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    Jebediah's Promise
    Jebediah's Promise
    Jebediah's Promise
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    Jebediah's Promise

    By Adrianna Dane

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    Captain Jebediah Holliday is a soldier who serves his country with pride and holds the heart of his wife Trudy, keeping him strong. Dedication to duty requires strength and commitment in separation for both Jeb and Trudy.

    Jeb's pledge to do his duty and return safely to the woman he loves, however, is jeopardized when he is taken hostage on a routine mission. Yet Trudy has faith that Jeb will return home to her, keeping his promise.

    A hero's face and courage comes in many guises...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDream Romantic Unlimited LLC
    Release dateJan 23, 2018
    ISBN9781386010005
    Jebediah's Promise
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    Adrianna Dane

    Adrianna Dane has been putting pen to paper since the age of ten. She currently resides in the state of Washington. She has a great fondness for using a fountain pen when writing her first drafts. Hobby interests are varied, including photography and traveling. The first defining love story Adrianna read back in junior high school was "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte, and that set her on the road to her long-standing love affair with books of all genres. Her inspiration in writing often can be found by listening to song lyrics, from hard rock to classical, and reading poetry by such poets as Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Edgar Allen Poe, and Ranier Maria Rilke. But finding inspiration for her stories truly has no boundaries for Adrianna. In 2006, her dark fantasy GLBT story, Body Parts, won its category in the Dream Realm Awards. Adrianna has written more than 100 stories, short, novella, and novel length, delving into many facets of the human condition - contemporary, futuristic, and fantasy, and all the flavors therein and in between. In other words, wherever the story and the characters, as well as their intricate stories, take her imagination, then her pen and/or computer keyboard, are sure to follow.

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      Jebediah's Promise - Adrianna Dane

      Captain Jebediah Holliday is a soldier who serves his country with pride and holds the heart of his wife Trudy, keeping him strong. Dedication to duty requires strength and commitment in separation for both Jeb and Trudy.

      Jeb’s pledge to do his duty and return safely to the woman he loves, however, is jeopardized when he is taken hostage on a routine mission. Yet Trudy has faith that Jeb will return home to her, keeping his promise.

      A hero’s face and courage comes in many guises...

      This story is a work of original fiction. All names, characters, locations, and incidents are products of the author's imagination, or have been used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, locales, or events is entirely coincidental.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the author.

      This book remains the copyrighted property of the author.

      Copyright 2017 by Adrianna Dane

      Cover Art Designs by T. A. Gallup

      This story was originally released in March, 2006, by Amber Quill Press/Amber Heat

      CAUTION: This story contains explicit sexual situations and strong language. You must be over the age of 18 years of age to read this story.

      Jebediah’s Promise

      By Adrianna Dane

      Dream Romantic Unlimited, LLC

      Table of Contents

      CHAPTER ONE

      CHAPTER TWO

      CHAPTER THREE

      CHAPTER FOUR

      CHAPTER FIVE

      CHAPTER SIX

      CHAPTER SEVEN

      CHAPTER EIGHT

      CHAPTER NINE

      CHAPTER TEN

      AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

      NETWORKING LINKS

      CHAPTER ONE

      HEY SOLDIER, HOW ABOUT buying a girl a drink?

      Jeb paused in the act of raising the glass to his lips and smiled to himself. He set the beer back on the bar and swiveled around on the stool, knowing exactly whom that sultry, sexy voice belonged to.

      Schooling his expression so as not to reveal his anticipation, he surveyed the compact little strawberry blonde posed next to his stool. Mm-mm, damn fine looking woman. With cherry-lush lips curved into a seductive half smile, a slender golden brow arched upward, and the taunt-the-devil flash in her eyes, she presented the kill-me wallop of some of his grandpap’s finest homebrew. The now familiar burn flashed bright, tracking a path through his insides, heart to groin.

      Drawing out the sizzle, he took his time in answering as he measured her with his eyes, drinking in the sensual image she presented. It was a vision he’d never grow tired of seeing. The loud country music blasting on the speakers faded away, his total concentration centered on the hot little package standing in front of him. He always had been a man who liked to take his time unwrapping presents slow and easy.

      Well, evenin’, good lookin’. What brings you into a place like this? His body throbbed in response to the picture she presented in the tight black jeans hugging her rounded hips, and his gaze appreciated the full firm breasts his hands itched to hold.

      The jade shirt she wore matched the color of her eyes, reminding him of springtime back home in the mountains of Tennessee. Lip smackin’ good as his grandpap would say.

      Good thing he’d learned some gentlemanly manners over the years, or he’d be giving her the pinch test on that nice tight ass of hers, and probably warrant a slap in return.

      She knew what he was thinking. He could tell by the twinkle of mischief in her eyes she knew exactly what was in his mind. And that pouty mouth dared him to try it. She stepped closer, reached out, and placed her palms against the tops of his black jean-clad thighs.

      Mmmm, nice. That’s what I like—a man with a fine pair of rock-hard legs. Her words curled around him like smoke from a campfire reaching for the sky, and she sure as hell was stoking a fire that was ready to break out into a pure red-hot blaze set to ravage his skin. She pressed her fingers against the dense fabric covering his thighs just enough, and he felt his cock respond. Oh, she had a nice grip—firm, yet gentle. Her long fingers released, tightened, repeated the action as she shifted closer to the throbbing dick waiting to be loosed.

      Mighty familiar there, don’t you think, ma’am? He reached out and clasped her forearms before she got any farther, pulling her between the rock-hard thighs she seemed so fond of. She fit close and perfect against his aching crotch. Damn that feels good. Too good for sitting in the middle of a goddamned bar. One drink and we’re out of here, Tru.

      Her grin widened and he knew he was in for trouble. She lifted a leg and rested her boot-shod foot against the rung of the barstool. His eyes widened and he sucked air as he felt her knee graze against that sensitive stiff tool confined behind the zippered front of his pants. Slowly she rubbed in a circle. The paddle fans stirring the air from above did little to cool his mounting temperature.

      Miss me today? she murmured, adding a mere hint more pressure.

      Jeb shifted uncomfortably on the stool. Jesus, woman, what are you trying to do to me? he growled. I’ve got a reputation to protect, soldiers look up to me as an example. You’re gonna make me lose control right here in front of everyone.

      Hmmm, that might be interesting to see.

      Trudy Holliday—

      She sighed and stepped back. So how was the rifle range today? Bet it was dripping hot out there.

      He relaxed back against the bar, trying to gain some degree of control over his body. Not nearly as hot as it is in here right now.

      A tad warm are you? Give it a minute. I’m sure we can make it a little hotter, don’t you think?

      You’re a damn tease. Enough. You want that drink or not?

      Finally she stepped back, much to his relief, and slipped onto the stool next to him. He heard her exaggerated sigh.

      All right. A drink then. I expected you’d get bored with me eventually. After all, we have been married for a really long time. So I guess I better settle for whatever’s offered.

      Be careful what you say, woman. I’ll have your ass out of here hanging over my shoulder if you’re not careful. Them’s fightin’ words where I come from. I ain’t no man to back down from a challenge.

      She turned her wide green gaze on him and fluttered her long sun-speckled lashes. Hell, she just got prettier every time he looked at her.

      That ball of fire inside his gut took to spinning as she rimmed the inside of her lower lip with her tongue. His training was the only thing keeping him from dragging her out of the bar when he visualized what else he’d like to see that pretty moist pink tongue rimming.

      Why, Jeb, what an intriguing idea. The look of mischief was back. Her gaze traveled down his body, and back up to linger on his hungry stare. I suppose it might warrant a swat on the ass as well from a big, strong man like you?

      Her expression did not indicate that she was the least chagrined by the idea. In fact she looked downright hopeful. He leaned toward her inhaling her heady scent. Why, honey, keep this up and I expect it’ll be more than one swat.

      Oh, Jeb, she whispered in a low, sexy tone meant to drive him crazy. Sounds like my man wants to play hard tonight.

      Every time she opened her mouth his cock grew harder, tightening painfully against his leg, driving for release. He sure as shit wasn’t going to last much

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