Perfect Mate by Jennifer Ashley

Author:Jennifer Ashley [Ashley, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Historical Romance
ISBN: 9781452616582
Google: l7brAgAAQBAJ
Amazon: B00INIXG66
Goodreads: 21533014
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2014-01-01T07:00:00+00:00

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A cell phone pealed loudly in the darkness. Nell jumped awake, finding herself lying across a hard male body, his arms around her. His cock, not ramrod-stiff any longer, lay heavily against her bare thigh.

Clarity hit her, and Nell tried to roll to her feet. Jeans tangled her—Cormac’s—then her bare feet hit the carpet and her skirt slithered back down her legs.

Her cell phone kept ringing from the tiny purse Cassidy had lent her. Nell usually relied on pockets, but this slinky dress had none. She was breathless by the time she wrestled the purse open and snatched out the phone.

Shifters weren’t allowed to have voice mail, so they either answered the phone or missed the call. But almost all phones had caller ID these days, so she could see that it was Brody’s number.

“What?” she bellowed into the phone.

“Mom, seriously, I don’t want to bother you, but I think there’s a problem.”

“Problem? What problem?” Shiftertown burning down? Eric dead in a dominance battle? Rogue Shifters trying to take over?

“I can’t find Shane,” Brody said.

Nell flashed back to when she’d been a scared thirtysomething, barely into adulthood for a Shifter, with small cubs who kept getting lost. Mama, I can’t find Shane had been a common refrain. Those little bears had gotten themselves into so much trouble.

She let out a long breath, holding on to her patience. “We’re talking about Shane. He probably ran off with something female. Where are you?”

“Still at Coolers. He’s not with a woman. I’d know that. I mean, he’s really gone. You didn’t send him on an assignment, did you?”

“When would I have found time to do that?”

“I don’t know. I’m asking on the off chance. I’m worried.”

He sounded it, and Brody wasn’t often worried. Nell felt Cormac behind her, his body heat on her back. He’d put on his jeans, but not his shirt.

“When did you last see him?” she asked Brody.

“Sitting at the table we all snagged in the first place. You and Cormac were dancing by the time Shane and I got back with the drinks. Then you two left, and Jace and a human girl came to sit with us. The human girl was way more interested in Jace than us. Shane went off to see if he could find someone for himself, and Jace and the girl went to dance. I sat there for a long time. Shane never came back, so I started looking for him. He was just gone.”

“How do you know he didn’t find someone to be with? Or a friend to talk to? Or didn’t give up and go back home?”

“Because he would have told me. Plus, he would have had to catch a ride, since you and Cormac took off in the pickup. I never saw him leave with anyone, and neither did anyone I asked.”

Nell’s concern started to pick up, but she tried to stay calm. “He could have gone out to find a bus. Or a taxi.”

“I’d have picked up the scent if he’d walked to a bus stop or even got into a taxi in front.

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