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PROLOGUE

Brisbane,

Australia

LIGHT CRASHED AND THUNDER boomed Rain poured down in sheets as Brisbane experienced one of its hardest thunderstorround, and ran in streaed, and inside the tiny bungalow just outside town, the wo, and scowled at the rain paid little heed to the storm

Through slitted lids she watched as Trent Daylen, the tough, sun-darkened, laughing Australian Secret Intelligence agent she had been paired with on the mission they’d just finished, kissed the arch of her foot with greedy arousal

Bailey wanted to ht She’d never, at any ti a virgin all over again, because the sensations this man inspired inside her assured her that she had much more to learn

“Like silk,” he whispered, the low, slol of his accent sending shivers up her spine as his lips slid to her ankle

Bailey fought to simply breathe She hadn’t expected this She’d wanted it, ached for him, dreamed of him, but she had never expected to actually find herself in his arms when the mission was over

“Coeous legs”

Legs he’d watched through the e her panties several times She’d worn short skirts and skimpy tops to play a waitress in a low-end dive in Brisbane as they searched for an Australian naval officer selling secrets of a top-secretoperations out of

They’d caught the officer They’d celebrated with drinks And now they were celebrating with each other

Bailey watched as his fingers, long and strong, moved to the clasp and zipper of her jeans They came loose easily, the rasp of the closure audible even over the stored outside

Her storipped the hes

He was still dressed She wanted him naked But his lips at her hip bone stilled her hands as they ainst the hardof her hips surprised her