Nothing But A Kiss

By Vanessa Devereaux

Welcome to Nothing But a Kiss, the first book in the rebooted series that was published five years ago (then called Perfect Pairing). This newly revamped story has had more scenes added to it and been re-edited.

What do you do when you’ve been sentenced to fifty years of hard labor in the Department of Love and it’s your job to match couples who might never met? Plus, you can’t use any of your witching skills?
If you’re Sadie Sutton you open a matchmaking agency called Perfect Pairings...
Sadie’s been a bad witch and now has to pair two people who thought romance and love wasn’t in their destinies.
Meet physical therapist, Rachel and returning soldier, Mitchell. Both have something from the past haunting them but Sadie knows it’s something that can draw them together and make them fall in love.
Will she be right or will her first attempt at matchmaking go horribly wrong and will she resort to a little witchcraft?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Susan Palmquist
• Release date: Jul 11, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370503988

Vanessa Devereaux

Vanessa Devereaux is the bestselling author of erotic romances and erotica including Cater to Me, The Rake, Who's the Boss, and The Pleasure Room. She's also pens three ongoing series, Perfect Pairing, Big Sky County and Kalispell Shifters.

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Nothing But A Kiss

Perfect Pairings

Vanessa Devereaux

Published by Coldstream Publishing at Smashwords

Copyright 2017 Vanessa Devereaux

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Thank You

Social Networks

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Chapter 1

Disciplinary Hearing 21: Witches’ Realm Board v. Sadie Sutton

Sadie put her knitting down and instead decided to channel her nervousness on the simple art of tapping her fingers on her lap. By nature, she wasn’t a worry-wort, but being summoned to a hearing of this nature meant only one thing: trouble ahead.

She couldn’t blame anyone besides herself. Who would have thought having a little fun would result in her being ordered to appear before The Board? The hearing had gotten underway ten minutes ago and things did not look good for Sadie.

And how much was the total cost of the damage to her neighbor’s car? asked the chairwoman, Margery.

Sadie slid down on her chair. She knew the answer to that: a hell of a lot. Mercedes Benzes aren’t cheap things to fix.

Twenty-five thousand dollars. There was also damage to the front lawn and part of his house when he drove the car into his living room, Becca said, flicking through her notes.

Now that last part had been his own damn fault. He should have hit the brakes as soon as he’d felt himself careening into the front yard.

And Mr. Mooney. Did he suffer any injuries? Margery asked.

Becca turned back to the first page of her notebook. Sadie glanced down at her fingers, this time pretending to check her nails. Sadie knew what was coming next, and for that reason couldn’t bring herself to look Margery in the eye.

He broke his nose. He needed ten stitches in his forehead, and is still recovering from a broken leg.

Sadie slyly looked up for just a minute to see if she could read any emotion on the chairwoman’s face. She was a cool character and Sadie knew it would be tough figuring out which way Margery would vote.

Margery pulled her glasses down to the tip of her nose and glared over their rims. Sadie tried not to look her directly in the eye, but Margery, being older by 175 years, had more power and Sadie couldn’t resist.

The older witch beckoned her over to the chair directly in front of the table that seated the five head elders.

I could run but what would be the point? I wouldn’t make it to the door without them out hexing me. Time to face the music.

Sadie stood, her legs wobbling as she made her way over to the chair. She’d only meant to teach her neighbor a lesson and have some fun at the same time. After all, he’d backed over her newly planted petunias and begonias. How could she have known he’d held no malicious intent toward witches and was just another awful driver? When she’d sent a little hocus-pocus his way, how could she have guessed that her powers would be strong enough to cause this much mayhem?

Margery raised her finger and then swiftly lowered it again. Next thing Sadie knew her butt had hit the chair with a force. Obviously she’d been daydreaming and hadn’t heard the Board’s request for her to sit. Margery wasn’t known for her patience, or her leniency, for that matter.

And what do you have to say for yourself, Sadie Sutton? Margery asked.

I’m sorry.

She truly was and they were the only three words she could conquer up. Before the hearing she’d rehearsed over and over again exactly what she was going to say and how she would plead her case. However, now her mouth was parched and she’d forgotten every last word.

A little late for that. It’s not surprising that we witches and warlocks get a bad name when you do awful things like this to innocent mortals.

Sadie swallowed or at least tried but her mouth was suddenly devoid of salvia. She somehow knew she wouldn’t like the sentence that was about to be handed down.

The Board thinks the punishment should fit the crime. We’d like you to do something that will benefit mortals in the nicest possible way. We are therefore assigning you to work with Nadine.

Noooo. The woman wore nothing but pink and worked with everything