More Than Paradise by Jennifer Fulton

Author:Jennifer Fulton [Fulton, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Fiction, Lesbian
ISBN: 9781933110691
Google: gT9BAgAACAAJ
Amazon: 1933110694
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2007-02-02T00:00:00+00:00

"I was thinking maybe a one-person tent could be brought in for me," she said, testing the waters. "I'm a private person and I'll have a lot of work to do, recording observations and writing up notes. I really need my own space."

"I'm sure all your pals on the team feel exactly the same way." Ash removed her holster and set it down next to her sleeping bag. "The bad news is we'll be in terrain that doesn't lend itself to a sprawl. Tent numbers have to stay at the minimum."

It made sense, but Charlotte couldn't shake the feeling that Ash found her predicament amusing. Most people would have been mortified over what she now knew about the Dani Bush episode, but Ash seemed completely blasé about it. Maybe such conduct was just par for the course for her. Charlotte didn't think she'd ever seen anyone whose sensuality was such an out-in-the-open secret. In every way, from her animal physicality and self-awareness to her guarded but knowing stare, she oozed the kind of sexual confidence no one came by if they lived like a nun.

Charlotte allowed herself to watch covertly as she prepared for sleep. She had a lethal, unconscious grace that made it hard to look away. Every movement was automatic, as though she'd done the same thing hundreds of times. After checking the mosquito nets were secure, she sprayed some insecticide around the entrance to the tent, then removed various items from her pockets and arranged them neatly next to her sleeping pad. She then unfastened her ammunition belt, an action that made Charlotte's breath catch, and she stared, strangely riveted, as Ash rolled her sleeves down and buttoned the cuffs, then unbuttoned her shirt all the way, letting it hang loosely over a tank that advertised her lean muscularity.

Charlotte wanted to look anywhere but at the nipples that jabbed the thin cotton. They were hard. Was Ash turned on or just one of those women whose nipples never slept? She quickly lowered her gaze. Bad idea. She didn't want to look at the fly buttons of Ash's khakis and the fit of her pants around her crotch, but the thought that she could just reach out and unfasten the heavy cotton fly made her light-headed.

Ash seemed oblivious to her scrutiny, for which she was thankful but also strangely bothered. Part of her wanted to be seen, to hold Ash's attention the same way she had that evening at the Pongo Tavern, when they'd danced closer and closer until Charlotte had yearned for the mating embrace that never came.

How could this be happening to her? It was lust. Plain and simple. Normally, it never occurred and she was thankful for that. Lust was irrational and could complicate any situation. In one like this, it was a liability she could not afford. Charlotte hoped if she just ignored it, it would pass soon. Perhaps she was frustrated. It had been a while, after all.

She cast her mind back to the last time she'd had sex.

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