BIG GUNS OUT OF UNIFORM By Sherrilyn Kenyon, Liz Carlyle, Nicole Camden CONTENTS BAD to the Bone - Sherrilyn Kenyon Let's Talk About Sex - Liz Carlyle The Nekkid Truth - Nicole Camden They are the intriguing strangers we pass on the street—men who do whatever it takes to keep us safe from the evils of the world. Mysterious and untamable, they hold honor, strength, and courage close to their well-guarded hearts. But no matter how much their jobs require them to lay aside their personal lives, they can't deny that when their facades and clothes are stripped off, they have burning needs like any other man… In SHERRILYN KENYON's "BAD to the Bone", teacher Marianne Webernec wins the "Hideaway Heroine Sweepstakes" and a chance to pretend to be the heroine in her favorite romance novel. Whisked away to a remote tropical island, Marianne's fantasies become real when BAD (Bureau of American Defense) agent Kyle Foster kidnaps her. Together they uncover Marianne's every desire, and Kyle's secret fantasy, too. In LIZ CARLYLE's "Let's Talk About Sex," Dr. Delia Sydney dishes out perfectly sound sex advice on the radio. So how is it that this slightly repressed divorcee is so easily seduced by her bad-boy neighbor? And just what is it about Nick Woodruff, a smooth-talking sergeant on a forced "vacation," that makes Delia feel she'll do anything—anything—when she's with him? Things get even hotter in NICOLE CAMDEN's "The Nekkid Truth" when crime scene photographer Debbie Valley works more closely than ever with the detective who has fascinated her for years. After a harrowing accident Debbie finds her life forever changed when she loses the ability to recognize faces. She is forced to identify people by their bodies and soon finds that the wonders of Detective Marshall Scott's body never cease… and that he needs her unique gift to help catch a killer. BIG GUNS OUT OF UNIFORM SHERRILYN KENYON LIZ CARLYLE NICOLE CAMDEN POCKET BOOKS New York • London • Toronto • Sydney • Singapore Cover design by Min Choi Cover photograph by Franco Accornero www.stmonsays.com POCKET BOOKS, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020 This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. "BAD to the Bone" copyright © 2003 by Sherrilyn Kenyon "Let's Talk About Sex" copyright © 2003 by S. T. Woodhouse "The Nekkid Truth" copyright © 2003 by Nicole Camden ISBN: 0-7434-8226-3 First Pocket Books trade paperback edition November 2003 POCKET and colophon are registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc. Manufactured in the United States of America BAD to the Bone Sherrilyn Kenyon