Outmatched in October (Spring River Valley Book 10) by Clarice Wynter
Authors: Clarice Wynter
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by night. Ever since she’d first seen him perform with Owen and Claudia at Colette’s, she’d been dying to get to know him better.
Auditioning for Love Notes, the band Owen had named after the music store he managed, had given her the chance to meet Taylor, but she hadn’t yet figured out the perfect way to seduce him.
Cooling her heels while Claudia and Owen got it on in the store room was not helping, mostly because it didn’t seem to be giving Taylor any romantic ideas.
“Why don’t we just knock on the door and tell them to keep their hands to themselves and get out here?” she asked.
“I have an idea.” Taylor pumped up the volume on his own amplifier, stretched his skillful fingers over the keyboard and coaxed a few bars of the Jeopardy theme song out of the instrument.
There was some noise from the store room in response, and a second later the door finally opened.
Claudia emerged first, her dark wavy hair in disarray. Owen followed, surreptitiously tucking the tails of his button-down shirt back into his pants.
Now Dani rolled her eyes. It just wasn’t fair. “Did you two find that spare fuse?” she asked, in wide-eyed innocence.
Owen glanced at Claudia, who had the decency to look contrite. “Um…no. We don’t have a spare,” he said.
“Unless there’s one way back in the—”
“We could go check again,” Owen interrupted Claudia.
Dani rose and planted her boots firmly on the linoleum. “That’s okay. It’s getting late anyway. I was going to suggest we call it a night.”
The two lovebirds looked relieved, and they grinned slyly at each other. Dani would have loved to suggest they get a room, but they probably already had one. She plucked her coat from the back of her own chair and shifted her gaze back to Taylor. “I’m going to get some air. Buy a girl a cuppa coffee?” That was a start. Maybe she needed to warm up her cool bachelor from the inside out.
Her heart stuttered when he nodded. “I could use some caffeine, actually. I’ve got some files to go over before I call it a night.”
She smiled indulgently at Claudia and Owen and slipped on her coat. “I’ll meet you outside then,” she said before letting herself out of the back room. If getting Taylor to agree to late night coffee was first base, then making him forget all about his paperwork was a home run, one that she planned to score before the evening was over.
www.claricewynter.com
About the Author
Considering herself the third of two voices, Clarice Wynter is the contemporary romance alter ego of a multi-published paranormal and science fiction romance author. She lives in the Tri-State area with her husband and her children and a trio of cats.
To learn more about Clarice and her books visit her website and blog:
http://www.claricewynter.com/
Look for the rest of the Spring River Valley Series-to be released throughout 2013
Jilted in January
Fixed up in February
Mixed up in March
An Affair in April
Matched up in May
Jaded in June
Jealous in July
Awakened in August
Seduced in September
Outmatched in October
Naughty in November
Desired in December
Table of 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
Auditioning for Love Notes, the band Owen had named after the music store he managed, had given her the chance to meet Taylor, but she hadn’t yet figured out the perfect way to seduce him.
Cooling her heels while Claudia and Owen got it on in the store room was not helping, mostly because it didn’t seem to be giving Taylor any romantic ideas.
“Why don’t we just knock on the door and tell them to keep their hands to themselves and get out here?” she asked.
“I have an idea.” Taylor pumped up the volume on his own amplifier, stretched his skillful fingers over the keyboard and coaxed a few bars of the Jeopardy theme song out of the instrument.
There was some noise from the store room in response, and a second later the door finally opened.
Claudia emerged first, her dark wavy hair in disarray. Owen followed, surreptitiously tucking the tails of his button-down shirt back into his pants.
Now Dani rolled her eyes. It just wasn’t fair. “Did you two find that spare fuse?” she asked, in wide-eyed innocence.
Owen glanced at Claudia, who had the decency to look contrite. “Um…no. We don’t have a spare,” he said.
“Unless there’s one way back in the—”
“We could go check again,” Owen interrupted Claudia.
Dani rose and planted her boots firmly on the linoleum. “That’s okay. It’s getting late anyway. I was going to suggest we call it a night.”
The two lovebirds looked relieved, and they grinned slyly at each other. Dani would have loved to suggest they get a room, but they probably already had one. She plucked her coat from the back of her own chair and shifted her gaze back to Taylor. “I’m going to get some air. Buy a girl a cuppa coffee?” That was a start. Maybe she needed to warm up her cool bachelor from the inside out.
Her heart stuttered when he nodded. “I could use some caffeine, actually. I’ve got some files to go over before I call it a night.”
She smiled indulgently at Claudia and Owen and slipped on her coat. “I’ll meet you outside then,” she said before letting herself out of the back room. If getting Taylor to agree to late night coffee was first base, then making him forget all about his paperwork was a home run, one that she planned to score before the evening was over.
www.claricewynter.com
About the Author
Considering herself the third of two voices, Clarice Wynter is the contemporary romance alter ego of a multi-published paranormal and science fiction romance author. She lives in the Tri-State area with her husband and her children and a trio of cats.
To learn more about Clarice and her books visit her website and blog:
http://www.claricewynter.com/
Look for the rest of the Spring River Valley Series-to be released throughout 2013
Jilted in January
Fixed up in February
Mixed up in March
An Affair in April
Matched up in May
Jaded in June
Jealous in July
Awakened in August
Seduced in September
Outmatched in October
Naughty in November
Desired in December
Table of 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
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