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    Desire in the Dark
    Naima Simone
     
    Alise has been in love with Mac since she moved to New Eden, Washington.
    Unfortunately, the sexy attorney considers her a friend…and not one “with benefits”.
    Just as Alise decides unrequited love is for fools and poets, a freak thunderstorm plummets the town into darkness and traps her with the man who has starred in her every erotic fantasy for the past year. A blackout. Wine. A gorgeous man. Anything could happen.
     

     
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    Desire in the Dark
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    Desire in the Dark Copyright 2010 Naima Simone
    Edited by Jaynie Ritchie
    Cover art by Syneca
     
    Electronic book publication April 2010
     
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    DESIRE IN THE DARK
    Naima Simone
Dedication
    To the One who continues to bless me with ideas both big and small. As always, everything I do is dedicated to You.
Acknowledgements
    To my husband, who gives me “the look” that says “I have no clue what you’re talking about but I’m listening anyway”. You support and encourage me “anyway” and I love you for it.
     
    Author Note
     
    You may recognize Mac and Alise as the best friends of Selig Richardson and Caitlin Madison in Sweet Ultimatum . The latter couple’s marriage reunited these troubled lovers and so they deserved a story of their own. I hope you enjoy it!
     
    Naima Simone

Chapter One
    “I’ve decided to fuck Vince.”
    McKenzie “Mac” Dunn’s head jerked up from the contract he studied. His incredulous blue stare snapped to her face and Alise couldn’t deny the surge of satisfaction that coursed through her. For once in the year and three months since she’d known and befriended the lawyer, he looked at her with something over than sisterly affection.
    ’Bout time.
    “Come again?”
    “God willing.”
    A corner of his mouth—his luscious, bitable mouth—twitched with humor.
    “Cute.” Mac leaned back in his black leather chair and dropped the sales contract she’d brought by for him to examine on the top of his neat desk. “Now you care to explain that statement?”
    “I thought it was self-explanatory, counselor.” Alisa shrugged, the gesture nonchalant when inside her stomach did an uneasy roll. She’d made the decision to have sex with the man she’d been dating for the last three months. Her mind was made up—hell, her pussy was more than ready to end its sexual fast. Her damn heart just had to get on board. “If everything goes according to plan, by Sunday night I’ll be walking funny but feeling good.”
    Mac shook his head, a rueful smile playing over his lips. “Ever heard of playing hard to get?”
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    “Heard of it, just don’t believe in it. Besides,” Alise