Ace in the Hole (22 page)
“But….” He looked back and forth between Jill and Stone. “You’re sure?”
Stone stepped up to him and put his hands on Christian’s shoulders. “I’ve never been more sure of anything in my life. I want you. And I’m willing to do whatever it takes to have you.”
His jaw dropped.
Jill chortled behind him. “I figure the best way to avoid any more scandals regarding your love life is to get you safely in a long-term relationship with a respectable man.”
He stared at Stone. “Are you
really
sure?”
“Positive. How about you? Are you all in?”
He didn’t have to think about it. Didn’t hesitate for a second. “Yes, I am.”
“Excellent!” Jill exclaimed. “I want an invitation to the wedding.”
“Heck, you can be our matron of honor
and
our kids’ godmother,” Christian replied fervently.
A slow smile of relief and wonder unfolded across Stone’s face. “Glad to hear we’re on the same page, Prep School.”
“Farm hick.”
Smiling broadly, he took one small step forward into Stone’s arms and one giant leap into their grand and glorious future. Together.
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AVA DRAKE
grew up in the heart of the rural Midwest but beat a hasty retreat to the big city and bright lights as fast as humanly possible. Armed with a pilot’s license, fluency in several languages, a large dose of daring, and her dashing good looks, she took off to travel the world.
She flew everything from single-seat private airplanes to supersonic jets and the western world’s largest airplane, the mighty C-5 Galaxy. In her adventures, she visited forty-two countries on five continents, was detained by the KGB and East German secret police, got shot at, flew in the first Gulf War, met her shockingly handsome husband, and amassed a lifetime’s worth of war stories. Along the way, she engaged in a little light espionage and met more than her share of dark, dangerous, and good-looking men.
Travel weary at last, she came home and settled down to the business of writing stories of romance and adventure, which may or may not be autobiographical. Winner of a Golden Heart and Holt Medallion for writing, Ava is a five-time finalist and two-time winner of the prestigious RITA Award for Romance Fiction. She’s also a two-time winner of RT Book Review’s Best Harlequin Romantic Suspense Novel of the Year, and is a Romantic Times Lifetime Career Achievement nominee.
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Ace in the Hole
© 2016 Ava Drake.
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ISBN: 978-1-63477-309-6
Digital ISBN: 978-1-63477-310-2
Library of Congress Control Number: 2016907690
Published July 2016
v. 1.0
Printed in the United States of America
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