Thank you, Marion Archer, for your most excellent suggestions and knowledge of pertinent details, not to mention making me laugh. Jessa Slade, thank you for your always perceptive evaluation, and to Deborah Nemeth for helping me look at the story from new angles. Thank you, Kelley Heckart, for your thorough copyediting, Jill Blake for verifying the Russian phrases, and Tiffani Drake for your eagle-eyed error catching.
Karen Seager-Everett, Michelle Eck, and Rosette Doyle of Literati Author Services, I am once again so grateful for your tenacity, professionalism, and endless support of both me and my books.
Thank you to my fellow word scribes at InkHeart Authors. I am so honored to have you as my friends and colleagues.
Jen Berg and Baba, your thoughts and opinions are gold, but your friendship is platinum. I am incredibly thankful to have found you. No holds barred.
Yesi Cavazos, Bridget Peoples, Patti, Debbie Kagan, Maria D., and Deidre, thank you so much for being my front-line soldiers. Your feedback never fails to improve both my books, and I so appreciate your time, honesty, and steadfast support. I still can’t wait to hug you all in person one day.
A gigantic thank you to Nina’s Ninjas, the best street team ever, including Jatana, Melanie, Kelly, Vanessa, Margie, Lena, Alexis, Kitty, Milasy, Rachel, MJ, Sally, Tracey, Stephanie H., Alicia, Vilma, Jaime, Jodie Rae, Camille, Renee, Connie, Tess, Melissa, Christina, and Stephanie L. You all inspire me, humble me, and overall just make me happy.
Bobbi Dumas, Rachel Berens-VanHeest, and Melody Marshall, thank you for coffee, critiquing, ideas, venting, brainstorming, laughing, and always being there.
And for the Weatherman, Lego Boy, and Cookie Girl—there really are no words.
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Immersed in the pleasure of their blissful, lusty relationship, Olivia West and her husband Dean, a brilliant professor of medieval history, are unprepared when a crisis threatens everything they believe about each other.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Nina Lane writes hot, sexy romances and spicy erotica. Originally from California, she holds a PhD in Art History and an MA in Library and Information Studies, which means she loves both research and organization. She also enjoys traveling and thinks St. Petersburg, Russia is a city everyone should visit at least once. Although Nina would go back to college for another degree because she’s that much of a bookworm and a perpetual student, she now lives the happy life of a full-time writer.
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Table of Contents
Quote by Anna Akhmatova
About The Book
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Epilogue
Thank You!
Acknowledgments
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About The Author
Copyright