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LION IN LOVE
An Ellora's Cave Publication, January 2004
Ellora's Cave Publishing, Inc.
PO Box 787
Hudson, OH 44236-0787
ISBN MS Reader (LIT) ISBN # 1-84360-759-X
Other available formats (no ISBNs are assigned):
Adobe (PDF), Rocketbook (RB), Mobipocket (PRC) & HTML
LION IN LOVE © 2003 ELIZABETH LAPTHORNE
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part without permission.
This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or places, events or locales
is purely coincidental. They are productions of the authors’ imagination and used fictitiously.
Edited by Martha Punches
Cover art by Scott Carpenter .
LION IN LOVE
Elizabeth Lapthorne
Moral: Even the Wildest Beast can be Tamed with Love.
For Candie - you live and learn, huh babe? Remember that Prince Charming is out there,
but his suit of armour might be a little rusty by the time he catches up with you.
With much thanks to Marilyn, Martha, MT and Scott. You have all given me heaps of help
in varying areas, and I thank you all very much.
Lion In Love
Chapter 1
"You can't wear that!" Leigh exclaimed.
Anne stood on her doorstep in a dark red silk pirate shirt and a pair of loose-fitting
black leather pants. Leigh had been expecting Anne to wear something
more…revealing. Still not dressed herself, Leigh had answered the door in her terry
cloth robe, knowing it would be Anne. They were planning on going to a bondage pick-
up party in less than twenty minutes and there was no time left for Leigh to make Anne
go back home and change now. She sighed. I bet she planned this, she thought
disgruntled.
The silk of Anne's shirt was loose enough to conceal Anne's rather impressive
breasts, and was laced up to her neck. Her leather pants were sexy, but hung loosely
around her thighs and legs. If she had wanted to, Anne could have looked like a total
knock-out, but dressed down as she was, she wasn't particularly eye-catching at all!
Evidently Anne had been serious when she had warned Leigh that she didn't want
any male attention tonight.
With her long, warm brown hair braided back into a single plait hanging halfway
down her back, Anne would certainly attract minimal attention tonight. Leigh
wondered for a second if she should be dragging her best friend to the party as her
escort. Reminding herself of the two pints of Ben and Jerry's she had bribed Anne with,
she firmed her resolve.
Anne simply smiled at Leigh's outrage and pushed firmly past her to enter the
small house.
Leigh's five-year-old son, Nathan, was sitting in front of the TV watching the
Nickelodeon channel. He looked up as Anne entered the house and jumped up from his
cushion on the floor.
"Aunty Annie!" he cried out, rushing over to hug her.
"Hey there, little man." She picked him up and hugged him back. "How are things
going?"
"I'm great. Mr. Ashcroft gave me a gold star for my coloring this afternoon! He said I
did really well keeping in the lines."
"Aahh," murmured Anne, "Mr. Ashcroft has struck again." Shooting a teasing
glance at her friend, she half-turned and asked, "So how is the studly Mr. Ashcroft?"
Nathan frowned. "But Annie, only horses are studs. Mr. Ashcroft said —"
Nathan was cut off by Leigh. "Nathan, go clean your teeth. We'll be leaving for
Nanna's in a few minutes. Are you packed?"
"Mooom," the little boy whined.
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