Uniformly Hot by Jennifer LaBrecque

Author:Jennifer LaBrecque
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mills & Boon Special Release
Published: 2012-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

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WHEN MAVIS MERIWEATHER had dropped by his office this afternoon and requested a private audience at his house this evening, Les Hastings couldn’t have been any more surprised.

Women, for the most part, regrettably, didn’t seek his private counsel.

Born with a speech impediment no amount of therapy had corrected, Les had learned at an early age that listening would serve him better than talking, and that he communicated best via the written word, which was why he’d started The Branches, Willow Haven’s daily newspaper.

Resigned to a quiet life filled with old jazz, Alfred Hitchcock movies and a personal library that rivaled some of the best in the state, Les had found that a fine tumbler of scotch and a good book could fulfill the majority of his needs.

Except sex, of course, but that wasn’t something he’d ever had much luck with.

Women liked to be wooed with pretty words, and a man who couldn’t pronounce his r’s and whose attempts at conversation closely resembled a popular Looney Tunes character who was on a perpetual “wabbit” hunt, didn’t “woo” well. While he didn’t necessarily like it, he’d nevertheless accepted his fate. This was the hand he’d been dealt, so this was the one he was forced to play.

While he’d occasionally arranged for an escort service on those rare instances when he’d traveled out of town, a recent experience had cut off that particular avenue of fulfillment. He didn’t pay for sex so much as the soft touch of a women’s hand, the feel of a plump breast beneath his palm. Things lots of other men took for granted, could easily find at a roadside dive or hotel bar. For free. He’d tried those avenues, as well, but never with any luck. The instant he spoke, it was over.

It was terrible, that moment, when he watched interest flee and pity emerge.

That’s why the escort service had been the perfect solution. He arranged everything online, established some ground rules, kept conversation to a minimum and tipped generously. Did he long for an affectionate touch? Prefer to make love than simply exchange bodily fluids?

Yes, but he’d given up on that, as well.

As such, he’d resigned himself to celibacy and even convinced himself that, much like the Benedictine monks of long ago, he’d devote his time and energy to a greater purpose. He’d make knowledge his mistress. He’d take the noble high road.

And then Mavis had casually dropped by and the floor—not to mention the high road—had disappeared from beneath his feet.

Because Mavis was...extraordinary.

A former dancer who’d dated famous baseball players and politicians, Mavis had packed more living into her twenties than most people did in a lifetime. She was one of those women who changed her hair color with her mood, but still managed to look natural. She was tall and curvy, with breasts so luscious they should come with a warning label.

Hell, she should come with a warning label.

Her eyes were startlingly blue, the clearest aquamarine, and her bone structure was delicate and fine, like a piece of Limoges porcelain.

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