Red Hot Secrets by Lisa Renee Jones.pdf

An Ellora’s Cave Romantica Publication

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Red Hot Secrets

ISBN # 1-4199-0338-1

Edited by: Pamela Cohen

Cover art by: Willo

Electronic book Publication: September 2005

This book may not be reproduced or used in whole or in part by any means existing without written

permission from the publisher, Ellora’s Cave Publishing, Inc.® 1056 Home Avenue, Akron OH 44310-

3502.

This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or places, events or locales

is purely coincidental. The characters are productions of the authors’ imagination and used fictitiously.

Warning:

The following material contains graphic sexual content meant for mature readers. Red Hot Secrets has

been rated S-ensuous by a minimum of three independent reviewers.

Ellora’s Cave Publishing offers three levels of Romantica™ reading entertainment: S (S-ensuous), E (E-

rotic), and X (X-treme).

S- ensuous love scenes are explicit and leave nothing to the imagination.

E- rotic love scenes are explicit, leave nothing to the imagination, and are high in volume per the overall

word count. In addition, some E-rated titles might contain fantasy material that some readers find

objectionable, such as bondage, submission, same sex encounters, forced seductions, and so forth. E-rated

titles are the most graphic titles we carry; it is common, for instance, for an author to use words such as

“fucking”, “cock”, “pussy”, and such within their work of literature.

X- treme titles differ from E-rated titles only in plot premise and storyline execution. Unlike E-rated titles,

stories designated with the letter X tend to contain controversial subject matter not for the faint of heart.

R ED H OT S ECRETS

Lisa Renee Jones

Trademarks Acknowledgement

The author acknowledges the trademarked status and trademark owners of the

following wordmarks mentioned in this work of fiction:

The New York Times: The New York Times Company

Energizer Bunny: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.

Hershey’s: Hershey Chocolate & Confectionery Corporation

Red Hot Secrets

Chapter One

“Red Hot Secrets.”

Lauren Reynolds never missed an episode of the over-the-top, overtly sensual, late-

night soap. She taped it with as much ritual as she brushed her teeth twice a day. The

half-hour she devoted to that show each evening constituted her only true indulgence.

And the closest thing to sex she’d had in about two years. It was her escape from reality.

Her way of getting a little passion in her life, because she couldn’t risk the distraction of

a real relationship.

Her goals were too important.

Shoving the key into the lock of her tiny apartment, she pushed open the door, not

surprised to be greeted by darkness. Her mother had developed a Thursday night bingo

habit. Their sixty-something neighbor hosted the event. Lauren flipped on the light and

smiled. The winning pot wasn’t money. It was clothespins, of all things. For those ladies

it wasn’t about collecting the prize. It was about fun. Lauren’s chest tightened as she

thought of the months of chemotherapy her mother had endured to survive breast

cancer. Seeing her happy, and living life, was like the answer to Lauren’s prayers.

Depositing her purse on the entrance table, Lauren looked around the living room,

taking in the sparse, worn furnishings. For once, she did it with hope. Of escape. She’d

known a long time she needed to get her mother out of this perpetual state of poverty.

Lauren walked to the end table and picked up a picture of her father. She touched the

glass, wondering if things would be different if he was still alive. She wished she

remembered him more clearly, but he’d died when she was only five.

“I’m trying to take care of her, Daddy,” she whispered.

And as of yesterday, Lauren had taken a huge leap toward a brighter tomorrow.

She’d landed an intern job at a reputable Manhattan advertising firm. That thought

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