I lean a shoulder against his cage and smile down at him.
“Hello, Diego. I understand your friend and former second-in-command, Declan O’Donnell, is a spy. I have a proposition for you.”
Thank you for reading Carnal Urges! Continue with Sloane and Declan’s story in SAVAGE HEARTS, book 3 in the Queens & Monsters series.
Acknowledgments
Oh, what tangled webs we weave, indeed! Hoo!
Did you see that ending coming? Because I sure didn’t. DIEGO IS ALIVE, Y’ALL! (I didn’t know that until I wrote it.) Your guess is as good as mine for what trouble everyone gets into next. At Kage and Nat’s wedding? I. DON’T. KNOW.
Seriously, I don’t know. I’m only unearthing buried loot, not drawing the treasure map.
(If you haven’t yet read the Beautifully Cruel mafia duet, you might want to go back and read that to get an introduction to Diego and Declan. That’s where they first show up.)
Thank you to Linda Ingmanson for being a great editor and trying to teach me the correct use of a comma. I’ll get there eventually. I think. In the meantime, fantastic job fixing stuff!
Thanks to my girl at Social Butterfly PR, Sarah Ferguson, for always being on top of it, even when it hasn’t been easy. You’re a rock star.
Shannon Smith at SS Media Co., I heart you. How long has it been now? Twenty years? Amazing work. Amazing responsiveness. So much appreciation for all you and Scott have done for me.
Thanks to Letitia Hasser at RBA Designs for doing my covers, putting up with my anal retentiveness, and only saying, “You’re killin’ me, Smalls!” once since we’ve been working together. I deserved it way more times.
Thank you to my wonderful, amazing, beautiful readers, who tolerate my love for multiple adjectives to describe things and are probably better people than I am. It depends on how much wine I’ve had to drink when I think about it. I spend my days with fictional characters I make up in my head to entertain you. Hopefully, it works once in a while.
Finally and foremost, thank you to my husband of twenty-one years, Jay, the most competent and thoroughly badass human I’ve ever met. If anyone out there needs an oil change, a toilet fixed, landscaping irrigation installed, a cat’s nails clipped, the checkbook balanced, the dishes washed, an impromptu neck massage (without being asked), an incompetent vendor hollered at, a scraped knee bandaged, a bruised ego coddled, a hole in drywall repaired, a beautiful flower arrangement created, help with choosing an expensive wine to impress your boss, help with telling an obnoxious and demeaning family member to fuck off, help with negotiating a better financing option for your new car, help with remembering why you’re a queen, or help swaddling the tender new leaf buds of your precious Japanese maple in burlap to protect against an unexpected late-spring frost, he’s your man. Well, he’s my man, but I can lend him to you. You deserve it.
Mom and Dad, I miss you and think of you every day. I hope you’re proud of me.
About the Author
J.T. Geissinger is a #1 internationally bestselling author of twenty-seven novels. Ranging from funny, feisty romcoms to intense, edgy suspense, her books have sold over four million copies and been translated into more than a dozen languages.
She is a three-time finalist in both contemporary and paranormal romance for the RITA® Award, the highest distinction in romance fiction from the Romance Writers of America®. She is also a recipient of the Prism Award for Best First Book and the Golden Quill Award for Best Paranormal/Urban Fantasy.
She’s a Southern California native currently living in Nevada with her husband and chonky rescue kitty, Zoe.
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Also By J.T. Geissinger
Queens & Monsters Series
(Mafia romance)
Ruthless Creatures
Carnal Urges
Savage Hearts
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Beautifully Cruel Series
(Mafia romance)
Beautifully Cruel
Cruel Paradise
Dangerous Beauty Series
(Romantic Suspense)
Dangerous Beauty
Dangerous Desires
Dangerous Games
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Slow Burn Series
(Contemporary romances based on fairy tales)
Burn for You
Melt for You
Ache for You
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Bad Habit Series
(Rock Star Romance)
Sweet As Sin
Make Me Sin
Sin With Me
Hot As Sin
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Wicked Games Series
(Contemporary romance)
Wicked Beautiful
Wicked Sexy
Wicked Intentions
STANDALONE NOVELS
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Perfect Strangers
(You will throw your Kindle at the wall. Keep going.)
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Midnight Valentine
(You will ugly cry.)
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Rules of Engagement
(You will laugh until you pee a little.)