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his thoughts. He lowered his hand to her mouth, stroking the pad of his thumb over her bottom lip. Alise couldn’t contain the tremor that trembled through her body at the small caress.
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    “I’ve loved you as a friend. I consider you one of the only two I have.”
    Her heart cracked. Fuck , she scolded herself, I will not cry. I will not…
    She cleared her throat. “That’s fine,” she whispered past the fist of tears in her throat.
    “Shh.” Mac halted her lie with a finger across her lips.
    Then replaced it with a tender kiss…a kiss that tasted of hope and…
    “I love you.”
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    About the Author
     
    I was born the daughter of a sharecropper…okay, maybe not. But I am the daughter of a pastor, from whom I inherited my love of romance. The man can preach a mean Song of Solomon! (There’s that plug, Daddy! You can pay me later!) Although my first book starred a cucumber named Fred, my first romance came several years later in the seventh grade when I wrote myself as a heroine opposite Ralph Tresvant from New Edition. Through the power of my pen and imagination, Ralph took one look across a crowed stadium, met my dark, mysterious gaze, fell passionately in love and serenaded me in front of everyone—once we had the inevitable fight, a.k.a. black moment, and made up with a passionate declaration of love and fidelity. The same story reincarnated itself many times over the years—with Donnie Wahlberg from New Kids on the Block, Brad Pitt, Denzel Washington and, as recently as last night, Vin Diesel.
    Though the characters have changed, my love of love has endured. Shaping the lives of the unique men and women who experience the first, hungry bites of lust, the dizzying heights of passion and the tender, healing heat of love—nothing compares to it. Except maybe discovering new material for love scenes with my husband, the head of Research & Development!
     
    Naima welcomes comments from readers. You can find her website and email address on her author bio page at www.ellorascave.com .
     
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