Authors Note

Complete. "No trouble at all, Victoria." Her name felt sweet in my mouth.

"You can call me Vix," she said. "Only my Daddy calls me Victoria."

My eyebrows rose. "Ain't you too old to call your father, Daddy?" I asked.

She curled her finger in a come here gesture. I bent my head down so my ear was near her lips. "I wasn't talking about my Father," she whispered.

After retiring from the US Army, Captain Syverson felt tied down in his life back home. He decided to travel to Australia to spend time with a friend he had made in Iraq. His friend decides to set him up with Vix.

Vix, a feisty tattoo artist, has just been through a rough break-up with her boss when her friends set her up with Sy.

When they meet at a party, the sparks fly.