title: Literal Lily
author:  Kate Hanscom 
description: Kate Hanscom grew up as the youngest of three children in Utica, New York. Her writing is inspired by the vivid and whimsical imagination that she has had since childhood, though the antics and stories of her youth have provided no lack of story material. Currently, Kate lives in central Massachusetts with her husband Chris and daughter Allison. A graduate of Stonehill College, she lives her life with a song in the background, a pen in her hand, and the belief that with hard work and a plan, anything is achievable. In putting pen to paper, Kate is delighted to see the characters of her imagination come to life. She hopes that when readers meet Lily, they are encouraged to laugh, ask questions, expand their minds, and dream bigger than they ever knew possible!
zlib_text: **No Rest for the Wicked**
  
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  **Kresley Cole**
  
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  _**I could touch her...**_
  
   _ **She would accept my touch...**_
  
  Sebastian had suffered centuries without contact with others, much less touch,
  yet now a hauntingly lovely female stood just inches from him, open and
  unafraid.
  
  He raised his shaking hands to her waist, dragging her to him. He barely
  stifled a shudder when her lush breasts pressed against him. “Tell me your
  name.”
  
  “My name... ?” she murmured absently. “My name is Kaderin.” Her voice was
  sensual, a voice from dreams. It seemed to rub him from the inside.
  
  “Kaderin,” he repeated, but it didn’t fit her. As he stared down into her dark
  eyes, he realized the name was too cold, too formal, for the creature in his
  arms. _“Katja,”_ he rasped, surprised to find that his thumb was brushing
  slowly over her bottom lip. The urge to kiss her was overwhelming. “Katja,
  I... ”—he began in a rough, breaking voice—“must... I must kiss you.”
  
  At his words, the dark haz