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  She lifted up on her tiptoes, coming in for the kiss she had been craving since the moment he came through her window. “Will you take a chance on a future with me?”

  His arms finally came around her waist and Jeremy pulled her to his chest. Their bodies molded, and his mouth came down toward hers.

  “It isn’t a chance, Penelope. It’s a guarantee.” He pressed his lips to hers, drawing her even closer as their mouths merged with passion and love.

  “A guarantee of happiness,” he whispered before he kissed her again. “And pleasure.” He cupped the back of her neck and glided his lips to her throat. “And reckless abandon for the rest of our lives.”

  Penelope drew back and looked up into the eyes of the man she loved. “I will take that guarantee, Your Grace. But I think we should seal the bargain with a kiss.”

  Jeremy smiled as he began to back her toward her bed. “Where shall I begin, my lady? I would like to seal the bargain more than once tonight.”

  About the Author

  JESS MICHAELS always flips through every romance she buys in search of “the good stuff,” so it makes perfect sense that she writes erotic romance where she gets to turn up the heat on that good stuff and let it boil. She loves alpha males, long-haired cats (and short-haired ones), the last breath right before a passionate kiss, and the color purple (not the movie, though, that’s excellent, too, the actual color). She firmly believes that Cadbury Creme Eggs should be available all year round and not count against any diet.

  Jess loves to hear from readers. You can find her online at www.jessmichaels.com.

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  Copyright

  This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

  SOMETHING RECKLESS. Copyright © 2008 by Jesse Petersen. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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