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sparky_in_ma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-05 02:53 PM
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A book I found, with excerpts




Chapter 4:

The ceiling fan repeated it's refrain, clunk, clunk, clunk, as it attempted to move the humid air. Beads of sweat pooled on her already damp skin, glistening by the light of the single candle on the bed stand. The sound that had awakened her was the creak of the decrepit motel room door. When you're undercover, keeping a low profile makes all the difference.

She reached under the pillow, her fingers finding the cold steel .38. Friend or foe, her mind raced, considering the options. If it was Chris "the Tweety", she wouldn't need the .38. She had been taught by the Master seito, a few kicks and it would be over. If it was O'liely "the Pervert", she'd use the .38. Couldn't bear the thought of touching him.

The shadow came further into the room, tall and lean. The eyes followed the curves of her body, and snark flashed in them. She felt both relief and anticipation, this was no foe. One hand turned the picture of Brett Favre, on the night stand, face down.
The other reached for THE tie, pulling the shadow closer. The suspenders fell to his side as.......
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WhirlyGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-05 04:38 PM
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1. Dang, FINISH THE CHAPTER!
Edited on Sun Mar-20-05 04:47 PM by WhirlyGirl
... Don't leave us...er...*suspended,* Sparky!

Plus, you need just the right kind of music playing in the background:
-- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/clipserve/B000009NS2001001/0/104-9689213-1637513

Two hearts, smoldering... :grr::grr:
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sparky_in_ma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 02:08 PM
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8. I've got the champagne on ice
for your 1000 tonite!
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-05 05:51 PM
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2. LOL, Sparky
Too. Funny.
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Gogi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-05 06:02 PM
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3. Sparky
Why you wasting your time in conctruction when there's more money in soft porn romance novels!
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-05 08:31 PM
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4. I'm honored..
that I look that good in your mind! :evilgrin:

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya:
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Clark2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 12:18 AM
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5. Next time, talk about his hairy arms and his lovely thighs
*whew*

I "hot and bothered" myself with just the subject line.

:loveya:
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gkhouston Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 12:58 PM
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6. the subject line? Hell, he got me with the cover picture. I needed
to buy some black stockings Thursday evening and got so distracted by my 4-year-old shopping "helper" that I came home with thigh-highs instead of pantyhose, a mistake I didn't discover until I opened the package Friday evening. I wasn't expecting to see them turn up here, too!
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sparky_in_ma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 02:06 PM
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7. Pictures?
O8)
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gkhouston Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 02:31 PM
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9. when my husband is busy appreciating something
utilitarian that turned out to be ah, multipurpose, he doesn't waste any of his hands looking for the camera. And I don't think the film would have survived, anyway. :smoke:
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sparky_in_ma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 07:15 PM
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10. LOL
Good for him.:thumbsup:
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bunny planet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 12:16 AM
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11. she's got red hair, which one of us could she be?
I'm not sayin nuthin.
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 03:21 PM
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12. (scratching head)
Hmm... how many of us have pictures of Brett Favre on our nightstand?

:loveya:

:loveya:
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Clark2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 12:19 AM
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13. Considering that a lot of us have red or reddish hair
that could be any number of us! :evilgrin:

(Mine's auburn). ;)
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WhirlyGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 02:02 AM
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14. Anyone here familiar w/ Longmire?
He has a whole bunch of screwy romance novel covers. Some he did, others were submitted by fans. They are too funny!
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