Flesh to Flesh

By Tawny Taylor

After making one fatal mistake, Dr. Noble Cavanaugh is cursed by a powerful mage. His punishment: compete isolation. From people. From sensation. From life. But once a year Noble is freed from his prison and spends three bittersweet days with his devoted partner and lover, Sayer Lyon. They make love. They laugh. And they weep. And then at sunrise, he returns to his prison to wait for the next year's fall equinox. This is how it’s been for five years, and this is how it will be for many more.

At least, that’s what Noble and Sayer believe.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Novel Mind Books
• Release date: Feb 17, 2011
• ISBN: 9781458136282

Tawny Taylor

Nothing exciting happens in Tawny Taylor's life, unless you count giving the cat a flea dip--a cat can make some fascinating sounds when immersed chin-deep in insecticide--or chasing after a houseful of upchucking kids during flu season. She doesn't travel the world or employ a staff of personal servants. She's not even built like a runway model. She's just your run-of-the-mill Detroit suburban mom and wife. That's why she writes, for the sheer joy of it. She doesn't need to escape, mind you. Despite being run-of-the-mill, her life is wonderful. She just likes to add some...zip. Her heroines might resemble herself, or her next door neighbor (sorry Sue), but they are sure to be memorable (she hopes!). And her heroes--inspired by movie stars, her favorite television actors or her husband--are fully capable of delivering one hot happily-ever-after after another. Combined, the characters and plots she weaves bring countless hours of enjoyment to Tawny...and she hopes to readers too! In the end, that's all the matters to Tawny, bringing a little bit of zip to someone else's life.

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Flesh to Flesh

Tawny Taylor

Copyright ©2011 Tawny Taylor

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Prologue

Summer, 2003

Mrs. Wickham is complaining again. She says the baby’s coming, and she needs to push.

Dr. Noble Cavanaugh swallowed a growl of frustration, gave Adam, the young, hot intern he’d been chatting with, a don’t-go-anywhere look and did a one-eighty to face the nurse behind him. Maryanne was fresh out of nursing school and thus lacking the experience to know Mrs. Wickham couldn’t possibly be ready to deliver. She meant well, but she was driving him nuts, coming to him every few minutes with a question or concern or problem. Mrs. Wickham is a first-time mother, and she was at two centimeters when I checked her a half hour ago. Any other signs that her labor’s progressing?

Nope. Maryanne glanced down at the chart. Contractions are still three minutes apart, and the baby’s heart rate’s steady.

Noble checked his pager. Eight hours to go. Eight more loooong hours. Okay, then I’ll be in to check on her in a half hour. Page me if anything changes. I’m going to run down to the cafeteria and grab something to eat.

Will do. Chart clutched to her chest, Maryanne ran off. Noble waited for her to round the corner before he turned back toward the intern.

Mmmm, mmmm.

Adam was beyond tempting, with his fierce body, picture-perfect face -- which haunted Noble’s dreams every fucking night -- brilliant mind, and promising future. Noble had noticed the intern right away. He wasn’t the only one. Every nurse on the floor had too. Patients. Staff. The kid left a wake of heated smiles trailing behind him every time he walked down a hallway.

And damn if Adam didn’t know he was hot too. That cocky I-know-I-got-it attitude only made the guy that much more tempting. Since the first day Adam stepped into Mercer Hospital and caused all kinds of scandal, Noble longed to shove the intern to his knees and wipe that grin off his face. A third-year resident with a stellar record and promising future himself, Noble had always kept his sex life separate from work, for a number of reasons. But guys like Adam made it a hell of a challenge.

He glanced at his pager again. It was going to be one long effing night. Where are you headed tonight?

Adam shrugged, giving Noble a look that said wherever you want. Why? You want me to go down to the cafeteria with you? Or did you have something else in mind?

Mrs. Wickham is the only patient in Labor and Delivery right now. And I told Maryanne I’d be back in a half hour… Oh, hell! Unable to resist the temptation, Noble yanked open the supply closet door. Come here. He caught Adam’s wrist, jerked him inside, slammed the door, and pivoting, crushed Adam’s body against it.

Adam tilted his head up, giving