Bourbon Street Blues Read online

  Bending, he planted a kiss on her abdomen, then straightened up and smiled at her. He knew he was looking at a future filled with happiness.

  Outside the dressing room, Tommy played the piano, signaling the beginning of the final set of the night.

  “I’m so sorry, Parker,” Holly said. “I hate to leave you. Especially right now. But I have to get out there.”

  “Don’t be sorry,” he said, giving her a quick, hard kiss, feeling the rush of joy race through him. “You’re a singer, Holly. I’ll never try to change that. I’ll always want you to be the woman I fell in love with. The woman I can’t live without. And when the show’s over, we’ll go home. Together.”

  “Together,” she said. “It has a real nice sound to it.”

  “Sure does,” he said, opening the door and stepping back for her to walk past him. Then he dipped his head, and under the noise of the applause, whispered, “Though tomorrow, I’m putting a bed in your dressing room at the jazz café. For those mid-set breaks.”

  “Mmm…make it a small one,” Holly whispered with a smile. “So we’ll have to cuddle in close.”

  “Lady, you’ve got a deal.”

  Then he followed her out of the shadows and into the bright glare of the spotlight, knowing that at the end of the night, love would guide them both home.

  ISBN: 978-1-4268-5579-5

  BOURBON STREET BLUES

  Copyright © 2006 by Harlequin Books S.A.

  Maureen Child is acknowledged as the author of this work.

  All rights reserved. Except for use in any review, the reproduction or utilization of this work in whole or in part in any form by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including xerography, photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, is forbidden without the written permission of the publisher, Harlequin Enterprises Limited, 225 Duncan Mill Road, Don Mills, Ontario M3B 3K9, Canada.

  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

  This edition published by arrangement with Harlequin Books S.A.

  ® and TM are trademarks of the publisher. Trademarks indicated with ® are registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the Canadian Trade Marks Office and in other countries.

  www.eHarlequin.com