âI Have A Picnic In The Car,â
Connor whispered, as if confiding a great secret. âNot just your ordinary picnic eitherâ¦itâs a chocolate picnic.â
âIâve never had one of those before,â Maxie gasped. She was becoming weak all over from the achingly pleasurable sensation of his breath stirring in her ear.
âIâm taking you away from your ranch, your garden and your cows,â Connor told her, rubbing his nose lightly against the baby-soft skin of her neck. âYou havenât lived until youâve had a chocolate picnic.â
âHave you?â
âLived?â
âHad a chocolate picnic?â
âNo.â He kissed her forehead lightly, then forced himself to step back from her. Her incredible eyes never lost their spellbinding appeal. âI guess that means Iâve never lived before today, either.â
Dear Reader,
As we celebrate Silhouetteâs 20>th anniversary year as a romance publisher, we invite you to welcome in the fall season with our latest six powerful, passionate, provocative love stories from Silhouette Desire!
In Septemberâs MAN OF THE MONTH, fabulous Peggy Moreland offers a Slow Waltz Across Texas. In order to win his wife back, a rugged Texas cowboy must learn to let love into his heart. Popular author Jennifer Greene delivers a special treat for you with Rock Solid, which is part of the highly sensual Desire promotion, BODY & SOUL.
Maureen Childâs exciting miniseries, BACHELOR BATTALION, continues with The Next Santini Bride, a responsible single mom who cuts loose with a handsome Marine. The next installment of the provocative Desire miniseries FORTUNEâS CHILDREN: THE GROOMS is Mail-Order Cinderella by Kathryn Jensen, in which a plain-Jane librarian seeks a husband through a matchmaking service and winds up with a Fortune! Ryanne Corey returns to Desire with a Lady with a Past, whose true love woos her with a chocolate picnic. And a nurse loses her virginity to a doctor in a night of passion, only to find out the next day that her lover is her new boss, in Doctor for Keeps by Kristi Gold.
Be sure to indulge yourself this autumn by reading all six of these tantalizing titles from Silhouette Desire!
Enjoy!
Joan Marlow Golan
Senior Editor, Silhouette Desire
For the star that watched over me
and the man who waited.
An author of bestselling romance novels, Ryanne Corey lives in Idaho in the shadow of the Teton Mountains, âthe best place in the world to write and write and write.â She has written over twenty novels and is recognized for the true-to-life humor and sensuality of her characters. She has received several awards over the last few years, including Romantic Times Magazineâs Lifetime Achievement Award and award for Best Series Novel. She has long believed that life is too serious to be taken too seriously. In her writing she enjoys creating appealing and amusing characters that take their first breath on page one, endearing themselves to the readers long after the book is finished. âFor me,â Ryanne says, âbringing a smile to someoneâs face is what life is all about.â
Nothing is more satisfying to her than hearing from readers who share her enjoyment of âlove and laughter.â You can write to her at P.O. Box 328, Tetonia, ID 83452. Please include a SASE if a reply is desired.
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Epilogue
Connor Garrett was the first to admit he enthusiastically spoiled himself. He liked his little creature comforts, enjoyed his no-limit credit cards, sent all his clothes, including his undershorts, out to be cleaned and had magnificent houses on both coasts. He couldnât make peace with his microwave, but that hardly mattered since his housekeepersâone capable gray-haired lady per houseâhandled the cooking on the few occasions he actually ate in. In fact, with the exception of the mysterious microwave oven, he couldnât think of a time in recent memory when heâd come up against anything that had disrupted his cheerful existence.
Until now.
First of all, his six-foot-plus frame was folded into a very irritating rental car. He was too tall for the sporty little number that had looked so appealing at the Jackson Hole airport. This necessitated him driving with the sunroof open, which would have solved the problem nicelyâ¦if it hadnât started to rain. His dark, golden-brown hair was well on its way from damp to drenched.
Heâd also discovered the terrible habit Wyomingâs wild animals had of using the highways as their own private crosswalks. Since leaving the airport heâd seen elk, moose and a terrifying number of skunks strolling down the center line. This was not the way things were done in Los Angeles, and the only wild animals that frequented New York streets were taxi drivers.
Still, Connorâs black mood had less to do with the driving conditions than it did with a certain woman the world knew only as Glitter Baby. Connor was looking for her and had been for the past ten days. She didnât want to be found. So far, she was winning.