Free Love Me Tonight - Four Erotic Romance Stories for Valentine's Day - Boxed Set by Cassia Leo, Mimi Strong, Kandi Kayne, Catou Martine Page A

Would I have done this with you if I were?” I can’t believe he would think that of me. I cross my arms, a little offended.
    “No,” he says, pulling me to him, forcing me to hug him back. “I didn’t really think that. But I can’t imagine any other reason why you’d say I can’t buy these for you. They’re a gift. You can wear them out to dinner tomorrow when I take you out.”
    “You’re not serious,” I say, looking over his shoulder at the dark wall.
    He sighs and lets me go. Striding over to the lights, he reaches them and flicks them on. “Look at me,” he says as he comes back to stand in front of me.
    I stare into his eyes. He’s as serious as I’ve ever seen him.
    “I mean this. I want you to spend the week with me. Let me show you this town and then the small villages near my winery. It’s a magical place. You’ve never seen anything like it, I guarantee it.”
    “But why? Why would you go to all that trouble just for me?”
    He frowns. “You’re a funny girl, Lilly Rose. I would think the answer to that question is pretty damn obvious.”
    “Well, it’s not. Not to me.” Doubts are attacking me from every front. This can’t be real. This doesn’t happen to girls like me. It’s a joke, a trick, a hallucination.
    “Do I need to spell it out for you?” he asks, leaning down and kissing me again.
    It makes me dizzy it’s so sweet.
    “Yes,” I whisper, “spell it out for me.”
    “Paris is the city of love. Don’t you believe in love at first sight?”
    I smile. And then I laugh. I tip my head back with it, not really believing I heard those words coming out of his mouth.
    “What? Why’s that so funny?” he asks.
    I squeeze him hard to me, answering over his shoulder. “It’s not funny. It’s wonderful. I do believe in it. I just never thought it could happen to me.”
    “Me neither. But I’ve learned one thing about myself over the years: When something takes you like this… sweeps you off your feet and sends you to another place, even when it doesn’t make any sense, you just have to go with it and see where it will take you.”
    I pull away and look into his eyes. He totally means it; I can tell.
    “I like your attitude.” I smile like a lunatic. I’m so happy right now. This feels right. It feels crazy, but it feels right all the way to my bones.
    “Then say you’ll stay with me.” He brushes a stray hair away from my face, kissing the spot where it used to be. “Let me spoil you. Let me treat you like a queen while you’re here in France.”
    I nod once, my decision made with the ease of a true adventurer. “Okay, fine. I’ll do it.”
    He picks me up and swings me in a big circle. I whoop with laughter over not only the tickling sensations in my stomach, but also the tingling that feels suspiciously like love as it works its way into my heart.

Author's Note - Kandi Kayne
    It’s been a blast writing this story, and I sincerely appreciate your readership. If you have the time, I’d love to have you review the book on Amazon.com and Goodreads.com. Help more readers find me and the other great authors at Orly Press by sharing your thoughts and opinions! Oh, and please don’t forget to stop by my Facebook page . I adore chatting with my readers. xoxo
    ABOUT THE AUTHOR
    Kandi Kayne is the author of the erotic romance series Red Hot Rose , featuring Rose DuPont and Alex Blackstone, and she has several other series in the works to be published in 2013. She’s an American girl and bona fide book fanatic residing in various places including New York, California, Florida, and Paris. She writes wherever she happens to be at the time, and her laptop is never far from her side. She is married to the sexiest man to ever wear a kilt and has three children who have no idea she writes erotic romances novels for a living.

Story #4

Falling Away 
by Mimi Strong
    She nearly turned around and left the salon when she realized who was going to cut her hair. Over the phone,