Authors: Jo Goodman
All I Ever Needed (61 page)
"More than a thousand?" he asked. "Is it to be some blackmail scheme, then? You will be sadly out of it there. The wags have always been willing to say the worst of me, and there have never been any serious repercussions, save that I am not always invited to the best affairs. That, by the way, has always seemed a good thing to me."
Ria stared at him in fascination, her jaw having snapped shut when he mentioned blackmail. "You really are a most peculiar gentleman," she said at last. She added quickly, "I hope you are not offended by my plain speaking. I mean no offense."
He gave a short bark of laughter, genuinely amused. "You will have to expand your vocabulary considerably if you ever mean to give me offense, though you've made a good start by calling me a gentleman."
"Oh, but I didn't mean—" Ria stopped because she realized he was having fun with her. It was disconcerting, the way he could blow hot and cold, sometimes both at once. She raised her glass and swallowed a mouthful of brandy. Perhaps considerably more libation than she had consumed was required for full comprehension.
Beyond A Wicked Kiss
The Compass Club Series
Book Four
by
Jo Goodman
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Jo Goodman is a licensed professional counselor working with children and families in West Virginia's Northern Panhandle. Always a fan of the happily ever after, Jo turned to writing romances early in her career as a child care worker when she realized the only life script she could control was the one she wrote herself. She is inspired by the resiliency and courage of the children she meets and feels privileged to be trusted with their stories, the one that they alone have the right to tell.
Once upon a time, Jo believed she was going to be a marine biologist. She feels lucky that seasickness made her change course. She lives with her family in Colliers, West Virginia. Please visit her website at
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Excerpt from BEYOND A WICKED KISS (The Compass Club Series, Book 4)