When sheâs very, very badâ¦
Gina Carrington knows exactly how to have fun! But when she sleeps with her friendâs brother, the off-limits Carter, she quickly discovers sheâs overstepped the mark.
â¦life is so much more fun!
Years later, Gina sees Carter again to prepare for her friendâs wedding, and she canât help but wonder what the harm would be in one more nightâ¦. Heâs available, gorgeous and behind that laid-back Southern charm thereâs a wild side even she canât tame! But Gina has secrets which she canât hide foreverâwill their chemistry be strong enough to keep Carter by her side when her secrets come to light?
âDidnât you ever wonder what it would be like between us ⦠without all the emotional garbage tripping us up?â
Emotional garbage.
She heard the words, and saw the harsh cynicism behind the hunger.
âYes, I have,â she answered honestly, because there wasnât much point being coy when her desire had outstripped her caution a good half an hour ago.
Was she seriously considering this? And why couldnât she seem to consider anything else, such as running off screaming into the night, which had to be the smarter, safer, more sensible option?
He placed both his hands on her waist and drew her off the stool, until she stood in his embrace, that spicy musky scent intoxicating her. âI have a whole hotel suite upstairs, if you want to find out the answer.â
Dear Reader,
MODERN TEMPTED⢠is such an exciting line to write forâ fresh, flirty, funny, sexy and just a little bit wickedâbut even I was unprepared for how much fun I was going to have when I was invited to join forces with Aimee Carson, Kimberly Lang and Amy Andrews to create our first MODERN TEMPTED continuity.
The process of pinging emails back and forth between Alaska, Alabama, Brisbane and Londonâand even spending one sunny afternoon in Anaheim brainstorming (with Ms. Andrews there in spirit) at a writersâ conferenceâwas almost as much of a hoot as the stories we created, following four former college roomies and their rocky roads to romance (with some seriously scorching guys) during one long, hot, sensational summer!
Now, Iâm not gonna lie to you, the brainstorming sessions turned out to be somewhat more carefree than actually writing my storyâespecially when Carter, my tortured Southern hottie, and Gina, my reckless British bad girl, insisted on playing hard to get. But hey, what else is new! After all the hard work, I hope the end result is as fresh, flirty, free-spirited and generally fabulous as you, dear reader, have come to expect from the MODERN TEMPTED experience.
I certainly think soâand that includes the other three brilliant books in THE WEDDING SEASON.
Be fabulous and enjoy!
Heidi Rice
. S. Heidi loves to hear from readersâyou can contact her at [email protected]. For all the news about her books, check out her website at www.heidi-rice.com.
THE WEDDING SEASON
Look out for Marnieâs story this month in Last Groom Standing by Kimberly Lang!
Donât miss Reeseâs and Cassieâs stories, out last month!
Itâs a reunion to rememberâwith sizzling, scandalous, andverysurprising consequences â¦
HEIDI RICE was born and bred and still lives in London, England. She has two boys who love to bicker, a wonderful husband who, luckily for everyone, has loads of patience, and a supportive and ever-growing British/ French/Irish/American family. As much as Heidi adores âthe Big Smoke,â she also loves America, and every two years or so she and her best friend leave hubby and kids behind and Thelma and Louise it across the States for a couple of weeks (although they always leave out the driving off a cliff bit). Sheâs been a film buff since her early teens, and a romance junkie for almost as long. She indulged her first love by being a film reviewer for ten years. Then a few years ago she decided to spice up her life by writing romance. Discovering the fantastic sisterhood of romance writers (both published and unpublished) in Britain and America made it a wild and wonderful journey to her first Harlequin Mills & Boon>® novel.
Heidi loves to hear from readersâyou can email her at [email protected], or visit her website, www.heidi-rice.com.
This and other titles by Heidi Rice are available in eBook formatâcheck out www.millsandboon.co.uk
To my partners in crimeâAimee Carson, Kimberly Lang and Amy Andrewsâfor being such fabulous authors, such an inspiration to work with and such cool women to boot. We rock, ladies!
PROLOGUE
Hillbrook College Campus, Upstate New York, ten years ago.
âIt sounds awesome, Marnie, but Carter and Missy shouldnât get overwhelmed by all the glamour of their wedding and forget the important partâthat they love each other.â