Lip Service. Susan Mallery

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      Rave reviews for New York Times bestselling author

       Susan Mallery

      Praise for Sweet Spot

      “Mallery is in top-notch form as she takes troubled and stubborn individuals and portrays their emotional growth. Drama and trauma abound in this winner!”

      —Romantic Times BOOKreviews

      “I strongly recommend Sweet Spot, especially to readers who like their family melodramas spiked with lots of laughter and hot romance.”

      —The Romance Reader

      Praise for Sweet Talk

      “Sweet Talk is one sweet read! Susan Mallery delivers a deliciously satisfying first book in her new wonderfully written Bakery Sisters trilogy.”

      —The Romance Readers Connection (4 1/2 stars)

      “Amusing, heartfelt and wildly romantic, Sweet Talk is the perfect romance.”

      —Joyfully Reviewed

      “Susan Mallery provides a powerful passionate backdrop to a fine contemporary romance.”

      —Harriet Klausner

      Praise for Accidentally Yours

      “Mallery has once again proven to be a superb writer; romance novels just don’t get much better than this.”

      —Booklist

      “If you’re looking for heart-tugging emotions elaborately laced with humor, then Mallery is the author for you.”

      —Romantic Times BOOKreviews

      Praise for Tempting

      “At turns witty and poignant, this hard-to-put-down book will appeal to a broad spectrum of readers.”

      —Booklist, starred review

      Praise for Sizzling

      “[A] tasty dish…Mallery’s prose is luscious and provocative, and her characters worth following from book to book.”

      —Publishers Weekly

      “Sizzling is simply dazzling! You’ll laugh, you’ll hoot, you’ll raise your eyebrows, and yes, you’ll cry buckets, so have those tissues handy…. Highly Recommended!”

      —The Romance Readers Connection

      Lip Service

      Susan Mallery

      

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LIP SERVICE

      CONTENTS

      CHAPTER ONE

      CHAPTER TWO

      CHAPTER THREE

      CHAPTER FOUR

      CHAPTER FIVE

      CHAPTER SIX

      CHAPTER SEVEN

      CHAPTER EIGHT

      CHAPTER NINE

      CHAPTER TEN

      CHAPTER ELEVEN

      CHAPTER TWELVE

      CHAPTER THIRTEEN

      CHAPTER FOURTEEN

      CHAPTER FIFTEEN

      CHAPTER SIXTEEN

      CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

      CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

      CHAPTER NINETEEN

      CHAPTER TWENTY

      CHAPTER ONE

      “I’D LIKE YOU to marry my daughter.”

      Skye Titan was having enough trouble balancing a small tray with two drinks and a plate of appetizers in one hand while reaching for the study door with the other. A sudden inability to breathe only complicated the stability problem.

      Thirty seconds ago she would have thought that nothing her father said could surprise her anymore. She would have been wrong.

      Talk about humiliating, she thought, wondering if Jed Titan’s statement was meant to buy a son-in-law or sell a daughter. With him, she couldn’t be sure.

      “Izzy?” the other man asked, his voice clearly audible, despite the thick door between them.

      “No. Skye.”

      “Oh.”

      Skye waited impatiently.

      “Oh?” Was that the best he could do? Annoyance grew as time ticked on.

      “I guess that would work, too,” the other voice said at last.

      Skye practically growled in irritation. Words to make her heart beat faster for sure. So charming. How was she going to keep from throwing herself at T. J. Boone when she walked into the study?

      If she had been any less the well-trained hostess, not to mention a dutiful daughter, she would have pushed open the door, tossed the drinks in both their faces and left the house, never to be heard from again.

      “Egotistical jackass bastard,” she muttered, not sure if she meant the insult for T.J. or her father. They both deserved it.

      She forced herself to breathe slowly, then imagined herself sinking into the big tub in the bathroom off her bedroom. Bubbles up to her СКАЧАТЬ