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Fortune
Kat doesn’t know whether or how to end her six-night-a-week party habit, not to
mention her unhealthy addiction to meaningless sex. Then an accident lands her in the
hospital. She wakes to find a menagerie of origami figures—and a gorgeous
neurosurgeon—beside her bed. The complexity of the paper creations is nothing
compared to the complexity of dark-eyed, authoritative Ryan, who seems determined to
give her life some direction. Trouble is, Kat’s just as determined to resist his efforts to
tame her wild side.
With persistence, Ryan draws Kat into his world of dominance and submission,
where quiet commands and lengths of rope awaken needs and desires she never knew
she possessed. But Ryan’s intimate, erotic
shibari
sessions frighten Kat as much as they
excite her, for each simple knot requires infinite trust and inspires complicated
emotions.
When a family crisis tests their love and threatens to snap the fragile ties that bind
them, will fortune ever smile on this unlikely couple, or will fate tear them apart?
An Ellora’s Cave Romantica Publication
Fortune
ISBN 9781419929786
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Fortune Copyright © 2010 Annabel Joseph
Edited by Jillian Bell
Cover art by Valerie Tibbs
Electronic book publication October 2010
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F
ORTUNE
Annabel Joseph
Acknowledgements
I must first offer a million thanks and a million cranes’ worth of good wishes to my
friends Audrey and Rob, for inspiring this book. There is no other gift like that of
inspiration.
Many thanks also to Douglas Kent of
for helping with
the
shibari
aspects of this book. In writing Ryan and Kat’s tale, I intentionally focused
more on the sensory and emotional aspects of erotic rope play, rather than attempting
to create a manual for tying the knots. To learn more about the nitty-gritty of shibari, as
well as shibari safety, I highly recommend Douglas’ volumes
Land
and
Air
.
Thanks also to Openflower, Fiz, Nemith, CyberKat, Malcolm and Isobel,
ErickCique, Grond, Anastacia42, MasterGoliath, FrenchChris, Seer and all the other
rope enthusiasts who chimed in when I put out the call for information.
Spasiba
to Sascha for acting as my Russian consultant with so much patience and
sweetness. And much love to my late Russian grandfather, who called me princess
through all those years I needed it most.
Trademarks Acknowledgement
The author acknowledges the trademarked status and trademark owners of the
following wordmarks mentioned in this work of fiction:
Barbie: Mattel, Inc.
Bunco: Joy A. Lopeteguy
Moose Tracks: Denali Company
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