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    More Than Friends
    More Than Friends
    More Than Friends
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    More Than Friends

    By Monique DeVere

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    She just broke the Best Friends’ Code of Honour!

    What do you do when your best friend’s fella dumps her?

    You get drunk, catch a cab to his place, offer to bop him on the nose, then... sleep with him?

    Lily Harper should have taken her secret attraction to Justin Knight into consideration before rushing to his swanky apartment. Now she’s caught in a dilemma. Lose her best friend, or the out-of-this-world sexy guy who could be The One.

    Justin fell for Lily almost from the moment he met her, but she was with someone else and he'd just started seeing her best friend. Now Lily is available, and so is he, only, he isn’t having much luck making her see that sometimes when loyalties collide, a girl has to choose love!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMonique DeVere
    Release dateOct 6, 2012
    ISBN9781301506057
    More Than Friends
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    Monique DeVere

    Monique DeVere grew up on a plantation on the beautiful island of Barbados, where her childhood was all about exploring and letting her imagination run free. She moved to the UK as a teen and soon fell in love at first sight with her amazing, strong-silent-type husband. They have four beautiful children and four incredible grandchildren.Monique writes sweet ‘n’ spicy romance, and when she isn’t working on the next novel or movie script, she can be found spending time with hubby and family, armchair travelling, creating recipes, reading about health and nutrition, or working on her spiritual growth. She enjoys going for walks, gardening, or simply crazy-dancing around the house. Monique loves to hear from her readers. You can email her at monique@moniquedevere.com, or contact her by visiting her website: www.moniquedevere.com or blog: http://moniquedevere.blogspot.co.uk to learn more about her books. You can also visit her Facebook author page: https://www.facebook.com/moniquedevere or follow her on Twitter: @MoniqueDeVere or Instagram: authormdvGet The Forever Deal FREE when you sign up to Monique’s New Release Newsletter Here: https://bit.ly/TFDsignup151220

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      More Than Friends - Monique DeVere

      More Than Friends

      by

      Monique DeVere

      © Monique DeVere 2012

      Smashwords Edition

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and events described herein are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, therefore not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locations, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      More Than Friends

      COPYRIGHT © 2012 by Monique DeVere

      All rights reserved. No part of this story may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the author. Except in the case of brief quotations embodied in articles or reviews.

      Contact Information: moniquedevere@gmail.com

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      She just broke the Best Friends’ Code of Honour!

      What do you do when your best friend’s fella dumps her?

      You get drunk, catch a cab to his place, offer to bop him on the nose, then... sleep with him?

      Lily Harper should have taken her secret attraction to Justin Knight into consideration before rushing to his swanky apartment. Now she’s caught in a dilemma. Lose her best friend, or the out-of-this-world sexy guy who could be The One.

      Justin fell for Lily almost from the moment he met her, but she was with someone else and he'd just started seeing her best friend. Now Lily is available, and so is he, only, he isn’t having much luck making her see that sometimes when loyalties collide, a girl has to choose love!

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      The fact of the matter is— he nuzzled her ear —I’m going to kiss you and every guy in this place is going to go wild with envy because I’m the lucky sod who gets to do it.

      Lily sucked in a breath, missed a step. He was making love to her, disguised as a dance. People were beginning to take an interest. He’d made her a spectacle.

      Justin, people are watching.

      Sweetheart, that’s nothing new, they’ve been riveted from the moment you first walked in the room.

      Are you sweet talking me?

      He pulled back, his gaze darkening. Only if it’s working. While his hand caressed her back where the dress dipped, he stroked his other thumb against her palm.

      Goose bumps raised her flesh. Oh, it was working. That and the off-the-wall chemistry between them. Every part of her craved his touch.

      He turned her, dipped his head, and took the kiss he’d warned her he was going to take. It was as if everything stood still, the room, the hum of conversation, the mellow music, Lily’s heart—everything.

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      Maybe she just belongs in his arms...

      A year ago, happily married mom of three, Annabelle DeVaney’s life came crashing down around her. Two weeks ago, she made things worse by running out on her gorgeous husband of ten years. 

      Security expert, Linc DeVaney has located his wife hiding out at a beach house in the Florida Keys and he isn’t about to let a few revelations in a diary ruin his marriage. After all, he and Belle had a deal that was supposed to last a lifetime. 

      Belle hasn’t forgotten their deal, but how can she stay married to Linc when she’s no longer the woman he married? 

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      "Open up, ya louse!"

      Justin Knight’s apartment door rattled under a hammering fist.

      He yanked it open to find Lily Harper—irate and slightly unsteady on her feet—in the hall outside his door. She glowered at him with the indomitable intent of an avenging angel.

      Despite the menacing scowl, her emerald eyes were as stunning as he remembered, and his male hormones jerked to life. It was after ten p.m. and she reeked of booze, but the sight of her stalled his breath in his throat. He’d waited for Lily to come to him, and here she was finally—even if she had to get stinking drunk to do it.

      She stuck her chin in the air so she could look him in the face. He took in her alluring features—high cheekbones, the small turned-up nose that he was always dying to kiss, her full lips naturally red and devoid of artificial colouring—don’t think about those lips—and the graceful arc of her neck. She slammed the hand—that wasn’t gripping bag straps—onto her hip, bringing his attention to her slender curves in the light summer dress that ended mid thigh. The floaty material was short enough to give him a tantalizing glimpse of shapely lower thigh and her amazing legs, tanned and naked all the way to her silver strappy heels. His gaze snagged at her ankles—this woman was his every secret fantasy.

      You—! She pointed her forefinger inches from his nose as her narrowed green gaze cut a path down his body then back up again.

      He pulled himself to his full height of six foot two. He’d never seen Lily out for blood before. She looked ready to rip him apart, and all he noticed was how every breath she took undulated her chest. It was obvious she wasn’t wearing a bra and her firm breasts gave more of a gentle bounce than a jiggle, teasing him with her disjointed movements. His hand on the door handle tightened, and he shoved the other into his jeans pocket to keep from reaching for her.

      "You louse! You think you can treat

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