I Need You: A Valentine's Anthology

By Vera Roberts

Three couples. Three different ways to spend Valentine’s. One unforgettable novella.

Senator Jay Edwards would rather be anywhere but attending a fundraiser in his honor with his wife, Jessica. Little did he know about the amazing surprise she had in store for him later that night.

Scott Reed loathes everything about Valentine’s Day and hates the idea his ex-girlfriend is spending it with her new love. When they see each other on the special holiday, the fireworks are explosive and hot.

Zerrin D’Amato is spending her Valentine’s Day giving a lecture for a friend instead of spending a romantic weekend with her husband, Nick. After the birth of their son, the romance slowed down. They both hope a weekend full of bliss is just the thing to get it jump started again.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Vera Roberts
• Release date: Feb 9, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311730510

Vera Roberts

Vera is the bestselling author of the number one D'amato Brothers series, the Scott & Mariana serial, and the Breakaway series.She loves chocolate, has a Netflix addiction, and seeing the Maury show in person is currently on her bucket list. She's also a member of both the BeyHive and RihNavy.Vera currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband, Maks, son Bear, and cat Sushi.

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I Need You (A Valentine’s Anthology)

by

Vera Roberts

Copyright

For BESM.

© 2014-19 Vera Roberts, All Rights Reserved

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This book is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author’s imagination, or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales, is entirely coincidental.

Other Titles

The Breakaway Series:

Breakaway

Game Misconduct

Face-Off

Power Play

Scoring Chance

The D’Amato Brothers Series:

The Nanny

To Love and Obey (BDSM)

Where I Wanna Be

All I’ve Ever Wanted

Love

War

Nothing Even Matters

One More chance

The D’Amato Brothers/S&M Crossover (BDSM):

Anticipation

Yes, Master

I Need You

The Feeling Some Type of Way Series:

Feeling Some Type of Way

Bad and Bougie

Not About That Life

The Jackson and Liane Series:

Daddy’s Angel

Fire We Make

When Love Calls

The Scott & Mariana Serial (BDSM):

S&M

S&M II

Discipline

S&M III, Vol. I

S&M III, Vol. II

S&M IV, Part 1

The Ex-Factor

Stronger Than Pride

The State of Affairs Series:

State of affairs

Superpower

Standalone Novels:

I Knew You Were Trouble

Wait for Love

Soul Infinity Crew (under Maya Brooklyn)

Short stories:

Blow by Blow: Diary of a Call Girl #1

Blow by Blow: Diary of a Call Girl #2

Dear Diary

Gettin' It

Hot Like Fire (Sweet and Clean Romance)

The Train Ride (Free on Smashwords.com)

The Erotic Intoxication, Vol. I: Bad Girls

The Painter

Til Tomorrow

What About Us?

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Blog:

www.veraroberts.com

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Blurb

Three couples. Three different ways to spend Valentine’s. One unforgettable novella.

Senator Jay Edwards would rather be anywhere but attending a fundraiser in his honor with his wife, Jessica. Little did he know about the amazing surprise she had in store for him later that night.

Scott Reed loathes everything about Valentine’s Day and hates the idea his ex-girlfriend is spending it with her new love. When they see each other on the special holiday, the fireworks are explosive and hot.

Zerrin D’Amato is spending her Valentine’s Day giving a lecture for a friend instead of spending a romantic weekend with her husband, Nick. After the birth of their son, the romance slowed down. They both hope a weekend full of bliss is just the thing to get it jump started again.

Book I

Something to Remember

One

I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my way in the end.

Senator Jay Edwards smiled as he remembered the famous quote made by Margaret Thatcher. He was considered to be one of the most welcoming and nice people in office, as long as no one crossed him. Many didn’t. Those who did made sure not to make the same mistake twice.

His patience had paid off, winning yet another election this past November with loud whispers of a future White House run; his party already started the campaigning, though the election wouldn’t be for another two and a half years. He didn’t mind soaking up the limelight, though. If his face being plastered all over TV, internet, and magazines meant more attention to the causes he was so passionate about, it was great.

The Beautiful Asshole. It was a nickname he didn’t coin himself but rather, some fellow female colleagues in office. The beautiful part was due to his dashing movie star looks—he stood over six feet tall, kept his ebony hair trimmed, and had a shade of blue eyes that alternated between cobalt and sea blue. His smile boasted of perfect teeth and he made sure he flashed it often; he never knew when there would be a potential photo-op.

The asshole part of the nickname wasn’t too hard to figure out and it was due to his take-no-prisoners attitude. Did he consider himself an asshole? Well, it depended on the definition. He wasn’t a pushover and he occasionally (in truth, it was often) used emotional and political blackmail to get what he wanted with no fights or complaints. That nickname from his own party, he didn’t mind.

It was the other nickname—The Breck Girl, after the old beauty advertisements showcasing illustrious hair and styling—that made his anger quiver with impatience. His political rivals called him that at every opportunity and Jay thought it was cute at first until one of them threw shade at him by mentioning a certain time of the month and maybe he should go buy some Tampax. Jay made a silent note—that rival was not only going to be politically killed, Jay was going to make sure he would be burned alive.

All of that would have to wait until the next day. One of Jay’s biggest supporters was holding a special Valentine’s Day fundraiser for him and while Jay was annoyed it was being held on what he considered to be the most romantic day of the year, it was too important for him to skip it. The excuse of wanting to make love to his wife all night just wouldn’t fly, though it sounded right in his head.

It was Valentine’s Day and he had planned a special dinner with his wife, Jessica. Special as in they both would rather be anywhere else other than attending a fundraiser in his honor. But, money talks and it is quite loud when it wants to be, especially with whispers and nudges of a potential presidential run.

Pleasing his constituents was in the back of Jay’s mind, though. His only concern was pleasing his wife this particular night. She’d made specific orders—no gift over $25 and Jay could admit he was stumped. Granted, they didn’t need more extravagant and expensive purchases in their homes and they desperately needed to downsize. But a $25 gift was something he hadn’t done since his college days, and even then it was a hard task.

Shouldn’t you be getting home to celebrate Valentine’s Day with your wife, Senator? Jay’s assistant,