Basic Instincts

by Debra Webb

By day, Meredith Langston is a prim and proper couples’ therapist—and a writer. By night, the mild-mannered Meredith turns into Merri Lang, a mysterious beauty in a slinky silk dress. No one would ever recognize her as the bespectacled author of a bestselling book on dating and relationships. How could she research her books without a disguise? Her publisher and her readers are clamoring for more and Meredith can’t disappoint them. Even if it means she has to stay up late and wear those darn stilettoes…Jake Brandon was smitten the instant the sexy lady in red walked into his favorite nightspot. He can barely hear soft, sultry voice over the music and the noise, but he doesn’t mind answering her questions. He’d do anything to get to know the elusive temptress who calls herself Merri, but she disappears without a trace. And he can’t figure out why she reappears, night after night, at different clubs and bars. It’s almost as if she’s looking for him, yet she always runs away. Jake’s determined to find out her secret—and to capture her heart….Though Debra Webb has distinguished herself as an author of romantic suspense, she began her career writing sassy and spicy romances for Kensington’s Precious Gems. For the first time these heartfelt stories, which were sold only in Walmart for one short month, are available as ebooks.

115 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

DEBRA WEBB is the USA Today bestselling author of more than 170 novels, including reader favorites the Finley O'Sullivan and Devlin & Falco series. She is the recipient of the prestigious Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Romantic Suspense as well as numerous Reviewers Choice Awards. In 2012 Debra was honored as the first recipient of the esteemed L. A. Banks Warrior Woman Award for her courage, strength, and grace in the face of adversity. Recently Debra was awarded the distinguished Centennial Award for having achieved publication of her 100th novel.

With more than four million books in print in numerous languages and countries, Debra’s love of storytelling goes back to her childhood when her mother bought her an old typewriter in a tag sale. Born in Alabama, Debra grew up on a farm. She spent every available hour exploring the world around her and creating her stories. She wrote her first story at age nine and her first romance at thirteen. It wasn’t until she spent three years working for the Commanding General of the US Army in Berlin behind the Iron Curtain and a five-year stint in NASA’s Shuttle Program that she realized her true calling. A collision course between suspense and romance was set. Since then she has expanded her work into some of the darkest places the human psyche dares to go. Visit Debra at www.debrawebb.com.

Reviews

[Paula · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was love at first sight...

A novella, where Merri, a behavioral researcher, meets up with Jake, a man she meets on her first night in town. There is mutual attraction, but she resists acting on it. Only after she fails to discover the same feelings with other men does she realizes her relationship with Jake is based on the special chemistry of love.