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    A Dance With Death
    A Dance With Death
    A Dance With Death
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    A Dance With Death

    By Louisa Bacio

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    She’s a classic...

    After recovering from an injury and uncertain of her future in the world of dance, ballerina Isabella treats herself to a dating service–some frolicking between the sheets before she decides what to do with the rest of her life is just the jeté her heart and mind needs.

    He’s a bit more modern...

    A successful music video choreographer, Raul is constantly surrounded by gorgeous dancers. But his life lacks a vitality and depth he needs to fuel his creative passion. He turns to a 1Night Stand to discover inspiration.

    A dance between life and death...

    When an accident threatens to cancel the evening of romance, Isabella and Raul will have to dance to a new beat. Can a dance with death change fate?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDecadent Publishing
    Release dateOct 12, 2013
    ISBN9781613336045
    A Dance With Death
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    Louisa Bacio

    A Southern California native, Louisa Bacio can’t imagine living far away from the ocean. The multi-published author of erotic romance enjoys writing within all realms – from short stories to full-length novels. Bacio shares her household with a supportive husband, two daughters growing “too fast,” and a multitude pet craziness: Two dogs, five fish tanks, an aviary, hamsters, rabbits and hermit crabs. In her other life, she teaches college classes in English, journalism and popular culture. Check out the latest happenings via her blog http://louisabacio.blogspot.com

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      A Dance With Death - Louisa Bacio

      The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal. Criminal copyright infringement (including infringement without monetary gain) is investigated by the FBI and is punishable by up to 5 years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000.

      Please purchase only authorized electronic editions and do not participate in, or encourage, the electronic piracy of copyrighted materials. Your support of the author’s rights is appreciated.

      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      A Dance With Death

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      Copyright © 2013 by Louisa Bacio

      ISBN: 978-1-61333-604-5

      Cover art by Tibbs Designs

      All rights reserved. Except for use in any review, the reproduction or utilization of this work, in whole or in part, in any form by any electronic, mechanical or other means now known or hereafter invented, is forbidden without the written permission of the publisher.

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      ~DEDICATION~

      Many thanks to Christine Ashworth and Mary Ann Morris for your honest advice, to my editor Kate Richards for pushing me to new levels, and to Heather Bennett for your continued friendship. Finally, for all those readers of A Date with Death, who wanted to see more.

      Chapter One

      The slick soles of his new shoes slid on the carpet, sending Raul flying down the stairs headfirst. His hand brushed the polished rail, nails scraping the banister, before it slipped off. He cursed.

      Shit.

      His elbow crunched into the unrelenting wood, and he continued to tumble. With legs splayed, he crashed his knee onto the side panel. For a scant ten steps, an eternity of pain passed in slow motion. He couldn’t stop. Screams stuttered in a huh-huh-huh expulsion of breath.

      Isabella, the beauty he was supposed to spend the evening with…. Would she arrive at the resort, ready for an adventurous weekend, only to be stood up, and him rotting broken on his home foray?

      If he’d known the simple trip-and-fall would lead to his demise, he would have fought

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