Paige — Kelli Wolfe

Sweet Nothings #3 In high school they were nothings. None of them went to prom. None of them had a real boyfriend. They're all still innocent. But now they're in college and things are heating up. For as long as she could remember Paige has wanted to be a librarian-unfortunately she's pretty sure she's going to end up a spinster librarian with a house full of cats. The guy she likes doesn't know she exists, and watching her roommates settle into relationships with two of the hottest guys in town isn't helping her morale. Then while nursing her bruised ego she meets Rhys Emerson. The sexy ex-Army captain has been wounded in body and soul, and Paige is certain that she's exactly what he needs to heal. Rhys seems determined to keep her at arm's length, though, shielding himself against her charms with his dark past and her innocence. But the desire which burns in his blued-steel eyes when he looks at her convinces her that if she can just get past his defenses he'll surrender. Can Paige find the chink in his armor that will let her steal his heart? This is a sweet erotic romance about sandwiches, a hero who isn't as broken as he believes, and a girl's first time. Sweet Nothings 1. Alyssa 2. Kimberly 3. Paige 4. Lisa (coming soon!) EXCERPT: As they ate she peppered him with questions about his research and his dissertation. Rhys seemed surprised that she knew a fair bit about the general subject and she didn't require lengthy explanations. When he asked her about it she shrugged. "I read half the books in our high school library before I graduated," she told him. "There wasn't a lot else to do in the town where I grew up." "You didn't spend all your free time with your boyfriends?" he teased, his tone carefully nonchalant. Paige stared down into her soup and toyed with her spoon, unable to meet the playful challenge in his eyes. "Until my sophomore year of high school I was a head taller than most of the boys and I was built like a beanpole. I never had a boyfrien