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  “So, like we’re going steady?”

  Adam chuckled. “I guess you could call it that. We don’t go for labels. We just wanted you to know that we see ourselves as a threesome now.”

  She didn’t say anything for a long time. Then, her mouth curved and soon she was grinning. “I like the sound of that. But I have something to tell you.”

  “Is it worse than the tabloid crap?” Adam asked.

  She shook her head. “That first time you guys had sex.”

  “With you?”

  “No, in the house.”

  He looked at Mick, who was frowning at him. Then they both looked at her.

  “Yeah?”

  “I accidentally saw you.”

  There was a beat of silence. “Oh, so you’re a voyeur?” Mick asked with a laugh.

  “No,” she said, her face turning pink. “It’s just that I was taking pics and turned in your direction and accidentally saw you.”

  “And just kept looking?” Adam asked, laughing.

  “No. Well, yes. I couldn’t help it. You were both so…well, sexy. I couldn’t help but look.”

  “We forgive you,” Adam said.

  She rolled her eyes. “I just wanted you to know. I’ve felt guilty all this time.”

  Adam shared a smile with Mick. He leaned down and kissed her, then Mick did the same.

  “And don’t worry,” Mick said. “We’ll talk about babies soon, but just so you know, Mom will be here next month. She’ll be bugging you about it.”

  She covered her face with her hands. “Oh, God.” She dropped her hands. “Maybe I need to do a shoot on Maui next month.”

  Adam laughed. “Good try, but now that you’re with us, you have to deal with Estelle McGrath. But she’s going to insist you call her mom.”

  Serenity smiled. “I really like the sound of that.”

  He picked her up off her chair and plopped her down on his lap. Mick moved over.

  “What are you doing?” she asked.

  “Just sitting here with my lovers, enjoying the fact we live in Hawaii.”

  “Sounds like a plan for today,” Mick said.

  “Yeah, it does,” she said, as she settled back against his chest and Mick took his hand. As they enjoyed the sweet Hawaiian air and watched the beachgoers, Adam knew that now they had all found what they needed in each other. No one could ask for more than that.

  Meet The Wulf Siblings

  They come from privilege and power, a stone’s throw away from the British royal family. But these siblings know how to get dirty when it comes to life.

  A Little Harmless Faith

  December 2017

  Jensen Wulf had no idea the one woman he could never live without in business was the woman he needed in his bed. He just has to convince the contrary woman he loves her.

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  A Little Harmless Taboo

  Late Winter/Early Spring 2018

  Julienne Wulf has always played the good girl, in her business and her personal life. Unfortunately, she’s fallen for a totally inappropriate man who knows exactly how to make her be bad.

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  A Little Harmless Trust

  Spring 2018

  After an accident, Jakob Wulf must learn to live again, even if he doesn’t want to. Thankfully, he’s just met the one woman who can teach him to live again.

  A Little Harmless Faith

  Coming December 2017

  What can a Dom do, when he realizes the one woman he could never live without in business was the woman he needed in his bed?

  Enjoy this unedited prologue.

  Four years ago

  Jenson Wulf let himself into his New York brownstone and sighed with relief. It had been a long three months since he’d been here, in what he had termed as his sanctuary. He’d left on his own accord, ready to make a fresh start and walk away from the heroin haze he’d lived the last four years.

  It smelled fresh. The vinegary scent of heroin no longer clung to the furniture. He assumed that his mother had made sure everything had been cleaned out before he returned. She was good like that. She kept their tidy even as everything else was falling apart. The floors had been redone, there was a new coat of paint…damn, he owed her.

  He had disappointed her, more than a few times, but almost dying of an overdose was the worst. He would never forget the look of pain in her gaze. It was that look that had made him realize he wasn’t just hurting himself.

  There was mail stacked up on a credenza. His mother had taken care of the bills, he knew that. But, he was sure there was other correspondence for him. He picked up the envelopes and stepped into the living room.

  He didn’t see her at first. She was sitting in the chair to the right of the fireplace, her phone in her hand as she read something on the screen.

  “I thought you would never make it in here.”

  American, but there was a slight accent to her voice that he couldn’t place. She was dressed in a striking red blouse, a short black skirt, hose, and fuck me heels. Her hair was dark brown and long from what he could tell. She had it up in a ponytail. A black coat was draped over the arm of the chair.

  “Excuse me.”

  She looked up at him. Ice blue eyes. Jesus, it didn’t fit with the rest of the package.

  “You spent a lot of time in the foyer.”

  He opened his mouth to explain why then he remembered it was his fucking house.

  “Who the hell are you?”

  She smiled, but there was little humor behind it.

  “Nicola McCann.”

  The name was familiar but he was sure he had never met her.

  “And you are sitting in my house for what reason?”

  “Your mother hired me.”

  “For what?”

  “I’m your sober companion. We're going to be best friends for the next three months.”

  About the Author

  From an early age, USA Today Bestselling author Melissa loved to read. First, it was the books her mother read to her including her two favorites, Winnie the Pooh and the Beatrix Potter books. She cut her preteen teeth on Trixie Belden and read and reviewed To Kill a Mockingbird in middle school. It wasn’t until she was in college that she tried to write her first stories, which were full of angst and pain, and really not that fun to read or write. After trying several different genres, she found romance in a Linda Howard book.

  Since her first published book, Grace Under Pressure, Mel has had over 60 short stories, novellas, and novels published. She has written in genres ranging from historical to contemporary to futuristic and has worked with 8 publishers although she handles most of her publishing herself. She is best known for her Harmless and Santini series.

  After years of following her military husband around the country and world, Mel happily lives with her family in horse and wine country in Northern Virginia.

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  HARMLESS

  A Little Harmless Sex

  A Little Harmless Pleasure

  A Little Harmless Obsession

  A Little Harmless Lie

  A Little Harmless Addiction

  A Little Harmless Submission

  A Little Harmless Fascination

  A Little Harmless Fantasy

  A Little Harmless Ride

  A Little Harmless Secret

  A Little Harmless Revenge

  THE HARMLESS PRELUDES

  * * *

  Prelude to a Fantasy

  Prel
ude to a Secret

  Prelude to a Rumor, Part One

  Prelude to a Rumor, Part Two

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  THE HARMLESS SHORTS

  Max and Anna

  Chris And Cynthia

  Evan and May

  Micah and Dee

  A LITTLE HARMLESS MILITARY ROMANCE

  Infatuation

  Possession

  Surrender

  THE SANTINIS

  Leonardo

  Marco

  Gianni

  Vicente

  A Santini Christmas

  A Santini in Love

  Falling for a Santini

  One Night with a Santini

  A Santini Takes the Fall

  A Santini’s Heart

  SANTINI BUNDLES

  VOLUME ONE

  VOLUME TWO

  SEMPER FI MARINES

  Tease Me

  Tempt Me

  Touch Me

  The Semper Fi Marines Collection

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  THE FITZPATRICKS

  The Lost Night-free prequel

  At Last

  TASK FORCE HAWAII

  Seductive Reasoning

  Hostile Desires

  Constant Craving

  Tangled Passions

  * * *

  Task Force Hawaii Vol 1

  TEXAS TEMPTATIONS

  Conquering India

  Delilah’s Downfall-returning soon

  ONCE UPON AN ACCIDENT

  An Accidental Countess

  Lessons in Seduction

  The Spy Who Loved Her

  THE CURSED CLAN

  Callum

  Angus

  Logan

  BY BLOOD

  Desire by Blood

  Seduction by Blood

  BOUNTY HUNTER’S, INC

  For Love or Honor

  Sinner’s Delight

  THE SWEET SHOPPE

  Cowboy Up

  Tempting Prudence

  LONESTAR WOLF PACK

  The Alpha’s Saving Grace

  CONNECTED BOOKS

  The Hired Hand

  Hands on Training

  A Calculated Seduction

  Going for Eight

  SINGLE TITLES

  Grace Under Pressure

  Telepathic Cravings

  Her Mother’s Killer

  The Last Detail

  Operation Love

  Chasing Luck

  The Seduction of Widow McEwan

  Snowbound Seduction

  Dallas Fire and Rescue KW: Scorched

  COMING SOON

  Hawaiian Holidays

  The Original Harmless Series

  Twelve years, eleven books, two spinoffs, a serial…it’s all HARMLESS!

  All contemporary, books include elements of BDSM, Suspense, Military, and is one of the most diverse series available today!

  Harmless

  It’s all harmless until someone falls in love.

  A Little Harmless Sex

  Book One

  Is it love, or just a little harmless sex?

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  Max has always been Anna‘s knight in shining armor. But Max has always seen her as a charming, and very sexy, little sister. Until Max’s cold fiance dumps him, Anna unloads another of her many conquests and she invites him over for margaritas and Mexican food. Too much tequila, too much flirting, and too many years of fighting the attraction — Max loses control and has mind-blowing sex with Anna on her couch. And in her shower. And in her bed. When the sun rises the next morning, both of them must face that their night together is just the first of many.

  For Max, he knows he wants Anna forever, but convincing a commitment-phobe like Anna is no easy task. For Anna, she can’t believe she has finally slipped beneath Max’s steely self-control. He is every woman’s dark, wet fantasy come true. But what happens when Max pushes Anna for more than just A Little Harmless Sex?

  »WARNING: The following book contains: explicit sex, graphic terms for body parts, torture via silk stockings, a little spanking, and shower and office sex.

  A Little Harmless Pleasure

  Book Two

  A night of forbidden pleasures leads to more than either of them expected.

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  Cynthia Myers meets Chris Dupree at her former fiancé’s wedding. After a little dancing, and champagne, she ends up back in Chris’s hotel room. For one night of down and dirty sex. That’s it, that’s all. He lives far away, and she has other things to do… like get a life.

  Chris is a switch. He likes to dominate but he also likes to play the role of a submissive from time to time. His last relationship with a sub turned nasty and since then, he has shied away from anything but straight vanilla sex. When he meets Cynthia, he finds a woman who could change his mind. His mate. The only problem is he has to convince her.

  In a carefully orchestrated seduction, Chris teaches Cynthia about submission and dominance, allowing her to take the reins. As he leads her through pleasures she thought she’d never experience, Cynthia’s self confidence soars and she finds herself falling in love with him. But, when he asks for submission in the bedroom, can she surrender to prove her love or was it all about a little harmless pleasure?

  » WARNING: The following book contains: Lots of sex, of course; bondage and submission done in a tasteful but wonderfully arousing way, propositions from a drunken woman, hot phone sex, southern accents, Hawaiian scenery, and OH MY, a m/f/m ménage that will send tingles all the way to your toes, along with other various body parts. A glass of ice-cold water for refreshment is recommended while reading.

  A Little Harmless Obsession

  Book Three

  What begins as a quest for submission becomes an unrelenting need for love.

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  May Aiona’s crush on sexy Evan Chambers is a bad habit that should be easy to break. It’s not like he’s ever noticed her. Looking for a safe place to release the reins of control and explore her curiosity about BDSM, May takes a friend up on an invitation to visit an exclusive bondage club—all she has to agree to is a public submission.

  Evan can’t help but notice the exotically beautiful May. But despite his success, the dirty secrets of his past whisper that he’ll never be good enough for her. When Evan sees her standing in his club ready to submit to his best friend, he gives in to the thing he wants most—May as his sub. After their session, he knows one night will never be enough. But loving May isn’t easy for a man always ready to take charge. She might like to submit in the bedroom, but she doesn’t like anyone telling her what to do outside of it.

  When May insists she’s not in any danger from the person seemingly obsessed with her, she ends up in the sights of a deranged stalker—with Evan possibly too far away to help.

  » WARNING: The following book contains: sexy Hawaiian settings, crazy relatives, and a submission scene that leaves the heroine breathless and the hero frustrated. There are toys, bondage, and love scenes so hot, you’ll need ice water and a towel. Remember, it’s a Harmless story, so you know there’s nothing harmless about it.

  A Little Harmless Lie

  Book Four

  Falling for her might be easy, seducing her may be damned hard, but keeping her alive might just be deadly.

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  Coming from nothing, Micah Ross now has more than he knows what to do with. His Hawai’i BDSM club is flourishing, and he has his pick of women. Except one. Dee Sumners is cute, sexy, feisty…and, since she’s on his payroll, off-limits. Plus, she insists she isn’t into the life. Until one heated kiss hints that his head bartender secretly hungers to be his sub.

  Life on the run doesn’t allow Dee to indulge in long-term relationships. Still, Micah manages to work his way through her tough armor and under her skin. Yet even as she succumbs to his skilled seduction, her survival instinct forms a pl
an to leave the island she has grown to love—and the man she’s in danger of loving.

  When Dee disappears, Micah’s anger turns to fear when he realizes she didn’t leave willingly. Calling on his skills as a former bounty hunter, he tracks her to the mainland only to discover she is entangled in a web of lies and deceit that not only threatens their love, but her life.

  » WARNING: The following book contains: more Hawaiian settings, a Native American Dom who always thinks he’s right, a woman on the run, sexy kisses, murderous relatives, a trip to Sin City, and a seduction that is sweet and hot and everything in between. Ice water and a towel are recommended while reading.

  A Little Harmless Addiction

  Book Five

  Falling in love might not be the smart thing, but it might be the one thing they both need.

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  Jocelyn Dupree has come to Hawaii to heal. After a horrific experience with her last boss, she is on the mend and ready to start again. She is focused on rebuilding her life and her career as a pastry chef. She definitely doesn’t need a man in her life, or so she thinks.