Possessive

By Catherine Bybee

Grief counselor Lauren Trousdale has no choice but to take her work home with her. A near-death experience left her with the ability to not only see, but also communicate with ghosts. The gift isn’t one she dares reveal to anyone – certainly not to Dr. Ethan Bailey, the man she can’t stop dreaming about. The ghosts are mostly kind, lost souls, but when a lovely, exotic dream about Ethan turns into a nightmare, Lauren wakes to an ice-cold room and the fear that she’s not alone.

Ethan’s attraction to Lauren blooms the first time he sees her. As they grow closer, he realizes she is hiding something, but never expects her secret to be a ghostly stalker. Ethan’s only concern is protecting Lauren, but when the ghost becomes violent, Ethan must risk everything to save her. Can Lauren let him take that risk alone?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Catherine Bybee
• Release date: Sep 22, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301030163

Catherine Bybee

New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bybee has written twenty-eight books that have collectively sold more than 5.5 million copies and have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Raised in Washington State, Bybee moved to Southern California in the hope of becoming a movie star. After growing bored with waiting tables, she returned to school and became a registered nurse, spending most of her career in urban emergency rooms. She now writes full time and has penned the Not Quite series, the Weekday Brides series, the Most Likely To series, and the First Wives series.

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POSSESSIVE

A Novella

by

Catherine Bybee

POSSESSIVE

Catherine Bybee

COPYRIGHT © 2011 by Catherine Bybee

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales, is entirely coincidental.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission of the author or except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.

Cover Art by Crystal Posey

Publishing History

1st Edition, The Wild Rose Press, 2011

2nd Edition, ~ Catherine Bybee, 2013

Published by Catherine Bybee at Smashwords

Published in the United States of America

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New York Times Bestselling author Catherine Bybee presents to you,

The MacCoinnich Time Travels:

REDEEMING VOWS

Redeeming Vows takes readers on a journey that’s steeped in dangerous magic and breath-taking suspense.

~Nights and Weekend

…filled with suspense, action, magic and of course romance.

~Nocturne Romance Reads

Catherine Bybee knocked this series out of the park.

~Forever Booklover

BINDING VOWS

Binding Vows whisked me into an adventure I was sorry to see end.

~Romance Studio

…full of all the things I love, action, romance, history, and a knight in shining armor.

~Night Owl Reviews

…you cannot help but feel completely mesmerized.

~Coffee Time Romance

Catherine Bybee does an exceptional job of making her time travels come to life.

~Romance Junkies

SILENT VOWS

For being the stuff of folklore, the storyline is surprisingly convincing…

~ Romantic Times

…absolutely brilliant and hilarious.

~Affair de Coeur

Silent Vows earns an unequivocal five stars because it is just that much fun to read!... a light, fun, absorbing read that disappoints only because it ends."

~TJ Mackay~Goodreads

HIGHLAND SHIFTER

It's wonderful; merging druids, magic, time travel, action, and romance. It will hold you captive until the end.

~Booked Up Reviews

Ms. Bybee does such a fantastic job of world building in HIGHLAND SHIFTER, it would actually serve as a standalone title if not for the captivating final scene.

~Author Sarah Ballance

Other Titles by Catherine Bybee:

BEFORE THE MOON RISES

Before the Moon Rises has earned the distinction of being one of the top e-books I’ve come across...

~Nights and Weekend Reviews

A page turning mix of fast cars, sexy shapeshifters and paranormal suspense.

~NYT Bestselling Author, Caridad Pinero

EMBRACING THE WOLF

Richard and Kate’s story was so intoxicating. I was so deliriously drunk on their instantaneous chemistry.

~Romance in the Backseat

What a beautifully written story, full of humor, sexy wolves and enough intrigue to keep you hooked from page one.

~The Romance Studio

WIFE BY WEDNESDAY

Great characters that trade verbal spars like fist punches...

~Sizzling Hot Book Reviews

Dedication

To Mom ~

There is a little bit of paranormal

in eveyone's life.

Remember the house on Queen Anne Hill?

Chapter One

Lauren’s insides burned ever so slowly as his hand traveled from the pulse point on the column of her neck until it rested over her breast. She arched into the caress. Her lips parted in a restless plea, wanting, begging. His fingers lightly pinched her hard nipples, raising her passions higher. Ethan’s blue eyes swam before her, shimmering in and out of focus.

His fingers, cold against her warm skin, moved lower until finally resting at the juncture of her thighs. Ethan, don’t stop.

A low rumble of laughter vibrated through her, more sensation than sound. Following the eerie laugh came one word. Mine!

She parted her legs.

One cool digit rested on her thigh.

Too cool. Ethan’s hands were never cold.

On a gasp, Lauren shot up, fully awake. Her breath came in short, quick pants. She swiveled around to see the amber glow of five-thirty on her alarm clock, and then eased back down to her pillow. The same dream had already interrupted her sleep twice that week. Only this time, it had been stronger.

More physical. More corporeal.

Burning up with need, Lauren slipped her hands under the covers and confirmed with a touch how ready her body felt. Her warm fingers tested her moist folds, and her aroused sex was simply waiting for a touch to explode.

Lauren tossed the covers back and slid out of bed. A blast of cold air instantly raised gooseflesh on her skin. She instinctively wrapped her arms around her body to ward off the unnatural chill in the room, knowing only one thing caused that drop in temperature. She swallowed hard and turned in a complete circle searching for the source.

Except for her, the room remained empty. Not one entity or ghost of any kind hovered in the corners.

Shaking off the uneasy chill, she covered