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    Inspiration
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    Inspiration

    By Kristine Kathryn Rusch

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    Cat’s love for John inspires the bestselling romances she writes. Her heroes and heroines experience what she cannot: John’s touch.

    John, too, longs for Cat’s touch. Instead, he protects her. But protecting the living comes with risks. If he goes too far, he could lose her forever.

    When Cat’s romance novels bring an uninvited guest to her door on Christmas Eve, the choices she and John make could finally allow them to consummate their relationship—or end their time together forever.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWMG Publishing
    Release dateNov 28, 2017
    ISBN9781386016618
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    Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    New York Times bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch writes in almost every genre. Generally, she uses her real name (Rusch) for most of her writing. She publishes bestselling science fiction and fantasy, award-winning mysteries, acclaimed mainstream fiction, controversial nonfiction, and the occasional romance. Her novels have made bestseller lists around the world and her short fiction has appeared in eighteen best of the year collections. She has won more than twenty-five awards for her fiction, including the Hugo, Le Prix Imaginales, the Asimov's Readers Choice award, and the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Readers Choice Award.   

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      Inspiration - Kristine Kathryn Rusch

      THE STEERING WHEEL was cold. Frank held his raw red hand over the vent leading to the Oldsmobile’s sporadic heating system. The clear Wisconsin night seemed fresh; subzero temperatures hardened the edges on the world, made it sharper. Even the night sky was blacker than usual.

      Frank pulled his down jacket tightly around his shoulders. The gun felt solid against his hip, protection against such a cold night. He glanced at the books on the seat beside him. All of the covers depicted a man and a woman in an embrace. All of the couples seemed to be experiencing some form of ecstasy. He ran his fingers along the smooth surface of the latest book cover, along the raised edges of Catherine Rice’s name. He had read, in one of the romance magazines, that they called her Cat. The name suited her. The author’s photo inside the book cover could have doubled for any one of her heroines—the wide, almond eyes; the soft, seductive smile; the high cheekbones and the shiny, shoulder-length hair. He didn’t know the color yet—of her eyes or her hair—but he would soon enough.

      Christmas Eve was the perfect time, the time to catch anyone home, even the writer of best-selling romantic fiction. Unless she went to church. But judging from the sensual content of her books, Cat Rice didn’t

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