Weakly Emily shoved at Derian’s shoulder.
“Done. Done, done, done. Go ’way.”
Laughing, Derian rolled onto her side and
pulled Emily against her. “You just need a little food, and you’ll recover.”
“I may never get out of this bed.”
“Fine by me, but all the same, I’ll call for
room service.”
Emily held on to her a little harder. “Not
just yet.”
“Hey, are you okay?” Derian brushed a wisp of
a tear from Emily’s cheek. “What’s wrong?”
“Absolutely nothing. Everything is right. I
love you so much.”
“I love you. I can’t wait for you to be all
mine.”
“I already am,” Emily said with absolute
certainty. “But I still plan on marrying you just as soon as we can arrange
it.”
“So is this like a pre-honeymoon, then?”
Derian kissed her.
“Whatever you like. But you really will have
to feed me soon, if you want to keep celebrating.”
“Calling right now.” Derian lunged for the
phone.
“And, Derian?”
“Hmm?”
“When room service comes? Don’t forget to put
some clothes on. Because from now on, the only one who’s ever going to see you
naked is me.”
Derian laughed, already relishing the idea of
being all Emily’s. “There must be a robe around here somewhere.”
About the Author
Radclyffe has written
over fifty romance and romantic intrigue novels, dozens of short stories, and,
writing as L.L. Raand, has authored a paranormal romance series, The Midnight
Hunters.
She is an eight-time
Lambda Literary Award finalist in romance, mystery, and erotica—winning in both
romance (Distant Shores,
Silent Thunder) and erotica (Erotic
Interludes 2: Stolen Moments edited with Stacia Seaman and In Deep Waters 2: Cruising the
Strip written with Karin Kallmaker). A member of the Saints and
Sinners Literary Hall of Fame, she is also an RWA/FF&P Prism Award winner
for Secrets in the Stone,
an RWA FTHRW Lories and RWA HODRW winner for Firestorm,
an RWA Bean Pot winner for Crossroads,
and an RWA Laurel Wreath winner for Blood
Hunt. In 2014 she was awarded the Dr. James Duggins Outstanding
Mid-Career Novelist Award by the Lambda Literary Foundation. She is a featured
author in the 2015 documentary film Love
Between the Covers, from Blueberry Hill Productions.
She is also the
president of Bold Strokes Books, one of the world’s largest independent LGBTQ
publishing companies.
Find her at
facebook.com/Radclyffe.BSB, follow her on Twitter @RadclyffeBSB, and visit her website at Radfic.com.
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