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Two months later Joel loped down the stairs to the third floor and strode along the hall to the conference room. He walked through the door and stopped short at the sight of Letty held high in the arms of a huge blond Adonis.
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Good afternoon, Mrs. Blackstone. Who the hell is this and what does he think he's doing carting you around like a sack of potatoes?" "This is Mark," Letty said. "He's going to be the model for our new ad campaign. You know, the one aimed at the experienced high-country backpacker and rock climber." "I trust he's not going to try to pack you into the high country?" "Heavens, no. He was just proving to me that he could lift a hundred and twen..
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Dad says Specter gets steak every Saturday night for the rest of his life." "Specter will hold him to that, I'm sure." Diana leaned back against the pillows. "Hurry up and tell me the rest. Once Colby gets back, he probably won't tell me a thing. All he'll want to discuss is breast-feeding techniques and how to change diapers."
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He was standing apart from the others, a dark, brooding figure concealed in shadows. Jacob Stone was a man who was at home in shadows. Ever since Emily had first become aware of his existence five years ago, she had understood that he prowled the fringes of her family's world. He was part bodyguard, part troubleshooter and, to Emily's way of thinking, part enforcer for Ravenscroft International. Like the last of the lobo wolves, he was rare..
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You and I are going to figure out what is going on, and then we're going to make it stop," he said. "Okay," she said. He smiled. "And in return, you will never again ask me to vet one of your dates." She shook her head, reluctantly amused. "That really irritated you, didn't it?" "A hell of a lot more than I anticipated." "Why?" "Probably because there's a conflict of interest involved. When this is over I want to be your next date. If you s..
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Role models or not, in the end every man has to decide for himself just what kind of man he will be.
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