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our lives waiting for the other shoe to drop, remember?”
    She didn’t want to nod, but she did. Because he was right. It was what they’d agreed on in therapy.
    “You want to play. I want you to play. JD wants you to play. Even Dillon wants you to play.”
    Julia looked down to where their towheaded son stood, fussing with his overalls, not caring in the slightest if she took on a guest slot eight months from now.
    “Look at it this way. By next December, he’ll be four.”
    She blinked, everything else in her going still.
    “When you need to practice, we’ll have a babysitter. Or a part-time nanny to help out. We won’t be driving up there until it’s time for the concert. And he’ll be four.”
    She smiled, her whole body relaxing into his. She wrapped her arms over his, hugging him back. “You’re not supposed to enable me, remember?”
    “I think just this once, it’ll be okay.”
    She didn’t kid herself. There would always be a little bit of fear. But he was right. They’d survived so much, rebuilt their lives and moved forward. This was just another step.
    He twined their fingers together. She stared down at them, seeing their son peering up at her, his pudgy little hands reaching to join theirs. He had no idea what it meant, but he knew he was part of it. Part of them. She opened their hands to pick him up, hugging him close and taking in that lingering baby scent he had yet to lose.
    “You hug me.” Dillon giggled.
    “I kiss you, too,” she answered, peppering his cheek with loud smacking kisses and swallowing the fear back down.
    Grant wrapped his arms around them both and Julia sighed one last time. It was enough.
    “I’ll call JD after dinner.”
    “No time like the present,” Grant rumbled with a grin before snatching their son and running out of the living room with the happily shrieking child.
    She shook her head, the happiness they gave her taking the place of the fear, the way it always did. He was right. No time like the present…

Look for these titles by Dee Tenorio
    Now Available:

    All of You
    All or Nothing
    Burn for Me
    Love Me Knots
    Love Me Tomorrow
    Kiss Me Again
    Test Me!
    Midnight Legacy
    Midnight Temptation
    Midnight Sonata
    Betting Hearts

In this game of love, winning is not an option.

    All Or Nothing
    © 2010 Dee Tenorio

    The Lonnigans, Book 2
    Lucas Lonnigan thinks he’s finally gotten the best of his twin brother, until he discovers his half of a date-swap is none other than metal artist Belinda Riggs. A leather-dipped Goth queen who considers him a cross between a pin cushion and a science project—and the woman he’s loved forever.
    Belinda isn’t exactly overjoyed to see him, either. In her opinion, love means becoming a punching bag, and she won’t be anyone’s doormat. Lucas is too dangerously tempting to allow within striking distance of her heart, but that doesn’t stop her from wanting.
    After one blazing night of passion, Lucas finds himself locked out of Belle’s life with seemingly no chance to get back in. With nothing left to lose, Lucas makes a final play and appeals to the one thing Belle can’t say no to—a dare. Winner take all.
    Lucas may think this crazy game will decide their relationship, but she sees it as her chance to finally set him free—and maybe indulge in the sexiest goodbye of her life…
    Warning: Story may sizzle your undies off. Includes pigheaded hero with a cranky heart of gold, bitchy heroine with a flamethrower, massively inappropriate behavior, make-up / break-up sex of the sinful kind…and a puppy!

    Enjoy the following excerpt for All Or Nothing:
    Only decent people feel guilty, Belinda told herself while she tried to drown in her shower. Face to the hard, hot spray, she hoped the stinging impact would wash the sense of guilt away. The last thing anyone had called her for the past decade was decent . She thrived on being rude, heartless and flat-out bitchy when the occasion called for it. The tugs of conscience