Cadence

By Cassidy Ryan

Her bad day just got a whole lot better.

Cadence is disillusioned with her job at Veritas Magazine, and dissatisfied with her life in general.

After a frustrating meeting with her editor she decides to take the rest of the day off. In the coffee shop downstairs she has a brief, but memorable encounter with a gorgeous man, and on learning that he will be attending a club on his own that night, she decides to put in an appearance. There is an instant attraction and immediate connection between Cadence and Tobias, and they spend a thrilling night together.

But her life is about to get a lot more complicated—and a lot more interesting.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Totally Bound Publishing
• Release date: Jan 31, 2011
• ISBN: 9780857154545

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Cadence

ISBN #978-0-85715-454-5

©Copyright Cassidy Ryan 2011

Cover Art by April Martinez ©Copyright January 2011

Edited by S.F. Swift

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Warning:  This book contains sexually explicit content which is only suitable for mature readers.  This story has been rated Total-e-sizzling.

CADENCE

Cassidy Ryan

Trademarks Acknowledgement

The author acknowledges the trademarked status and trademark owners of the following wordmarks mentioned in this work of fiction:

Corona: Corona Extra La Cerveza Mas Fina: Cerveceria Modelo, S.A. de C.V. CORPORATION MEXICO

Mars: Mars Inc.

Veritas Magazine: The Veritas Publishing Group Pty Ltd

Chapter One

Dropping into her chair with a sigh, Cadence Dell folded her arms on top of the desk and laid her head down, muttering a stream of barely audible invective.

Something tells me the meeting didn’t go well. Joanna Deeks stopped tapping at the keys on her laptop, fingers hovering there as she glanced over at Cadence from the desk opposite.

Cadence lifted her head just enough to scowl at her friend. We work for an ass, you realise this, right? She put her head back down and resumed her litany of curses.

There was a moment of silence, broken only by the sound of a drawer being opened and closed, and the crinkle of paper. Cadence lifted her head again when she felt a hand on her shoulder, and saw that Joanna had moved to sit on the edge of Cadence’s desk.

Here, I think you need this more than me. Joanna held out her hand and Cadence smiled in spite of the annoyance twisting in her stomach.

Your emergency Mars Bar?

Joanna shrugged. You look like a woman in need of chocolate. Actually, you look like a woman who seriously needs to get laid, but since I don’t have a hot guy in my desk drawer -- and if I did, then I certainly wouldn’t be giving him away -- the chocolate will have to do.

Taking the Mars Bar from her friend, Cadence looked at it for a long minute without opening it, then sighed again and handed it back.