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  “And I was so terribly afraid of the feelings that you had ignited in me. But you were also really horrible to me. So rude!”

  Ivo’s throaty laughter tickled my neck.

  “Purely self-protection. I was just as afraid of you as you were of me. I had just had more experience than you at hiding my feelings. You were so wonderfully innocent. It was that, too, that fascinated me so much about you. You were not aware in the slightest of the effect that you were having on me. You never played on your charms. And yet you were so passionate and so …”

  “Was?” I said in playful indignation.

  “Still! You were and are still.”

  “That’s better.”

  “It’s still early. Perhaps we should go back to our berth and then you can prove to me how passionate you are,” he murmured huskily.

  I turned around in his arms and pulled his head down to me to kiss him. After a while he pulled away from me and looked at me, his eyes gleaming.

  “Have I finally tamed you, my wild one?” I asked, teasing.

  “You can’t completely tame a wild animal, but you’ve got me eating out of your hand.”

  THE END

  About Cathy McAllister

  If you’d like to know who’s hiding behind the name Cathy McAllister, I’ll tell you a little about myself now.

  I was born in the beautiful Harz Mountains (Germany). I grew up in a small town in the north, where all was still good with the world and where everyone knew one another. Even at primary school the library was my favourite place and I didn’t miss out a single book - on the contrary - I read some books up to twenty times!

  At secondary school I began to write little stories and poems myself. I have always had far too much imagination. I produced my first book myself in 2005. Soon after that I found my first publisher and before long published several of my books with publishing companies such as C.Bertelsmann and Ullstein. However, that was under a different pseudonym.

  At the beginning of 2009 I went to West Africa for nearly two years with my family. There, after a long break from writing, my thriller ‘Angst im Paradies’ was written. When we returned to Europe (the UK), at the end of 2010, I took the risk of trying to sell my books as an Indie author in the Amazon Kindle Store, and it took off very quickly. Since publishing my first short story, ‘Fessel mein Herz’, as a Kindle ebook, there have been a further eight German ebooks and two English translations (as of October 2012). There will soon been a further English title.

  And a further plea:

  It’s difficult for us Indie authors to market our books. If you’ve enjoyed a book, whether by me or one of my Indie colleagues, please do recommend it and write a review on Amazon, Goodreads or on your Blog.

  With very best wishes

  Cathy McAllister