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.

Returning home from a secret time away with her lover, Reyna Beilarosa, arrives home to find that her ambitious parents have arranged her to be married to the guarded Vincent Silvan, a childhood friend returned from a torturous war with dark secrets connected to a murky past, and his time held prisoner by the sadistic Maddux. Fighting not to break under their parents control, Reyna is put in a horrifying situation with her lover, the Duke, Crisanto Ambrosio makes a house call with the intention of gaining more from Reyna than her naïve mind expected. After facing a horrible wake of reality, Reyna turns to her reluctant betrothed for assistance, finding that there was more between them than a childhood rivalry and discovering a dark truth their parents sought to hide. When the marriage is not wanted on both sides who will get their happy ending?

At the young age of 17, Emma Star was already a world famous dancer. A prodigy. Ballet was her life. She had everything; fame, fortune and adoring fans. It isn’t too much to say that the world hung onto her every step. Then one day she disappeared, setting the media in an uproar. No one knew where she was or why she left and they still wonder to this day, two years later. Present day: Emily Benjamin begins her university life but she is without a doubt broken. She has a dislike for people and prefers to stay unnoticed. Unfortunately for her, Law Adams takes notice. Law is popular, gorgeous and the star quarterback. He is also cold and cruel. They are like oil and water and this is their story.

Anne seems to have it all - at only twenty-five, she's a freelance theatre critic and married to Aaron Harrington, a wealthy businessman one year her junior. But after two years of marriage, the couple realizes something - they can't have children. What ensues is a visit to Dr. Graeme, the doctor at the country's most highly-acclaimed fertility clinic. But what happens when Anne starts to develop feelings for Dr. Graeme that might put her marriage - and her chances of having a baby - on the line?