Treading Lightly. Elise Lanier
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Название: Treading Lightly
Автор: Elise Lanier
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Эротическая литература
Серия: Mills & Boon M&B
isbn: 9781472087621
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Breathing and talking were a complicated enough combination…
Add the two blaring, competing televisions in the gym that hovered to Janine’s upper right and left sides, the mind-numbing Muzak being piped over the loudspeakers placed strategically around the large room, assorted nubile and robust young forms running around half-naked, and the huffing, panting man beside her—who could not be ignored no matter how much she tried—and she was on system overload.
Any minute now she was going to blow. Or trip. Both were possible; neither favorable.
She looked over at the man, hoping and praying he wouldn’t keel over, based on the sounds he was making. Having a man die on the treadmill next to her would definitely put her over the edge.
She looked at Mr. Locomotion again, wondering how he could go out in public to make such guttural, almost animalistic sounds. By animalistic, she was thinking swine, possibly boar.
She was obviously oblivious to her own auditory articulations.
“You okay?” the man asked.
Elise Lanier
Elise Lanier is a pen name for Elise Leonard, who also writes children’s books under her real name. Elise earned her undergraduate degree from LIU-C.W. Post, and her master’s at SUNY Albany. After teaching for almost twenty years, she now writes full-time in the home she shares with her husband of twenty-five years and her two cool, smart, attitude-packed teenage sons.
Treading Lightly
Elise Lanier
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Acknowledgments:
My heartfelt gratitude to the world’s greatest agent,
Jay Poynor, for his hard work, his perseverance, his
constant attention and his wonderful friendship.
He gives far more than anyone would expect
from a man in his position.
Special thanks to the agency’s V.P.,
Erica Orloff, for everything.
I’m sincerely grateful to my editor, Tara Gavin.
Your insight is pure genius, and I’m thrilled and honored
to have you as my editor. Thank you. (And just so you
know, I really wanted to put exclamation points after each
of these three sentences, but I restrained myself.)
To my husband, John: How does one thank another
for giving them unconditional love and unwavering
support for twenty-five years? “Thank you”
seems inadequate, but…thank you.
Michael and John. You are my sons, you are my
inspiration, you are my life. You totally amaze me.
Keep tackling life head-on. And never forget…
I’ve got your backs!
To my mom: You really lived. Thanks for showing me how
to do it. I miss you and think of you often.
To my dad: I’m so glad I got to share your best years,
however few. I really miss you.
A special shout-out to Lieutenant Colonel
M. Noyes, my first writing contact and now my friend.
Had I never been published, I still would have won.
I stayed the course, and yes, you told me so.
Finally, a word of thanks to my readers…
Honoring the light in you,
Knowing the light in me,
We are one.
This book is dedicated to all women over forty.
We’ve earned our wings, ladies. It’s time to fly.
Contents
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15
CHAPTER 16
CHAPTER 17
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19
CHAPTER 20
CHAPTER 21
CHAPTER 22
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