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  Sexy Love

  A Sexy Series Novella

  By Carly Phillips

  Sexy Love

  A Sexy Series Novella

  By Carly Phillips

  1001 Dark Nights

  Copyright 2020 Carly Phillips

  ISBN: 978-1-970077-64-3

  Foreword: Copyright 2014 M. J. Rose

  Published by 1001 Dark Nights Press, an imprint of Evil Eye Concepts, Incorporated

  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission. Please do not participate in or encourage piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author’s rights.

  This is a work of fiction. Names, places, characters and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination and are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or establishments is solely coincidental.

  Book Description

  Sexy Love by Carly Phillips

  A Sexy Series Novella

  From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Carly Phillips comes a new story in her Sexy series…

  Learning curves have never been so off-limits.

  Professor Shane Warden is on the verge of getting tenure. He never thought he'd see the day, after a false accusation from a student years ago that nearly destroyed his career, and decimated his ability to trust. But the moment he walks into class and lays eyes on the seductive blonde with legs that go on forever and lips he immediately wants to kiss, he knows he’s in trouble.

  This time for real.

  Single mom Amber Davis is finally living her dream of going back to college. In the ten years since she dropped out to have a baby--and recover from his father's death--it's been the goal that always felt just out of reach. Until now. But one look at her hot, sexy professor, and Amber is head over heels in lust. It doesn’t take long before their attraction blazes out of control.

  Neither of them can afford a forbidden affair.

  Yet it's the one thing they are powerless to stop.

  It will only take one hint of a rumor to destroy everything they’ve worked so hard to achieve... and in this case the rumors are true.

  **Every 1001 Dark Nights novella is a standalone story. For new readers, it’s an introduction to an author’s world. And for fans, it’s a bonus book in the author’s series. We hope you'll enjoy each one as much as we do.**

  About Carly Phillips

  Carly Phillips gives her readers Alphalicious heroes to swoon for and romance to set your heart on fire, and she loves everything about writing romance. She married her college sweetheart and lives in Purchase, NY along with her three crazy dogs: two wheaten terriers and a mutant Havanese, who are featured on her Facebook and Instagram. She has raised two incredible daughters who put up with having a mom as a romance author. Carly is the author of over fifty romances, and is a NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller. She loves social media and interacting with her readers. Want to keep up with Carly? Sign up for her newsletter and receive TWO FREE books at www.carlyphillips.com.

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  The Sexy Series

  Book 1: More Than Sexy

  Book 2: Twice As Sexy

  Book 3: Better Than Sexy

  Novella: Sexy Love

  The Knight Brothers

  Take Me Again

  Take the Bride

  Take Me Down

  Dare Me Tonight

  Rosewood Bay

  Fearless

  Breathe

  Freed

  Dream

  Bodyguard Bad Boys

  Rock Me

  Tempt Me

  His to Protect

  Dare to Love Series

  Dare to Love

  Dare to Desire

  Dare to Touch

  Dare to Hold

  Dare to Rock

  Dare to Take

  Dare NY Series (NY Dare Cousins)

  Dare to Surrender

  Dare to Submit

  Dare to Seduce

  Billionaire Bad Boys

  Going Down Easy

  Going Down Hard

  Going Down Fast

  Going In Deep

  Hot Zone Series

  Hot Stuff

  Hot Number

  Hot Item

  Hot Property

  Lucky Series

  Lucky Charm

  Lucky Streak

  Lucky Break

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  COLLECTION ONE

  FOREVER WICKED by Shayla Black

  CRIMSON TWILIGHT by Heather Graham

  CAPTURED IN SURRENDER by Liliana Hart

  SILENT BITE: A SCANGUARDS WEDDING by Tina Folsom

  DUNGEON GAMES by Lexi Blake

  AZAGOTH by Larissa Ione

  NEED YOU NOW by Lisa Renee Jones

  SHOW ME, BABY by Cherise Sinclair

  ROPED IN by Lorelei James

  TEMPTED BY MIDNIGHT by Lara Adrian

  THE FLAME by Christopher Rice

  CARESS OF DARKNESS by Julie Kenner

  COLLECTION TWO

  WICKED WOLF by Carrie Ann Ryan

  WHEN IRISH EYES ARE HAUNTING by Heather Graham

  EASY WITH YOU by Kristen Proby

  MASTER OF FREEDOM by Cherise Sinclair

  CARESS OF PLEASURE by Julie Kenner

  ADORED by Lexi Blake

  HADES by Larissa Ione

  RAVAGED by Elisabeth Naughton

  DREAM OF YOU by Jennifer L. Armentrout

  STRIPPED DOWN by Lorelei James

  RAGE/KILLIAN by Alexandra Ivy/Laura Wright

  DRAGON KING by Donna Grant

  PURE WICKED by Shayla Black

  HARD AS STEEL by Laura Kaye

  STROKE OF MIDNIGHT by Lara Adrian

  ALL HALLOWS EVE by Heather Graham

  KISS THE FLAME by Christopher Rice

  DARING HER LOVE by Melissa Foster

  TEASED by Rebecca Zanetti

  THE PROMISE OF SURRENDER by Liliana Hart

  COLLECTION THREE

  HIDDEN INK by Carrie Ann Ryan

  BLOOD ON THE BAYOU by Heather Graham

  SEARCHING FOR MINE by Jennifer Probst

  DANCE OF DESIRE by Christopher Rice

  ROUGH RHYTHM by Tessa Bailey

  DEVOTED by Lexi Blake

  Z by Larissa Ione

  FALLING UNDER YOU by Laurelin Paige

  EASY FOR KEEPS by Kristen Proby

  UNCHAINED by Elisabeth Naughton

  HARD TO SERVE by Laura Kaye

  DRAGON FEVER by Donna Grant

  KAYDEN/SIMON by Alexandra Ivy/Laura Wright

  STRUNG UP by Lorelei James

  MIDNIGHT UNTAMED by Lara Adrian

  TRICKED by Rebecca Zanetti

  DIRTY WICKED by Shayla Black

  THE ONLY ONE by Lauren Blakely

  SWEET SURRENDER by Liliana Hart

  COLLECTION FOUR

  ROCK CHICK REAWAKENING by Kristen Ashley

  ADORING INK by Carrie Ann Ryan

  SWEET RIVALRY by K. Bromberg

  SHADE'S LADY by Joanna Wylde

  RAZR by Larissa Ione

  ARRANGED by Lexi Blake

  TANGLED by Rebecca Zanetti

  HOLD ME by J. Kenner

  SOMEHOW, SOME WAY by Jennifer Probst

  TOO CLOSE TO CALL by Tessa Bailey

  HUNTED by Elisabeth Naughton

  EYES ON YOU by Laura Kaye

  BLADE by Alexandra Ivy/Laura Wright

  DRAGON BURN by Donna Grant
r />   TRIPPED OUT by Lorelei James

  STUD FINDER by Lauren Blakely

  MIDNIGHT UNLEASHED by Lara Adrian

  HALLOW BE THE HAUNT by Heather Graham

  DIRTY FILTHY FIX by Laurelin Paige

  THE BED MATE by Kendall Ryan

  NIGHT GAMES by CD Reiss

  NO RESERVATIONS by Kristen Proby

  DAWN OF SURRENDER by Liliana Hart

  COLLECTION FIVE

  BLAZE ERUPTING by Rebecca Zanetti

  ROUGH RIDE by Kristen Ashley

  HAWKYN by Larissa Ione

  RIDE DIRTY by Laura Kaye

  ROME’S CHANCE by Joanna Wylde

  THE MARRIAGE ARRANGEMENT by Jennifer Probst

  SURRENDER by Elisabeth Naughton

  INKED NIGHTS by Carrie Ann Ryan

  ENVY by Rachel Van Dyken

  PROTECTED by Lexi Blake

  THE PRINCE by Jennifer L. Armentrout

  PLEASE ME by J. Kenner

  WOUND TIGHT by Lorelei James

  STRONG by Kylie Scott

  DRAGON NIGHT by Donna Grant

  TEMPTING BROOKE by Kristen Proby

  HAUNTED BE THE HOLIDAYS by Heather Graham

  CONTROL by K. Bromberg

  HUNKY HEARTBREAKER by Kendall Ryan

  THE DARKEST CAPTIVE by Gena Showalter

  COLLECTION SIX

  DRAGON CLAIMED by Donna Grant

  ASHES TO INK by Carrie Ann Ryan

  ENSNARED by Elisabeth Naughton

  EVERMORE by Corinne Michaels

  VENGEANCE by Rebecca Zanetti

  ELI’S TRIUMPH by Joanna Wylde

  CIPHER by Larissa Ione

  RESCUING MACIE by Susan Stoker

  ENCHANTED by Lexi Blake

  TAKE THE BRIDE by Carly Phillips

  INDULGE ME by J. Kenner

  THE KING by Jennifer L. Armentrout

  QUIET MAN by Kristen Ashley

  ABANDON by Rachel Van Dyken

  THE OPEN DOOR by Laurelin Paige

  CLOSER by Kylie Scott

  SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS by Jennifer Probst

  BLOOD NIGHT by Heather Graham

  TWIST OF FATE by Jill Shalvis

  MORE THAN PLEASURE YOU by Shayla Black

  WONDER WITH ME by Kristen Proby

  THE DARKEST ASSASSIN by Gena Showalter

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  TAME ME by J. Kenner

  TEMPT ME by J. Kenner

  DAMIEN by J. Kenner

  TEASE ME by J. Kenner

  REAPER by Larissa Ione

  THE SURRENDER GATE by Christopher Rice

  SERVICING THE TARGET by Cherise Sinclair

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  Table of Contents

  Book Description

  About Carly Phillips

  Also from Carly Phillips

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  Foreword

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Epilogue

  Discover 1001 Dark Nights Collection Seven

  Discover More Carly Phillips

  Discover the World of 1001 Dark Nights

  An excerpt from More Than Sexy by Carly Phillips

  Special Thanks

  One Thousand and One Dark Nights

  Once upon a time, in the future…

  I was a student fascinated with stories and learning.

  I studied philosophy, poetry, history, the occult, and

  the art and science of love and magic. I had a vast

  library at my father’s home and collected thousands

  of volumes of fantastic tales.

  I learned all about ancient races and bygone

  times. About myths and legends and dreams of all

  people through the millennium. And the more I read

  the stronger my imagination grew until I discovered

  that I was able to travel into the stories... to actually

  become part of them.

  I wish I could say that I listened to my teacher

  and respected my gift, as I ought to have. If I had, I

  would not be telling you this tale now.

  But I was foolhardy and confused, showing off

  with bravery.

  One afternoon, curious about the myth of the

  Arabian Nights, I traveled back to ancient Persia to

  see for myself if it was true that every day Shahryar

  (Persian: شهريار, “king”) married a new virgin, and then

  sent yesterday's wife to be beheaded. It was written

  and I had read, that by the time he met Scheherazade,

  the vizier's daughter, he’d killed one thousand

  women.

  Something went wrong with my efforts. I arrived

  in the midst of the story and somehow exchanged

  places with Scheherazade – a phenomena that had

  never occurred before and that still to this day, I

  cannot explain.

  Now I am trapped in that ancient past. I have

  taken on Scheherazade’s life and the only way I can

  protect myself and stay alive is to do what she did to

  protect herself and stay alive.

  Every night the King calls for me and listens as I spin tales.

  And when the evening ends and dawn breaks, I stop at a

  point that leaves him breathless and yearning for more.

  And so the King spares my life for one more day, so that

  he might hear the rest of my dark tale.

  As soon as I finish a story... I begin a new

  one... like the one that you, dear reader, have before

  you now.

  Chapter One

  Amber Davis inserted the key into the lock and opened the door to her new home, a simple one-story ranch that represented a whole new life in a brand-new state.

  “Surprise!”

  She jerked back, startled, as she realized the most important people in her life were there to greet her.

  “Uncle Landon!” Her ten-year-old son, L.J., dashed past her and ran into his uncle’s arms. Landon’s twin, Levi, who’d passed away before she’d known she was pregnant, was L.J.’s father.

  Standing beside Landon were Tanner Grayson and Jason Dare, her son’s other godparents, the men who’d made it possible for her to purchase this house with their generosity. When she looked at these three men, who she’d known for the last ten years, she saw three handsome, accomplished guys who’d worked hard to get where they were in life. Who’d overcome pain and hardship and stuck together through it all, including her in their long-term, deep friendship. They were like brothers to her and uncles to her son. With their brown hair in varying shades and muscular forms, at a glance they could be brothers, although on inspection, each had their own distinctive look. They’d only recently found their own happily ever afters and she was so thrilled for them all.

  “Welcome home,” Jason said, pulling her into a hug, then passing her to Tanner and then to Landon, who still had his arm around his nephew.

  “Can I go check out the rest of the house?” L.J. asked.

  Amber nodded, looking around the still-empty space. The movers would be here later this afternoon. “Go for it.”

  He dashed off, the echo of his footsteps and shrieks of excitement bouncing off the walls and making her smile.

  “What are you guys doing here? You’re supposed to be in Manhattan.” And in a little while, Landon’s parents, L.J.’s grandparents, were due to arrive and take him to the city for his summer adventure, leaving her ready to start one of her own.

  “We decide
d to surprise you. Help you unpack and move in,” Landon said with a grin. He’d always been easygoing, even after the tragedy that had befallen all of them.

  They never failed to do right by her and she smiled. “You didn’t have to drop everything for me. You already helped enough, lending me the money to buy this place.” Something she felt guilty about already.

  “Giving you the money,” they all said at the same time.

  She shot them a glare. They all knew how important it was for her to be independent just like she understood why they felt obligated to help her. Not just because Levi had been Landon’s twin but because all three men had been there the night he died in a tragic college hazing incident when the guys were freshmen, and Amber a sophomore, and they felt guilty for not being able to prevent his death.

  She’d discovered she was pregnant while she’d been grieving, but the guys had always been there for her. As had Landon’s mom and dad, Carrie and Samuel Bennett, as well as her own parents, Lydia and John, in Florida. When she’d quit college, packed up, and moved home, they’d stepped in to help her raise her son.

  “Mom, look at the size of my room!” L.J. called to her.

  Laughing, she shot the guys a warning look and headed toward the hallway leading to the two bedrooms in the house, hearing their footsteps behind her.

  “Do you like it?” she asked from the doorway of the room across from her own.

  “It’s going to be cool. You said we could paint it blue, right?”

  “Light blue,” she reminded him. She didn’t want a dark-looking tomb for her son’s bedroom.

  “Can I get a Spiderman Fathead?” he asked of the life-size removable wall decal he’d been asking for … for what felt like forever.

  “Of course– Oomph.”

  Amber had shoved her elbow into Tanner’s side as he answered without asking her.