âZoe, you okay in there?â
âYes. Come in. Iâm just finishing up.â
Ben walked in. âYouâre determined to tame your hair. Leave it alone. Itâs pretty down.â
âItâs a squirrelâs tail. I need another band,â she said, unable to find the one sheâd had before.
Seeing it on the floor, she picked it up and snapped it around the ends, when Ben caught her around the waist.
âJust what do you think youâre doing?â she whispered.
âCollecting on a piece of my debt.â He leaned against the sink and brought her against him.
âThatâs unfair, Ben.â She lost her grip on her hair and the band spiraled off, falling onto the floor again. âYou made the rule of no fooling around while weâre working together.â
âI love that you have such a good memory. But if you remember correctly, our business concluded with the arrest. We declared the case closed.â
National bestselling author Carmen Green was born in Buffalo, New York, and had plans to study law before becoming a published author. While raising her three children, she wrote her first book on legal pads and transcribed it onto a computer on weekends. She sold her first novel in 1993. Since that time she has written and published more than thirty novels and novellas, and is proud that one of her books, Commitments, was made into a TV movie in 2001. In Commitments, Carmen even had a cameo role.
In addition to writing full-time, Carmen is now a mom of four, and has just completed her masterâs degree in creative writing. Sheâs a founding member of the Femme Fantastik Tour, a group that tours military bases promoting their literary works throughout the United States and Europe. In her spare time, Carmen likes live music, gardening, vacations in quiet, tropical places and long cruises that donât require her to do anything but read, sleep and eat. Her next novel for Kimani Romance, Sensual Winds, will be available in July 2009. You can contact Carmen at www.carmengreen.blogspot.com or [email protected].
Danielle Alexandria Green
Youâre such a blessing to my life.
Iâll always love you.
To the Sparrow. You are always with me.
Dear Reader,
Iâd like to introduce you to the Hoods. Theyâre a wonderful family of handsome, intelligent and sexy men who are on the right side of wrong, and who practice their own brand of street justice against those whoâve slipped through the loopholes of the legal system. My Hood family give their own special twist to the infamous fairy tale Robin Hood. I hope you enjoy reading about them as much as I enjoyed creating them. The first book is Benâs story, but later youâll meet his twin, Rob, and then Zachary. I assure you that the women in their lives love these men, and I hope you will, too. Please be sure to drop me a note at [email protected]. You can also keep up to date on the happenings in my world by visiting my blog at www.carmengreen.blogspot.com.
Many blessings,
Carmen
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
Zoe lay on her back in the center of his bed, as Ben Hood teased her womanhood with the sixteen-inch strand of multi-colored Tahitian pearls sheâd borrowed from her jewelry store for the White Linen Party. He smelled of man and cologne, and coupled with the yearning in his eyes, she couldnât resist him any longer. Her nipples were like radar beams pointing right at his chest. And it seemed, under their own volition, that the hardened tips lifted her thirty-year-old body, and her arms circled his neck.
The room was bathed in candlelight, yet she could still see his triumphant smile. âI thought you could resist me?â he teased, his knees dropping to her sides, his arms circling her back as he pulled the black bra off. His left hand palmed her breast before his luscious lips covered the caramel-colored tip.
âYouâre too hard to resist.â A low guttural moan tore from her throat as he ravaged one breast then the other. She shook with wanting. âOh, goodness,â she moaned, and he laughed deep in his chest, his hand straying down between her legs. There was this direct connection between her breasts and her essence, and sheâd never met a man who knew how to make them work together like him.
âWho knew I would meet someone as fine as you at a conference?â Zoe laughed. Ben chuckled.
His hands moved over her body as if heâd known her for years, yet this was their first time. Still, the shyness she usually felt was gone. Stripped bare, he rolled onto his back pulling her on top of him, his lips never leaving her breasts. She loved the way he appreciated them, as if there was some type of life substance coming from them. She felt the tugging inside, the warmth of sexual desire filling her, making her want him to have her in any way he wanted.