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.

A spunky, Deaf girl meets a sexy, heartbroken cowboy...Story # 5 in the Friends and Lovers Series by hmmcghee. (Restricted version available through the author's profile page and by fanning hmmcghee.)

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.

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?

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.

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.