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"What do you do now that you're retired from service?"

"Write mostly Historical books Nelson at the Battle of the Nile, The Ad Hardly the stuff best-sellers are e attached to it"

She looked at hi me on"

"I beg your pardon"

"Do you really write historical naval books?"

"Of course," he said innocently "Why should I lie?"

"Incredible," murmured Heidi "I do too, but I've yet to be published"

"I say, that is incredible," Shaw said, doing his best to appear properly aht pressure "When htly "There's no rush"

He glanced at a large green sign hite letters as it flashed past "Have you ever been to Santa Barbara?"

"No," she said in almost a whisper "But I hear it's beautiful

In theit was Heidi who ordered breakfast froloarer only a few hours after ave her an inner thrill she had not known before It was a sensation that was peculiar to her

She could easily recall the htened midshipman at Annapolis, her ex-husband, Admiral Walter Bass, Dirk Pitt, and noshe could see them all clearly, as if they were lined up for inspection Only five, hardly enough to make up an army, much less a platoon

Why is it, she wondered, the older a woone to bed with more men She becale years, afraid to appear overly eager, never able to bring herself to indulge in a casual affair

How silly of her, she thought After all, she often felt she'd had ten times the physical pleasure of any man Her ecstasy mushroomed from within Men she knew had felt a sensation that was merely external

They seeination and were frequently disappointed afterward Sex to the to a movie; a woman demands much moretoo much