Chapter Thirteen

  Chapter Fourteen

  Chapter Fifteen

  Chapter Sixteen

  Chapter Seventeen

  Chapter Eighteen

  Chapter Nineteen

  Chapter Twenty

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Chapter Twelve

  Chapter Thirteen

  Chapter Fourteen

  Chapter Fifteen

  Chapter Sixteen

  Chapter Seventeen

  Chapter Eighteen

  Chapter Nineteen

  Chapter Twenty

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Chapter Twelve

  Chapter Thirteen

  Chapter Fourteen

  Chapter Fifteen

  Chapter Sixteen

  Chapter Seventeen

  Chapter Eighteen

  Chapter Nineteen

  Chapter Twenty

  Chapter Twenty-One

  Chapter Twenty-Two

  Chapter Twenty-Three

  Chapter Twenty-Four

  Chapter Twenty-Five

  Chapter Twenty-Six

  Chapter Twenty-Seven

  BLAZE

  LISA LACE

  Contents

  Prologue

  1. Nate

  2. Jenna

  3. Nate

  4. Jenna

  5. Nate

  6. Jenna

  7. Nate

  8. Jenna

  9. Nate

  10. Jenna

  11. Nate

  12. Jenna

  13. Nate

  14. Jenna

  15. Nate

  16. Jenna

  17. Nate

  18. Jenna

  19. Nate

  20. Jenna

  21. Nate

  22. Jenna

  23. Nate

  24. Jenna

  25. Nate

  26. Jenna

  27. Nate

  28. Jenna

  29. Nate

  30. Jenna

  31. Nate

  32. Jenna

  Epilogue

  Water World Confidential

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Alpha’s Enslaved Bride

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Auctioned to the Alpha

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

 
; Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  Chapter 24

  Chapter 25

  Chapter 26

  Chapter 27

  Chapter 28

  Chapter 29

  Chapter 30

  Wrong Alien

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Naima

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Irresistible

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  Chapter 24

  Chapter 25

  Chapter 26

  Chapter 27

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  Jenna

  Whenever Nate’s eyes caught mine, sparks flew.

  How could anyone resist him? He was broad-shouldered and dark-haired, with perfect muscles and an irresistible smile. He was confident and sexy.

  He wanted me, too. I could see it in the way he ran his eyes up and down my body.

  I could feel it now; that undeniable chemistry causing my blood to run faster in my veins, making a flush rise up my chest, as I cast him cautious sideways glances.

  There was something real and electric happening between us, and I was eager for more.

  My love life so far had been one huge disappointment. For years, I’d been a wallflower. Then I’d fallen for a dangerous man. I’d believed I was in love with the devil. It had taken four long years for me to realize that I’d wasted almost half a decade on misplaced loyalty.

  But here, with Nate, was a chance for something real to happen. Now I had a second shot at love.

  I’d thought I was done with all that. I’d moved across state lines to get away from my old life and all the heartache and misery of my past. I’d decided that I was done with romance… until I met Nate.

  A firefighter. A hero.

  Nate was handsome and toned, with sharp blue eyes that caught each of my glances and held me in his intense gaze, letting our inescapable sexual tension build as the moment lingered…

  Tonight is the night.

  After weeks of resisting and turning Nate down, I’d finally invited him to my apartment for dinner. Now dinner was done, and he’d asked me to move to the sofa.

  Could I go through with it? So much had changed since I’d moved, but I still felt the last of a malicious presence lingering over my shoulder. My thoughts were still partially with my parents and sister, but also preoccupied with all the terrible memories of my old life.

  How could I risk falling in love again?

  Was I really free to love at all?

  Tonight is the night.

  It was dark in my apartment, only the street lamps outside offering any light at all. I could have made the decision to get up and turn on the lights, but I kind of liked the way the darkness held us. In the dark, I could clearly hear Nate’s breathing growing husky with desire.

  His eyes were fixed on mine, and there was an intensity there that I’d never seen before in the eyes of any man. A hunger.

  He said nothing, only moved closer. I bit down on my lip.

  He opened my silk blouse with his kisses, and his fingers slipped into my panties.

  I let my head fall back and breathed out a sigh.

  Tonight is the night.

  Chapter One

  Nate

  I was relieved when the engine swung into the station on the main street. It had been one hell of a fire, and I was glad to put it behind me. I stepped out of the jump seat area with Sam and Lewis. All of us were blackened by the soot of a grease fire still sticking to our skin which was covered in sweat from the heat of the flames. I felt weighed down by my protective gear. I’d already taken off the jacket and rolled my shoulders a few times to loosen my muscles. I reached out to pick up my helmet from the bench to put it back into place.

  “Man, I am glad to be back,” Sam whistled. “I never thought that sucker was gonna die down.”

  “Good thing old man decided to take his nap upstairs. The living room armchair was pretty much in ashes by the time we were done.”

  “It might not have happened if he’d had the sense to watch the damned pan. I will never cease to be amazed by folks’ stupidity.”

  “Cut him some slack, Sam. He was an old fella and probably forgot all about it.”

  “His family should be watching him, then. You can’t let old guys with poor memories leave grease on the stove. They nearly lost the whole farmhouse.”

  “They’re good people. I’ve known the Rogers family a long time. John used to be one hell of a farmer back in the day. It’s a shame how time has caught up with him.”

  It had felt strange to be the one to pick John up in a fireman’s carry, slung over my shoulders like he weighed nothing. When I was younger, it had been the other way around. The Rogers’ family farm was on the same stretch as the house where I grew up. I remembered how John had carried me into the cabin of his tractor for rides.

  Times change.

  I looked around the engine bay and felt myself relax. The place had been a second home for almost eight years now. We had three engines in our station and answered calls between Brayford and Fort Wayne. Even in our small corner of the world, there always seemed to be someone having an emergency — a car accident, a fall, a fire.

  At least it kept us busy.

  * * *

  “Hell-o-o!”

  I recognized the voice and couldn’t help but smile. Sam’s girl, Carla, was here.

  She was the biggest flirt in Brayford, and I had my suspicions that she’d chosen the location of her coffee shop for one reason only. Every time I looked over my shoulder when in the station, I saw her glued to the window, watching us with her tongue practically hanging out her mouth.

  Carla was an attractive woman, but not my type. I’d known her for years. She’d always called herself a “free spirit,” but that was just her way of giving herself permission to chase every boy in town. She wasn’t the sort of woman who ever had trouble getting a date, with vibrant red hair that caught the sun like a flame and lips that spoke only of trouble.

  She’d always had a certain allure about her, and that appeal was only heightened by her unusual amount of confidence. Once, I’d been drawn in by her aura. Now, I only found it tiring.

  I’d thought Carla might tone it down a bit when she and
Sam finally got together, but I guess old habits die hard. She’d been sashaying over here with one-liners and teasing play on words for years. She still couldn’t resist making her presence known in the station in a short skirt and ankle-high boots that showed her legs for miles.

  Her flirtatious nature didn’t bother Sam. He liked having a woman that made jaws drop.

  “Boys, I’ve got something tasty right here for you. Oh, and I brought some muffins, too.” Carla laughed loudly at her own joke as she handed over the tray to Sam. He pulled her toward him and kissed her on the head.

  “Careful, Carla. You might make me jealous.”

  “You have nothing to worry about, Sam. Nate’s been fending me off for years. I don’t think I’ll ever break him.” She threw a mischievous grin my way and winked.

  I laughed. “I guess we’ll never know.”

  Carla turned to Sam. “Honey, you better get those to the kitchen before Lewis scoffs them all. Last time I brought treats over for the boys, nobody else got a chance to have one.”

  “All right, babe.”

  Sam gave Carla an unnecessarily long open-mouth kiss and grinned as he walked away. Carla watched him leave with her eyes gleaming. She sighed a happy sigh and leaned against the engine. “Isn’t it nice when the things you dream of turn out even better than you imagined?”

  I followed her gaze. Sam was disappearing out of the engine bay and into the main building of the station. “Yeah. He’s a good guy.”

  Carla turned to me, and I knew she was up to something before she’d even opened her mouth. She had a look on her face like she was about to spill gossip or about to try and set me up. Or both.

  “So, Nate…”

  “I’m not interested, Carla.”

  “You haven’t even heard what I’m going to say.”

  “I think I can guess. You know a woman I should be dating.”

  “She’s a preschool teacher’s assistant and moved into my building.” Carla frowned and placed her hands on her hips with a pout. “At least let me tell you about her.”

  “It won’t make a difference, Carla. I’m not looking for a woman right now.”

  “She’s gorgeous, Nate. She has big brown eyes and beautiful hair. She’s got a stunning figure, just like Scarlett Johansson. Single. New to town.”

  “Oh yeah? And how did you meet a stunning celebrity look-alike? If she just moved into your building, it seems a little early to be looking for a date already.”

  “Well, not exactly.”

  “Carla! C’mon. Cut it out. We’re not teenagers anymore. Having a girlfriend isn’t the be all and end all. I’ve got other priorities. You know that.”

  “I think you’re wasting your good looks.”

  I laughed. Carla didn’t mince her words. She’d told me I was handsome for years. She’d always said she liked a man with muscle.

  I’d never had trouble attracting women. I worked out a lot to keep in shape for my job, and I took care of my appearance. Over the years, I’d dealt with many Carlas.

  This one had been the first woman to swoon over me. Carla and I had gone to high school together. Carla had been at my heels since I was eighteen. We’d made out once or twice when we were young, but it never turned into anything serious. We grew up and grew apart. When she got her shop across the street, she tried to start something again, but I was with Marie by then. It had been a relief when she’d finally switched her attention to Sam. It was exhausting holding her off. Not that Sam had ever tried — during all the years Carla had been trailing behind me, he’d been pining after her. Now they were together at last and acting like love-struck teens, unable to keep their hands off each other.