Tempting Janey

Tempting Janey
Mary Lynn Baxter

When Dillon Reed strolls into Janey Mayfield's candy shop, the past opens up like a forbidden door. The imposing ex-marine turned high school principal is a shocking reminder of an affair that shattered all their lives.After the scandal that destroyed two marriages, Janey fled to Colorado with her daughter. Now, three years later, she's come back to South Carolina, determined to make a success of the business she inherited and keep control of her well-ordered life. But it's an uphill battle, what with her rebellious teenage daughter, a rash of break-ins plaguing the town, and an ex-husband with a grudge.She tells herself she doesn't want the attraction she feels for Dillon. She doesn't want to be vulnerable to what his heated glance has put on offer: sweet, irresistible passion. But Janey discovers that the more determined she is to avoid temptation, the more it stands in her way.

Janey’s emotions couldn’t take another blow.

Her stomach heaved, her shoulders shook and tears gushed down her cheeks.

“God, Janey, don’t,” Dillon pleaded in an agonized voice.

Then he lunged to his feet and strode toward her, stopping so close that she could feel his breath warm her skin when he spoke again.

“I don’t know when to keep my bloody mouth shut.”

“It’s not your fault,” she whispered, her lips accidentally grazing his. Wide-eyed, their gazes held while Janey’s breath constricted and her head reeled.

“God, don’t look at me like that or—” He broke off again, then added, “Oh, to hell with it.”

As before, his kisses started out feather light, on her temple, her cheek, her mouth. They barely touched as he murmured, “I didn’t mean to upset you more.”

“It’s all right,” she sobbed, circling her arms around his neck until his lips were locked tightly and frantically against hers.

“Aptly named, Baxter’s latest novel boasts sensuality as its strongest feature—the attraction between the hero and heroine sparks fire from the first and keeps on burning hot throughout.”

—Publishers Weekly on Sultry

Tempting Janey

Mary Lynn

Baxter

www.mirabooks.co.uk (http://www.mirabooks.co.uk)

Contents

Chapter One (#u1dd8b94d-5657-5fec-889c-d59099f74448)

Chapter Two (#ua8fe6eda-e98a-5b88-bbb6-afe5c12396f7)

Chapter Three (#ude0ea4be-7ef3-5d33-befe-2d67877765a2)

Chapter Four (#ue2b786b5-8fe1-5196-844b-6d0dffb15aaa)

Chapter Five (#ufb24fae1-b666-59a9-b885-5d314868e629)

Chapter Six (#u1b0f0527-3a20-51c0-ae94-d17667c18b29)

Chapter Seven (#u72adeec2-2238-5620-8945-66a1b836d038)

Chapter Eight (#u0cf38e6d-d6f9-5b49-ac04-db2c959d0dc1)

Chapter Nine (#ubcac816d-7d23-5852-bc07-0df26a6cf67f)

Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-One (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Two (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Three (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Four (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Five (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Six (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Seven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Eight (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Nine (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirty (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirty-One (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirty-Two (#litres_trial_promo)