Burn Me Once

Burn Me Once
Clare Connelly

'You. Me. Sex. It’s easy.'All she has to do is not get hooked…Ally Douglas has made a deal with Ethan Ash: just sex, no strings, no for ever. All she knows about him is that he’s a world-famous rock star and absolutely gorgeous. Their sexual chemistry is instant, magnetic, and it satisfies their needs. Only now Ethan has started to break the rules—will Ally be able to stop herself from getting burned?

“You. Me. Sex. It’s easy.”

All she has to do is not get hooked...

Ally Douglas has made a deal with Ethan Ash: just sex, no strings, no forever. All she knows about him is that he’s a world-famous rock star and he’s absolutely gorgeous. Their sexual chemistry is instant and magnetic, and this arrangement satisfies their needs. Only now that Ethan has started to break the rules, will Ally be able to stop herself from getting burned?

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—Tiffany Reisz, international bestselling author

CLARE CONNELLY was raised in small-town Australia amongst a family of avid readers. She spent much of her childhood up a tree, Mills & Boon book in hand. Clare is married to her own real-life hero and they live in a bungalow near the sea with their two children. She is frequently found staring into space—a sure-fire sign that she’s in the world of her characters. She has a penchant for French food and ice-cold champagne, and Mills & Boons continue to be her favourite ever books. Writing for Mills & Boon is a long-held dream. Clare can be contacted via clareconnelly.com (http://www.clareconnelly.com) or her Facebook page.

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Burn Me Once

Clare Connelly

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ISBN: 978-1-474-07120-8

BURN ME ONCE

© 2018 Clare Connelly

Published in Great Britain 2018

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For anyone who’s ever fallen hard for a muso.

And for Isaac Hanson, who was my first rockstar crush.

We’ll always have MMMBop.

Contents

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