A woman loses her daughter to a car accident...and then loses herself in the pain of a mother's heartbreak. Five years later, a man loses his heart to the woman who has so little hope in her own heart. Together they learn to breathe again.

Companion story to Emma and Michael. Eve, the precocious roommate of Emma, cares very much for her younger brother, Carey. Against her better judgment, Clint, a doctor with demons in his soul, begins to capture a part of her heart that she doesn't want to share.

Sage and Carey have only one thing in common. They've survived their cancer treatments once again...oh! And a tiny, white lie that is proving difficult to keep straight. Everyone thinks that they are in love with each other, except Carey and Sage. He believes that she is only using him to get away from her parents, and she thinks that he's using her to field the pressure to settle down and grow up. How wrong can two people be?

Olivia Murray, a 29 year old successful attorney has had enough with her families intrusion on her personal love life. Mother, father and siblings included have all gone above and beyond the call of duty to try and get her hitched to a man. Just how far is Olivia willing to go to stop the incessant meddling? Will the strong independent woman that Olivia has come to be accept help when she needs it the most, when her own life is threatened and more importantly what will she do when something so much more fragile is put at risk, something like her heart?

For the most part Dava's led a happy life. She had everything that she needed; a loving family, a good home and her romance books. She was saved by the man that she now calls father at the age of five and grew up lacking for nothing. She was the quiet, shy type in school and stayed in the background for the most part and her simple life should have been enough. For the most part, it was. She was even satisfied with the way her life was heading until over night, her happy and simple life gets turned upside down. She walks into school and suddenly his intense gaze is focused solely on her. Adam, the Alpha's son, scented her the moment that she walked in the door. When Dava walked by him, she smelt so sweet that she was all he could think about for the rest of the day. It was then that he knew he had to have her. One way or the other, he would find a way to make her his mate. There was one small problem, Adam's father, the reigning Alpha is Dava's true sacred mate. He was already mated to Adam's mother when she came into the picture at only five years of age. Rafe decided then and there that he would keep his distance and watch her from afar. But now that his own son has stated his claim, can he sit idly by and watch him bond with the one person in this life that was meant for only him?

Joy Murphy struggles to make ends meet every day of her life. Raising a son by herself is difficult, and this Christmas, nothing has changed...or will it? On the very morning she meets Gabriel Lockwood, her life suddenly becomes a whirlwind of holiday spirit, and with it, the familiar depression that invades her soul every year during this time of giving. Is there such a thing as true love twice?

Sally Sanborn, who insists she can do almost anything a man can do, stamps down her pride and advertises for full-time help on her chicken farm. Up shows Wilson..."Just Wilson, ma'am." He's a denim-wearing, sexiest butt to wear a pair of jeans, perfect man for the job. But he also comes with a past -- a complicated past. Yet, he works hard, and Sally likes him. As easy as it would be for her to fall in love with him, three things stand in her way: 1) He's younger than her. 2) She's been branded by heartache before and refuses to go through that again. 3) He's out of prison on parole.

Michael and Emma -- best friends forever... Until the two friends crossed the platonic barrier and became intimate. Fast forward five years, and they are reunited. Add one meddling roommate, one weekend at the lake, and one HUGE misunderstanding to clear up... And you've got the makings for a romance of BFF proportions.

What happens when a man kisses a strange woman, all in the name of revenge and jealousy? Well, a "Happily Ever After" of course! But...don't forget to read about the rum drinks, the duct tape, a gay best friend, a stalker, a bitchy ex-fiance, more kissing, shoes, photos, raccoons, the twin sister, and all the insults, quotes and trivia one book can handle.

The Restricted version of Read My Lips....IT IS NOT EROTICA in any way. It is just a slightly steamier version of the original, and the version I wanted for this story.