Mariposa Soul

By Adrianna Dane

Investigative journalist Andre Cordaire spends the majority of his time globetrotting around the world and flitting from bed to bed, never tempted to stay in any of them. Always searching. It's a lonely existence, but he has never been able to find that special woman with whom to share his life. Soul-mates, however, can turn up in the most unusual places at unexpected times.

An encounter in a bar, a hiking trip up a mountain, and discovering a soul-mate in the person he never would have expected, who makes him want to share the love trapped inside him, was the last thing Andre was ready for. Finally, here is someone who understands more about him than he did himself. Once revealed, can he acknowledge what his heart and soul cries for? Or will he keep running, denying his need for the one person he knows could make him happy? Even if that person is a man?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dream Romantic Unlimited LLC
• Release date: Mar 28, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386483410

Adrianna Dane

Adrianna Dane has been putting pen to paper since the age of ten. She currently resides in the state of Washington. She has a great fondness for using a fountain pen when writing her first drafts. Hobby interests are varied, including photography and traveling. The first defining love story Adrianna read back in junior high school was "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte, and that set her on the road to her long-standing love affair with books of all genres. Her inspiration in writing often can be found by listening to song lyrics, from hard rock to classical, and reading poetry by such poets as Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Edgar Allen Poe, and Ranier Maria Rilke. But finding inspiration for her stories truly has no boundaries for Adrianna. In 2006, her dark fantasy GLBT story, Body Parts, won its category in the Dream Realm Awards. Adrianna has written more than 100 stories, short, novella, and novel length, delving into many facets of the human condition - contemporary, futuristic, and fantasy, and all the flavors therein and in between. In other words, wherever the story and the characters, as well as their intricate stories, take her imagination, then her pen and/or computer keyboard, are sure to follow.

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Investigative journalist Andre Cordaire spends the majority of his time globetrotting around the world and flitting from bed to bed, never tempted to stay in any of them. Always searching. It's a lonely existence, but he has never been able to find that special woman with whom to share his life. Soul-mates, however, can turn up in the most unusual places at unexpected times.

An encounter in a bar, a hiking trip up a mountain, and discovering a soul-mate in the person he never would have expected, who makes him want to share the love trapped inside him, was the last thing Andre was ready for. Finally, here is someone who understands more about him than he did himself. Once revealed, can he acknowledge what his heart and soul cries for? Or will he keep running, denying his need for the one person he knows could make him happy? Even if that person is a man?

This story is a work of original fiction. All names, characters, locations, and incidents are products of the author's imagination, or have been used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, locales, or events is entirely coincidental.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the author.

This book remains the copyrighted property of the author.

Copyright 2017 by Adrianna Dane

Cover Art Designs by T. A. Gallup

This story was originally released in October 2006 by Amber Quill Press/Amber Allure

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CAUTION: This story contains explicit sexual situations and strong language. You must be over the age of 18 years of age to read this story.

Mariposa Soul

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By Adrianna Dane

Dream Romantic Unlimited, LLC

Table of Contents

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER SIX

AUTHOR BIO

NETWORKING LINKS

CHAPTER ONE

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Andre looked down at the woman as she slept, a satisfied smile on her gently parted, soft lips. One arm was thrown upward curved around her head, the silky exposed flesh would have been enough to draw any other man back to her bed to stroke her drowsily awake.

Any other man would be eager to suckle her breasts as he parted her legs to burrow inside the welcoming satin heat of her vagina. She had been wet and ready for him immediately and his cock had slid effortlessly inside her silky passage.

She was a beautiful woman by anyone’s standard. She was responsive and sensual and he’d given her pleasure, brought her to orgasm more than once, hence the contented, peaceful look on her face right now. And stroking her heat had brought his own orgasm spurting forth with ease. If only it had been thoughts of the woman lying beneath him that had fueled his explosive climax.

He smoothed the wrinkles from his shirt and reached for his jacket that was resting on a chair near the bed. He sat down and slipped into his shoes, tied the laces, then leaned back and watched her for long moments.

Why did he feel so removed from his emotions? He should be feeling satisfied and happy. He’d met her in a bar earlier that evening. It was one he frequented often, meeting up with other journalists like himself, chatting for long hours over several beers, debating current issues. More times than not, leaving with a female colleague to end the night in her bed or his. They were casual encounters, scratching an itch, and then they’d go their separate ways, on to the next story. No commitments, no ties, no part of his inner self shared with another human being. That had occurred only once, and he shied away from remembering the ecstasy of that particular memory. No, he wouldn’t think of that.

Recently, he’d returned from an assignment in South America, and had spent the night swapping stories as he often did. She’d walked up to him,