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Singed
Desiree Holt & Allie Standifer
Book 3 in the Turn Up the Heat series.
River Brody knows love exists, but every woman he dates seems to be lacking that special spark.
Until he attends an engagement party for his brothers and sees the woman of his dreams.
Kendra Jacobs is coming out of a bad relationship. When she sees River, Kendra thinks he may just
be the guy to try her new wiles on. As long as she leaves before he does.
After spending one memorable night together, River knows he’s found the one person he’s meant to
spend the rest of his life with. However, convincing Kendra proves far from easy.
An Ellora’s Cave Romantica Publication
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Singed
ISBN 9781419929342
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Singed Copyright © 2010 Desiree Holt & Allie Standifer
Edited by Helen Woodall
Cover art by Syneca
Electronic book publication October 2010
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SINGED
Desiree Holt & Allie Standifer
Dedications
To Tammie. Because you love animals, curse other drivers and in general make me laugh.
~Allie
To Cerise Deland, who somehow manages to keep me sane.
~Desiree
Trademarks Acknowledgement
The author acknowledges the trademarked status and trademark owners of the following wordmarks
mentioned in this work of fiction:
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Desiree Holt & Allie Standifer
Chapter One
So many women, so little interest, River Brody thought as he slowly sipped from his bottle of Lone
Star beer. If he hadn’t known the exact source of his disinterest River would have been worried. As it
stood he knew exactly who to blame for his nonexistent sex life.
His brothers Skyler and Reed along with their fiancées danced by his table, secretive smiles on all
four of their faces. Ever since his two older brothers met the loves of their lives nothing had been the
same in the Brody household. And River wanted the same chaos and devotion he saw mirrored in his
brothers’ eyes every time they looked at their chosen ladies.
He wanted that connection. The bone-deep awareness that another person would always have your
back. Someone to depend on and trust, someone he didn’t have to play games with or hide away from
after a bad day at work.
Fuck, just watching them made him ache with loneliness he’d never been aware of until now.
My
damn brothers,
he mentally cursed.
They couldn’t leave well enough alone.
As happy as he was for
them, River still wished things had remained as they’d had been.
A quick slap to the back of his head jolted River out of his pool of self-pity. He flicked a dark look
over his shoulder to find his only cousin, Grant Havers standing there smirking at him.
“What do you want?” River growled while his hands itched to repay the hit.
Grant kept a tiny smile hovering at the edge of his lips as he casually tucked his hands into the pocket
of his black slacks and rocked back on his heels. “Nothing. You just looked like you needed a good
jolt back to reality.”
6
Singed
No hitting at a formal event, River reminded himself. Sky, Reed and the girls would never forgive
him for starting a brawl at their engagement party. Especially in the private room at this upscale hotel
where all their friends and relatives were gathered.
He let out a deep breath. “Grant, you are lucky I like my soon-to-be sisters-in-law or else I’d take
your superior ass down here and now.”
Instead of acting afraid, the dumb ass threw back his head and laughed. “Man, you must scare
confessions out of all your suspects with a look like that.”
As hard as he tried River couldn’t hold onto his temper with Grant around. “You are an idiot, you
know that, right?”
Grant nodded his shaggy head. “Yep,” he saluted with his beer, “but I’m a rich, retired idiot.”

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