When I'm With You

Acknowledgments (#u40ac5182-f25d-56f0-9431-a07763e53e69)

Big thanks to all of my readers new and old that have made The Lawsons of Louisiana series such a success. I couldn’t do it without you.

Contents

Cover (#u6dfd27b8-6890-5e9d-9d05-a3c90eef6cc9)

Back Cover Text (#uc88181f6-3070-5ee4-af28-2b96011c8cdd)

About the Author (#ubf6044bd-5783-569d-b4a3-041e9c744737)

Booklist (#u6c165d32-d384-5ce1-bfb0-baf05fa00d09)

Title Page (#u4c1fd1ba-493e-5c1a-b7d4-1b10f8262159)

Copyright (#u2646e3e0-944f-59b1-a6e3-9efa6072fa7f)

Introduction (#u8783cf24-90ec-5c25-a4a9-47e5728e280e)

Dear Reader (#u14dd14e5-8e10-59ca-92a4-547b87baec99)

Acknowledgments (#u09cd478e-7eef-5147-add9-615a05838c8a)

Chapter 1 (#u41431108-fc67-5e6e-8b9c-ee83daf411fd)

Chapter 2 (#u825ae63c-1d7e-5905-af04-64fa9c5be180)

Chapter 3 (#u0a14bdd7-61b3-5305-9e79-bb4e02075c63)

Chapter 4 (#u1e88532d-b513-5fd5-ac11-0ec0c23c201d)

Chapter 5 (#u3da2acc4-a529-55a0-a0e3-f233779dab8d)

Chapter 6 (#u2880bd3a-31e2-54f2-8c6f-c6b7656f43dd)

Chapter 7 (#u90d7b404-3b35-510b-9e96-952e8ff43f8d)

Chapter 8 (#ua9e707b1-888f-53b0-b797-098da5dbbc23)

Chapter 9 (#uf20a69f5-5947-5ac7-973f-c63d253e0c42)

Chapter 10 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 11 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 12 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 13 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 14 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 15 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 16 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 17 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 18 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 20 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 21 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 22 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 23 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 24 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 25 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 26 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 27 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 28 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 29 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 30 (#litres_trial_promo)

Epilogue (#litres_trial_promo)

Extract (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 1 (#u40ac5182-f25d-56f0-9431-a07763e53e69)

“Your sisters are planning our wedding,” Avery said as she loaded the dishwasher.

Rafe handed her the glasses from the table. “Yeah, they can be a bit enthusiastic,” he said chuckling. He came up behind her, bent over her body and grabbed her waist. “The main thing is we’re going to be legal, official, permanent.”

Avery straightened and turned to face him, leaned against the dishwasher. She looked into his eyes, and as always a flood of heat flowed through her. Being in the same air space with Rafe always did that to her, made her hungry for him, weak to his will. But this was her wedding, her day. She splayed her hands against his chest. “Look, babe, I know it’s your family, and I don’t want to cause any rifts, but...I need some space.”

Rafe’s simmering gaze slowly moved over her face, the way it did whenever he was trying to see beneath the surface of her words. She shifted her weight under his close scrutiny.